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My wife joins me in sending our warmest congratulations to the competitors and their support teams from Team GB and across the whole Commonwealth, ... for their many outstanding successes at the Olympic Games in Paris."
To those who missed out on the greatest prizes, you have most certainly not fallen short in the pride that you, too, have generated for your nations."
Addressing those who did not win medals, he added Your achievements, across so many disciplines, were forged from that invaluable combination of raw talent, true grit and hard toil over many years, burnished these past weeks by sportsmanship and team spirit in the finest tradition of the Games."
You have all been an inspiration."
The King concluded by thanking France for hosting the Games and declaring I'm so proud and blessed to be a part of it, but God was working today,
On August 11, the Olympic Games will be over, and the Olympic flame will be extinguished,
said Thomas Jolly, who masterminded the unique opening ceremony along the River Seine That moment will remind us just how precious are these Olympic Games,
added Jolly, whose opening ceremony sparked outrage in some quarters with a scene that appeared to parody the Last Supper We understood what we had in the locker room, leaning on each other, constantly talking to one another, and believing in one another,
The dynasty we have built here at USA [Basketball] has been incredible,
Wilson said in a postgame interview The initial error occurred in the scoring by FIG, and the second error was during the CAS appeal process, where the USOPC was not given adequate time or notice to effectively challenge the decision,
the committee said in a statement today We are in touch with the NOC of Romania to discuss the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC regarding the return of the bronze medal,
Following the CAS decision with regard to the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise Final and the amendment of the ranking by the International Gymnastics Federation, the IOC will reallocate the bronze medal to Ana Barbosu (Romania),
the IOC said in a statement It was very weird too, ... It felt like you were fighting for, like, everything you ever wanted — and there was like eight people (there) who were silent. It was weird.”
Medell told NBC’s podcast “The Podium.” Most definitely. I mean, I got a family to feed!”
I failed, but I always knew that I had the talent and the capability of being one of the best hurdlers ever,
she told reporters at the Stade de France I’ve never had to face a decision like that,
he told reporters after winning silver I did think about those things, just to be able to represent the country, because I want to win the medal count and I want to win more goals,
I felt like I was in the top three, because I knew my finish was super strong,
The seas parted in front of me and I was fighting to the line to get into those medal positions again,
I think we might be the only team in the world whose fans are ashamed of them if they get a silver medal, you know, and that’s the pressure that we face,