One of my favorite things about each Olympics is who gets the first medal for the United States. And this time it is Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook winning silver in 3m Synchronized Diving. They are nicknamed Cook’N’Bacon and my new heroes.
I was also about to make a joke about making sure Kazakhstan doesn’t get too cocky and start coming for us also getting on the medal table so early but then I read this below and thought that’s what it’s all about.
“I’m feeling perfect. This was the first (Olympic) competition for me, and I got third place, so it’s perfect,” IslamSatpaev said when asked what it felt like to win the first medal of Paris 2024.
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