You win some and then you lose some.
I commend the Germans for winning Silver without using naturalized Chinese players.
2020/2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics
- Thread starter Strangelove
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You win some and then you lose some.
I commend the Germans for winning Silver without using naturalized Chinese players.
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
So we got the gold in the table tennis as expected, didn't win the women's walk, which we had a chance, got a somewhat surprising gold in the javelin (she placed second in the semis but the winning throw came with a bucket full of luck because it was her first throw, then she threw shit the rest of the time) but ended up with silver in the 53kg women's wrestling (blowing a 4-0 lead no less) and again silver in the women's 61kg karate (0-0 lost on judge's decision because we were not as aggressive as the Serbian). I give that a B-.
The US won a wrestling gold in the 125kg mens. The guy was expected to win. So good nobody could score on him until the finals. I think they advanced another guy into the semis too.
The US won a wrestling gold in the 125kg mens. The guy was expected to win. So good nobody could score on him until the finals. I think they advanced another guy into the semis too.
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Wat happened? She became overconfident and made errors?
Maybe gold is unexpected. But She was a medal contender at least even if her qualification didn't go well.
Women’s basketball is pretty much in the bag for the US.
It looked like she got the 4-0 and thought of just defending it until time runs out. She should have attacked more.
US woman leading in golf too.
Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee
11,656 from 206
The fact that United States has 150% more warm bodies (therefore medal opportunities) than China, but is basically neck-and-neck with China, speaks volumes. Theoretically, US should have +150% more total medals than China, but it's only leading +22% in total medals, and -16% in Gold medals.... so underperforming significantly. US, Japan, Australia, and Germany have more warm bodies to throw in human-waves against the medal podium.... yet they are all behind China in total gold and total medals (except US, but given +150% more athletes, the gap is terribly small in total medals). Next NYT headline: "Americans use 'Human Wave' tactics at medal podium, sacrificing individual liberty for national glory!" |
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Quickie
Colonel
Wow...two golds and one silver in the four women's throw events for the Chinese ladies.