Some of mine:
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Kristen Faulkner breaking away for a surprise win in the cycling road race
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Julien Alfred breaking away for a surprise win in the 100 m
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Canadian men breaking away for a surprise win in the 4*100 m relay
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Armand Duplantis flying to a not-at-all surprising pole vault win
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Nika v Ami in breaking
(Bonus non-sport thing: Snoop Dogg himself doing the trois coups to open the women’s breaking event)
Carlos Yulo winning two gold medals for the Philippines (floor and vault in gymnastics)
Gabby Thomas 200 m win
Kaylia Nemour uneven bars gymnastics win
Pan Zhanle’s 100m freestyle, broke his own WR by 0.4s, and stunned the whole stadium to silence.
As an American it wasn’t fun, but the Netherlands performance in the woman’s water polo bronze medal match. Coming back from being 4 goals down multiple times and scoring the winning goal with 1 second left was impressive