Day 9 - July 29, 2021
Again, since I am doubling up on entries no pictures, but here are the stories!
There is only one story for today (I mean there are others, but not really), it is Sunisa Lee, the Hmong-American gymnastics start that was in the shadow of Simone Biles, winning the gold medal in the all-around, defeating Rebecca Andrade of Brazil, the silver medalist, Angelina Melnikova of the ROC, the bronze medalist, and everyone else. To date, given the situation surrounding Simone Biles and the US team, this is THE story of the Olympics.
The best single event of the day was the women's 4x200 meter freestyle relay. The heavily-favored Australian team did not disappoint in breaking the world record - BUT FINISHING THIRD! The United States team also broke the world record and won silver. It was China celebrating as they set the World Record and won gold! Katie Ledecky earning her third medal of these Olympics, with the 800 meters freestyle still to go.
On the men's side, the Great Britain team won gold, and will forever be remembered for the interview by a Bristish reporter asking Matthew Richard about his incredible third leg!!! Tom Dean led off to win his second gold of these Olympics. The US men failed to medal, for the first time in Olympic relay history, finishing fourth by about half a second. The US coach pulled Caleb Dressel from the team because ...
Caleb Dressel also had to compete in the men's 100 meter freestyle final, which he won and set an Olympic record while beating defending gold medalist Kyle Chalmers of Australia, who won silver. This is Dressel's second gold in two events, with the 100 meter butterfly (he set an Olympic record in his heat), and the 50 meter freestyle still to come, along with up to two more relays.
Robert Finke won the gold for the United States in the 800 meter freestyle. Regan Smith and Hali Flickinger earned the silver and bronze respectfully in the 200 meter butterfly, finishing only behind China's Zhang Yufei, who set an Olympic record.
In a completely different type of water event, Hungary defeated the United States women's team in water polo 10-9, scoring the winning goal with 45 secondd remaining in the game. This was the first loss for the United States in the Olympic pool since 2008!
In the men's trap shooting event, Czech Republic teammates Jiri Liptak and David Kostelecky went to a shootoff, where Liptak won the gold medal. Kostelecky was competing in his 7th Olympics. SEVENTH!!! He won gold in Beijing in 2008, and finished fourth in Rio in 2016.
Also in shooting, Alessandra Perilli of San Marino won the bronze medal in women's trap shooting, a first for her country and making San Marino - which has a total population of about 34,000 - the smallest country to ever win a medal. Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova of Slovakia won the gold medal with an Olympic record, and American Kayle Browning won the silver. Stefecekova previously won silver in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
Aaron Wolf of Japan was impressive in winning the gold medal in the over 100kg weight class in judo. His gold medal was Japan's 8th gold medal (and 11th overall) in judo alone!!!
Athlete of the Day - Sunisa Lee, Gymnastics, United States
Seriously, was this a questions?
Olympic Term of the Day: Twisties - In gymnastics, a condition where a gymnast loses their sense of space and dimension when in the air, causing them to lost control of their bodies, and do extra, unintended, twists and flips, and may result in an inability to land safely.
Olympic Events Watched: Archery, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, BMX, Boxing, Rugby, Shooting, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo,
USA Potential Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearer (Alphabetically): Caleb Dressel, Phillip Dutton, Brady Ellison, Lee Kiefer, Katie Ledecky, Sunisa Lee, Kelsey Plum, Anastasija, Zolotic
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