Great to watch, thought I was on my own thinking like that Elmo
Like the latest handle they have given themselves,
"The Super Humans" competing in the games
Eagles are getting floged,so back to ABC2 then

Mark _australia said...

^^^ what's ABC2?

ABC2/4 ch22

Everybody wins a medal...

definitely deserves mainstream tv coverage! i mean foxtel had 8 dedicated channels for the main Olympics.. why not keep one or two channels at least for this??

The stuff Ive seen on ABC has been great! I couldn't believe that Goal Ball game. and blind running where they have a 'guide' run with them! crazy stuff!

Aussies are doing awesome too which is great!

colk2004 said...

Glad you guys are getting coverage over there. The Americans managed to condense the whole of the Beijing Paralympics down to a 2hour show!

I heard this. I'm not sure what the Americans have against disabled sport. Someone says it was a war veteran thing (they don't like to see how many of their young people are maimed in war) but I haven't really read anything about it.

we watched a race last night where this english guy after a " crappy " start came flying through on his springs .It was incredible to watch he was litterally flying what ther was of his legs and springs were whirring .

Go you.. umm, ok thing

well it does not need main stream coverage as i love watching it without karl and all the adds.

on the athletes...well nobody has blamed twitter,nobody is sad.. all i see is determination that i could only dream of and a stoke that has made my eyes wet more than once.

get rid of the nikeaddidasspeedopumaetcetc olympics,as the para guys have got the true essence and tradition of the olympic movement pretty much sorted

+1 for the positive comments.
These guys and girls have the right attitude - heard Kurt Fearnley being interviewed after finishing back in the field in a race he was hoping to win "I'm dissappointed, but it's not the worst thing to even happen to me. I'll get up tomorrow and have another go".
Makes the Missile etc look pretty soft.
Absolutely pathetic that this doesn't get on mainstream TV, although that could change with all the good stories coming through this time around.

Since when is the ABC not mainstream tv...was that comment for real?

The ABC coverage is so far ahead of channel 9 or 7's efforts it's not even funny. Laurence, Steph and co. on the panel show are hilarious, their interviews are great and there isn't a friggen add every two minutes. I think the ABC should be massively commended for showing a considerable amount of coverage, far more than there has been in previous years' and far more than in most countries from all reports.

As almost everyone has mentioned the athletes attitudes are far better, which I guess comes from facing day to day life as someone with a disability, no whinging, all heart, it's all purely about the sport etc, not about who can pickup the next Nike contract or FHM cover shoot...and frankly it's bloody refreshing.

Edit: As for chan 9's record of turning gold into horse..., Topgear anyone hahaha. That rated off the charts on SBS, queue chan9 getting the gig, increase the length to 1.5hr, add 30min more adds...and....the ratings fall by 75%....they have a long history of this sort of caper.

Yeah I seem to have misinterpreted your comment there, apologies...I still disagree that the ABC isn't mainstream media/tv though. You are right, far too little coverage on the 'lowest common denominator' channels of 7,9...too much reality TV and general trash, shame really as some of these stories really need to be told to your average Aussie couch potato :)

83 medals what an amazing games.