I also really like Lucinda’s commentary. It all made sense. She was very fair and tactful and gave equal attention to whatever was in front of her. She didn’t wander off topic, she stuck the the course, the horses and riders in front of her.
Also thought she had great cooperation with John Kyle. DIdn’t interrupt, talk over him, ignore him, etc.
I thought Lucinda was excellent and hope to hear more from her in the future. 
I love Vandiver, but I thought he looked pretty tired toward the last part of the course… I wouldn’t have described him as fresh. This was just my observation, though.
I think a lot of Olympic sports (secretly or openly) think the same. The World Game model, everyone does their own. Even on their own schedule.
Alternatively, if they all performed in separate venues on a coordinated schedule in the same 2 weeks as they do now, tv coverage would be impossible - or impossibly expensive. Cameras and commentators, equipment, staff, etc. would have to be enormously increased to maintain the current coverage level. At present they are shuffled around from event to event.
So separate venues mean that the Olympics as the grand world festival that they are today would no longer exist.
But it is a discussion that has been active in many of the Olympics sports for many years.
Sorry I missed him, I didn’t catch the coverage until rider #10 or 12. Z and Thomas looked well.
NBCSP is showing it at 1:40 pm central time. You have the thrilling pair of Randy Moss and Melanie Smith Taylor to listen to.
I am so glad I can live stream!
Randy Moss = Horse racing and other non-equine sports. He has The Voice, I think that’s why he’s there.
Melanie we know.
So neither has ever ridden eventing, and as best I know, are not involved in eventing. Explains some of the goofy ‘comments’.
“Penultimate gate?” 
During dressage (not the dressage portion of eventing, but Grand Prix dressage) Moss referred to a bay horse as a chestnut. I can’t stand him even for horse racing commentary.
I believe that’s the literal name of the obstacle.
Sam’s front end was lightening fast, as well. Chipmunk isn’t nearly as sharp in front. Lovely horse, don’t get me wrong, but Sam was a once in a lifetime! 
He gave it to about the last 5 fences. That’s the penultimate gate, no it’s not that one it’s this one, no it’s not this one either …
He’s just named Phillip Dutton and Boyd Martin as cross-country experts. OK. I’m sure we already assume that Olympic athletes are experts in their sports.
I agree. He didn’t look labored in his way of going, but he did look like he was tiring and I was glad the course was over when it was over. Meanwhile Tsetserleg had moments when he looked downright feral.
Whatever the Brits were doing to condition their horses it certainly worked.
You can go to NBC Olympics, click on Equestrian under “Sports”, and if you have a cable company click on the play icon, and you can watch all of it. You just need to select your cable company, and sign in. My sign in stayed on from yesterday too.
It’s the one with Lucinda Green, not Melanie Smith Taylor commenting.
Yes, I told my husband watching it that the stewards needed to call it on that horse. I think the rider would have tried to keep going until he heard the whistles. I think he saved faces by retiring but pretty sure I heard lots of whistles and then he finally stopped and put his hand up.
They don’t have to do permanent venues for everything, just the Equestrian. It would also limit the amount of quarantine that some countries have, like when they had the games in Australia.
For swimming and diving, there are a ton of big venues in this country, and others that would work very well for that sport, track and field works at the big stadiums all over. There are a lot of permanent facilities that wouldn’t need any modifications, or building new facilities.
It would also limit the problems with hay importation, or air pollution that have been an issue with some locations. Since so many athletes train in Europe, and North America, then maybe Spruce Meadows would be a possibility.
The rider that fell under his horse’s hooves was from Thailand.
Other sports have their arguments if favor of this as well.
I actually agree with your proposal. It would be better, for all of the factors you mention.
I just think that in the eternal struggle that is organizing and staging the Olympics, it will be a tough discussion, partly due to other sports who think they are just as justified in doing the same thing.
I think part of the issue is that we have Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, but we cram fall/spring sports into the Summer Olympics.
Just think what it would take to get everyone to agree WHERE that one permanent place would be. 
The way Tokyo lost their hat hosting these games, maybe the IOC will be forced to investigate permanent venues for some or all sports in the future. I can’t imagine you will have quite as many cities vying to absorb a massive expense if we continue to have the risk that they won’t be able to recoup on that expense.
We’ll decide that in this thread and let them know. 
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