Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke has quite possibly the most famous warm-up routine in sports, but no matter how limber she was before the starting gun, the spill she took in Paris on Wednesday looked like it hurt.
A lot.
For the uninitiated, Jenneke — who is currently studying for her BA in Mechatronic Engineering degree at the University of Sydney, according to her website — represented Australia at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and is back for the 2024 Games and that led to her famous “jiggling” warm-up routine getting another round of internet virality.
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Team USA defeated Nigeria 88-74, powered by A’ja Wilson (20 points), Jackie Young (15 points), and Breanna Stewart (13 points). The win marks their 59th consecutive Olympic victory, and sends the U.S. women to the semifinals to face Australia.
For a moment there, it looked like Nigeria could pose a real threat to Team USA. Ezinne Kalu, one of the breakout stars of the tournament, was seemingly hitting everything, and Nigeria was only down by five points midway through the second quarter.
One of the best things about the Olympics is it puts a spotlight on sports that for the most part none of us ever think about once during non-election years.
Artistic swimming is one of those sports.
The sport is just the repackaged version of synchronized swimming and while it’s easy to goof on, take a look at what Team USA did this week during the Olympic competition.
The team hopped in the pool and tipped their metaphorical fedoras to the King of Pop and threw down some upside-down underwater moonwalks to the sounds of “Smooth Criminal.
Football fights are back. This week, the New York Giants and Detroit Lions had two joint practice sessions, both of them heated as the two sides physically clashed.
How the NFL expects these joint practices to go smoothly is still a mystery.
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Tuesday’s practice in East Rutherford, NJ., between the G-Men and Lions was cut short after several fights broke out; looking ahead to the Giants and Lions’ preseason matchup on Thursday.