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Post by Panda on Jul 12, 2021 21:53:55 GMT 1
A year late and behind closed doors due to the ongoing Covid situation in Tokyo, but the Olympics begin in less than two weeks.
I'll do a proper preview soon but here are a few things to look out for:
The USA absolutely dominating athletics GB not dominating cycling and rowing like they have done but possibly enjoying more success in swimming and gymnastics 4 new sports: karate, surfing, climbing and skateboarding, plus the return of baseball/softball rubcale proclaiming the entire Games a disaster if GB doesn't win a gold medal on the opening day
So there's all that to look forward to plus a lot more....
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Post by Panda on Jul 17, 2021 1:23:35 GMT 1
So here's the first part of the preview. It's written from a British perspective, with most of the members here being British but I will try and look beyond Team GB as well.
Athletics really is the flagship Olympic sport, dominating most of the coverage during the second week of the Games. It's provided some memorable performances from some legendary names like Usain Bolt, Michael Johnson, Bob Beamon and Cathy Freeman as well as moments of controversy and heartbreak like Ben Johnson in 1988 and Derek Redmond in 1992.
From a British perspective, it's a sport where Team GB has a proud history, winning at least one medal at every Olympics and at least one gold at the last four Games. Can GB keep the run going in Tokyo? From a gold medal perspective, it might be a big ask. GB won five medals at the last World Championships two years ago: two for Dina Asher-Smith (gold in the 200m, silver in the 100m) heptathlon gold for Katarina Johnson-Thompson and silver in both sprint relays. While the sprint relay teams should be in contention once again, it looks a big ask for Asher-Smith and Johnson-Thompson to replicate their performances. Asher-Smith's 200m gold came with several big names absent from the event and the field for both sprints looks stacked on this occasion, even with the absence of Sha'Carri Richardson, who misses the Olympics after a receiving a one-month ban for testing positive for marijuana. Johnson-Thompson has been working her way back to fitness after an achilles injury and there are big question marks over whether she can challenge for gold this time.
From an individual perspective, there is no doubt the women's team looks stronger than the men's. The best chance of a medal may come in the 800m, where GB has three women who are all capable of making the final and challenging. Laura Muir has been a world class athlete for some time and is doubling up in Tokyo but despite some very fast times, doesn't have a global medal to her name yet, due to a mix of injuries and "gold or nothing" tactics in the past. This is also the first time she's run the 800m at a major championship. Fellow Scot Jemma Reekie has been matching her over the shorter distance this year, while 19-year-old Keely Hodgkinson managed to finish ahead of both at the British trials and went third on the British all-time list at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, only for Muir and Reekie to go back ahead of her when finishing 1-2 in Monaco the following week.
Another name recording spectcular times is Eilish McColgan, who recently broke Paula Radcliffe's British 5000m record and will be aiming to follow her mother Liz in winning an Olympic medal. Pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw smashed her own British record earlier this summer and will be hoping to finally win an Olympic medal.
On the men's side, there is no-one who stands out as an obvious medal contender, though there are several who are capable of making finals and getting in the mix if they peak at the right time, such as Adam Gemili and Andy Pozzi, while Callum Hawkins could go close in the marathon again after finishing 4th in Doha two years ago. Discus thrower Lawrence Okoye could be worth keeping an eye on as he returns to major athletics competition after spending several years pursuing an American football career.
In the relays, the men's and women's sprint teams should be up there, as should the women's 4x400m team but the men's 4x400m looks incredibly weak, with no-one managing to qualify for the individual event - unthinkable 25 years ago when GB was constantly challenging the USA.
Away from Team GB, athletes to watch out for include Shelly-Ann Fraser Price, who has produced some lightning quick times this year to the point that some are talking of her challening Florence Griffith-Joyner's long-standing world record over 100m. Another world record in danger is in the men's 400m hurdles - Norway's Karsten Warholm broke Kevin Young's 29-year-old world record in front of his home crowd in Oslo earlier this month could improve on that in Tokyo.
ATHLETICS
Athletics is
GB team:
(position on IAAF Top Lists for 2021 in brackets)
MEN 100m: CJ Ujah (31), Zharnel Hughes (41), Reece Prescod (72) 200m: Adam Gemili (60) 800m: Oliver Dustin (9), Elliot Giles (14), Daniel Rowden (27) 1500m: Josh Kerr (8), Jake Heyward (31), Jake Wightman (44) 5000m: Marc Scott (19), Andrew Butchart (65) 10000m: Marc Scott (11), Sam Atkin (-) 110m Hurdles: Andrew Pozzi (20) 3000m Steeplechase: Phil Norman (31), Zak Seddon (52) Marathon: Chris Thompson (138), Ben Connor (176), Callum Hawkins (-) 20km Walk: Callum Wilkinson (40), Tom Bosworth (72) High Jump: Tom Gale (35) Pole Vault: Harry Coppell (31) Triple Jump: Ben Williams (65) Shot Put: Scott Lincoln (19) Discus: Lawrence Okoye (12) Hammer: Taylor Campbell (13), Nick Miller (16) 4x100m Relay: Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod, CJ Ujah (1) 4x400m Relay: Niclas Baker, Cameron Chalmers, Matt Hudson-Smith, Michael Ohioze, Lee Thompson (26)
WOMEN 100m: Dina Asher-Smith (9), Daryll Neita (24), Asha Philip (59) 200m: Dina Asher-Smith (9), Beth Dobbin (46) 400m: Jodie Williams (34), Nicole Yeargin (35), Ama Pipi (40) 800m: Laura Muir (5), Jemma Reekie (6), Keely Hodgkinson (8) 1500m: Laura Muir (4), Katie Snowden (25) 5000m: Eilish McColgan (7), Amy-Eloise Markovc (55), Jess Judd (56) 10000m: Eilish McColgan (19), Jess Judd (43) 100m Hurdles: Cindy Sember (7), Tiffany Porter (13) 400m Hurdles: Jessie Knight (12), Jessica Turner (14), Meghan Beesley (43) 3000m Steeplechase: Elizabeth Bird (20), Aimee Pratt (26) Marathon: Stephanie Davis (50), Jessica Piasecki (-), Steph Twell (-) High Jump: Morgan Lake (25) Pole Vault: Holly Bradshaw (3) Long Jump: Lorraine Ugen (9), Jazmin Sawyers (11), Abigail Irozuru (38) Shot Put: Sophie McKinna (33) Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson (-) 4x100m Relay: Dina Asher-Smith, Beth Dobbin, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita, Ashleigh Nelson, Asha Philip (6) 4x400m Relay: Zoey Clark, Jessie Knight, Emily Diamond, Laviai Nielsen, Ama Pipi, Jessica Turner, Hannah Williams, Jodie Williams, Nicole Yeargin (2)
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Post by Panda on Jul 17, 2021 23:02:55 GMT 1
SWIMMING
The other sport that dominates the TV coverage of the Olympics, taking a lot of airtime during the first week. It's a sport that's brought mixed success for GB over the years, with highlights interspersed with years of underachievement. However, Rio saw a successful Games for GB in the pool, as the team brought home one gold and five silver medals. The gold came from Adam Peaty, who has continued to dominate the 100m Breaststroke and is the hottest favourite for British gold in the entire Games. Since the last Olympics, he's won two world titles and broken the world record numerous times. Peaty's dominance in the event is so great, the 20 fastest times ever were all achieved by him. Other British swimming medals in 2016 came from Jazz Carlin (x2), Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, the men's 4x200m freestyle relay and the men's 4x100m medley relay. Carlin hasn't made the squad this year and O'Connor has now retired but GB won gold in the medley relay at the last World Championships and should be in the mix again. There are also a host of new faces breaking through, such as Freya Anderson, who made the 100m Freestyle final at the last Worlds at the age of just 18, as well as more established names like Duncan Scott and Luke Greenbank, who have elevated themselves to world level since Rio. In the women's 10km open water, Alice Dearing becomes the first black swimmer to represent GB at an Olympics.
Three events have been added to the swimming schedule in order to achieve parity between men's and women's events. That means the addition of the men's 800m Freestyle, the women's 1500m Freestyle and a mixed medley relay.
Non-British swimmers to look out for include Caeleb Dressel, who won six gold medals at the last World Championships; Lilly King, who won four medals at the same Championships, and Italy's Federica Pellegrini, who is aiming to win a second Olympic gold medal, having first competed at the Olympics in 2004.
MEN 50m Freestyle: Ben Proud 100m Freestyle: Matt Richards, Jacob Whittle 200m Freestyle: Tom Dean, Duncan Scott 400m Freestyle: Kieran Bird 800m Freestyle: Kieran Bird 1500m Freestyle: Daniel Jervis 100m Backstroke: Luke Greenbank 200m Backstroke: Luke Greenbank, Brodie Williams 100m Breaststroke: Adam Peaty, James Wilby 200m Breaststroke: Ross Murdoch, James Wilby 100m Butterfly: James Guy, Jacob Peters 200m Individual medley: Joe Litchfield, Duncan Scott 400m Individual medley: Max Litchfield, Brodie Williams 4x100m Freestyle relay: Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Jacob Whittle 4x200m Freestyle relay: Tom Dean, James Guy, Calum Jarvis, Joe Litchfield, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott 4x100m Medley relay: Luke Greenbank, James Guy, Joe Litchfield, Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, James Wilby 10km Open water: Hector Pardoe
WOMEN 50m Freestyle: Anna Hopkin 100m Freestyle: Freya Anderson, Anna Hopkin 200m Freestyle: Freya Anderson 100m Backstroke: Kathleen Dawson, Cassie Wild 200m Backstroke: Cassie Wild 100m Breaststroke: Sarah Vasey 200m Breaststroke: Molly Renshaw, Abbie Wood 100m Butterfly: Harriet Jones 200m Butterfly: Laura Stephens, Alys Thomas 200m Individual medley: Alicia Wilson, Abbie Wood 400m Individual medley: Aimee Willmott 4x100m Freestyle relay: Freya Anderson, Lucy Hope, Anna Hopkin, Anna Wood 4x100m Medley relay: Freya Anderson, Kathleen Dawson, Anna Hopkin, Harriet Jones, Molly Renshaw, Laura Stephens, Sarah Vasey, Cassie Wild 10km Open water: Alice Dearing
MIXED 4x100m Medley relay: Freya Anderson, Kathleen Dawson, James Guy, Adam Peaty
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Post by o on Jul 18, 2021 16:05:59 GMT 1
Covid to get the most medals surely?
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Post by rewardman on Jul 18, 2021 17:24:44 GMT 1
It will be the athletics that makes me tune in.
Expecting a strong showing for team USA.
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Post by Panda on Jul 18, 2021 23:07:19 GMT 1
Expecting a strong showing for team USA. Really sticking your neck out there. In other bold predictions, the Federated States of Micronesia might struggle to make much impression on the medal table.
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Post by rewardman on Jul 19, 2021 12:24:46 GMT 1
Expecting a strong showing for team USA. Really sticking your neck out there. In other bold predictions, the Federated States of Micronesia might struggle to make much impression on the medal table. I know.
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Post by Panda on Jul 20, 2021 0:51:34 GMT 1
CYCLING
A sport which has seen considerable success for GB in recent Games, particularly inside the velodrome. GB has won of 20 of the 30 track cycling gold medals available at the last three Olympics. Will that dominance continue in Tokyo?
Due to Covid, there hasn't been as much form as previous years but GB has a habit of placing the entire focus on the Olympics, often giving a false impression that other nations are catching up. But surely that dominance can't continue for a fourth Games in a row? Indeed, GB hasn't won gold in an Olympic event at the World Championships since 2018, suggesting the likes of the Netherlands and Denmark are ready to challenge the status quo but we've thought this in the past and GB have ended up peaking at the right time.
There are plenty of familiar faces in the GB team, with Laura and Jason Kenny returning, as do Katie Archibald and Ed Clancy.
Away from the track GB has medal hopes elsewhere, perhaps most notably with Tom Pidcock in the mountain bike. Pidcock is a former world junior champion and won silver last year at senior level. He's already represented GB on the road and has been signed by Ineos Grenadiers. On the road, Lizzy Deignan goes for gold in the road race, having won silver in the event in 2012. The men's race sees GB fielding four riders with climbing pedigree: former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas, last year's Giro d'Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart, former Vuelta a Espana winner Simon Yates, and his brother Adam, on what looks to be gruelling course.
This Games sees the number of track events expanded from 10 to 12 with the Madison returning to the Olympics, while freestyle BMX events have been added in addition to the existing men's and women's races.
Team:
ROAD Men: Road Race: Tao Geoghegan Hart, Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates, Simon Yates Time Trial: Tao Geoghegan Hart, Geraint Thomas
Women: Road Race: Lizzy Deignan, Anna Shackley Time Trial: Anna Shackley
TRACK Men: Sprint: Jack Carlin, Jason Kenny Team Sprint: Jack Carlin, Jason Kenny, Philip Hindes (reserve) Team Pursuit: Ed Clancy, Ethan Hayter, Ethan Vernon, Matthew Walls, Oliver Wood, Charlie Tanfield (reserve) Keirin: Jack Carlin, Jason Kenny Omnium: Matthew Walls Madison: Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood
Women: Sprint: Katy Marchant Team Pursuit: Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Neah Evans, Laura Kenny, Josie Knight, Ellie Dickinson (reserve) Keirin: Katy Marchant Omnium: Laura Kenny Madison: Katie Archibald, Laura Kenny
MOUNTAIN BIKING Men's: Tom Pidcock Women's: Evie Richards
BMX Men: Race: Kye White Freestyle: Declan Brooks
Women: Race: Bethany Shriever Freestyle: Charlotte Worthington
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Post by Panda on Jul 20, 2021 23:38:33 GMT 1
Dutch analysts Gracenote have published their Virtual Medal Table once again, predicting the winner of every event of the Olympics. They have GB ranked 5th in terms of total medals, behind USA, ROC (Russian Olympic Committee, which is what Russia is being referred to at these Games), China and Japan. They have GB 7th on the table in terms of golds, with Netherlands 5th. This year's table comes with a small disclaimer that their analysis may be underrating the performance of China, due to so few of their athletes participating internationally since the start of the Covid pandemic. Their top 10, based on total medals looks like this: 1. United States 96 (40-27-29) 2. ROC 68 (21-26-21) 3. China 66 (33-11-22) 4. Japan 60 (26-20-14) 5. Great Britain 52 (14-23-15) 6. Netherlands 48 (16-14-18) 7. France 42 (7-13-22) 8. Italy 41 (8-15-18) 9. Australia 40 (16-12-12) 10. Germany 35 (13-9-13) Predicted medals for GB, sport-by-sport: ATHLETICS (1-4-1) BOXING (1-0-5) CANOEING (1-0-0) CYCLING (0-2-1) DIVING (1-3-1) EQUESTRIAN (2-3-1) GYMNASTICS (1-0-0) HOCKEY (0-0-1) MODERN PENTATHLON (0-1-1) ROWING (1-1-0) SAILING (1-1-0) SHOOTING (2-0-1) SWIMMING (2-3-2) TAEKWONDO (1-2-1) TENNIS (0-1-0) TRIATHLON (0-1-0) WEIGHTLIFTING (0-1-0) Several things stand out from that list, including the prediction of just 2 silver medals for GB in track cycling. Gracenote also predict a poor return in gymnastics, with Max Whitlock retaining his pommel horse gold the only predicted medal. In equestrian, they predict a 1-2-3 finish for GB in the eventing. The predicted athletics gold is for the men's sprint relay, with silvers predicted for Dina Asher-Smith in the 200m, Laura Muir in the 1500m, Jemma Reekie in the 800m and the women's sprint relay, with a bronze for Andy Pozzi in the 110m hurdles. Jade Jones is predicted to complete a hat-trick of Olympic taekwondo titles, with silvers for Bianca Walkden and Bradley Sinden. They also predict Emily Campbell to become GB's first weightlifting medallist since David Mercer in 1984. Of course, all of this should be taken with a pinch of salt. Analysis based purely on results can only get you so far, especially when it comes to certain sports. In 2016, Gracenote only predicted 3 cycling medals for GB and they went and dominated again. They predicted 51 total medals for GB in Rio, with 18 golds and GB ended up winning 67 in total (up on the number won in London in 2012) and finishing 2nd on the medal table with 27 golds. And given how the pandemic has affected sport in the last 18 months, there should perhaps be more caution than usual regarding these predictions.
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Post by Panda on Jul 21, 2021 0:07:59 GMT 1
This Games sees four sports make their Olympic debut: karate, skateboarding, climbing (officially 'sport climbing' ) and surfing. It is part of the IOC's mission to a) appeal to younger people and b) offer a more modern and inclusive Games which will see certain sports added at specific Olympics, rather than being permanent Olympic sports. Indeed, karate is not on the list of sports for 2024 and neither is baseball/softball, which was the fifth addition for 2020, but has featured as recently as 2008. Breakdancing (officially 'breaking') will make its debut in Paris in 2024, with skateboarding, surfing and climbing all retained. So, 2020. Karate has two separate types of competition: kumite and kata. Kumite is the combat version of the sport with competitors taking part in 3-minute contests and scored according to successful moves against the opponent. Kata is a choreographed series of movements performed solo and scored by judges. Competitors choose from 102 officially recognised kata by the World Karate Federation. GB has no-one competing in karate in Tokyo. (Sport) climbing in Tokyo consists of one competition comprised of three events: lead climbing, bouldering and speed climbing. The decision to configure the competition in this way caused criticism in the climbing world leading the the format to be changed already for 2024, when speed climbing will be a separate event. GB's sole climber in Tokyo is Shauna Coxsey in the women's event. Skateboarding joins the Olympic fold in Tokyo and consists of two disciplines: park and street. Park skateboarding takes place in a hollowed-out bowl-like structure while street consists of a straight course featuring a mixture of steps, handrails and curves on which to perform tricks. GB has two skateboarders in Tokyo, both in the women's park event: Bombette Martin and Sky Brown, who turns 13 during the Games and will become GB's youngest-ever Olympian. The last new sport is surfing. Its competitions see surfers scored by judges according to what they can accomplish while riding a wave. The competitions are a knockout format with heats initially consisting of four surfers before the later rounds switch to a head-to-head competition. GB has no representation in the surfing competitions in Tokyo.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 21, 2021 7:26:27 GMT 1
I always find the new sports interesting to watch.
At the Winter Olympics, ski-cross has quickly become a personal favourite. And while I generally don't like sports which require judges to determine the winner, the snowboarding events are great. Therefore, I'm looking forward to the skateboarding and the surfing.
I wonder how exciting the climbing events will be to watch ? I'll check in on them.
But I only find combat sports worthwhile if there is a British competitor involved. So, I'll probably give the karate a miss.
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Post by Panda on Jul 21, 2021 10:37:46 GMT 1
Team GB's women are off to a winning start in the football, beating Chile 2-0 with two goals from Ellen White. They have harder games to come against Japan and Canada but with the two best 3rd-place teams from the three groups progressing to the quarter-finals, one more point should be enough. England's Steph Houghton, Scotland's Kim Little and Wales' Sophie Ingle have been named co-captains and will rotate the armband during the tournament. GB qualified for the Olympics thanks to England finishing as one of the top 3 European teams at the last World Cup.
In other news, Brisbane has been announced as the host of the 2032 Games. The bidding process is different to what we've seen in the past, with the IOC naming a preferred candidate earlier this year from those who expressed an interest, then entering into a period of dialogue and discussion before officially naming them as hosts. The Gabba cricket ground will be rebuilt and used as the Olympic Stadium. It will be the third time Australia has hosted after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Jul 21, 2021 17:30:03 GMT 1
British medal hope Amber Hill has withdrawn from the women's skeet competition at this summer's Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19.
World number one Hill won silver at the shooting World Cup in May and finished sixth at the Rio 2016 Games.
Hill says she is "absolutely devastated" by the news, which came before she had left for Japan.
She was due to participate in Sunday's qualifying event with the final scheduled to take place on Monday.
The British Olympic Association confirmed Hill's positive test and added there would be no replacement for the 23-year-old.
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Post by Panda on Jul 21, 2021 18:31:24 GMT 1
Very sad but something I think we'll see quite a bit of. I think she was one of the predicted gold medalists on the virtual medal table.
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Post by Panda on Jul 21, 2021 23:33:24 GMT 1
Women's football results: GROUP E Great Britain 2-0 Chile Japan 1-1 Canada GROUP F China 0-5 Brazil Zambia 3-10 Netherlands GROUP G Australia 2-1 New Zealand Sweden 3-0 USA Quarter-finals as it stands: Great Britain v New Zealand Sweden v Canada Netherlands v Australia Japan v Brazil A comfortable win for GB over the weakest team in the group. The USA's defeat against Sweden was their first in 44 games, going back to January 2019. Zambia's Barbra Banda scored a hat-trick despite her team being on the wrong end of a 10-3 scoreline. Netherlands coach Sarina Wiegman takes over as England manager after the Olympics. Brazil's Marta became the first player to score a goal at five Olympic Games. Her team-mate Formiga is playing at her seventh Olympics at the age of 43. Canada's Christine Sinclair scored her 187th international goal on the same day she won her 300th cap. GB's next match is against Japan on Saturday, kicking off at 11:30am UK time.
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Post by Tom on Jul 22, 2021 11:38:28 GMT 1
Wow at no Brits in the men's 400m. At this point my only hope is that we don't lose any more of our competitors for Covid related reasons. It was bad enough to lose our two top tennis players. If we lose anyone who is a genuine medal contender (that I've heard of before) then... Just discovered that there are 7 new Eurosport channels available via Sky all covering different sports (which may be sports they normally cover thinking about it) But will just watch the tennis and maybe a bit of the football and just stick to the BBC coverage for the rest.
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Post by Panda on Jul 22, 2021 12:53:43 GMT 1
Sailor Hannah Mills and rower Mohamed Sbihi have been selected to carry the GB flag at tomorrow's Opening Ceremony. It is the first time nations have been allowed to select one male and female athlete to act as flag bearers. Mills won gold in Rio and silver in London, while Sbihi won gold in Rio and bronze in London.
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Post by Panda on Jul 22, 2021 22:16:36 GMT 1
Men's football results: GROUP A Mexico 4-1 France Japan 1-0 South Africa GROUP B New Zealand 1-0 South Korea Honduras 0-1 Romania GROUP C Egypt 0-0 Spain Argentina 0-2 Australia GROUP D Ivory Coast 2-1 Saudi Arabia Brazil 4-2 Germany Quarter-finals as it stands: Mexico v Romania Australia v Ivory Coast New Zealand v Japan Brazil v Spain Everton's Richarlison scored a first half hat-trick as Brazil put four past Germany. Mexico managed to do the same against France, while there were hilarious scenes as Spain were held by Egypt and Australia beat Argentina.
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Post by suedehead on Jul 22, 2021 22:38:23 GMT 1
Men's football results: GROUP A Mexico 4-1 France Japan 1-0 South Africa GROUP B New Zealand 1-0 South Korea Honduras 0-1 Romania GROUP C Egypt 0-0 Spain Argentina 0-2 Australia GROUP D Ivory Coast 2-1 Saudi Arabia Brazil 4-2 Germany Quarter-finals as it stands: Mexico v Romania Australia v Ivory Coast New Zealand v Japan Brazil v Spain Everton's Richarlison scored a first half hat-trick as Brazil put four past Germany. Mexico managed to do the same against France, while there were hilarious scenes as Spain were held by Egypt and Australia beat Argentina.Oops.
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Post by Pablo on Jul 22, 2021 23:30:33 GMT 1
Sailor Hannah Mills and rower Mohamed Sbihi have been selected to carry the GB flag at tomorrow's Opening Ceremony. It is the first time nations have been allowed to select one male and female athlete to act as flag bearers. Mills won gold in Rio and silver in London, while Sbihi won gold in Rio and bronze in London. Interesting choices and different to the norm - I would have thought the Kennys or at least Jade Jones would have gotten the nod but perhaps the low key opening ceremony influenced the decision?
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