Ryan Bridge: I love watching the Olympics, but there have been a few dampeners

I love watching the Olympics. I'm still watching, I'm still excited, but there are just a few little niggly things that are putting a slight dampener on it for me. 

The river Seine is dirty again. That's the second day with no practice. 

You've got to do a triathlon, you want to practice swimming in the river that you're going to compete in, but you can't because it's dirty. 

It's filled with E Coli and it rained in the weekend, still affecting the water quality. 

So, that's the second day in a row with no practice. And you won't know whether you're going to swim in the Seine until four hours before the race is due to start. 

Could this have been avoided? Could you have picked another river to swim in? 

I would have thought. 

The opening ceremony, that's another thing. I mean, obviously Celine Dion was amazing, but there was the weird meandering lead up to Celine.  

The athletes themselves are actually complaining a lot about the beds being uncomfortable, the rooms being too hot, the food is bad, and they say this is affecting their chance of a world of breaking world records. 

That's not great. 

The other thing is that we've got no medals, and I'm not complaining because obviously I'm not there racing myself, I'm not jumping in the pool and swimming, so I'm not going to complain about that, but it is nice to win a medal, isn't it? 

Then there's the Canadian football team who've cheated. They now want the points that have been deducted, put back on. 

Should you still be able to remain in the Olympics when you've essentially cheated? 

Imagine if the Canadian women's football team actually got the gold medal even though they've sent drones up in the air. Does that seem fair? 

I don't know. 

So there's just a few problems that seem to be quite avoidable. A few rules that seem to be a little bit unfair. 

However, in saying all of that, I'm still watching and listening. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I love watching the Olympics. I've told you this before,
and you know I'm still watching. I'm still excited, but
there are just a few little niggly things that are
putting a slight dampner on it for me. The river
sin dirty again. Did you see that in the news overnight?
That's the second day with no practice. I mean, you've
got to do a triathlon. You want to practice swimming

(00:22):
in the river that you're going to compete in, but
you can't because it's dirty. It's filled with the coalie
and it rained in the weekend. It's still affecting the
water quality. So that's the second day in a row
with no practice and you won't know whether you're going
to swim in the Sein until four hours before the
race is due to start. Could this have been avoided?

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Could you have picked another river you know to swim?
And I would have thought so. The opening ceremony, that's
another thing. I mean, obviously Celendon was amazing, but the
weird meandering lead up to Selene was the athletes themselves
are actually complaining about the beds being uncomfortable, the room's

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been too hot, the food is bad, and they say
this is affecting their chance of breaking world records. That's
not great. Donna Demeyo actually is going to talk to
us about that shortly from Australia. The other thing is
that we've got no medals. And I'm not complaining because
obviously I'm not there racing myself. I'm not jumping in
the pool and swimming, so I'm not going to complain

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about that. But it is nice to win a medal,
isn't it, And we haven't done that yet. And then
there's the Canadian football team who've cheated. They now want
the points that have been deducted put back on. Should
you still be able to remain in the Olympics when
you've essentially cheated? I mean, imagine if the Canadian women's
football team actually got the gold medal even though those

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sent drones up in the air. Does that seem fair?
I don't know. So there's just a few problems that
seem to be quite avoidable, a few rules that seem
to be a little bit unfair. However, in saying all
of that, I'm still watching and for more from News
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