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ESP commentator: "It will be a medal for Burundi."
 
It literally says Burkina Faso on his uniform. Guess he only knows the British colonies.

And this is why like Martina. After he didn't even really get to race in his only event: "These guys did their best and they got to run, I'm proud of them. If this is how it goes, that's what it is, better luck next time and I'll keep doing my best for them and for everyone who set their alarm to watch!"
 
Asked about his future: "Look, if I become a millionaire, I'll have nothing else to do and you'll see me in Paris, but if not, I really should do something else to earn my money."  

I feel like the definition of choke on Totallympics doesn’t always match the actual definition of the word. Yes, Holloway was the favorite, but it’s not like he made some major mistake that cost him the gold medal; he just got outraced. That’s not so much a choke as just a plain loss to a quicker competitor on the day. 
 
That’s my semantics lesson for the day 

Pretty clear that Harrison has been improving leaps and bounds. I don't believe she's ever raced head to head with LVL before, at least since becoming world champion.
 
Either way, the good news is that there is no Harrison in the C-2. Based on what we've seen in the C-1 I'd say the C-2 looks pretty promising.

Tsimanouskaya has landed in Warsaw earlier today (via Vienna).

Just popping in folks to say how happy I was to see de Grasse win today. Congrats Canada

de Grasse isn't the bridesmaid anymore :D
 
After so many injury plagued seasons it's so nice to see him fulfil all the promise he showed in Rio. He looked so pumped.

Sad to see Kaul go down like that

de Grasse isn't the bridesmaid anymore :D
 
After so many injury plagued seasons it's so nice to see him fulfil all the promise he showed in Rio. He looked so pumped.

de Grasse isn't the bridesmaid anymore :D
 
After so many injury plagued seasons it's so nice to see him fulfil all the promise he showed in Rio. He looked so pumped.

de Grasse isn't the bridesmaid anymore :D
 
After so many injury plagued seasons it's so nice to see him fulfil all the promise he showed in Rio. He looked so pumped.

Geneviève Lalonde finishes 11th in the women's 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:22.40, a new national record. Very good performance.

Please say that was not a photo of Bashar Al-Assad? That'd be disappointing  

Maher gold, Fredricson silver (again), Van der Vleuten bronze.
 
Highly expected, since Explosion W jumps higher than any other horse, and still has an amazing ground speed. Sad for Fredricson, but oh well.
 
As for the format, I hope something more serious returns, but that's probably not gonna happen. Because it's not urban enough.

Geneviève Lalonde finishes 11th in the women's 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:22.40, a new national record. Very good performance.

Maybe we can add Sifan Hassan.

Geneviève Lalonde finishes 11th in the women's 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:22.40, a new national record. Very good performance.

I'm really happy for Filippo Ganna. He was hardly attacked for the ITT, but he is just amazing. Thanks Pippo! (And thanks to the other guys :p)
 

Listen, everybody knows that he's  Acadian (Cajun) and as such should represent Canada. Sorry I don't make the rules :P

Mondo sang the swedish anthem during the prize ceremony. 
 
That’s way more difficult than to speak swedish. The anthem have a very old swedish language we don’t use today. 
 
For @OlympicsFan

The could have a digital kraken emerging from the water hazard.  It would be lots of fun.  

Alright, time for the women's version of the best event in the Olympics. With some (even the only) representation :D
 
I demand a 100m-style epic lightshow.

Poland may have won the contest for best wordplay (POL/SKA) on a skateboarding uniform, tho.

She sure did.
 
...I did not have "both Canadians will win their heats" on my bingo card.

She sure did.
 
...I did not have "both Canadians will win their heats" on my bingo card.