WAG @ Tokyo Olympics: NBC coverage = Garbage ( there was a time when you would see non-American competition footage , but there just isn’t time now with all the repetitive puff pieces and commercials ) I would have followed live streams but wasn’t aware of any that weren’t in the cable companies’ iron grasp ( BBC was locked out too ) . Well it certainly didn’t turn out how I had always envisioned it , a year late , NO QUEEN MUSTAFINA to threepeat :( , opening ceremonies kinda meh ( I guess nothing will ever top Beijing cept maybe Beijing again next year. :D ) The big surprise of course Simone vs. The Twisties , but in all honesty her absence made for more interesting competition ( sorry - not sorry ) Happy to see Mother Russia get some Team Gold , the Rodionenkos will be insufferable after this :P , some AA bronze for Melka :) , Ilyankova coming from the shadows to uphold the Russian bars tradition with silver! , It was nice to see MyKayla Skinner fulfill an Olympic alernate’s dream of the most unexpected best case scenario! Redemption for Vanessa Ferrari ( GAMBA! VANY!!!!) on floor after such disappointment in the last 2 games. Sad for Ellie Black to get sidelined by injury after just coming back from one , then to get edged out on beam to boot :( ( oh she’ll be back! ) Sad for Flavia , but happy for Andrade. Even some shared floor Bronze for Gelya on floor. Nice to see Ellie Seitz & Kim Bui if only briefly ( aside from their fashion statement :D ) And farewell to the one and only Chuso!!! I miss seeing more of the international teams , hopefully some of the full streams will pop up once they’ve got their money out of them lol , ah well ,
In the words of the great Al Trautwig - “Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”