The Olympics are back! Well, actually they’re over. But I mean more in the grand scheme of things. The Paris Games were very, very popular, in a way that makes me feel like the Olympics are still going to be a major part of American culture moving forward. After a run of rough time zones and complications from the pandemic, it felt like these Olympics were a return to the feelings we used to expect from 16 days of strength, speed and athleticism on display at the highest levels.
Three years ago, I capped off a much less joyful Olympics with a column on the 10 things I expected we’d remember about the Tokyo Games. They were not necessarily my favorite moments, but the ones that I predicted people will remember many Olympics cycles from now.
