Running total hours recorded on my Tivo, starting with the Opening ceremony through midnight Saturday--418 hours so far.
- The 4x400m relay had two big stories:
- The US losing for the first time in 60 years, partly due to Manteo Mitchell's injury--a broken leg--during the previous round
- Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee from South Africa, running in the final
- What's the deal with bringing Jimmy Fallon into QISE coverage, just so he can do a bit? I don't see Leno doing Headlines in London.
- Controversy in the women's Hammer Throw--Germany's Betty Heidler was given an eighth place finish based on a faulty measurement, but was eventually given the bronze when the judge figured out the mistake. The difference was in terms of several feet--how do you make that big a mistake in front of the world stage?
- Race-walking is Britain's tribute to Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks.
- Is the penultimate night of the QISE quiet? Well, they had time to show a Tom Brokaw tribute to the British Greatest Generation. I thought I tuned into the History Channel.
The final day of QISE is yet to come.