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Hmm, I must be an Australian outlier because I definitely say "pah-sta" and "Slo-vah-kia", not to mention "cah-stle" rather than "cass-tle"!

Giving some love to the discus gold medal winner, Roje Stona from Jamaica 😍

She certainly is. And apparently when she's not pole vaulting, she can be found on Only Fans!

The Greek pole vaulter who got the bronze medal, Emmanouil Karalis, is quite a cutie!

Not just tainted beef, but AUSTRALIAN tainted beef. It was all part of our dastardly plan... I kind of do too. The swimmers mostly seem pretty friendly. For instance, he media have been trying to make out like Ledecky and Ariane Titmus hate each other but I don't get that vibe at all.

Our Aussie girl Nicola Olyslagers who got the silver is eccentric but lovable. She is a very devout pentecostal Christian and her pre-jump warm-ups look like she's in the middle of a church service at times. And when she's done with the jump she always, but always, goes and writes in a journal old school style. But very proud of her effort! 🥈

I took an instant dislike to Lyles and wanted the gorgeous Thompson to win. How agonisingly close!

The ink isn't to my personal taste and she seems very extra, but Sha'Carri Richardson is a beautiful lady.

I was just coming to post about her. Stunning!

So many things can go wrong in the Olympics! 😂

If Bobby Finke doesn't win the 1500m, it will be the first time a US man will not win an individual gold medal in swimming since the 1900 games in...Paris Until Cam McEvoy won the 50m free yesterday, Australia was in the same situation- you had to have a uterus to get gold! 🤣

I was trying to work out why the design on Germany's swimsuits looked kind of familiar...and then I caught a train to work the other day, one of a few in Brisbane Australia that have been painted up with designs by a local Indigenous artist!

Kishane Thompson, Jamaica, 100 metres. Phwoarr! 😍🤩

I am sad for him because it sucks to feel like you have let people down. 😔 The story behind Cam McEvoy's win is pretty amazing, though. He was expected to win a gold in Tokyo and instead finished 7th. He all but walked away from swimming but instead decided to get into fitness in a different way, lifting weights, gaining about 10kg etc. For fun one day He decided to jump in the pool and trial his 50m time and was amazed to see it was really good even though he hadn't been doing any swim training. So he has tried a completely different prep for these Olympics. When he used to swim at least 30km a week, now he does 3 but lifts weights, does a lot of resistance work, plyometric jumps etc. And the result is being the fastest freestyler over 50 metres at the ancient age of 30! Quite a comeback! 👏

I'm old enough to remember Nadia Comăneci's second Olympics in 1980 when at 18 (!!!) amongst all those little tiny girls (who in reality were probably older than they looked) she actually looked like a young woman. That was her last Olympics but if she were around now she would be just getting started!