Week 32
If you’ve watched even an hour of Olympics coverage - there’s no doubt, there’s awe-inspiring stories around every corner, in every sport, of athletes overcoming incredible adversity to make it to the start line - let alone the proverbial finish line, of their respective sport.
Watching Kristen Faulkner slingshot herself around the competition, taking it wide with 3 KM to go in the road cycling Olympic event - whizzing by pro cyclists who have undoubtedly spent more hours on the bike than off, is absolutely incredible. She looks like a seasoned cyclist, someone that could’ve been favored to win gold - except she isn’t and she wasn’t. With less than 10 years of cycling under her belt (actually - she didn’t even KNOW how to ride a bike until her adult life), and a surprise Olympic berth - she took home the first gold medal for Team USA Cycling in DECADES. Here more about her story HERE.
In this week’s email:
Nailed It: Olympic athletes are manifesting their gold medal moments - with some intricate nail art.
Unboxing: Those little cardboard tubes each podium athlete is holding in Paris this year? An illustrated, commemorative poster.
A First For St. Lucia: First-Ever Medal. First-Ever Gold for St. Lucia, in the ever-dramatic - Women’s 100M Final.
Perfectly, Paris: We love a good artsy sport photo - it doesn’t happen often with new stadiums, truss finish structures & endless turf. Paris is different, and we’re here for it.
👇Listen to a Cadence-recommended Pod: Fiona O’Keeffe prepares for the Olympic Marathon - then watch at August 10 at 1:00 AM EST.
Post of the Week (don’t let this be you):
Race Results of the Week: presented by Sportstats.One
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Tidbits
✅Dynamic Duo: Snoop Dogg is the official mascot for Team USA at the Olympics this year. Not sure why or how this was decided, but now he’s even looped his partner in crime (ha), Martha Stewart, into it.
@nbcolympics Snoop Dogg is back with the Olympic horses, but this time with his friend Martha Stewart. #ParisOlympics #snoopdogg #equestrian #marthastewart
✅The GOAT: If you had to pick something to battle Simone Biles in AND WIN…what would it be? Better pick something that doesn’t involve anything athletic…because she’s got that sh*t on lock.
✅The 100M, Visualized: In less than 10 seconds, there’s 100+ mental calculations, fast-twitch decisions & someone that is hungrier for gold…and it ain’t over ‘till it’s over.
✅Golden Moments: Olympic babies are a thing - and this year, so are Olympic proposals. Yes, we know - super cheesy, but if it was between this and getting proposed to by an age grouper triathlete…this wins every time.
🏃Job Recs
Staff, Event Logistics & Warehouse Operations, Chicago Event Management, Chicago, IL
Senior Manager, Permitting & Scheduling, LA28 Olympics, Los Angeles, CA
Hospitality Marketing & Servicing Manager, LA28 Olympics, Los Angeles, CA
Sports Marketing Specialist, Brooks Running, Seattle, WA (Hybrid)
Performance Of The Week(end): Team USA for Triathlon
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