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Post by Admin on Jul 28, 2021 3:47:19 GMT
Australia’s Kaylee McKeown captured the gold in the women’s 100-meter backstroke during a record-setting performance in Tokyo on Tuesday. Then, she enraptured social media with a post-race interview in which she dropped an F-bomb on TV:
McKeown realized her error immediately, covered her mouth and appeared to nearly say, “Oh shit!” before turning it into a celebratory yell.
Twitter users loved it:
Nothing more Australian than swearing on live TV, then swearing when reacting to it.
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Post by Admin on Jul 28, 2021 22:12:16 GMT
KASHIMA, Japan (July 27, 2021) -- The U.S. Women’s National Team drew Australia 0-0 in its final group stage match of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, clinching a spot in the knockout rounds. The result gave the USA a second-place finish in Group G and a berth to the quarterfinals against the winner of Group F, likely either Netherlands or Brazil. The match will be played in Yokohama at International Stadium Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, on Friday at 7 a.m. ET. After an impressive 6-1 victory vs. New Zealand on Saturday, the U.S. faced a tough challenge from Australia, who was led by former USWNT assistant coach Tony Gustavsson. In an evenly matched affair in which the USA has the better chances from the run of play, Alex Morgan threatened first for the USA when she split the defense on a nice counterattacking run inside the first 10 minutes but Australia goalkeeper Teagan Micah saved her shot. The Matildas created some danger on set plays, a few throw-ins and a number of corner kicks, but the USA almost totally shut down the Aussies from the run of play while keeping star striker Sam Kerr under wraps for most of the night. U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher did have to make one tough save, leaping to push a header off the crossbar in 18th minute.
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Post by Admin on Jul 29, 2021 2:02:01 GMT
Take a look at the TOP 10 unbelievable penalty saves at the Olympics:
10. Hope Solo / USA vs. SWE (Rio 2016) 9. Barbara / BRA vs. AUS (Rio 2016) 8. Hedvig Lindahl / USA vs. SWE (Rio 2016) 7. Emiliano Viviano / ITA vs. CMR (Beijing 2008) 6. Weverton / BRA vs. GER (Rio 2016) 5. Geronimo Rulli / ARG vs. HON (Rio 2016) 4. Ibrahim Dossey / GHA vs. AUS (Barcelona 1992) 3. Lydia Williams / BRA vs. AUS (Rio 2016) 2. Dida / POR vs. BRA (Atlanta 1996) 1. Barbara / BRA vs. AUS (Rio 2016)
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Post by Admin on Jul 30, 2021 0:36:35 GMT
Australian canoeing legend Jess Fox can thank a condom for helping her win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Earlier in the week — before Fox won her first Olympic gold medal in the women’s C1 canoe slalom and bronze in the canoe slalom K1 final — she shared a video repairing the damaged nose of her kayak using a condom. “Bet you never knew condoms could be used for kayak repairs,” Fox captioned a TikTok video that showed a condom securing a carbon mixture to the front of her kayak. She added that the condom’s stretchy latex gives the carbon a “smooth finish.” Condoms aren’t hard to find inside the Olympic Village, as athletes were given a sizable amount upon arrival — a longtime tradition of the Olympic Committee to promote a safe and healthy environment. This year’s games also included sustainable cardboard beds. http://instagram.com/p/CR1JzOcDp28 This year’s condom tally reached up to 160,000. That wasn’t the only unexpected moment of Fox’s experience at the Summer Games.
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Post by Admin on Jul 30, 2021 19:02:20 GMT
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka is apparently not Japanese enough to light the Olympic cauldron, as far as one Australian journalist is concerned. Fanning the flame: In his article for The Australian, titled “Burning question: How Japanese is Naomi Osaka?”, writer Will Swanton claimed the Tokyo Olympic committee “got it wrong” by having Osaka light the symbolic torch during the Games’ opening ceremony on Friday. The piece, which Swanton claimed “isn’t a criticism of Osaka,” juxtaposed her selection to that of athlete Yoshinari Sakai, who lit the flame in the 1964 Games. Swanton noted that Sakai, a Hiroshima survivor, was a fitting symbol to the “growing up” of Japan following the events of World War II. In contrast, the writer considered the 23-year-old athlete a mere "blow-in" as she flew from Florida to participate in the Games. Swanton wrote: “Osaka was three years of age when the family moved to the US to live at Long Island, New York. Osaka has been there ever since. If these were State of Origin eligibility rules, she’d be wearing a US jersey at these Games.” Swanton acknowledged Osaka's pride in her Japanese heritage and identity but argued that the four-time Grand Slam-winning athlete "carries dual passports and describes herself more as a citizen of the world." Osaka renounced her U.S. citizenship in 2019 in her bid to represent Japan at the Games, NextShark earlier reported. Swanton also cited Osaka’s alleged lack of connection to the Japanese fans, describing her as a “multicultural, multiracial, Japanese-Haitian-American woman with a wonderful mix of bloodlines in her veins.” In the end, the writer offered several alternatives to light the Olympic flame, including local baseball star Sadaharu Oh, the 2008 Japanese softball team and judo gold medalist Tadahira Nomura. He also said "a doctor or a nurse" would be a better option than Osaka. Achievement and honor: Osaka, who has long dreamed of representing Japan at the Olympics, called the Olympic cauldron lighting moment "the greatest athletic achievement and honor" she will ever have.
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