Swimming has got to be one of the most boring sports ever. As Australians, we’ve picked a dud for our national treasure.
The Chinese have got something right though - Gymnastics rocks. When the Chinese men won the team event at the Olympics, the stadium was packed to the gills with fans cheering on their countrymen. The commentators likened it to the swimmers in Sydney, or to Cathy Freeman’s 400m. Watching the event, though, is far superior. You can see the thrills & spills, the effort on their faces - with swimming you get the reaction at the end as they see their time.
1500m is a long race to sit through with that as the end-point.
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(A side note: with those sedition laws passed a while ago, does my patriotism now qualify me as a terrorist?)
