Channel Seven is blasted for 'annoying' new graphic showing the speed of ...
'It's like a spoiler, during the race': Channel Seven sparks debate over 'annoying' new graphic showing the speed of swimmers at the Olympics - but some viewers say they love it Seven's 'm/s' speed graphic in Olympic swimming coverage has sparked debate The graphic shows the country each athlete is from and their live speed Some viewers said the graphic was distracting and spoiled the result Others said it was informative and helped those with an 'untrained eye'
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Channel Seven has sparked passionate debate over its use of a graphic that shows the speed of the leading swimmers at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Comedian Tom Cashman took to TikTok to accuse the network of 'spoiling' the result of races before they finish with the controversial new feature.
The graphic, which only appears next to the leading swimmers for small portions of each race, shows their nationality and their current speed in metres per second.
'My big issue with this is that this isn't some interesting trivia tidbit piece of information, this is core information about that race,' Cashman said.
'That's what the whole point of a race is - to see who the fastest swimmer is, so they're halfway through a race and telling us
