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Good morning, Winners! Welcome again to TMW! Thanks a lot for rocking with us right this moment. We respect you.
Right here’s your each day medal rely as of 9 a.m. ET:
— United States: 95 (27 gold, 35 silver, 33 bronze)
— China: 67 (26 gold, 24 silver, 17 bronze)
— France: 51 (13 gold, 17 silver, 21 bronze)
— Nice Britain: 49 (12 gold, 17 silver, 20 bronze)
— Australia: 43 (18 gold, 14 silver, 11 bronze)
Now, let’s speak a bit about Jamaica.
The monitor could be such a monster
For years, the Jamaican males’s facet has dominated the lads’s 4×100 relay.
Usain Bolt is definitely the best male sprinter ever. However proper behind him had been Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, and extra. They had been actually just like the Celtics within the Eighties with this occasion. For you children on the market, don’t assume an excessive amount of about that. It simply means they gained it. Loads.
Since 2004, Jamaica has dominated. The one exceptions had been in 2008, when Jamaica was disqualified, and 2020, after Usain Bolt retired.
This 12 months, in a jarring flip of occasions, the Jamaican males didn’t qualify.
The Jamaican facet missed out on qualifying for the ultimate by .06 seconds after a botched handoff disrupted the group’s rhythm.
It’s devastating to observe.
Bother for Jamaica within the males’s 4x100m relay as they won’t compete within the closing for the primary time since 2004. 😳 #ParisOlympics
📺 USA Community & Peacock pic.twitter.com/yaAuiKM5ZN
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 8, 2024
Brutal. Simply brutal. That’s how a lot of a monster monitor could be. Particularly within the 4×100 relay.
You could be the quickest particular person on the earth (which Kishane Thompson was just a few thousandths of a second away from being, btw!), however one slight mishandling of the baton means it’s over.
Not having Jamaica there’s going to be so bizarre. Put it this fashion: Think about LeBron James lacking an NBA Finals within the 2010s. You may’t, proper? That’s what that is. Jamaica might not have gained all of it, however you simply know they might be there in the long run. It’s Jamaica.
That is fairly bittersweet. The 4×100 most likely simply received a bit simpler for Group USA, which is an effective factor, I assume. However on the similar time, I needed to see an important race, and I’m certain Group USA did, too. Jamaica gained’t be there to present us that, and that’s fairly unhappy.
Observe is brutal, of us.
Put some respect on Creative Swimming’s title
(Picture by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)
Right here’s Michelle with one other dispatch from Paris. This time, she talks about seeing inventive swimming reside for the primary time. What a second.
SAINT-DENIS, France — Bonjour, les gagnants! Have you ever ever been to a creative swimming competitors in particular person? Me both, till final night time, and let me inform you: It was one thing particular.
After all, it was cool that the Individuals gained their first Olympic medal within the group competitors in 20 years (and with the assistance of the 1996 gold medal-winning group), taking silver behind China and forward of Spain.
However the athleticism on show was really extraordinary.
Rising up as a aggressive swimmer, I by no means gave a lot thought to inventive swimming — as soon as often known as synchronized swimming. My mindset modified a few years in the past, however seeing the competitors in particular person bolstered why my misconceptions had been, in truth, misconceptions.
Creative swimming is like combining the relentless treading water abilities of water polo with the coordination and acrobatics of gymnastics, plus the choreography of Moulin Rouge dancers. Set to an eclectic number of music starting from The Lion King soundtrack to Snoop Dogg and the can-can, what they do above water is gorgeous. However the actual work is hidden underwater, extremely evident in Group USA’s viral moonwalking routine.
The group competitors is over, however the duets are nonetheless to return. And particularly with the doable benefit of TV exhibiting underwater angles, I’d advocate tuning in.
The closing ceremony awaits
Are you able to imagine that we’re just a few days away from the Olympics’ closing ceremony already? It seems like simply yesterday we had been cracking Murderer’s Creed jokes and speaking a couple of headless Marie Antionette on the thirstiest opening ceremony ever.
Now, we’re choosing the athletes for the shut of all of it. Sheesh, time is flying.
Their friends voted Katie Ledecky and Nick Mead because the flag bearers for the closing ceremony. Ledecky, herself, answered the decision with tears in her eyes after studying she’d been picked.
.@katieledecky solutions the decision 🫡
The 14x Olympic medalist receives the information from @Robert_Finke that she’ll be one in every of Group USA’s flag bearers on the Closing Ceremony. 🇺🇸#ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/bvTYp1eHxv
— Group USA (@TeamUSA) August 8, 2024
What a well-deserved second. I can’t imagine we’re already right here, however I can’t consider anybody higher to bear the flag than these two gold medal-winning stars.
Fast hits: Brandon Aiyuk spurns the Patriots … Elmo nonetheless hates Rocco in spite of everything these years … and extra
— Brandon Aiyuk made clear that he doesn’t need to play for the Patriots. Robert Zeglinski has extra right here.
— Simone Biles reviving the Elmo and Rocco feud is giving me life right this moment. Right here’s Cory Woodroof with extra on it.
— Thanks, Colorado, for giving us the primary meme of the CFB season. Right here’s Blake Schuster with extra.
— The Olympics is likely to be almost completed however Breaking begins tomorrow! Right here’s Prince Grimes with the explainer.
— Christian D’Andrea has the inside track on 1 veteran who may very well be lower or traded by each NFL group this preseason
— Right here’s Robert Zeglinski on one of the best 5 coaches within the NFL.
That’s a wrap, of us. Thanks a lot for studying. Let’s speak once more tomorrow. Peace.
-Sykes ✌️
