Day 13: Survive and Advance

 Team USA Basketball finally had a tough challenge and Serbia delivered a major one. After crushing Serbia in the group play, three time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic led his team of sharpshooters to a 17 point lead late.  Steph Curry had his Olympic moment, carrying the team with 36 points and sealing it with free throws late. After seeing some blowouts, it was really fun to see the best in the world have to BE the best and step up across the board.  They will battle France for gold on Saturday, which should be an epic atmosphere in Paris.  Athletic Avengers await the chance at glory. Team de Triomphe selected Serbia, so nearly got a boost, but still has a chance for Bronze, facing off against Germany and Seine Superstars. France was UNDRAFTED, which i clearly regret.

Shoutout to Speed Climber Sam Watson of the USA who set a world record twice during this event, but unfortunately lost in the semifinals. He did set the latest world record in the Bronze match at a blistering 4.74 seconds climbing 15 meters (49 ft) to take a medal home from these games! A man named Leonardo from Malaysia took gold, claiming the first ever gold medal for Malaysia that's not in Badminton.

Scoreboard Update - with three days of the games remaining it's time for us to survive and advance.  The race is on for gold, silver, and bronze.  Team de Triomphe holds on to second place by a point, with Eiffel Power having a strong day, breaking the 200 point barrier. Lots of big money team points still out there in Basketball, Football, Handball, Volleyball, Women's Field Hockey, and Water Polo.

CANOEING

• GOLD - New Zealand Women - Baguette the Gold; Germany Men - Eiffel Power

CYCLING

• GOLD - Omnium - Benjamin Thomas, France - Don't Ledecky Us Get Hot
• BRONZE - Keirin Race - Emma Finucane, Great Britain - Team de Triomphe

FIELD HOCKEY

• Belgium Men - OFF THE PODIUM - Athletic Avengers (stick to waffles)

DIVING

• Wang Zongyuan, China - SILVER - Macronian Cheese (China also won gold, but someone that no one drafted!)

WEIGHTLIFTING

• GOLD - China women - Synchronized Race Walkers; Indonesia Men - Don't Ledecky Us Get Hot
• BRONZE - Bulgaria Men - Eiffel Power

WRESTLING

• GOLD - Iran Men - Eiffel Power, Japan Women - Seine Superstars
• SILVER - Iran Men - Eiffel Power
• BRONZE - Azerbaijan Men - Athletic Avengers; Cuba Men - Hunchback of the Swimming Lane

COVID-19

• UNDEFEATED - No medals awarded - 0 points

SPRINTING

• Kenny Bednarek, USA - SILVER - Team de Triomphe
• Noah Lyles, USA - BRONZE - Don't Ledecky Us Get Hot
• Grant Holloway - GOLD - Macronian Cheese

Finally BOXING - France Men of Synchronized Race Walkers and Uzbekistan Men of Hunchback of the Swimming Lane faced off in the 51kg Gold Medal bout. With a unanimous decision, Uzbekistan takes Gold and France gets the Silver.