As with the Olympic opening ceremony, my three-generation family will be watching Sunday's closing ceremony. Like millions of our fellow earthlings, we've been glued to our screens on all platforms for so much of the Summer Games in the past two weeks that I wouldn't dream of missing the finale.
My family will remember the Paris Olympics for so many viral moments, including:
A much more down-to-earth feat, though, will be what sticks with me after the 2024 Summer Games. It's also what brought a few questions to mind.
On opening ceremony evening July 26, NBA international superstar Steph Curry swapped Olympic pins with as-yet-unknown Olympians like a giddy kid at summer camp. When he realized he had just met the U.S. women's table tennis team, Curry brought the star-struck Asian Americans to where his mostly African American basketball teammates were hanging out and goaded Anthony Edwards, who prides himself on excelling in many sports, that these seemingly demure ladies could shut him up.
Friendly trash talk followed, with the 23-year-old Minnesota Timberwolves guard Edwards saying, "I don't believe it. I'm scoring at least once," and the 28-year-old Olympic veteran Lily Zhang smilingly responding, "There's only one way to try it out."
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