These people don’t seem to realize that these are Republic Of Crimea athletes!
2020/2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics
- Thread starter Strangelove
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Just like "Chinese Taipei", it's more like "Russian Moscow" lol. Not a REAL country!
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The gold in Rio is five years ago lol. Alot of things can happen in that five years. Were they even dominating in that campaign? I seem to recall they lost a number of matches too initially
Anyway the main reason I believe is that
Zhu Ting the star player was playing injured. Lang Ping said she didn't realize how bad the injury was. Maybe Zhu was hiding the real extent of her injury to help the team.
She didn't play this game vs Italy. Which was probably smart, not to risk the injury and also better for team chemistry. I don't follow volleyball that much but US, Turkey and Russia are strong opponents. It's was a group of death. So losing to them isn't a total surprise although the manner they lost it in first game is surprising.
Unfortunately on weibo, it seems the libero wang mengjie is being made a scapegoat
Nope
manqiangrexue
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No. It was Rejepbay Rejepov of Turkmenistan who made a third clean and jerk at 198kg but threw it down before the lights causing it to be DQ'd. He ended up bombing. The lifter who attempted 210 was Antonino Pizzolato of Italy; he cleaned it but could not jerk it. The world record is 207 belonging to Lv Xiaojun; no one has come close to beating it yet.
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Italy and Serbia have been the top two favorites. China doesn't have much young players this time and mostly relies upon older players from Rio. Zhu Ting injured is the main reason why the Chinese women team not doing well as the team relies upon her for attacks and scoring points. Before her injury, China is also a top favorite along with Italy and Serbia. I think high expectation forced the Chinese women team being conservative and not using younger players.
manqiangrexue
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Worthless lying Indians exposed... again. Lies "mystify" official Olympic testing agency.
It claimed that the women's 49 kilograms gold medallist Hou Zhihui, from China, had been asked to stay in Tokyo for an extra anti-doping test "and if she fails the test, India's Mirabai Chanu will be awarded gold".
The so-called extra test appears to be complete fabrication, based on a comment from "a source in the know of developments".
The World Anti-Doping Agency said it knew nothing about it, and the International Testing Agency (ITA) - which is carrying out anti-doping procedures at Tokyo 2020 for the International Olympic Committee - was mystified too.
Indian media's fake news about doping at Tokyo 2020 weightlifting takes off around Asia
It claimed that the women's 49 kilograms gold medallist Hou Zhihui, from China, had been asked to stay in Tokyo for an extra anti-doping test "and if she fails the test, India's Mirabai Chanu will be awarded gold".
The so-called extra test appears to be complete fabrication, based on a comment from "a source in the know of developments".
The World Anti-Doping Agency said it knew nothing about it, and the International Testing Agency (ITA) - which is carrying out anti-doping procedures at Tokyo 2020 for the International Olympic Committee - was mystified too.
If they started an Olympics event for lying, scamming, BSing, or mental gymnastics then we all know who would sweep the podium.