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I looked up Olympic hurdler Nooralotta Neziri, who despite having been born in Turkey, is now Finnish. Of course there is Finnish wikipedia, but I had never stumbled upon it before. The only thing I know about Finnish is that it has lots of case endings and is related to Estonian and Hungarian, but Ms Neziri is mostly noted as an athlete, so I think I have narrowed it down enough to guess that the Finnish word for hurdle is something like aitajuoksija. I am going to remain in willful ignorance for a while rather than having my linguistic self-confidence smashed.
While speaking of ignorance being bliss, I have not made much effort to learn rules in some of the sports that I never watch except during Olympic times. I have no idea why there is an indoor bicycle race that has most of the riders going in a neat row while others take turns riding up to the top of the sloped track. I just learned that while the horse jumping riders are allowed to have spurs and a riding crop, they are disqualified if they draw blood or cause bruises. Also, the horse can refuse to jump, but that is a big point deduction.
I don't sprint (except that I managed to make it from the Red Line train level to the busway at Alewife in less than a minute yesterday, and caught the bus). I don't need cleats, but for a limited time, Nike is marketing shoes that look like this adapted for regular people.
http://www.psfk.com/2016/08/nike-unveils-their-machine-designed-track-shoe-for-olympic-runners.html
I don't think they would be comfortable for me, because I don't like that kind of sole, but I'm considering it anyway.
The world is up to at least three marriage proposals at the Olympics, with couples from Brasil, China, and the USA. The Brazilian couple is one rugby player + one civilian, so to speak. Both are women. The Chinese couple are both divers, and the USians are track and field people. I always think that a proposal should be in private, rather than (in this case) on international television. All of the people seem happy with their new engaged status, but what if one of them had wanted to say no? Acknowleding that I am not internally consistent, I was really pleased to see the episode of "Let's Make a Deal" in which one of the contestants proposed to his boyfriend (who accepted). The audience for the show is enthusiastic about all the deals (possibly a requirement for admission?), and they responded enthusiastically to the engagement as well.
While speaking of ignorance being bliss, I have not made much effort to learn rules in some of the sports that I never watch except during Olympic times. I have no idea why there is an indoor bicycle race that has most of the riders going in a neat row while others take turns riding up to the top of the sloped track. I just learned that while the horse jumping riders are allowed to have spurs and a riding crop, they are disqualified if they draw blood or cause bruises. Also, the horse can refuse to jump, but that is a big point deduction.
I don't sprint (except that I managed to make it from the Red Line train level to the busway at Alewife in less than a minute yesterday, and caught the bus). I don't need cleats, but for a limited time, Nike is marketing shoes that look like this adapted for regular people.
http://www.psfk.com/2016/08/nike-unveils-their-machine-designed-track-shoe-for-olympic-runners.html
I don't think they would be comfortable for me, because I don't like that kind of sole, but I'm considering it anyway.
The world is up to at least three marriage proposals at the Olympics, with couples from Brasil, China, and the USA. The Brazilian couple is one rugby player + one civilian, so to speak. Both are women. The Chinese couple are both divers, and the USians are track and field people. I always think that a proposal should be in private, rather than (in this case) on international television. All of the people seem happy with their new engaged status, but what if one of them had wanted to say no? Acknowleding that I am not internally consistent, I was really pleased to see the episode of "Let's Make a Deal" in which one of the contestants proposed to his boyfriend (who accepted). The audience for the show is enthusiastic about all the deals (possibly a requirement for admission?), and they responded enthusiastically to the engagement as well.
