Five-ring circus: The Thread of the XXXIII Olympiad

Yes.

 

Looks like some setup for the swimming trials, inside the Colts' stadium.

 

World record by Gretchen Walsh in the 100 fly.

 

And in a semifinal!

 

Third place would have been fifth at the last Olympics and won't even get to go

 

Saw a thing at the movies today where AMC will be hosting Olympic watch parties. Actually not an half-bad idea.

 

Katie Ledecky: Still good.

Pat Forde, whose daughter Brooke is apparently now retired from swimming, said that though that 100 fly final is brutal, that whoever the odd girl out is in the final, she should have a decent shot at making it in another event.

Has to be a best-case scenario for USA Swimming tonight. World record in the 100 fly semis, local winner in the 400 free and Katie Ledecky kicking ass again. 20,000+ in the house. They must be making money hand over fist this week.

 

People paid real money to sit in the upper decks of Lucas Oil to watch this? I was lucky enough to cover three Summer Olympics. I had a real good seat for swimming. And it was still impossible to tell what happened without video. Even the expensive seats could've have seen shit.

 

We can’t do better than Rowdy Gaines after all of these years?

 

He’s the Dick Vitale of swimming analysts.

 

The Gabi Rose story is incredible, making the semis at Trials at age 46.