Josh

Women’s basketball team is always terrible at the Olympics, at this point I’m used to it. Who’s Illyah Kahrun?

Nope, don’t know how that number got there I’d say 5, because a vast majority of the Canadian disappointments came in events that I really wanted medals in.

Judo was also pretty disappointing, besides Deguchi.

Can’t really complain about McIntosh being selected as one of them, given the incredible Olympics she’s had, but I can’t help but feel sad that Black never got her opportunity. No Olympic medals, but an incredible athlete, has all of the values of a person that want to be representing your country, not to mention that this could be her final Olympics.

Ouch, yeah paintball shots do hurt like hell I can say this from experience too, my friends and I went paint-balling a couple of times, and each time we did it shirtless since well… good question. You only live once though, am I right? Never again, my chest and back and aching for days, not to mention all of the welts and bruises. It was fun though.

Waking up at 10:00pm, so two hours before the action started for me, left me with a lot of time to do things before midnight (when the Olympic grind begins) Used it to prepare my snacks and drinks (at least for the first few hours), eat meals and clean up, take a shower, scroll on Totallympics, and get some exercise in.

Yep, worried about that too, outside of running on the treadmill for 20-30 minutes each day, I haven’t been doing any of the sports I usually do, I’m curious to see where my fitness level is at.

My personal highlight from the closing ceremony… @ChandlerMne @Olympicsnell

“I declare the games of the 33rd Olympiad Paris 2024 closed” The words you dread.

Why did they pan to a sky view of people on a beach volleyball court?

Here we go again with the “gender equality” shit.

Someone please wake me up when this is over, thanks!

Much better than the opening ceremony. By a mile actually.

Karalis sighting! @Makedonas @Ted @maestro

Hopefully I’ll be seeing some of you during the Paralympics in a couple of weeks! I know that’s not everyone’s “cup of tea” per say, so if not, as a reminder the Olympic qualification period for Milano-Cortina 2026 is ramping up soon as we’re less than two years away from the next Olympics!

Well the Olympics are officially over. Super fun sharing memories and discussing all of the various Canadian results with all of you. Swear to god though, I never want to see a New Balance or RBC Training Ground ad again after this.

Wonderful segment

The volunteers None of this would have been possible without them, thank you for all your hard work.

What exactly do you have against her?

Yep. The emotions of the Olympics, am I right?

It’s just starting to hit me now, the Olympics is officially over These past two weeks have flew by way too quickly, but what an Olympics this was. So many moments that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.

Loving the outfits

I’ll definitely be watching

You’re making me choose? Seriously? (there’s way too many to name them all off the top of my head) I’ll start off with my top Canadian moments of the Olympics, considering well… I’m Canadian. Nothing, NOTHING at all beats Humana-Parades/Wilkerson’s silver in beach volleyball. Of course I’m gutted that they missed out on the gold medal (although that final was a high level and by far their best match of the tournament), but honestly if you’d have told me a couple of weeks ago that they’d make it this far, I wouldn’t have believed you. Sure, they were #4 in the world, I feel that was a bit misleading to the pairings current level though, I’ve been watching all of this pairing’s matches ever since they teamed up and they seem to have some sort of mental block when reaching the quarterfinals of a tournament that they can almost never seem to get over, Melissa’s side-out hasn’t been the most effective either which just won’t cut it against some of the top teams. After a mediocre pool play (clearly not performing to the level that they’re capable of) their medal hopes were looking bleak, but they proved me wrong and managed to create history for Canada as our first medalists in women’s beach volleyball! So many emotions. Other than that, McIntosh becoming the first Canadian to ever win three golds at a single Olympics (at 17 years old, seriously that’s crazy), men’s 4x100m relay winning gold (after a bronze in Rio and a silver in Tokyo, extra special because DeGrasse actually re-aggravated his hamstring injury during the Olympics), and Kharun winning two Olympic medals (I wasn’t even sure he’d win one) becoming the first male to do that since Myden in 1996. Tebogo, women’s soccer, Tentoglou Duplantis being Duplantis, and breaking his WR yet again. 6.25m, seriously? Sjostrom winning gold in the 50m freestyle/100m freestyle. Initially, she thought she was not going to race the 100 free when interviewed earlier this year, so to see her come out with a gold is cool. And of course, also to see her finally win a gold medal in her bread and butter event the 50m freestyle. Simbine finally getting a major medal with silver in the men’s 4x100m relay, after oh so many close calls. with a historic Olympics winning their 2nd and 3rd ever medals. Ruano winning gold in women’s trap in particular was a very heartwarming moment for me, after a spinal injury derailed her hopes of becoming an Olympic gymnast, and after her dad died a couple of weeks before she competed in Tokyo (and after she won the gold, she said “Gold is for my dad”) finally getting past their Olympic quarterfinal curse, winning a silver medal. My favourite team in all of sport, so happy for them In men’s high jump qualification, Barshim began his run up but pulled up grabbing his left calf, Tamberi was the first person to rush over to check on him of course and even helped him stretch it For him to win a bronze medal a couple of days after, just incredible. Davis-Woodhall winning gold in women’s long jump, she’s got great energy. meters to advance to After won gold in men’s volleyball, the officials handed out medals to everyone except Carle (who was the reserve), and Clevenot, being the class act that he is, symbolically handed his medal to Carle momentarily to show his appreciation for all that he’s done for the team. Tamberi competing in the men’s high jump final (and even clearing a height), after experiencing kidney pain and vomiting blood just hours earlier. Mirzazadeh with the ultimate act of respect, carrying Shariati around the mat on his shoulders after he lost in his final match before retiring. Alfred winning St. Lucia’s first and second ever Olympic medals, a gold in women’s 100m and a silver in women’s 200m. Moregardh upsetting Chuqin in men’s singles table tennis, on route to a silver medal. Djokovic, at 37, finally securing the last major title he was missing, winning gold in men’s singles tennis. What a legend Axelsen defending his Olympic title in men’s singles badminton. I’ve met him before and he’s a really nice guy, really happy for him. Thiam three-peating in the heptathlon. Lafond winning Dominica’s first ever Olympic medal, a gold in women’s triple jump. Men’s archery final between Woojin and Ellison, two legends of this sport, at 4-4 they shot 3 10’s each to send it to a shoot-off, and they both shot 10’s in the shoot-off as well with Woojin getting the better of Ellison. Hall getting 5th in the heptathlon, after undergoing a knee surgery in January.