Don’t worry Crasstalk, someday epic ranting and day drinking will be Olympic sports. Until then, we can always watch and comment.
Some of today’s medal events:
- Men’s Beach Volleyball.
- Women’s Boxing: Flyweight, Lightweight, and Middleweight are all on the line. Matches include Britains’s Nicola Adams vs China’s Cancan Ren in the Fly, and 17 year-old Claressa Shields of USA vs Russia’s Nadezda Torlopova in the Middleweight division (5pm ET, CNBC).
- Canoe Sprint: Women’s Single and Double Kayak 500m, Men’s Kayak Four 1000m, Men’s Canoe Double 1000m(1p ET, NBC).
- Women’s Diving: 10m Platform (NBC Primetime coverage, 8pm – 12am ET).
- Women’s Football/Soccer: It’s Canada vs France for the bronze (8am ET, NBC Sports) and USA vs Japan for the gold (2:30pm ET, NBC Sports; NBC Primetime coverage, 8pm – 12am ET).
- Taekwondo: Women’s -57kg Men’s -68kg (1:30pm ET, MSNBC).
- Track: Men’s 800m, Men’s 200m, Men’s 110m hurdles, Men’s 1500 Decathlon, Men’s Triple Jump, Women’s Javelin Throw (NBC Primetime coverage, 8pm – 12am ET).
- Women’s Water Polo: USA and Spain play for gold (3p ET, NBC).
Some of today’s other events:
- Women’s Basketball semifinals: matches include Australia vs USA (11am ET, NBC Sports; NBC Primetime coverage, 8pm – 12am ET).
- Women’s Volleyball semifinals: matches include Korea vs USA (10am ET, NBC).
- Men’s Field Hockey semifinals: matches include Australia vs German and Netherlands vs Great Britain.
- Women’s Handball semifinals.
How could we not have held Crasslympics? We’ll have to get on that for 2014. Some suggested events:
- Day Drinking
- Epic Ranting
- Oversharing
- Giffing
Feel free to suggest other events in the comments.
Image via London 2012 Olympics.
