Paris Olympics 2024
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BREAKING: Reigning Olympic Gold Medalist Syndey McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) repeats in the Women's 400m hurdles, with a World Record (50.37s)! Anna Cockrell (USA) wins Silver. Reigning World Champion Femke Bol (NED) settles for Bronze.
Anna Cockrell won Silver with the fourth-fastest time in the history of this event. McLaughlin-Levrone becomes the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic Gold Medals in this event.
Anna Cockrell won Silver with the fourth-fastest time in the history of this event. McLaughlin-Levrone becomes the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic Gold Medals in this event.
China has moved back to within one Gold Medal of USA, with an opportunity to blow past tomorrow: USA has eighteen opportunities to win a Gold Medal on Friday but is only favored to win one of them. China has twenty-five opportunities to win a Gold Medal on Friday and is favored to win seven of them.
Hot take: Olympic boxing has never been entertaining, because of the rules and restrictions of Olympic boxing. People misremember it as being good "back in the day," but it wasn't good then, either; we remember it as being good because we had great boxers competing for us at the Olympics. Basically, we stopped pretending that Olympic boxing was ever any good when Americans stopped being good at boxing.
God damn, "Kid David" and "B-Boy Ronnie" are savage as **** on this breakdancing play-by-play. They were doing a fit check between Logistx (USA) and Raygun (AUS), and said that Raygun was dressed like she works at the Sydney Zoo, feeding kangaroos.
Also, it's wild how these breakdancers are allowed to use their nicknames in competition, but the Olympics website posts their whole government name on their athlete profile.
Also, it's wild how these breakdancers are allowed to use their nicknames in competition, but the Olympics website posts their whole government name on their athlete profile.
BREAKING: Marileidy Paulino (DOM) wins the Women's 400m, with an Olympic Record (48.17s). Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) gets Silver, Natalia Kaczmarek (POL) takes Bronze. It is the first Olympic Gold Medal won by a woman for the Dominican Republic, in any sport.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone totally would have won this.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone totally would have won this.
China has once again pulled even with USA in the Gold Medal count. I did not anticipate the Chinese becoming suddenly dominant in Women's Boxing. Between that and USA unexpectedly losing in events we have historically dominated, there's going to be a lot more drama in this medal race than I thought there would.
Just keeping an eye on things:
Defending Olympic Gold Medalists USA lose 11-10 in the Bronze Medal match. They not only fail to four-peat, but they finish off the podium completely for the first time in the history of the event.
US is still +2 over China in opportunities to win gold on the mat today, but they're not favored to win either one of them. One win would be big, both would be huge.
Bottom line is, we need this Gold in women's football. We need it: we can't afford losses in any more events where we're favored.
Defending Olympic Gold Medalists USA lose 11-10 in the Bronze Medal match. They not only fail to four-peat, but they finish off the podium completely for the first time in the history of the event.
US is still +2 over China in opportunities to win gold on the mat today, but they're not favored to win either one of them. One win would be big, both would be huge.
Bottom line is, we need this Gold in women's football. We need it: we can't afford losses in any more events where we're favored.
BREAKING: Masai Russell (USA) wins the Women's 100m hurdles, by 0.01s. Cyrena Samba-Mayela (FRA) gets Silver, Olympic Record Holder and defending Olympic Gold Medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) settles for Bronze.
Neither Russell nor Samba-Mayela placed at the most recent World Championships (Russell-DNF, Samba-Mayela-DNS). Per Ato Bolden, no woman has ever repeated as Olympic Champion in this event.
Neither Russell nor Samba-Mayela placed at the most recent World Championships (Russell-DNF, Samba-Mayela-DNS). Per Ato Bolden, no woman has ever repeated as Olympic Champion in this event.