The women's gymnastics team final finished with the expected top team winning this time around - USA behind Simone Biles hit the floor running and ran away with the gold. Team de Triomphe is pleased to have her #1 pick deliver! Seine Superstars and Eiffel Power also score the gold with Suni Lee and Jade Carey. Shoutout to Hezly, who got to be 16, in Paris, getting a Gold medal, and not having to do anything but ride the wave. In the interview she really said "just so glad to be here." Yeah I bet!
Special condolences to Macronian Cheese, who under the guise of team TokYoMama in the last games, also selected Biles #1, but finshed 4th in the final standings. Had the twisty's not occurred, you can bet TokYoMama would have likely been on the podium.
Other special condolences extend to Great Britain, who were in a tight battle with Brazil for a potential Bronze medal. A tradgedy in pictures:
After completing their final routine on the balance beam, GB were elated to look up and see themselves in medal position on the podium! All 5 girls were celebrating wildly, seeing they were sitting in medal position. However, Simone Biles was still to perform and once her score was posted, the US would re-assume the top spot and knock team GB off the medal stand. Their coach walked over during the celebration, explained that Biles was about to drop kick them, and held up 4 fingers. Elation turned to devastation. That's the Olympics. Golden Beret swings in for the Bronze from Rebeca Andrade and Brazil.
Rugby Sevens concluded today with the Women's final matches. New Zealand won as expected, taking out Canada for the Gold, and boosting Eiffel Power to new heights, as she jumps to 3rd place with the help of the Kiwis.
The US women pulled off a dramatic final run as time expired to score and beat Australia to win the Bronze, securing their first ever medal in Rugby at the Olympics! I don't understand all the rules, but Spiff Sedrick (what a name) absolutely trucked some Australians and took it to the house just like she was playing on Super Bowl Sunday.
In Table Tennis, the Chinese mixed doubles team topped the podium for gold beating North Korea, pinging 10 points to Hunchback of the Swimming Lane (Wang) and Baguette the Gold (Sun). Doo Hoi-kem of Team de Tripomphe finshed off the podium, losing in the Bronze medal match. The top story, was the podium - North Korea took Silver and South Korea the bronze, and the teams took a selfie afterwards, no DMZ present.
The Fencing Epee team gold medal match came down to Italy and France, and went into overtime on the last matchup to decide the winner. Auriane Mallo-Breton of France faced a similar circumstance in the Epee individual final a few days ago - vying for the Gold, heading to overtime. Unfortunately for Mallo-Breton, her Olympics end in double heartbreak - losing both matches. Synchronized Race Walkers do claim the Silver, after having Mallo's teammate Candassamy. However, Seine Superstars have the elite Alberta Santuccio of Italy, who DID get the final touch in overtime to seal the Gold for Italy and 10 points for the stars.
Judo slams:
- Japan Men - GOLD - Golden Beret
- Georgia Men (Not the Bulldogs) - SILVER - Athletic Avengers
- France Women - BRONZE - Hunchback of the Swimming Lane (Seriously their 4th Bronze - come on girls get to the gold medal match!)
- Kosovo Women - BRONZE - Team de Triomphe
- Australia beats US again - Kaylee McKeown (Team de Triomphe) edges out Regan Smith (Baguette the Gold) in the 100m backstroke
- So many Irish names representing other countries on our teams - O'Callaghan, McIntosh, McKeown, Murphy, McEvoy...but an ACTUAL Irishman named Daniel Wiffen won the Gold in the 800m freestyle, beating out Bobby Finke of the US and Golden Beret, who settles for silver.
- The 200m men's freestyle relay interestingly featured none of our picks. Oh well.
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