- In another admission and crybabying by United States interests that the medal numbers are not what they should be: A Wall Street Journal editorial has actually called for all adult athletes, under the supervision of doctors, to be allowed to take Performance Enhancing Drugs. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH... WE AREN'T DOMINATING!!! *kick* *scream* *pout* WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
- Jessica Fox of Australia found an interesting use for Olympic condoms in a Games where sexual relations are being discouraged in the name of COVID: She actually repaired a small hole in her canoe with one -- then won the gold medal in the canoeing event with it!
- Laurel Hubbard, the transgender New Zealand weightlifter, has been speaking out as a beacon of hope for similar people around the world -- but she has also been the victim of numerous online trolls, according to the NZOC.
- Alan Hazdic was roundly denounced by his teammates in the team fencing competition - his three teammates all wear pink masks to condemn the sexual predator's presence in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Add another event to the growing list of Team USA gold-medal crash-outs: They were the favorites to win the inaugural 4x400 mixed team relay at the track events. They didn't even get out of the first round of qualifying -- disqualified!!!Apparently, a successful appeal has been made.
And from Inside the Games...
- A fourth straight day of record COVID cases in Tokyo on Thursday, and the first day in history that the nation's new-case total passed 10,000.
- Japan has won nine gold medals in Judo -- the bad news for the hosts: Day Eight is the final day of the Judo competition.
- A proposed major portion of the Paris 2024 bid -- a rail line connecting many major sites -- has been admitted that it has no chance of being completed, even this far out, in time for the Paris 2024 Games.
- Indian media is attempting to propagate what appears to be false news regarding doping in the weightlifting competition.
- At least one US Senator believes the Kendricks positive COVID test is a false positive.
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