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"More than doubling the age of most of her competitors, a 46-year-old gymnast representing Uzbekistan took her final bow at the Olympics in Tokyo this summer."
"The US men's curling team looked like a group of dads that were just trying to get away from their families for the weekend but somehow ended up competing in the Olympics."
"What if instead of professional athletes competing in the Olympics there was like a random drawing, kind of like what they do with the military draft, but for all the sports?"
"That's the Olympics I want. That'd be so cool."
"Welcome to 'The Dark History of The Olympics.'"
"It started in ancient Greece. The first games that we know of happened in the year 776 BC."
"It was really just a bunch of Greek competitions that were all about testing physical limits."
"Jesse Owens was a Black American competing in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin."
"For me, competing in the Olympic Games has been an opportunity to thank a country that opened its arms to me 11 years ago, showing me that I mattered."
"The Olympics is one way among many that we acknowledge and affirm our nation, but also acknowledge and affirm other nations."
"The Olympics is more than a sporting event for the Chinese Communist Party; it is a power play."
"Stateless people can compete at the Olympics as an independent athlete of no nation."
"Japan’s Prime Minister says the Olympics will be a success despite COVID concerns."
"Happy happy start to the Olympics. Hopefully, it's exciting."
"The Olympics actually did used to give out medals for art."
"The Olympics is not just an athletic competition, it's a representation of your values."
"Olympics are no longer funded by the countries, they're funded by sponsorships."
"We should boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics."
"Let's send a strong message to the Olympic committee... that never again should they allow a country to host the Olympic games that's engaged in genocide."
"The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics... given the Chinese ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang."
"This stunning act of propaganda would be emulated by all subsequent Olympics. It was an operatic production lavish in scale; it really invented Olympic ritual for all time to come."
"Welcome to the Olympics! Why the heck not, right?"
"The only force stronger than a pandemic is the Olympics."
"So many open doors right now after the Olympics... and I love sharing my story."
"Prior to Comaneci's performance at the 1976 Olympics, no one had ever received a perfect 10 before."
"U.S. athletes are entitled to express themselves freely in line with the spirit and charter of the Olympics."
"Two years ago, she redefined that greatness when she stepped away from an Olympics that would have been her crowning moment."
"Her determined nature made her the perfect Olympian."
"The 1936 Olympics were fascinating to me because there are a lot of things that are still going on today."
"The Olympics continue to barrel forward as Tokyo reports record COVID cases for the third straight day."
"China only recognizes one citizenship and the Olympics says that you have to be a citizen of that country to perform sports for that country."
"Norway has won more medals in the Winter Olympics than any other country in the world."
"His performance at the 1936 Olympics is legendary he remains a household name right up there with Jackie Robinson or Muhammad Ali."
"The torch is probably the most iconic symbol of the modern-day Olympics."
"These are two of Jesse's four 1936 Olympic gold medals, we actually know where a third of his gold medals are this is literally the first time ever that the medals have been shown."
"The Olympics is like the the pinnacle or the Everest of that sporting experience, both for the athlete and also for the viewers at home."
"Symbolically it's a statement that we can get at least for 17 days every couple of years we can get the countries of the world competing amicably against each other on the playing field instead of on the battlefield."
"The countdown to the Tokyo Olympics hits the 100-day mark."
"A diplomatic boycott of the Olympics: We're still going to participate, but no government employees. Take that, Jinping!"
"Michael Phelps is the greatest athlete ever."
"He's got dirt silver medals from 2014 and 2016."
"She won four Olympic medals, three gold, and one silver."
"Wow, I've actually qualified for the Olympics."
"The olympics is a window into in many ways who we really are as human beings."
"In the Olympics, a gold medal from a woman and a gold medal from a man is the same."
"The Olympic Games: where winning wasn't just an achievement, it was history in the making."
"From a single footrace to a global phenomenon: the improbable journey of the Olympic Games."
"Representing one's nation at the Olympics is, of course, a great honor for every athlete, but being flag bearer requires even more coolness."
"This year's flag bearers for Team USA might be the coolest ever Tokyo can get pretty hot and humid."
"This is the first year that skateboarding is a part of the Olympics, and it's perfect."
"China needs the Olympics more than the US and its allies need to attend."
"He was the first double amputee to run in the regular Olympics."
"For us, it's really about human legacy. And it starts actually with the kids that we want to be sitting in the stadiums thinking and dreaming, that they too can be an Olympian or a Paralympian."
"Believing in yourself might just get you to the Olympic podium."
"This was created for the 1952 Finnish Olympics because nothing says athletic excellence like high consumption of alcohol and sugary drinks."
"We will not allow North Korea to hide behind the Olympic banner. The reality that they enslave their people and threaten the wider region."
"Thailand, the country with 35 medals in the Olympics and 10 of those are actually gold."
"Competitive eating is actually more akin to the original sports of the original Olympics."
"It's official: American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson will have to miss the 100 meter Olympic race."
"Allowing the Chinese Communist Party to host the Olympics only emboldens."
"Good luck to all your countries in the Olympics, but we got to be Team USA."
"The Olympics have historically been a celebration of the athletic heights humanity can aspire to. Athletes trained for years to achieve one perfect moment."
"The International Olympic Committee has decided that the Olympians are not going to get regular beds."
"He was one of the fastest men alive, who made it from a humble beginning to the Olympics."
"It has to make it into the Olympics one day."
"Is she the greatest of all time? I don't know, but she's up there... She's definitely the greatest most important athlete of this Olympics."
"It should be boycott the Olympics, shouldn't be allowed to have another genocide Olympics."
"Athletes for the most part seem to be taking it in stride, preparing for a Winter Olympics like no other."
"Skateboarding deserves to be in the Olympics."
"The Olympics reveals so many great human stories that are just not made easily accessible."
"The first Indian who brought you an Olympic medal was a wrestler."
"We crashed the 2012 Olympics, we win a gold medal."
"The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be the first time that break dancing is included in the Olympics."
"It's a very important year for sailing the year of the Olympic Games taking place in France."
"The inspiration is for this year's Olympic city which is Paris, specifically the fashion prints that you would see being worn throughout Paris."
"In preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics, France has assembled 35 breathtaking venues across the country."
"The heart of Paris will capitalize on the city's iconic landmarks to provide an unparalleled backdrop for the Olympic and Paralympic Games."
"After the games, it will be dismantled, returning the Champ de Mars to its original state."
"The Olympic Village will accommodate 14,250 athletes, featuring residence buildings, an International Plaza, shops, and hotels."
"As the only permanent sports facility built for Paris 2024, the Olympic Aquatic Center's materials are biobased, and it features a 5,000 square meter solar roof."
"The 2024 Summer Olympics will feature 35 breathtaking venues, uniting the global community to celebrate athletics on the world's largest stage."
"Being part of the Olympics, you're not only just a U.S. Women's National Team player, you're now part of Team USA."
"Just being able to actually step on the field and play in an Olympics, that was my goal."
"We're ultimately privileged, we got to play in the Olympics."
"He is a two-time Olympic gold medal champion from Odessa, Ukraine."
"The Olympics had an art category from 1912 to 1948."
"Ambassador Goku of 2020 Olympics."
"2008 Olympics was probably one of my most special team wins. There's just something about the Olympics that's indescribable."
"We're the Try Guys, and we absolutely love the Olympics."
"I think Crystal is a shoe-in for the Olympics roster."
"Lake Placid has put one of its community's residence on every single Winter Olympic team since 1924."
"You could be a world champion for the next 20 years but if you don't win the Olympics people will know about you."
"Tug of war used to be an Olympic sport."
"It was just too much for me, the whole Olympics."
"The $13 billion cost of the 2021 Tokyo games and the unfulfilled Promises of beneficial change for 2016 host Rio de Janeiro triggered widespread anger."
"Spain came close in the Olympics last time Fran how do you handicap Spain's chances against the United States four years later?"
"So, you know, again, nobody realizes that, you know, she went in the Olympics, she got fourth in the Winter Olympics, snowboard, because she was a real good snowboarder too."
"Why the Olympics every four years? It takes a long time to destroy an entire city."
"What's up Bros I'm California and California is the only state that has had both the summer and the Winter Olympics."
"On day one of the Beijing Olympics, athletes, spectators, and TV viewers everywhere will marvel at this mega structure like no other."
"Almost 100 years after his success, surfing made its debut in the Tokyo Olympics."
"No, the important thing is by pushing to get the 2012 Olympics, New York City is proving it will do whatever it takes to stay America's number one terrorism target."
"After the Olympics, Barcelona emerged as one of the world's top tourist destinations."
"The financial repercussions of the games were severe for Greece, a country that would soon find itself at the epicenter of the Eurozone financial crisis."
"The 2004 Athens Olympics were envisioned as a triumphant return of the modern games to their ancient birthplace."
"You gymnasts have such a finite window to go to the Olympics."
"Nobody wins the Olympics by mistake, success is always intentional."
"Imagine being able to improve your Olympic ranking on your opener."
"It's fine. Now in this era, the Olympics for an Olympiad was only once every four years."
"Easily the best Olympic mascots that have ever existed."
"She won a silver for rowing and then at the next Olympics won a gold in cycling. Completely retrained and changed sports and won another one. Amazing stuff."
"The first American since 1908 to be a two-time Olympic medalist."
"I came into the season with an understanding and like a mindset that it is a pre-Olympic year. The main task is to get the job done in order to win the Paris Olympic Games next year in 2024."
"The next thing for me is Olympic games. I've qualified for Olympic games and then I want to go there and win."
"There's nothing quite like the Olympics to bring out the best in someone."
"The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City marked a pivotal moment in the history of sports and civil rights epitomized by the iconic image of Tommy Smith and John Carlos."
"So to actually get named to the Olympic team, that that was like ultimate ultimate goal."
"He's famously known for knitting at the last Olympics."
"...he will go into the Olympics this summer with the weight of a home nation on her shoulders."
"Every Olympics, there's always this giant conversation of what can we do better."
"Skateboarding doesn't need the Olympics, the Olympics need skateboarding."
"Olympics is like a week away and I haven't even practiced my main trick that I've been working on for over a year, yeah. So I was like getting back, getting my knees back, everything's working."
"Basketball officially became an Olympic sport in 1936."
"The main Olympic site for the 2012 games was in Stratford East London, and the British team was very successful across a wide range of Olympic sports."
"Her career highlight came during the 1988 Seoul Olympics where she clocked a personal best time of 21.72 seconds in the 200 M, capturing a silver medal."
"The Winter Olympics can be breathtaking, the pageantry, the grandeur, and hot Dana's chicks doing whatever the hell this is, but it all pales in comparison to their, 'Please look at him, do you believe in miracles?'"
"Luffy along with other famous anime characters were featured as the ambassadors of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo."
"Bro forget about the Olympics in Paris, we can host them right here!"
"From when I was doing Street League in 201, like 2019, it's really shot up ever since the Olympics. It was like it really just grew so fast."
"...what's to be your attitude to win, to win and he says and again Paul always goes back to the Olympic Games..."
"Dude this guy got disqualified in the Olympics for snowboarding and he had weed in his system. They should give him a [ __ ] Platinum medal for winning the Olympics."
"Olympics, the Olympics of taxidermy."
"It's the Olympics, so I get it. If you're an athlete and all or nothing is especially like when it goes both ways because you still know that that person went all or nothing and you gotta respect it because you've been there."
"The Olympic class really is the embodiment of Gene roddenberry's vision, technology being used to save lives and to make people better."
"You can't have the Olympics without also having the Paralympic Games."
"It's like the Olympics, but broken."
"He became the first man to win gold in both the 400 meters and the 200 meters at the Olympics."
"Welcome to the Big Four Olympics."
"I want to go to the Olympics just like my dad."
"Is there some claim here for early marathon traditions, so that we can think about the Olympics as an African tradition?"
"Softball in the Olympic Games, this is the biggest thing that softball has."
"So good to talk about softball on an Olympic level once again."
"Nothing would move sport higher or more quickly up both the political and most importantly social agendas as staging the Olympic Games."
"The thing about Olympic athletes is it's about reaching your peak on one day over a four year period."
"It's crazy to me that this is the first year that men's skateboarding and stuff got added to the Olympics after all these years. They did, like, vert competitions and stuff like that, but they never had, like, flatland tricks and rails and all that stuff."
"'I think it's hilarious.' 'Yeah, I think that's hilarious.' The majority of the world has no idea that's, oh yeah, that's where it comes in the Olympics, that's hilarious."
"Nigeria captured the Olympic gold medal in men's football at the summer games in Atlanta in 1996."
"Olympics. I like the pool going to the Olympic because we don't make a gold medal in Olympic. That's cool."
"Yeah perfectly, no one's expecting Team Rocket to show up at the Olympics."
"Esports has become so big that the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were discussing making it a sport."
"You must have been in the Olympics otherwise I don't understand why you'd buy it because it's not that fun of a watch."
"I say no more Olympics, keep the players over here and rested. Worry about this NHL season, too many moving parts."
"The Olympic Village is probably my favorite part. I mean, you walk around, you see people from every country, just the best athletes from each country. It's just such a cool environment to be around."
"I am all the way in on supporting the 2028 bid to be in the Olympics."
"We used the money that we'd saved up from G in to go traveling so we went to the Olympics in Brazil because we'd done a gig for British then I was like imagine all the way down from Oxford to London on the Oxford it was sick."
"...you would have heard us mention a number of times about sevens players of course, a lot of countries around the world they have actually disbanded their sevens setups for the time being because of the Olympics being delayed by a year."
"In my opinion, the most important achievement of the Olympic Games has been its peacefulness."
"It's amazing. To be sat here saying I can, well, and in the summer, I'll be going to my third Olympics is amazing. Beyond my wildest dreams."
"Preparing for my next marathon where I'm going to run the Olympic qualifying time."
"I love the fact that we could potentially see three Olympic all-around gold medalists compete together."
"Usain Bolt won the 100 204 by one three straight Olympics."
"What about that game? Remember anything else? Yeah, exactly. Do you remember the Olympics game where you had to waggle the joystick backwards and forwards and then when you're running, you have to tap them both next to each other? Oh, breaking your nails and stuff."
"One of the most unexpected team finals at the Olympics."
"I've got some runners who I coach right now who are on a 5-year plan for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles."
"LeBron James says he still wants to participate in the Paris Olympics this summer."
"She's going to be in the Paris Olympic Games."
"It's so important, we want to be able to have softball in the Olympics... it creates more international interest in softball."
"We've got to wish Rory the absolute best of luck for first of all qualifying for the Paris Olympics and then performing in it."
"She has punched her ticket I believe to the Olympics."
"Not everybody can win a gold medal in the Olympics."
"Silver medal for the United States."
"They've got their eyes on a shiny Olympic gold medal."
"Are we saying ice skating is a sport? It's in the Olympics, right?"
"The fight not just to win the Olympics but to get on the team, to be part of the Olympic team for the ladies, is gonna be a bloodbath."
"Joel Embiid is on Team USA's roster for the 2024 Olympics."
"The true measure of the Olympics is not in the winning, but discovering the best in all of us."
"Yakob Inger Britson, the Olympic champion at 1500 M."
"France on top as we head into an Olympic year in Paris."
"Two players from Warroad won a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics."
"The idea was to focus on the road to the Olympics."
"The Olympics should reflect the times."
"Victory in the Olympic Games was important, victory for the nation."
"The third Olympics introduced gold, silver, and bronze medals."
"The torch relay was introduced by the Nazis for the 1936 Berlin Olympics."
"There's nothing like that that I can think of where the impact of television has been as great as has the Olympics."
"Esports might become an Olympic sport in the future."
"The palm trees in Los Angeles were planted for the 1932 Olympics to spruce up the city."
"Michael represented Team USA at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, one of his many accomplishments."
"I chose the song 'All of Me' by John Legend. The meaning behind the song for me is that you're leading up to the Olympics, it's giving all of me."
"I was just happy to be there and be a part of a team that's at the Olympics."
"A gold medal was no surprise, but what was unexpected was the team's interactions with their opponents."
"It's almost like it reminds me of when it's the one of my favorite things about the world cup or the Olympics."
"Hello everyone and welcome to the dream for the final time in the games of the 27th Olympiad."
"This is the Olympic spirit writ large here at the Sydney Aquatic Center this morning."
"David Tua fought for New Zealand in the Olympics in 1992, capturing a bronze medal for that country."
"That's the big goal of bowling, is to get us in the Olympics."
"It's celebrating humanity, it's peace, it's world getting together, it's the fat ass womb, the fat ass wonder, this is the symbol of the Olympic games."
"The Olympic Games were held in honor of the gods and originated in which country? The answer is Greece."
"I'm pumped for the Olympics anytime I get a chance to scream about us being better than everybody else, I'm gonna do it."
"This is where the officials would have stayed, and what becomes very clear is that this is the original Olympic village."