Re: t-and-f: High Jump Finals

2000-09-25 Thread DavJoAxel
CBC absolutely got it right. NBC showed a couple of jumps by Sotomayor, a clearance and a miss by Voronin, and then the results. Not what I was hoping for. Of course, I should have been glad to get anything, considering the Americans finished 11th and 13th. David

t-and-f: High Jump Finals

2000-09-24 Thread Roger Ruth
Uri Goldbourt wrote (Be quiet, Carol!), slightly edited: "Anybody noticed that (blank blank blank) won the high jump and places 2 to 6th were all awarded for clearing the same height and decided on false tries?" I'm not sure what time NBC is showing this. CBC had live coverage. The reason for

Re: t-and-f: High Jump Finals

2000-09-24 Thread Phil Weishaar
I second Roger's comments. I can't remember ever watching a field event on TV where virtually every jump of every jumper was shown. What was funny in one way, was the camera stayed on the HJ even as other races were going on showing the frustration of some HJ's who had to wait for the 400IH