She deserves to be judged on her own accomplishments, but of course, that last name comes with some added attention. How can we top that rock-and-roll performance this time? How about Jessica Springsteen? Does that last name ring a bell? Yes, it’s Bruce’s daughter, who qualified on Team USA’s jumping team.
You remember Spanish dressage rider Severo Jurado and his horse dancing to “Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas, don’t you? I’ll never forget it. EquestrianĮquestrian got more attention in 2016 than I can ever remember thanks to Smooth Horse, the viral sensation of the Olympic Games. Delaney Schnell won bronze in the platform at the ’19 world championships. Michael Hixon won silver in synchronized springboard in 2016, but now has a new partner. Each diver must do one dive from a group of six categories-forward, back, reverse, inward, twisting and armstand (platform only). Diving is more regimented than you might realize. You jump off a three-story building backward and do flips and twists in the air. Stephanie Apstein said diving, and I think I’d say the same! Ten meters might not sound like a lot, but that’s 32 feet. On Wednesday I asked SI’s staff on the ground in Tokyo what Olympic event they’d be worst in. There are eight diving events: men’s and women’s, singles and synchronized doubles, 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform. It is fascinating, largely because it seems counterintuitive.
The two-person keirin heats are the ones where riders start the race by trying to go slowly so as not to be in front of their opponent, but then go all out in a frantic finish. On the track, you’ll see some interesting races-sometimes working in teams, sometimes following a pacer bike-with what feel like quirky strategies. The rest of the cycling takes place on the velodrome, an indoor oval track with steep embankments along the curves. 19-year-old American Hannah Roberts is already a two-time world champ. New this year is BMX freestyle, in which riders will perform tricks like you’d see from snowboarders at the Winter Games. This is wildly entertaining to watch, as they start in a tight pack and race to the finish line. BMX has been an event since 2008-that’s the one that looks like an X Games event, where riders are released at the top of a manmade ramp and ride down a course with more ramps, jumps and curves.
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There is the classic road race, plus the hillier mountain bike. You can still watch the men’s C2 slalom on YouTube, though.Ĭycling is one of those umbrella terms that includes an eclectic mix of events that are all very different, even though each involves, you know, riding a bike. The men’s canoe doubles (C2) was replaced with a women’s C1 (joining women’s K1). I have previously compared this event to the American Ninja Warrior of the Summer Olympics, in that it’s the same course and you just watch competitors take two-minute turns going through it until an entire half hour of your life has evaporated, much like when I turn on an episode of Ninja Warrior. Athletes will paddle through man-made rapids, going with and against the current to maneuver through gates. Much of the paddling will take place on flat water (singles, doubles and four-person kayaks), but a personal favorite event of mine is the slalom. (Go figure.) In the kayaks, they are seated with double-sided paddles in the canoes, they are kneeling with one-sided paddles. Canoe/KayakĬanoe/kayak is an event made up of both canoeing and kayaking.
Unlike some of the other combat sports that compete entire weight classes in a single day, boxers’ matches are spaced out (which makes sense, as they are getting punched in the face!) so you will have advance notice if the U.S. The sport has evened up a bit from 10 men’s and three women’s weight classes in 2016 to eight men’s and five women’s this time.
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