Although I’m not usually that interested in watching sporting events that don’t involve some kind of combustion engine but I must say I’ve been really enjoying the Olympic coverage on television. So far I watched the Womens cycling road race where it was pouring down rain in rivers as they rode around the Great Wall of China – cheering on the young Russian girl in blue who managed to pull a 1 minute 40 second lead over the rest of the pack before being unable to hold the lead towards the end and I had to tear myself away from the television as I found the China VS USA basketball match excellent viewing. I was unaware that the Chinese basketball team was so good and I would consider the Americans to be pretty good at Basketball. (Not watching basketball normally) It was a surprisingly close match.
I can’t say that I’ll be sitting down for regular sport viewing in the future but I think I’ll probably watch some more of the Olympics if something interesting is on whilst I’m near my tv.
One amusing highlight was from the cycling where the rain was really coming down and the cameraman reached up and cleaned the lens and the commentator said “thank you”…. 
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