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= PARIS 2024 =
From Lane One
A fabulous Games of the XXXIII Olympiad closed Sunday in Paris at the Stade de France, a celebration of a sport that re-introduced the Olympic Games that had been silenced during the Covid-plagued Tokyo 2020 edition.
The ceremony began with French swimming icon – and four-time gold medalist – Leon Marchand closing down the innovative “balloon cauldron” for the Olympic Flame and bringing in away in a safety lamp for transport to the stadium.
The entry of the athletes took 31 minutes, with the U.S. entering next to last as host of the next Games.
The artistic program of the ceremony took place across a 26,000 sq. ft. stage shaped like a world map, highlighting the continents. As with the torch-running figure in the opening, a “Golden Voyager” was the focus of the opening sequence, leading to honors for Greece as the originator of the Olympic Games and the appearance of the statue of Nike, housed in the Louvre.
A lengthy sequence of bringing giant rings together with performers formed the Olympic Rings, suspended inside the stadium in a spectacular stunt.
Following a lengthy musical interlude featuring the French band Phoenix and others, came the much-cheered remarks from Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet, which included this raucously-received phrase:
“All of this was only possible because all of you showed up.
“First, you, the millions of spectators… Your passion made every first round a final; every venue a raucous arena; every medal a national holiday.”
Said International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (GER), for whom this will be his last Games in charge of the Olympic Movement:
“We know that the Olympic Games cannot create peace. But the Olympic Games can create a culture of peace that inspires the world. This is why I call on everyone who shares this Olympic spirit: let us live this culture of peace every single day.
“These Olympic Games could only inspire the world, because our French friends prepared the stage. And what a magnificent stage it was!
“Millions of people celebrating the athletes in the streets of Paris and all across France. Millions of spectators in iconic venues creating an overwhelming atmosphere. More than half of the world’s population sharing this spectacular celebration of the unity of humankind in all our diversity.”
And closed with thanks:
“Dear French friends, you have fallen in love with the Olympic Games. And we have fallen in love with all of you.
“Thank you Paris, thank you France!”
The protocol elements follows, with the formal handover of the Olympic Flag from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to Bach to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, accompanied by gymnastics star Simone Biles.
The Los Angeles show was next, comprising 21 minutes of an in-stadium rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” by H.E.R., then Tom Cruise rappelling down from the top of the stadium, taking the flag by motorcycle out of the Stade and connecting to a video of a ride onto an airplane, and then landing at the Hollywood sign – completed with Olympic Rings on top of the “oo” in “wood.”
The video had the flag given to World Champion mountain biker Kate Courtney, who biked through City Hall and to the Memorial Coliseum, where the flag passed to Atlanta 1996 icon Michael Johnson, who ran it back into the city, giving it to two-time Olympic skateboard medalist Jagger Eaton, who ended up in Long Beach and an LA28 stage complete with sand sculptures.
The show included the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
Back in Paris, Marchand came out with the Olympic Flame in the safety lamp and Bach, accompanied by representative athletes from the five continents and the Refugee Olympic Team, blew out the flame. Games over, after a final rendition by Yseult of “My Way.”
Said Bach:
“In accordance with tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in Los Angeles, United States of America, to celebrate with all of us the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad.”
But we’ll always have Paris.
~ Rich Perelman
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The International Olympic Committee said it would respect the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and has requested the return of the women’s Floor Exercise bronze medal from American Jordan Chiles:
“Following the CAS decision with regard to the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise Final and the amendment of the ranking by the International Gymnastics Federation, the IOC will reallocate the bronze medal to Ana Barbosu (Romania).
“We are in touch with the NOC of Romania to discuss the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC regarding the return of the bronze medal.”
The CAS ruling reversed the change made at the venue when Chiles score was reviewed and increased by 0.1 points. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee said it would appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, which has limited grounds for review:
“We firmly believe that Jordan rightfully earned the bronze medal, and there were critical errors in both the initial scoring by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the subsequent CAS appeal process that need to be addressed.
“The initial error occurred in the scoring by FIG, and the second error was during the CAS appeal process, where the USOPC was not given adequate time or notice to effectively challenge the decision. As a result, we were not properly represented or afforded the opportunity to present our case comprehensively.
“Given these circumstances, we are committed to pursuing an appeal to help Jordan Chiles receive the recognition she deserves. We remain dedicated to supporting her as an Olympic champion and will continue to work diligently to resolve this matter swiftly and fairly.”
“USA Gymnastics on Sunday formally submitted a letter and video evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, conclusively establishing that Head Coach Cecile Landi‘s request to file an inquiry was submitted 47 seconds after the publishing of the score, within the 1-minute deadline required by FIG rule.
“In the letter, USA Gymnastics requests that the CAS ruling be revised and Chiles’ bronze-medal score of 13.766 reinstated.
“The basis for the CAS ruling on Friday striking down the inquiry was that “The inquiry submitted on behalf of Ms. Jordan Chiles in the Final of the women’s floor exercise was raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline provided by article 8.5 of the 2024 FIG Technical Regulations and is determined to be without effect.”
“The time-stamped, video evidence submitted by USA Gymnastics Sunday evening shows Landi first stated her request to file an inquiry at the inquiry table 47 seconds after the score is posted, followed by a second statement 55 seconds after the score was originally posted.
“The video footage provided was not available to USA Gymnastics prior to the tribunal’s decision and thus USAG did not have the opportunity to previously submit it.”
● Les Temps ● The Olympic Games are done, the Paralympics are coming and so is some really hot weather for getaway day: a high of 100 in Paris on Monday and a low of 70. The prediction is for crowding at all Paris airports, bus and train stations!
● Medals & Teams ● The U.S. finished with an amazing 126 medals, the most ever in a Games outside the country. Amazing. Consider this: the 126 is the most medals won by any nation at any Games in the era of almost-full or full attendance, beginning in 1988 in Seoul. The U.S. had the previous high with 121 in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. And the most since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles (174).
It’s the eighth-straight Games that the U.S. has led the total medal count and the fourth in a row with the most (or tied for most) gold medals. The final totals:
● 1. 126, United States (40-44-42)
● 2. 91, China (40-27-24)
● 3. 65, Great Britain (14-22-29)
● 4. 64, France (16-26-22)
● 5. 53, Australia (18-19-16)
● 6. 45, Japan (20-12-13)
● 7. 40, Italy (12-13-15)
● 8. 34, Netherlands (15-7-12)
● 9. 33, Germany (12-13-8)
● 10. 32, South Korea (13-9-10)
● 11. 27, Canada (9-7-11)
● 12. 20, Brazil (3-7-10)
● 12. 20, New Zealand (10-7-3)
In our TSX team rankings, using a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points system and a much more diverse, inclusive and equitable representation of team achievement, the U.S. put up a tremendous performance. And the French went insane:
● 1. 1,297, United States
● 2. 947 1/2, China
● 3. 747 1/2, France
● 4. 725, Great Britain
● 5. 585 1/2, Australia
● 6. 580, Italy
● 7. 564, Japan
● 8. 515, Germany
● 9. 418 1/2, Netherlands
● 10. 362, Canada
● 11. 355 1/2, Korea
● 12. 294 1/2, Spain
● 13. 260, New Zealand
● 14. 251, Hungary
● 15. 245 1/2, Brazil
A total of 124 countries (out of 206) – plus the Refugee Team, and including Belarus and Russia, as “neutrals” – scored points in Paris. A full rundown of the scores coming in the next days.
● Television ● At last report, NBC said its 12-day Olympic viewing average for 2024 at 31.6 million in 2024, compared to 17.8 million for Tokyo (a lot better) and the 10-day average of 27.7 million for Rio (better).
The measurement of “Total Audience Delivery” is based upon live-plus-same day custom fast national figures from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics. This is not a true “apples-to-apples” with prior Games, however, as the audiences prior to 2024 were for the NBC primetime show only and the Paris totals are for the daytime show (live) and the primetime show together. No out-of-home audiences were in the figures for Rio 2016; Nielsen added those in 2020.
= RESULTS: SUNDAY, 11 AUGUST =
● Athletics: Women’s Marathon
A final, crazy twist to the track & field events in Paris, as Dutch star Sifan Hassan won an unlikely gold with a fast finish in an Olympic Record of 2:22:55, beating world-record holder Tigst Assefa (ETH) by three seconds.
It completed an amazing performance in which she won the 5,000 m bronze, the 10,000 m bronze and the marathon gold!
The race started with 68 F temperatures and 66% humidity at 8 a.m. and the lead pack of 20 passed the halfway mark in 1:13:22. The big hill in the middle of the race whittled the lead group to nine by 30 km and six by 35 km.
Hassan said afterwards she was feeling terrible most of the race, but seeing herself with the leaders after 30 km, she suddenly felt better. By the 40 km mark, five were left, with Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi leading, and teammate Hellen Obiri, the 2024 Boston winner, Assefa and Ethiopia’s 2023 World Champion, Amane Beriso.
Beriso fell back first, then Lokedi and in the final drive, Obiri had the lead and was pushing, but could not break away. Assefa broke away with Hassan with 500 m left and then Hassan sprinted ahead and ran away to run in 2:22:55, with Assefa at 2:25:58. Incredible. Obiri got third in 2:123:10, with the temperature at 79 F (with 47% humidity). Lokedi was fourth in 2:23:14.
Dakotah Lundwurm, who led briefly at the 23 km mark, was the top American finisher, in 12th (2:26:44), with Emily Sisson in 23rd (2:29:53); Fiona O’Keeffe did not finish.
Hassan, now 31, completed an astonishing double-triple: Tokyo wins at 5,000 and 10,000 m and a 1,500 m bronze, then the 5-10 bronzes and the marathon win in Paris. How good was this: it’s the first time since the 5-10-Marathon triple win by Emil Zatopek (CZE) in 1952 that anyone has won medals in all three of those events in the same Games.
● Basketball: Women
Going into Paris, the U.S. women looked like one of biggest locks in the Games and they won an eighth-straight Olympic gold with their 61st straight victory in Olympic play. But it was anything but easy, as the Americans overcame France, 67-66.
The game was tied at 25-25 at half and the U.S. had a 45-43 lead at the end of three. But the French had a 53-51 lead with 5:04 to go. A’ja Wilson’s jumper with 3:11 left gave the U.S. a 58-55 edge, but France’s Gabby Williams made a jumper with 1:33 to go to close to 60-59.
A Kahleah Copper jumper and a Wilson free throw extended the U.S. lead to 63-59 with 17 seconds left. Kelsey Plum made two free throws for a 65-61 lead with 0:11 left, but Williams sank a three to close to 65-64 with 0:05 to go. Copper made two foul shots for a 67-64 edge and then Williams took a long pass from the backcourt and made a desperation bank from the right side at the buzzer, but her foot was inside the three-point line and it counted only for two! That close, and the final was 67-66.
The U.S. shot just 34% from the field and the French were at 32%. Wilson once again led the Americans, with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Plum – who won a Tokyo 3×3 gold – and Copper had 12 points each. France was led by Williams – born in Nevada – who had 19. Wilson was named as the Olympic tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
In the bronze-medal game, Australia beat Belgium, 85-81.
U.S. guard Diana Taurasi won a record sixth gold for the U.S. and perhaps the most poignant moment was for Brittney Griner, imprisoned in Russia for 10 months, to receive her third Olympic gold, wiping away tears during the playing of the national anthem.
● Cycling/track: Men’s Keirin; Women’s Sprint-Omnium
Men’s Sprint winner Harrie Lavreysen won the speed double, taking the men’s Keirin final by 0.056 seconds over Matthew Richardson (AUS) and Matthew Glaetzer (AUS) in a wild race that saw the other three riders crash. Lavreysen added the Olympic gold to his collection of three Worlds wins in this event in 2020-21-22.
Women’s Keirin winner Ellesse Andrews (NZL) completed the double with a gold in the women’s Sprint, winning the final over 2022 World Champion Lea Friedrich (GER) by 2:0 (by 0.095 and 0.624 seconds). Emma Finucane (GBR), the Keirin bronze medalist, won bronze again in the third-place race-off with Hetty van de Wouw, 2:0.
American Jennifer Valente came in as the defending champ in the women’s Omnium and defended in style, winning the Scratch Race, placing second in the Tempo Race, winning the Elimination Race and cruising home in the Points Race (7th) for a total of 144 points. That was well ahead of Daria Pikulik (POL) with 131 and Ally Wollaston (AUS), who finished with 125.
● Handball: Men
Denmark defeated Germany by 39-26 to take re-take the Olympic title they won at Rio in 2016 after falling to silver in Tokyo. The Danes piled up a 21-12 halftime lead and won the second half by 18-14 as well. Denmark now has Olympic golds in 2016 and 2024 and Worlds wins in 2019-21-23.
Mathias Gidsel led the winners with 11 goals and Magnus Jacobsen had seven. Juri Knorr led Germany with seven scores. Spain won a tight, 23-22 battle with Slovenia to win the bronze.
● Modern Pentathlon: Women
A tight battle between Rio 2016 silver medalist Elodie Clouvel of France and Hungary’s Michelle Gulyas, the 2022 Worlds runner-up, had to be decided in the final, Laser Run event.
Gulyas was second in fencing, won the riding and was fourth in the swimming, but started the Laser Run 13 seconds behind Clouvel, who had won the fencing, finished ninth in riding but was third in swimming. But on the Laser Run, Gulyas finished in 11:10.01 – seventh fastest – and broke the tape as Cloudvel managed only 11:32.35, no. 14 on time.
That meant Gulyas compiled a world-record total of 1,461 points to 1,452 for Clouvel. Korea’s Seong-min Seong was a strong third, placing second in riding and swimming and finishing with 1,441 points.
This was good-bye to the Modern Pentathlon as conceived in 1912, a five-event combination of fencing, swimming, riding, shooting and running. Following a horse abuse incident at Tokyo 2020, riding will be eliminated in favor of obstacle course, an unpopular decision with many pentathletes.
● Volleyball: Women
The U.S. was the defending women’s Olympic champion from Tokyo, but Italy was the best team in 2024, winning the 2024 women’s Nations League, thrashing the U.S. in the quarterfinals and defeating Japan, 3-1, in the final.
In the Olympic final, it was about the same, as the Italians won in straight sets, 25-18, 25-20, 25-17. It’s Italy’s first Olympic medal in women’s volleyball.
Brazil won the bronze by 3-1 over Turkey.
● Water Polo: Men
Serbia jumped out to a 5-2 lead at the quarter and kept going for a 13-11 win and the Olympic title, winning a third straight gold in dramatic fashion. Serbia had to beat Croatia to win in 2012 and against 2024.
The Serbs had an 8-5 lead at the half and 11-8 after three and won by two goals in the end. Nine Serbs scored, led by Milos Cuk with three goals and Nikola Dedovic with two. Croatia got three goals from Jerko Marinic Kragic.
The U.S. won the bronze-medal game by 11-8 over Hungary after a 3-0 penalty shoot-out following an 8-8 tie in regulation time. Seven Americans scored, led by Ben Hallock with two. It’s the first U.S. medal since a 2008 silver.
● Weightlifting: Women’s +81 kg
Very little doubt about this class, as China’s Wenwen Li was the defending champion and the 2019 and 2022 World Champion and won with 309 kg combined, winning the Snatch and tying for the top Clean & Jerk lift. It’s China’s fourth straight win in this class.
South Korea’s Hye-jeong Park, the 2024 Worlds gold winner, was second at 299 kg, with Britain’s Emily Campbell getting the bronze at 288 kg. American Mary Theisen-Lappen was fifth at 274 kg.
● Wrestling: Men’s Freestyle 65 kg-97 kg; Women’s 76 kg
Japan’s Kotaro Kiyooka, who has never won a Worlds medal before, completed an unlikely run to Olympic gold, defeating Iran’s 2022 World Champion, Rahman Amouzad in the men’s 65 kg final by 10-3. Kiyooka led 10-1 after the first period and cruised to victory. Sebastian Rivera of Puerto Rico and Islam Dudaev of Albania won the bronzes.
Bahrain’s Akhmed Tazhudinov, the 2023 World Champion, won the men’s 97 kg final by pinfall in 1:52 against Georgia’s Givi Matcharashvili, the two-time Worlds bronze winner. Iran’s Amirali Azarpira won one bronze over the U.S.’s Kyle Snyder, the Rio 2016 winner, by 4-1, and Magomedkhan Magoledov (AZE) won the other.
Japan’s Yuka Kagami, the 2023 World Champion, won the women’s 76 kg final against American Kennedy Blades, 3-1. The match was tied at 1-1 after the first period, but Kagami managed the win with the only second-period score. Milaimy Martin of Cuba and Tatiana Renteria (COL) took the bronze medals.
= INTEL REPORT =
● Olympic Games 2024: Paris ● Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet told reporters on Saturday just how much of a success the Paris Games have been:
“We loved these Games so much that we don’t want them to end.
“They were popular, joyful, engaging and daring. France showed a welcoming face. We saw a happy France and happy French people. This will also remain in the intangible legacy of the Paris 2024 Games.”
And he, too, was worried about the opening on the Seine and the enormous rainstorm, saying “I was stressed until the end of the opening ceremony. But the artists achieved feats in the rain that were on a par with those of the athletes who came after them.”
Estanguet said that Paralympic Games ticket sales are picking up and that the focus must remain constant to ensure a second success.
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“We acknowledge, that behind the scenes, and speaking candidly, not everything was perfect.”
That’s Belgian IOC member Pierre-Olivier Beckers, head of the IOC’s Coordination Commission for Paris 2024, explaining at the IOC Session on Saturday:
“You will easily realize the challenge for the organizing committee to ramp up effectively for operations on day one with over 68 sessions, 800,000 spectators, over 5,000 accredited press, and 14,000 people in the Olympic Village. This was immense, and yes, very largely, it was met successfully.
“But even with a comprehensive readiness and test event program, once the Games get going, it is inevitable that some plans require adaptation and the quicker, the better.
“And these adaptations took place. For example in the transport service, or at the main dining hall, or the Olympic Family seating area, some apps that didn’t work as planned, as you are all certainly aware.”
But there was a benefit:
“But, we know now that we can deliver the Games in a more efficient way, more cost-effective and more sustainable way.”
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Some of the Paris 2024 Olympic medals have been quickly deteriorating, including U.S. skateboarder Nyjah Huston, who complained of discoloration:
“They’re apparently not as high quality as you’d think. It’s looking rough. I don’t know, Olympic medals, we gotta step up the quality a little [bit]. The medal looking like it went to war and back.”
The meals were manufactured by the French Mint. A Paris 2024 spokesperson told Britain’s Daily Mail:
“Paris 2024 is aware of a social media report from an athlete whose medal is showing damage a few days after it was awarded.
“Paris 2024 is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris, the institution tasked with the production and quality control of the medals, and together with the National Olympic Committee of the athlete concerned, in order to appraise the medal to understand the circumstances and cause of the damage. The medals are the most coveted objected of the Games and the most precious for the athletes.”
● Olympic Games 2028: Los Angeles ● Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and LA28 Chair Casey Wasserman held a news conference in Paris, promoting the next-in-line LA28 Games. The Agence France Presse story quoted Bass:
● “The ‘No Car Games’ means that you will have to take public transportation to get to all of the venues. In order to do that we have been building out our transportation system.
“That’s not going to be enough. We’re going to need over 3,000 buses that we will borrow from all around the country. You can’t do that without cooperation on every level of government, and I’m happy to say that we certainly have that.”
● “In 1984 Angelenos were terrified that we were going to have terrible, terrible traffic. And we were shocked that we didn’t. And in 1984 we didn’t have any of the technology that we do today.
“I think we can do that again. So part of having a no-car Olympics means getting people not to drive, but also using public transportation to get to the Games.
● “We certainly learned from Covid that you have essential workers, people that must come to work. But if you limit it to that, it’s going to be a lot easier because we did go through Covid. So people will have some reference point in recent history as to how you can do that.”
But David Wharton, in the Los Angeles Times, added this:
“The LA28 organizing committee – a private group tasked with staging the Games – prefers to say it is planning a ‘public transit first’ Games. Some venues will have ample parking, others will not. Organizers say no one will be told they cannot drive to a competition.”
Asked about L.A.’s significant homelessness issue, Bass replied:
“We are going to get Angelenos housed. That is what we have been doing and we’re going to continue to do that. We will get people housed, we will get them off the street.
“We will get them into temporary housing, we will address the reasons why they were unhoused and get them into permanent housing.”
● Athletics ● Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge did not finish the Olympic race on Saturday, explaining:
“I had a pain in my back at about 20km and decided not to finish and try to get out. The hills didn’t affect me at all. The pain made me stop.”
And now?
“I don’t know what my future will hold. I will think about it over the next three months. I still want to try to run some marathons.”
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“I feel very proud of the team that was put out there. I think they ran incredible.
“I also feel disappointed and lied to and embarrassed. I feel like I was blindsided because I was told one thing this morning and, for hours, thought I was running in the final. It seems everyone knew besides me.”
That’s U.S. women’s 400 m Trials winner Kendall Ellis, who was left off the women’s 4×400 m relay that won on Saturday. Ellis told ESPN she received a text message from U.S. women’s relay coach Mechelle Freeman on Saturday morning that she would not be on the relay, citing her poor form in Paris (she didn’t make the 400 m final).
After a meeting with Freeman at the Olympic Village, per Ellis:
“At the end of the conversation, she said, ‘You seem ready. I’m going to put you on this relay in the third leg.’ She told me to pick up my uniform for the finals. I said, ‘OK’ and got to the stadium at 6:15 under the impression I was running.”
During warm-ups, a different U.S. coach told her she would not be running, and Ellis’ personal coach, Quincy Watts, was told by Freeman that was the case. “That was four minutes before the race,” according to Ellis. She added:
“We had a good conversation [this morning], a good meeting. I’m an incredible relay runner. It was disappointing to not be on the relay, but I’m angry about the way it was done. I don’t feel supported or valued as a member of the team or as a 400-meter runner, and I don’t feel respected. …
“I feel like so many athletes on the U.S. team have had this concern of there being a lack of transparency and communication regarding U.S. relays. This is not new. This is not shocking. There is a history of this on USA relays, and I am fed up and would like to bring awareness to it.”
The U.S. team of Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes won in 3:15.17, an American Record and the no. 2 performance all-time.
● Boxing ● Algerian women’s 66 kg gold medalist Imane Khelif, at the center of controversy over her status as a women, filed suit in Paris on Saturday. Per attorney Nabil Boudi:
“Mrs Khelif contacted the firm, which filed a complaint yesterday for aggravated cyber harassment with the online hate centre of the Paris prosecutor’s office.
“The criminal investigation will determine who initiated this misogynistic, racist and sexist campaign, but will also have to focus on those who fueled this digital lynching. The unfair harassment suffered by the boxing champion will remain the biggest stain of these Olympic Games.”
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Uzbekistan dominated boxing, winning five golds in Paris, but almost lost its head coach to cardiac arrest.
The Associated Press reported that Tulkin Kilichev was revived by two TeamGB medical staff on Thursday after Hasanboy Dusmatov won the 51 kg class:
“According to GB Boxing, team doctor Harj Singh and physical therapist Robbie Lillis found Kilichev in life-threatening distress. They performed CPR on the coach, and Lillis also used a defibrillator, the team said.”
He has been recovering in a Paris hospital.
● Swimming ● Bobby Finke’s 1,500 m Freestyle win – in world-record time – was the only U.S. men’s Olympic gold in the pool and Nightcap podcast hosts Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson gifted him, as promised, with a world-record-bonus check for $50,000.
There were three more world records set by U.S. relays in the pool, also eligible for the $50,000 bonus.
They also promised to pay $25,000 to each U.S. track & field athlete who won in Paris, and the Americans took home 14 golds.
● Wrestling ● Indian 50 kg women’s wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified for being overweight, filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Paris that was heard on Friday, 9 August.
She was asking to be awarded a silver medal, since she qualified for the final. As she was disqualified, another wrestler was substituted for her and lost to American Sarah Hildebrandt. The decision, which will turn on United World Wrestling rules, was to have been announced on Saturday, but is now expected to be provided on Tuesday (13th).
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