watched the race in asia at 4:00 am via
http://www.youtube.com/user/olympic
live.
if you found the race boring then exciting must be in the eye of the beholder.
by the finish my pulse was 180 plus.
having watched "closely" rupp and salazar for many years, watching them catch up to the africans, slowly, slowly and seeing the dam ready to burst. and then "having to bet" rupp for silver and moe gold, well that' scenario creates a very sharp eye for the subtleties of the race.
you had the various teams vying - ken - eth - etr - al-sal all with a cunning plan? - you never knew who was going to uncork what at any time. it was like a tease with a very beautiful girl, she shows a bit of this, bit of that, until you're crazy. and then with 2 laps to go, you go in for real!! and you're primed max.
i have a long list of pet peeves and expected bad coverage, bad announcing, crap everything you know like NBC, american TV that i was brought up on and gave up on many years ago.
then a miracle happened, someone got a hold of my (our) pet peeve list and went through it meticulously. i could not believe my eyes and ears...EVERYTHING IS FANTASTIC.
http://www.youtube.com/user/olympic
live.
no commercials
excellent commentators
phenomenal organization
no implementation of stupid rules
track is FAST
camera work phenomenal
in the past, i thought guys like salazar and Lord coe were not necessarily the sharpest knifes in the drawer. WRONG - they are can-do obviously and are the men of the moment and their methods should and probably will be emulated into the future.
GREAT JOB.