Week 31

$1.5 billion dollars and nine years later, the French government STILL has not yet achieved their goal of cleaning up the water that flows through the Largest City & Capital of France - Paris. Yes, there were tons of NGBs, prominent athletes & voices of triathlon that said for YEARS hosting the triathlon & marathon swimming events in River Seine was an absolute trainwreck of an idea. Still, the Paris 2024 team said; press on!

Now, it’s the eleventh hour; and what will they do? Two practice swims cancelled, high E. coli levels and a postponed men’s triathlon - will pushing the event to Wednesday be enough to let the swim (and bike, run) go on?

Read more HERE.

In this week’s email:

• Olympic Spoilers: With the time change, most Olympic events are contested while the US is fast asleep; which means most of us are catching up with watching the tidbits on YouTube. But, NBC is spoiling the unknown with click-bait titles on who won.

• Get Some Motivation: “You can’t win them all, but you should sure as hell try. Bring on the odds, play like you mean it. Because if you don’t want to win, congrats. You’ve already lost.” - NIKE

• BIG Injury: No - this isn’t a report of an athlete injury - it’s of Colin Jost, SNL star & Olympic Surfing commentator. He injured his foot on coral while out on his surfboard and is keeping his fans in the know with his scratches.

👇Watch a Cadence-recommended Vid: Snoop Dogg has by far completed the most ‘Side Quests’ EVER. Not only is he a GOAT in the rap music world - he’s now become Team USA’s…unofficial mascot? We’re here for the Snoop content, but we’re staying for the slayying MP.