Olympics 2020/2021 : Discussion & Predictions

[Smartvirus]

Just two more gold and they're going to be at the top. Last day is approaching and I think with those remaining games, it's what everyone is waiting for.
Those who are concerned watching out who's going to be the top 1 on this year's Olympics.

They've got that in the women's Final marathon as, M. Seidel came up 3rd place for USA behind Kenyan P. Jepchirchir and B. Kosgel who finished in both first and 2nd positions haven't won the gold and silver medals for there country. It seems the marathon race is a sole birth right for the Kenyans. I'm still looking forward to a day that some other nation's athlete would just step up and win this off them.
It was a thing of joy really, a sensational moment for the athletes to have ran to the finish line even though they all never got a medal. The singular fact of beating the challenge was very satisfying with the joys on there faces. Congrats to them all.

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[yazher]

On the medal front, China still has the most gold, while the USA has a clear advantage in the total number of medals at Tokyo 2020.

Just two more gold and they're going to be at the top. Last day is approaching and I think with those remaining games, it's what everyone is waiting for.
Those who are concerned watching out who's going to be the top 1 on this year's Olympics.

Looks like they will have a hard time getting those two more gold medals and we still don't know if there are some Chinese are competing for a gold medal too. We are about to come closer to its closing ceremony and looks like the Tokyo Olympics 2020 is successful and there was no problem at all. everything was done well and looks like every athlete has nothing to complain about it. This is Japan for you hope that I will visit it someday.

[KTChampions]

On the medal front, China still has the most gold, while the USA has a clear advantage in the total number of medals at Tokyo 2020.

I don't know if this is possible or not, but it will be very funny if the US team overtakes the Chinese team in gold medals on the last day of the Olympics   It would be an epic result of this race. In one day, the difference decreased by 3 times and now amounts to only two medals.
I am surprised that the Germans were not able to collect the normal number of gold medals - at the last Olympiad in Rio they had 17, and now they are almost two times less. It seems that those teams that performed above average (especially Japan) did it at the expense of Germany.

[blue Snow]

I still confusing why Rusia is different from other countries, why they use ROC (Rusian Olympic Committee) why not only Rusia?.

I don't know if this is possible or not, but it will be very funny if the US team overtakes the Chinese team in gold medals on the last day of the Olympics  It would be an epic result of this race. In one day, the difference decreased by 3 times and now amounts to only two medals.
I am surprised that the Germans were not able to collect the normal number of gold medals - at the last Olympiad in Rio they had 17, and now they are almost two times less. It seems that those teams that performed above average (especially Japan) did it at the expense of Germany.

China and the USA still have the opportunity to get Gold medals until the closed ceremony.

Game today:

USA; Women Basketball, boxing, volleyball
China; boxing

If I can see, Possible USA will defeat china position. hopefully, they don't add silver medals in the last minute because there are too many.

[ChiBitCTy]

Was an amazing basketball game last night between the Untied States and France.  I was so glad to actually be able to watch the game this time too. The last games was so late and having work the next day I was just not able to stay up for it.  This game was exiting though.  Every time you thought the United States was going to pull away France would come right back. Even though he only scored 16pts, Gobert was an absolute beast all night.  France had a lot of great players, but obviously couldn't quite pull it off.  They wanted it bad too.  Was a great final game nonetheless.

[Sithara007]

Anyone watching the rhythmic gymnastics matches? The Russian domination in this sport seems to be a thing of the past (they won every gold medal since 2000 to 2016). Yesterday, Linoy Ashram won the gold, defeating the Averina twins of Russia in individual all-around competition. And today, Russia is trailing in the team all-round competition (with Bulgaria in the lead). Artistic swimming continues to be dominated by Russia, but it was sad to see their dominance in rhythmic gymnastics crumble.

[KTChampions]

I still confusing why Rusia is different from other countries, why they use ROC (Rusian Olympic Committee) why not only Rusia?.

Because in Russia the state system of doping and deception of the regulatory authorities was revealed, in addition, Russia refused to admit this fact. This scandal has been going on for many years, haven't you heard about it?

I don't know if this is possible or not, but it will be very funny if the US team overtakes the Chinese team in gold medals on the last day of the Olympics  It would be an epic result of this race. In one day, the difference decreased by 3 times and now amounts to only two medals.
I am surprised that the Germans were not able to collect the normal number of gold medals - at the last Olympiad in Rio they had 17, and now they are almost two times less. It seems that those teams that performed above average (especially Japan) did it at the expense of Germany.

China and the USA still have the opportunity to get Gold medals until the closed ceremony.

Game today:

USA; Women Basketball, boxing, volleyball
China; boxing

If I can see, Possible USA will defeat china position. hopefully, they don't add silver medals in the last minute because there are too many.

It happened after all! The USA confidently took the first place in gold medals on the last day of the Olympiad. Given the huge advantage in silver and bronze medals, this can be called total domination.

[Jackl87]

Because in Russia the state system of doping and deception of the regulatory authorities was revealed, in addition, Russia refused to admit this fact. This scandal has been going on for many years, haven't you heard about it?

It happened after all! The USA confidently took the first place in gold medals on the last day of the Olympiad. Given the huge advantage in silver and bronze medals, this can be called total domination.

It is true that doping was practised on a large scale in Russia and that it was probably even organised and supported by official bodies. So i guess the ban of the russian flag and the russian anthem was a understandable move and it was also correct, that russian athletes that were not involved in that doping system were given the chance to start at the olympics because in the end they trained their whole life for that.
That being said i am pretty sure, doping is going on in every country, (of course also in the US and the UK and so on that are always blaming russia and china) and if i would have to guess i would say that at least a third of all athletes in the track & field and swimming disciplines was doped. The big problem is that most of the stuff that is used for doping today can't even be detected yet, that's why the samples are collected and stored longterm so they can be tested again in a few years when new detection methods are available.
It is a fact, that we will never have 100% doping free sports.

[3meek]

Anyone watching the rhythmic gymnastics matches? The Russian domination in this sport seems to be a thing of the past (they won every gold medal since 2000 to 2016). Yesterday, Linoy Ashram won the gold, defeating the Averina twins of Russia in individual all-around competition. And today, Russia is trailing in the team all-round competition (with Bulgaria in the lead). Artistic swimming continues to be dominated by Russia, but it was sad to see their dominance in rhythmic gymnastics crumble.

I have already said that Ashram's victory was very controversial because she made a mistake in her performance, while the Russian athlete performed perfectly! I think there might be political implications here! Everyone knows that Russia performed without national anthem and flag because of the doping scandal... It is a pity that athletes suffer because of idiots in politics!

[KTChampions]

Neeraj Chopra wins gold medal in javelin, first athletics gold for India in Olympics

The funny thing is, he started his sports career with the help of YouTube!   I read about it on Twitter yesterday and it says a lot about both his willpower and the general state of the sports industry in India. Therefore, one should not be surprised how, with such a huge population, India is always an outsider in various sports.

Jackl87

Naturally, modern sport is a battle of pharmacology, but if you get caught then please follow the rules and do your best next time. But Russia, even being caught, denied everything and behaved inappropriately, therefore, was punished even more harshly.

[JohnBitCo]

The final medal standings for the Olympics 2020. As expected, united states managed to get most medals.






https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm

[joker_josue]

The final medal standings for the Olympics 2020. As expected, united states managed to get most medals.

But they only managed to have one more gold medal than China.
I think it was the Olympic Games, where the US performed well below what was expected.



Although the total number of medals was similar to Rio2016, there were 7 fewer gold medals. While China another 12 gold medals.
I think the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be super interesting and competitive.

[Luzin]

The final medal standings for the Olympics 2020. As expected, united states managed to get most medals.
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I don't think US  will be able to catch up with China. In the end, US was strong, being able to catch up to a difference of 5 gold medals from China on August 6th. Congratulations to US you are the overall champion, and it's happening again. China seems to be shifting the dominance of the US unable to do much at the end of the game. I saw yesterday that US did have more games left than China.
It's sad that my country is in 55th position.

[Japinat]

The final medal standings for the Olympics 2020. As expected, united states managed to get most medals.
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I don't think US  will be able to catch up with China. In the end, US was strong, being able to catch up to a difference of 5 gold medals from China on August 6th. Congratulations to US you are the overall champion, and it's happening again. China seems to be shifting the dominance of the US unable to do much at the end of the game. I saw yesterday that US did have more games left than China.
It's sad that my country is in 55th position.

Just 1 gap for the gold medal, USA is on the top now and I think it will not change anymore, this time, it's just "almost" for China but the dominant country still win the competition. Congratulations to them and most especially the host country who are at the top 3 now.

[KTChampions]

But they only managed to have one more gold medal than China.
I think it was the Olympic Games, where the US performed well below what was expected.

https://i.ibb.co/sgg3vvM/olp2016.png

Although the total number of medals was similar to Rio2016, there were 7 fewer gold medals. While China another 12 gold medals.
I think the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be super interesting and competitive.

The fact that China will gradually surpass the United States in the number of gold medals is quite obvious - for the United States this is just a sport, but for China it is propaganda and one of the directions of state policy. In my opinion, this is rather miserable, especially considering that I live in such a backward country (Russia) where huge money is allocated for propaganda, and the population is living worse and worse.
As for the general interest in the Olympiad, it falls every time, this is obvious. And no amount of action by the Olympic committee to add new sports to attract a young audience is helping.

[bryant.coleman]

As for the general interest in the Olympiad, it falls every time, this is obvious. And no amount of action by the Olympic committee to add new sports to attract a young audience is helping.

From where did you get this feeling? I have travelled to 3-4 countries and I could say that all of them takes Olympics extremely seriously. And I heard from my friends in India that the entire country is celebrating non-stop, since Neeraj Chopra won their first ever athletics gold yesterday. Maybe in authoritarian countries such as Russia, national sports teams are associated with the regimes in power and that may result in people not supporting them. But I can assure you that in 95% of the countries that is not the case.

[Cnut237]

It happened after all! The USA confidently took the first place in gold medals on the last day of the Olympiad. Given the huge advantage in silver and bronze medals, this can be called total domination.

I'm not sure about 'total domination'. Everywhere apart from the US counts the country with the most golds as top of the table, and this time it was exceptionally close. The US certainly have the most medals, but I think China will continue to rise and will battle it out for number 1 spot with the US next time, and at future Olympics.

One weird thing about this Olympics for the US is that they are usually so dominant in the men's sprinting... but this time they didn't get a single gold.

[KTChampions]

As for the general interest in the Olympiad, it falls every time, this is obvious. And no amount of action by the Olympic committee to add new sports to attract a young audience is helping.

From where did you get this feeling? I have travelled to 3-4 countries and I could say that all of them takes Olympics extremely seriously. And I heard from my friends in India that the entire country is celebrating non-stop, since Neeraj Chopra won their first ever athletics gold yesterday. Maybe in authoritarian countries such as Russia, national sports teams are associated with the regimes in power and that may result in people not supporting them. But I can assure you that in 95% of the countries that is not the case.

Both your and my impression are subjective, I think it is worth waiting for some final data, such as the number of views of sports broadcasts. It seems to me that even if the share of views will be the same as in the old days, this will mean a drop in general interest, since I can hardly imagine the representatives of the young and even middle generation who watch TV. And I have not seen any boom in interest in the Olympiad on the internet, perhaps I am in my own information bubble, but apart from information about scandals, I have not seen anything here.

It happened after all! The USA confidently took the first place in gold medals on the last day of the Olympiad. Given the huge advantage in silver and bronze medals, this can be called total domination.

I'm not sure about 'total domination'. Everywhere apart from the US counts the country with the most golds as top of the table, and this time it was exceptionally close. The US certainly have the most medals, but I think China will continue to rise and will battle it out for number 1 spot with the US next time, and at future Olympics.

One weird thing about this Olympics for the US is that they are usually so dominant in the men's sprinting... but this time they didn't get a single gold.

First place is first place even if you are ahead of your opponent by a split second  Total domination was expressed in the fact that even having failed in some sports, the United States still took first place.

[tyz]

On the medal front, China still has the most gold, while the USA has a clear advantage in the total number of medals at Tokyo 2020.

Meanwhile, the US has overtaken China and now leads with a gold medal. Even though the Games are not over yet, it looks like the US could remain the frontrunners.
What surprised me the most was Japan. Of course, it's always the case that the host does better than average, and that's how it was with the UK and Brazil recently. But I didn't expect them to do so well.

[Silberman]

Anyone watching the rhythmic gymnastics matches? The Russian domination in this sport seems to be a thing of the past (they won every gold medal since 2000 to 2016). Yesterday, Linoy Ashram won the gold, defeating the Averina twins of Russia in individual all-around competition. And today, Russia is trailing in the team all-round competition (with Bulgaria in the lead). Artistic swimming continues to be dominated by Russia, but it was sad to see their dominance in rhythmic gymnastics crumble.

I did watched this competition and personally I like it, after all there is nothing more exciting than when the underdog is able to beat the favorite and no one saw it coming, it is sad on one hand because the twins were trying to make history and they failed and it is also sad because I saw how devastated the Russian athlete was after she discovered she lost the gold medal after winning 3 world championships in a row, but this only makes the victory of Ashram even more impressive which is the first for her country on the sport.