: Episode 652 – Vinnie Tortorich joins Andy Schreiber this Friday on a special “Wednesday” episode to discuss The Olympics and their feelings on the games.
THE OLYMPICS
- This podcast was recorded on the second day of the Olympic Games
- Virginia Thrasher won the first gold for the US in the 10m Air Rifle competition at 19 years old
- Very exacting sport
- A prodigy — shot a gun for the first time 5 years ago while hunting
- They are showing the entire Road Cycling event
- We just got through the Tour de France, and that’s REAL cycling
- This isn’t very exciting compared to that, weird that they are televising all of it
- Vinnie loves watching cycling, but he thinks this is ridiculous
- They played all of this instead of the Cinderella Story that was Virginia Thrasher’s win
- Yet, they’ll show swimming heats
- Kim Rhode — one of the most winningest Olympians of all time (5 medals)
- Skeet Shooting and Trap
- She is a great all around person and amazing competitor
- Again, they won’t even show her events
- Michael Phelps, however, has gotten into all types of trouble yet they still show even his preliminary heats
- He is our flag carrier and thus our main representative
- Qatar essentially buys athletes from the desperately impoverished who live in surrounding countries
- Only wealthy because of oil and take advantage of those around them
