After the euphoria of Gold that Abhinav Bindra won, it was disappointment at Badminton when Saina Nehwal missed out after a hard fought Quarter Final. She played a wonderful first game to win it, but could not sustain that level of play for the entire match. Shes young and shes determined and I am sure she will improve in the coming months.
Watching the swimming has been a delight. On the one end we have the Legend - Michael Phelps who has won 5 golds (11 in all olympics) and still counting and on the other end we have Australias own glamour girl Stephanie Rice winning 3 Golds. And then there is Frenchman Alain Bernard and Aussie Eamon Sullivan breaking each othrs records in the span of minutes and on the other end there is also Indias young VirDhawal Khade, who competed at the Water Cube (which is a wonderful swimming facility).
It is all happening. I am disappointed by the coverage here though as it is very Australian opriented and the commentary is biased. Sure, you have to cater for local audience and show the Australians performing, but then the Olympics is the biggest stage and you want to watch all the best sporting action, irrespective of nationality. Games such as the olympics present an opportunity for sports like Fencing, Wrestling, Gymnastics, Diving to be showcased, but again, because of the coverage, theres been very little or none of these sports covered on TV. I miss watching DDs coverage, as they covered all sports pretty well.
As I write, BajrangLal Thakar must be taking to the water in his Mens Single Sculls finals. I wish him the best and hope that he comes back with a medal. Just because he does not have long hair like Dhoni, or because Saina nehwal is not as media savvy as Sania Mirza, does not mean that these 2 dont deserve coverage. I was very disappointed with the media - Times Now Tv channel announced that saNIa (not saINa) had entered eth Quarters in Badminton, and Timesofindia.com had BajrangLal s last name as Thakur instead of Thakar. So much for our news agencies love for glamour in sport too!!!!
Lee and Hesh are in the Quarters and in my opinion are a real chance at a medal. From images that I have seem, they seem to be able to put all personal animosities to rest when they are on court representing India. Heres wishing them well and hoping that they return with a medal - Gold would be best!
In the next 2 days the action in the pool builds to a crrescendo, with Phelps chasing 8 golds and the grand finale with all of the exciting Medley relays. As much as I am looking fwd to that, I am more than waiting for action to start on eth track and field. It is a mouth watering prospect - the battle for eth fastest man between Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, the sheer dominance and elegance of Blanks Vlasic (High Jump) and Yelena Isimbayeva (Pole vault), the grir and determination of teenager Pamela Jelimo in the 800m, the battle for the quarter mile between compatriots Jeremy Wariner and LaShawn Meritt, the short Stefan Holm in the High jump.............and this is just a preview of whats to come!!!!
Bring it on Beijing!
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