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girl_dee · 08-12-2012, 05:48 AM

Joining the party rather late, we don't even own a TV here at the farm so i've been missing the Olympics, one of my favorite things.

We found out it's been online all this time! UGH!

So i tuned in last night to see the heartbreaking loss of the Canadians in the relay race due to that 1 inch stepping on the line thing, but that's not what bothered me more than the way they handled it.

I feel it sucked to announce them as the medal winners, put their name up on the board then say, let them do the victory dance.. then say *oops you stepped on the line, you are disqualified....*

I heard the same thing happened to an athelete from China during the Hammer Throw.

The judges need to all give the OK before they announce winners!

Also the interviewer I saw made me grit my teeth as the thanked the Canadian athlete for *MAN*ing up and offering an apology. Man up? Really? What phrase would he have used for a woman athlete? Maybe i am sensitive but i have issues around the term "man up".

I truly enjoy competing at things and love watching competition, and for me, i usually pull for the team/athlete whose never won before!

08-12-2012, 05:48 AM	#119
girl_dee Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: dee Relationship Status: Hitched up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Livin’ the Dream Posts: 24,079 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,560 Thanked 54,833 Times in 13,908 Posts Rep Power: 21474873	Joining the party rather late, we don't even own a TV here at the farm so i've been missing the Olympics, one of my favorite things. We found out it's been online all this time! UGH! So i tuned in last night to see the heartbreaking loss of the Canadians in the relay race due to that 1 inch stepping on the line thing, but that's not what bothered me more than the way they handled it. I feel it sucked to announce them as the medal winners, put their name up on the board then say, let them do the victory dance.. then say oops you stepped on the line, you are disqualified.... I heard the same thing happened to an athelete from China during the Hammer Throw. The judges need to all give the OK before they announce winners! Also the interviewer I saw made me grit my teeth as the thanked the Canadian athlete for MANing up and offering an apology. Man up? Really? What phrase would he have used for a woman athlete? Maybe i am sensitive but i have issues around the term "man up". I truly enjoy competing at things and love watching competition, and for me, i usually pull for the team/athlete whose never won before!