🤸🏿‍♀️ Paris Olympics: Day 6 - Recap

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Racewalking - Turn your treadmill to 9mph and walk. That's what the commentator said. These athletes push it out to racewalk 6:27 mile paces. My goodness! Not a boring sport to watch. Just learn from it, and the next time you walk on a pool deck (no running)...you should be OK.

3v3 Basketball - We've been exposed. The rest of the world is here. The USA 🇺🇸 is 0-4. They can make a comeback, but we have to adjust. 3v3 basketball does not wholly play out like regular playground 3v3 basketball (slower pace) that these players are probably used to. The Olympic version has more movement, is paced faster...it only stops for free throws.

Golf - Watch the green acres and sleep if you can. Skilled club stingers. It's. Just. The. Greenery.

Sailing - Wind is important. So, play or sail was suspended for a bit. I wish I had participated in sailing camp when I was younger. Had the chance - it did not interest me. Now, it does. Bet the day out on the water would be nice.

Gymnastics - Simone Biles is fantastic! Simone Gold, Simozoned, Simone Zone. No matter the name you have for Simone Biles, she delivered for the U.S. Shout-out to Sunisa ("Sunni") Lee for her bronze medal - la médaille de bronze - after face planting on the uneven bars. 

Gold - Biles, after overcoming criticism for dropping out in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Silver - Rebecca Andrade of Brazil 🇧🇷, after overcoming three ACL tears. Bronze - Lee, after overcoming two bouts of kidney disease. Fantastic perseverance, ladies!

Field Hockey - My daughter plays field hockey, so I am a field hockey dad as well. The Olympic level provides a lot of entertainment. Great Britain 🇬🇧 kicked our 🇺🇸 butts today, 5-2. But, the action and movements are worth seeing. Have you ever seen a game in-person?

Surfing - My goodness! So much waiting for the next wave. Watched Silva vs Hinckel both from Brazil 🇧🇷. Thirteen minutes passed by with a total of three waves surfed. You must have patience; otherwise, you will tire out. Surfers are different athletes. 

Five Rings,

Derek

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