Unbelievable...the coverage gets worse every year. Did you happen to see the CBS coverage of the Xterra World Championship? It was FANTASTIC...they had cameras everywhere and did a great job of actually following the race. They showed some interesting AG folks, but didn't turn it into a soap opera - and at the end, they showed all of the AG winners finishing...a great touch. I hope NBC was watching and taking notes on how it should be done.

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And what happened to the tradition of mentioning the name of the 1st guy out of the water? I think he almost broke the record, but I don't remember the NBC coverage even mentioning his name!

No doubt...Jan Sibbersen missed the swim course record by 6 sec and didn't even get a mention. Not only that, but Faris Al-Sultan went balls-out solo on the bike and lead for about half the ride. Didn't even mention his name.

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"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare" - Juma Ikangaa

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Well, just look at the categories the broadcast was nominated in.

Outstanding Edited Sports Special (They certainly did a lot of editing)

Outstanding Camerawork; (I guess they held the camera steady)

Outstanding Short Feature (definitely short, if you count only the seconds they showed of the race) and

Outstanding Open/Tease (wasn't the whole show a tease?)

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I actually like the coverage. Could they have showed more of the race, absolutely. Could it have been longer, sure. But, they only have a certain amount of time and I think they did a great job with that. This is NBC, after all, not OLN.