The 2020 Tokyo Olympics Thread

[S Landreth]

top 12..........

[S Landreth]

Tomorrow (8/6/21). Women’s Beach Volleyball

USA (April Ross & Alix Klineman) vs Australia (Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Taliqua Clancy) for Gold at 9:30am Thai time

Beach Volleyball Schedule & Results - 6 Aug | Tokyo 2020

[havnfun]

I'M interested now S L, when did they bring this "sport " into the Olympics?
They never had this when I was a teen.

[harrybarracuda]

Sounds like the US made a bit of a mess of the 4x100m.

[harrybarracuda]

Thailand's Sudaporn Sisondee lost to Kellie Harrington (IRL) in the Women's Lightweight boxing, giving her a Bronze medal.

Galal Yafai's Semi Final in the Men's Flyweight is at 12:48 Thailand.

[harrybarracuda]

Will be handsomely rewarded I fancy...

Hugues Fabrice Zango’s bronze in the men’s triple jump final is the first-ever Olympic medal for the West African nation of Burkina Faso.

Zango noted that his success also came on his country’s Independence Day, in comments to the media.

“I’m pretty happy for Burkina Faso because today is the Independence Day of my country and I got the first medal for my country. This is really good and it’s historic for me and for my country,” he said.

“It’s not the medal I wanted but it’s good for Burkina Faso and it’s historic. Burkina Faso is really happy. Everybody is happy. I think they will throw a great party when I go back.”

[OhOh]

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank by Gold medals	Rank by Total
CHINA	35	29	21	85	1	1
People's Republic of China	32	23	16
Hong Kong, China	1	2	0
Chinese Taipei	2	4	5
United States of America	27	33	24	84	2	2

No records published for individual ameristani "states", "sex", "race", "politics", "GDP per capita PPP".... unfortunately.

The Tokyo Olympic Committee need to move with the times.

[Storekeeper]

^ Well done. Now add the medals Great Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand have won to the USA totals. And didn’t Puerto Rico get a couple? Can we claim those?

[havnfun]

Out of curiosity, has any silver or bronze medalist ever competed in the next Olympic games that came from China, or did they "retire" ?

[David48atTD]

Medal Tally Update.

^ Convicts picked up a few more Gold today and push back past Great Britain

Good Job New Zealand ... punching above their weight with 7 Gold.

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I was curious where China was picking up the bulk of their Gold.

They are first, daylight second when it comes to weightlifting ...

^ That Gold from Chinese Taipei must have smarted

China is handy at shooting things. USA note ... do not invade!

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And the Host Nation ... where do they excel?

JUDO!

A little under half their Gold comes from the Sport.

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The Convicts will slowly slip down the ladder because ...

[cyrille]

I was curious where China was picking up the bulk of their Gold.

They are first, daylight second when it comes to weightlifting ...

Yeah, the discipline where steroids can make the biggest difference.

What a coincidence!

[David48atTD]

^ Like the East Germans and recently the Russians ... the odour of testosterone lingers.


That said ... watching the Lassies Diving ATM ... can't see how drugs can assist.

A Chinese Lassie, only recently a Teenager (shes 14) just completed a perfect '10'.

Credit where credit is due.

[OhOh]

I see, this could be extended, but by what criteria shall we agree on?

Which countries to include in the two blocks, physical presence, agreed and unagreed, military associations, commercial associations, total debt to their creditor ...

Puerto Rico appears to "unincorporated" - I'm not familiar with that status. It is not a UN member and wiki states it's:

"United States has sovereignty over 14 territories. Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)"

So.



Puerto Rico's gold added and table updated.

[cyrille]

That said ... watching the Lassies Diving ATM ... can't see how drugs can assist.

A Chinese Lassie, only recently a Teenager (shes 14) just completed a perfect '10'.

Credit where credit is due.

Yeah, that's where the 'slavery' aspect comes in.

Credit where credit's due?

I guess the exposé autobiographies will sell well in about 2026 anyway.

Then again, Simone Biles seems to be getting celebrated for flunking, so I guess it's just an odd world.

[Little Chuchok]

New Zealand's Lisa Carrington wins third gold at Tokyo Olympics


Lisa Carrington became New Zealand’s most prolific Olympic medallist on Thursday when she won gold in the canoe sprint women’s K1 500 final in Tokyo – her third gold of the Games.
The victory gave Carrington her sixth Olympic medal and fifth gold, pushing her to the top of the country’s Olympic podium she shared for two days with fellow paddlers Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald and equestrian Sir Mark Todd, who all won five Olympic medals.

[S Landreth]

Team USA Women's Water Polo Beats ROC to Advance to Gold Medal Match

The U.S. women’s water polo team rallied from a three-point deficit to trounce the Russian Olympic Committee in a 15-11 victory.

With that win, Team USA moves to the gold-medal match and will face either Spain or Hungary, who face each other in the second semifinal at 6:50 a.m. ET.

The U.S., gold medalists in London 2012 and Rio 2016, were on the verge of crashing out before the final until a late push helped them over the line. With just over five minutes left, Aria Fischer put the U.S. ahead 12-11. From there, Alys Williams and Madeline Musselman ensured the win with 3 points between them.

The win was partly thanks to three points from captain Maggie Steffens. Steffens is the all-time leading Olympic scorer in the sport.

The US fell to Hungary in the preliminary rounds 10-9, ending an unbeaten run of 12 Olympic games.: Team USA Women’s Water Polo Beats ROC to Advance to Gold Medal Match – NBC Chicago - https://twitter.com/USAWP/status/1423220123486232577

[harrybarracuda]

Galal Yafi won his Men's Flyweight (boxing) semi and goes for Gold against the Phils' Carlo Paalam on Saturday morning.

[cyrille]

^^ Lass looks like an athlete.

[S Landreth]

^I was watching the match. All those women are in great shape.

Nageotte wins pole vault gold

Katie Nageotte (USA) is the only vaulter who clears the bar at 4.90m after Holly Bradshaw (GBR), defending champion Katerina Stefanidi (GRE), and world champion Anzhelika Sidorova (ROC) all fail at that height.

Sidorova had one attempt at 4.95, her world championships-winning height, but missed.

Gold to Nageotte, silver to Sidorova, bronze to Bradshaw.: Tokyo 2020 - Instagram

[elche]

A breath of fresh air, regardless of what country we come from, How nice it is to see a person show some love for her country.

It's a show of appreciation for the people of a country, not racist bigots like yourself.

[pickel]

Canada got gold in 200m dash and decathlon.

[helge]

Canada got gold in 200m dash and decathlon.

And world record in decathlon ?

That's real sport

[pickel]

And world record in decathlon ?

Olympic record, not world.

[MarilynMonroe]

'Now he's a legend': Andre De Grasse wins Olympic gold in men's 200m


'''Now he'''s a legend''': Andre De Grasse wins Olympic gold in men'''s 200m | CBC Sports


I've been watching the Olympics everyday. Canadian women have also done amazing and won medals in Swimming, Judo, Soccer, and Softball.

[MarilynMonroe]

Canada's Damian Warner strikes gold in Olympic decathlon




London, Ont., athlete sets Olympic record with 9,018 points



On a steamy night in Tokyo, Damian Warner was as cool as can be, recording the highest score ever in Olympic decathlon on his way to Canada's first gold medal in one of the Games' oldest and most storied events."It's been a long two days. When you go through the whole battle of the decathlon and finally finish and you get the result you were looking for, there is no greater feeling. This is a dream come true," Warner said.

"I've never been in this position when one of my dreams came true. I don't even know how to react right now," added Warner, who at 31 years old was the oldest competitor in this 21-man field.

Warner, whose 9,018 points are also a new Olympic record, made it known from the beginning of this two gruelling, two-day event that he was the man to beat in Tokyo and deserving of the unofficial title of "the world's greatest athlete. (The world's hottest as well )

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/olympics-track-and-field-decathlon-damian-warner-pierce-lepage-aug-5-1.6130324