What are your favorite Olympic sports to watch?

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Today’s the day: It’s finally the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games!!! One year later! I figured I’d mark the occasion with a fun red, white, and blue themed outfit in honor of Team USA. I randomly got the urge to pair my red striped tee with my blue striped linen-blend skirt (remember the days of pattern mixing?) and actually quite enjoy how this outfit turned out. The different stripe widths and the horizontal-vertical-horizontal patterns are what make it work!

This ended up being a perfect casual workwear summer outfit. It’s still so hot here in Boise (whyyy must summer be absolutely brutal) so I’m cycling through the couple of skirts that still fit me comfortably and then wearing jeans in between. I added my new Madewell Louise sandals; I didn’t want to like them, but they’re so comfortable and easy to wear because they go with anything! I love the minimal straps. I wore my gold earrings and bobby pins to finish the look. In hindsight, I should’ve worn one gold booby pin, one silver, and one bronze!

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My Favorite Olympic Sports

I’ve always been a huge fan of the Olympics and love watching a variety of sports (and games) when they come around every 2 years (alternating between summer and winter). Most of the sports I don’t follow until the Olympics, so I wouldn’t call myself a die-hard…unless it’s gymnastics LOL. Here are my favorite summer Olympic sports to watch:

Gymnastics (of course)
Equestrian (primarily show jumping and eventing)
Swimming (but only the short races or near the end of the long races lol)
Diving (similar to gymnastics)

I’m sure I’ll also watch soccer, track and field, softball, volleyball, beach volleyball, and whatever else is shown on TV!

I was able to catch live podium training of women’s gymnastics and now I’m really excited and anxious for qualifications! It’s going to be a tight race between the American ladies because there is a rule that only two per country can compete in finals for the individual medals, and this rule is extended even to the athletes competing as individuals and not part of the team. My fingers are crossed in the hopes that each lady makes it to an individual event final!!!

Now it’s your turn—what are your favorite Olympic sports (or games) to watch? ALSO, will you be catching the live streams or watching them on primetime after the fact? I’m so torn because all of the live streams will be in the middle of the night for me! Seems like I should be responsible and wait for them to re-air at a normal time for us…but avoiding spoilers will be a struggle for sure!

OUTFIT DETAILS

Everlane tee / exact style or similar from Zappos (review here)
J.Crew Factory skirt / old; similar by Draper James
Madewell sandals / exact style (also available from Zappos)
AUrate earrings c/o / exact (last seen here)
Goody bobby pins / similar by Sally Beauty
Le Specs sunglasses / exact via Shopbop or Nordstrom
Dior Lip Glow in rosewood / exact