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@IAmTheDawn
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 pm
Shocker the American seems to think every note-worthy event is American. Arrogance at it’s highest
@rdspam
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 pm
Al Oerter – four Olympic Games are 12 years apart, not 16. His wins spanned 1956 to 1968.
@graymccarty9800
January 27, 2026 at 6:19 pm
A Canadian invented basketball
@rdspam
January 27, 2026 at 6:20 pm
“Fox News” I’m going to answer my own question. Don’t need no fancy “expert” to tell me.
@gmiller4055
January 27, 2026 at 6:23 pm
Biased af
@Medlilabradoo
January 27, 2026 at 6:23 pm
No Asterix for Bob Beamon. Bob Beamon jumped over 2 feet further than anyone else. He broke the world record by 2 feet. No one in Mexico City also jumping it altitude came even close. What Bob Beaman did in Mexico City was miraculous.
@poosk85
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 pm
“America invented basketball” – no they didn’t it’s a Canadian invention. I like this series but the blatant bias and inaccuracies in this is weird.
@randallanderson1632
January 27, 2026 at 6:33 pm
I learned a few things, including I am slowly becoming more tolerant of verbal fry.
@tatiscolombia
January 27, 2026 at 6:48 pm
I think the historic moment depends on who you ask. Seeing a Colombian gymnast winning gold on last Olympics, and a Brasilian winning first place also on gymnastics instead of the typical U.S or China was history making, also the inauguration of some ceremonies still live rent free in my memory
@Thomas_TdK
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 pm
The bias towards the USA is very visible.
@TheSkinnyZ
January 27, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Ugh… clothes, how annoying, amirite? Let us admire those bodies instead. 🤭😂
@TheSkinnyZ
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 pm
Very US centric video… unsurprisingly.
@TraapppeR
January 27, 2026 at 7:37 pm
People underestimate breakdancers
@CharlieDanvers
January 27, 2026 at 7:44 pm
My favourite opening moment was Barcelona 92 and the flaming arrow , just absolutely amazing 😍
@shuyi93
January 27, 2026 at 7:52 pm
You guys might wanna redo this video lmao
@katherinerichardson2273
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 pm
luge it’s actually incredibly dangerous and has had a lot of accidents and deaths
@katherinerichardson2273
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 pm
I’ve never cared about the Olympics honestly but she certainly makes it fun
@myfriend7129
January 27, 2026 at 8:07 pm
Tells me – not the support she meant.
Sorry Young King. I forgot we all bow to strippers knees.
@azatheunholy
January 27, 2026 at 8:14 pm
That was cool. Thx for the video
@anoncountersurv
January 27, 2026 at 8:14 pm
You can’t have two answers for EVEYTHING
@gmwdim
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 pm
Too many moment to pick just one but for me it’s gotta be Usain Bolt breaking the 100 meter world record while jogging to the finish line.
@avestas4684
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Nothing about the Israel/Iran controversies?
@magik_karpet
January 27, 2026 at 8:25 pm
There may have been blue sky but I didn’t see it. I was in China for about a month in 2008 and Beijing was polluted, humid, and smoggy. Even at the stadiums I don’t particularly remember blue skies, just grey
@danfsteeple
January 27, 2026 at 8:26 pm
The biggest underdog to win a gold medal is Billy Mills, winner of the 1964 10,000m
@Lepetitvache
January 28, 2026 at 11:21 am
Usain St. Leo Bolt not being mentioned in the category of dominating at sport is criminal
@Dragonforcerulz33
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 am
How could you not mention the time Kurt Angle won an Olympic Gold Medal with A BROKEN FREAKIN’ NECK
@sugarandspice4815
January 28, 2026 at 11:31 am
Regarding closing ceremonies, I’ve always had a soft spot for London 2012. The opening ceremony wasn’t terribly remarkable, but the closing ceremony kicked butt with the celebration of British music, with the highlight being Brian May absolutely shredding in his guitar solo.
@BrighterHell
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 am
Terrible take.. There are lots of performance enhancing drugs that would benefit a biathlete and have no effect on their shooting.
@RXBannedit
January 28, 2026 at 12:03 pm
7:14 Wouldn’t four straight games be over 12 years? Was there a skip in there somehow?
@nicolas_sebik
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 pm
L
@wildshadowstar
January 28, 2026 at 12:46 pm
I think the attack on Nancy Kerrigan by Tanya Harding’s husband and body guard show have gotten a honorable mention as newsworthy Olympic news, since I happened outside the scope of the games, but the lead up to them since they were both competing to be in the US team.
@mscbijles1256
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 pm
I’d like to add a Winter Olympic GOAT. Ireen Wüst. She won an individual Gold Medal in FIVE consecutive Games.
@namesecondname2226
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 pm
Between 1952 and 1988 (when Soviets started participating in the Olympics) in head-to-head comparison the USSR did 1204 medals and the USA did 873 medals. In the direct time scale Soviets won 13 Olympic games (6 summer & 7 winter games) while Americans won 4 Olympic games (4 summer and 0 winter games)
@iversonrobb4052
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 pm
Stopped watching as soon as she said “4 straight gold medals is dominance” and completely glossed of Mijain Lopez Nunez of Cuban winning 5 straight gold medals in one of the most physically demanding sports in the Olympics. This lady has no idea what’s she’s talking about honestly
@eckart0825
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 pm
if you believe you cant dope in biathlon, simply ask the 2014 russian relay team for some advice 😅
@TheKirbyT
January 28, 2026 at 2:53 pm
This woman is the only sports commentator I trust
@justinkaviar
January 28, 2026 at 3:38 pm
I feel like this one needs a bit of a review … or some assessment on some subtleties I notice are present… does anyone feel me… if you know what I mean … :/
@justinkaviar
January 28, 2026 at 3:46 pm
How could she not mention Carl Lewis!! He also go 4 golds in the long jump and many other golds and medals over that time!!
@nhogan84
January 28, 2026 at 4:36 pm
1980’s US Olympic Men’s Hockey team won gold and there’s literally a movie about it and it’s called “The Miracle on Ice” but sure, whatever you said.
@jeffreyjohnson7359
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 pm
Well endowed professional leagues…
@ennmac
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 pm
The most brutal sport has got to be wheelchair rugby! Not sure if it’s an Olympic game though.
@bobevans2329
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 pm
Most memorable: Kerri Strug vaulting a 9.7 on an ankle that would send anyone to the ER
@Nostredamus
January 28, 2026 at 5:07 pm
Finally: a wired video where everyone in the cooments DOES NOT ask for more
@Parso77
January 28, 2026 at 5:20 pm
There is a distinctive American bias here, not least in the answer to why Americans do well. By head of population, they actually don’t – if you are a rich country with 340 million people, you’re bound to win quite a lot of medals!
@donchernoff2856
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 pm
If the IOC really wants to live up to the Olympic spirit of honest competition, they should ban all countries that don’t have freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and free elections. Sadly, they care much more about money.
@kurtmaddox48
January 28, 2026 at 6:34 pm
opening and closing ceremonies best moment (funny or uplifting wise) Mr Bean
@barefootkiwi3079
January 28, 2026 at 6:48 pm
6:10 I doubt even “most Americans”, let alone “most people” would say that the US hockey team beating the Soviet team was “the most memorable Olympic moment”.
@MaryMamaAshlee
January 29, 2026 at 3:53 pm
Any American born 1975-ish or earlier would pick Miracle on Ice. People who did not fully live through the Cold War cannot understand.
@KseggOne1
January 28, 2026 at 8:15 pm
21:27 – actually basketball was invented by a Canadian.
@Honsyhawk
January 28, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Most memorable things are all american… yeah you are no expert. Downvote this into oblivion
@Regan_rjk001
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 pm
The five rings representing the five continents makes no sense. There are seven continents in the world. Six that are inhabited (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania, North America and South America) and one that is not (Antarctica).
@erakfishfishfish
January 28, 2026 at 10:37 pm
She left out some details. When the flag was originally designed, the rings were to symbolize “the five parts of the world now won over by Olympians”, that is to say the 5 inhabited continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas. That last one explains why it’s five and not six!
@TiberiusRexXXI
January 28, 2026 at 9:55 pm
1:24 Wrong… biggest underdog gold medal win was USA win over USSR in men’s ice hockey in Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics. Mic drop.
@erakfishfishfish
January 28, 2026 at 10:59 pm
One of my favorite underdogs to win a gold was Ester Ledecká in Alpine skiiing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She was ranked 49th entering the event. She was in the “B” group, which competes after the “A” group (the “A” group has the better skiers and thus the better snow conditions). Nobody in the “B” group is expected to win anything—they’re just happy to be there. Even the TV feed cut out in favor of other events since they all assumed the podium was already set. And yet, Ledecká won by 0.01 seconds. When she finished, she just kept staring at the clock because she assumed it was glitched and her real time would pop up any moment.
Skiiing wasn’t even her main event! She was a snowboarder first and later won gold for Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom (an event she was favored to podium). She became the first person to ever win gold medals in 2 different disciplines at the Winter Games.
@kalnfornia
January 28, 2026 at 11:20 pm
Sports Studies is a thing? Why?
@VloneOmie
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 am
21:28 *Canadian* James Naismith invented Basketball while residing in the USA (and was first played at a YMCA). So basketball is actually Canada’s sport 🇨🇦
@hollydavid69
January 29, 2026 at 3:40 am
Professor of Sport Studies?
@pieceofpecanpie
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 am
Thank you for that look into US Olympic history. Next time try world Olympic history.
@ArianMatthewZaragoza
January 29, 2026 at 7:19 am
So she only knows about US sports and athletes, ok got it
@lollopolli1387
January 29, 2026 at 8:04 am
6:57 no mention of mondo duplantis is crazy
@lollopolli1387
January 29, 2026 at 8:15 am
Not even at 15:50?? Come on
@Gui.Scalco
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 am
I love this series, but this was the most “American centric” version of it so far. All the great moments revolved around Americans? What about Nadia Comaneci? Argentinian Basketball? Javier Sotomayor? Mijain Lopez? Larissa Latynina? Teófilo Stevenson? Steve Redgrave?
She even mentioned people who are yet to win a medal as possible winter Olympics GOATs over a couple of Norwegians with over a dozen medals each.
@dunkelmonkey
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 am
6:06 – honorable mention to Kerri Strug for a “most memorable moment”
@RoamingHeathen
January 29, 2026 at 9:21 am
Americans really struggle to remember that the rest of the world exists, huh?
@SuperArnie
January 29, 2026 at 9:31 am
8:20 This will probably be echoed by the FIFA Football World Cup in the USA. I do reckon the players will be treated differently and mostly left alone when they arrive or travel in the US. I seriously doubt that the Trump regime will stop deliberately singling out people for interrogation, scanning their social media output and evaluating their political views regarding Trump’s regime, detaining and deporting people. If this regime stays in power long enough, it will affect the next Olympic Games in the US in just the same way.
@mirthenary
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 am
I’d like to know why they went back to the fixed speed skates and not the “clack” skates that pivoted
@dennysigfalk4886
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 am
Well when Jesse Owens visited the White House with all the olympic goldmedalists he had to entry through the service/backdoor. Jesse Owens has in his memoires said that Hitler actually congratulated him wich the American President didnt do in Berlin.
@stevencraven4897
January 29, 2026 at 11:07 am
I agree 2002 in Salt Lake City – but I would venture that Janet Evans taking Women’s Figure Skating gold was bigger upset. Close second – Rulon Gardiner – wresting. Some might also mention Billy Mills or Jim Wattle.
@michaelengelhardt5336
January 29, 2026 at 1:56 pm
Lol winter Olympics Goat and she names Makayla Shiffrin’s world cup victories. She has 3 Olympic medals. Not even close to goat stats.
@diamonddog13
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 pm
Some very US-centric answers here, but a good synopsis
@MonoSoundMag
January 29, 2026 at 5:12 pm
Jajaja Olympics are so fun and interesting and this women turn it into boring sht. And she only knows USA athletes
@gezzarandom
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 pm
My favourite Olympic moment has to be Michael Johnson in Atlanta. But as an Irishman, it’ll have to be Michael Carruth winning gold in Barcelona 1992.
@Hi_Philosophy
January 29, 2026 at 6:57 pm
So excited for skimo this year!!
@tombates9122
January 29, 2026 at 8:06 pm
Shame she could not even mention the name of the third man on that podium in Mexico, 1968: Peter Norman. He wore the Human Rights badge and was the one who suggested they share one pair of gloves during the salute. Carlos and Smith were two of his pallbearers at his funeral.
@MeMe-u8h
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 pm
A guy with muscle, not that unusual. A woman that can do 4x straight legged air flips, miraculous!
@JoelWende
January 29, 2026 at 10:46 pm
It’s worth pointing out that with Stephen Bradbury it was a deliberate strategy by him to be so far behind. It’s not that he couldn’t keep up with the others, but he knew he couldn’t win, and he also knew people fell over a lot. So he deliberately sat back. He did the same thing in the semis and enough people fell to get him to the final.
@5stringaustin
January 29, 2026 at 11:22 pm
Rulon Gardner’s gold in 2000 has to be the biggest upset. Karelin hadn’t lost in international competition for THIRTEEN YEARS.
@Kidprotocal
January 29, 2026 at 11:55 pm
She’s insufferable giving opinions more than facts
@markw2016
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 am
Saw the Olympic torch in ‘08 when it came through San Francisco. Only reason it came our way was because of protests.
@Chonkster1
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 am
Munich Olympics were the best… just ask the Palestinian occupiers. They loved it.
@gte00065
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 am
Professor… Miracle on Ice was NOT a semifinal, it was the second-to-last game in the final group. In fact Finland, who supposedly played the ‘final’ against the USA, didn’t even win a medal – the Soviet Union got silver, Sweden got bronze. Does she even know her subject?
@ptkush3416
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 am
Four Olympics in a row isn’t a span of 16 years. It’s a span of 12 years. For example: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012.
@mark2talk2u
January 30, 2026 at 4:03 am
Greatest underdog: USSR basketball upset in 1972. Such a clear answer. Not sure how this historian got things wrong. Other better answers: Miracle on Ice at Lake Placid; Karelin upset in Greco Roman heavyweight.
@mangopassionfruitbbt
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 am
It’s always crazy how Russia has been banned for doping and the war….hmmm I wonder what other country also has been caught with a few doping scandals…and also is involved in so.many.wars. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
@patrickegan8866
January 30, 2026 at 5:43 am
Do Americans not get taught history? Why was every 2nd question “when was the first Olympics”?
@128daz
January 30, 2026 at 7:55 am
As soon as I heard of a sport involving skiing and shooting I realised there’s a sport designed specifically for the Finnish people 😅
@brennanrobertson6572
January 30, 2026 at 8:48 am
I would argue Irina Rodnina dominated Figure Skating .
@apsjazz
January 30, 2026 at 11:40 am
modern pentathlon competitors definitely are not really good at equestrian 💀
@johnx-tx8qd
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 pm
Biggest underdog……….over 60 years later I will still say it has to be Billy Mills wining the 10k in tokyo. Read up on it, he was not even rated to medal. Down the final stretch, he out ran the two men in the lead, including the world record holder at that distance, and set a personal best by like 50 seconds. No american won before, no american has won it since.
@xanmcgregorCRO
January 30, 2026 at 12:49 pm
Very biased answers
@davidgolden1607
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 pm
She said Al Oerter won gold for the discus in four consecutive games (true) sixteen years apart (not true). It was over a span of 12 years (56,60,64,68).
@jimwittes9275
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Winning 4 golds in a row is over 12 year period, not 16. She makes the mistake twice. 2 Olympics are 4 years apart. 3 Olympics are 8 years apart. Hence 4 Olympics are 12 years apart.
@Panicaheartbeat
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Didn’t mention Buster Crabbe, who was the only US swimmer who won his 400 meter over Team Japan in 1932 and was pushed to celebrity stardom in multiple films as an American propaganda machine in the late 30’s and 40’s.
@chademery9169
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 pm
7:01 Dan Gable won his one gold medal in ‘72, but he did it unscored upon. Very dominant!
@TheSamcallan
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 pm
Excellent Q&A.
@ChristopherSHanson
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 pm
The biggest test underdog to win a gold medal was the 1980 US hockey team. “The miracle on ice.”
@Nolanthegardener
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 pm
I want to see the sport of “Strongman” in the Olympics. It combines the weights of Olympic lifting with the athleticism of track and field. It also has a flair for spectacle.
@Rebslager
January 30, 2026 at 5:57 pm
Funny fact when alot of Americans view the EU as a country. The US will not be even close to the best. If China and India could use their potential, the US would also have huge problems too. But in general this video is another very US centric.
@ukjustified1082
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 pm
Come on Wired. Get an expert who can look past her own country. Ugh
@beenaplumber8379
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 pm
Miracle on Ice? Fine, great moment for us nostalgic old Ameriocans, but the 1996 women’s team gymnastics final in 1996, where Kerri Strug was the last to vault, needed a good score to win gold for the team. She landed wrong on her first vault, snapped 2 ligaments in her ankle, and of course sat down on the landing. She got up, limped back, and did it again, sticking the landing on one foot to win the gold, and THEN collapsing in pain. Jesse Owens was a great athlete who happened to make his superstar performance in front of Hitler. Great moment, but not as heroic as what Kerri Strug did. (And I’m sorry, I only know the moments that have been covered by US media. Sorry to the rest of the world. I’d like to hear better stories if you have them!)
@tkennedy2000
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 pm
there’s 7 continents.
@beenaplumber8379
January 30, 2026 at 11:03 pm
That used to be a point of contention. The Americas were considered by some to be one continent, and Eurasia was also considered to be one continent.
@judalea17
January 31, 2026 at 3:35 am
I am of the opinion that the Olympics should have stayed the realm of amateurs. How will there be an amateur competitor that can beat the most elite level tennis players, for instance?
@Atlas226
January 31, 2026 at 6:11 am
1:32 a true national hero.
@JudyCZ
January 31, 2026 at 7:36 am
What about Ester Ledecká getting two golds in two different disciplines in one Olympic Games in 2018 (yes, I’m Czech and biased).
@callabeth258
January 31, 2026 at 7:48 am
As an Australian i literally cheered when you told Steve Bradbury’s story, i was in grade 5 and it was huge!!!
@danielrichardson3613
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 am
Steven Bradbury also came first in his semi-final race the exact same way. He shouldn’t have been in that race, let alone won gold.
@couch.patati-patata
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 am
He was not an underdog. Just not in the running.
@franciscoph3509
January 31, 2026 at 9:29 am
The disrespect to Mijain Lopez is crazy. Interest content but way too much centered in US
@zanaster8438
January 31, 2026 at 9:36 am
So we just forget about mijian lopez? This man won 5 consecutive gold medals in roman greeco wrestling. Beats out carl lewis and al oerter in their 4. Like this literally happend between athens 2004 to paris 2024 so its too recent for you not to know
@PG13hockeyman
January 31, 2026 at 11:33 am
1:23 umm USA hockey 1980 Lake Placid???
@jeremywilliams5107
January 31, 2026 at 11:56 am
Most memorable: Ben Johnson breaking the 100m record by miles (drug-assisted).
Most dominant: There was an American pole vaulter who was effectively unbeaten for years, and also Ed Moses’ 400m hurdles domination. More recently there’s a shotputter who is the winner.
@user-rf3df6tb6v
January 31, 2026 at 12:18 pm
8:05 Mhmmm… apropos of nothing
@damlasu4901
January 31, 2026 at 12:54 pm
I usually enjoy these, but she was too American-centric, with such a narrow perspective to the point that it made me question her expertise and I didn’t learn anything interesting. Almost no one outside US remembers/knows about US beating USSR in ice hockey, I assure you.
@ThomasCourt-n4r
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 pm
The five rings represent the five continents of the globe? I understand that Antarctica is not going to get a ring since there are no permanent residents there. But that still leaves six continents (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia/Oceania) for only five rings.
@sgtleobella
January 31, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Wait, no mention of Rulon Gardner for most iconic moment? If he hadn’t won, Karelin would have been probably listed as the greatest athlete ever. Karelin’s overall record: 887-2. The point Karelin gave up to Gardner was the first point he’d given up in SIX YEARS.
@whtyc
January 31, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Waterpolo! Absolutely. My youth swim team coach used to threaten us with waterpolo if we didn’t push ourselves during practice 😅
@eduardog.m.2881
January 31, 2026 at 5:07 pm
Very interesting, but also extremely focused on the United States in most of the answers.
@viktorchimymalm1192
January 31, 2026 at 5:47 pm
“Most memorable moments I olympics history?”
Responds with only American achievements………..
@sfdcubfan
January 31, 2026 at 9:54 pm
Chicago dodged a bullet when they lost out on the Olympics. It would have been a really cool disaster.
@martinhamel2771
January 31, 2026 at 11:56 pm
Three things: 1) No mention of Emil Zátopek anywhere. Sacrilege. 2) Romania, an eastern nation behind the soviet iron curtain, actually was in L.A. in ’84 and received a thunderous ovation during the opening ceremonies. 3) Games should be held in the same city for 2, 3 and even 4 Olympics in a row to use the newly built installation$ to the fullest. It is very sad to get to see former and rather recent installations having been left to rot (Athens, Rio…).
@Del2l2U
February 1, 2026 at 4:08 am
Cathy freeman 🥇
@sageforrest4744
February 1, 2026 at 6:56 am
“Who dominates their sports” question including the sports where there’s not that many events to get gold medals in: Janja Garnbret for climbing! She’s won an insane amount of golds in world cups and world championships. Any comp she’s in, she wins. Coincidentally won gold in both olympics
@heather9393
February 1, 2026 at 9:38 am
And that’s why when someone wins something against all odds in Australia we call it “Doing a Bradbury”.
@heather9393
February 1, 2026 at 9:56 am
Why does America do so well? It is a wealthy population with a large population. Other countries do better per capita eg Australia and New Zealand.
@pablopachon3508
February 1, 2026 at 4:39 pm
19:50 saying Rusia cheated in the Olympics but the US is consistently the top medalist in every international event? You sure the US is not cheating as well?
@timothyvandenberg2905
February 1, 2026 at 7:42 pm
Regarding the little asterisk on Bob Beamon’s Long Jump record, yes, the altitude might have helped, but not as much as people think, because all the other jumpers didn’t even set any personal record (PR) jumps or anything also spectacular. Beamon literally jumped the (near-) perfect jump. He earned that record as something supremely special. There’s a reason why after 32 years of sports science breakthroughs (which have had a far greater impact on performance than high-altitude Mexico City) has still not allowed Olympic Athletes to break Beamon’s record.
@TufferImages
February 1, 2026 at 9:32 pm
Fun facts. Steven Bradbury’s biography is aptly titled “Last Man Standing”. Us Aussies also have a saying “doing a Bradbury” literally meaning achieving an unexpected success at the misfortune of others.
@Lyanna250
February 1, 2026 at 9:49 pm
It’s only an American that would say it’s a difficult sport if you can’t dope for it.
@tomogorman3947
February 2, 2026 at 5:31 am
Welcome to my talk about the Olympics, an international sporting event, where I reference only US athletes 😂
@rongovrongov
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 am
Bob Beamon’s jump in 1968 was the first one over not only 29 feet, but over 28 feet as well!
@martamenendezgonzalez6486
February 2, 2026 at 7:39 am
Although I understand when asked about memorable moments we are all skewed, I feel this video is generally too USA leaning. Disappointing considering what the Olympics stand for.
@Terahnee
February 2, 2026 at 5:47 pm
I loved the Salt Lake City 2002 opening because it included some of my absolute favorite figure skaters and the WTC flag carried in by athletes, including another favorite figure skater.
The 2010 opening ceremonies were, as said, amazing, but my favorite part of that was that at the closing ceremonies the issue with the cauldron was made a bit of fun of, lol.
@MaxPalmer-h9l
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 pm
Shaun White disrespect was wild
@ks-he3gk
February 2, 2026 at 10:56 pm
6:53 shame to not mention Mijaín López, Cuban wrestler to win his event in 5 straight Olympics first one to ever do so in any event. 20 years of dominance
@LiamborninDC
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 am
The Stephen Bradbury was not just an underdog because of the crash, that was Australia’s first Winter Olympic gold medal ever.
@gingerwoods616
February 3, 2026 at 12:57 am
As an Englishman, for me, London’s 2012 opening ceremony beats Bejing
@joannefairclough7960
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 am
STEPHEN BRADBURY!!!!
@j0ckel617
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 am
Biggest underdog I’d give to Dietmar Lorenz, who won Judo‘s open class as a light heavyweight in 1980.
@holunder
February 3, 2026 at 5:31 am
When you say you cannot dope in Biathlon, you might want to do more research, or give up your “expert” status.
And for the biggest upset, I’ll throw in my two cents: Anna Kiesenhofer
A woman, working as a mathematician full-time, racing without a team, and winning gold in cycling in 2021 in Tokyo. Winning a gold medal as an amateur in todays sports landscape should be impossible. And yet, it happened.
@JulieH123
February 3, 2026 at 1:19 pm
Al Oerter’s 4 golds were over 12 years, not 16. Still impressive, of course!
@gillzc
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 pm
Felt more like “american olympic history support” than “olympic history support”
@MariaCerase
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 pm
Not sure those are the only reasons for the USA to be so dominant. It’s practically the size of a continent, with 300M people, it is a massive pool of talent. If we were to sum the medals of all European countries that make up an equally sized population, we would see similar medal rankings.
@sefi36
February 3, 2026 at 6:16 pm
Amy you are wrong about the biggest underdog. The correct answer is The Miracle on Ice, 1980 U.S Ice Hockey team defeating The Soviet Union in Lake Placid.
@maurorafael8877
February 3, 2026 at 6:54 pm
It might have been wiser to an American Olympics specialist for this one. But I understand, we are in an American platform watching an American talk about a competition where America plays a part
@maurorafael8877
February 3, 2026 at 6:54 pm
It might have been wiser to di a American Olympics specialist for this one. But I understand, we are in an American platform watching an American talk about a competition where America plays a part
@brooksmaczka4150
February 3, 2026 at 7:46 pm
What is up with the hosts hatred for Phelps. Doesn’t mention most Dominate games ( 8 golds in Beijing) longevity in the sport (4 consecutive golds 200 IM) age making his Olympic debut (15 in Sydney).
@Tessajumpz21
February 3, 2026 at 9:03 pm
5 continents…must be 5 on the flag bc the last 2 didnt exist yet, or named? I dunno lol.
@Krobra91
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 pm
I have a question LGBTQ and olympic history? its controversial now, but if i recall LGBTQ actively participated
@job0wnage
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 pm
Winter games GOAT you definitely missed was Ireen Wust, dutch speedskater who won individual gold at 5 consecutive games (2006-2022). No one has ever done that
@job0wnage
February 3, 2026 at 11:59 pm
4 olymic games is not 16 years but 12, still impressive though
@SpokaneDude1000
February 4, 2026 at 12:38 am
I cast a vote for Paavo Nurmi of Finland as greatest track and field athlete of all-time. Not only did he win 9 gold and 3 silver in long distance races, he had to train in Finland!
@radivel1
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 am
Who is the biggest underdog to win a gold medal?
Me.
@todallard8791
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 am
Sorry the skating was luck so it’s not an upset in any way. I pick Billy Mills in the 10,000
@pan-da-monium
February 4, 2026 at 6:13 am
In Australia, to unexpectedly achieve succeed out of nowhere is known as “doing a Bradbury”
@devlinw4735
February 4, 2026 at 8:46 am
lol “most people” you mean most american people, lists 3 american example fml such a biased person for this
@Virtualnoaidi
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 pm
not many misses with this wonderful series, but I’m afraid this was one of the very few. It’s so US centric it’s comical. Btw on the subject of opening ceremonies, Paris ’24 was 11/10
@mattblakey
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 pm
Al Oerter being American must be the only reason he gets the shout out ahead of Ben Ainslie. He also won gold in 4 successive games, preceded by a close silver in his first Olympics. But he wasn’t American…
@didrikmesicek4825
February 4, 2026 at 9:43 pm
“What are some of the biggest rivalries? I only know US ones”
And she names US rivals, some of which she made up. “Eastern Europe”, really? Firstly, name a country. Secondly, Poles and Latvians certainly do not care about yanks
@didrikmesicek4825
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 pm
Really bad guest. As most people have noticed she mainly talks about yanks and ignores many amazing athletes like Ireen Wüst, Nadia Comaneci, Steven Redgrave, Mijain Lopez, but names people like Alyson Felix. The iconic moments too. How about Hermann Maier’s insane crash and then winning gold? Petra Majdič getting bronze with a pneumotorax and 4 broken ribs? But nah, remember one time the yanks won a hockey match. Full of mistakes too. Americans invented basketball? Really? And this is a sports professor? Disgraceful
@peacewind-aero
February 4, 2026 at 11:29 pm
Personal opinion, Clara Hughes of Canada is one of the best Olympians ever. Not very many people have medaled multiple times in both Summer and Winter Olympics.
@elizabethbuhler
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 pm
1980 US Hockey Team
@mavenfrankeus7287
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 am
Armand Duplantis will get a few more golds…
@elleeeeish
February 5, 2026 at 6:58 am
Imagine taking an event that literally brings the whole world together and turning every question into American propaganda. Americans are exhausting
@dantepetrin1125
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 am
There’s a lot more about Bradbury’s gold medal that wasn’t mentioned that makes it even more of an underdog story to me. He was considered as a medal contender in both 1994 and 1998 but ended up in collisions that ruined his runs. He’d also suffered multiple serious injuries in his career – he had a skate blade slice through his leg, and broke multiple vertebrae in separate collisions. He came into the Salt Lake City Olympics knowing that he wasn’t in contention for a medal, and past the semi-finals, he intentionally kept off the pace and hoped for a collision – which happened in both the semi-final and final.
It was also Australia’s first ever winter gold medal. Alisa Camplin picked up Australia’s second winter gold three days later in aerials, and it’s kind of a shame that Bradbury’s gold overshadows it because it’s still really impressive.
@joelquebec
February 5, 2026 at 8:55 am
It amazes me that the French allowed break dancing but didn’t renew karate, SMH
@JonKaye
February 5, 2026 at 8:02 pm
I often hear that the Olympic rings represent the five continents of the world, but there are seven continents, six of which are populated. ??