🏓Paris Olympics: Day 10 - Recap

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Overwhelmed in watching or keeping up? Well, keep going! 

Kayak Cross - Yes, yes, and more yes! I like how Kayak has included the same adrenaline rush in these cross events like BMX and Snowboard Cross (winter). The crowd is in to the entire race, and the athletes work very hard to jockey for position.

Skeet Shooting - Pull. Pap-pap! Try it out. You may find yourself at pigeon clay range for hours.

Track Cycling (Team Pursuit) - The fast sport that you are missing. If you cycle, as I do, you like it. If you understand strategy in sports, you will like it. Watch it on PeacockTV replay.

3v3 Basketball - Whoo!! USA 🇺🇸 won bronze for the women. They bounced back from starting the tournament down 0-3. Was cheering for Hailey Van Lith from the beginning. Take this bronze into your college season, Hailey! Tune in to 3v3 Basketball next time. It's fast, demanding, and difficult.

Wrestling - Freestyle and Greco-Roman are both good. Start crouched or start in close combat. Wrestling, an old sport, was on the chopping blocks in 2013. Let's not go down that path again. It's popular.

Team Volleyball - Volleyball already had me cemented. The points arrive fast. The sport has plenty of athleticism and precision. Watchout Poland, the USA fellas are coming for ya!

Platform Diving - Dropping. No. Slicing through the water from 10m above has its merits. It's remarkable to look at the skill needed to create a bare minimum splash!

Shooting (Rapid Fire) - Pap-pap-pap-pap-pap! Five shots in four seconds. Get it in and with accuracy. Italy 🇮🇹 and China 🇨🇳 were up here again!

Track & Field - T&F is an entire mini Olympics of its own. I need to catch up on events on replay. But, what has been fun today? Women's 800m...missing Athing Mu 🇺🇸. But, the Great Britain 🇬🇧 runner did her thing. Men's Pole Vault...Mondo Duplantis of Sweden 🇸🇪 with the world record to end the night was fantastic! See, field events have many merits. Swedish meatballs for everyone! Women's Discus... I had to watch the replay. Valarie Allman 🇺🇸 used her athletic build to the fullest in capturing gold. It was interesting seeing a few athletes fall short of the 60m minimum line or hit the net. Men's Steeplechase...hurdle and splash, that's all I got. Because who wants to jump over a hurdle and into water after running for a while lol? But, it keeps you engaged as a spectator.

Five Rings,

Derek

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