2021 Olympics

[lizkat]

From the hurt feelings log of 2021 Olympics...

At the opening, China felt hurt that the official "China" map did not include Taiwan.

But later on, someone from the twitterati came to the rescue.

 

[JayMysteri0]

 

[JayMysteri0]

A look back

 

[Eric]

A look back

I would totally watch more of this than the olympics

 

[SuperMatt]

Canadian Soccer Player Quinn Becomes The First Out Trans And Nonbinary Gold Medalist

Quinn is one of a handful of athletes this year who became the first trans and nonbinary athletes to compete in the Olympics.

www.npr.org

 

[JayMysteri0]

So we're done talking about US Basketball in the Olympics right?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1424055964936851457/

Or we can complain about other Americans in the Olympics I imagine.

Or of course the Men's team should have won.

Or...

 

[Eric]

Dressage seems like the most elitist of them all but I guess the filthy rich need a "sport" too.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Woo-hoo! I know this is a moving target, but check out which country is leading for the first time in overall medals and gold!

 

[Pumbaa]

Woo-hoo! I know this is a moving target, but check out which country is leading for the first time in overall medals and gold!

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Fake news!

Chinese netizens try to pad their Olympic stats with Taiwan's medals | Taiwan News | 2021-08-09 12:40:00

Chinese nationalists console themselves by including Taiwan's wins in fictitious medal table | 2021-08-09 12:40:00

www.taiwannews.com.tw

 

[User.45]

Fake news!

Chinese netizens try to pad their Olympic stats with Taiwan's medals | Taiwan News | 2021-08-09 12:40:00

Chinese nationalists console themselves by including Taiwan's wins in fictitious medal table | 2021-08-09 12:40:00

www.taiwannews.com.tw

NYT coming up with their own medal tally by simply using the absolute number of medals was also really pathetic.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Oh why not? They think Taiwan is part of them, right?

That’s so petty. But then their whole attitude toward Taiwan is petty.

 

[Herdfan]

While the Olympics for most folks are over, the Paralympics are just getting started.

A HS Classmate of mine's nephew is competing in them. So if you aren't doing anything on Thursday evening, tune in a cheer for Noah.

Indianapolis runner competing in Tokyo Paralympics

The Tokyo Paralympics began Tuesday, and there's a local runner from Indianapolis competing in the games. Noah Malone, 19, is one of the few legally blind Division 1 track athletes in the country.

www.wrtv.com