website statistics
Jump to content

Poll 92/100 | Which are your nation's 3 safest medal picks for Tokyo?

Fly_like_a_don
 Share

Recommended Posts

Oldira Contributor

Oldira   88

Posted
Posted
  On 7/15/2021 at 7:55 PM, CCB said:

I think it's a little tricky to consider a medal as a safe one, especially a gold medal in sailing. It's just how the wind blows :p. For me the only safe gold medal is the women's hockey team. Like @heywoodusaid: we have to wait and see which superbikes the British will show up with, so not very sure of the gold medals for the men's team and Harry Lavreysen, but a medal should definitely work. 

 

Another more or less safe medal for Laura Smulders (BMX) and the W4- rowingteam (although I fear that Ireland will win the gold). 

 

I think for our Belgian neighbours and friends there are a lot more 'safe' gold medal picks: Evenpoel and Van Aert in the men's road race and time trial, Thiam in the heptathlon (athletics), Derwael at uneven bars (gymnastics) and the men's hockeyteam. 

 

Expand  

Not so sure will win gold. The Australians are odds on favourites. But I think :NED and :IRL will medal in W4

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395529
Share on other sites
  • Replies 94
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

hckošice
hckošice

hey, this is not a tactic. it's called realistic pessimism, it is a proven prevention of mental health. You expect nothing. so you can not to be very disappointed, you can be only pleasantly surprised

heywoodu
heywoodu

Nothing is ever safe, but I'd go for this:   1. Women's road race --> Basically all four women have an excellent chance to win the gold. I hope it won't happen, but even a double or tripl

Torchbearer
Torchbearer

Australia has some super solid Gold medal favourites in Swimming   1. 4x100m W Relay.......miles ahead of the competition 2. 4x200m W Relay......again miles ahead of the competition

vinipereira Rising Star

vinipereira   3,419

Posted
Posted
  On 7/15/2021 at 1:13 PM, LuizGuilherme said:

Brazil :BRA:

 

1. Men's Surfing (99% of chances it will be 2 medals)

 

Expand  

After the whole debacle about not being allowed to take his wife to Tokyo, are we sure Medina will win a medal? :lol:

 

I'd say 1 medal is probably a safer bet.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395537
Share on other sites
thiago_simoes Community Regular

thiago_simoes   1,423

Posted
Posted
  On 7/15/2021 at 7:55 PM, CCB said:

I think for our Belgian neighbours and friends there are a lot more 'safe' gold medal picks: Evenpoel and Van Aert in the men's road race and time trial, Thiam in the heptathlon (athletics), Derwael at uneven bars (gymnastics) and the men's hockeyteam. 

 

Expand  

Definitely not a safe medal, in my opinion. She's been showing signs of inconsistency and there's also big pressure from Fan Yilin and Sunisa Lee, so all it takes is a Russian having a good day and poof, no medal for Belgium. 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395541
Share on other sites
NMQ Contributor

NMQ   243

Posted
Posted

:ARG doesn't have any safe medal, but I'd say women's field hockey team and Lange/Carranza in Nacra17 are the best bets. Then I don't know, I would pick Pareto just because I'm biased, but it should probably be another team sport, maybe.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395553
Share on other sites
dcmdtruefan Apprentice

dcmdtruefan   35

Posted
Posted
  On 7/15/2021 at 3:08 PM, Fly_like_a_don said:

I mean yeah the XD pair has struggled with middle - lower ranked teams. Just hope that they face Japanese / Chinese /Korean pairs it'll be easier for them. But unpredictability is feature of Thailand . 

 

Intanon has stamina  issues yes, she looks tired in 3rd set whenever a match extends till there. Busanan is ever improving so fingers crossed. 

 

It's overdue for Thailand to win a badminton medal.

' If not now, when! '

 

 

Expand  

You're right that a badminton medal is long overdue for Thailand, considering that even less decorated countries in badminton like the Netherlands, Russia and Spain for instance have won a medal.

 

But there's a reason why Thailand hasn't won a medal in badminton yet and that has to deal with Thai athletes' inability to deal with pressure when it counts the most in general. When the tough gets going, they usually lose and go home. So if anyone were to win a medal for Thailand, that athlete has to be really mentally strong. 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395555
Share on other sites
heywoodu Mentor

heywoodu   15,334

Posted
Posted
  On 7/15/2021 at 7:55 PM, CCB said:

I think it's a little tricky to consider a medal as a safe one, especially a gold medal in sailing. It's just how the wind blows :p. For me the only safe gold medal is the women's hockey team. Like @heywoodusaid: we have to wait and see which superbikes the British will show up with, so not very sure of the gold medals for the men's team and Harry Lavreysen, but a medal should definitely work. 

 

Another more or less safe medal for Laura Smulders (BMX) and the W4- rowingteam (although I fear that Ireland will win the gold). 

 

I think for our Belgian neighbours and friends there are a lot more 'safe' gold medal picks: Evenpoel and Van Aert in the men's road race and time trial, Thiam in the heptathlon (athletics), Derwael at uneven bars (gymnastics) and the men's hockeyteam. 

 

Expand  

Although BMX is such an easy sport for things to go wrong, one would have to be extremely dominant to be considered a safe medal, I'd say...

 

And personally I really can't see the Belgians as safe medals (gold even!) in the road cycling :yikes: 

 

Sure, they both have an excellent chance, but in the road race there's at least 20 riders who have an excellent chance, including some who are usually better climbers than Evenepoel and Van Aert - even though they might hold on of course, they are definitely among the 20+ riders with a good gold medal chance.

 

As for the ITT, they both have a chance as well, but the likes of Pogacar, Roglic (if recovered), Cavagna, Küng and so on are equally as dangerous, and that's not even counting on Ganna yet, who we can assume will be in top shape.

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395560
Share on other sites
Fly_like_a_don Community Regular

Fly_like_a_don   1,112

Posted
Posted
  On 7/16/2021 at 4:24 AM, dcmdtruefan said:

But there's a reason why Thailand hasn't won a medal in badminton yet and that has to deal with Thai athletes' inability to deal with pressure when it counts the most in general. When the tough gets going, they usually lose and go home. So if anyone were to win a medal for Thailand, that athlete has to be really mentally strong. 

Expand  

It's the same with Indian Archery, highly decorated archers, lots of world championships medals but no Olympic Medal. Be it Indian Archery or Thai badminton this is absolutely necessary to open the account. If it still doesn't happen the sport could fail to get the youth and future might be dark. Let's be optimistic that it can happen.  

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395569
Share on other sites
Griff88 Community Regular

Griff88   1,970

Posted
Posted

The safest medal for :INA is probably Eko Yuli Irawan in weightlifting, with the most likely colour is silver. Even if we have first and second seed in badminton men's doubles, neither of them are considered "safe" (according to my standards)

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395582
Share on other sites
Dolby Community Regular

Dolby   738

Posted
Posted
  On 7/16/2021 at 8:06 AM, Griff88 said:

The safest medal for :INA is probably Eko Yuli Irawan in weightlifting, with the most likely colour is silver. Even if we have first and second seed in badminton men's doubles, neither of them are considered "safe" (according to my standards)

Expand  

Minions missing out on a medal would be a great tragedy. They have dominated the MD scene for some time. They deserve the Gold medal. 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/10143-poll-92100-which-are-your-nations-3-safest-medal-picks-for-tokyo/page/5/#findComment-395584
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Latest Posts around Totallympics

    • NearPup
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By NearPup · Posted

      Most of what he’s done so far is cancel the only thing that was keeping George W Bush out of hell.
    • AmericanHero40
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By AmericanHero40 · Posted

      As someone who lived for 20 years in California, and can't leave this place even though i'm doing very well here, i have nothing good to say about them. And the next governor will be worse then the current one
    • AmericanHero40
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By AmericanHero40 · Posted

      Yea the thiefs are mad that they were caught and unleashed the braindead crowd. He is very effective, look at all he did until now! finding crazy expenses that there was no reason to give, like a lot of the USAID expenses, and sure it wouldn't be a lot, but his goal is finding 1 trillion dollars of waste, and he is well on his way to do it. Any waste if important to kill, even if it's something relatively small comparing to the total government budget  
    • NearPup
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By NearPup · Posted

      Please don’t make me defend the California state government. I have very few nice things to say about how that state is run xD   I live in Washington State and not in California for a reason…
    • AmericanHero40
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By AmericanHero40 · Posted

      you might be right, but  it's getting really ridiculous that house races in California were not called for a month because they keep on chasing people to get a proper signature, 
    • NearPup
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By NearPup · Posted

      Musk isn’t finding fraud and waste in the government, and certainly nobody who is protesting him believes that DOGE is in any way effective at their stated mission, so nobody is mad at him for doing that.
    • AmericanHero40
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By AmericanHero40 · Posted

      It might be small, but it's still happening, and for what? for finding fraud and waste on a governmental level? and that's why you're protesting a car that was much more popular for democrats then republicans? (i might have one but i didn't know anyone else who does)   There are a lot of people who maybe not fire bombing tesla's, but are keying them and causing damage to them.    Funny, i don't remember vandalizing a bud light factory
    • NearPup
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By NearPup · Posted

      It might be a hot take but I actually think having stricter voter ID laws would be good for Democrats under the current political alignment. Dems benefit from lower turnout, so the more hoops there are to vote the better it is for them.   Kind of a fascinating reversal from how it was pre-Trump, where lower turnout benefited Republicans.
    • AmericanHero40
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By AmericanHero40 · Posted

      Oh yea off course the left will win again, though if they keep on trending left and listening to the aoc's, sanders and crockett's of the world it will be tougher and tougher, also if they can finally create better federal election laws it will also make it much harder.   However i do recognize that Trump is a once in a lifetime politician that is able to bring out the people like no one else, and i have fears that Vance or Desantis wouldn't be able to do it in 4 years, that's why i'm enjoying what happens now, and the next 4 years  
    • NearPup
      [OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

      By NearPup · Posted

      Oh I know it’s happened. But we’re in a big country, a lot of shit happens.   There is a lot of disdain for Musk on the left (for many reasons) but the people who actually committed vandalism or arson are a vanishingly small minority.   The whole "firebombing a WalMart" thing is a running joke for a reason.
×
×
  • Create New...