When these Paris Olympics end on Sunday I’m going to miss photo galleries like this...
Raven Saunders made a splash during the women’s shot put qualification by appearing in a full-face black mask and sunglasses, along with dyed green and purple hair. “I’m in full form,” the American said of the outfit. “I had to remind the people, I am who I am.
” Speaking of US dominance of basketball, Serbia almost pulled off one of the all-time Olympics upsets when they had the men’s “Dream Team” on the rack and 76-62 down at the start of the final quarter of last night’s semi-final. Coming into the Paris Games, the US had won gold in eight of the last 10 Olympics, with their last stumble coming in 2004 when they won bronze. Luckily, Steph Curry came to the rescue.
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Heard about the Opal who wanted Gold? Australian basketball GOAT Lauren Jackson is at her fifth Olympics and is yet to win the shiniest medal of all. Instead, at every turn, Jackson and her Opals teammates have been foiled by Team USA whom they meet tonight in the semi-final at Bercy Arena. Can they snap the hoodoo and send Lauren out a winner? Kieran Pender asks: why not? The torrent of gold Australia has experienced at these Paris Olympics has finally slowed to a trickle.
Not that the green and gold army will be resting on the laurels of their 18 gold so far. They have a few ironmen and ironwomen in the fire on Day 14..
. The first event of Day 14 will be the men’s 10km marathon swim in the Seine. If .