Paralympics dressage on catch up

No coverage so far so no catch up!! Apparently there will be some coverage later in the week - fingers crossed!

They haven't even mentioned the equestrian yet. Not even a note that our girls finished 1-2 last night. I know funding may be tight and only a minority enjoy the equestrian but they could just mention it even if they aren't going to show it. I can only assume they are only going to have coverage when medals are in contention. So there might be coverage of the last tests and the to music?

Disappointing. I wrote a rant about it on FB, especially as Lee was our flag bearer, you'd think they would focus on him a bit.
 
MotherOfChickens said:
apparently it's because Rio doesn't have enough money left to film everything. Equestrian isn't the only sport affected. Not Ch4's fault.
Click to expand...

I understand that. But they do have cameras there as they've now shown parts of Sophies and Lees test. So someone must be filming and recording?
And even if they didnt have the money to do it, I found it very disappointing that they didn't even mention the equestrian for the first two days on the highlights. They could have at least said what was going on even if they couldn't show it.
 
It's to do with the Olympics and Paras only being allowed to be covered by the Olympic broadcaster. If Channel 4 hasn't paid for the rights, they can't or won't show it in full.
 
I'm also really frustrated that I can't find any clips of the equestrians - just brief interviews, not even showing their rides. Very disappointing. It's swimming, cycling, athletics every evening. I'd like to see more variety!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top