I promise this is true. Will answer what I can without giving away too many clues about the athlete.
Edit: @JoeByeThen@hexbear.net is the winner of this thread, meaning he has paper-scissors-rocked his way to victory over an Olympic gold medalist.
Was it the sport they won the medal at
Hell no
Was it Michael Phelps in competitive bong rips.
Alas, no.
It was a sport that has been in the Olympics, and perhaps will one day return.
Urban planning?
Like urban planning and competitive bong rips, it’s one where you can gain weight while playing
Edit: Shit, what we played was only featured in a “demonstration programme” and didn’t make the Games
Sumo? Was sumo at Tokyo? Wait was that Tokyo or Kyoto? Whatever…
Edit: it was Tokyo
Table tennis
Neither their glorious victory nor mine
Knitting
In bed?
An alley
Bowling!
Indeed
And I had, like, 5x the score they did. Would they have lapped me five times in their sport? Probably, but they might have won before that happened, in which case this is more impressive.
beat Mijaín López at chess
No on the specifics, but yes on the general idea
which factions did you play in StarCraft 2?
It’s still hard to beat elite athletes at esports, someday it’s going to be a part of GOAT debates like golf was for Biden and Trump.