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I'm happy to see Erik Kynard on this list.  In the past, he had expressed some negative feelings about being upgraded. I'm glad to see he will finally accept the gold. Then I wonder why Barshim is not listed as getting silver.  I've wanted to see the new 2012 Olympic gold medalist on the podium with the 2016 and 2020 gold medalists joining him.

The following athletes are confirmed to receive their Olympic medals at Champions Park on August 9 2024 because of disqualifications due to doping:
 
Sydney 2000 – Athletics, Women’s 200m Bronze: Beverly McDonald (JAM)   Beijing 2008 – Athletics, Women’s Long Jump Bronze: Chelsea Hammond-Ross (JAM)   London 2012 – Weightlifting, Men’s 85kg Bronze: Tarek Yehia Fouad Abdelazim (EGY)   London 2012 – Athletics, Men’s High Jump Gold: Erik Kynard (USA) Silver: Derek Drouin (CAN)   London 2012 – Weightlifting, Men’s +105kg Bronze: Sang-Guen Jeon (KOR)   London 2012 – Athletics, Women’s 1500m Bronze: Abeba Aregawi (ETH)   London 2012 – Athletics, Women's 400m Hurdles Gold: Lashinda Demus (USA) Silver: Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) Bronze: Kaliese Spencer (JAM)

News from today:  
 
Olympic champion Carapaz misses out on Ecuador’s road cycling spot at Paris Games - NBC Sports

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Did you forget how Olympic podiums have looked since at least the early 90s?

JO de Paris 2024 : les podiums reprendront les codes de ce (très) célèbre monument de la capitale | Actu Paris

I’d have traded you our team size for your medal total.

Can anyone think of any team that has ever found a more painful to fail to qualify than this  team?

Or at the very least 12. 

Close, that was Rock Ridge.

I honestly don’t think Greco Roman wrestling deserves to continue as an Olympic sport under the current rules.

Do you think he’s wrong? Japan and India are pretty plainly fairly xenophobic countries (at least by American standards).
 
This has big “a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth” energy. It isn’t PC, but it’s true.

I see no one from US has responded to this.  I've tried to come up with a list of most significant/infamous US moments across Olympic history, not my 5 moments. 
 
1.  Jesse Owens 4 gold medals in 1936.
2.  1980 US Ice Hockey team (although I personally believe the 1960 ice hockey team was a greater sports accomplishment).  
3.  1972 US Basketball team.  
4.  1994 Womens figures skating.
5.  Frank Shorter 1972 Marathon (because it really triggered the running revolution in the US).
 

I just learned tonight of the big incidents from last year for the US men's epee team.

Hampton Morris sets the first senior WR by an American male since 1969.   

Yes.
 
Why Can’t North Korea Compete in Weightlifting at the 2024 Olympic Games? | BarBend
 

Speaking as an American, I'm not concerned what the IOC's opinion is on that one.  I just pray this nation would be strong enough to survive until 2028 at that point.  G-d help us all if Trump wins the election.  I mean like actually wins the election, not that he and his supporters whine like toddlers that they think he did.

Quad God ate the competition whole, my goodness. He is just incredible.

Donovan  
 
What a good free program for him, and the crowd was delighted this time as with his short skate.
 
Totally deserved 152.48 new PB
 

Oldest female world champion, definitely.  I think there were some older men, pre-WW2. 
 
 

Oldest female world champion, definitely.  I think there were some older men, pre-WW2. 
 
 

They did go:
 
 
 

Yea, at this point mostly a lot of political bluster.  I don't think the IOC needs to be searching for an alternative just yet.

It does seem like the Brisbane games aren't in any real risk of being cancelled, but the big project (rebuilding the Gabba) seems less and less likely to happen.