Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> "Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3F621060.7060701@hotmail.com...

>>I'm shocked and horrified to read that. Nearly as shocked and horrified
>>as I was to learn that there are events at the Olympics other than Judo
>>and the women's marathon.
> 
> Yeah, I wish they'd drop that lame marathon crap. Well, you can be pretty
> sure they will once Naoko retires, or stops winning races.

Of course, but something/one else will pop up in place - I can imagine
the country going bonkers over say - archery - and instantly producing a
thousand reasons why it is *natural* that Japanese would dominate the
sport nado nado.

> I realize that if you're not a judo fan, you might be bummed that you can't
> watch your 100-,meter hurdles or skeet shooting or whatever lame sport it is
> that you like to watch. But Japan is after all the home of judo, so it's to
> be expected that it will get the lion's share of the coverage (especially on
> NHK). But for god's sake, show a little love of the sport, or at the very
> least a bit less partidarism.

I looked up "partidarism" in dictionary.com to no avail, but from the
rest of the sentence can guess the context and fully agree regarding
showing a little love for Judo. NHK's coverage is just not cricket.

<snip>
> He really is amazing to watch, though, and he's got a good story, too. He
> was a middling judoka, then his mother died and he decided to win a gold
> medal for her, and transformed into this judo god -- his father sat in the
> crowd holding a picture of his mother in every match up to the olympics,
> then Inoue held a picture of her up on the podium.

Tah for that. I'll pay more attention to the news - usually flick
channels before the sport comes on.




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