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Tennis ace Serena Williams speaks for millions as she pulls anguished face during Olympics opening ceremony
The Daily Mail ^ | 27 Jul 2024 | Matt Drake

Posted on 07/27/2024 9:16:54 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Serena Williams spoke for millions of disappointed Olympic fans as she pulled an anguished face during the opening ceremony.

The tennis star looked worse for wear as she rode down the River Seine on a high-speed boat as a torch bearer for the Paris games.

She was joined by Rafael Nadal, nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis, and former Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci as they made their way through driving rain and choppy waters.

The boat was part of a four-hour ceremony centred around the French capital's river and it was going so fast that Nadal fretted that the flame might go out.

Williams seemed to have been enjoying the ride as she waved to fans, but she suddenly gasped and needed to quickly grab onto Comancei to keep steady.

People watching footage of the four-time Olympic gold medallist commented that they thought she looked like she might be sick and that she looked like how people felt watching the controversial opening.

One person said online: 'This is how the rest of us felt watching it.'

Someone else said online: 'She hated it as much as everyone else!'

Another quipped: 'She saw the rest of the opening ceremony.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: olympics

1 posted on 07/27/2024 9:16:54 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Anti-Catholic Williams doesn’t speak for me.


2 posted on 07/27/2024 9:22:19 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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Probably seasick after bouncing over the clumps of turds in the water.


3 posted on 07/27/2024 9:26:54 AM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who is responsible for this fiasco?


4 posted on 07/27/2024 9:27:02 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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“Who is responsible for this fiasco?”

Je blâme les Français!

CC


5 posted on 07/27/2024 9:32:49 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

And NBC dispicably replayed the whole abomination AGAIN at 7:30 last night......just make sure as many people were offended as possible I guess.

As for us, we will NOT be tuning in the olympics....disgusting


6 posted on 07/27/2024 9:33:42 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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well, all 12 of their viewers were probaBLY sloshed and not too with it- so maybe they didn’t even see it once


7 posted on 07/27/2024 9:40:56 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why do they keep trotting out Serena Williams? Yes her tennis excellence is without doubt but she is not a likeable woman.


8 posted on 07/27/2024 9:54:06 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I felt the same way after I saw outtakes of the Opening Ceremony Drag Show from last night. Glad I didn't watch it.

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9 posted on 07/27/2024 9:58:16 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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Same here. I will never watch it, or any other sports venue again.


10 posted on 07/27/2024 10:03:35 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: Rummyfan

Because she is black? Just guessing here.


11 posted on 07/27/2024 10:07:35 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Satan!


12 posted on 07/27/2024 10:11:38 AM PDT by Honorary Serb
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To: MinorityRepublican

Floating body?


13 posted on 07/27/2024 1:08:22 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We watched a recorded version after a funeral. I made it to midnight.


14 posted on 07/27/2024 1:30:27 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Nasty American hating see you next Tuesday. Let that c u n t tell us how she could become fabulously wealthy chasing a ball.


15 posted on 07/27/2024 8:18:17 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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They had at least 3 transgenders carrying the torch and a murderer named Snoop Dogg (he participated in one). Serena looks like a guy dressed up as a women. Steroids do that to women.


16 posted on 07/28/2024 1:15:20 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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