Jennifer Valente brings in an unexpected Gold Medal in the Women's Cycling Omnium. Now tied with China on Gold medals since Women's basketball just wrapped up
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7-peat for USA women's basketball
We talk about them dropping baseball, when Women's basketball clearly isn't supported internationally in the same manner either. Zero challenge for Team USA
One more gold (in three chances left) and we are guaranteed at least a tie with China.
Hand Of God said:
One more gold (in three chances left) and we are guaranteed at least a tie with China.
Heck yeah. Let's go!
Let's goooooo. We got this!Hand Of God said:
One more gold (in three chances left) and we are guaranteed at least a tie with China.
Laurie Corbelli on the women's volleyball best wishes video.
THIS NEWS IS HUGEwangus12 said:
Jennifer Valente brings in an unexpected Gold Medal in the Women's Cycling Omnium. Now tied with China on Gold medals since Women's basketball just wrapped up
YEP! Do they have another shot at a gold somewhere ?
Peace for Ukraine!
I'm not sure if if cycling is finished!! Here is today's schedule for Tokyo! https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/olympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-08-08.htm
They have a boxer in the women's middleweight final. I don't follow boxing so I don't know if she is favored or not.
Boxing
Great Britain L. Pricevs
China Q. Li
Women's middleweight
Boxing
Great Britain L. Pricevs
China Q. Li
Women's middleweight
We have this indoor volleyball game plus 2 boxing matches... 3 chances left for another gold.
China has 1 boxing match... 1 chance left for another gold.
China has 1 boxing match... 1 chance left for another gold.
Keyshawn Davis gets silver in the men's lightweight division.
Volleyball currently up two sets to nil over Brazil.
Also, #11 Drews is not bad at all.
Also, #11 Drews is not bad at all.
It is done!
Gold for Women's Volleyball.
Women volleyball wins gold! What a showing for them.
Barring a knockout, the Chinese fighter won't win gold.
Pretty much.DannyDuberstein said:
The chinese slave labor diving program comes thru again. How young do they start, how many hours do they put in at the expense of everything else in their life including any semblance of education, and how many that couldnt cut it are disposed of along the way?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/world/asia/china-olympics.html
China loses the gold medal match in boxing.
And she doesn't win gold.TRM said:
Barring a knockout, the Chinese fighter won't win gold.
I think that seals it.
USA wins the **** out of the Olympics.
USA wins the **** out of the Olympics.
USA! USA! USA!
Good thing volleyball won. This boxing match is a mismatch in size, obviously
Now I'm sad. The Olympics is my favorite sporting event barely edging out the World Cup.
Suck it China.
AustinAg2K said:
Suck it China.
China has four times our population, basically has an entire government department to create olympians, and had this in their back yard.
We are the only major country in the world that doesn't have government funding for out Olympic program, our least golds since 2008. As far away from home as you can be if you're from the east coast in particular, and we still came through.
It's actually pretty remarkable, but this time round you have to give a big thanks to title 9, women won 58 percent of our medals. The college sports afforded to women in the US is the reason we came through in the end.
We are the only major country in the world that doesn't have government funding for out Olympic program, our least golds since 2008. As far away from home as you can be if you're from the east coast in particular, and we still came through.
It's actually pretty remarkable, but this time round you have to give a big thanks to title 9, women won 58 percent of our medals. The college sports afforded to women in the US is the reason we came through in the end.
The timezone thing you hinted at cannot be discounted. Most of Team USA didn't get to go there early to acclimatize.oragator said:
China has four times our population, basically has an entire government department to create olympians, and had this on their back yard.
We are the only major country in the world that doesn't have government funding for out Olympic program, our least golds since 2008. As far away from home as you can be if you re from the east coast in particular, and we still came through.
It's actually pretty remarkable, but this time round you have to give a big thanks to title 9, women won 58 percent of our medals. The college sports afforded to women in the US is the reason we came through in the end.
Title 9 is great. Such a low investment for a such a huge payout in the US's soft power. That being said, NIL will allow new unprecedented heights in both track and swimming.
China being good is fun though. Its fun to have an enemy and someone to root against.
In terms of countries with good demographics to challenge the table going forward:
Sleeper is Brazil. They put up 21 medals on foreign soil.
The deep sleepers in terms of future medal table contenders are India, Indonesia, maybe Nigeria and maybe the Democratic republic of Congo. Of those India had their best Olympics with 7 medals. Indonesia had 5.
Its going to be a while before anyone catches the US. LA 2028 should be fun. Mu will only be 25.
I'm pretty sure "Rhythmic Gymnastics" only exist to have at the very end of the 2 weeks so that fans of the Olympics will think "yeah, I guess they are out of sports to compete, it's okay for the Olympics to be over now"
edited to correct my gymnastics terminology
edited to correct my gymnastics terminology
DannyDuberstein said:
I'm pretty sure "Artistic Gymnastics" only exist to have at the very end of the 2 weeks so that fans of the Olympics will think "yeah, I guess they are out of sports to compete, it's okay for the Olympics to be over now"
Artistic gymnastics is what Biles does. Is that what you mean or are you referring to Rhythmic gymnastics (with the balls, hoops, ribbons, etc.) which is what occurs on the last day of the Olympics?
Sorry, meant rhythmic. Although anything involving a judge is shaky anyway
Closing ceremonies, Paris video presentation has me pumped for 2024!
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
Athing being interviewed now on Closing Ceremonies!
Same, but the closing ceremony is already working magic on my productivitywangus12 said:
Now I'm sad. The Olympics is my favorite sporting event barely edging out the World Cup.
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