I find that the more mainstream the sport, the less I care about it in the Olympics. Basketball, hockey, soccer, tennis, boxing...just not as interesting when the Olympics aren't the biggest stage for the competitors like they are for the other sports. Or maybe I'm just ignorant as to how important Worlds and other non-Olympic competitions are for the other events.
I can see that. It’s supposed to be amateur, so the best in the world in team sports aren’t playing there whereas the best skiers, skaters, etc are. Except basketball is the best players in the world and USA often wins in runaway fashion so that is uninteresting as well.
I do like hockey. It feels like a winter sport. Basketball is also a winter sport, but played at the summer olympics for some dumb reason.
I like the obscure sports at both, and anything a record time can be set in. Something about swimming with the swimmers chasing that WR line in the home stretch that makes it more interesting. I don’t think there is much of that in the winter games. All the skiing and sledding stuff is on different courses, so there is no WR time to beat.
I’m limited to just what NBC is showing in prime time right now due to our current living situation. Bummed I can’t follow the mens and womens hockey tournaments
