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Mike D. Sykes, II

The good, the bad and the hilarious from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

This is For The Win’s daily newsletter, The Morning Win. Did a friend recommend or forward this to you? If so, subscribe here. Have feedback? Leave your questions, comments and concerns through this brief reader survey! Now, here’s Mike Sykes.

Good morning, Winners! Thanks so much for reading TMW today. Hope you had a fantastic weekend and have an even better week ahead of you.

Can you believe the Olympics are already over? Feels like the Games just started yesterday.

Here’s your final medal count for the Olympics:

— United States: 126 (40 gold, 44 silver, 42 bronze)

— China: 91 (40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze)

— Great Britain: 65 (14 gold, 22 silver, 28 bronze)

— France: 64 (16 gold, 26 silver, 22 bronze)

— Australia: 53 (18 gold, 18 silver, 16 bronze)

— Japan: 45 (20 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze)

I don’t know what it is, but in each passing year I get more and more nostalgic for the Summer Olympics. They’ve always meant something to me as a sports fan, obviously. But as more time goes by the event becomes more emotional for me. My investment into athletes — many of whom I just learned about for the first time two weeks ago — grows deeper.

It doesn’t make much sense, but that’s the magic of the Olympics, right? It brings hundreds of cultures and millions of people from across the globe together and creates heroes and legacies that will last forever.

Simply put, it’s the best. Let’s review some of the moments we saw in these games.


The Good!

(Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

The magic of the moments is what these Olympic games are about. We got plenty of them throughout these last two weeks in Paris.

I know I’m missing some moments, but this list is getting pretty long. You can see all 40 of the United States’ gold medals here. Relive the moments.


The bad!

(Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Unfortunately, these Olympics weren’t without scandals and mishaps. It happens every cycle. There’s always something that takes a bit of the shine off of the clean fun we’re all having.


The Hilarious

The Olympics wouldn’t be the Olympics without the memes, right? These Games were pretty funny.

Thank you, Paris. This was great.


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— Prince Grimes says bettors are splurging on the Chiefs and says you should probably go with the flow on this one.

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— Jarren Duran apologized for using a homophobic slur toward the crowd, Mary Clarke writes. Big Yikes with a capital Y.

— Here’s Mitchell Northam with five things to know about the 2026 Winter Games and the 2028 Summer Games now that Paris is over.

— Kahleah Copper’s nickname for herself is so cold. Robert Zeglinski has more.

— Nikola Jokic was so happy winning his bronze medal with Serbia. What a moment.

That’s a wrap, folks. Thanks for reading! Peace.

-Sykes ✌️

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