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JSH · 02-07-2022, 12:48 PM

The Olympics have kicked off and got out to a great start. My wife and I watched mixed biathlon, men and women's skiathon, 3000 meter speedskating, and women's normal hill ski-jump over the weekend.

The biathlon was fantastic - such an interesting sport with the mix of skiing and shooting. An athlete can come into the range with a 20 second lead and leave trailing by 10 seconds if they have a bad run at the range. The lead changed continually and the US team even had a fleeting moment of running in 2nd on the strength of their shooting.

Both skiathon races were good in a different way with dominant performances from the gold medal winners. If you are a nordic skiing it is amazing to see what the pros can do on a pair of skis.

NBC has surprised me by not ruining their streaming coverage. The Peacock app is easy to navigate, doesn't have spoilers, and the "replay" streams have the events in full without all the useless "meet the athletes" or let's cut to two people talking instead of watching the race moments. They have about 6 minutes of commercials per hour which isn't bad considering. We saw a bit of olympics in a bar yesterday and the broadcast is almost unwatchable with all the commercials and filler.

Anyone else watching the Olympics? Any obscure sports that are surprisingly interesting?

Want to talk Olympic politics? - there are other threads for that.

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JSH AKA - Jason Join Date: May 2009 Location: PDX Posts: 3,605 Adventure Seeker - '04 Chevy Astro - Campervan 90 day: 17.3 mpg (US) Thanks: 326 Thanked 2,152 Times in 1,456 Posts	The Olympics have started! The Olympics have kicked off and got out to a great start. My wife and I watched mixed biathlon, men and women's skiathon, 3000 meter speedskating, and women's normal hill ski-jump over the weekend. The biathlon was fantastic - such an interesting sport with the mix of skiing and shooting. An athlete can come into the range with a 20 second lead and leave trailing by 10 seconds if they have a bad run at the range. The lead changed continually and the US team even had a fleeting moment of running in 2nd on the strength of their shooting. Both skiathon races were good in a different way with dominant performances from the gold medal winners. If you are a nordic skiing it is amazing to see what the pros can do on a pair of skis. NBC has surprised me by not ruining their streaming coverage. The Peacock app is easy to navigate, doesn't have spoilers, and the "replay" streams have the events in full without all the useless "meet the athletes" or let's cut to two people talking instead of watching the race moments. They have about 6 minutes of commercials per hour which isn't bad considering. We saw a bit of olympics in a bar yesterday and the broadcast is almost unwatchable with all the commercials and filler. Anyone else watching the Olympics? Any obscure sports that are surprisingly interesting? Want to talk Olympic politics? - there are other threads for that.