The CBC commentators frankly piss me off. They consistently hype up the athlete only to have the athlete turn in a different performance. Just now the commentator says about Hayden "he shouldn't have a problem qualifying for the final" and he ends up in 11th.
WDF?
Perhaps Hayden screwed up the start however shouldn't the commentators NOT hype someone? It's expectation setting and they are setting it awfully high for me.
Best example was the men's gymnastics where they had me believing the team could get 7th or 8th to qualify but then tell me two of the team members are coming off major injury which affected their training and one of the guys screwed him ankle a few days before the competition. I hear that and think to myself "how can they possibly be favoured to get through? They'd have to have a monumental effort to make it."
Is it just me?
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