August 14, 2024 • 29 mins
The Closing Ceremony of the Paris Olympics happened Sunday as the torch is passed onto Los Angeles! Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang tally up the medals and look at some of the final performances of these Olympics. Will we see Simone Biles in 2028? What sports could be added by the time the Games reopen in LA? Find out in the latest episode of the Two Guys, Five Rings Podcast!
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
R ring ring ring Ring. I still laugh when we
do it. I love ring ring ring ring ring.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
And you know what, there's nothing specific to Paris about them, Like,
we're going to do this for Milan for twenty twenty six,
assuming they'll have us back. We're going to do this
for Los Angeles in twenty twenty eight. We're going to
do this in Salt Lake City in twenty thirty. The
list goes on. Can I say not me having La
Pride right now? Okay? So are we are we chaining
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our two now? On the LA Olympics of it all
A little.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Bit like I don't know, like the the so I've
been kind of on the fence about the Olympics in
LA and twenty twenty eight of it all because I
live here and I'm telling you it's not necessarily infrastructure
wise tenable to have more people here. But I will
say the cultural you know moment that was the handoff.
(01:00):
It was a lot of fun, and I was like,
you know, it is fun to have the Olympics in LA.
I mean like in terms of the way that they
little did our words. Maybe I just like Words of
a Feather by Billie Eilish that much.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Maybe you just that I got emotional seeing Doctor Dre
up there tbh.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
It was cool. It was cool.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
That was cool. Yeah, you know, we're getting so ahead
of ourselves. Let's get to the two guys stuff first.
I mean, maybe this all kind of this.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Feels like two guys. I mean, essentially making it about
a pop girlly immediately, and even even Doctor Drey and
I haven't even started on Anthony Keatis And how how
do he is? So that we're in two guysland.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I knew you were going to talk about Anthony. I
mean to say nothing of the long Beach of it all.
That was a long beach show and the y was
very spring break can kun. But we're in La. Oh right,
we're in La. But yeah, oh my gosh, Matt, how
do you feel now that we've closed out the twenty
twenty four Olympic Games? And I just want to correct myself.
Twenty thirty is going to be in the French Alps.
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We're going to be back in France in twenty thirty.
Twenty thirty four is maybe Salt Lake City.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
So I was like kind of surprised that there were
turning to Salt Lake City so soon, because I feel
like we were just there because we were.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Two thousand and two. It was thirty two years ago.
I mean, I mean it is twenty two years ago
from today, but it will be thirty two years from
the last Salt Lake City Games in twenty thirty four.
Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Yeah? Wow, old, we're gonna be old.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Or we're going to be old.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
But I feel great. I think this was an amazing Olympics.
I think, you know, holistically, not only were they largely
and roundly triumphant for the people that we were rooting for,
with notable exceptions which we'll get into, but I have
to command the presentation of the Olympics themselves by NBC Peacock,
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I mean the multiview and I Heeart Radio and I
Heart Radio. I mean, just like overall, like this was
easy to watch. You never felt like you were really
missing anything, and I thought everything was executed really well.
And in terms of Paris as the host, I thought
they did an amazing job. And it feel it felt
really seamless. It felt like a real celebration of their culture.
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Like at moments it felt like very specific in niche
but also global in that weird French way. The humor
was there, the vibes were there, I mean, you know,
the like uh it just it felt like a real
success to me.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
And they did it.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
What about that song? Is so New York coded to me?
That to close it out.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
With my asi o funny? So she's she's amazing, incredible, incredible,
airy good. So okay, I must agree with you. I
could not have put better myself. I won't even attempt to.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Shot.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Okay, well, I'm going to make another retraction right now.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I remember saying after the opening ceremony, I wish it
was in a stadium. I like that there was a balance,
because otherwise it would have felt redundant if both closing
and opening were going to be Instead de France, I
like either. I like one stadium, either in the opening
and I like the closing. I think one. It should
be one of each, one in a stadium, one incorporating
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some processional aspect or some spatially distinct thing of the
host city Paris. I think reinvigorated the Olympics for the
World Tokyo. It was never going to really pop off,
of course with COVID. I don't even I don't remember
getting into Rio that much as much as I did
with this.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
You know, I would agree. I think this was the
most successful. You felt like there was like some international
pride to be had whatever that means. Like it felt
like positive, you know what I'm saying. It felt largely positive.
And I look back on that opening ceremony finally as well,
I agree with you.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Me too, So I take that back. But I will say,
let's send up another Voyager spaceship and let's put in
the Simone Biles Jordan Childs bowing to Rebecca Androgy moment. Again,
I'm still not over this. That is that I maintain
that is the best of what humanity has to offer
in that moment, sportsmanship, triumph, support, international relations, peace, and
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we'll get into Jordan Chiles later, but overall, an incredible,
incredible two weeks. I'm very sad that it's over, and
I cannot say that about an Olympics since Beijing.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Yeah, this was great. I mean I will also say,
just and they did it. Like I said, we touched
on it briefly, but why not touch on it more
because this is technically like we're supposed to be recapping
the closing ceremony here, but like I was really surprised.
I had heard about the Tom Cruise of it all,
and then I was surprised to really enjoy it, you
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know what I mean. Like I was like, hey, when
they showed him on top of that stadium and he
looked back over his shoulder and then jumped off of it,
I'm like, yeah, I mean, this is the sort of
maximalist La Hollywood Olympics that if we're going to go
for it, if we're gonna have the Olympics in La,
Tom Cruise should be jumping off, you know what I mean.
Like he should be we should have see his LA
(06:00):
plastic surgery. This should be that we should be unapologetic
about it. Pulled tight, but literally watching Tom, I was like, Okay,
this is warped in several different ways. But he is
definitely good at holding that frame, babe. I mean, he
is the movie star he is. He's looking good, he's
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wearing the hell out of those pants. Loved that he
was running up the ramp and didn't want to run
like the five steps more to clear the ramp. He
hopped up off the ramp. Hello to Karen Bass and
Karen Bass, I mean that's my mayor right there. And
to know that she was on the global stage. Loved that,
loved that they had Simone doing the handoff. I mean,
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Simone is the superstar of the Olympics. I think there's
no dispute there. And then when he sped off and
made it to Hollywood so fast on that little bike,
and you know, the rings were up on the Hollywood sign,
and I said, this could be fun. This could be
a lot of fun. And then I loved everything that
happened in Long Beach, including the beach volleyball players that
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were just their chillin' while Billy was performing. I love it,
just continued their game.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I love that, and Billy was. Billy was really into it.
I think one of the amazing live performances of Birds
of a Feather. Yeah, I mean there was a lipsyng
track definitely, Yeah, yeah, yeah. But she's that's just a
production thing.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Her live vocal is so good. And of course, I mean,
I'm telling you, what is this lost cult. I was
at Coachella when she came out for Lana del Rey
and Billy's voice live. It's very special, very special girl.
And you know it from SNL.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Of course, we all know it from Oscars twice over Yeah,
I'm just saying being in the room is cool. So
to have been on that beach, I mean, shame on
those beach volleyball players for continuing to bump and set
because a legend was singing. A legend was singing. But
that's okay. Volleyball stops for no one. We will see
that in four years. I want them to do fencing
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in front of pot.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Oh that would be amazing. Wow, that would be hard.
It's very hilly over there.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Yeah, but you know we open the flight, how about that?
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Like, you know, we need to first of all. This
is why I say, like New York came back after
the pandemic in LA never did because as long as
the arc light in Las closed, LA is not working.
We don't have a working city until that arc light
is open again, and we need to do it.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
What are your thoughts on speaking of Karen Bass? Ambitious, ambitious.
I think this is impossible, but I love to be
proven wrong. No Car Olympics in twenty twenty eight. She
wants this is the Los Angeles. Wants everyone the influx
of hundreds of thousands of tourists coming in. She wants
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everyone to be able to access every Olympic venue through
public transit. Right now, public transit and Los Angeles not
in a good place. I think we can all agree.
Unhouse population, terrible place. It's going to be tough. But look,
I really I pray we at the end of the day,
we love Los Angeles onto you guys five rings.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I mean, what's going to have to happen is they're
going to have to change almost every and I think
that they are. I think I think that that public
transit is about to like they're really going to make
a go for it here in the next couple of years.
In terms of how.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Tod it's four years is not a long time for this,
for this kind of infrastructure stuff.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
I mean literally, it's they're going to have to change
a lot because I'm like, you can't even drive on
a Tuesday in the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Love la love what it can be.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
And yes, I have lots to say about this, as
you can tell as I'm sure you do as well.
So everyone, including Karen Bass can just wait. We have
lots of ideas and feelings. I sousing ceremonies were great.
I loved watching all the athletes vibe. It's a party
that's like like the shoulders are dropped.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
It's done. The count is over. By the way, congratulations
to the United States of America for most golds or
I'm sorry for most metals and tied with golds with China.
I mean, this is the thing I'll miss most about
the Olympics, the only moment of acceptable nationalism that we
as Americans can experience.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Well, let's hope not.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
For now. This is I do feel refreshed. I miss
this feeling of loving country and I have not had
this feeling in a while, and I certainly felt that
way the entire time during these Olympic Games.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
Speaking of national privates, so let's talk about these medals.
So forty Olympic gold medals for the United States of
America forty four silver, forty two bronze, one hundred twenty
six total, followed by China with ninety one total medals
and forty gold medals. Then we have Great Britain with
sixty five total medals, and you know France at sixty four.
They hung in there. But really it was about the US.
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It was about us. I mean, listen, hey, this because
they ain't US.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Main character syndrome has never been more apparent, has.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
The main character syndrome in such a way.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
And if this was our other podcast, this would be
a rule of culture. But we can't. We just can't.
Let's see, uh, I was just I really quickly, just
want to go back to the closing ceremonies though a
lot of gags besides the La handoff Phoenix. Loved seeing
Phoenix sing their hits from nineteen ninety nine or from
two thousand, it's their first album. That hanging piano, that
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vertical piano. Did you clock that?
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I sure did.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Miss Mama playing the piano while being dragged up, and
the Golden Voyager running around and his little circu to
Soley Ass. I know, I know that's French Canada. But
in his circ to Soley Ass, get up with all
those hot little statuesque dancers. I think some of those
were some of the breakers from from I think I
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think ray Gun in there somewhere.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Wait can talk about the breaking.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Let's talk about the breaking. We're just jumping all around.
Let's talk about breaking.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Come on, that was flopped to me.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Oh brother, and now he said it. I don't need breaking.
I get that be the only time we see it.
But I'm happy. I'm Look, this is the thing about
the Olympics. They try new things. Okay, everyone thinks it's
a stead institutional thing, which it is in a lot
of ways. But this was the first Olympics to have
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full gender parody. It was a younger, more inclusive, more
sustainable Olympics. It is forward thinking in this way and
it has room for something like breaking even though mixed results,
but a viral, Internet worthy sticky you know, in the
Internet sense, sticky stories. Out of that, Reygun will forever
be a legend. And she has I think a beautiful
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attitude about this.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
I mean, she couldn't help that it was an event
and that she qualified for it, you know what I mean.
It's like, here's the thing. If you never try, sure
you'll never fail, but you'll never succeed. And she is
an Olympian. That is something that she had and I
just want to say, let's just get into it. So
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for those of you who may be on living under
a rock in terms of the breaking of it all,
we're talking about Australian breakdancer Rachel Gunn aka ray Gun Iconic,
has caused quite a stir on social media after her
performance at the twenty twenty four Paris Olympics, Breaking, more
commonly noticed breakdancing made its debut as we all know,
and Gun went viral online after her performance on Friday
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in the round robin stage of the women's breaking competition,
she was swept out without earning a single point. Gun
defended her dance moves she is she tried to wow
the audience with a kangaroo dance, among other moves, but
she has no qualms about the performance, being quoted as saying,
I was never gonna beat these girls on what they
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do best, their power moves. What I bring is creativity.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
We all have a kangaroo dance in our hearts period.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
It goes like this, Oh my god, that's wait. The
Apple dance sort.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Of is giving kangaroo I think she was inspired by
the Apple Dance.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Maybe she was. Had she come out there and done
the Apple Dance, maybe she would have gotten a point.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
What if the Apple dance When Charlie XCX says, I
think the Apple's rotten right to the core. What if
the Apple is an Internet culture?
Speaker 1 (14:29):
I think she was talking about the judges, the gymnastics judges.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Oh my god, what a perfect segue.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
That sucks and can I say, like Jordan Chiles, they
could never make you not my bronze medalist.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
These Romanian girls, bless them, would not have bowed to Rebecca.
And that is still the thing that I think is
the most important thing to come out of these games,
the medals, lebron Steph Curry, we love Shack. Here, we'll
talk about all these things. That is the moment for
me of this entire olymp Jordan Chiles was a huge
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part of that. This is we're talking about a four
second window. Let's let's just summarize what's happening for people
who don't know. Yes, so the US is appealing a
ruling that has forced Jordan Childs to return her bronze medal. Basically,
a US coach to Seal Landy sent in an appeal.
What people are saying, four seconds after the one minute
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time limit for scoring inquiry, She's sent in an inquiry
a minute and four seconds after Jordan left the floor.
Cis Court of Arbitration for Sport, which handles these inquiries
and these appeals, has now got ahead and said that
Jordan has to return her medal. I think I think
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they have the last word on it. Jordan is taking
a big break from social media. It's so devastating and
this process is maybe months years long. We really hope
this does not demoralize Jordan to say a level that
would discourage her from competing again. She has such a
bright feud, she has such a well that just to
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her you know, but you know what, and not to
like produce have produced her brain too much on this.
But this is a this is an amazing story going
into LA twenty twenty eight. Not an amazing story. We
wish it didn't happen, but this is something that is
another opportunity for triumph. Even though it is devastating right now,
we are all feeling for Jordan. There are frankly some
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racist attacks going on on the internet against her from
let's just say, like the corners of the internet internationally speaking.
But yeah, it's really unfortunate. The International Gymnastics Federation FIG
said on Saturday that would respect the court's decision and
elevate Anna Barboso of Romania to third IOC confirmed the
ruling on Sunday before the closing ceremony. It is reallocating
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the medal, so.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
It feels like this is one of those moments where
you give them both the bronze medal and like this
just feels ugly and just to I don't know.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Everyone's Steve Harvey in this situation. And then and these
are you know, all of these girls are the miss Universes.
It's like, you can't do this.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
And Jordan age Wise will definitely be back, right absolutely,
because I guess I mean, we'll get into the athletes
who are announcing retirements in a second. But you know,
it's there's precedent for her to come back and slay
it off again. You know, I would have I would
love for her to come around, like work her mass
off and come around and slay the all around Like
I think this You're right, there is like a ready
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made narrative here for an amazing Olympic story. But wow,
the pressure of that and the disappointment of this moment
is probably a lot. I hope she does take care
of herself, clearly she is, Yeah, but.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
This is that thing.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Remember we said in the very first episode of this,
like the pressure of this is so intense, and you know,
I recently watched Simone Biles on the Call Her Daddy
podcast with fellow Olympic podcaster Alex Cooper and She was
going on at length about how when she had her
sort of moment in Tokyo where she had to pull
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herself out, one of the first things she was thinking
about in the midst of her sort of like downturn
was what is Twitter saying? Like that is something that
is really on the minds of these athletes now, Like
these people are not only on the world stage, but
they're on the world stage in the Year of Our
Lord twenty twenty four, and they're young, and they're online.
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I mean, you see these girls after they get off,
like when they stop finished their medals, they immediately flocked
each to each other and talk about what tiktoks they're
gonna do, you know, like they are not immune to
the intense pressure of course that comes with any competition,
especially on a global stage, but also the mind that
is being talked about and dissected and you know, disrespected
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on social media regularly. So my thing with Jordan is
she's got to go to great lengths to make sure
that she has mental clarity because everyone's obviously got something
to say about this, and they would anyway. So just
hoping the best for her because she deserves it. I mean,
how many times did we jump out of our chair
watching her compete like she's a true superstar.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Yeah, and we love you, Jordan. If you're listening, we
know you are. Other wonderful things that have happened since
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our last episode.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
Sha, Carrie, I can take this should. Carrie Richardson secured
her first Olympic Old Metal after a thundering anchor leg
in the women's four by one relay on Friday. Oh,
the anchor leg of a relay?
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Bow?
Speaker 1 (19:46):
You ever watched one live?
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Never?
Speaker 1 (19:49):
One day, I'll take you to a track meet. Oh.
By the way, I have to update everyone I know.
I said in the last episode of Two Guys Five
Rings that I was going to find a track in
LA and I was going to see what my mile
time is now, because as we when it was in
high school, it was blistering four minutes and thirty six seconds. Wow.
It is incredibly hard to find a public four hundred
meter track here in LA. I've even asked noted runner
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Pat Reagan about it and he said, it's like almost impossible.
So this may have to be a storyline that gets
followed over into Lost Culture. Is thus, So, if you
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Speaker 2 (20:23):
Vics Lost culturists, the lost culture.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
We would love to have your listenership, your readership even
and it is there that I will close the loop,
so to speak, on my mild time as of today.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Are you Tom Cruise because that handoff was excellent.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I mean call me Shakerry because she carried us to
a gold medal in the four by one. So the
Americans which are Shakar Richardson, Gabby Thomas, who by the
way took the gold to the two hundred and amazing,
amazing Melissa Jefferson and twenty Sha Teri braved a wet
track and rainy conditions to win the team twelfth Olympic
medal in the event. They did it in a time
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of forty one point seven eight seconds, a season best.
Thomas ran the third leg and got her second gold
medal in the Games. Like I said, her first go
to wast gold medal was in the two hundred meters,
which was amazing to watch. And when Thomas handed off
to Richardson, the US was in third place. Richardson had
to reel in Britain's Darryl Nita and Germany's Rebeccah Has
and when she did, she flashed a look to her
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right and backward that said you ain't catching me. It
marked a sweet clothes to the Olympics for Richardson, who
came into the Olympics as a favorite but surprisingly felt
to Julian Alfred of Saint Lucia in the one hundred
meter race. So Shakrrie Richardson gets her well deserved gold
medal and an iconic moment of looking over her shoulder
at her competitor and saying, hmmm, so we love Shakari.
You did it. Wish fulfillment, fulfilled, go off.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
We hope you are getting the manicure of your life
right now now. Women's basketball and men's basketball both winning
both golds, going to the US beating France for both
now really amazing stuff. I was kind of into the
basketball this time in the Olympics, and uh love basketball.
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It's Steph Curry and Lebron James screaming an tweet into
each other's faces. I said, kiss but y, that's just
my fan fit.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Can you imagine that'll be amazing if they kissed? But wait,
just together?
Speaker 2 (22:28):
I mean I think that is Lebron's second most amorable
moment in his life. The first will always be I
can't believe this is my life, just smiling through it all.
Can't believe this is my life, my life, just smiling
through it all. Can we just flash that just on
the on the instareel right now?
Speaker 1 (22:50):
You know, I want to sound bored so bad I've
wanted to son forever. Anyway, That's also a narrative that
will carry over, so we mentioned it earlier. But several
Olympians will retire after Paris, including the legendary Simon and Biles,
who at twenty seven was the oldest woman to make
an Olympics gymnastics team since the nineteen fifties, will be retiring. However,
Biles did speak to Hodah, the legend Hoda, about her
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future in the sport and if she's considered in competing
at the next Summer Games in la in twenty twenty eight,
to which she said, you know, never say never. The
next Olympics is on home turf, so you just never know.
I'm just going to relax and see where life takes me.
And she really should just relax, I mean, like she's dying.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
So she's earned Dutch.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
She's earned it. I would love to see her commentate.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Oh my gosh, are you kidding me? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I love watching her top I said, I love that
interview they call her daddy interview. That was great, like
very telegenic. Oh incredibly so gosh, I'm really emotional.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
But you know, there are some fun things to carry
us over into the Paralympics. There are some fun things
to carry over into Winter Olympics in Milan and also
the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, as you mentioned,
all right, Matt, let's quickly give out our medals and
close out this wonderful episode. As we cover the closing ceremonies,
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I'm gonna give bronze to I'm gonna give bronze to
Sha Carry. What a moment, and.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
That's a great moment. They're looking over the shoulder, the
unbotheredness of it, the personality in there. We love it,
we love it.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
There's there's there's so much going on. That is a
that is a sort of almost lab grown Olympic moment
that I just love. And it's Sha Carry, who is
such a perfect icon for this twenty twenty four Olympic
games of like, you know, perfectly reflecting of the time
that we're in.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
What's your silver My silver metal goes to Anthony Ketis,
who was performing in a boot. Something happened to his
left foot, which doesn't surprise me at all. If Anthony
Ketis of the Red hot Chelli Pepper strikes me as
someone who often does something that hurts his left foot.
And I have to say that, by the way, his
autobiography Scar Tissue, one of the greats, one of the
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great Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I love the Anthony Kiatis, you love Anthony Kilos.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
I love anyone who's that hot, that's stupid, that talented,
and that able to still get up there and do
his thing in a boot. And if you don't think
he took his mesh tank and put it over his
head so he couldn't see, and showed his belly and
torso and walked around that stage in a boot, putting
himself at high risk to hurt his right foot, you'd
be mistaken legend. And he wins my silver medal.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
There's a there's a benevolent sort of masculinity there that's
like reminiscent of like Jackass. Like it's like like I
like I think there's that sort of world that I'm like,
really really hopeful about. I'm like, no, no, he's these
should be the men who lead us forward. And our
gold is gonna I think we're going to break this
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tie between the US and China for most golds, and
we're gonna give the gold to the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
The gold medal is won by the US.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
And when her sang the Star straangled banner, I said
acceptable nationalism. I said, I am proud to be an American,
where at least I think I'm free.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Well I changed the word no to think because sometimes
the illusion of freedom is better than nothing.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Wow. Yeah, her really shreds on that guitar.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Too good for her because gosh, still very early in
her career. Oscar Winner, Grammy Winner, got to perform with
the Olympics at Dell, introduced her at SNL and.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
She was bell in the live action Beauty and the Beast.
So that's part of that you got. I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
I think if you arrange the letters of that, you
get you good.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Yeah, Beauty and the Beast.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
T any other thought.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
I hope it's not. I hope it's not the last
time we see breaking. I want I want everyone still
just you took it back. No, I'm taking it back.
I want everyone to see what happened in the breaking competition,
and I think that people should feel inspired. And I
do still think we should add singing, which brings me
to Selene, and I think Selene should be an Olympic
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Gold Medalist for singing. And That's where I'll keep it.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Absolutely Now, I just want to say the thing we're
not putting out about Reagan is that this entire situation
is like a two thousand and seven comedy movie starring
Chris Lily. Yeah, like someone who qualifies to be the
Australian breaking representative and it's someone doing Chris Lily moves. Yeah,
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it's a mister g in Summer Heights High. This would
have been like a Vince Vaughn film in two thousand
and four, you know, like it's amazing, Like let's just
let's just appreciate this moment, like it's really it's kind
of fun and like God, thank goodness that she has
the right attitude about it. I'm sure she's like I'm
sure there's a level of embarrassment, but like internationally, I mean,
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this is the other thing about the Olympics this year.
This is our first genuine monoculture in a long time,
and I think this is a very good moment for monoculture.
And this makes a case that sports is culture and
we should probably talk about sports more on LA's culture.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Maybe I think the Olympics had I think the Olympics
had a brat summer. Let's just let's just say that.
Let's just say that it's so funny that you mentioned
Vince Vaughn because I was just walking back from Barry's
and Vince Vaughn is getting a Hollywood star in the
walk off ame today and it was they were set up,
and so it's like that was such an LA thing,
and that is so LA twenty twenty Olympics coded, like
the hollywoodness of it.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
All, like Barry's boot campus. So I hope Barry's has
a huge moment at the opening ceremony.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Oh yeah, I want Kyle k to light the torch.
Kyle Kay is my favorite Bears and start fish shout out.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
Okay, I want me mc andrew, who's my favorite Berris?
Speaker 1 (28:52):
And sorry, no, that's that's that's too New York.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
We love you and though.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Okay, so You guys can follow two Guys five Rings
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Speaker 2 (29:17):
And Let's close out with the song
R ring ring ring Ring. I still laugh when we
do it. I love ring ring ring ring ring.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
And you know what, there's nothing specific to Paris about them, Like,
we're going to do this for Milan for twenty twenty six,
assuming they'll have us back. We're going to do this
for Los Angeles in twenty twenty eight. We're going to
do this in Salt Lake City in twenty thirty. The
list goes on. Can I say not me having La
Pride right now? Okay? So are we are we chaining
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our two now? On the LA Olympics of it all
A little.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Bit like I don't know, like the the so I've
been kind of on the fence about the Olympics in
LA and twenty twenty eight of it all because I
live here and I'm telling you it's not necessarily infrastructure
wise tenable to have more people here. But I will
say the cultural you know moment that was the handoff.
(01:00):
It was a lot of fun, and I was like,
you know, it is fun to have the Olympics in LA.
I mean like in terms of the way that they
little did our words. Maybe I just like Words of
a Feather by Billie Eilish that much.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Maybe you just that I got emotional seeing Doctor Dre
up there tbh.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
It was cool. It was cool.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
That was cool. Yeah, you know, we're getting so ahead
of ourselves. Let's get to the two guys stuff first.
I mean, maybe this all kind of this.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Feels like two guys. I mean, essentially making it about
a pop girlly immediately, and even even Doctor Drey and
I haven't even started on Anthony Keatis And how how
do he is? So that we're in two guysland.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I knew you were going to talk about Anthony. I
mean to say nothing of the long Beach of it all.
That was a long beach show and the y was
very spring break can kun. But we're in La. Oh right,
we're in La. But yeah, oh my gosh, Matt, how
do you feel now that we've closed out the twenty
twenty four Olympic Games? And I just want to correct myself.
Twenty thirty is going to be in the French Alps.
(01:54):
We're going to be back in France in twenty thirty.
Twenty thirty four is maybe Salt Lake City.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
So I was like kind of surprised that there were
turning to Salt Lake City so soon, because I feel
like we were just there because we were.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Two thousand and two. It was thirty two years ago.
I mean, I mean it is twenty two years ago
from today, but it will be thirty two years from
the last Salt Lake City Games in twenty thirty four.
Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Yeah? Wow, old, we're gonna be old.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Or we're going to be old.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
But I feel great. I think this was an amazing Olympics.
I think, you know, holistically, not only were they largely
and roundly triumphant for the people that we were rooting for,
with notable exceptions which we'll get into, but I have
to command the presentation of the Olympics themselves by NBC Peacock,
(02:37):
I mean the multiview and I Heeart Radio and I
Heart Radio. I mean, just like overall, like this was
easy to watch. You never felt like you were really
missing anything, and I thought everything was executed really well.
And in terms of Paris as the host, I thought
they did an amazing job. And it feel it felt
really seamless. It felt like a real celebration of their culture.
(03:00):
Like at moments it felt like very specific in niche
but also global in that weird French way. The humor
was there, the vibes were there, I mean, you know,
the like uh it just it felt like a real
success to me.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
And they did it.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
What about that song? Is so New York coded to me?
That to close it out.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
With my asi o funny? So she's she's amazing, incredible, incredible,
airy good. So okay, I must agree with you. I
could not have put better myself. I won't even attempt to.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Shot.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Okay, well, I'm going to make another retraction right now.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I remember saying after the opening ceremony, I wish it
was in a stadium. I like that there was a balance,
because otherwise it would have felt redundant if both closing
and opening were going to be Instead de France, I
like either. I like one stadium, either in the opening
and I like the closing. I think one. It should
be one of each, one in a stadium, one incorporating
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some processional aspect or some spatially distinct thing of the
host city Paris. I think reinvigorated the Olympics for the
World Tokyo. It was never going to really pop off,
of course with COVID. I don't even I don't remember
getting into Rio that much as much as I did
with this.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
You know, I would agree. I think this was the
most successful. You felt like there was like some international
pride to be had whatever that means. Like it felt
like positive, you know what I'm saying. It felt largely positive.
And I look back on that opening ceremony finally as well,
I agree with you.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Me too, So I take that back. But I will say,
let's send up another Voyager spaceship and let's put in
the Simone Biles Jordan Childs bowing to Rebecca Androgy moment. Again,
I'm still not over this. That is that I maintain
that is the best of what humanity has to offer
in that moment, sportsmanship, triumph, support, international relations, peace, and
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we'll get into Jordan Chiles later, but overall, an incredible,
incredible two weeks. I'm very sad that it's over, and
I cannot say that about an Olympics since Beijing.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Yeah, this was great. I mean I will also say,
just and they did it. Like I said, we touched
on it briefly, but why not touch on it more
because this is technically like we're supposed to be recapping
the closing ceremony here, but like I was really surprised.
I had heard about the Tom Cruise of it all,
and then I was surprised to really enjoy it, you
(05:39):
know what I mean. Like I was like, hey, when
they showed him on top of that stadium and he
looked back over his shoulder and then jumped off of it,
I'm like, yeah, I mean, this is the sort of
maximalist La Hollywood Olympics that if we're going to go
for it, if we're gonna have the Olympics in La,
Tom Cruise should be jumping off, you know what I mean.
Like he should be we should have see his LA
(06:00):
plastic surgery. This should be that we should be unapologetic
about it. Pulled tight, but literally watching Tom, I was like, Okay,
this is warped in several different ways. But he is
definitely good at holding that frame, babe. I mean, he
is the movie star he is. He's looking good, he's
(06:21):
wearing the hell out of those pants. Loved that he
was running up the ramp and didn't want to run
like the five steps more to clear the ramp. He
hopped up off the ramp. Hello to Karen Bass and
Karen Bass, I mean that's my mayor right there. And
to know that she was on the global stage. Loved that,
loved that they had Simone doing the handoff. I mean,
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Simone is the superstar of the Olympics. I think there's
no dispute there. And then when he sped off and
made it to Hollywood so fast on that little bike,
and you know, the rings were up on the Hollywood sign,
and I said, this could be fun. This could be
a lot of fun. And then I loved everything that
happened in Long Beach, including the beach volleyball players that
(07:03):
were just their chillin' while Billy was performing. I love it,
just continued their game.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I love that, and Billy was. Billy was really into it.
I think one of the amazing live performances of Birds
of a Feather. Yeah, I mean there was a lipsyng
track definitely, Yeah, yeah, yeah. But she's that's just a
production thing.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Her live vocal is so good. And of course, I mean,
I'm telling you, what is this lost cult. I was
at Coachella when she came out for Lana del Rey
and Billy's voice live. It's very special, very special girl.
And you know it from SNL.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Of course, we all know it from Oscars twice over Yeah,
I'm just saying being in the room is cool. So
to have been on that beach, I mean, shame on
those beach volleyball players for continuing to bump and set
because a legend was singing. A legend was singing. But
that's okay. Volleyball stops for no one. We will see
that in four years. I want them to do fencing
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in front of pot.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Oh that would be amazing. Wow, that would be hard.
It's very hilly over there.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Yeah, but you know we open the flight, how about that?
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Like, you know, we need to first of all. This
is why I say, like New York came back after
the pandemic in LA never did because as long as
the arc light in Las closed, LA is not working.
We don't have a working city until that arc light
is open again, and we need to do it.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
What are your thoughts on speaking of Karen Bass? Ambitious, ambitious.
I think this is impossible, but I love to be
proven wrong. No Car Olympics in twenty twenty eight. She
wants this is the Los Angeles. Wants everyone the influx
of hundreds of thousands of tourists coming in. She wants
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everyone to be able to access every Olympic venue through
public transit. Right now, public transit and Los Angeles not
in a good place. I think we can all agree.
Unhouse population, terrible place. It's going to be tough. But look,
I really I pray we at the end of the day,
we love Los Angeles onto you guys five rings.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I mean, what's going to have to happen is they're
going to have to change almost every and I think
that they are. I think I think that that public
transit is about to like they're really going to make
a go for it here in the next couple of years.
In terms of how.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Tod it's four years is not a long time for this,
for this kind of infrastructure stuff.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
I mean literally, it's they're going to have to change
a lot because I'm like, you can't even drive on
a Tuesday in the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Love la love what it can be.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
And yes, I have lots to say about this, as
you can tell as I'm sure you do as well.
So everyone, including Karen Bass can just wait. We have
lots of ideas and feelings. I sousing ceremonies were great.
I loved watching all the athletes vibe. It's a party
that's like like the shoulders are dropped.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
It's done. The count is over. By the way, congratulations
to the United States of America for most golds or
I'm sorry for most metals and tied with golds with China.
I mean, this is the thing I'll miss most about
the Olympics, the only moment of acceptable nationalism that we
as Americans can experience.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Well, let's hope not.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
For now. This is I do feel refreshed. I miss
this feeling of loving country and I have not had
this feeling in a while, and I certainly felt that
way the entire time during these Olympic Games.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
Speaking of national privates, so let's talk about these medals.
So forty Olympic gold medals for the United States of
America forty four silver, forty two bronze, one hundred twenty
six total, followed by China with ninety one total medals
and forty gold medals. Then we have Great Britain with
sixty five total medals, and you know France at sixty four.
They hung in there. But really it was about the US.
(11:00):
It was about us. I mean, listen, hey, this because
they ain't US.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Main character syndrome has never been more apparent, has.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
The main character syndrome in such a way.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
And if this was our other podcast, this would be
a rule of culture. But we can't. We just can't.
Let's see, uh, I was just I really quickly, just
want to go back to the closing ceremonies though a
lot of gags besides the La handoff Phoenix. Loved seeing
Phoenix sing their hits from nineteen ninety nine or from
two thousand, it's their first album. That hanging piano, that
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vertical piano. Did you clock that?
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I sure did.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Miss Mama playing the piano while being dragged up, and
the Golden Voyager running around and his little circu to
Soley Ass. I know, I know that's French Canada. But
in his circ to Soley Ass, get up with all
those hot little statuesque dancers. I think some of those
were some of the breakers from from I think I
(11:59):
think ray Gun in there somewhere.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Wait can talk about the breaking.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Let's talk about the breaking. We're just jumping all around.
Let's talk about breaking.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Come on, that was flopped to me.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Oh brother, and now he said it. I don't need breaking.
I get that be the only time we see it.
But I'm happy. I'm Look, this is the thing about
the Olympics. They try new things. Okay, everyone thinks it's
a stead institutional thing, which it is in a lot
of ways. But this was the first Olympics to have
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full gender parody. It was a younger, more inclusive, more
sustainable Olympics. It is forward thinking in this way and
it has room for something like breaking even though mixed results,
but a viral, Internet worthy sticky you know, in the
Internet sense, sticky stories. Out of that, Reygun will forever
be a legend. And she has I think a beautiful
(12:53):
attitude about this.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
I mean, she couldn't help that it was an event
and that she qualified for it, you know what I mean.
It's like, here's the thing. If you never try, sure
you'll never fail, but you'll never succeed. And she is
an Olympian. That is something that she had and I
just want to say, let's just get into it. So
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for those of you who may be on living under
a rock in terms of the breaking of it all,
we're talking about Australian breakdancer Rachel Gunn aka ray Gun Iconic,
has caused quite a stir on social media after her
performance at the twenty twenty four Paris Olympics, Breaking, more
commonly noticed breakdancing made its debut as we all know,
and Gun went viral online after her performance on Friday
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in the round robin stage of the women's breaking competition,
she was swept out without earning a single point. Gun
defended her dance moves she is she tried to wow
the audience with a kangaroo dance, among other moves, but
she has no qualms about the performance, being quoted as saying,
I was never gonna beat these girls on what they
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do best, their power moves. What I bring is creativity.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
We all have a kangaroo dance in our hearts period.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
It goes like this, Oh my god, that's wait. The
Apple dance sort.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Of is giving kangaroo I think she was inspired by
the Apple Dance.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Maybe she was. Had she come out there and done
the Apple Dance, maybe she would have gotten a point.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
What if the Apple dance When Charlie XCX says, I
think the Apple's rotten right to the core. What if
the Apple is an Internet culture?
Speaker 1 (14:29):
I think she was talking about the judges, the gymnastics judges.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Oh my god, what a perfect segue.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
That sucks and can I say, like Jordan Chiles, they
could never make you not my bronze medalist.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
These Romanian girls, bless them, would not have bowed to Rebecca.
And that is still the thing that I think is
the most important thing to come out of these games,
the medals, lebron Steph Curry, we love Shack. Here, we'll
talk about all these things. That is the moment for
me of this entire olymp Jordan Chiles was a huge
(15:02):
part of that. This is we're talking about a four
second window. Let's let's just summarize what's happening for people
who don't know. Yes, so the US is appealing a
ruling that has forced Jordan Childs to return her bronze medal. Basically,
a US coach to Seal Landy sent in an appeal.
What people are saying, four seconds after the one minute
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time limit for scoring inquiry, She's sent in an inquiry
a minute and four seconds after Jordan left the floor.
Cis Court of Arbitration for Sport, which handles these inquiries
and these appeals, has now got ahead and said that
Jordan has to return her medal. I think I think
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they have the last word on it. Jordan is taking
a big break from social media. It's so devastating and
this process is maybe months years long. We really hope
this does not demoralize Jordan to say a level that
would discourage her from competing again. She has such a
bright feud, she has such a well that just to
(16:06):
her you know, but you know what, and not to
like produce have produced her brain too much on this.
But this is a this is an amazing story going
into LA twenty twenty eight. Not an amazing story. We
wish it didn't happen, but this is something that is
another opportunity for triumph. Even though it is devastating right now,
we are all feeling for Jordan. There are frankly some
(16:28):
racist attacks going on on the internet against her from
let's just say, like the corners of the internet internationally speaking.
But yeah, it's really unfortunate. The International Gymnastics Federation FIG
said on Saturday that would respect the court's decision and
elevate Anna Barboso of Romania to third IOC confirmed the
ruling on Sunday before the closing ceremony. It is reallocating
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the medal, so.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
It feels like this is one of those moments where
you give them both the bronze medal and like this
just feels ugly and just to I don't know.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Everyone's Steve Harvey in this situation. And then and these
are you know, all of these girls are the miss Universes.
It's like, you can't do this.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
And Jordan age Wise will definitely be back, right absolutely,
because I guess I mean, we'll get into the athletes
who are announcing retirements in a second. But you know,
it's there's precedent for her to come back and slay
it off again. You know, I would have I would
love for her to come around, like work her mass
off and come around and slay the all around Like
I think this You're right, there is like a ready
(17:30):
made narrative here for an amazing Olympic story. But wow,
the pressure of that and the disappointment of this moment
is probably a lot. I hope she does take care
of herself, clearly she is, Yeah, but.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
This is that thing.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Remember we said in the very first episode of this,
like the pressure of this is so intense, and you know,
I recently watched Simone Biles on the Call Her Daddy
podcast with fellow Olympic podcaster Alex Cooper and She was
going on at length about how when she had her
sort of moment in Tokyo where she had to pull
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herself out, one of the first things she was thinking
about in the midst of her sort of like downturn
was what is Twitter saying? Like that is something that
is really on the minds of these athletes now, Like
these people are not only on the world stage, but
they're on the world stage in the Year of Our
Lord twenty twenty four, and they're young, and they're online.
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I mean, you see these girls after they get off,
like when they stop finished their medals, they immediately flocked
each to each other and talk about what tiktoks they're
gonna do, you know, like they are not immune to
the intense pressure of course that comes with any competition,
especially on a global stage, but also the mind that
is being talked about and dissected and you know, disrespected
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on social media regularly. So my thing with Jordan is
she's got to go to great lengths to make sure
that she has mental clarity because everyone's obviously got something
to say about this, and they would anyway. So just
hoping the best for her because she deserves it. I mean,
how many times did we jump out of our chair
watching her compete like she's a true superstar.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Yeah, and we love you, Jordan. If you're listening, we
know you are. Other wonderful things that have happened since
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our last episode.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
Sha, Carrie, I can take this should. Carrie Richardson secured
her first Olympic Old Metal after a thundering anchor leg
in the women's four by one relay on Friday. Oh,
the anchor leg of a relay?
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Bow?
Speaker 1 (19:46):
You ever watched one live?
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Never?
Speaker 1 (19:49):
One day, I'll take you to a track meet. Oh.
By the way, I have to update everyone I know.
I said in the last episode of Two Guys Five
Rings that I was going to find a track in
LA and I was going to see what my mile
time is now, because as we when it was in
high school, it was blistering four minutes and thirty six seconds. Wow.
It is incredibly hard to find a public four hundred
meter track here in LA. I've even asked noted runner
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Pat Reagan about it and he said, it's like almost impossible.
So this may have to be a storyline that gets
followed over into Lost Culture. Is thus, So, if you
are someone who just listens to two guys five rings.
You're a two guys five rings head. Please join us
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Speaker 2 (20:23):
Vics Lost culturists, the lost culture.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
We would love to have your listenership, your readership even
and it is there that I will close the loop,
so to speak, on my mild time as of today.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Are you Tom Cruise because that handoff was excellent.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I mean call me Shakerry because she carried us to
a gold medal in the four by one. So the
Americans which are Shakar Richardson, Gabby Thomas, who by the
way took the gold to the two hundred and amazing,
amazing Melissa Jefferson and twenty Sha Teri braved a wet
track and rainy conditions to win the team twelfth Olympic
medal in the event. They did it in a time
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of forty one point seven eight seconds, a season best.
Thomas ran the third leg and got her second gold
medal in the Games. Like I said, her first go
to wast gold medal was in the two hundred meters,
which was amazing to watch. And when Thomas handed off
to Richardson, the US was in third place. Richardson had
to reel in Britain's Darryl Nita and Germany's Rebeccah Has
and when she did, she flashed a look to her
(21:23):
right and backward that said you ain't catching me. It
marked a sweet clothes to the Olympics for Richardson, who
came into the Olympics as a favorite but surprisingly felt
to Julian Alfred of Saint Lucia in the one hundred
meter race. So Shakrrie Richardson gets her well deserved gold
medal and an iconic moment of looking over her shoulder
at her competitor and saying, hmmm, so we love Shakari.
You did it. Wish fulfillment, fulfilled, go off.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
We hope you are getting the manicure of your life
right now now. Women's basketball and men's basketball both winning
both golds, going to the US beating France for both
now really amazing stuff. I was kind of into the
basketball this time in the Olympics, and uh love basketball.
(22:12):
It's Steph Curry and Lebron James screaming an tweet into
each other's faces. I said, kiss but y, that's just
my fan fit.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Can you imagine that'll be amazing if they kissed? But wait,
just together?
Speaker 2 (22:28):
I mean I think that is Lebron's second most amorable
moment in his life. The first will always be I
can't believe this is my life, just smiling through it all.
Can't believe this is my life, my life, just smiling
through it all. Can we just flash that just on
the on the instareel right now?
Speaker 1 (22:50):
You know, I want to sound bored so bad I've
wanted to son forever. Anyway, That's also a narrative that
will carry over, so we mentioned it earlier. But several
Olympians will retire after Paris, including the legendary Simon and Biles,
who at twenty seven was the oldest woman to make
an Olympics gymnastics team since the nineteen fifties, will be retiring. However,
Biles did speak to Hodah, the legend Hoda, about her
(23:13):
future in the sport and if she's considered in competing
at the next Summer Games in la in twenty twenty eight,
to which she said, you know, never say never. The
next Olympics is on home turf, so you just never know.
I'm just going to relax and see where life takes me.
And she really should just relax, I mean, like she's dying.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
So she's earned Dutch.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
She's earned it. I would love to see her commentate.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Oh my gosh, are you kidding me? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I love watching her top I said, I love that
interview they call her daddy interview. That was great, like
very telegenic. Oh incredibly so gosh, I'm really emotional.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
But you know, there are some fun things to carry
us over into the Paralympics. There are some fun things
to carry over into Winter Olympics in Milan and also
the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, as you mentioned,
all right, Matt, let's quickly give out our medals and
close out this wonderful episode. As we cover the closing ceremonies,
(24:09):
I'm gonna give bronze to I'm gonna give bronze to
Sha Carry. What a moment, and.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
That's a great moment. They're looking over the shoulder, the
unbotheredness of it, the personality in there. We love it,
we love it.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
There's there's there's so much going on. That is a
that is a sort of almost lab grown Olympic moment
that I just love. And it's Sha Carry, who is
such a perfect icon for this twenty twenty four Olympic
games of like, you know, perfectly reflecting of the time
that we're in.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
What's your silver My silver metal goes to Anthony Ketis,
who was performing in a boot. Something happened to his
left foot, which doesn't surprise me at all. If Anthony
Ketis of the Red hot Chelli Pepper strikes me as
someone who often does something that hurts his left foot.
And I have to say that, by the way, his
autobiography Scar Tissue, one of the greats, one of the
(25:07):
great Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I love the Anthony Kiatis, you love Anthony Kilos.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
I love anyone who's that hot, that's stupid, that talented,
and that able to still get up there and do
his thing in a boot. And if you don't think
he took his mesh tank and put it over his
head so he couldn't see, and showed his belly and
torso and walked around that stage in a boot, putting
himself at high risk to hurt his right foot, you'd
be mistaken legend. And he wins my silver medal.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
There's a there's a benevolent sort of masculinity there that's
like reminiscent of like Jackass. Like it's like like I
like I think there's that sort of world that I'm like,
really really hopeful about. I'm like, no, no, he's these
should be the men who lead us forward. And our
gold is gonna I think we're going to break this
(25:54):
tie between the US and China for most golds, and
we're gonna give the gold to the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
The gold medal is won by the US.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
And when her sang the Star straangled banner, I said
acceptable nationalism. I said, I am proud to be an American,
where at least I think I'm free.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Well I changed the word no to think because sometimes
the illusion of freedom is better than nothing.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Wow. Yeah, her really shreds on that guitar.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Too good for her because gosh, still very early in
her career. Oscar Winner, Grammy Winner, got to perform with
the Olympics at Dell, introduced her at SNL and.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
She was bell in the live action Beauty and the Beast.
So that's part of that you got. I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
I think if you arrange the letters of that, you
get you good.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Yeah, Beauty and the Beast.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
T any other thought.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
I hope it's not. I hope it's not the last
time we see breaking. I want I want everyone still
just you took it back. No, I'm taking it back.
I want everyone to see what happened in the breaking competition,
and I think that people should feel inspired. And I
do still think we should add singing, which brings me
to Selene, and I think Selene should be an Olympic
(27:15):
Gold Medalist for singing. And That's where I'll keep it.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Absolutely Now, I just want to say the thing we're
not putting out about Reagan is that this entire situation
is like a two thousand and seven comedy movie starring
Chris Lily. Yeah, like someone who qualifies to be the
Australian breaking representative and it's someone doing Chris Lily moves. Yeah,
(27:42):
it's a mister g in Summer Heights High. This would
have been like a Vince Vaughn film in two thousand
and four, you know, like it's amazing, Like let's just
let's just appreciate this moment, like it's really it's kind
of fun and like God, thank goodness that she has
the right attitude about it. I'm sure she's like I'm
sure there's a level of embarrassment, but like internationally, I mean,
(28:02):
this is the other thing about the Olympics this year.
This is our first genuine monoculture in a long time,
and I think this is a very good moment for monoculture.
And this makes a case that sports is culture and
we should probably talk about sports more on LA's culture.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Maybe I think the Olympics had I think the Olympics
had a brat summer. Let's just let's just say that.
Let's just say that it's so funny that you mentioned
Vince Vaughn because I was just walking back from Barry's
and Vince Vaughn is getting a Hollywood star in the
walk off ame today and it was they were set up,
and so it's like that was such an LA thing,
and that is so LA twenty twenty Olympics coded, like
the hollywoodness of it.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
All, like Barry's boot campus. So I hope Barry's has
a huge moment at the opening ceremony.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Oh yeah, I want Kyle k to light the torch.
Kyle Kay is my favorite Bears and start fish shout out.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
Okay, I want me mc andrew, who's my favorite Berris?
Speaker 1 (28:52):
And sorry, no, that's that's that's too New York.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
We love you and though.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Okay, so You guys can follow two Guys five Rings
on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcast platform,
and be sure to watch the twenty twenty four Paris
Paralympic Games August twenty eighth to September eighth on NBC
n Peacock
Speaker 2 (29:17):
And Let's close out with the song
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