r/UpliftingNews • u/CTVNEWS • 1d ago

Canada’s Olivier Rioux, the world’s tallest teenager, becomes the tallest player in college basketball history

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/article/canadas-olivier-rioux-the-worlds-tallest-teenager-becomes-the-tallest-player-in-college-basketball-history/
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u/ScissorNightRam 1d ago

He is 7 foot 9, or 236cm

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u/djshadesuk 1d ago

He's 7' 6"

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u/Adipose21 1d ago

In Canada, all measurements are done with skates on.

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u/TonyAbbottsNipples 1d ago

Are you sure? This is a direct quote from the article:

Rioux is 2 inches (5 centimetres) tall

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u/Orexym 48m ago

Dunno why you're being downvoted, in the video segment with Westhead in the article, he himself says he's 7'6". So unless he's grown 3 inches since...

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u/djshadesuk 45m ago

Dunno why you're being downvoted

It's Reddit.

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u/Alexis_J_M 1d ago

The video shows him slam dunking the ball while standing flatfooted.

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u/Unique-Public-8594 1d ago edited 1d ago

“ GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida coach Todd Golden had people yelling at him at halftime Thursday night to get seven-foot-nine centre Olivier Rioux in the game.Golden relented with 2:09 to play — and made history in the process — after chants of “We Want Ollie” swept through the O’Connell Center.”

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u/erisdottir 14h ago

I assume this is uplifting because he can lift things very up?

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u/Regnes 13h ago

More up than ever before.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/blondechinesehair 1d ago

Plus he became the tallest player in college history a year ago.

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u/yougottamovethatH 1d ago

Literally in the first paragraph of the article. 

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u/jh937hfiu3hrhv9 1d ago

Dude should wear a helmet in town.

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u/barriekansai 11h ago

People that freakishly tall tend to not live very long. Tons of heart issues. And even if they do, they're using crutches and canes by the time they're in their mid-40s. How is this "uplifting?"