- Almost appropo that the first American gold medal of the Paralympics was scored by a Ukranian born para-biathlete.
- Another Olympic vote of support for the Ukraine -- by former pole-vault world-record holder Sergey Bubka.
- The IPC has been forced to apologize to the hosts -- Andrew Parsons, in his Opening Ceremonies speech, broke protocol by calling Xi the "President of the Republic of China" -- rather than the People's Republic of China.
- The "Republic of China" is actually another name for Taiwan -- referred to in the Olympic circles as Chinese Taipei.
- Add Olympic boxing, wrestling, bobsled, and skeleton to the list of sports Russia and Belarus are now banned from. How many, if any, are LEFT???
- Sun Yang, a three-time Olympic gold medalist for China, now is banned until June of 2024 for drugs -- his final appeal to the CAS, denied. (Of course, that's about a month before the Paris Games, so he's not out of that, per se.)
Medal Count:
- As if almost too appropo: The Ukraine tops the medal table, winning three of the first twelve gold medals.
- The hosts are second, by winning two, and lead the total, eight medals to Ukraine's seven.
- The United States, which won both gold and total in Korea, surprisingly, only got the two medals in the women's sitting para-biathlon to almost start the day.
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