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‘Eff Around And Find Out’ 😂🥇
By Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY,
3 hours ago
Your Olympics essentials.
What happened yesterday: Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team won gold ! The U.S. women’s rugby team won bronze! The USMNT made it to the knockout rounds for the first time in nearly a quarter century! A dope surfing photo went viral! Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff won silver and bronze, respectively, in the 100m back in what was quite a show! The U.S. men’s 4x200 freestyle relay team won silver ! Bobby Finke won silver in the 800m freestyle! Coco Gauff lost after a very controversial call. (This does not get an exclamation point.) Check out all the day’s highlights .
The latest medal count: Entering Wednesday, the U.S. held the lead in the medal count with 26 (four golds, 11 silvers, 11 bronze), although Japan led the gold medal count with seven.
From F.A.F.O. to Golden Girls.
OK, so the very last question in the news conference after the U.S. women’s gymnastics team won gold came from Aly Raisman, a gold medal winner herself. She asked the team what their team nickname is, y’know, like the Fierce Five, Final Five and Magnificent Seven before them.
"I'm not going to say it," Simone Biles replied.
"Abbreviate it, just abbreviate it," Jordan Chiles said.
Biles got through the first two letters, "F" and "A," before finally giving up and pulling back the curtain on the team name.
"Eff Around And Find Out," she said, as laughter filled the room.
Award-winning news conference photography by yours truly. Rachel G. Bowers
This morning, Biles revealed the more official name: Golden Girls , crediting her coach Cecile Landi for the moniker. It’s fitting, given that they’ve shattered the age stereotype that has long existed in their sport. With an average age of 22.467, the Olympic champs are the oldest U.S. women’s team since 1952 and no that’s not a typo.
Either way, the thorough tail whooping the Americans doled out sent the message loud and clear.
The women's and men's triathlons got clearance after a Seine water test.
The U.S. men’s 3x3 hoops team couldn’t hang with Serbia’s physicality and dealt with foul trouble. Jimmer Fredette scored four points in his Olympic debut.
The U.S. women's 3x3 hoops squad must find chemistry after losing in an “ugly” opener to Germany.
The U.S. is winning more medals in swimming. Australia is winning more golds. And so an old debate over pool dominance continues.
Taylor Fritz playing tennis at the Olympics could hurt his career. This is why he's in Paris.
The redemption tour for USA men's volleyball is off to a good start .
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