Missing Out On Olympics Coverage

I've been missing out on Olympics because of the time frame. NBC forecasts the favorite sports-- which are mine, too-- gymnastics and swimming so late that I could not watch them. I missed Michael Phelp's Gr-eight race because of the time. But it is not NBC, it is the eleven-hour difference between China and United States.

What's more, I also missed the most part and the good part of the gymnastics coverage. I saw Alicia Sacramone being bumped out of of the top three and not bringing home a medal on the vault finals. I felt bad for her because she is really good. I don't know the whole story but I saw Bella Karolyi getting teary eyed when he was asked on his view regarding Sacramone's loss. Apparently, there was a question on judging. But again, I'm not sure as I was not able to watch the whole coverage.

It's good that we can get online to catch up with the Olympics. Everything I miss, I just read online. It's just not as exciting because the "action" part is gone. A sports is something to be watched, not read about.

I remember four years ago, there was a hurricane expected to hit Florida so I went to a friend's house just so I have company in case the worst happened. So I camped out at her living room (hers was just a one-bedroom apartment)with a mattress and a blanket. She prepared lots of food including hot meals so it was like sort of a game day. All day long while waiting for the storm, I watched the Olympics in Athens. The time difference was not as bad. I got to see the best of the best coverage while anticipating the storm (it did not come). I got to know Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin, the only U.S. swimmers back then that I would remember until this year's Summer Olympcis.

Rewind that to 2000: I watched a lot of it on TV, especially gymnastics, but I did not remember any personality except for Marion Jones, the U.S. track and field superstar back then. The camera focused on her a lot that's why I remembered.

There will be many athletes I would recall now, like Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, and of course, Alicia Sacramone. The Olympics just gets interesting to me as it goes. Too bad, I'm not watching it as much.