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**Official** Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics

weeman27bob

International Vice-Captain
It's always interesting when you find out a country is much better at an event than you'd expect - like Poland in the mixed 4x400m.
 

andruid

Cricketer Of The Year
How’s that bloke in the 10k collapsing then getting up to cross the line? Precisely the sort of ticker you love to see on display.
53 years and counting since one Naftali Temu had the nerve to outkick an Ethiopian down the stretch in the men's 10k, and the world has not stopped paying for it since.

Also why do these commentators still pronounce the names of African competitors like they were in European languages
 

weeman27bob

International Vice-Captain
Is that the first 1-2-3 of the summer?
Looks like it. There have been a few 1-2 finishes so far (ROC/USA in the swimming, China in trampolining, Sweden in the discus etc) but the majority of events haven't even had three people from the same nation anywhere close to contesting medals.
 

flibbertyjibber

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We had gold and silver in the 200 freestyle but we will never do GSB in swimming.

Stuff the pool anyway as we got another BMX Gold. No idea what was going on but a former chef has won gold.
 

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
We had gold and silver in the 200 freestyle but we will never do GSB in swimming.

Stuff the pool anyway as we got another BMX Gold. No idea what was going on but a former chef has won gold.
She nailed a ridiculous trick.

Great stuff from the Aussie girls. Really can't ever hope to perform as well as this.
 

morgieb

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Australia had a gold/ bronze in the swimming but seeing a genuine g/s/b is pretty rare in any sport.
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.
 

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