The decision to keep Clark back in America rather than put her on the team in Paris is playing out to be biggest blown layup in the history of women’s basketball. The Olympics are in their second week, and Team USA’s women’s basketball team is rolling toward another gold medal in blowout games that are watched by family and friends of players.
There you go, ladies, vacation in France rather than Sweden.GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 8:15 pmGuess this dude's pole didn't get in the way.
https://x.com/SportsCenter/status/1820557522421379409
Fast woman:
It was banned for the long jump as being too dangerous:Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:37 amThe world record in the women’s high jump is 2.10 m (6'10.5"), Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR), but Simone Biles bounces to 11'9" in her tumbling runs according to NBC. Why don't they do that for the high jump?
Can Simone Biles dunk? Kevin Durant thinks so (and the math checks out)
https://x.com/ForemanTaxLaw/status/1819081047507976506
https://x.com/EarlKSneed/status/1819084523482866080
I would love to see a high jumper do it like that!
The Olympic Games
This is everything.
Musée du Louvre
Maybe we should hang it in the Louvre...
Yes, it is Louvre worthy
One of the best images of the year.
Madam Auntie VP Kamala Harris for PRESIDENT!
What a special moment, three Black girls sweep the medals for the Floor Exercise, and all performed to Beyoncé songs. Congrats Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles.#BlackGirlMagic
Don't just watch how great athletes win gold, watch how they lose. Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles bowing down to Rebeca Andrade is such an amazing moment of humility and sportswomanship — it's a vital part of what GOAT means.
: @GettyImages #Paris2024 #Olympics
Vrede too wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:08 pmGoCubsGo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 2:31 pmDamn girl!
https://x.com/YahooSports/status/1819754895332765897Semis vs Germany! It's like WWII all over again
They missed the offside woman, though - not Rodman - 0:35.
billy.pilgrim hated the maxim I shared with him: If you're not good enough to beat the refs, you're not good enough.Gymnast Ana Barbosu Speaks Out After Jordan Chiles' Score Change
Ana Barbosu is sending a message to her supporters.
The Romanian gymnast reflected on her experience competing at the 2024 Olympics, where she momentarily earned the bronze medal in floor but was bumped to fourth after Team USA star Jordan Chiles' routine was reevaluated.
In her Aug. 5 Instagram Stories, Ana shared a video of herself during the women's gymnastics floor final and wrote, "Thank you to everyone who encouraged me before, during, and after the competition."
She also reposted a Stories from retired Olympian Sandra Izbasa-Bianca, who praised the hard work put in by the country's gymnastics team.
"I hear more vividly than ever the words that the coaches repeated to us almost daily in the training room," she wrote in Romanian. "'You, as Romanians, must be more than perfect in order not to leave room for interpretations!' And here, it proves itself once again! Girls, head up and back straight! Keep believing in your dreams! Go Romania!"...
Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif debate to undermine the Olympics
The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, however, were dreamed up by artificial intelligence.
Portraying Paris as a crime-ridden cesspool, the video mocking the Games spread quickly on social media platforms like YouTube and X, helped on its way by 30,000 social media bots linked to a notorious Russian disinformation group that has set its sights on France before. Within days, the video was available in 13 languages, thanks to quick translation by AI....
Moscow is making its presence felt during the Paris Games, with groups linked to Russia’s government using online disinformation and state propaganda to spread incendiary claims and attack the host country — showing how global events like the Olympics are now high-profile targets for online disinformation and propaganda.
Over the weekend, disinformation networks linked to the Kremlin seized on a divide over Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who has faced unsubstantiated questions about her gender. Baseless claims that she is a man or transgender surfaced after a controversial boxing association with Russian ties said she failed an opaque eligibility test before last year’s world boxing championships.
Russian networks amplified the debate, which quickly became a trending topic online. British news outlets, author J.K. Rowling and right-wing politicians like Donald Trump added to the deluge.
Of course they did 
Aha, now I understand.At its height late last week, X users were posting about the boxer tens of thousands of times per hour, according to an analysis by PeakMetrics, a cyber firm that tracks online narratives.
The boxing group at the root of the claims — the International Boxing Association — has been permanently barred from the Olympics, has a Russian president who is an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and its biggest sponsor is the state energy company Gazprom. Questions also have surfaced about its decision to disqualify Khelif last year after she had beaten a Russian boxer.
This is our future, nothing can be believed.Approving only a small number of Russian athletes to compete as neutrals and banning them from team sports following the invasion of Ukraine all but guaranteed the Kremlin's response, said Gordon Crovitz, co-founder of NewsGuard, a firm that analyzes online misinformation....
“What's different now is that they are perhaps the most advanced users of generative AI models for malign purposes: fake videos, fake music, fake websites," he said.
Bastards... “Bad actors look for these global events,” Calandra said. “Whether they're positive events like the Olympics or more concerning ones, these people use everyone's heightened awareness and interest to try to exploit them."
Ongoing drama, yesterday:GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:56 pm
Shoulda kept her around just to raise the testosterone levels.
Too Hot To Handle? Paraguayan Olympics Swimmer Accused Of 'Inappropriate Effect On Her Team'
She's back in Texas - SMU student.... But the row seems to have done her no harm in her other career—as a social media influencer. As of Tuesday, Alonso had more than 700,000 followers on her Instagram account, up by around 250,000 in a week.
I fail to see what the problem could be.
Eat your hearts out, Paraguay.GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:20 pmI fail to see what the problem could be.
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/ten ... &s=90&d=90
The greatest Olympian you’ve never heard of just retired – and it was beautiful
Mijain Lopez left his shoes in the ring as a signal of his retirement from Greco-Roman wrestling
... In Paris on Tuesday, he made history. No one, not Carl Lewis or Al Oerter or even Michael Phelps has won the same individual event at five consecutive Olympics. Until now....
Vrede too wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2024 10:21 pmEat your hearts out, Paraguay.GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:20 pmI fail to see what the problem could be.
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/ten ... &s=90&d=90
The greatest Olympian you’ve never heard of just retired – and it was beautiful
Mijain Lopez left his shoes in the ring as a signal of his retirement from Greco-Roman wrestling
... In Paris on Tuesday, he made history. No one, not Carl Lewis or Al Oerter or even Michael Phelps has won the same individual event at five consecutive Olympics. Until now....
GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:27 amDamn those pole vaulters.
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https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/OBpzV ... 9cda12e847
Alysha Newman, one of a growing group of athletes to run OnlyFans accounts, caused controversy on Wednesday after celebrating an Olympic pole vaulting bronze by twerking.
Oh, those lusty Canadians!... Athletics (track and field including Women's Pole Vault) is the only sport awarding prize money at this year’s Olympics ($50,000 per gold) despite the billions that the International Olympic Committee generates in broadcast and commercial revenues.
She pinned him, no ring!
We should get you one for Christmas.
Madam Auntie VP Kamala Harris for PRESIDENT!
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