If
you'll remember we promised you to bring in all
Olympic
Abigail:
Let's go.
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This month, we have an
I'm going to tell you your penalty after you lose the quiz.
You know what?
I had the same plan for you,
but I'm going to tell you when you lose the quiz as well.
Before we get into all of that,
there have been two stories that are making big headlines
leading up to the games.
We're going to take a deep dive into both of them.
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FINA
that administers water sports,
recently banned soul caps from the Tokyo
Soul caps are larger swimming caps that are designed
for athletes with natural black hair.
They accommodate dreadlocks, hair extensions, braids,
and thick and curly hair.
FINA
follow the natural form of the head.
This decision has been condemned by many black athletes
and activists.
The co-founder of
to how this decision could prevent many young athletes
from participating in the sport.
FINA
especially after the backlash they faced from banning
Soul Caps from competition.
And in some more positive news.
Originally, the International Olympic Committee, the
said that no family would be allowed to attend the games
due to COVID-19.
This left a lot of nursing mothers a tough decision
to leave their babies or go to the game.
Canadian basketball player veteran Kim Gaucher
took to Instagram to explain the tough decision
she was having to make.
The support that came through was massive.
Restrictions have now been eased to allow nursing
mothers to bring the children to the game with them,
which is incredible news.
The IOC said in a statement,
"It's great to see so many mothers competing
"at the highest level, including at the Olympic Games."
All right. It's quiz time and surprise, surprise.
It's an
The winner of this month's quiz will get to share
their favourite summer
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Was it 2016?
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[claps]
Penny Oleksiak.
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[indiscernible] Come on.
Oh, was, can I, can we look back?
That might be a tie right there.
It is a tie game,
so we are going into a tie breaker question
as that was too close to call.
And we both got it correct.
The correct answer was Donovan Bailey.
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[muffled sound]
Um...
Oh hey, come on. We gotta look back at that,
that was me, come on, that was me.
No that was--
We gotta look back at that.
All right, we tied again.
The correct answer was the 2000
We're kind of out of time,
so we can't do another question,
and so we're just, we're just going to call it a tie.
That means that there will be no penalty for this quiz.
You're being saved on this one, Arjun.
So we are both just going to share some amazing highlights
and moments from the Summer Olympics.
Abigail's still talking trash for a tie.
Still talking trash for a tie.
Abigail:
Michael Phelps broke the record for most individual medals
at the
record to beat.
One of the most iconic Canadian summer
came in 1996 when sprinter Donovan Bailey
won the gold medal in the 100 meter dash
and set a world record.
In Rio, back in 2016,
87 different countries took home a medal
at the
Larry Lemieux, a former Canadian sailor,
was on pace to finish second during the Finn race
during the 1988
being taken away by sea.
So, Larry abandoned the race to go rescue the pair
to safety and was eventually rewarded
with the
News Alert. We are taking a break from KN Sports
this month.
But it's for a good reason. We're going to be bringing
you daily coverage of the
So stay tuned on
I'm Abigail Dove...
..and I'm Arjun Ram.
And this is
We'll see you at the
Bye.
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