# NBC: Thanks, but I don't want to watch her cry (mild Olympics bitch) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 23, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-thanks-but-i-dont-want-to-watch-her-cry-mild-olympics-bitch/261147 "2004-08-23T21:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-thanks-but-i-dont-want-to-watch-her-cry-mild-olympics-bitch/261147/41 "2004-08-25T13:29:05Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s getting frustrating. It seems the athletes from other countries, faced with the biggest competition of their lives, step it up an extra notch. Ours largely don’t. Maybe there’s something to the criticisms that the Canadian team has too much of a “it’s great to just be here” attitude. The (UK-based) commentators who were covering this race (can’t remember who, but at least one was an ex-runner himself) said that in his opinion, Perdita Felicien went out **too fast, and too hard** and arrived at the first hurdle out of step as a consequence. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-thanks-but-i-dont-want-to-watch-her-cry-mild-olympics-bitch/261147/42 "2004-08-25T14:09:20Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > I also noticed that as Emilie Heymans walked by Laura Wilkinson after totally fucking up, Laura looked right at the camera, laughed and shrugged. That was clearly a reaction to Heymans’ distress. Hmmm, either Laura doesn’t like Emilie, or Laura is experiencing some schadenfreude herself. I noticed this too. And couldn’t believe it. It simply looked like she and her pal were out of the running and she was taking joy in the failing of Heymans. If she has an other explanation, I’d like to hear it, but I don’t think I’d believe it. Anyway: I do like seeing the agony of defeat. Not like I’m taking joy in “you think you’re so great, you failure”. But, I enjoy it in the same way you enjoy a tragedy. You get to experience honest, raw emotion, and I would never fast forward over it. Do I think the camera an should have followed her like he did? I don’t know. Athletes have chosen a profession that relies on viewership for their salaries. THey’ve chosen to exhibit their skills on the world stage. If they want a camera their to soak up their glory when they win, then the price they pay is having a camera there to soak up their disappointment when they lose. I’m sure there are a lot of people out there who would have traded places with Heymans even if it meant having their grief shown to the world. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-thanks-but-i-dont-want-to-watch-her-cry-mild-olympics-bitch/261147/43 "2004-08-25T15:05:06Z")
> [@Gulo gulo](#): > > Oh, and another thing I noticed during the diving competition. > > I think Lao Lisha was the diver. She did a somersault-esque dive (sorry for my lack of proper terms) and the female commentator remarked “The Chinese are known for not pointing their toes”. On her next dive, the commentor said that again. Then on her last dive, there was another “The Chinese are known for…” something that I can’t recall. > > For some reason it irritated me. She never said anything like that during the Australian, US or Canadian dives. Probably because they point their toes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-thanks-but-i-dont-want-to-watch-her-cry-mild-olympics-bitch/261147/44 "2004-08-25T20:02:55Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They didn’t allow Mary Decker to re-run the 3000 meter in Los Angeles in 1984 after she and Zola Budd tangled ankles. Does a re-run happen often? Apparently a re-run in track events is EXTREMELY rare. Collisions between runners don’t normally call for one. Ed [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-thanks-but-i-dont-want-to-watch-her-cry-mild-olympics-bitch/261147.md?page=2)