I’m not a big fan of the Olympics but I must say they always provide some good drama. Most of it has been from the evil Chinese government: the Japanese reporters who were arrested and beaten while investigating a ‘terrorist incident’ some suspect to be a fabrication of the government; the anime-eyed girl lip-syncing the Chinese national anthem because the actual singer was deemed not cute enough by ‘leaders from the Politburo’; the pre-recorded footage that was fed to unaware broadcasters during the opening ceremonies…
Oh yes, and there’s been some decent drama on the field as well – the French men’s swimming team talking smack to the press about the American team (we beat them by .08 seconds!). The triumph of the American men’s gymnastics team (winning Bronze after the Hamm brothers were both injured and unable to compete)…
But today I found the most amazing and terrible thing that’s happened in the Olympics so far…
DO NOT WATCH if you are squeamish:
Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai dislocated his elbow, turning it completely wrong-way. The Australian (New Zealand? I can’t really tell, doh!) announcer says “Oh no, we don’t need to see that again” as someone plays a replay of it from 20 different angles of discomfort! The Daily Mail has pictures, which may be more disgusting than the video. Note also how efficient the Chinese blocker-guys are, running over and covering it up instantly. I’m sure they’d do the same if there were any reporters covering human rights protests. In communist China, human rights protests cover you!