airi Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Wow, what a fantastic athletics session with Rojas finally breaking WR in triple jump and two gold medals in high jump ;0 (genuinly not interested in 100m, but that was awesome :D) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallycinnamon Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 Swimming events are done (except for open water) - USA won the medal table but not as convincingly as 5 years ago in Rio. They are still good at individual events but less on relays. Australia is the true winner of swimming this year, they really closed the gap to USA with their 9 golds. Japan was #4 in Rio with 7 medals now they only got 3, and two of them were by Yui Ohashi. Hungary was #3 in Rio but also dropped down with 2 medals this time (though their number of finalst was very good and they got many 4th place finishers so it's not that bad as some say). I'm not interested in athletics so I won't watch that next week. I'll turn my attention to canoe sprint, water polo, open water swimming, rhyhtmic gymnastics, artistic swimming, wrestling and some others that I probably forget now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yuzupon Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 3 hours ago, ralucutzagy said: That badminton gold, tho... What a match. 3 games, all very very close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuzupon Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Sorry for the double post, but I am a mess, and I need to post this. Unseeded, partners with 10 years gap, Greys doesn't have low serve (almost a fatal weakness in badminton, esp for a double player), and they did it. First (and probably only) Gold for Indonesia in this Olympics as well. Sobs brb, I am going to continue crying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallycinnamon Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 2 hours ago, yuzupon said: Sorry for the double post, but I am a mess, and I need to post this. Unseeded, partners with 10 years gap, Greys doesn't have low serve (almost a fatal weakness in badminton, esp for a double player), and they did it. First (and probably only) Gold for Indonesia in this Olympics as well. Sobs brb, I am going to continue crying Congratulations on their gold medal! Liu Yang won in rings, next is WAG floor final. Simone is planning to compete in the balance beam final tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yude Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Mai Murakami won bronze medal!! This is the first medal in 57 years for Japanese women gymnast, what a amazing moment!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallycinnamon Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 Hm I preferred Ferrari's and Mai's routines over Jade's, to me Jade's routine was too much acrobatics, I like interesting choreos and good performances more. Congratulations to the medalists, to Vanessa on winning her first Olympics medal at age 30, and to Mai on winning Japan's first WAG medal in the past six decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallycinnamon Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 Not related to any medals but a nice moment happened in the women 100 m hurdles final yesterday. Yanique Thomson from Jamaica fell and screamed because she was hurt, Kozák from Hungary hit the hurdle and fell too but noticed Yanique behind her and offered her hand to help her and then they walked together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paskud Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Woooof, raining hard on athletics arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paskud Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 scarry to watch >____< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paskud Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Maybe better cancel event today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I felt sorry for Petersen. And those poor disk throwers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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