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EPISODE · Jul 29, 2024 · 2 MIN

Ryan Bridge: I love watching the Olympics, but there have been a few dampeners

from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · host Newstalk ZB

I love watching the Olympics. I'm still watching, I'm still excited, but there are just a few little niggly things that are putting a slight dampener on it for me.  The river Seine is dirty again. That's the second day with no practice.  You've got to do a triathlon, you want to practice swimming in the river that you're going to compete in, but you can't because it's dirty.  It's filled with E Coli and it rained in the weekend, still affecting the water quality.  So, that's the second day in a row with no practice. And you won't know whether you're going to swim in the Seine until four hours before the race is due to start.  Could this have been avoided? Could you have picked another river to swim in?  I would have thought.  The opening ceremony, that's another thing. I mean, obviously Celine Dion was amazing, but there was the weird meandering lead up to Celine.   The athletes themselves are actually complaining a lot about the beds being uncomfortable, the rooms being too hot, the food is bad, and they say this is affecting their chance of a world of breaking world records.  That's not great.  The other thing is that we've got no medals, and I'm not complaining because obviously I'm not there racing myself, I'm not jumping in the pool and swimming, so I'm not going to complain about that, but it is nice to win a medal, isn't it?  Then there's the Canadian football team who've cheated. They now want the points that have been deducted, put back on.  Should you still be able to remain in the Olympics when you've essentially cheated?  Imagine if the Canadian women's football team actually got the gold medal even though they've sent drones up in the air. Does that seem fair?  I don't know.  So there's just a few problems that seem to be quite avoidable. A few rules that seem to be a little bit unfair.  However, in saying all of that, I'm still watching and listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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