Agree the coverage is awful
I miss ABC's Olympic coverage. Even though they didn't devote near as much air time to the games, they seemed to show more stuff. Of course, that may just be nostalgia messing with my brain.
Has anyone else noticed that their track and field coverage is all track and no field? No hammer, no javelin, no discus . . . a very little shot put. They've shown a couple of "jumping" events. Are the field events simply not popular in the United States?
Track and field is supposed to be the heart and soul of the Olympics. I can understand their wanting to telecast it in prime time, but still . . . no field at all? Will they even cover the decathlon? Or the pole vault?
And what happened to the women's marathon? Isn't that supposed to be on the first day of track and field competition? I haven't heard a word about it. Maybe the men and women are running together this year?
Even the old ABC Wide World of Sports would occasionally show field events. This is pitiful.