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Why is olympic athletics manly at night ?

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  1. Some Olympic athletics are broadcast live here starting around 7:30 PM EST because that's 7:30 AM in Beijing, which is when track and field is often done. Some are broadcast live here in the morning, corresponding to nighttime athletics in Beijing, such as basketball.


  2. Here's your answer:

    "Under pressure from NBC, the International Olympic Committee has placed swimming and gymnastics in the morning, so they can be shown live in prime time in the U.S. The IOC left track and field in the nighttime hours in China, to be broadcast here on a delayed basis."

    BTW, I love your first name! It's my name too. :)

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/wr...

  3. Cause black runners can see better than whites in the dark...and that helps them get to the finish line faster...and the USA has mainly black runners...:)))

  4. Simple - because they're half way around the world - they get to the next day or closer to the next day quicker than we do on this side of the world.

  5. Because there is a twelve hour time difference between the East coast and Beijing. so the middle of the day there, is the middle of the night here.

  6. Because if you live in North America most of the time when its night here in Beijing its usually around lunchtime or early afternoon.  

  7. Is it? You mean on TV? That's because you are at the other side of the earth.

  8. There is a massive time difference between beijing and new your which is where NBC is located therefore its dark there when its light here and light there when its dark here.

  9. Because there is a 12-hour time difference between Beijing and New York.  NBC shows reruns during the day and early in the morning.  

  10. b'cos Olympics has a torch.

  11. because most ppl have jobs and cant watch during the day

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