Olympics 2020/2021 : Discussion & Predictions

[notblox1]

This is probably going to be first unfair olympics in history of olympic games, some countries are banned, ridiculous rules, probably no public and fans, man competing in woman category, and who knows what else are we going to see...
Tennis will probably be interesting to watch if Djokovic decides to participate, but he is still thinking about it.

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[Strongkored]

This is probably going to be first unfair olympics in history of olympic games, some countries are banned, ridiculous rules, probably no public and fans, man competing in woman category, and who knows what else are we going to see...

Why are you saying this, is there any news link that there are countries banned from participating in this Olympics, I really don't know about this.

Tennis will probably be interesting to watch if Djokovic decides to participate, but he is still thinking about it.

He has already announced his participation through his twitter and has also been posted by other members https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1200104.msg57470713#msg57470713
The news of his participation is quite exciting because many top players have withdrawn for various reasons.

[FatFork]

This is probably going to be first unfair olympics in history of olympic games, some countries are banned, ridiculous rules, probably no public and fans, man competing in woman category, and who knows what else are we going to see...

Why are you saying this, is there any news link that there are countries banned from participating in this Olympics, I really don't know about this.

At least 15 countries, including major powers like Russia, Iran and Turkey, can only send a limited number of athletes to Tokyo due to past doping accusations.

[casperBGD]

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He has already announced his participation through his twitter and has also been posted by other members https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1200104.msg57470713#msg57470713
The news of his participation is quite exciting because many top players have withdrawn for various reasons.

yeah, he is participating, it is a question now will the tournament be interesting, since we have a winner
nevertheless, it is better to have great players and exciting matches, than to have more interesting tournament with mediocre players

regarding bans, the world is getting more divided and that could be seen on Olympics as well, some countries will have less participants due to various reasons

[TheNineClub]

Is anyone interested in Olympic skateboarding talks? I will be covering that here so if anyone wants to chime in with predictions beforehand, let's do it! Some huge names are gonna show off their skills, but I can't really think of any situation where the US will not dominate.

Four medal events will be held:

Women & Men
Park
Street

[joker_josue]

Quick question, how does a country qualify to play the Olympics? I really want to see my country play but they aren't even participating so I don't exactly get what is the requirements to do be part of Olympics, also who will be carrying the torch this time?

As I didn't see a concrete answer to this question (sorry if anyone asked), here it is:

Any country that has an Olympic committee can participate. Even countries that do not have an Olympic committee, because of wars, economic or other problems, athletes can participate via the international Olympic committee.

How do athletes qualify?
Basically it will be for participating in other tournaments during the 4 years before the Olympic Games.
In order to participate, you have to do the minimums to access the games. In other words, you have to spend a minimum amount of time to qualify to participate.

Each modality has its minimum requirements. See for example in the case of athletics:

Athletics athletes who want to participate in the Olympic Games, have at least one of the official competitions to do these times.

Each country has a maximum number of athletes it can take, which varies based on various factors. Number of athletes registered in the federations, dimension, etc.

Afterwards, the best athletes from each country that manages to make the minimums, will then participate in the Olympic Games.

[acroman08]

At least 15 countries, including major powers like Russia, Iran and Turkey, can only send a limited number of athletes to Tokyo due to past doping accusations.

seems reasonable. the fact that they can still send athletes is a great thing despite having issues regarding doping their athletes(at least for Russia).

would you mind sharing the link from where you got the news? I can't seem to find that specific article. TIA!

[joker_josue]

At least 15 countries, including major powers like Russia, Iran and Turkey, can only send a limited number of athletes to Tokyo due to past doping accusations.

seems reasonable. the fact that they can still send athletes is a great thing despite having issues regarding doping their athletes(at least for Russia).

would you mind sharing the link from where you got the news? I can't seem to find that specific article. TIA!

Find more details about this case here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/55349156

[rhomelmabini]

This is probably going to be first unfair olympics in history of olympic games, some countries are banned, ridiculous rules, probably no public and fans, man competing in woman category, and who knows what else are we going to see...
Tennis will probably be interesting to watch if Djokovic decides to participate, but he is still thinking about it.

Do you have a link of the countries that are banned and for what reason? Well, in regards to public fans it was expected amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in their country. I read this news regarding the men competing with women here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/sports/olympics/women-athletes-competition.html and I guess they should stayed with the traditional approach, not good I guess. Even if there are too many women on the Olympics they should have set aside the quantity and compete with their gender. This isn't the time for gender equality, for goodness sake.

[joker_josue]

Do you have a link of the countries that are banned and for what reason? Well, in regards to public fans it was expected amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in their country. I read this news regarding the men competing with women here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/sports/olympics/women-athletes-competition.html and I guess they should stayed with the traditional approach, not good I guess. Even if there are too many women on the Olympics they should have set aside the quantity and compete with their gender. This isn't the time for gender equality, for goodness sake.

Any day a fanatical man who wants to win at all costs, but does not have physical conditions pays to win against other men, has an operation and enters the women's category, to say that he is the winner!
Shame!

[3meek]

It is a shame that my country (Russia) will compete without a flag, but I think Russian athletes will win a lot of medals at these Olympics! Russia has always been famous for many good athletes or gymnasts...

[acroman08]

Find more details about this case here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/55349156

thanks but not exactly what I am looking for. the article is focused on Russia's doping scandals.

anyway, I found what I am looking for. the article link below mentions which countries were banned due to doping allegations.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weightlifting-doping-olympics-exclusi-idUSKBN1HJ2F8

[Joca97]

It is a shame that my country (Russia) will compete without a flag, but I think Russian athletes will win a lot of medals at these Olympics! Russia has always been famous for many good athletes or gymnasts...

Well this years olympic games arent anything special . No crowd or anything so probobly Russia got the best time to serve their ban. Russia is always one the countries that wins the most medals next to USA and China so we will see how far they can go this year on the olympic games

[JohnBitCo]

I don't discuss about sports here.

I am worrying about the pandemic and progresses of vaccination globally. I wish best for the world, every nation, includes sport athletics. I wish that there will be no more deadly and more productive spreading mutated viruses on the world.

The Olympics can be a potential source for mutation of the Sars-Cov-2 virus. Of course I do hope it won't happen because if it happens, it will get rid of vaccination progresses so far.

We have witness Euro 2021 and Wimbledon 2021in this month with full crowds in side the stadium. There was currently no big impact of covid-19 cases due to this and therefore, i think that Olympics event will also be played safely.

These are the signs that we are coming back to the normal life after pandemic.

[slaman29]

Who is your favorite athlete who will still go to Olympics in football? I think for the squad even though there is an age limit of 23, they do allow each country to send 3 (if I'm not mistaken) athletes who are overaged, but I don't know if there's a limit for THAT.

Would be so cool to see Messi try and win it again for Argentina;)

Honestly, I don't care much about football in Olympics. Probably I'm going to watch only final of tournament. Until your post I didn't even knew who will play there. Now I checked squads of teams, lot of no names for me, but Spain squad looks impressive.

I guess Olympics isn't for everyone, but I do like seeing all the other sports in between football. Sometimes it's the only chance you get to watch like good badminton and good track events (who doesn't like to see sprinters and jumpers right I do!).

Check out Italian squad too, a lot of EURO veterans might be playing there:) and Copa squads too!

[suzanne5223]

This is probably going to be first unfair olympics in history of olympic games, some countries are banned, ridiculous rules, probably no public and fans, man competing in woman category, and who knows what else are we going to see...

Why are you saying this, is there any news link that there are countries banned from participating in this Olympics, I really don't know about this.

The above user was right with what he/she said because the orgainzer involved in the olympic are scared of the virus than it capacity and if you following this Olympic game closely you will know that it the most restricted tournament in the history of sport ever since the pandemic issue have happened with no prize or ranking point.

This is the reason why Tennis star like Serena Williams, Murray, Rafael Nadal, Thiem etc pulled out of the tournament.

[rhomelmabini]

Any day a fanatical man who wants to win at all costs, but does not have physical conditions pays to win against other men, has an operation and enters the women's category, to say that he is the winner!
Shame!

I feel you and I'm hoping they still have time to alter that since it hasn't started yet and they have still time to carry on with the scheduling of the games for every athletes. I don't really much know the reason why they agreed about this but if the woman is dominant on that category just because she is dominant and can compete with the guys that doesn't mean she belongs to compete with the men's category. If she dominates the game then let it be, the one who dominates win, it's Olympics.

It is a shame that my country (Russia) will compete without a flag, but I think Russian athletes will win a lot of medals at these Olympics! Russia has always been famous for many good athletes or gymnasts...

I don't know if that was expected for Russia but I say good luck to them as well to all the countries involved in this momentous event.

[TheNineClub]

Is anyone interested in Olympic skateboarding talks? I will be covering that here so if anyone wants to chime in with predictions beforehand, let's do it! Some huge names are gonna show off their skills, but I can't really think of any situation where the US will not dominate.

Four medal events will be held:

Women & Men
Park
Street

to keep this skateboarding thread alive, here is the ruleset.

• Street
This competition is held on a straight ‘street-like’ course featuring stairs, handrails, curbs, benches, walls and slopes. Each skateboarder performs individually and uses each section to demonstrate a range of skills, or ‘tricks’. Judging takes into account factors such as the degree of difficulty of the tricks, height, speed, originality, execution and the composition of moves, in order to award an overall mark.

Skateboarders often ‘slide’ the wooden deck of their skateboards and ‘grind’ the metal trucks (components which connect the wheels and bearings to the deck of the skateboard) directly along the course's curbs and handrails.

When riding along the course and in order to get their skateboards on top of or over the rails and curbs, competitors often perform an ‘ollie’, a trick whereby the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands. Skilled skateboarders make this difficult trick appear easy.

The side-on position taken by riders of surfboards and skateboards is known as their ‘stance’. A position with the left leg facing the direction in which the skateboarder wishes to move is known as ‘regular stance’, while some prefer to position their right leg facing the direction in which they wish to move, which is known as ‘goofy foot’. A skateboarder's usual stance is called their ‘main stance’; when changing the position of the front leg during competition, this is known as ‘switch stance’. The marks awarded for tricks performed with the main stance differ from those performed with switch stance, as the degree of difficulty is increased with the latter.

A common trick for skateboarders is to ollie and then flip the deck of the skateboard in various ways under their feet, miraculously bringing the board back to their feet before landing. An added variation to flipping the board is to also rotate the body at the same time. When performed well, after the board is flipped, the skateboarder can make it appear as if the board reattaches to the feet by magnet. Parallel, length-wise and other dynamic, multi-dimensional flips all require a high level of technique.

• Park
Park competitions take place on a hollowed-out course featuring a series of complicated curves — some resembling large dishes and dome-shaped bowls. From the bottom of the cavity, the curved surfaces rise steeply, with the upper part of the incline either vertical or almost vertical. Among the attractions of park competitions are the immense heights achieved by climbing the curves at speed and performing amazing mid-air tricks.

The variety of tricks available to a skateboarder increases with the height gained launching out of the park’s curves. The degree of difficulty can depend on whether the deck of the skateboard is grabbed with a hand when performing mid-air tricks, which part of the deck is grabbed, which hand is used to grab the deck and the posture of the rider while grabbing the deck.

Difficulty and originality also increase if the deck is rotated in mid-air, flipped or if the competitor is able to rotate their body while in mid-air. Other tricks include variations of balancing (stalls), grinds and slide tricks on the ‘lip’ of the ramp.

[eaLiTy]

It is a shame that my country (Russia) will compete without a flag, but I think Russian athletes will win a lot of medals at these Olympics! Russia has always been famous for many good athletes or gymnasts...

There is a reason for not allowing Russian athletes to represent the country, the state sponsored doping violation is the situation and they can compete as independent athletes, you need to accept the fact that the entire athletes were not banned from participating because when the new broke out about state manipulation of test and encouraging people to dope in a systematic manner i thought the entire athletes will be banned but everyone can participate as independent athletes and the only restriction is not to represent the country.

[TheNineClub]

It is a shame that my country (Russia) will compete without a flag, but I think Russian athletes will win a lot of medals at these Olympics! Russia has always been famous for many good athletes or gymnasts...

There is a reason for not allowing Russian athletes to represent the country, the state sponsored doping violation is the situation and they can compete as independent athletes, you need to accept the fact that the entire athletes were not banned from participating because when the new broke out about state manipulation of test and encouraging people to dope in a systematic manner i thought the entire athletes will be banned but everyone can participate as independent athletes and the only restriction is not to represent the country.

Not a Russian myself, nor do I care about any specific Russian athlete, but accusing Russia of systematic doping and not pointing a finger at other countries' systematic doping is just ridiculous. I guess the difference is state manipulated systematic doping versus the state knowing about doping and turning a blind eye. Honestly, it's equally bad.