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Quote from: Silas on August 05, 2024, 10:17:17 AMA tweet from Lyles after he won the gold..."I have Asthma, allergies, dyslexia, ADD, anxiety, and Depression, Lyles shared. "But I will tell you that what you have does not define what you can become. Why Not You!"I love that he?s overcome challenges. No denying it was done with obsessive hard work and impressive commitment. The ?anyone can do it? line is something that bugs me a bit. Obviously, people can, with effort, manage or overcome the impact of a disabling condition, but you don?t become the fastest man in the world without elite genetics. Thats kind of a factor too.
A tweet from Lyles after he won the gold..."I have Asthma, allergies, dyslexia, ADD, anxiety, and Depression, Lyles shared. "But I will tell you that what you have does not define what you can become. Why Not You!"
The Netherlands are Olympic Champions in basketballl in the 3x3 tournament!!! First Olympic basketball medal for the Netherlands. Worthy de Jong, Dimeo van der Horst, Jan Driessen and Arvin Slagter making history. Amazing decisive shot by De Jong.
Quincy Hall with an absolutely ridiculous comeback to win gold in the men's 400M! Wow.
Quote from: Donoghus on August 07, 2024, 03:30:34 PMQuincy Hall with an absolutely ridiculous comeback to win gold in the men's 400M! Wow.That was the best final kick to win a race that I can recall. He was inn4th place with maybe 20 yards to go. I have not watched much of these Olympics but that might have been the best performance by an individual.
Quote from: Surferdad on August 07, 2024, 06:08:37 PMQuote from: Donoghus on August 07, 2024, 03:30:34 PMQuincy Hall with an absolutely ridiculous comeback to win gold in the men's 400M! Wow.That was the best final kick to win a race that I can recall. He was inn4th place with maybe 20 yards to go. I have not watched much of these Olympics but that might have been the best performance by an individual.Go watch yesterday's 1500m race, it was great.The women's Cycling Road Race had an awesome finish too in my opinion, loved the strategy behind it and particularly with the competition she was going against and for someone considered inexperienced in that race on top of it. Go watch the end, starting at the 4:10:00 mark or so, and get the context that goes with it:https://tiz-cycling.io/video/olympic-games-paris-2024-road-race-full-race-ladies/?tape=2
PARIS ? Ariana Ramsey won an Olympic bronze medal with the U.S. women?s rugby team here last week. A few days later, something almost as exciting happened: She got a pap smear. For free. ?Like, what?? she said in a post on TikTok describing her new discovery: The Olympic Village offers free healthcare. The United States, of course, does not. So in the days following her victory, Ramsey made appointments with the Village gynecologist, dentist and ophthalmologist. According to the Paris 2024 organizing committee, the Village also offers cardiology, orthopedics, physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry and, of course, sports medicine?all at no cost to the athletes. (Paralympic athletes will also have access to dermatology.)Ramsey came to Paris as a rugby player. She is leaving as a healthcare influencer. More than 135,000 people have watched her initial TikTok, and another of the half-dozen follow-up videos she has made has pulled in more than 570 views. That is fine with her. The more she thinks about it, the more frustrated she is that she?s so astonished by the concept. ?That?s just America and their privatized healthcare system,? she laments in an interview, adding, ?I?ll fight for universal healthcare.?The idea has gone viral in France: American discovers healthcare. ?A lot of people are kind of making a joke about it,? she says. ?Like, welcome to France.?In fact, the Olympic Village has offered athletes and their delegations free healthcare since?ironically?the 1932 Los Angeles Games. But not many athletes know the option exists. The polyclinic is designed to handle as many as 700 patient visits per day, but Ramsey says many of the staffers there have thanked her for her videos, because she is bringing awareness to the option. She says she has gotten DMs from other athletes expressing surprise, and a few people have recognized her in person and said that her videos encouraged them to visit the clinic.
