My favorite events to far:
+US Soccer Women's win over Canada was sick. First opportunity this Games to run around yelling "USA! USA!" at top volume.
+Bolt's 100m win. As good as the hype.
+Athletics are pretty fun. Liked seeing the Kenyans dominate steeple chase. The throwing events are cool to see once or twice... I wouldn't want to sit and watch it for an hour. Triple jump is pretty impressive.
+ Triathlon was a lot of fun to watch, as was the bicycle road race, just cool to see the city I live in on display like that.
+Really enjoying women's 48 kg wrestling as we speak. The little Japs look fantastic; Ichi has been mowing people over and Obara beat a pretty good Canadian, and their singlets are AWESOME. I am enjoying this so much more than the heavyweight men's greco the other day.
+Water polo looks fun to play. I would like to play, I wonder if I could actually last a whole game. The whitewater canoe events, same
+Got all revved up the other night over GB-Spain basketball. GB lost, but almost came back, I was in a bar in Chelsea, it was exciting. I haven't watched the US BBall yet, my schedule just hasn't matched up, and that's a shame.
+Gymnastics, I don't have strong feelings either way. The men on the rings and pommel horse are so strong I can't really comprehend it. The women on the mat routines jump so high it doesn't even seem human.
+Federer. Seeing him at Wimbledon was probably the best seeing-an-athlete-play-in-person in my admittedly short career. His epic match against Del Potro in the semis was genuinely stressful to watch. I was in Amsterdam and didn't see him lose to Murray, but apparently it was a pretty shitty match so maybe it's better.
+Going to freestyle wrestling saturday and sunday. I expect this to be my Olympic highlight.
Some disappointing events: I don't enjoy swimming very much. The velodrome bike sprints seem a little silly. I know firsthand how hard Greco wrestling is and how impressive these guys are, but it's not fun to watch, imo. Then there are all the sports I didn't expect to like, and don't: equestrian, archery, synchronised diving, handball.
I really, really like the olympics.
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