From swimming in the Seine River to break dancing, here’s what we’ll probably end up recalling about these Games in a few years’ time.
The Olympics are back! Well, actually they’re over. But I mean more in the grand scheme of things. The Paris Games were very, very popular, in a way that makes me feel like the Olympics are still going to be a major part of American culture moving forward. After a run of rough time zones and complications from the pandemic, it felt like these Olympics were a return to the feelings we used to expect from 16 days of strength, speed and athleticism on display at the highest levels.
Even putting aside concerns about E. coli, the strong current in the river had a massive impact on the open-water races,Léon Marchand's gold in the men’s 200-meter individual medley was one of five medals earned in Paris. / Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports—but it’ll be easy to remember France’s Léon Marchand swimming in front of his home fans in 2024.
the Paris Games were the ones in which she became the most decorated female American Olympian of all time The rugby sevens tournament is quick and fun. Fans have taken a liking to it since it became an Olympic sport in 2016, but the U.S. had not really had a signature moment, nor a medal to show for its efforts. Now the U.S. has a bronze medal, and it’ll be fun to see how much that helps generate interest in the sport.I’m never quite sure how much attention to pay basketball in the lead-up to the Olympics.
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