Team sports always start early because they have to play like 7 games in 17 days or whatever.
mud handball would be a good addition for 2024
Guinea has withdrawn from the Olympics, citing COVID, although some say it’s because they can’t afford to send their athletes to Japan.
Also first NCAA player with no vowels in their last name?
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Must have been an Ng somewhere along the way?
Fred Lynn played in college.
Not sure. It could be I suppose. Seems weird for a two hour race though. Road marathons aren’t anything like that.
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If it doesn’t count for Lyszczyk, it doesn’t count for Lynn.
And Guinea is back in!
First time I tune into the Olympics it’s just in time for a 10-minute interview of some rower’s mom. Off to a great start.
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I have the same experience on those rare occasions I turn on Dancing with the Stars.
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Good god this opening ceremony is awful. This is the best they could do with five years to prepare?
Just turned it on. The woman’s dress who sang the national anthem was pretty cool. At least my little was mesmerized for those couple minutes away from their breakfast.
To me it felt like they had a budget of about $5,000 and threw it together in the last week. Compare to Beijing or Rio.
Very underwhelming.
How can there be so many countries I’ve never heard of?
Need American help. Currently rowing is live on USA. Is that it?
Yes, but the floodgates open in 20 minutes.
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