Well, I took in as much as I possibly could, and thoroughly enjoyed most of it. There were definitely some of the typical shady judging/officiating in things like boxing, gymnastics, synchro and even women's football (soccer). It's always a shame to see it, and what's worse is in boxing and synchro it's now almost expected. And maybe I'm just sensitive to scores/decisions that seem a little bizarre, but we Canucks got the short end of the slant a number of times this go around. Some of the sports I listed almost need a debacle as bad as the Sale and Pelletier figure skating thing some years ago - something so bad it can't just be ignored - to start a clean up.
On the plus side of judging, Tae kwon do brought in a challenge/replay system which did brilliant things for getting the call right. I'm not a fan of some of the other rule changes, but hey it's a sport not an applied martial art at the Olympics. And it was fun to watch :D.
All in all, I thought it was a great games. The atmosphere seemed just electric, and Britian seemed to just go for it all out and have fun which was awesome. It was also interesting to see some elements of the atmosphere that trace back to when the games were here (Vancouver) in 2010, despite the season difference.
Sure, there were a few baubles here and there (like scores being posted, then rescinded due to DQ where the review should happen BEFORE posting scores), but they hardly take away from what was really, really enjoyable to watch.
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