The 2020 Tokyo Olympics Thread

[S Landreth]

Today's top 12

[panama hat]

That's real sport

Agreed, certainly the most impressive

[S Landreth]

USA wins another Gold (Beach Volleyball)……….

[Klondyke]

And world record in decathlon ?

That's real sport

I cannot find the results of Olympic snooker...

[harrybarracuda]

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

You've gotta feel sorry for the Americans.

All that time waiting for Bolt to retire and then along comes this chap to piss all over their strawberries.

[S Landreth]

U.S. women'''s basketball defeats Serbia to reach gold medal game

Tokyo–The U.S. women's basketball squad took and early lead and coasted past Serbia 79-59 on Friday, advancing to Sunday's gold medal game.

Why it matters: The U.S. women will look to capture their seventh straight gold medal when they play the winner of tonight's matchup between France and Japan.

[David48atTD]

^ point lost on you!!
A young women that won gold in the 2020 Olympics for her country and announced it proudly.
Compared to a team of brats that would not stand for their country's flag and lost.

havnfun, it seems you have political influence!

Donald Trump blames 'leftist maniacs' for USA's bronze medal in women's football at Tokyo Olympics

Former US president Donald Trump has lashed his country's women's football team for being too "woke" after they won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.

Key points:

• The former president and Megan Rapinoe have clashed in the past
• Mr Trump said the team would perform better if they replaced the "wokesters" with patriots
• The US team suffered a shock loss to Canada in the semi-finals, but beat Australia to bronze

The number-one ranked Americans suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Canada in the semi-finals, before beating Australia 4-3 to claim bronze.

It was a moderate underperformance for a country that has claimed four previous Olympic gold medals, but Mr Trump put the blame on the perceived personal politics of some of the players.

"If our soccer team, headed by a radical group of Leftist Maniacs, wasn't woke, they would have won the Gold Medal instead of the Bronze," Mr Trump said in a statement released on Twitter by his chief spokeswoman.

[VocalNeal]

Mt niece's boyfriend is in the UK Bronze medal winning rowing squad. Tom Ford.

[lom]

Women's football final Sweden - Canada starts now

[harrybarracuda]

Bronze for GB in the Men's Sprint (cycling)

Bronze for GB in the Women's Hockey

A minimum of Bronze for GB in the Women's Middleweight (boxing)

Silver for GB in the Men's 4 x 100m

Silver for GB in the Women's 1500m

Gold for GB in the Womens Madison (cycling apparently)

Gold for GB in the Women's Modern Heptathlon

A good haul for the day.

[harrybarracuda]

Canada beat Sweden in the laydees football in a penalty hoofenkicken.

In all honesty they deserved to lose for the endless chances they failed to put away. Stevie fucking Wonder could have netted a few of those.

[harrybarracuda]

Indonesia have rewarded their badminton gold medallists with with cows, a meatball restaurant, a house and £250,000 in cash.

[harrybarracuda]

The American laydees seem very pleased with their football bronze.

The Swedes have faces like smacked arses over their silver.

[harrybarracuda]

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[MarilynMonroe]

You've gotta feel sorry for the Americans.

All that time waiting for Bolt to retire and then along comes this chap to piss all over their strawberries.

Haha! Yeah, there are some amazing athletes in that roundup.

[MarilynMonroe]

Canadian women'&#39;'s soccer team delivers thrilling Olympic gold-medal victory over Sweden | CBC Sports

Canada wins gold over Sweden in Soccer!!!!

Quinn becomes the first Transgender to win gold on the team!

Canadian Soccer Player Quinn Is First Trans, Nonbinary Athlete To Win Gold : Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics : NPR

[Clark77]

There is lots of murmuring about new "trampoline" running shoes that may significantly improve performance

I've read that the track itself is quite different and advantageous to those competing this year.

[David48atTD]

The American laydees seem very pleased with their football bronze.

The Swedes have faces like smacked arses over their silver.

It's a slightly weird, but understandable system.

You WIN the play-off for Bronze and you are elated to have 'medaled' and elated that you won the game.

You LOSE the Gold match and you have both lost the Gold and lost the match.

Given time, I'm sure the Silver medalists will value their achievement.

[David48atTD]

For me, some of the take-outs are ...

Glad that the 3 person basketball was played ... sort of what it's like in a neighborhood.

The 12 yo skateborder who won a medal.

Sports climbing (well, I've only watched the Lassies) and the whole family picks their winner, watch them scale the wall like spiderman and it's all over in under 10 secs (pure vertical climb).

Watching the pure chaos that is cycling's Madison race. Apparently GB does as they nailed that race.

And a new sporting hero for me in the Australian basketball team player Patty Mills.

[S Landreth]

2 more days until the closing ceremony. Today’s top 10…………

[S Landreth]

Allyson Felix Wins Bronze In 400 To Become Olympics' Most Decorated Female Track Athlete

The U.S. legend captured her 10th career Olympic medal during the Tokyo games.

Allyson Felix further cemented her Olympic greatness at the Tokyo games, finishing third in the 400-meter race on Friday.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo of Bahamas won in 48.36 seconds and Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic was second in 49.20. Felix’s time was 49.46 ― just a few ticks behind her personal best of 49.26.:

[VocalNeal]

The American laydees seem very pleased with their football bronze.

The Swedes have faces like smacked arses over their silver.

Also works for Hockey - with the Swedes.

[pickel]

For me, some of the take-outs are ...

My favorites have been women's skateboarding and the decathlon.

[Storekeeper]

Last second win for the gold!

[aging one]

Gold medal basketball game is at halftime. USA over France by 5.