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Post by Panda on Jul 28, 2021 20:22:33 GMT 1
Day 5 points table: 1. United States 69 2. China 66 3. Netherlands 64 4. Australia 62 5. Great Britain 56 6. Italy 51 7. Germany 48 8. Japan 44 8. ROC 44 10. Hungary 25 11. Poland 24 12. Switzerland 23 13. Romania 17 14. France 16 14. New Zealand 16 16. Canada 15 17. South Africa 12 18. Denmark 9 19. Belgium 8 19. Fiji 8 19. Georgia 8 19. Latvia 8 19. Slovenia 8 19. South Korea 8 25. Austria 7 25. Hong Kong 7 25. Venezuela 7 28. Argentina 6 28. Indonesia 6 28. Ireland 6 28. Serbia 6 32. Albania 5 32. Brazil 5 32. Chinese Taipei 5 32. Lithuania 5 32. Mexico 5 32. Uzbekistan 5 38. Bulgaria 4 38. Croatia 4 38. Egypt 4 38. Turkey 4 42. Czech Republic 3 42. Estonia 3 42. Iran 3 42. Spain 3 42. Sweden 3 42. Tunisia 3 48. Greece 2 48. Portugal 2 48. Ukraine 2 51. Colombia 1 51. Israel 1 51. Moldova 1 51. Mongolia 1 Overall top 10: 1. United States 288 2. China 248 3. Japan 208 4. Italy 189 5. ROC 185 6. Great Britain 182 7. Australia 141 8. France 135 9. Netherlands 132 10. South Korea 124 86 teams have scored at least a point.
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Post by Panda on Jul 28, 2021 20:59:57 GMT 1
DAY 6 GOLD MEDAL EVENTS
CANOEING C1 Slalom (W)
FENCING Team foil (W)
GYMNASTICS Individual all-around (W)
JUDO 78kg (W) 100kg (M)
ROWING Pair (M) Pair (W) Lightweight double sculls (M) Lightweight double sculls (W)
SHOOTING Trap (W) Trap (M)
SWIMMING 800m Freestyle (M) 200m Breaststroke (M) 200m Butterfly (W) 100m Freestyle (M) 4x200m Freestyle relay (W)
TABLE TENNIS Singles (W)
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VIRTUAL MEDAL TABLE PREDICTION:
Gold: none
Silver: none
Bronze: Matthew Coward-Holley, Women's 4x200m Freestyle relay
The Virtual Medal Table predicts a quiet day for GB in terms of medals, with just two bronze medals, one of which can't happen as GB didn't enter a team for the women's 4x200m relay. That leaves trap shooter Matthew Coward-Holley, a former rugby player who is the current world and European champion. Kirsty Hegarty goes in the women's trap.
Mallory Franklin qualified fastest in the heats of the women's C1 slalom and could have a chance of a medal if she maintains that form.
Identical twins Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova go for GB in the all-around gymnastics, having qualified 12th and 17th respectively.
Helen Glover and Polly Swann are in the final of the women's pairs rowing after finishing 2nd behind Greece in their semi-final. Emily Craig and Imogen Grant have a realistic medal chance in the lightweight double sculls.
In the pool, James Wilby qualified 2nd fastest for the final of the 200m Breaststroke. Alys Thomas just made it into the final of the 200m Butterfly but a medal looks beyond her.
Away from the gold medal events, GB's women begin their rugby sevens campaign, having finished 4th in Rio. They face ROC and New Zealand in their first two group matches, then take on Kenya the following day.
The men's golf begins on Day 6. Justin Rose isn't defending the title he won in Rio with GB represented by Paul Casey and Tommy Fleetwood. Their task has got slightly easier with the withdrawals of Spain's Jon Rahm and American Bryson DeChambeau, though the US still has a very strong quartet of Open winner Collin Morikawa, Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. After missing Rio in 2016, Rory McIlroy makes his Olympic debut for Ireland.
The BMX racing also begins with Kye White and Beth Shriever representing GB.
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Post by Tom on Jul 28, 2021 21:04:56 GMT 1
But an excellent silver in the men's quadruple sculls! I didn't catch who it was but one of them was from Maidenhead and went to the same school as Tom Dean! With Tom Dean's second gold that means Maidenhead is now above Germany in the medal table lol
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Post by Pablo on Jul 28, 2021 21:07:00 GMT 1
GB lost 17-12 to Argentina in the rugby sevens bronze medal match after what was, to be honest, a poor performance. However, the fact they came close to a medal shows what they would be capable of if they had the right funding. It was cut last year in the wake of Covid before a deal was agreed between the unions to ensure GB could send teams to Tokyo. I didn't watch the match (thanks to a last minute meeting that got scheduled) but I heard the GB's captain - Tom Mitchell - was unable to play after he was unable to shake off the strain he got playing against NZ the previous day. They struggled without him then and maybe missed his influence against Argentina. Either way, I hope this does raise the profile of rugby sevens here as I've enjoyed watching this more than the 15s.
I watched the Fiji vs. NZ match and it was a good watch. Majestic to watch the Fiji team do their stuff with style and elegance.
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Post by Tom on Jul 28, 2021 21:37:20 GMT 1
Broady also out of the singles. One of the mixed doubles teams withdrew and Salisbury/Watson still didn't get in so they probably weren't that close.
Bit of a disappointing day overall. Having seen the highlights show couldn't believe what happened to the men's four in the rowing. Noticed that Romania got two medals in the rowing, do they normally get rowing medals?
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Post by Panda on Jul 28, 2021 22:25:09 GMT 1
Yes, Romania usually feature on the rowing medal table. They only got one bronze in Rio and nothing in London but had a gold in Athens and three golds in Sydney. You often tend to see some countries doing very well in one or two events rather than having contenders in most events like Australia, GB etc but that can sometimes grow. Ireland seems to be putting a lot of effort into its rowing programme now so it'll be interesting to see if they make more finals in Paris in three years' time.
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Post by Pablo on Jul 28, 2021 23:12:26 GMT 1
Be interesting to see how China fare in the rowing in the next Olympics too. I was surprised to see them do quite well in this Olympics and even challenging for golds. It made some sense though when I heard Sir Steve Redgrave is a director of the Chinese rowing association.
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 1:42:43 GMT 1
4th place for Helen Glover and Polly Swann in the Pairs. Despite no medal, it's a great achievement for Glover to come back and compete after having three children.
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 2:20:54 GMT 1
Another 4th in the women's lightweight double sculls, missing out on bronze by 1/100th of a second and just a second separating the first five boats.
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Post by Good Old Days on Jul 29, 2021 9:58:06 GMT 1
Alessandra Perilli won the first medal for San Marino (!!!).
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 18:53:09 GMT 1
Alessandra Perilli won the first medal for San Marino (!!!). Making them the smallest nation in terms of population to ever win an Olympic medal. It looks like they would have someone in the final of the men's event too but he missed out on a place in the shoot-off by one shot.
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 19:03:51 GMT 1
So two more medals for GB. Silver for Mallory Franklin in the C1 canoe slalom and bronze for Matthew Coward-Holley in the trap shooting - doing well to finish 3rd after a slow start in the final.
That takes the tally to 18 with two more guaranteed as Emma Wilson can finish no lower than 3rd in the windsurfing, joining boxer Karriss Artingstall's guaranteed medal.
In the hockey, GB's men are through to the quarter-finals with a game to spare after a very good cheeky Desmond with the Netherlands. The women lost 1-0 to the Dutch in a repeat of the 2016 final. They should still make it through, though a draw in their last group game against Ireland would clinch their spot for certain.
The women's rugby sevens is underway. GB earned a narrow win over ROC in their first game, then let slip a 21-0 lead against New Zealand in their second, losing 26-21. They need to beat Kenya tomorrow to make certain of their place in the knockout stages.
In the BMX racing, Kye White and Beth Shriever are both through to the semi-finals.
In the golf, Paul Casey is in a tie for 8th after the first round, four shots off surprise leader Sepp Straka of Austria.
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 20:07:44 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 20:18:11 GMT 1
Teams that have won a medal, day-by-day: DAY 1 Belgium China Chinese Taipei Ecuador Estonia France Hungary India Indonesia Iran Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kosovo Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Romania ROC Serbia Slovenia South Korea Spain Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Ukraine DAY 2 Australia Austria Brazil Bulgaria Canada Colombia Georgia Germany Great Britain Norway Turkey United States Uzbekistan DAY 3 Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Hong Kong Ivory Coast Jordan Kuwait New Zealand Philippines DAY 4 Bermuda Cuba North Macedonia South Africa Turkmenistan DAY 5 Argentina Fiji Ireland Latvia Poland Venezuela DAY 6 Finland Portugal San Marino Slovakia 66 teams have won a medal.
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 20:29:57 GMT 1
GB 2020 v VIRTUAL MEDAL TABLE Gold: 5-5 Silver: 7-6 Bronze: 6-4 Total: 18-15
GB 2020 v GB 2016 Gold: 5-4 Silver: 7-6 Bronze: 6-6 Total: 18-16
GB 2020 v GB 2012 Gold: 5-5 Silver: 7-6 Bronze: 6-4 Total: 18-15
GB 2020 v GB 2008 Gold: 5-2 Silver: 7-2 Bronze: 6-3 Total: 16-7
GB 2020 v GB 2004 Gold: 5-2 Silver: 7-3 Bronze: 6-4 Total: 18-9
GB 2020 v GB 2000 Gold: 5-2 Silver: 7-5 Bronze: 6-3 Total: 18-10
GB 2020 v GB 1996 Gold: 5-0 Silver: 7-1 Bronze: 6-0 Total: 18-1
GB 2020 v GB 1992 Gold: 5-1 Silver: 7-2 Bronze: 6-2 Total: 18-5
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 21:41:07 GMT 1
Day 6 points table: 1. United States 59 2. ROC 50 3. Australia 43 4. Germany 35 4. Italy 35 4. Japan 35 7. China 33 8. France 32 8. Great Britain 32 10. Canada 23 11. South Korea 18 12. Netherlands 17 13. Czech Republic 16 14. Brazil 14 15. Romania 12 16. Hungary 11 16. Spain 11 18. New Zealand 10 19. Austria 9 19. Ireland 9 21. Belgium 8 21. Croatia 8 21. Slovakia 8 21. Ukraine 8 25. Denmark 7 25. Portugal 7 27. Finland 6 27. Mexico 6 27. San Marino 6 27. Singapore 6 31. Georgia 4 31. Greece 4 31. Hong Kong 4 31. Kuwait 4 31. Poland 4 31. Serbia 4 37. Cuba 3 37. Uruguay 3 39. Israel 2 39. Switzerland 2 41. Belarus 1 41. Egypt 1 41. Norway 1 41. Sweden 1 Overall top 10: 1. United States 347 2. China 281 3. Japan 243 4. ROC 235 5. Italy 224 6. Great Britain 214 7. Australia 184 8. France 167 9. Germany 159 10. Netherlands 149 89 teams have scored at least a point.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 29, 2021 22:39:38 GMT 1
As we're about one third of the way through, here are British Olympic medal rankings.
1. Mallory Franklin, silver, C-1 slalom canoeing. This fulfilled all of the elements of a great sporting contest. Athleticism and technical skill. Judged by the clock, not by people awarding points. And it's a sport I've tried (sort of), which means I can understand the challenges. Mallory went fourth of ten competitors, taking the lead when she crossed the line. We then had the excitement of watching the final five runs, and waiting to see where Mallory would finish. Plus, the only person to beat her was an Aussie whose Dad won multiple World Championships for Britain, which means it's really an extra gold for Team GB.
2. Georgia Taylor-Brown, silver, triathlon. I like triathlon because it unfolds over almost 2 hours, and it is a "pure" sport - i.e. all about speed and stamina. Also I reckon I could just about complete a 5% triathlon (i.e. 3 lengths of the pool, down to the shops on a bike, and then one lap of the track. In about the same time as Georgia did the whole thing). Anyway, this event had the stories, as Georgia came back from a puncture in the cycling to overtake three rivals during the run, properly earning her silver. Furthermore the winner was from Bermuda. And triathletes seems to get on so well with each, regardless of nationality. Proper Olympians, proper Olympic Spirit.
3. Jennifer & Jessica Gadirova, Alex Kinsella & Amelie Morgan, bronze, artistic gymnastics all-round. Scores well for being so unexpected. And for our quartet being such sweet and happy innocents. Might have ranked higher had it actually been covered live on tv, rather than being squeezed around dressage and with the Japanese broadcaster focussing on every nation except Team GB.
4. Tom Dean, gold, and Duncan Scott, silver, 200m freestyle swimming. A gold-silver finish in the pool is brilliant, no mistake. But it is all over so quickly, and swimming simply isn't the most exciting of sports to watch.
5. Tom Daley & Matty Lee, gold, synchronized 10m platform diving. Good on yer Tom. What a nice man. Loses points for being a judgemental sport. But tempers this slightly because even I know that over-rotating and lots of splashing is bad, so I can anticipate the scores to a degree.
6. Alex Yee, silver, triathlon. See #2, but without the dramatic back stories.
7. Tom Pidcock, gold, cross-country cycling. Tom is brilliant. But there wasn't much excitement in this, because he led for much of the race. Having spectated at the cross-country cycling at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, I know this sport is much harder than it looks on t.v.
8. All the taekwondists. Well done to you all, I admire your balance, reflexes and managed aggression. But you all left me thinking that maybe you could have won gold with a bit more luck, tactical awareness &/or ruthlessness. Sorry, I'm an armchair critic, and you all did fantastically well.
9. Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott (& Calum Jarvis), gold, 4x200m freestyle relay. I should be more excited about this, but (i) it's swimming, and (ii) having already done a 1-2 in the 200m final, it was a touch predictable.
10. Adam Peatty, gold, 100m breaststroke. Another sensational performance in a blistering time. But you're only 10th because it's what we all expected. Also, points knocked off for swearing too many times during your post-race interview.
11. Charlotte Dujardin, bronze, dressage. Britain's most decorated female Olympian ever. That's an achievement you can't help but admire. And you've done this on a young, inexperienced horse too. But see #14.
12. Tom Barras, Jack Beaumont, Angus Groom & Harry Leask, silver, quad sculls. Totally unfair on the four of you, but because our rowers have racked up a phenomenal pile of 4th places, I'm struggling to get excited about rowing this time around. Especially after learning that it is the most highly funded of the UK's Olympic sports. Yep, more cash than cycling, athletics and swimming.
13. Chelsie Giles, bronze, judo. Sorry Chelsie, but I didn't see any of this. If I had, I'm sure you'd have placed higher on my list.
14. Charlottes Fry & Dujardin, Carl Hester, bronze, team dressage. I like events which take a while to unfold - see triathlon, for example. But not events which take ages, are terminally dull, impenetrably complicated, and decided by judges. It's really clever what you are able to make those horses do, but I just don't want to watch it. Bring on the show jumping.
15. Matthew Coward-Holley, bronze, trap shooting. Someone has to come last on my list. And I am truly in awe of all of our competitors at the Olympics, and especially the medallists. But, as a spectactor sport, even the world staring championships are more interesting than shooting. Plus, the podium had to be reinforced for the three chunkies who picked up the medals in this event. Call me old fashioned, but I like my Olympians to look like they eat fewer burgers than I do.
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2021 23:55:38 GMT 1
DAY 7 GOLD MEDAL EVENTS
ARCHERY Individual (W)
ATHLETICS 10000m (M)
BADMINTON Doubles (X)
CANOEING K1 Slalom (M)
CYCLING BMX Race (M) BMX Race (W)
FENCING Team epee (M)
GYMNASTICS Trampoline (W)
JUDO +78kg (W) +100kg (M)
ROWING Single sculls (W) Single sculls (M) Eight (W) Eight (M)
SHOOTING 25m Pistol (W)
SWIMMING 200m Breaststroke (W) 200m Backstroke (M) 100m Freestyle (W) 200m Individual medley (M)
TABLE TENNIS Singles (M)
TENNIS Doubles (M)
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VIRTUAL MEDAL TABLE PREDICTIONS:
Gold: none
Silver: Men's Eight
Bronze: none
Another relatively quiet day predicted for GB on the medal front but there is potential for GB to improve on the predictions.
The rowing regatta reaches its conclusion and a silver is predicted for the men's eight, though they haven't looked particularly impressive so far and in what looks to be a very close field, any medal would be welcome. The other rowing final with GB representation sees Vicky Thornley in the single sculls, where a medal can't be ruled out.
GB has medal chances in the pool once again, where GB is represented in all four finals. Duncan Scott is hoping to pick up his third of the Games in the 200m IM, where he qualified 2nd quickest for the final. Luke Greenbank also qualified 2nd quickest in the 200m Backstroke, while Molly Renshaw and Abbie Wood are both in the final of the women's 200m Breaststroke. The other final is the women's 100m Freestyle, where Anna Hopkin squeezed through 8th quickest.
The men's and women's BMX racing reaches its conclusion and Kye White and Beth Shriever are both still involved.
On the women's trampoline, Bryony Page won a surprise silver medal in Rio. She's hoping to repeat the feat in Tokyo and is joined in the line-up by Laura Gallagher.
GB has one archer remaining in Tokyo with Bryony Pitman through to the last 16 in the women's competition. Pitman knocked out the no.6 seed in the previous round.
Athletics gets underway with events getting underway in the morning session including the women's 100m and 800m, men's discus and 400m Hurdles. The first medal event is the men's 10000m, where Sam Atkin and Marc Scott among 25 competitors in the absence of double champion Mo Farah.
Bradley Forbes-Cryans is through to the semi-finals of the K1 slalom. He was only 13th in the heat but finished 4th at the last World Championship.
Judo reaches its conclusion with Sarah Adlington hoping to double GB's medal tally, though she goes up against the no.8 seed from Tunisia in the opening round.
In boxing, GB's Pat McCormack and Ben Whittaker will be hoping to guarantee themselves a medal by winning their respective quarter-finals.
The women's rugby team face Kenya for a place in the quarter-finals. The women's football team will face Australia in their quarter-final.
The second round of the men's golf takes place with Paul Casey in a good position after the first 18 holes.
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Post by Panda on Jul 30, 2021 2:32:25 GMT 1
Bronze for the men's eight. GB finish without a gold medal in rowing for the first time since 1980.
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Post by Panda on Jul 30, 2021 2:55:57 GMT 1
And a bronze for Luke Greenbank in the 200m Backstroke!
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