We watch the Olympics all day so that you don’t have to. With her 11th medal in Track & Field, what a wonderful way for Allyson Felix to not only end her record-setting career, but end with a Gold medal in the 4x400 relay. And it was good that the men won the same race, their first Gold medal at the Games – they didn’t do poorly, but by U.S. standards, it wasn’t a strong Olympics. The U.S. women’s basketball win was remarkable. Not that they ran away with the Gold medal game against Japan – yes, that was special, and the game wasn’t as close at the 15-point margin since the starters were taken out with four minutes left – but it was the team’s 55th consecutive Olympic win and their seventh consecutive Gold medal. Lots more can be said. Nothing more needs to be. But one would be remiss not noting five of those Gold medals for Diana Taurisi and Sue Bird. I also want to give Sportscaster Points to the NBC announcer who tried to keep the audience on the edge of their seat when, with seven minutes left and the U.S. team up by 20 points – a team that had won 54 straight games and six consecutive Gold medals – said that if Japan had a run of eight points, the game could be very different. Well, yeah, but even at that, this 54-straight wins team would still be up by 12 points with time running out – and more to the point, it wasn’t going to happen. And didn’t. Okay, why not make it the Trifecta? I’ve posted two videos of Jessica Springsteen in Equestrian jumping, so it’s only proper to have a third, particularly because this time she didn’t have a single fault, and this was the finals, and the U.S. team received the Silver medal. And here’s the post-even interview The men’s marathon took place in better conditions than the women’s the day before, but it was still blistering. I was sorry that they changed the wonderful tradition – holding it on the very last day and timed so that the finish line is inside the Olympic stadium, and the runners can enter with the arena full of cheering spectators waiting for the Closing Ceremonies. But since the Closing Ceremonies will be very different, without full stands, it was understandable.
More to come. Maybe…
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