We were in the USA at the start of the Olympics and it has been interesting to compare the television and radio coverage with the UK over the last few days. To be honest we had forgotten about the opening as we had not watched TV at all, and it was never mentioned on the radio stations which we were listening to in the car from time to time or in the local papers that we picked up (versus the nationals which we didn't). We tuned in for the first of the swimming and team gymnastic events on our last evening and the commentators were really building up every competitor with individual pen profiles, lifetime statistics, interviews with family and friends, it was like every athlete was competing on one of those Simon Cowell fame programs. All of the pressure was on the other team or competitor, whether the USA was leading or coming from behnd. Over here, the coverage on digital TV has been exhaustive and the commentators extremely knowledgable about sports that I've never heard of before. I have particularly enjoyed listening on the radio to the Five Live coverage which has been very entertaining as usual. This morning's piece on Eric Liddell was very inspiring whether you are an athlete or not (like me).
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