Northwestern Olympians

[CatManTrue]

I heard yesterday that NU has 5 Olympians competing. Let’s honor them.

FEDERICO BURDISSO ('23) – SWIMMING – ITALY

ANDREA FILLER ('15, '16) – SOFTBALL – ITALY

PALLAS KUNAIYI-AKPANAH ('19) – BASKETBALL – NIGERIA

KRYSTAL LARA ('20) – SWIMMING – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

JORDAN WILIMOVSKY ('17) – SWIMMING – UNITED STATES

Five 'Cats To Compete in 2020 Olympic Games - Northwestern Athletics

TOKYO — Tokyo bound. Four former Northwestern student-athletes and one current Wildcat are set to participate in the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

nusports.com

 

[CoralSpringsCat]

 

[Alaskawildkat]

Looks like that list includes three swimmers who frequented the Northwestern waters at SPAC.

Alaska's favorite in the Games is also a swimmer, Lydia Jacoby, a 17-year-old from Seward, Alaska who made it to the finals. All here will be watching her competition today in the 100-meter breaststroke. She graduates from high school next year.

Perhaps Adam Crum, who was dubbed "The Alaskan Assassin" by his Wildcat Teammates and who attended Anchor Point High School on the same Kenai Peninsula can convince her to consider Northwestern for her college options.

Hardly relevant, but I did take a dip in the waters of the Kenai Peninsula's Kenai River when I stepped into a hole and fell and then went on to catch a cooler full of Sockye (Red) Salmon that ended up filling our freezer this weekend.

Maybe the "Big Fish" portend success ahead for the Northwestern Olympians.

From the mouth of the Kenai River to our mouths:

 

[CatManTrue]

BTW it looks like the opening ceremony ratings were down big since 2016.

Olympics opening ceremony ratings fall to 33-year low

Roughly $1 billion has been spent on advertising around the Olympics.

www.axios.com

 

[Titanium999]

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[CatManTrue]

I’m wondering if the Olympics could be shut down due to the record high COVID cases in Tokyo. Wrassler, could you fly there and check out the scene on the ground?

Tokyo registers record 3,177 new virus cases

Olympic host city Tokyo registered a record 3,177 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, authorities announced, as rising infections put pressure on hospitals.

www.espn.com

 

[hdhntr1]

BTW it looks like the opening ceremony ratings were down big since 2016.

Olympics opening ceremony ratings fall to 33-year low

Roughly $1 billion has been spent on advertising around the Olympics.

www.axios.com

Because every person in the stands would have 100 viewing in to see if they could see them in the crowd?

 

[CatManTrue]

Because every person in the stands would have 100 viewing in to see if they could see them in the crowd?

Huh?

 

[NUCat320]

Swim marathon is airing live on NBCSN.
Wilimovsky currently in fifth. Probably will end ~7:30 Eastern.

It’s boring tv.

 

[NUCat320]

Wilimovsky finished 10th, 2 1/2 minutes out of a medal and 1:20 ahead of the 11th place finisher.

 

[CatManTrue]

He’s not a Wildcat… but I wish he were instead of a Gopher. Gable Steveson is one bad MFer. How did he pull that upset off at the last minute to win Gold at 125kg??

 

[CoralSpringsCat]