While you were sleeping: Dutch courage, baffling US mistakes – Olympics day 14 had it all
- If you want something done right, send the women to do it, at least if you’re an American sprinter. Plus, hockey investment pays dividends for China
Before the Paris Olympics started, the American forecasting company Nielsen Gracenote confidently predicted that China could win as many as 34 golds.
With two days of competition left they are at 33 and tied at the top of the medal table with the USA, and both countries are doing their best to defy expectations and those predictions, just not always in a good way.
If you watched the dumpster fire that was the American men in the 4x100-metre relay earlier this morning you’ll know what I’m talking about.
But you probably didn’t, which is why you’re reading this, so we can tell you what you missed while you were sleeping.
I can’t remember, have we met?
For some reason best known to themselves, the American men cannot get their heads around the 4x100m relay when it truly matters.
