Tokyo Olympic 2021: Discussion and Update

[F-22Raptor]

The US is on pace for 100+ medals for the fourth straight Olympics. China will prolly add 10 more and that's it.

The US still has a lot of gold medal opportunities left.

 

[mike2000 is back]

Max Whitlock defends olympic gold three times in a row amazing!

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Great Britain's Max Whitlock retained his Olympic title with a sublime performance in Tokyo to win gold in the men's pommel horse.

The 28-year-old was first up in the event and immediately put the pressure on his rivals with a near-perfect routine that earned him a score of 15.583.
Three-time world champion Whitlock then watched on as the remaining seven gymnasts were unable to beat his score before his third career Olympic gold - and Britain's 10th of the Games - was confirmed.

Lee Chih-kai of Chinese Taipei was the only competitor to give Whitlock an anxious moment but his score of 15.400 was only good enough for silver. Japan's Kazuma Kaya took the bronze medal.

Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan had finished joint top of the qualifying standings but came off the apparatus early in his routine and finished seventh.

'I had to go all out'
Whitlock trained in an empty gym back home to try to recreate the sense of competing at an Olympics without any spectators.

He was not at his best during qualifying, admitting afterwards that nerves played a part, but he put it all together when it counted to win his sixth Olympic medal at his third Games.

"I feel lost for words," Whitlock told BBC Sport. "I am completely overwhelmed and it feels kind of surreal. I had seen the other sports, gold medals flowing in and I wanted to do the same here. Incredible journey."

Whitlock admitted the pressure of being the defending champion weighed heavily in the build-up to the Olympics.

"It is a million times harder," he added. "The pressure was there and I could feel it. Experience pays a lot in situations like this.

"Being first up meant I had to go all out. I couldn't watch the scores. I had to go all out. That was the biggest routine I had been training for. I couldn't have done any more.

Tokyo Olympics: Max Whitlock defends Olympic pommel horse title

Great Britain's Max Whitlock produces a sublime performance to defend his Olympic title by winning gold in the men's pommel horse.

www.bbc.co.uk

BMX GLORY FOR UK AGAIN! The top nation for BMX.



Tokyo Olympics: GB's Charlotte Worthington wins BMX freestyle gold in dramatic final

Great Britain's Charlotte Worthington recovered from a fall on her first run to win a thrilling gold in the women's BMX park freestyle Olympic final.

The 25-year-old, who gave up work as a chef to focus on the sport in 2017, delivered an action-packed score of 97.50 to snatch gold on her second run.
The gripping action set the stage for Declan Brooks to seal bronze in the men's event, Britain's fourth BMX medal of a remarkable week.

The 25-year-old watched on as riders failed to surpass his mark of 90.80, with Australia's Martin Logan taking gold on 93.30.

Brooks' medal followed shortly after Worthington's superb victory. With no score of significance on the board after her fall, she simply had to deliver on run two and did so by becoming the first woman to land a 360-degree backflip in competition - the same trick that left her on the floor during run one.

She celebrated her score wildly and then watched as four rivals - including favourite Hannah Roberts - failed to usurp her mark.

"It was incredible," said Worthington when asked about the key backflip.

"I've not been doing that trick for so long but we've been trying to find that big banger trick and when we did we thought, 'this is the one'. If it wasn't for Hannah Roberts, we wouldn't be doing these tricks.

"It's a lot of hard work paid off."

Worthington's team celebrated wildly when her score of 97.50 was read out
Riders were ranked on their best score from their two runs and Worthington's 97.50 transferred all of the pressure to American Roberts, who appeared to be cruising to the title after she put up 96.10 on run one.

The 19-year-old - who had thrown her bike in the emotion of completing her first run - could not finish her second 60-second stint on the Tokyo course and, as the last rider to compete, her concession confirmed Worthington's champion status.

Roberts, the winner of all three World Cup events in BMX freestyle's last complete season in 2019 - looked shocked at the turnaround.

"There was definitely a lot going on," said Roberts, who beat Switzerland's Nikita Ducarroz into bronze. "My first run was good and I know there were places I could improve. I slipped up and hurt my ankle.

"I'm honoured to take second place to Charlotte. It's definitely an exciting time for our sport."

Medals for Worthington and Brooks follow gold and silver respectively for Britain's Bethany Shriever and Kye Whyte in BMX racing at the Games.

Worthington, a late convert to BMX, opted to give her role up as a chef in 2017 and told BBC Sport she had been "sweating it out in the kitchen for over 40 hours a week and barely had any time or energy to ride".

The move came with what she called a "lifestyle change" and she was keen to point out how personal development in her life away from the bike had laid the framework for her to sharpen her skills on it.

Worthington has said that the delay to Tokyo 2020 gave her more time to develop the tricks she would need on the big stage.

She has now won British, European and Olympic titles.

'I've cried but I'm stoked'


Tokyo Olympics: GB's Declan Brooks wins bronze medal in men's BMX freestyle final

Brooks, who almost missed out on the Games after knocking himself out during the World Championships in June, improved his first-run score to 90.80 and then watched on patiently as six riders followed him in the second run.

Only one, Venezuela's Daniel Dhers, managed to beat it, with Logan's score from his first run enough to secure gold.

Visibly emotional, Brooks told BBC Sport: "I've just cried for the last couple of minutes.

"It's an unbelievable journey I've had on the way here. I am just so stoked. I don't think it will sink in for a while. For Charlotte to do her things today and put a score and tricks up there that we had never seen before, it was even harder focusing.

"I knew the run I wanted to pull, I still missed a few bits out but, to be honest, I think that is all I had."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58044570

Watch the display amazing!

Yes they performed very well. Our athletes have performed quite well. Especially our swimmers. However our rowers performed very poorly we didnt win any gokd this year in that event. A sport we have dominated in the past. So it was a big let down for us there.
However, we still got quite a few events where we could get more medals like boxing, track cycling, athletics(eventhough Dina pulled out due to injury) etc. Hopefully the others perform better.

 

[Indos]

100 meter sprint high resolution video (MEN FINAL)

 

[Indos]

China wins badminton gold in women singles!!!!

 

[beijingwalker]

I watched the whole game, it's very close, I actually think Chinese taipei's Tai Tzu Ying played better.

 

[Indos]

I watched the whole game, it's very close, I actually think Chinese taipei's Tai Tzu Ying played better.

Yup I think both played well as they are two best female single players in the world now. Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) also has good badminton players nowadays and Japan has become one of the strongest as well.

Badminton will likely become more competitive and it will make traditionally strong badminton countries like China, Indonesia, and South Korea get difficulty to get any medals in Olympics. I see Thailand and even Vietnam player can pass the qualification group and played in Quarter finals in this Olympics.

 

[waz]

American shotputter Raven Saunders has explained her gesture on the podium after winning Olympic silver on Sunday.
The 25-year-old put her hands above her head in a ‘X’ and was asked about it by the media afterwards.

”It's the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet," she explained, adding that her goal is “to be me, to not apologise.”

“To show younger people that no matter how many boxes they try to fit you in, you can be you and you can accept it.
“People tried to tell me not to do tattoos and piercings and all that. But look at me now, and I’m poppin’.”

In January 2020 she revealed that two years prior she had tried to take her own life, wanting to share her story after reading about Bryce Gowdy, a 17-year-old black man from Florida who committed suicide with immense financial pressures on him.
She is one of many athletes who has spoken openly about her mental health and her openness has won her a cult following on social media, as has her Hulk- and Joker-inspired face masks.

Tokyo 2020 - 'Where all people who are oppressed meet' – Raven Saunders explains podium gesture - Eurosport

American shotputter Raven Saunders has explained her gesture on the podium after winning Olympic silver on Sunday.

www.eurosport.co.uk

Well done Raven!

 

[Song Hong]

China wet cupping gaining popularity as a way to harmonized internal energy.

 

[beijingwalker]

Japan won 9 judo gold medals, after judo finished, Japan's gold medals list stopped at didn't change for several days, but another Japan's gold rush is coming, In this Olympics , karate hands out 8 gold medals, very few countries send athletes to compete in this sport, Japan will win all 8 gold medals.

Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Indos]

Just for intermezo, one of Chinese best badminton player who has got Olympic medals have become Indonesian citizen

Indonesian TV has Mandarin program

 

[beijingwalker]

9 judo gold medals + 8 karate gold medals, can Japan challenge China and make it to the top two of the final gold medal rankings?

 

[Raider 21]

Host countries always get huge home advantage and favors of the judges and referees, we can understand.

A loser's mentality for justification.......

Stick to the facts please

16 gold medals and 17 silvers for the US. The US has slightly underperformed, but still a lot of gold medal opportunities left for the US. It just has to execute better.

Well if you were to compare between both, China had COVID under control whereas the US was fighting with the pandemic for the last year and this year as well. The American athletes generally I'd assume had less time to prepare as would be the case with most of the world.

China wet cupping gaining popularity as a way to harmonized internal energy.


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Cupping is more of a Moroccan thing.....

 

[Indos]

Cupping is more of a Moroccan thing.....

Prophet Muhammad also made a positive statement over this medical technique

 

[flowerfan2020]

A loser's mentality for justification.......

Stick to the facts please

Well if you were to compare between both, China had COVID under control whereas the US was fighting with the pandemic for the last year and this year as well. The American athletes generally I'd assume had less time to prepare as would be the case with most of the world.

Cupping is more of a Moroccan thing.....

I don't think so. You are wrong.

What Is Cupping Therapy?

Have you ever wondered what cupping therapy is? Learn about this alternative therapy, including what to expect during treatment.

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[Nan Yang]

Tokyo Olympics: Badminton duo clinch first medal of Games for Malaysia

Chia Han Keong
31 July 2021, 5:12 am

Malaysia's Soh Wooi Yik (right) hits a shot next to partner Aaron Chia in their men's doubles badminton bronze-medal match against Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (PHOTO: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Reporting from Tokyo
TOKYO — Badminton men's doubles duo Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik clinched a bronze medal for Malaysia, after they defeated second-seeded Indonesians Hendra Setiawan and Mohamad Ahsan 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on Saturday (31 July).

This is Malaysia's first medal at the Tokyo Olympics.


All are Chinese !