#olympics 12

[world-of-wales]

Catherine’s Royal Closet (44/∞) ♚

↬ 'Duchess' One Button Blazer

The Navy One Button 'Duchess' Blazer from the Canadian label Smythe was debuted by Catherine just a few months following her and Prince William's wedding when they boarded a flight from Heathrow Airport as they kicked off their North American Tour of 2011.

The jacket has become one of Catherine's most reworn pieces from her wardrobe. It was a permanent fixture in her 2012 London Olympics Lookbook.

It was also worn by her for the 2014 Commonwealth games, the Royal International Air Tattoo in 2016, during a visit to Cornawall later in the same year, to present a Pride of Britain award in 2020 and finally for an appearance at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.

Crafted from high-quality Italian wool, the navy blue blazer features a single-breasted design. It also has notched lapels, gold-tone buttons, princess seams and front pockets. The cut-out panel at the back of the blazer is both distinctive and unique.

[shecanball]

Your 2024 Olympic women's basketball gold medalists, Team USA!

(Featuring Napheesa Collier, Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Brittney Griner, Sabrina Ionescu, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Alyssa Thomas, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young)

[glimmerofawesome]

Vanessa Gilles scores in the 90+12' minute to give Canada a 2-1 win over France.

[yuwuta]

PLS PLS PLSSSSS keep talking about kids with olympic athletes! gojo and nanami pls pls pls i have to Know. everything u wrote about yuuta was already so so cute

(prev olympics au here)

the gojo twins are hilarious because your baby boy looks exactly like satoru, but has very little of his personality—it seems like the only things he inherited was satoru’s love for sweets and love for you. still, even though he’s a strong swimmer, he much prefers to relax in his floaties alongside you if you’re also in the pool, or chill by your side on a lounge chair, glasses too big for his face keeping the sun out of his eyes as he shares his smoothie with you, and asks to borrow your phone to take pictures of his sister and daddy in the pool. 

your baby girl on the other hand… she might have your face but she’s got satoru’s everything else—his competitive streak, his confidence, and definitely his mischievous nature. she’s the one who tiptoes into your bedroom at five in the morning, tapping at her daddy’s shoulders, and putting her little finger over his lip to shush him before he can wake you up; she’s always the one to convince satoru to take her swimming the backyard at the crack of dawn, and why by the time you and your baby boy wake up, she and satoru are already past warm up laps and swimming lessons and onto who can make the splashiest canonball competitions (she always wins because while her tiny body can endure a belly flop, satoru’s years of training physically doesn’t allow him to do it… and maybe because he’s not so competitive when it comes to his baby girl, he’ll always let her win). 

kento’s professional judo career honestly doesn’t last very long. after his first olympic games, you two start dating and he proposes just after he wins gold the second time he’s in the olympics; he does maybe two more years of national competitions while you’re pregnant, and decides that the intense training for the next two years in preparation of a third olympic competition isn’t worth missing time he could spend with you or your baby girl—plus, with all the money he’s made from competitions, winning gold medals, brand ambassadorships, commercials, and collaborations, he had enough money to provide for all of your for the rest of your lives. so, that’s what he does (his dream has always been to be a househusband, anyway...) his previous salaryman career comes in handy when deciding how to invest his money, how to buy a house, how to take care of his friends, how to set up a fund for your daughter, and an extra account or two… just incase more babies come along… 

by the time your baby girl is four, she’s already kento’s biggest fan. she loudly and proudly proclaims to everybody that her daddy was basically superman and won all the shiny trophies and medals in the house from when he was being a superhero. if anyone recognizes kento when they’re out together, she always confirms their suspicions, proudly boasting, “yeah kento is my daddy! he’s a winner!” it always makes kento’s heart swell to hear her praise. he doesn’t compete professionally anymore, but he does train from time to time, and has taken on a few mentees, and your daughter LOVES to watch him coach/train. she’s got her own uniform that she always puts on whenever they go to the gym together, and gets so excited when kento or ino or yuuji pretend to spar with her. 

she’s honestly kento’s mini figure. she’s respectful and reserved, but strong and knows when to fight and how to use her voice. there’s a time when he gets a call from her school saying that she got in a fight, the principal frames it as your daughter needlessly pushing around an older kid, but your daughter is certain in her words when she tells her dad that it was because the kid was being mean to the younger kids, and to her. kento doesn’t say a word to the teachers—doesn’t even fight them sending her home early for the day, because he’s happy to scoop her up and take her out for ice cream and tell her that he’s proud of her.

[eightiesfan]

Did you notice ?

Chris Marker "La Jetée" hommage - during Paris 2024 opening ceremony

[sherlock-is-ace]

i was complaining today about how little argentina cares about the olympics, how we don't even send our best teams and athletes so of course we don't win lots of medals but even when we do nobody cares or talks about it

and then I found out that los murcielagos (the bats), argentina's blind football team has been winning medals every olympic year since 2004 with the exception of 2012... WHY THE FUCK DOES NOBODY TALK ABOTU IT?! That's so good?! that's amazing!! We have 2 silver and 2 bronze! That's awesome!!! we should care more!! dkfjghg

[missriyochuchi]

A DJ’d dance party in the rain? I think the Paralympians got a better closing ceremony than the Olympians 🤭

[canadachronicles]

Thank you for everything, Sincy!

[posthumanwanderings]

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[onyxsboxes]

Sometimes you think you're doing fine. Then you look at how you've behaved over the past weeks/months. And well, you were wrong.

[zangheuse]

instead of launching an investigation as to whether or not khelif is a "real woman" maybe carini should just get good and not be surprised when she gets knocked the fuck out at a worldwide punching contest

[glimmerofawesome]

[sedlex]

Do they use a name generator for the horses?

[ellsieee]

Gold medalist Kong Manwai (Vivian) in women's epee.

Two time gold medalist Cheung Kalong (Edgar) in men's foil.

These two finals were thrilling to watch even though I know next to nothing about fencing. Both matches went to the very end, with both Vivian and Edgar having to hold their nerve and save match points to take the win. Edgar's match was especially nail biting. I may be biased, but the men's foil final has been the most heart stopping match of the Olympics so far.

[tvmusiclife]

For anyone keeping up, the surfing comp is in full force at the lovely local time of 2 pm right now in Tahiti while everyone in Paris is [hopefully] sleeping peacefully at the lovely hour of 2 am

[emphasisonthehomo]

There’s already rumors that the goddamn high speed rail to LA that they’re building (and will no doubt take forever to finish) is going to have a ticket cost of like $400. Idk if it’s round trip or not, again it’s only rumors. But why the fuck would I spend that much just to shave two hours off of a trip when I can drive there on ONE TANK OF GAS.