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 wins their first gold medal of the Games in bowling. It was a good day for the smaller NOCs.

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12 minutes ago, intoronto said:

 

 might have a shot in the women's 400m hurdles.

No jinxing!

 

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1 minute ago, vinipereira said:

Which NOCs don't have a medal yet? (and they can win one?)

Every NOC has won a medal. A few are still chasing their first silver or gold medals.

 

 has never won a silver or gold medal.

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Medal for  

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MediaPro takes the award for worst angle of a sprint finish 

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We need to have a “horse or breakdancer” name quiz at some point 

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B-Girl *checks notes* ISIS to compete for an Olympic quota.

Kind of scared to find out the story behind that particular name…

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Swayne  tied for 4th at -2 after the first day of golf. If she can hold or improve her placement, she may well post the best result of the Games for the Virgin Islands.

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Nice to see a sprint finish in the triathlon. A lot of back and forth in the men’s race 

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24 minutes ago, Laraja said:

Does anyone know what happened in Golf? The events were cancelled

Archery was delayed due to hail/lightning, so maybe something similar?

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Lopes De Mello  finishes 8th after a fantastic swim and bike. Triathlon can be cruel.

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Hawley  4th 

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D’Amour  out in the Round of 32 

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4 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

I just notice that Mexico is clearly ahead the US in the women's Duet and in the team after the tech routine 

They beat the Americans in both events in 2019 and 2015.

 

 team had a better routine in my opinion, but judges went for

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The USOPC Comms staff jokingly referred to the “Juegos” on X as “the Olympics but chaotic.” I do feel like this edition has lived up to that characterization.

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Triathlon chase pack currently being lead by…a stray dog 

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Three days; three golds for  

 

…And to think some of y’all thought they were running out medal possibilities.

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Elias  and Rodriguez  trying to play a game of squash in between their wrestling match 

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 gets its first gold medal courtesy of Vargas in the women’s 100m hurdles 

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I like that the LOC gives the racquet sports winners a couple balls to sign and giveaway. A great way to involve the crowd and give away some history 

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Smith  into the W 400m hurdles final 

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Diaz  retains her title. She probably remains Puerto Rico’s best athlete too.

 

Camacho-Quinn  might have something to say about that I suppose…

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Price  and Anderson  making the trip to Santiago 

 

I didn’t assume any of our top athletes would attend.

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19 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

Right

It was -1 where I live the other morning while watching surfing. It didn’t not seem like an appealing activity given the weather 

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18 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

Belizean and Paraguay kayak competitors in women’s K1 went for an autumn paddle, calmly taking the views

Spring*