swimming

[erilyn]

My family has a question they'd like me to ask any Americans I know:

Has there been much(/any) coverage of or news about, the World Swimming Championships (on at the moment in Melbourne) in the US? The US team has done well, especially Michael Phelps (he's just...wow - 6 gold medals and counting, it was a shame about the relay, plus multiple world records), and they're just interested in how the sport gets covered there vs how it's covered here.

Thanks for indulging their curiousity :)

Comments

[lucylooo.livejournal.com]

Not American, but I watch CNN's offshoot Headline News in the mornings and he (and the team) was covered during the normal sports segment (along with basketball and golf, I think). Pretty pictures of men in swim gear. :) I have to say, pro sports (football, baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, and NASCAR) are covered much more overall than amateur, though, unless it's Olympics year.

[lucylooo.livejournal.com]

And now that I am actually home and watching the morning news, Phelps got a segment to himself _before_ the sports news, which qualifies as a Big Deal.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that's just the sort of thing I was interested in (cause he deserved it, but didn't know if he'd get that sort of coverage). The championships as a whole have been very impressive - world records tumbling all over the place.