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brush

(58,059 posts)
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 12:07 AM Aug 2024

At the Olympics: Hard to know when your favorite events are scheduled. Have to record/save your favorites.

Gymnastics is cool (the women and men) to watch. Men's and women's basketball too. There are so many events in swimming; fotball (soccer) is an acquired taste for the eyes, have to know what's 'off sides' in the sport is; Golf? Some compare it to watching paint dry; dressage — for a while as the horses are beautiful.

Sports Climbing?; Women's Field Hockey? Where do people in these events even train? How do you even make the team? What do they do for four years between Olympic?

And when does Track and Field start — the founding sport?

Hate to sound like a 'get off my lawn' guy, but the scheduling is confusing, easy to miss what you want to see.







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Bayard

(24,145 posts)
2. Dressage is the main thing I was looking for
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 12:20 AM
Aug 2024

Yes, if you don't understand the sport it can be like watching paint dry. I also recorded the 3-Day Eventing, and some of the Jumping.

They've already shown the women's and men's 3000m, and the women's 100m. I watched both.

brush

(58,059 posts)
6. Oh, God. Do we really need it. Pickle Ball must be next. Good exercise I understand, but who needs miniature tennis...
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:03 AM
Aug 2024

at the Olympics with actual tennis already being there.

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,663 posts)
7. Peacock has everything streaming and on replay
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:06 AM
Aug 2024

I have premium and can watch replays of everything, I’m not sure what is available in basic, but they also probably have a trial period. But it shows what is live, and you can find replays of almost everything - I was surprised I couldn’t find a replay of the women’s vault this morning.

tishaLA

(14,354 posts)
9. Even with Peacock, it's a PITA
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 01:04 PM
Aug 2024

the app, at least on Chromecast, is a mess and finding what you're looking for is awful. And since my main interest is tennis, most of the stuff posted is just brief recaps that I could watch on YouTube.

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