Olympics

I've just starting watching the Olympics, and it's always amazing. Like many people, I've participated in some of the games, but definitely not on the level of these athletes. It's hard to say which I find more impressive, the events I'm familiar with, such as volleyball, rowing, badminton, or the events I'm not familiar with, such as saber.

There are definitely some events that I can't identify with at all, like equestrian. Am I watching something that is impressive, something so-so? Without the commentators I have no idea. Then there are the events where I know when they are doing something really hard, but if they are doing it really well or just okay, such as gymnastics and diving.

So far today, I've watched women's saber, women's 48kg weightlifting, men's 4x rowing, some volleyball, some badminton, women's air rifle. I'd say the most riveting so far was the weightlifting. They are really tiny women lifting a whole lot of weight.