Who would you like to be your nation's flagbearer at Tokyo 2020?

[heywoodu 13,562]

1 hour ago, CCB said:

 

Epke Zonderland (gymnastics, very likeable and pleasant Olympic champion, spectacular gymnast)
Annemiek van Vleuten (road cycling, she almost died during last Olympic road race when she was on her way to gold, but crashed)

One of these two or Henk Grol  

[thepharoah 2,291]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

There are actually people who believe in jinxing like this?  

 

yes  we had Karam Gaber in 2008 and he lost in 1st round in Greco-Roman and Hesham Mesbah in 2012 and he lost in 1st round in judo also :D and i think we're not anyhow alone in this belief 

[heywoodu 13,562]

1 minute ago, thepharoah said:

 

yes  we had Karam Gaber in 2008 and he lost in 1st round in Greco-Roman and Hesham Mesbah in 2012 and he lost in 1st round in judo also :D and i think we're not anyhow alone in this belief 

Ah yeah, the world is full with people who put weird superstitions in front of logic  

 

"If I don't put on my left sock first, I won't win this race."

Edited July 14, 2019 by heywoodu

[thepharoah 2,291]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Ah yeah, the world is full with people who put weird superstitions in front of logic  

 

"If I don't put on my left sock first, I won't win this race."

 

Nadal reacts angry 

[heywoodu 13,562]

Just now, thepharoah said:

 

Nadal reacts angry 

That's just pure logic though. I mean, if the sticker on your water bottle isn't facing the exactly correct angle and you didn't pull your underpants out of your ass crack you're obviously not gonna win. Duh.

[Jinzha 529]

13 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

One of these two or Henk Grol  

Zonderland and Van Vleuten feel like the most obvious choices to me too. But what about Kromowidjojo? Another icon of TeamNL for the past decade in her probably last games.

[hckošice 13,275]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Ah yeah, the world is full with people who put weird superstitions in front of logic  

 

"If I don't put on my left sock first, I won't win this race."

 

we have players (even stars) who dip their stick into the toilet if they can't score for a long time. one our star did it at the Olympics during the intermission. 

[heywoodu 13,562]

1 minute ago, Jinzha said:

Zonderland and Van Vleuten feel like the most obvious choices to me too. But what about Kromowidjojo? Another icon of TeamNL for the past decade in her probably last games.

@dareza agrees with you  

 

I'd prefer Heemskerk if it's gonna be a swimmer  (which I doubt, because they have to compete early on I think?)

 

 

[heywoodu 13,562]

Just now, hckosice said:

 

we have players (even stars) who dip their stick into the toilet if they can't score for a long time. one our star did it at the Olympics during the intermission. 

People are weird man.

[EselTheDonkey 703]

Men's qualification in gymnastics is the day after the Opening Ceremony. So that makes Zonderland pretty unlikely as a flag bearer.