Josh

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.

Well, for someone that has almost 10,000 posts in about a year and a half (I joined in August 2022, and started posting regularly in 2023, that many posts might be a Totallympics record of some sorts?), I’d sure hope so Easiest question I’ll ever answer in my life, hell yeah (somewhat unfortunately for all of you) Totallympics has been such a great space to discuss sporting events with other fellow enthusiasts, get support after family emergencies (after my dad got taken to the hospital in an ambulance in early May, I shared something about it in the “General Thread”, and I was shocked by the overwhelming amount of replies and messages I got by various users on the forum, wishing for him to have a speedy recovery, to get well soon, and if I needed anything they were here for me, which was really really nice), and the friends that I’ve made here, well I wouldn’t trade them for anything.

Welcome!

take the second set 25-20 over in the gold medal match!

take the first set 25-18 over in the gold medal match!

They can’t add sensors to the bikes to determine who’s the slowest? Because it’s not always that obvious, and refs make mistakes sometimes.

Have to say, I really like the elimination race aspect of the omnium

3rd for Coles-Lyster in the elimination race!

Gulyas wins Olympic gold!

Fast second shoot for Seong!

Hoogland and Quintero out during the men’s keirin quarterfinals

Maggie Coles-Lyster, great ride

Maggie Coles-Lyster with a 2nd place finish in the scratch race of the women’s omnium!

She flew to Paris overnight, according to Devin Heroux, so I think they told her recently.

defeat 23-22 for bronze!

Summer McIntosh and Ethan Katzberg have been named as the closing ceremony flagbearers.

de Vargas with the deflection off his leg

Creating this thread now so I don’t forget

Not sure where else to put this, but the final day of the Olympics is today

Second set 21-13. Gold for and Åhman/Hellvig!

Åhman/Hellvig breeze through the opening set, taking it 21-10 over Ehlers/Wickler