Are You Watching the 2016 Olympics?
@jillybean1222 (6406)
August 13, 2016 1:44pm CST
Are you watching the Olympics? What is your favorite event?
I truly enjoy the Olympics. Some years it seems we find the time to watch more than others, but I always at least try to catch as much of the gymnastics as I can. That's always been my favorite. Of course, as a child of the 80's, I was inspired to be just like Mary Lou Retton. She's still my favorite. Of course, I loved Shannon Miller, Kerri Strug, and the new gals too. Oh and then there was hunky Mitch Gaylord from the 1980's that I had an uber-crush on.
I love it when my kids are getting into it as well. We spend a lot of time at the pool. So I am always hopeful that watching the swimming and the diving events might motivate them to push their abilities to another level. Of course, they want to be fast like Michael Phelps in the water and Usain Bolt on land.
We have a sort of standing rule that the TV is not on in our house during the daytime, but we bend that rule during the Olympics.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
13 Aug 16
I have only seen excerpt clips. I do like the gymnasts, though. So skilled! I really prefer the winter olympics, and I don't really know why. I don't participate in sports myself, no winter sports to explain it. I love watching the skiiers and figure skaters and the bobsled stuff.
You know what? I think I read too many articles before the games began, about how bad things were expected to be in Rio. It just kind of dampened any enthusiasm I might have had.
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@jillybean1222 (6406)
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16 Aug 16
i never really watched the winter olympics much as i grew up, but i do enjoy some of it now
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@AliCanary (4421)
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13 Aug 16
Yep, we're watching the Olympics! Because there's so MUCH of it, we record it on the DVR and then watch it the next day, fast-forwarding through a lot of the filler (the commentators provide enough info during the event that we kind all the extra clips and interviews unnecessary). I love gymnastics best, but I really like trampoline, and the whitewater courses are very thrilling!
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@jillybean1222 (6406)
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16 Aug 16
i appreciate different things this year. i never paid much attention to cycling, but actually did this year & enjoyed it
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
14 Aug 16
I haven't seen much of it this year. I like the gymnastics team the best.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Sep 16
I watched it some when my kids were young, but now that they're working full time too, we don't watch it at all. In fact, I don't even know how long it lasts. I used to enjoy watching the swimming mostly, but I don't remember what else we watched. I've probably not watched them in over fifteen years.
@fcmondez (413)
• Quezon, Philippines
13 Aug 16
I am not really a sports fan and we do not have TV at home so I was not able to watch, but there were some interesting events that caught my attention in social media. The first one was when Philippines won a silver medal in the weightlifting event since we haven't won a medal for so long. The other one is the leg injury in men's gymnastics. I watched the video over and over again. That must have been really painful!
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