Letsile Tebogo (BOT) wins the Men's 200m. Kenneth Bednarek (USA) gets Silver, reigning World Champion Noah Lyles (USA) settles for Bronze.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA) wins the Women's Long Jump. Defending Olympic Gold Medalist Malaika Mihambo (GER) settles for Silver, Jasmine Moore (USA) gets Bronze.
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.
BREAKING: Reigning World Champion and defending Olympic Silver Medalist Grant Holloway (USA) wins the Men's 110m Hurdles. Daniel Roberts (USA) gets Silver, Rasheed Broadbell (JAM) takes Bronze.
Well, now that that's over, let me fix myself a snack right quick and settle in for the second half of the basketball.
Yuan Chang (CHN) defeats Hatice Akbas (TUR) on points 5-0, in Women's 54kg.
This was the first Gold Medal for China in Olympic Boxing. According to broadcaster Sean Grande, this win also puts the Chinese women past the Chinese men in total Olympic medals, despite a 100-year head start.
This was the first Gold Medal for China in Olympic Boxing. According to broadcaster Sean Grande, this win also puts the Chinese women past the Chinese men in total Olympic medals, despite a 100-year head start.
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.
kingsboi
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not just talking from an American boxing stand point, simply the competition from all the countries was lackluster in my view. But admittedly, this is my first year I am watching Olympic Boxing so we'll see if the opinion changes come 2028 and beyond
I believe you. What I'm saying is that it's always been like that, but Americans used to act like it wasn't, because Americans were good at boxing.
United States wins the Women's 4x100m relay. Great Brittain gets Silver, Germany takes Bronze.
BREAKING: Canada wins the Men's 4x100m relay. South Africa gets Silver, Great Brittain takes Bronze.
United States finishes seventh (and will likely be disqualified upon review) after a blown handoff. This is now the fifth-consecutive Olympics that USA has failed to win Gold in this event.
United States finishes seventh (and will likely be disqualified upon review) after a blown handoff. This is now the fifth-consecutive Olympics that USA has failed to win Gold in this event.
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.
Aaron Brooks (not that Aaron Brooks, USA) is wearing Javrail Shapiev's (UZB) ass out like a man who knows he shouldn't have lost his semifinal match.
BREAKING: Four-time NCAA National Champion Aaron Brooks (USA) defeats Javrail Shapiev (UZB) 5-0 in the Men's 86kg Freestyle Bronze Medal match.
Junior World Record holder Olivia Reeves (USA) wins the Women's 78kg, with an Olympic Record (Snatch only, 117kg). Mari Leivis Sanchez (COL) gets Silver, World Record Holder (Snatch only) Angie Paola Palacios (ECU) settles for Bronze.
Rai Benjamin (USA) wins the Men's 400m hurdles. World and Olympic record holder and defending Olympic Gold Medalist and reigning World Champion Karsten Warholm (NOR) settles for Silver, Alison dos Santos (BRA) gets Bronze.
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.
kingsboi
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would you happen to know off the top of your head the last successful Olympic American boxer(s) that went on to have a successful pro boxing career?
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Cindy Ngamba won the Refugee Olympic Team its first ever Olympic medal after earning bronze in 75k (middleweight) women’s boxing.
Atheyna Bylon, who defeated Ngamba in the semi-final match, will become Panama’s first ever female medalist.
Bylon will take on China’s Li Qian for gold tomorrow.
Atheyna Bylon, who defeated Ngamba in the semi-final match, will become Panama’s first ever female medalist.
Bylon will take on China’s Li Qian for gold tomorrow.
Off the top of my head? Of course not. But Doctor Internet seems to suggest that it was Andre Ward.
Rooting for Bylon for completely jingoistic reasons: China has already cleared four Gold Medals to retake the lead and is the favorite to win at least one more. A loss for China is a win for the US.
Go Bylon!
Go Bylon!
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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.
Update: one of the Gold Medal hopefuls in wrestling lost in the semifinals and is trailing in the Bronze Medal match. The other advanced to the Final, but is again not the favorite.
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.
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