Five-ring circus: The Thread of the XXXIII Olympiad

I really don’t understand the point of watching fencing unless it’s on slow-mo. Yet here I am doing it.

 

Peacock goes away as soon as the flame is extinguished. Until then, I'll binge watch all morning for the next two weeks.

 

Because sunsets! [/crossthread]

 

I don’t think that Ledecky would win the 400, but she had no hope of finishing in the top 2.

 

So go ahead and shoot me. I like Rowdy Gaines on swimming and have always liked Rowdy Gaines on swimming.

 

USA! USA!

 

I love the fencing. I was really rooting for the French woman in the epee final — she was a huge underdog and jumped out to a 7-1 lead. Alas, Kong from Hong Kong (ranked No. 1 in the world) came back to win the gold medal in overtime.

And they show virtually every point in slow motion on the replay.

 

That’s where his audience is.

 

Yeah, let’s ignore a race for a gold medal and a possible world record to breathlessly chronicle every stroke for a bronze medalist.

 

Rowdy's a little excitable but he's memorable. Last night when they gave Alain Bernard the Olympic torch very briefly I figure the quick handoff was because Jason Lezak was waiting to steal it from behind.