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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  Although I haven't seen many swimming races, those I have seen have been thoroughly engaging and, in several cases, extremely close. The men's 100 m breaststroke, for example, saw the three medallists separated by only 2/100s of a second, and I really felt for Adam Peaty, whose quest for three consecutive Olympic golds in that event was so tantalisingly close.
As you said, the footage has been extremely good, the BBC commentary has accentuated the excitement from the water, and the analysis has been informative and emotionally engaging.
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I was a little bit 'meh' watching the men's 100 metres race. The biggest event in the athletics calendar yet it felt like a damp squib even though it was contested amazingly by all eight runners.
I think it was because i'd never heard of any of the athletes. Not one of them was a household name. Where's the Usain Bolt's, Carl Lewis, Linford Christie, Justin Gatlin's of the 100m world?
I've no doubt the runners are all well known among athletics fans but they haven't broken out of that circle to become household names.