The opening ceremony was fantastic. Bar the odd PR slip up like not using the little girl with crooked teeth to sing the song and the fake fireworks, this event was magnificent. The movement of masses of people all covered in lights set on the darkness and single canvas was amazing. I struggle to see how London will top this - we'll probably use 100 p**sed up blokes fighting in the middle of Wembley stadium.
The events I have enjoyed so far are far removed from the "classic" Olympic icons such as sprint, relay etc. Cycling was fantastic, a Welsh girl getting a goal in the roadrace and some great performances in the pools as well. I also really enjoyed the rowing thus far, and the white-water slalom (don't know the proper name) has been just fantastic. Judo and archery i've also watched a fair chunk of and they've been entertaining too.
It's a shame the British media (ITV in particular) have taken it upon themselves to do an Olympics coverage which is 50/50 split of "this is what happened in the games" and "THIS IS EVIL CHINA DOING EVIL THINGS BECAUSE THEYRE EVIL!". I can understand and certainly support the movements toward better rights and freedoms, but the games are supposed to be non politicised, and some of the stories on ITV News have been wafer thin in justifying their moral alignments - for example, they ran a 5 minute story on the horrors of ticket touting, as if to suggest this is some kind of problem inherent with China. I would be choked to death with surprise if London, and other games we're rife with expensive touting - this isn't just a Chinese problem, touting happens everywhere.
Anyway, enough of that. Britain maintain their 10th place - same as we got in Athens 2004 so that's pretty good thus far. Looks like China need to grab a few more to secure top position, as the USA/African/European nations will go to town in the track and field events. Congrats to Togo who got their first ever Olympic medal, a bronze in the white-water slalom mens jobbo!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_medal_table
How have you enjoyed the Olympics so far? Have you even watched it? Do you secretly want Uzbekistan to sweep the board in the remaining events?!
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That, and I haven't used my TV for watching TV since I moved into my current flat 12 months ago, so's I don't feel so guilty about not paying a TV license 
I can't say I miss it either, but I do feel I'm overlooking sporting events that I used to enjoy stumbling into like Wimbledon and the Olympics. Never things I went out of my way to watch, but if they were on they'd always catch my attention.
