Five-ring circus: The Thread of the XXXIII Olympiad

U.S. 8, Australia 7.

Cowbells for everyone!

 

6) OKC is the Tahiti of the USA.

 

OKC is also hosting whitewater rafting or something?

 

Well, he’s only the fifth to do it. Roger couldn’t.

 

Watching the women’s high jump final, which came down to a Ukrainian jumper and an Aussie.

They kept missing at 2.02 meters, which led my wife to make this observation: “They’re approaching the bar wrong.”

My wife, the high jumping expert.

P.S. The Ukrainian jumper won. Good for her.

 

The career Golden slam doesn't mean much of shit, since this is like the 9th or 10th Olympics the sport has been played. Do it in one year like Steffi and it's a big deal because that's a level of yearly dominance that's unprecedented. But the great players of the 70s and 80s, that took the sport to a star leevl, didn't even have the option. They had Davis Cup tournaments.

 

Geez, not saying it’s an equal accomplishment. But it is an accomplishment. Just a career grand slam is an achievement.

Lighten up, Francis.

 

Also the men's final inexplicably went back to three sets after it was best-of-five for the first eight times.

 

It's winning a gold medal, which is a fine accomplishment, it's not on the level of a grand slam tournament. The men aren't even playing best-of-five, which they did for the first several runs. It's the equivalent winning a really good ATP or WTA tournament.

 

Men's 100 was nuts. They can't show me this finish slowly enough for me to understand how Lyles won.

 

NBC whiffed on the end of the men's 100. Clearly a photo finish, announcers way too quick to award it to Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles ends up the winner.

 

That race was...whew...

Wow.