For the past few weeks I’ve enjoyed the leisure of watching some daytime television. I did watch “The Chew” a few times, and stumbled upon some fantastic episodes of “Four Weddings” and “What not to wear,” but my favorite thing to tune into is:

Olympics Trials!

Oh how I love to watch incredible athletes perform. I can’t wait for the upcoming coverage of London’s Summer Olympics, and so today I’ll share my favorite summer events to watch:

1) Gymnastics will always be number one in my heart. After growing up watching the Disney film about Nadia Comeneci, cheering on the Magnificent Seven, and practicing countless tumbles of my own atop trampolines and makeshift balance beams, I will always stop what I’m doing when gymnastics are on TV. The last few years I’ve also had more of an appreciation for, ahem, mens gymnastics as well. indeed.

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2) Diving I’d like to say I equally admire male and female diving, but while I like the style of women’s dives a bit more, there is no denying the utter beauty of a male swimmer or diver’s torso. heavens to betsy. Plus, it suits my short attention span.

3) Tennis. Tennis would be higher on my list, except there is also Wimbledon and the Opens for tennis… so I’m not so deprived of this sport.

Honorable mentions: Swimming (see diving for explanation), Synchronized Swimming (art. simply art), Beach Volleyball, and (although I’ve never seen it before) Trampoline! (What the dickens can this be about??)

Are you looking forward to the Olympics? Which events are your favorite to watch? Have you been following any athletes in the preliminary trials?

Meri