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ORIGINAL: Zap

A previously unknown from the US, Tamyra Mensah-Stock won the Gold in 68Kg class. She has endeared herself to Americans with her after medal response to a reporters question. What a great spirit she has.😍

The press conference:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Tamyra+Mensah-Stock&docid=13831852819556&mid=5C828B56416D76A3D22C5C828B56416D76A3D22C&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

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. . . By winning silver, Oborududu became the first Nigerian athlete to win an Olympic medal in wrestling.

After the match, Mensah-Stock, 28, commented on the historic elements of her final with Oborududu.

"I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, look at us representing,' " Mensah-Stock said, according to The Associated Press. "It's so freaking awesome. You're making history, I'm making history. We're making history. So it meant a lot."
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Emotions hit hard with win

Mensah-Stock curled her hands into a heart-shaped gesture immediately after her win, smiling and bowing to the small crowd in the Makuhari Messe Hall outside Tokyo. She then hugged her coaches and grabbed a large U.S. flag, which she held high above her head.

Several times on the mat and on the podium, Mensah-Stock broke into tears.

"I'm feeling very happy and I keep trying not to cry, but it keeps happening," she said, according to a release from Team USA. "I just want to go into a dark room and cry, but I'm crying from joy."

https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/03/1024247363/tamyra-mensah-stock-first-u-s-black-woman-to-win-wrestling-gold-tokyo-olympics

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ORIGINAL: Zap

What!! Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia claims 3 world records in the 109kg class weightlifting. Incredible feats of strenghth

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Lasha Talakhadze breaks weightlifting records in route to superheavyweight gold medal

TOKYO -- Lasha Talakhadze pumped everyone up with three world records on the final day of Olympic competition in weightlifting.

The defending champion from Georgia lifted 223 kilograms in the snatch and 265kg in the clean and jerk for a total 488kg on Wednesday. All three figures broke his own world records in the over-109kg men's superheavyweight category.

Ali Davoudi of Iran was left in second place by the vast margin of 47kg.

Even Talakhadze's starting lifts were more than anyone else attempted, which meant he had to lift three times back-to-back in each half of the competition.

Talakhadze immediately pledged to return for a third Olympic gold in 2024, and his feat in Tokyo raised the question of whether he could become the first man to lift the once undreamed-of total of 500kg.

"At this stage it would be risky, this 500, but I will try my utmost and I will do everything in order to set the nearest margin at least to that limit," Talakhadze said through an interpreter.

Man Asaad of Syria took the bronze with a total 424kg for his country's first medal since its civil war began a decade ago. Syria's last Olympic medal in any sport was a boxing bronze in 2004.

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Canada's Andre de Grasse wins 200-meter gold as American men finish 2-3-4

Andre de Grasse of Canada has won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 200 meters five years after finishing second to Usain Bolt, ending a string of close calls for the 26-year-old.

De Grasse won in a national-record time of 19.62 seconds, holding off two Americans for the medals.

Kenneth Bednarek won silver in a personal-best 19.68 seconds, and 2019 world champion and race favorite Noah Lyles took bronze in 19.74. Erriyon Knighton, the youngest member of the U.S. men's track team at 17, placed fourth in 19.93.

De Grasse has now filled out a medal collection that was missing only a gold. He won bronze four nights earlier in the 100 meters to go with the third-place medal he took in Rio de Janeiro. He also won a silver in the 200 in Rio, when he famously challenged Bolt in the semifinal -- drawing a playful finger wag -- before being blown away by the Jamaican champion in the final.

Given all he has been through, it was no surprise when De Grasse revealed that he had been crying behind the bronze-colored shades he wore for the race.

"It's my first time being so emotional on the track," said De Grasse, the first sprint gold medalist for Canada since Donovan Bailey won the 100 at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. "I always thought I came up short winning bronze and silver, so it's just good to have that gold medal. No one can take that away from me."

Lyles made a mistake the night before in the semifinals, slowing down too far before the line, getting edged out for the two automatic spots and being forced to wait to see if his time would earn him a qualifying spot.

It cost him in the final. Forced to start in Lane 3, Lyles pushed out too quickly. He had the lead heading into the homestretch but had nothing more to give.
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In other medal races at the Olympic Stadium, Emmanuel Korir won gold and led a Kenyan 1-2 finish in the men's 800 meters and Peruth Chemutai of Uganda chased down American Courtney Frerichs to claim gold in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Korir pushed his way past Australia's Peter Bol on the final turn and surged home to win in 1:45.06. It was Kenya's fourth straight victory in the 800 at the Olympics.
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Wojciech Nowicki of Poland finally has a gold medal after winning the men's hammer throw.

The 32-year-old led from the first round and improved with each of his first three attempts to reach a personal-best 82.52 meters, the winning mark.

Nowicki was a bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympics and won bronze medals at three world championships.

Eivind Henriksen of Norway set a national record with a throw of 81.58 meters in the fifth round and finished with the silver medal. Four-time world champion Pawel Fajdek of Poland took bronze with a mark of 81.53.

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Ever wonder if the weightlifter dudes have about 20% Neanderthal genes?

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ORIGINAL: Neilster

Solid start from Australia. And how are our friends from across the Tasman going? Oh dear... [:'(]


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The USA does not get to have 5500 entrants for each event for every Burmudan entrant. (Or 14 for every Australian entrant). So, a per capita measure is misleading.

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The USA does not get to have 5500 entrants for each event for every Burmudan entrant. (Or 14 for every Australian entrant). So, a per capita measure is misleading.

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San Marino aced the "Medals x Population" rankings [:'(]

1 San Marino 3 33,931 11,310

That's the equivalent of Lamezia Terme going to the Olympics and getting 6 medals with two Silver. I honestly don't see my hometown pulling that feat.

I'm pretty amazed to see India last [&:]

93 India 7 1,380,004,385 197,143,483