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“What I’m pleased with, from our standpoint, is that it felt like were in control in a lot of the moment of the game, both with and without the ball, and that I like,” Gustavsson said. “After the Sweden game I was asked how we were going to approach the U.S. game and I said `We’re going to be true to who we are, and hopefully if we play our A game, it’s good enough.’”
Simone Biles, of the United States, watches gymnasts perform after she exited the team final with apparent injury, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. The 24-year-old reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Biles huddled with a trainer after landing her vault. She then exited the competition floor with the team doctor. (Ashley Landis / AP)
USA’s Jordan Larson (10), Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (14), Foluke Akinradewo (16), Jordyn Poulter (2), Jordan Thompson (12) and Justine Wong-Orantes (4) celebrate their win, July 27, 2021. The USA defeated China 3-0. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
The U.S. began finals on vault, with Biles going last. She was supposed to do an “Amanar,” a vault that begins with a roundoff back handspring onto the table followed by 2 1/2 twists. She seemed to change her mind in mid-air, doing just 1 1/2 twist instead.
“It was a nice to get out there and compete a little bit with the group,” said Taurasi, who injured her hip in early July. “Yeah, I felt pretty good hopefully it keeps getting better day by day. As a group I think we did some good things today, some things we have to work on. I think overall it was a pretty good match by us.”
“It’s a special moment for our sport but I’ve got mixed feelings,” said Igarashi, who grew up surfing at Tsurigasaki beach, the Olympic site located about 60 miles east of Tokyo. “It’s so hard to gather that into words. I’m proud of myself, and I was of proud myself even before this event, but it’s just been such a roller-coaster in the last four years on the road for the Olympics.”
“Big picture, he’s a proven hitter,” Keuchel said. “He’s a guy that’s a cog in the middle of the lineup and a run producer. It just extends the lineup. He really just kind of brings that smile to the clubhouse, day in, day out. You can’t be mad at that. He loves the game and he works hard at it.”
“His experience of pitching in big situations and a really good division, equal splits righties and lefties, he does a nice job of getting out both so it’s a guy at the back of the bullpen and he’s not necessarily a matchup guy, especially with three-batter minimum, that matters,” Ross said this month. “He’s a really simple-minded man that goes out and just wants to compete and give his best. And that plays really well in a day and age where sometimes you can overthink things. Simple mindedness goes a long way.”
“A typhoon can definitely throw a curveball, but I think that that’s what a part of it is,” said U.S. Olympian Haley Batten ahead of Tuesday afternoon’s mountain bike race. “We’re not training for a certain scenario. We are training adaptability and training our mind to be ready for that as well. It definitely makes the event even more exciting, so I’m just embracing the chaos.”
Sure, watching the Packers try to pivot to Jordan Love, their first-round pick in 2020 who spent the entire season at No. 3 on the depth chart, would have been enjoyable for the Bears, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. But the Bears need to worry more about their own quarterback situation and finally getting it right than counting the days until Rodgers retires or plays elsewhere. Years ago, the Bears longed for the days the Packers would be without Brett Favre. Since Favre arrived in Green Bay, the Bears have invested eight first-round picks in quarterbacks via the draft or trades — two each on Jay Cutler and Justin Fields and one apiece on Rick Mirer (trade), Cade McNown, Rex Grossman and Trubisky.