Olympics Day 3 (7/28): Swimming! Fencing! Soccer! Gymnastics Qualifying!
And CANOE SLALOM enters the chat.
Welcome back! Yesterday’s chat was a blast, as we collectively watched the US Women taking a well-deserved silver in the 4x100 freestyle relay to a STACKED Australian team; the US Men beating the Aussies in the same; the French rugby sevens team winning gold over the Fiji men (who are REALLY good — they have won the only other gold medals ever awarded in this, as it was just added in 2016); Katie Ledecky taking a bronze medal in women’s 400-meter freestyle (well) behind Ariarne Titmus and Summer McIntosh; the American men’s soccer team definitely not wetting the bed like they did against France; and loads of other fun stuff like surfing trials, dressage, cycling, and very tense fencing. (Tensing?) (Also I feel like this is Ledecky’s worst race at this point.)
The games are really underway now, with a ton on the docket today. As always, this chat will stay open all day long; feel free to drop in at your leisure and let us know whatever cr…