Tokyo 2020 - Day 14 (Fri 6th August) (1 Viewer)

[Ellie]

This is an interesting list of the medal table per capita of population:

Olympic Medals per Capita

1. San Marino
11. Australia
24. GB
41. ROC
46. Japan
55. USA
73. China

 

[Madison]

Oh wow - San Marino got a third medal in the wrestling.

 

[dmlaw]

Whilst that medals per capita site is very interesting, it does use a Mercator projection map and so is automatically untrustworthy.

 

[dmlaw]

Silver for Laura Muir. So happy for her.

 

[FetchFugly]

Laura Muir taking the silver and beating Hassan into third.

 

[Ill Advised]

Great run and personal best for Laura. Very happy

 

[FetchFugly]

And a wonderful vet as per Denise Lewis too.

 

[rhythmbandit]

I wonder if this'll spur on the 4x100m finalists to go for it.

 

[Indie]

2nd in heats, 2nd in semi final and 2nd in final. She's nothing if not consistent.

 

[rhythmbandit]

Jesus that was shocking.

 

[Madison]

Possible bronze in the relay.

 

[rhythmbandit]

Always fun watching the relay runners make their grand entrances.

 

[Indie]

Can we get a men's athletics medal?

 

[rhythmbandit]

That was close!

 

[BoysForSeles]

The GB anchor is going to feel bad in the men’s.

 

[FetchFugly]

The GB anchor is going to feel bad in the men’s.

He certainly hasn't looked very happy.

 

[BoysForSeles]

A metre lead on someone who is pretty much an also ran is all you can dream off but in fairness the Italian anchor ran pretty inspired.

 

[FetchFugly]

A metre lead on someone who is pretty much an also ran is all you can dream off but in fairness the Italian anchor ran pretty inspired.

To be fair I think they said Tortu made the semis of the 100m, NMB didn't get out of heats in the 200m I think. Tortu looked like he had an amazing run on that leg too.

 

[Madison]

I didn’t realise there was a performance dance event in the karate. How weird.

 

[win_the_game]

I felt more sorry for the horse she was repeatedly beating.

This. Fuck her and her coach that thumped the horse in the leg.

 

[Madison]

 

[Sheena]

A metre lead on someone who is pretty much an also ran is all you can dream off but in fairness the Italian anchor ran pretty inspired.

Tortu isn't an "also-ran", though. He was a semi-finalist and has a sub-10 PB. He was a fantastic junior and is taking time to transition. Nethaneel is not in any sort of shape this year, and, frankly, did better than I thought he would.

Gutted for them, though. Would have been amazing for them to win gold and so harsh to lose by that much.

 

[BoysForSeles]

Tortu isn't an "also-ran", though. He was a semi-finalist and has a sub-10 PB. He was a fantastic junior and is taking time to transition. Nethaneel is not in any sort of shape this year, and, frankly, did better than I thought he would.

Gutted for them, though. Would have been amazing for them to win gold and so harsh to lose by that much.

yes I sounded a bit harsh but he was “only” a semi finalist at this games and if you’re given the choice of having to beat someone from a metre up for gold you’d take him over the other possibilities in that event.

 

[Madison]

Uh oh

CJ Ujah: British Olympic silver medallist suspended after positive test for banned substance

British sprinter CJ Ujah is suspended from competition after a positive test for a banned substance.

www.bbc.co.uk

International Testing Agency-The ITA asserts an apparent ADRV against British track and field athlete Chijindu Ujah

ita.sport

https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/know-us/en/AIU-PRESS-RELEASE-AIU-UPDATE-ON-DISCIPLINARY-PROCEEDINGS-AGAINST-ATHLETES-ASSERTED-TO-HAVE-BREACHED-ANTI-DOPING-RULES-DURING-THE-TOKYO-2020-OLYMPIC-GAMES.pdf

 

[FetchFugly]

Oh dear.

 

[rhythmbandit]

What a muppet.

 

[wildchild]

Ohh, does this affect the results of the Sweeptake?

 

[Madison]

Ohh, does this affect the results of the Sweeptake?

Good point. Bad news for @FetchFugly.

 

[Madison]

On the plus side, Nethaneel can stop beating himself up. It would have been so much worse if they had won.

 

[win_the_game]

What an idiot. I feel for the others in the relay team who'll likely lose their medal.

 

[wildchild]

Good point. Bad news for @FetchFugly.

Thanks for fixing this! In about ten years, we’ll know who REALLY won. I have a feeling @Gangsta Nancy Lam might have not been playing fair and square either.

 

[Indie]

Well thats shit.

If revoked, you might then say this has been GB's worst Olympics since 2008.

 

[Madison]

The UIPM has voted to replace the horse lottery with cycling.

Modern pentathlon votes to ditch horse riding after Tokyo Olympic turmoil

Modern pentathlon has voted secretly to replace horse riding with cycling to preserve its Olympic status after a coach punched a horse in Tokyo

www.theguardian.com

 

[dmlaw]

The UIPM has voted to replace the horse lottery with cycling.

Modern pentathlon votes to ditch horse riding after Tokyo Olympic turmoil

Modern pentathlon has voted secretly to replace horse riding with cycling to preserve its Olympic status after a coach punched a horse in Tokyo

www.theguardian.com

I don't really see how they're going to get a bike over those jumps, unless they have ET in the basket.

 

[Madison]

Ramps maybe.

I’m hoping for wide variety of bicycles (including tricycles and penny farthings) and a lottery system. They will still get 30 mins to get to know the bike.