It's been years since I've had any interest in the Olympics. I watched the Barcelona Olympics because I had been in Spain first hand watching all the preparations for the event. Granted, I was like 12, so it was an entirely different perspective than I have now.
As I was on the elliptical, huffing and puffing away, secretly wishing that I had the body of any woman on that beach volleyball team, I noticed the background and what looked like it was a cloudy day in Beijing. Then I remembered; those aren't clouds, thats smog! I had seen a piece on the news about how nobody is expecting any records to be broken in any kind of endurance sport due to the poor air quality in China. In fact, athletes are putting their health at risk by competing in such events.
I wonder what compelled the Olympic committee to give Beijing the honor to host the Olympics. Was it their incredible record on human rights? Or was it their impeccable environmental policies? They say this is giving the Chinese an opportunity to "showcase" their country, yet I don't see what they can show off. Tall buildings, a few large stadiums and a "booming" economy. Thats nothing special, if you ask me. I say, give it to a country that deserves it rather than a country that continues to oppress their citizens, pollute the planet with no regard to the rest of the world, and supply us with low quality, tainted junk.
On another note..... I thought the synchronized mens diving teams looked super hot in those teeny speedos and ripped bodies. Then they showed the slow motion repeat of the dive. For some reason, they just didn't look quite so appealing after that:
And this isnt even the "bad" angle
