💰 Summer Tokyo 2020 💰 Discussion and bet thread 💰 Summer Game 💰

[iv4n]

Serbia is again the Olympic winner in water polo.
At the beginning of the tournament, in the group stage, it seemed that Greece and Spain have the best chances, but in the continuation of the tournament, Serbia raised the level of the game and beat Spain in the semifinal and today Greece in the final.
Congratulation Serbia!

Serbian dolphins managed to beat Spain and Greece for the gold medal! I watched both games, and I can say it was tight until the end!

Well, it was a third gold medal for my country, putting Serbia in 28th place, with 1 silver and 5 bronze medals... this is a record for my country, we won 1 more medal than the last time in Brasil where we had 8 medals!

Nice Olympics, as expected US won the most medals... in one little moment I thought that the Chinese can keep the lead, but last few days they just couldn't keep up with the US!

[buwaytress]

What a come from behind from USA to take the lead in gold in this Olympics.

You should also include Taiwan in the list of the countries as well, they have a 2 gold haul in this Olympics and then Hong Kong and Thailand. South East Asia (SEA) is well represented in Tokyo. Yeah, this Covid situation really bring the best (and worst) of our athletes.

Yeah, speaking at least for Malaysia and Indonesia, the Olympics have always been an event to follow, especially in badminton. Girl from my village took silver in diving (!) of all sports in the last Olympics, so I share in the joys of all these first-timer golds.

Bermuda, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia are extra sweet though, as they've won their first-ever golds. Can't imagine how happy they are, and as mentioned, especially given the hell they've all been through this year politically, socially, economically, etc. Not to put any less shine on HK and India, but they've won gold before;)

[cryptofrka]

So, USA passed China in gold medals as well in the last day of the Games. It was really exciting, China had a big lead on paper but most of the remaining athletes were favorites to win medals for USA.

In total, 93 countries managed to win at least 1 medal which is a great accomplishment.

Congratulations to both our neighbors Serbia and Slovenia, combined with Kosovo the Balkans won 11 gold medals (3, 3, 3, 2).

[Sithara007]

Bermuda, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia are extra sweet though, as they've won their first-ever golds. Can't imagine how happy they are, and as mentioned, especially given the hell they've all been through this year politically, socially, economically, etc. Not to put any less shine on HK and India, but they've won gold before;)

Nope. You're wrong. Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) has won a total of 7 gold medals till now, including the two they won this time. During the 2016 Rio Games also they had won one gold (total of three medals). Similarly, Thailand has won a total of 10 gold medals, including one this time. During 2016 Rio, they had won two golds. Same is true with Indonesia as well. Total of 8 gold medals since they first participated in 1952, including the one from Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu in Badminton (Women's doubles).

For Bermuda, this is the first ever gold medal (Flora Duffy, in triathlon). Their only medal before this was the bronze medal in 1976, won by Clarence Hill.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

For those who wanted to know how much this athletes are getting from their government for winning the gold medals?

For example Hidilyn Diaz will received $600,000 and then 2 houses and free flight for lifetime.

But other nations are getting way more incentives than that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqY2ZuvuEiM

[slaman29]

Finally USA top with gold! By only one, but my outright bet is saved I thought I lost it already!
It's been a tough year for everyone with Covid, and still so much danger to face but this is good news and good cheer for everyone!

What a come from behind from USA to take the lead in gold in this Olympics.

You should also include Taiwan in the list of the countries as well, they have a 2 gold haul in this Olympics and then Hong Kong and Thailand. South East Asia (SEA) is well represented in Tokyo. Yeah, this Covid situation really bring the best (and worst) of our athletes.

Honestly, had just given up as it was 5 gold more from China on the last day already and I felt incredibly dumb because China was 4x and USA was only 1.1. Yet I still took it thinking that the bookies must surely know what they were doing.

In the end it seems like they did:)

Definitely brings out the worst sometimes. I saw the marathon incident where some guy knocked all the water off so others behind him couldn't drink.

[joker_josue]

Definitely brings out the worst sometimes. I saw the marathon incident where some guy knocked all the water off so others behind him couldn't drink.

Really this attitude, it was very sad. Imagine how the other runners behind him must have felt. Although there are many tables with water along the way, it was not a sporty attitude.

[bryant.coleman]

Honestly, had just given up as it was 5 gold more from China on the last day already and I felt incredibly dumb because China was 4x and USA was only 1.1. Yet I still took it thinking that the bookies must surely know what they were doing.

In the end it seems like they did:)

Definitely brings out the worst sometimes. I saw the marathon incident where some guy knocked all the water off so others behind him couldn't drink.

There is US monopoly in certain team sports like basketball. That ensures a number of gold medals in the last two days. But overall, this time the performance of the American athletes were below par. They performed extremely poorly in gymnastics (perhaps with the exception of Sunisa Lee). And then in track and field also, they were below par. This time they won a total of 39 gold medals, which is far lower when compared to what they received in 2016 Rio (46 golds, 37 silver). And despite biased judges and a ban from the IOC, Russia actually improved their medal tally from 2016.

[casperBGD]

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Serbian dolphins managed to beat Spain and Greece for the gold medal! I watched both games, and I can say it was tight until the end!

actually, I did expected that when we beat Spain, it was a matter of experience in the final
goal in last second of third quarter with Spain (from 4:7 to 5:7) changed everything for Serbia team, and it was clear that we are in winning strike when fourth quarter started

congrats to our team, and all other Olympics winners, seven Waterpolo players are getting retired after this, so it will be a challenge to get third gold in a row in Paris

[leea-1334]

For those who wanted to know how much this athletes are getting from their government for winning the gold medals?

For example Hidilyn Diaz will received $600,000 and then 2 houses and free flight for lifetime.

But other nations are getting way more incentives than that.

Personally I think all of this is well deserved,,, but I remember reading in the past that especially for USSR athletes and Chinese athletes, other than the medals and the glory and honor etc they got nothing. And even in the old days in Asia athletes who did so well were famous, but the most they got after that was a coaching position with the government.

Good to see sports get the recognition it deserves:)

[cryptofrka]

For those who wanted to know how much this athletes are getting from their government for winning the gold medals?

For example Hidilyn Diaz will received $600,000 and then 2 houses and free flight for lifetime.

But other nations are getting way more incentives than that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqY2ZuvuEiM

This is great. In Croatia, the athletes are receiving a little less than 30.000 euro for gold medals, 17.500 for silver and 12.000 for bronze. That is really peanuts compared to what most of the other countries are giving, even the ones with lower life standards like Serbia and Kosovo.

I'm actually really surprised that our athletes don't perform for other countries. Some of them did and we were really quick to paint them as national traitors but I actually support any that make a career choice that is away from Croatia.

[buwaytress]

Bermuda, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia are extra sweet though, as they've won their first-ever golds.

Nope. You're wrong. Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) has won a total of 7 gold medals till now, including the two they won this time. During the 2016 Rio Games also they had won one gold (total of three medals). Similarly, Thailand has won a total of 10 gold medals, including one this time. During 2016 Rio, they had won two golds. Same is true with Indonesia as well. Total of 8 gold medals since they first participated in 1952, including the one from Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu in Badminton (Women's doubles).

For Bermuda, this is the first ever gold medal (Flora Duffy, in triathlon). Their only medal before this was the bronze medal in 1976, won by Clarence Hill.

Yeah, I really need to stop reading the headlines and dig deeper then. I've just been rolling these off my recent memory from my news headline RSS tracker, which has been saying Taiwan first-ever, Thailand, Indonesia... now that I'm reading the news, it's actually first-ever in X sport or for women's or etc. Bloody journalist click-baiters:)

So, final case. First-ever Gold for Philippines, Bermuda, Qatar (who can forget the shared gold?).

[Cnut237]

There is US monopoly in certain team sports like basketball. That ensures a number of gold medals in the last two days.

The medals do sometimes come in bursts, depending on the scheduling. US is very strong in swimming, too, which comes early on in the schedule. For China it's things like diving, weightlifting, shooting, table tennis.

in track and field also, they were below par.

Yes, it was strange seeing all the men's sprinting events without the traditional US dominance. Women's sprints I suppose might have been different if Sha'Carri Richardson wasn't banned.

[Jating]

For those who wanted to know how much this athletes are getting from their government for winning the gold medals?

For example Hidilyn Diaz will received $600,000 and then 2 houses and free flight for lifetime.

But other nations are getting way more incentives than that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqY2ZuvuEiM

This is great. In Croatia, the athletes are receiving a little less than 30.000 euro for gold medals, 17.500 for silver and 12.000 for bronze. That is really peanuts compared to what most of the other countries are giving, even the ones with lower life standards like Serbia and Kosovo.

I'm actually really surprised that our athletes don't perform for other countries. Some of them did and we were really quick to paint them as national traitors but I actually support any that make a career choice that is away from Croatia.

Perhaps other nations, who haven't got any golds or at least hasn't perform in their last Olympics, government are giving them a huge incentives so that it will motivate them to really give their best. Like in  the case of Diaz from the Philippines, that's already huge amount of money and for sure she will also be a product endorser so that's additional money for her for bringing the country their first medal in the Olympics.

Not sure about Croatia, maybe in every Olympics, they have at least gotten a medals regardless of the colour.

[cryptofrka]

Perhaps other nations, who haven't got any golds or at least hasn't perform in their last Olympics, government are giving them a huge incentives so that it will motivate them to really give their best. Like in  the case of Diaz from the Philippines, that's already huge amount of money and for sure she will also be a product endorser so that's additional money for her for bringing the country their first medal in the Olympics.

Not sure about Croatia, maybe in every Olympics, they have at least gotten a medals regardless of the colour.

We win a few on every Olympic games. I kinda think that the main reason why we have such small rewards is because we used to win most of them in collective sports (basically waterpolo and handball). So, when we win it, the reward is automatically multiplied by 15 or so (because every player gets a reward) and the amount is quite big.

Still, since the Olympics are every 4 years and both of our neighbors (Slovenia and Serbia) who are equally good (if not better) in collective sports have bigger rewards, I'd still like us to reward our best athletes more appropriately. Most of them participate in really unknown sports that basically aren't paid at all so it would really be great if their effort was appreciated more.

[Daniel91]

Perhaps other nations, who haven't got any golds or at least hasn't perform in their last Olympics, government are giving them a huge incentives so that it will motivate them to really give their best. Like in  the case of Diaz from the Philippines, that's already huge amount of money and for sure she will also be a product endorser so that's additional money for her for bringing the country their first medal in the Olympics.

Not sure about Croatia, maybe in every Olympics, they have at least gotten a medals regardless of the colour.

We win a few on every Olympic games. I kinda think that the main reason why we have such small rewards is because we used to win most of them in collective sports (basically waterpolo and handball). So, when we win it, the reward is automatically multiplied by 15 or so (because every player gets a reward) and the amount is quite big.

Still, since the Olympics are every 4 years and both of our neighbors (Slovenia and Serbia) who are equally good (if not better) in collective sports have bigger rewards, I'd still like us to reward our best athletes more appropriately. Most of them participate in really unknown sports that basically aren't paid at all so it would really be great if their effort was appreciated more.

The problem is that sports achievements are not appreciated in our country and athletes do not have the right support and help from the state.
When they achieve some great success and win a medal at the world championships or Olympic Games, they are the main news in the media for several days and after that everyone forgets them again.
Given the conditions in which they are preparing for major competitions, and the lack of financial support, it is actually a miracle how good Croatian athletes are at major competitions.
With the right support and help from the state, the results would be even better.
8 medals at these Olympics, 3 golds, fantastic result for such a small country as Croatia 

[Cnut237]

The problem is that sports achievements are not appreciated in our country and athletes do not have the right support and help from the state.
When they achieve some great success and win a medal at the world championships or Olympic Games, they are the main news in the media for several days and after that everyone forgets them again.
Given the conditions in which they are preparing for major competitions, and the lack of financial support, it is actually a miracle how good Croatian athletes are at major competitions.
With the right support and help from the state, the results would be even better.
8 medals at these Olympics, 3 golds, fantastic result for such a small country as Croatia 

This is very true. My country is probably a good example of this. In the 1996 games, the UK managed only 1 gold medal and finished in 36th place overall. It was a real low point, and there was a lot of national shame. After that, the government started channeling large sums of money into elite sport. Then we got awarded the games as a host nation, which increased the focus even more. And since then, the last few games we've finished in the top few places - even coming out second in Rio.

All countries have potentially great athletes, but they need funding to reach that potential.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37150155

[chaser15]

Top 1 in South East Asia is already a good achievement for our region.

It's a thing that is difficult to achieve after many years with no medal brought home.

Congrats to our 19 athletes. With the big cash incentives plus bonus even for not a medalist, it will encourage our athletes more to do their best.

[goinmerry]

Before the thread will be closed, just want to congratulate our delegates.

First time in our country PH to received that number of medals in the Olympics. Hope we can have the same streak on Paris Olympics 2024. Our delegates are now currently enjoying the perks and benefits they received.

After a year, they now planned to get back on training. It will take again years of practice to ensure that they are fully ready in the next Summer Olympics.

[Sithara007]

Overall, this is how the top nations performed in comparison with 2016:

1. USA - 39 golds this time (-7): maintained dominance in swimming, lost medals in gymnastics and track and field.
2. China - 38 (+12): huge improvement when compared to last time. Dominated certain sports like diving.
3. Japan - 27 (+15): huge improvement, aided by home advantage
4. Great Britain - 22 (-5): more or less maintained their tally
5. Russia - 20 (+1): surprisingly maintained the tally, despite the ban
6. Australia - 17 (+9): huge improvement.