IMAGINARY SUMMER OLYMPICS - Poll #46 - Athletics - Women's 800m; Fencing - Men's Team Foil; Judo - Women's Half Heavyweight; Taekwondo - Men's Featherweight (-68kg); Weightlifting - Women's Super Heavyweight

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Poll #46

 

Who would have won?

 

Any medal for IOC President? ;-)))))

[phelps 8,282]

Athletics, women's 800m...difficult choice, plenty of doping cheaters and "real men" here...so, my pick is  Kelly Holmes, just to limit the damage.

 

Fencing, men's Team Foil...I was tempted to choose the 1976 German team  but then I stopped joking and I decided to pick the strongest team/school ever, even if they have always been terribly underachieving...so, my pick is  Italy.

 

Judo, women's Half-Heavyweights (currently at -78kg)...not a fan of the Chinese girls (even if they were really good), definitely not a fan of the Japanese girls in this class, not a fan of Harrison and her disrespect for the sport of Judo (let her enjoy UFC and WWE), therefore here my pick is the great  Ulla Werbrouck.

 

Taekwondo, men's Featherweight (-68kg), in absence of the great Kim Dae-Hoon in this list, my pick is the living legend  Steven Lopez (despite being a shameful human being, apparently).

 

Weightlifting, women's Super-Heavyweights...among all those Chinese champions, my pick is the great  Jang Mi-Ran, who beat them on their home soil and, considering their body weight, also has the best overall performance among them.

Edited December 17, 2022 by phelps

[rafalgorka 1,808]

@phelps there are no your votes yet

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1 hour ago, rafalgorka said:

@phelps there are no your votes yet

uff! once again!  

 

I always choose my picks and then I forget to click on the "Submit your Vote" button...

 

now I fixed it, by the way...

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Women's 800m run is my fav female olympic event

 

my top 3

1. Holmes (2004 800m event was very special for me due to some family stuff...)

2. van Langen - oh, how I love that 1992 finish

3. Mu - very impressive in Tokyo

 

Fencing M team foil

 

1. France - ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!

2. Italy

3. Poland - ALLEZ!!! ;-)

 

1904 mixed team is interesting - there were 2 Cubans in it, so this team represents Cuba in our polls

 

Judo, Taekwondo, Weightlifting

 

Here I don't know much, but I voted for Harrison, Lopez and Wenwen

 

Honorary mention for Agata Wróbel ;-)

 

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Voting in this one ends on Dec 27th.

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Results

 

ATHLETICS - Women's 800m

 

1. Maria Mutola MOZ

2. Caster Semenya RSA

3. Ellen van Langen NED

 

FENCING - Men's Team Foil

 

1. France

2. Italy

3. Poland (T)

 

JUDO - Women's Half Heavyweight

 

1. Kayla Harrison USA

2. Ulla Werbrouck BEL (T)

3. Shori Hamada JPN (T)

3. Noriko Anno JPN*

 

TAEKWONDO - Men's Featherweight (-68kg)

 

1. Ahmad Abughaush JOR

2. Steven Lopez USA

3. Hadi Saei IRI

3. Servet Tazegul TUR

 

WEIGHTLIFTING - Women's Super Heavyweight

 

1. Li Wenwen CHN (T)

2. Jang Mi-ran KOR (T)

3. Zhou Lulu CHN (T)*