as far as I remember, NBC has showed all qualifying heats and semis of the
womens 1500. both were in the morning slot (10:00-12:00 EST). usually
(well, sometimes) right before a new slot begins the commentator will say
what things they will show. that;'s the only way I knew to tape the AM
session with the mens 10k/womens 5k. btw, in both races they showed the
first few laps then the last three. I remember staying up until 1:30
during Atlanta to catch the mens 5k, they showed the first two or three
laps then the last four. I have no doubt they will show no more than this
for the mens 5k, though I wish they would, this will be a good race.
Joel
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Arthur Snoke wrote:
> I concur with the comments below -- Morceli's losing race would have been
> reason enough to be seen, even if no American were in it.
>
> I taped the late night show and watched the 800 this morning. No comment
> on the air about what I guess was a disqualification.
>
> I really am coming to resent the coverage: I missed the women's 1500
> heats which were presumably shown during the day and did not think to tape
> the 10K which I understand was on the late night session a couple of days
> ago. I feel that having no idea what is going to shown when shows a real
> disregard to the true fans. I look forward to hearing about what is on
> the video.
>
> Another problem with having it shown at different times in different time
> zones is that after an event, I like to be able to call and share comments
> with my brother who is three time zones away from me. That is gone now.
>
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Joel Tetreault wrote:
>
> >
> > actually they did show heat 2 of the mens 1500m semi b/c Gabe Jennings was
> > in it. this was yesterday at 11:00 I think. for what it's worth I taped
> > it. they also had a 7 min segment on Gabe Jennings and what makes him
> > eccentric. I would have rather seen the first heat w/Pyrah and Morceli
> > but over the past five years I've learned not to get my hopes up.
>
>
