Back to last night--we saw a 14-year old Chinese diver get more "10s" than ever before--she's the Nadia of 2021.
When asked about how athletes are feeling in the men's decathlon, commentator Ato Boldon's reply--"Darkness". Welcome to the games, directed by Ingmar Bergman! Host/Emcee Tirico explains the wide spread of medals won by different countries--"it's a global world". Better eat a Snickers, Mike. He also noted that the final weekend will be filled with team sports. Warming up my fast-forward button now.
Speaking of that--late night (zzzzzzzz).
The Today Show actually hosted a live event--the women's 400m final--after doing an extended interview (on tape) with the US's Allyson Felix. It would have looked pretty bad if she had pooped out, but she won the bronze. I assume we'll see the race again in Prime Time. Why didn't NBC do this more? Because live sport events are unpredictable, and the Today Show is pre-scheduled to the microsecond.
I decided to give Peacock another shot, to give my DVR time to build up coverage for awhile. I read about the only viral thing coming out of the games (thanks to Comcast/Kabletown locking down any and all footage), a highlights show hosted by Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg. If you remember ESPN's Cheap Seats, it's very similar. Is someone writing for Snoop, or is he making this up on the fly? Whichever, it's great. NBC needs to put them on regular duty.
Daytime coverage included team artistic (synchronized) swimming and rhythmic gymnastics--the sports mimicked poorly by millions of kids in the backyard.
Well, tonight's coverage doesn't look encouraging, so I'll cover it tomorrow, and wrap it up early.