I thought the games came off amazingly well, it was very British, we didn't need 30,000 people playing drums counting down till the ceremony started. It may not have made sense to some countries but who cares, it was our games. The closing ceremony was good although i'm sure they could have got some better singers, loved the big ben in the middle, Jessie J was outstanding. Looking forward to the Paralympics now, but not for the next Olympics i imagine Rio to be an utter shambles.
I've seen of few decent articles written by the yanks on the London games. I do agree though, the mascots were weird. I've also seen they're broadcaster, NBC, has got in some serious trouble with viewers over the pond. Apparently it showed an interview with Michael Phelps over the Abide With Me/ London 7/7 bombings memorial section of the opening ceremony and has comepletely blanked every medalist if they weren't from the US.
Typical Yanks then, don't believe in life outside of the U S of A, as is seen in these 'Hollywood Blockbusters' they make
They didn't show the 100m final live either, they went for beach volleyball or something instead. Though I did see that it was the second most watched event in US TV history, just behind the Beijing Olympics, but ahead of the Atlanta Olympics.
Thought it was quite shocking that in our own games we struggle to call people by the correct name ''Prince Henry of Wales'' by both the woman commentating in the stadium AND the BBC at the bottom of the screen
To be fair, the American people were complaining about the NBC coverage, maybe if the TV stations were less ignorant of other countries the people would learn a lot more. Prince Henry is the correct name.
John Terry Gold Celebration. Apologises if already done..... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...0/John-Terrys-Golden-Games.html?frame=2299507
