Olympics Coverage Day 9 || August 1st || Monthly Sports Count
Edition #130
Intro:
Super sorry about the Olympic coverage not coming out the last few days. Been writing content for the other site, plus been superbly busy. Again, super sorry.
Before we go over anything, the monthly sports count here folks.
Monthly Count
1 month and 26 days away from the final game at the Oakland Coliseum.
1 month and 29 days away from the last game of the MLB season.
1 month and 5 days away from the first game of the NFL season.
Hall of Fame game today!
Olympic End: August 11th
3x3 Basketball:
Olympic 3x3 basketball was in full swing today. China absolutely got demolished against Latvia, scoring in single digits. Meanwhile, the US lost (again). This time to the Aussies.
Artistic Gymnastics
Medal day for the athletes competing in this event. Let’s check who won.
Simone Biles had a historic day. What a day for gymnastics!
Athletics:
In the women’s 20km race walk, China struck again.
Badminton:
We’re going to be seeing Kim/Jeong from Korea face off against China’s Zheng/Huang is the doubles finale. Meanwhile, tomorrow we’re going to be seeing singles quarterfinals. Great day for the sport tomorrow.
Basketball
The US women’s team winning a blowout isn’t really surprising. And neither is France blowing out Nigeria, but here they are headlining again. FRANCE 75 - NIGERIA 54
Beach Volleyball
The best game today was the USA vs Brazil. FINAL SCORE: USA 2 - BRAZIL 1
Boxing:
Lots of great games today in the quarterfinals today. The best one was this one.
Canoe Slalom:
In the men’s kayak single final, here were the medalists.
Fencing:
In the women’s foil team finals today, the US team broke through and won a gold medal! Here’s what happened.
Golf:
Golf began today. Here’s what’s happening.
Handball:
France once again made headlines by absolutely demolishing Angola 38-24.
Hockey:
In the battle of Oceania, Australia absolutely demolished New Zealand 5-0. In the battle of who’s the better country at inventing sports, Great Britain beta the United States 5-2.
Judo:
RESULTS:
Rowing:
RESULTS (ALL TIMES PARIS):
Shooting
Swimming
Table Tennis:
Lots of great table tennis quarterfinal games today. The best one? France vs Chinese Taipei. What a game that was!
Tennis:
The fact that Tommy Paul almost beat Carlos Alcaraz is shocking. Tomorrow, lots of medals handed out in the event.
Volleyball:
3-0’s headlined the day with Turkey vs the Dominican Republic being the only game where the loser wins a set.
Water Polo:
The US lost against Greece and Italy went to penalty shootouts with Montenegro. Italy won.