Well Played: Golden Girls at the Olympics, Biles Throws Shade, Memeification of the Games, and Paris Has a Shallow Pool Problem

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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We are seven days into the 2024 Paris Olympics and back for another episode of Well Played: Olympics Edition. Amanda and Blake chat about the MyKayla who decided to go after the US women’s gymnastics team. Rest assured, McKayla Maroney had nothing to do with it. In this episode of Well Played, we’ll also cover: The *chefs kiss* TikToks Suni Lee and Simone Biles executed after winning the team all-around gold medal, plus how protecting their physical and mental health paid off for the gymnasts so far The emotional moment the US women’s rugby sevens team took home the bronze How rugby player and social media queen, Ilona Maher, managed to recruit Jason Kelce to be the no. 1 fan of the team à la Flavor Flav If “boundary king” Stephen Nedoroscik will have his second Clark Kent moment on the pommel horse this weekend One theory on why Olympic swimmers are breaking less world records this year Whether Amanda and Blake would stay in the Olympic Village or flee to a bourgeois hotel

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Well played presented by the skim the only
0:07.5	podcast dedicated to treating the sports world like the bingeable TV
0:10.8	it actually is. As always we're giving you our gold metal takes
0:14.0	and detailed breakdowns of the biggest sports stories
0:16.3	and controversies you care about most.
0:18.2	I'm Amanda Doberman.
0:19.0	And I'm Blake Loomerwin.
0:20.1	We are once again covering the biggest sporting event
0:22.1	of the summer, the 2024 Paris Olympics
0:25.0	I think mine was better I'm not gonna lie but I digress be sure to check us out every
0:31.1	Tuesday and Thursday from now until the closing ceremonies.
0:33.6	As always, if you're loving the show, be sure to hit follow on Spotify, Apple Podcast,
0:37.5	or wherever you're listening right now. And if you happen to be listening to this Olympics episode of
0:41.6	well played on the Skimness Podcast Feed.
0:43.7	Go now and search for Well Played on your favorite podcast app because the show has its own new
0:48.0	podcast feed and we do not want you to miss an episode.
0:51.0	Definitely not.
0:52.0	All right, Blake, it is time for a medal count update. We are roughly
0:55.8	seven days into these Olympic Games and as we're recording this episode which is Thursday around
1:01.1	10.15 a.m. Here's where the medal count stands.
1:04.5	The United States leads all nations and total medals with 31, including just six golds.
1:09.9	Home country France is in second place with 26 medals and China sits in third with 21.
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