Day 3 - July 23, 2021
Opening Ceremonies dominated yesterday, so light schedule at the venues. We will have a guest host highlighting the Opening Ceremonies, so this post will be short about the on field (river, court, etc.) action.
OK so I lied. I will mention oe thing about the Opening Ceremonies. THE DRONE GLOBE! Oh! My! God! 1824 drones. Amazing.
Sadly, we had our first despicable display of lack of sportsmanship - at its best - and total anti-semitism at its worst. OK, so it was both. Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine withdrew from the Olympics, and forfeiting his first round match to Mohamed Abdalrasool of Sudan because a victory in the first round would bring Nourine into a second round match against Tohar Butbul of Israel. Claiming that his support for Palestine required him to withdraw from the tournament rather than face an Israeli so that he "would not get his hands dirty." UGH!!! By the way, Palestine actually has its own contingent in the Olympics.
In the women's archery ranking round, American MacKenzie Brown , who finished 17th in Rio in 2016, set a personal best of 668 to finish fifth and move to the medal round. However, the South Korean team was just too strong, with Chaeyoung Kang, scoring 675, Minhee Jang scoring 677, and San An setting a world record in with 680 to finish 3, 2, and 1 in the rankings. Here's to Brown setting another personal best in the finals to challenge for a medal.
On the men's side, South Korea was almost equally as strong with 3 of the top 4 men after the ranking round, with only American Brady Ellison, the current World Record holder, interrupting the Korea landslide by scoring 682 to finish second. (Ellison's world record is 702). Ellison has won 2 silvers in team competition (London 2012/Rio 2016), and 1 bronze individually (Rio 2016). Good luck to Ellison in the medal round.
Athlete of the Day - San An, Archery, South Korea
If it is a slow competition day and you set a world record, you are the Athlete of the Day.
Olympic Term of the Day: Judoka - A practioner of judoka, traditionally those with a rank of 4th dan or higher. Those with a lower rank are generally referred to as kenkyu-sei.
Olympic Events Watched: Archery, Rowing, Opening Ceremonies
USA Potential Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearer: Brady Ellison, Cat Osterman
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