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Penthesilea:
And what a drama around German Heptathlon athlete Lilli Schwarzkopf! ::)
At first they disqualified her for overstepping her lane in the starting phase of the 800m run. They showed her a photo of it and she saw indeed a foot overstepping the line. But it wasn't her foot, it wasn't her at all and it even wasn't her lane. It was Russian athlete Kristina Sawitskaja on lane 6 who had overstepped. Schwarzkopf had been running on lane 5.
After the jury watched the video of the starting phase, they saw their mistake and took back the disqualification. Schwarzkopf won the sivler medal and Tatjana Tschernowa (Russia) won bronze. Here are the three happy women after two hard days:
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on August 05, 2012, 05:16:12 am ---Did anybody watch last night? Whoo-Hoo for the Brits, winning three gold medals in the athletics stadium within one hour! It was the Heptathlon, long jump (m) and 10K run (m).
I just loved seeing the female Heptathlon's winner being shown so much, with her lovely last name displayed proudly. ;) ;D
I can't help but get a little kick out of seeing her. :)
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I did. That was great. But again, American television didn't show any of her other events. Just the running. I don't get that at all.
It's so excruciatingly boring when they do that. There's no drama, no buildup, nothing you watch the Olympics for. They are basically just doing a long version of the nightly sports news report - only showing the winning play, only showing the winners. They're not showing a 'competition'.
They keep running "Watch all events streaming on NBColympics.com" but I don't want to sit in front of my computer for hours watching the full events, I want to watch it on my TV where I can relax on my couch. >:(
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on August 05, 2012, 05:37:14 am ---And what a drama around German Heptathlon athlete Lilli Schwarzkopf! ::)
At first they disqualified her for overstepping her lane in the starting phase of the 800m run. They showed her a photo of it and she saw indeed a foot overstepping the line. But it wasn't her foot, it wasn't her at all and it even wasn't her lane. It was Russian athlete Kristina Sawitskaja on lane 6 who had overstepped. Schwarzkopf had been running on lane 5.
After the jury watched the video of the starting phase, they saw their mistake and took back the disqualification. Schwarzkopf won the sivler medal and Tatjana Tschernowa (Russia) won bronze.
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Now that's just retarded. How in the world could they make a mistake like that with all the technology they have now?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on August 05, 2012, 11:51:59 am ---Now that's just retarded. How in the world could they make a mistake like that with all the technology they have now?
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The explanation was that they watched the picture in b/w only (at first). After protests, they watched color photos and the video.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on August 05, 2012, 11:49:09 am ---I did. That was great. But again, American television didn't show any of her other events. Just the running. I don't get that at all.
It's so excruciatingly boring when they do that. There's no drama, no buildup, nothing you watch the Olympics for. They are basically just doing a long version of the nightly sports news report - only showing the winning play, only showing the winners. They're not showing a 'competition'.
They keep running "Watch all events streaming on NBColympics.com" but I don't want to sit in front of my computer for hours watching the full events, I want to watch it on my TV where I can relax on my couch. >:(
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A, dang it. Well, there IS the time difference, but still, nobody is forced to watch. I wonder why at least some sports channels don't show all of it. Over here, the two main channels (public corporations) alternate daily, and they show nothing else all day ('xept news) when it's their turn.
I agree that the built-up is a big part of the fun. Though yesterday, we were away all day and thus also saw just the 800m run. But I had followed the Heptathlon some on the first day.
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