Summer Olympics

[05C40]

Until I see Timothée Chalamet and Armand Duplantis together in a photo, I will remain dubious.

 

[BillyL]

Well done USW Soccer . . ! Onward to the Gold medal game.

 

[lawtig02]

That 1500

 

[Charlotte1204]

My co-worker messaged me on Teams if I had seen the race. I turned the TV on just in time to see the replay. Wow!

 

[HeelInTheOzarks]

Good day for USA ladies

Volleyball beats Poland in quarterfinal
Water polo beats Hungary in quarterfinal
Soccer beats Germany in semifinal


Also this is wild stuff:

 

[uncjhodges]

outside of beach volleyball, it was an awesome day for the US

 

[uncsig]

Gold and Bronze for US men in the 1500 and US women in the 200. The 1500 was a stunner if you haven't seen it yet.

 

[Zoo_View]

Gold and Bronze for US men in the 1500 and US women in the 200. The 1500 was a stunner if you haven't seen it yet.

The last time 2 Americans medaled was 1912. The last time the USA had three men in the Finals was 60 years ago.

 

[circlesky88]

The 1500 was amazing, even more so knowing that the Norwegian and British dudes are both pricks.

 

[TarHeelGrad]

Thought that the one US dude got bumped coming down the stretch and almost fell. Didn't he beat his PR by over 2 seconds? Dude was amazing.

On a track-related note, I learned today that the time officially stops when your chest (not your foot or head) crosses the finish line.

 

[aGDevil2k]

Gabby wins the 200m!

Her dad played football at Duke

 

[korgguy1971]

Holy hell, has anyone heard of Luana Alonso??

Revealed: Swimmer Luana Alonso once had Neymar slide into her DMs

The Paraguayan swimmer made headlines last week after revealing that she would be bowing out of the sport after she failed to qualify for the second round of the women's 100m butterfly.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[HeelInTheOzarks]

Holy hell, has anyone heard of Luana Alonso??

Revealed: Swimmer Luana Alonso once had Neymar slide into her DMs

The Paraguayan swimmer made headlines last week after revealing that she would be bowing out of the sport after she failed to qualify for the second round of the women's 100m butterfly.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The one who got kicked out of the Olympic village for wearing skimpy clothes?

I mean, I saw her instagram.

 

[Zoo_View]

Gabby wins the 200m!

Her dad played football at Duke

That comes close to making me cheer against her.

 

[Zoo_View]

The one who got kicked out of the Olympic village for wearing skimpy clothes?

I mean, I saw her instagram.

Just stumbled across it, right?

 

[nycfan]

Found that 1500m final on YouTube tonight. Amazing.

 

[CarolinaFever]

Found that 1500m final on YouTube tonight. Amazing.

All the hype was for the British and Norwegian, and the American dude ended up winning. Loved it.

 

[CarolinaFever]

I don't get the steeplechase race. Why does only one of them have water?

 

[nycfan]

 

[Zoo_View]

I don't get the steeplechase race. Why does only one of them have water?

It originated in England in the early-mid 19th century…..it was literally a race from one village’s church steeple to another…..maybe back (round-trip) or maybe to another village’s church….

Steeple-to-steeple…..over walls and fences and through or over creeks and streams.

Completely random.

Standardized at 3,000 meters, 5 barriers (one is partially water) in 1920.

LOVE the steeplechase.