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to be fair, they they used to discourage this. i don't know what changed. it's weird combining individual medals + team medals anyway. on one hand country tallies seem to go against the spirit of friendly competition but on the other there is an 'olympic champion' (fencing 1976) and an anthem played so maybe it's not too far off.

personally, i like the volunteer system. but i LOVE watching french people speak english to one another back and forth on the internet, as god intended.

i mean, to be fair, it is a pretty massive advantage to be a slider and live in your own country with its own sliding track. germany will always have an advantage over jamaica - cool runnings addressed this directly - because jamaicans have to live part of the year in jamaica to see their families. the training barriers to badminton, table tennis, and even diving are much lower. like, do not make me live in calgary or lake placid????? but then again, germany could go a lot harder on the track & field like jamaica, so it's really where you want to invest.

i bet they do, it's one of the dumbest things i've ever heard.

one interesting trivia fact i learned in the opening ceremony was

this part looks gay so i'ma probably dip.

just a complete mess.

the flame was put out by WATER??? how deep does this go??

if i ever spoke on the word stage with everyone's attention for seven minutes i would probably use it to say something but that's just me. i would tell the people how water is a source of life and epstein didn't kill himself.

we just found out it's the only italian word she knows lol

no i'm on NBC watching her thank every athlete individually.

OMG THEY SAID IT. JOHNNY WEIR SAID A SYMBOL OF LIGHT ASFKSDFNOIESFNIERFNEISFN

the glowing backpacks symbolize the sun, a source of light.

we'll all be climate change dead by 2040 (no more water, a source of life).

i fear it's going to be some nonsense like this if it's not rome.