The Rio Olympics are finally beginning to wind down. If you haven’t been keenly following the dramatic plotlines such as the green diving pool or the literal trash fire that threatened a mountain bike race, then you’ve surely caught a few seconds of the action on a Royals off-day or while trying to watch Mecum Dealmakers, an actual program about car auctions that airs in primetime on NBCSN. (I think NBC needs these Olympics more than we realize.)
One event that’s just getting started — and that you probably won’t see much coverage of, if we’re being honest — is the decathlon.