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ORD_Buckeye said:
So, what did we end up with? A gold and a silver from the swimmer and a bronze from the fencer. Am I missing anyone?
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Ended up winning/contributing to 5 medals. Sure would have been nice if Kyle Snyder could have brought something home as well.

Buckeyes Win 5 Medals at Paris Olympics

Buckeye Olympic Medalists – One Gold | Two Silver | Two Bronze
  • Hunter Armstrong finished his second Olympic Games with two medals. In his first race of the games, he won gold with Team USA's men's 4x100 freestyle relay. He swam the fastest split of the team, touching the wall in 46.75, to help bring home the United States' first gold of the Olympics. He also won silver in the men's 4x100 medley relay. He swam the freestyle anchor leg, turning in a split of 47.19 to help the team to a 3:28.01 finish.
  • Buckeye artistic swimmers Keana Hunter and Ruby Remati helped the United States take home silver in the team event. The medal is the team's first in the category since 2004 and the team's best result since 1996.
  • Canadian foil fencer Eleanor Harvey became the first individual Olympic medalist in both Ohio State and Canadian fencing history. Competing in her third Games, she worked her way through the table to the semifinals before falling to eventual gold medalist Lauren Scruggs, 15-9. In the bronze medal match, Harvey defeated Italy's Alice Volpi, 15-12, for the medal.
  • Maximilien Chastanet helped France's men's foil team win bronze. He is the third Buckeye fencer to win a team Olympic medal and first since 2008. Chastanet started as an alternate for France but was inserted into the lineup during the quarterfinal match against China. In the bronze medal match, Chastanet was 2-0-1 to help clinch the medal.
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Steve19 said:
Just me or did the Olympics lose their lustre over the years?
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The cold war Olympics certainly added another layer but I agree that since then they did lose some lustre. However, the spectacle that was Paris brought it back (for me at least) on a different plane. Great sports and great theater. I hope LA can do better then that silly beach party handover.
 
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ExpatAkronite said:
The cold war Olympics certainly added another layer but I agree that since then they did lose some lustre. However, the spectacle that was Paris brought it back (for me at least) on a different plane. Great sports and great theater. I hope LA can do better then that silly beach party handover.
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I'll commit to be there, will you? Let's all do it right eh?
 
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Gotta say, I didn't know what Kayak Cross was a week ago (I watched portions of the Whitewater Canoe/Kayak competition but not Kayak Cross).

After watching it this week, kinda love Kayak Cross at the moment.


With its breakneck competition, exhilarating starts and whitewater waves, the kayak cross has proven to be one of the most unique and exciting spectacles at these Olympic Games, already going viral on social media.
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I wish we had more than one Whitewater facility in the U.S. (but understand with costs why the Oklahoma facility is the only one. Tokyo built theirs for 2020 for $65 million).
 
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The US/China was certainly worth watching, but to a swimmer, the Australia/USA is paramount. Always a comparison, more of a David v. Goliath thing, the Aussies were/are a threat, and (to my way of thinking) the big swimming battle. Believe that USA took more medals, but that Aussies took more golds. There were some sideshows, such as water polo, etc as well. Wonder where LA will dig out enough space for an equivalent of the Seine River? For the above writer, kayaking in the LA Basin? don't think so, but where, dunno. Did see some of that in Colorado, around Glenwood Springs, but will be interesting to see how far-flung the competitions are, vis a vie Paris.
 
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calibuck said:
The US/China was certainly worth watching, but to a swimmer, the Australia/USA is paramount. Always a comparison, more of a David v. Goliath thing, the Aussies were/are a threat, and (to my way of thinking) the big swimming battle. Believe that USA took more medals, but that Aussies took more golds. There were some sideshows, such as water polo, etc as well. Wonder where LA will dig out enough space for an equivalent of the Seine River? For the above writer, kayaking in the LA Basin? don't think so, but where, dunno. Did see some of that in Colorado, around Glenwood Springs, but will be interesting to see how far-flung the competitions are, vis a vie Paris.
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Don’t sell them short! USA actually took the gold medal count on the last day of swimming.

USA had 8 golds to 7 for the Aussies, and 28 total medals to their 18. Link
 
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calibuck said:
The US/China was certainly worth watching, but to a swimmer, the Australia/USA is paramount. Always a comparison, more of a David v. Goliath thing, the Aussies were/are a threat, and (to my way of thinking) the big swimming battle. Believe that USA took more medals, but that Aussies took more golds. There were some sideshows, such as water polo, etc as well. Wonder where LA will dig out enough space for an equivalent of the Seine River? For the above writer, kayaking in the LA Basin? don't think so, but where, dunno. Did see some of that in Colorado, around Glenwood Springs, but will be interesting to see how far-flung the competitions are, vis a vie Paris.
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White Water K1/C1 and Softball will be in OKC.
 
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