July 28, 20215 yr This thread tells how the opening ceremony was supposed to look like before the pandemic and other "factors" changed the plans. Also about the original lighter of the cauldron. <br />
July 28, 20215 yr Biles is out from all-around as well. Whew. The only sport I truly follow closely is badminton (I am an Indonesian, despite the flag in my profile). And today, the men's single group stage matches have been full of surprised. Seeded players defeated by those ranked waaay below, and the World's number 1, which is the host's heavy favourite for gold, Kento Momota is ousted by Korean Heo KwangHee (currently ranked 38) in 2 straight games. Commentators were speechless for awhile after the match. My country's 2nd player also gave me unhealthy heart palpitations for a bit, but thankfully he pulled through. Ugh.
July 28, 20215 yr ooooh, a summer Olympics discipline for Zuzuru https://www.facebook.com/lwoavie1/posts/369799047839950
July 29, 20215 yr Author 23 hours ago, yuzupon said: Biles is out from all-around as well. Whew. The only sport I truly follow closely is badminton (I am an Indonesian, despite the flag in my profile). And today, the men's single group stage matches have been full of surprised. Seeded players defeated by those ranked waaay below, and the World's number 1, which is the host's heavy favourite for gold, Kento Momota is ousted by Korean Heo KwangHee (currently ranked 38) in 2 straight games. Commentators were speechless for awhile after the match. My country's 2nd player also gave me unhealthy heart palpitations for a bit, but thankfully he pulled through. Ugh. Maybe there are more unexpected results because of the postponement of the Olympics and for some reason badminton is more affected than other sports. Many athletes didn't have the same preparation as before the virues and I think for older athletes it is harder to get back into shape. For the younger athletes especially those who could qualify to the Games competing here might give them a bigger boost. But I don't follow badminton so I don't know what really happened. 8 minutes ago, lajoitko said: I hope this is the right thread for this. Javi is in Tokyo. I think he is in Madrid. He tagged the city in his instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/CR6KJUqD-ld/ I finished watching women gymnastics AA final. With the absence of Simone Biles the competition was open and it was interesting to watch. Sunisa Lee (USA) won, second is Rebeca Andrade (BRA) and third is Angelina Melnikova (Russia). I think after Russia's team gold they tried to help Sunisa with the scoring here. Rebeca's scores a bit low, the Brazilian federation even sent an inquiry which got accepted and her scores were corrected. But it wasn't enough. I'll be curious if Simone Biles will compete in the individual apparatus finals or she'll WD from there as well. I watched some swimming heats and will wake up again this night and on Saturday to watch some of the finals. There are so many other sports I'd like to follow but there aren't enough time to watch everything. My cousin is doing OK in sailing, she was a bit unlucky (not a strong start, she once collided with another sailor, but at one of the races she finished 2nd). It'd be nice if she could get better and finish somewhere in Top 10. It's a strong week for Japan so far. I think usually the first week is stronger for them because of judo. Next week is athletics so I think USA will get more golds. The standings so far: https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm
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