Cool Weather - Sally McLellan - Channel 7

Yesterday was reported as the coldest Sydney morning of the year so far, getting as low as 5 degrees Celsius on the coast. We’re pretty lucky with our winters in Sydney because they’re pretty mild compared to other parts of the country. It’s all about being acclimatised to the conditions though and we Sydneysiders really feel the cooler starts.

What we do get are fogs and sometimes they’re as thick as calligraphy ink, but it seems that we have largely missed out on any significant pea-soup events this winter. At least, that’s how it stands with only 11 days of winter remaining.

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It was wonderful to see Sally McLellan’s reaction to her silver medal winning performance in the 100m hurdles in Beijing last night. She had a great start to the race, maintained her form right to the finish line and had a bit of luck. But, for the girl whose goal was to just make an Olympic final, her excitement, jubilation, disbelief and unbridled joy when her name was posted as the Olympic silver medallist was a pleasure to watch.

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Still on the 100m hurdles brings me to the television coverage and brickbats galore go to Channel 7 for stuffing their viewers around once again. They simply refuse to do the decent thing and let us know exactly when events are going to be aired.

From 10pm onwards, every time they went to an ad break we were reminded that Sally McLellan’s race was coming up later but at no point were we given an idea of exactly when the race would be aired which is simply not good enough. The least they could have done was tell us the race was on at 12:15 and Channel 7 would be showing it live. Assholes.

Stupid Interview Questions

I had to laugh out loud while watching the Olympics last night. Sally McLellan had just run a wonderful semi-final in the Womens 100m Hurdles to make the final and she was clearly over the moon. Naturally Channel 7 were there to shove a microphone under her out of breath nose demanding that she talk rather than recover from her efforts.

It was Pat Welsh doing the interviewing and he seems armed with an endless supply of dumbass questions that he is equally capable at trotting out at the athletics as he is at the golf. At some point, wouldn’t you think these guys would pause for a minute, work out some insightful questions and use them rather than the dross they appear to be happy chucking at our athletes?

When Pat asked McLellan “Did you realise you’re the first Australian to make the final in the 100m hurdles since Glynnis Nunn?” she came back with “I don’t care about that, I’m in the final now.” Ka-pow, take that dickhead.

Why the fuck would Sally McLelland care who made an Olympic final more than 20 years ago when she was celebrating the biggest moment of her sporting career. Good on her for her response to a dim-witted question. Are we going to have to take out an AVO to keep these idiot reporters away from our sporting stars?