Olympics 2020/2021 : Discussion & Predictions

[Strongkored]

Of course, betting that the US will win more medals is a sure bet. They have so many athletes, well, in almost every sport, that the probability of winning is on their side.

China and maybe Great Britain can be their tight competitors for most medal collection, USA sends a lot of athletes about 613 athletes, they always have the good athletes in almost all sports that are competed, maybe only in football they are just ordinary.
China has once won the most medals but even then because they are the hosts, after that US is back at the most medals

[FatFork]

Of course, betting that the US will win more medals is a sure bet. They have so many athletes, well, in almost every sport, that the probability of winning is on their side.

China and maybe Great Britain can be their tight competitors for most medal collection, USA sends a lot of athletes about 613 athletes, they always have the good athletes in almost all sports that are competed, maybe only in football they are just ordinary.
China has once won the most medals but even then because they are the hosts, after that US is back at the most medals

Among the countries that have participated in the Olympics throughout history, the United States is the one spending most time, attention, and money than anyone else and, when it comes to medals won, has dominated since 1896. There is no doubt that U.S. holds a number of records when it comes to the Olympics, including the most gold, silver, and bronze medals won individually, as well as the most medals won as a nation (a total of 2,827) in the entire history of the games.
Given that the American Olympic team is the only one in the world without government funding, these achievements are all the more impressive.

[Altryist]

Very true and I realized this today when I was watching the match played between Brazil and Germany.

Richarlison scored a hatrick in the first 30 minutes and missed a couple of good chances which made Germany look like a team that was being taught how to play football. When I tried to see if I recognized some names, I think I saw less than 10 familiar names from both sides, Which doesn't help in building strong team's.

In the Olympic Games, young football players take part, so matches for predictions and bets are not suitable. Look at Argentina's result with Australia, Argentina lost and failed to score a single goal. In addition, France and Spain could not win that day, these are strong European teams, but they played very badly.

[joker_josue]

Given that the American Olympic team is the only one in the world without government funding, these achievements are all the more impressive.

No direct support from central government.
Colleges, schools, city communities, support from city councils and businesses devote a lot of time to supporting sport. That way they manage to have many quality athletes.

[slaman29]

Damn, didn't check the 6-6-free promotions page. Was busy doing things for the summer (yard work and BBQing) so totally missed it.
Looks like Brazil has a comfortable lead against germany 3-0 at HT.
South Africa is holding it's own against the hosts Japan especially with them being 21.00x odds to win. So it is quite impressive.
The surprise is Argentina going down to Australia 0-2. I turned it off once it reached the 83' mark as they were on a red card since the 45' of the first half. It is their U23 squad so didn't expect to much from them.
The other matches were way to early for me to justify waking up an extra 4 hours and losing sleep to watch being a work day but seen Ivory coast beat Saudi Arabia.

That's strange but I haven't seen 6-6-free promotions in the past two times people were mentioning it. I'm pretty sure I check Sportsbet a lot and I do get a lot of 4-3-free promotions, almost I would say 3/4 every week. Wonder if they cut out certain countries from the promo? Would be pretty strange though since Olympics is even now in Asia:)

Brazil Germany would have been great to watch but I can't see anything from work:(

[KTChampions]

This is true for any sport and any championship, for example, before Magnus Carlsen, chess in Norway was not even considered a sport, and then everything changed very dramatically. But there are always some exceptions, like athletes from Kenya, if I choose between them and some other middle country, then I will choose Kenya because they have a very strong school and traditions (judging by their sports results).

I guess @Joker_Josue was making reference to football activities in Olympic games rather than all sports in general, If yes, I'd agree with him. Most football teams don't come with their best players from the national team, it's an U23 event with only a few players over that age allowed within the squad. So, technically teams that have most of their best players from national side over that age limit or not a strong U23 side might fall short of the expectations which one would have had on National team.

If we talk about football, then the name of the team is actually very important, even if we do not know the specific players. Considering, for example, that there is a strong football school in Brazil and a lot of people play football, we can assume that a team of, for example, 15-year-old players will be much stronger than the same team from, say, Romania.

[Ziskinberg]

I think today is the opening of the Olympics, anyone here knows a site where we can watch free live streaming?

I check on my cable TV and unfortunately I don't see any, check also in youtube but it's not official live streaming from a trust media.

[FatFork]

I think today is the opening of the Olympics, anyone here knows a site where we can watch free live streaming?

I check on my cable TV and unfortunately I don't see any, check also in youtube but it's not official live streaming from a trust media.

You can watch it on BBC iPlayer, though you'll need a VPN if you're not in the UK.
Similarly, there are other live streaming options through their national TV broadcasters in the following countries: Ireland (RTE), France (TF1) and, Germany (ZDF and ARD).

[joker_josue]

I think today is the opening of the Olympics, anyone here knows a site where we can watch free live streaming?

I check on my cable TV and unfortunately I don't see any, check also in youtube but it's not official live streaming from a trust media.

The Eurosport channel is the television channel that provides the best coverage of the games. If in your country you have access to Eurosport, you will be able to follow all the Olympic games.

[LUCKMCFLY]

How did the inauguration seemed? Here I share the most relevant points for those who could not see it, it should be noted that there were people Qeu expressed outside the statement and caused police bodies to be present:

The toned-down 2020 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony highlighting Japan's grandeur, rich culture, and legacy while reflecting the gloomy atmosphere of a world ravaged by an inexorable pandemic concluded at National Stadium in Tokyo on Friday without the usual razzmatazz.

Source: https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/olympics-2021-opening-ceremony-live-updates-archery-rowing-events-tokyo-2020-telecast-streaming-details-121072300097_1.html

I´m surprised that the cable service I possess only 1 channel was the one that transmitted the inauguration, by DIRETV in the sports channels I did not find the one that transmitted it, it is striking that this has been the Olympic Games that more money has spent, perhaps the theme of the pandemic has made it a lot more, and the most curious thing is that everything will be for TV, there will be no preset of public and the cases of Covid-19 have been increasing, it goes by the 1900s And increasing.

[Ratash]

Of course, betting that the US will win more medals is a sure bet. They have so many athletes, well, in almost every sport, that the probability of winning is on their side.

China and maybe Great Britain can be their tight competitors for most medal collection, USA sends a lot of athletes about 613 athletes, they always have the good athletes in almost all sports that are competed, maybe only in football they are just ordinary.
China has once won the most medals but even then because they are the hosts, after that US is back at the most medals

I guess its a pretty good bet because as we know usa in every olympic game get number one spot as you said they have a lot of quality athletes plus the number of participants and they are far ahead in the number of won medals from their competiters and it seems that this year in tokyo will not be any different.

[joker_josue]

I´m surprised that the cable service I possess only 1 channel was the one that transmitted the inauguration, by DIRETV in the sports channels I did not find the one that transmitted it, it is striking that this has been the Olympic Games that more money has spent, perhaps the theme of the pandemic has made it a lot more, and the most curious thing is that everything will be for TV, there will be no preset of public and the cases of Covid-19 have been increasing, it goes by the 1900s And increasing.

Maybe this list can help:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2020_Summer_Olympics_broadcasters

As I already indicated, whoever has the possibility to watch Eurosport will be able to see practically all the competitions of the Olympic games.

[famososMuertos]

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Although I also saw it there, the Olympics are generally seen more on the open signal channels of certain countries and generally are not on certain decoders unless you are in the corresponding region and the service or cable operator offers it.

In any case, I looked at one of my STv apps that you can see or find some of those channels that offer several hours of transmission.

In the order of the bets, some soccer games were played where it was fatal to me ... Mexico surprised France and Argentina lost to Australia, with the left foot my bets, but since officially the bets begin today, sorry, the Olympic games begin today, nothing happened 

[cashfairy]

Olympics tennis match is best of 3 or 5?

[joker_josue]

Olympics tennis match is best of 3 or 5?

It's the best of the three.
It is a short tournament, it is not convenient to have longer matches.

[FatFork]

Olympics tennis match is best of 3 or 5?

All tennis matches at the Olympics are best-of-three sets.
In singles matches, there will be a standard tiebreaker (first-to-seven points) in every set. In doubles, a match tiebreak (first-to-10 points) will be played instead of a third set (if the first two sets are split). ^[reference]

[LTU_btc]

How did the inauguration seemed? Here I share the most relevant points for those who could not see it, it should be noted that there were people Qeu expressed outside the statement and caused police bodies to be present:

I watched opening ceremony, it was nice, but not the same as in previous Olympics - without spectators and very limited number of athletes. Personally, for me  London 2012 opening ceremony was best of all time and it will be difficult to beat it.

In the order of the bets, some soccer games were played where it was fatal to me ... Mexico surprised France and Argentina lost to Australia, with the left foot my bets, but since officially the bets begin today, sorry, the Olympic games begin today, nothing happened 

Well, Olympic football tournament is always full of surprises because it's youth squads, mixed with 3 older players - it's difficult to prejudice who is who.
In women tournament, last World Cup winners USA surprisingly had no chances against Sweden.

[Silberman]

Given that the American Olympic team is the only one in the world without government funding, these achievements are all the more impressive.

No direct support from central government.
Colleges, schools, city communities, support from city councils and businesses devote a lot of time to supporting sport. That way they manage to have many quality athletes.

I was about to say this, the US government may not give direct funding to the athletes but it does indirectly through college and I am pretty sure that if we could know the amount they spend it will be many times higher than any other country, not that there is anything wrong with that but it must be mentioned.

Also did anyone actually watched the opening ceremony? It simply was not possible for me, I hope that it is uploaded to YouTube or something.

[KTChampions]

I was about to say this, the US government may not give direct funding to the athletes but it does indirectly through college and I am pretty sure that if we could know the amount they spend it will be many times higher than any other country, not that there is anything wrong with that but it must be mentioned.

Also did anyone actually watched the opening ceremony? It simply was not possible for me, I hope that it is uploaded to YouTube or something.

I fully support your clarification - it does not matter how funds enter the industr  (in this case, sports), only the end result is important. And the USA is definitely the leader here.
I watched the opening ceremony on the central channel of my country, but I was unhappy - these impudent people inserted ads during the passage of the teams and some teams were completely skipped in this way, so I would also like to watch the opening ceremony in the recording (preferably the initial broadcast without editing).

[boltz]

Seems that I might catch some events this night in both Basketball 3vs3 and some Field Hockey and at this moment, I'm great for every event at night especially after NHL and NBA are in break. Regarding predictions , is hard to predict Olympics but most of the times the favorites are walking away with the gold medal. Also , please remember that Olympics means for an athlete a 4 year preparation for a few minutes of glory as you don't get 2nd chances until 4 more years.