BBC announcers clueless about marathon

I can do it better than BBC wrote:

The BBC elite converage announcers where embarassingly clueless. They repeated multiple times "LOOK AT KIPCHOGE he's smiling, he's not tired, he's enjoying himself and having a great time!"... except that actually Eliud and many other marathoners have said that they smile as a way to block the pain and negative thoughts at the end of the race.

This not to mention the dumb clichés ("you have to put one step after the other", "run one mile at a time"), the ridiculous "let's see if she can defend her position" after Keitany had hit the wall and lost all of her advantage, etc..

How much are these people paid? Why are they there and not someone that actually know the athlete and the sport?

We can speculate all we want about whether she did or she didn't, but are you really suggesting Radcliffe (and Cram) know nothing about the marathon?

I'm talking about the red button announcers, not Steve and Paula

I can do it better than BBC wrote:

The BBC elite converage announcers where embarassingly clueless. They repeated multiple times "LOOK AT KIPCHOGE he's smiling, he's not tired, he's enjoying himself and having a great time!"... except that actually Eliud and many other marathoners have said that they smile as a way to block the pain and negative thoughts at the end of the race.

This not to mention the dumb clichés ("you have to put one step after the other", "run one mile at a time"), the ridiculous "let's see if she can defend her position" after Keitany had hit the wall and lost all of her advantage, etc..

How much are these people paid? Why are they there and not someone that actually know the athlete and the sport?

Those dumb cliches were Paula Radcliffe's words.

I heard it during the coverage and again this evening in the highlights show.

TV doesn't make any money on parades, funerals, and public spectacles like marathons, thus, they only use unpaid volunteers for one-time TV fill-in jobs like announcers. I should know.

I can do it better than BBC wrote:

The BBC elite converage announcers where embarassingly clueless. They repeated multiple times "LOOK AT KIPCHOGE he's smiling, he's not tired, he's enjoying himself and having a great time!"... except that actually Eliud and many other marathoners have said that they smile as a way to block the pain and negative thoughts at the end of the race.

This not to mention the dumb clichés ("you have to put one step after the other", "run one mile at a time"), the ridiculous "let's see if she can defend her position" after Keitany had hit the wall and lost all of her advantage, etc..

How much are these people paid? Why are they there and not someone that actually know the athlete and the sport?

The female Brit announcer stated that Steve Jones was the BRITISH record holder in the LONDON marathon (WHICH IS STARTED BY THE QUEEN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE) with a time of 2:07:13..."which was ALSO THE WORLD RECORD AT THE TIME!"

Whoops.

It turns out that the really stupid twit female Brit announcer for NOT THAT Great Britain WAS WRONG AGAIN.

I am sorry about that.

It turns out that the actual holder of the World Record at the time was Carlos Lopes:

2:07:12 Carlos Lopes POR 18.02.47 1 Rotterdam 20.04.1985

Ha Ha Ha

i heard one commentator criticize Keitany for getting her pacing wrong, saying it cost her the race.

she was chasing a world record FFS

You're lucky, if you watched on Eurosport like I did you would have had the painfully excruciating monotone Welsh voice of Hugh Jones. On top of that he had trouble with working out the pace they were running at, FMD I sat at home with a pacing chart and had in seconds, why can't they?, also, they can use live tracking of runners on a laptop to see where they are and how they're going. Still, could have been worse I suppose, some of those American marathon commentators are woeful.

I can do it better than BBC wrote:

The BBC elite converage announcers where embarassingly clueless. They repeated multiple times "LOOK AT KIPCHOGE he's smiling, he's not tired, he's enjoying himself and having a great time!"... except that actually Eliud and many other marathoners have said that they smile as a way to block the pain and negative thoughts at the end of the race.

This not to mention the dumb clichés ("you have to put one step after the other", "run one mile at a time"), the ridiculous "let's see if she can defend her position" after Keitany had hit the wall and lost all of her advantage, etc..

How much are these people paid? Why are they there and not someone that actually know the athlete and the sport?

One mile at a time? Screw that. I do all mine at once. Gotta rip the band-aid off. No pain no gain. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. It's better to have raced and lost, then to have never raced at all. Gotta fight for the right to party.

Lucky you. wrote:

You're lucky, if you watched on Eurosport like I did you would have had the painfully excruciating monotone Welsh voice of Hugh Jones. On top of that he had trouble with working out the pace they were running at, FMD I sat at home with a pacing chart and had in seconds, why can't they?, also, they can use live tracking of runners on a laptop to see where they are and how they're going. Still, could have been worse I suppose, some of those American marathon commentators are woeful.

Did you have a lot "technical problems" on the broadcast from BBC at the end of the race???

It seemed like the visual picture of the video feed was "freezing up" and going black.

I am sure that it was just a coincidence.

I can do it better than BBC wrote:

The BBC elite converage announcers where embarassingly clueless. They repeated multiple times "LOOK AT KIPCHOGE he's smiling, he's not tired, he's enjoying himself and having a great time!"... except that actually Eliud and many other marathoners have said that they smile as a way to block the pain

This bit was almost as good as Geoffrey Kirui’s “PROUD” stride when he was surging. I can’t look at pictures of him without thinking it, now.

The BBC are an arrogant, over-funded organisation that the British people are forced by law to pay for.

Along with many British institutions now, they are terrified of people with relevant qualifications and actual ability, hence they pay ex athletes and faded hacks. Although Steve cram isn’t too bad.

You think they’re bad - have you ever heard Hazel Irvine? So mild and inoffensive, she has been able to get away without doing any research and acquiring any knowledge of any sport for a decade now. Her bland version of boring characterises the bbc.

My favorite cliche is whenever a big name drops off the pack they (Mara?) say "sometimes in a marathon you just go through a bad patch and then you get back up there." If you're struggling with the pace halfway into a marathon you're screwed!

The BBC are an arrogant, over-funded organisation that the British people are forced by law to pay for.

this is not true.

no one is forced to pay for the BBC.

if you choose to watch television, then you need a licence. but no one forces you to watch.

it's also the law that if you go on a train, you have to pay. but no one has ever argued that railway companies are arrogant bullies forcing people to pay for their services. if you want the service, you pay for it. if you don't want the service, then you don't have to pay.

that is actually how capitalism works.

cheers.

Cottonshirt wrote:

The BBC are an arrogant, over-funded organisation that the British people are forced by law to pay for.

this is not true.

no one is forced to pay for the BBC.

if you choose to watch television, then you need a licence. but no one forces you to watch.

it's also the law that if you go on a train, you have to pay. but no one has ever argued that railway companies are arrogant bullies forcing people to pay for their services. if you want the service, you pay for it. if you don't want the service, then you don't have to pay.

that is actually how capitalism works.

cheers.

Idiot, the bit you highlighted isn't about whether you are forced to watch it, neither was the Cottonshirt post, it was that "British people are forced by law to pay for." How do you think the BBC is funded Oh Wise One?, and what choice do you think the great British taxpayer has it how it's funded.

"neither was the *Fed Up Brit* post"

I can do it better than BBC wrote:

The BBC elite converage announcers where embarassingly clueless. They repeated multiple times "LOOK AT KIPCHOGE he's smiling, he's not tired, he's enjoying himself and having a great time!"... except that actually Eliud and many other marathoners have said that they smile as a way to block the pain and negative thoughts at the end of the race.

This not to mention the dumb clichés ("you have to put one step after the other", "run one mile at a time"), the ridiculous "let's see if she can defend her position" after Keitany had hit the wall and lost all of her advantage, etc..

How much are these people paid? Why are they there and not someone that actually know the athlete and the sport?

Presumably you are referring to Mara Yamauchi, whose marathon pb is 2.23?

Fed Up Brit wrote:

The BBC are an arrogant, over-funded organisation that the British people are forced by law to pay for.

Along with many British institutions now, they are terrified of people with relevant qualifications and actual ability, hence they pay ex athletes and faded hacks. Although Steve cram isn’t too bad.

You think they’re bad - have you ever heard Hazel Irvine? So mild and inoffensive, she has been able to get away without doing any research and acquiring any knowledge of any sport for a decade now. Her bland version of boring characterises the bbc.

+1

Snooker?! Can she even play tho bro?!

Cottonshirt wrote:

The BBC are an arrogant, over-funded organisation that the British people are forced by law to pay for.

this is not true.

no one is forced to pay for the BBC.

if you choose to watch television, then you need a licence. but no one forces you to watch.

cheers.

You have to 'prove' you are not using a tv reception device (which includes computers, phones etc). The default assumption from TV Licensing is that you are watching. It's like MacDonalds billing you for a burger a day unless you PROVE you didn't go into their store.

Also there are moves to move the TV license under general taxation as so many are skipping paying for the license.

"The best alternative to the licence fee, the report concluded, would be a compulsory broadcasting levy paid by all households, regardless of whether they watch TV, or how they watch."

I think England needs to adopt Dental Care and Personal Cleanliness 1st before learning how to announce unimportant public events.