Olympic talk

[LibraryLady2]

Wondering---if the magic wand was waved, and you had free trip and tickets to see 3 Olympic events (summer Olympics), which 3 would you select to see?

Me:
Floor routine by gymnasts
400 meter track event
200 meter swimming

[tx3653]

I'd decline the trip and stay home and watch on TV. Rangers baseball and college football are about the only sports I spend much time on. And even on them I like the ability to change the channel when "my team" is losing or the game just gets boring.

[mayhem]

That's way too hard ... I like so much of it.

I actually know Michael Johnson and (not for that reason) really follow the sprints and
the intermediate races ... as you said.

I won't miss the swimming. (Esp those incredible women).

But my favorite is women's gymnastics. Been a fan since Mary Lou Retton and
Nadia Comeneci(sp). There was a great Russian women's competitor whose name I
don't remember but really enjoyed.

We don't miss much of the Olympics. My guilty pleasure is beach volleyball ... men's
and womens.

I almost fell in love with Ekaterina Witt and her brilliance on the ice ... but that's
a topic for another day.

[LibraryLady2]

I guess I could have just said "swimming"--but, please spare me the synchronized swimming!!

My husband ran track in his youth so we watched all the track events.

I do enjoy watching the Olympics--but as mentioned, it is nice to do it from my home, and having replay.
As I get older, I don't like crowds so much.

[crocmommy]

I would love to watch the women's and men's gymnastics...the team and the all around. Also the tennis. I didn't see any of it on TV during the Olympics but I would really like to see professional tennis players in person some day. Another one I would like to see is the platform diving. It's like jumping off a 3 story building and I love to watch.

The marathons are fun to watch on TV, but I don't think it would be very easy to follow in person.

[Red Oak]

I would rather fly to Canada and go fishing.

[GFB]

As Nicholson once said..

"I'd rather stick needles in my eye."

[crocmommy]

Argh....really guys?

[Red Oak]

I would pay not to have to watch it.

[GFB]

Argh....really guys?

Oh..I meant to say.."any event would be simply divine!"

[crocmommy]

Argh....really guys?

Oh..I meant to say.."any event would be simply divine!"

I guess my feeling is if you don't want to answer Library lady's question, just move along and post about Trump somewhere. But that's just me.

[jellowrestling]

My favorite event is the 4x100 relay, but I'd take the 400m. My wife (and daughter) would prefer the gymnastics floor event. Incidentally (I may have mentioned this before), Trinity's long-time gymnastics coach, the late Mark Williams, was in charge of all of the gymnastics apparati at the Atlanta Olympics in '96. When there was a problem at the 2000 games with the uneven bars, I commented to my daughter that if Coach Williams had been in charge, that wouldn't have happened. She just gave me a slight "you got that right" look and nodded her head. His wife, who coached my daughter, also worked at the Atlanta Olympics.