[GT] Day 6 - August 1

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

This is a huge match for Novak, the only thing missing from his CV is Olympic gold.

He's now serving at 4-5 so a big comeback is possible

[CofR]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1819078990549995793

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Simone Biles with yet another gold. She's ridiculously talented.

One of my favorite things of the Olympics is witnessing the ability of humans to overcome and rise up. Biles with her mental health challenges from last Olympics and then her teammate Sunisa Lee with her kidney issues - both medaling! Bravo!

[kobasew19]

Work is getting in the way of my Olympics....

[trackercowe]

Damn Liendo just missed out on qualifying for the freestyle finals by .05 seconds.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by activeStick

One of my favorite things of the Olympics is witnessing the ability of humans to overcome and rise up. Biles with her mental health challenges from last Olympics and then her teammate Sunisa Lee with her kidney issues - both medaling! Bravo!

This 100%
A lot of the ugly part of America turned on Biles after her failures in 2020. Called her weak.
I hope she shoves these Golds down theirs throats.
Bravo Simone

[Paulie Walnuts]

Another ugly part the Republicans and their loser suppourters spreading lies that Imane Khelif is a man.

[EldrickOnIce]

Djokovic indeed comes all the way back and advances in a tie breaker

[Ba'alzamon]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Well according to most medal counts gold medals are worth the most. If we're going based off of that metric McIntosh has already passed Oleksiak. The only Canadians with more gold medals than McIntosh are McBean and Heddle.

If we're including Winter Olympics, Charles Hamelin won four golds.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by jg13

Oleksiak has 7 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze).

Still kind of bums me out her legacy is being spoken of in the past tense, wasn't she like 16 in her breakout Rio Olympics? Meaning she's 24 now, this should be her apex Olympics.

Really hoping she can fully overcome her injuries and back to her old self in 2028, she'll still be in her 20s then.

[ajr4013]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Another ugly part the Republicans and their loser suppourters spreading lies that Imane Khelif is a man.

Not trying to throw any fuel on the fire but it certainly didn't help perception when the Italian quit after a minute and a couple of punches.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Djokovic indeed comes all the way back and advances in a tie breaker

That's 11 straight matches Tsitsipas has lost to Djokovic. Tons of mental scar tissue for the Greek.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by ajr4013

Not trying to throw any fuel on the fire but it certainly didn't help perception when the Italian quit after a minute and a couple of punches.

She also apparently said "This is unjust" after the fight ended. I think this is purely speculation. It's hard to find footage from the Olympics (due to use of rights).

[CofR]

Kylie Masse is through to the Final of the Women’s 200m Backstroke

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Ha wow I'm old. I remember watching the last Canadian who won double individual Gold in the Olympics - 40 years ago. What the ####

Without looking it up, I'm trying to guess who this is. Gaetan Boucher?

[psyang]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Without looking it up, I'm trying to guess who this is. Gaetan Boucher?

I was going to say Alex Baumann, but that couldn't have been 40 years ago....oh man, now I feel old!

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

She also apparently said "This is unjust" after the fight ended. I think this is purely speculation. It's hard to find footage from the Olympics (due to use of rights).

The Italian president (a woman) said this

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭.”

“𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 [sports]. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬’ 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝.”

This isn't just a US/MAGA:Trump thing, unfortunately. Being gay is a crime in Algeria, where this athlete is from.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Without looking it up, I'm trying to guess who this is. Gaetan Boucher?

Originally Posted by psyang

I was going to say Alex Baumann, but that couldn't have been 40 years ago....oh man, now I feel old!

It was Alex Baumann
We both old

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Without looking it up, I'm trying to guess who this is. Gaetan Boucher?

Wow, blast from the past! I remember this name!

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by ajr4013

Not trying to throw any fuel on the fire but it certainly didn't help perception when the Italian quit after a minute and a couple of punches.

https://defector.com/j-k-rowling-inv...-to-get-mad-at

Khelif is not trans. This is evident because, according to the IOC, her passport lists her as female, which is something that the extraordinarily repressive Algerian laws would not allow if she were trans. She was, however, disqualified from the 2023 women’s world championships because tests showed she had XY chromosomes, which is possible for cis women with certain conditions. Khelif made it to the quarterfinals of the 2020 Olympics, where she was defeated by Kellie Harrington, without incident, and she has been boxing on the international circuit for years without any of her wins or defeats gaining much attention.