**Official** Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics

[Spark]

Honestly I thought that was not allowed (i.e. only two per country could compete). Or is that just swimming?

Speaking of swimming, the dominance from our females feels comparable to the dominance from our males circa 2000.

A lot better, no? Sydney was 5 golds in swimming (though I feel like it felt like a lot more than that at the time)

 

[Burgey]

Grown ass men riding a BMX for a living. SMH.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Bronze for Dame Val. 2 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze. Legend

 

[Flem274*]

could be 3 golds once all the drug tests are in

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Yeah was she expected to medal here? Four Olympics is a hell of an effort

 

[weeman27bob]

Always nice to wake up and see we've won another cluster of medals across the pool and BMX park.

Also always funny to see both boxers celebrate thinking they've won the bout.

 

[weeman27bob]

@Flem274* should we be expecting medals for Team GB in the 3 day horses? It seems like we're well placed in the individual and team competitions at the moment?

 

[Flem274*]

@Flem274* should we be expecting medals for Team GB in the 3 day horses? It seems like we're well placed in the individual and team competitions at the moment?

ive been out of the game a few years but yes. at this stage, dont drop rails. youre well placed.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

@Flem274* should we be expecting medals for Team GB in the 3 day horses? It seems like we're well placed in the individual and team competitions at the moment?

Definitely.
GB is no 1 in the teams - up on 2nd by about 17 points heading into show jumping (I think they lose 4 points per rail knocked down) and 1st and 3rd amongst the individuals.

 

[Chewie]

Yeah was she expected to medal here? Four Olympics is a hell of an effort

I don't think so, especially after having two kids and injuries in between Rio and Tokyo, was an amazing effort

 

[Burgey]

The Dutch handled this hockey shoot out like an English football team handles theirs. Woefully.

 

[stephen]

Holy crap that quarter final. Almost ready to declare the Choke-a-burras.

 

[Burgey]

The father of the sailor who's about to win gold for us has his own winged keel given the size of his ears. Extraordinary anatomy.

 

[Shady Slim]

how funny is it that the americans are such pissbabies that all their outlets do the medal count wrong and try to reverse engineer justifying it some how

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I really don't like "medals per capita" because having a large population doesn't mean they can all contribute to an athlete's performance like a Goku spirit bomb.

 

[andruid]

This is how you pronounce the names of Kenyan runners . With the proper regional accent.

 

[Burgey]

I really don't like "medals per capita" because having a large population doesn't mean they can all contribute to an athlete's performance like a Goku spirit bomb.

And of course, having a large population automatically means your efforts are much much better because #pressure.

 

[Chubb]

The Dutch handled this hockey shoot out like an English football team handles theirs. Woefully.

The Dutch football team has an even worse penalty record than England, I think.

 

[Howe_zat]

how funny is it that the americans are such pissbabies that all their outlets do the medal count wrong and try to reverse engineer justifying it some how

The weighting gadget they have on that page is quite fun though. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...country-leads-in-the-olympic-medal-count.html

Italy go from anywhere from 7th to 16th place.

I'm not really bothered about the medal count but neither usual way strikes me as 'correct'. The athletes clearly value their bronze medals, they're not worth nothing. But you can't look at the 1st and 3rd place finishes at a tournament and conclude 'yeah, they did about the same'.

 

[weeman27bob]

7 person play-off for the bronze medal in the golf is wonderfully silly