Anonymous wrote:I was torn when I watched the part in LA. On the one hand, I guess they did nail the whole American / Los Angles vibe and aesthetic. On the other hand, it was so trashy compared with the elegant and classical albeit sometimes slow and boring French production.

Agree 100%.

Anonymous wrote:Usag's appeal to CAS was denied. They will not reopen the case and see any additional video about the time. They plan on pursuing it further to the Swiss courts.

Why do I feel like Gina Chiles will not encourage Jordan to deal with this with grace and class? If I were Jordan I'd want to go down in history as having returned the medal with a congrats to the new bronze title holder, graduated from UCLA and then shown up for 2028 Olympics an even better athlete who wins gold without any questions.

Anonymous wrote:Usag's appeal to CAS was denied. They will not reopen the case and see any additional video about the time. They plan on pursuing it further to the Swiss courts.

Simone Bile wasn’t kidding when she announced the team name was FAAFO this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think the Kiwis were the true winners? A country of 5 million people with 20 medals including 10 gold! Outstanding!!!

The DMV sent around 30 athletes and they won over 14 medals (I haven't counted up properly), and in some of the premier events, not obscure sports like kayak sprint. Gold in men's 100m track, women's 1500 freestyle, men's basketball, swimming relays, women's soccer, women's 100m fly etc.

If the DMV was a country, where would it rank? If Yorktown High and Stone Ridge and Alexandria City High School were countries, where would they rank?

#1 in Hubris.

Usag's appeal to CAS was denied. They will not reopen the case and see any additional video about the time. They plan on pursuing it further to the Swiss courts.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think the Kiwis were the true winners? A country of 5 million people with 20 medals including 10 gold! Outstanding!!!

The kiwis do for sure.

Why does a country of five million get to send a team of almost 200? Why are they eligible for two spots in each swimming event - the same as the US (pop c. 350m) and China (pop 1.4 billion)?

If they got the same per capita team size as the US, they'd be able to send one rowing eight but not the coxswain.

Who would bother watching an Olympics where the six most populated countries accounted for half the athletes? In reality, the biggest countries have an advantage anyway as they can draw on a much bigger pool of potential athletes. Of course it’s more complicated than that as wealth and resources count for a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think the Kiwis were the true winners? A country of 5 million people with 20 medals including 10 gold! Outstanding!!!

They were absolutely crushed by Grenada and St Lucia. Aren't statistics fun?

They did fantastically too. This isn’t about statistics. I’m just recognising just how well a country with a very small talent pool and far fewer resources than many has done. It’s inspiring that can happen.

I hope LA goes for the movie angle, and I will be bummed if there is no gorgeous La La Land type scene, because Hollywood can do old classic glamour. What was shown as a LA intro was all so 90s and not the best.

Anonymous wrote:I was torn when I watched the part in LA. On the one hand, I guess they did nail the whole American / Los Angles vibe and aesthetic. On the other hand, it was so trashy compared with the elegant and classical albeit sometimes slow and boring French production.

I hope they get Miley Cyrus singing Party in the USA for the opening ceremony and Katy Perry featuring Left Shark singing California Gurls. I don’t care if it’s trash. It’s fun.

And how many American-born/US-based athletes represented other countries and won medals. Can think of 10 or so off the top of my head.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think the Kiwis were the true winners? A country of 5 million people with 20 medals including 10 gold! Outstanding!!!

The DMV sent around 30 athletes and they won over 14 medals (I haven't counted up properly), and in some of the premier events, not obscure sports like kayak sprint. Gold in men's 100m track, women's 1500 freestyle, men's basketball, swimming relays, women's soccer, women's 100m fly etc.

If the DMV was a country, where would it rank? If Yorktown High and Stone Ridge and Alexandria City High School were countries, where would they rank?

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think the Kiwis were the true winners? A country of 5 million people with 20 medals including 10 gold! Outstanding!!!

They were absolutely crushed by Grenada and St Lucia. Aren't statistics fun?

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think the Kiwis were the true winners? A country of 5 million people with 20 medals including 10 gold! Outstanding!!!

The kiwis do for sure.

Why does a country of five million get to send a team of almost 200? Why are they eligible for two spots in each swimming event - the same as the US (pop c. 350m) and China (pop 1.4 billion)?

If they got the same per capita team size as the US, they'd be able to send one rowing eight but not the coxswain.

Anonymous wrote:I was torn when I watched the part in LA. On the one hand, I guess they did nail the whole American / Los Angles vibe and aesthetic. On the other hand, it was so trashy compared with the elegant and classical albeit sometimes slow and boring French production.

+1. Tom Cruise? Snoop? Straight trash.

Does anyone else think the Kiwis were the true winners? A country of 5 million people with 20 medals including 10 gold! Outstanding!!!