Starting with the previous night...- More gems from Gymnastics color commentator Tim Daggett:
- “There’s a required rollout move, named for” and I immediately said “Bob Rollout"
- “I don’t know what it takes to become a king, but he’s the king of it"
- The Peacock crew must have been out partying last night—I kept hearing extraneous audio on the Today Show. I’m not talking some mumbling; more like “how far are we taking this interview?"
- A number of team events today—yawn. Thank goodness for DVRs and fast-forwarding.
- Rio continues to see weather issues. A dock planned as the start of open-water swimming basically sank, and various track events have been delayed. I know you can’t control the weather, but picking a site where it’s currently winter (if a warm one) may not have been the best idea.
- With a lack of blog-worthy stories today, I’ll note the following: Clayton Murphy won the bronze in the 800m race today. He’s from Paris, OH, close to my hometown of North Canton. The last US winner of the 800m was Dave Wottle from Canton in 1972. My mom was a nurse at the time, and gave Dave his shots to go to Munich.
More to come.