Commonwealth Games 2022

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7 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

I think the hate from the Commonwealth Games comes from people relating it to the British Empire.

 

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In fact it is open to any nation that has never beaten us in a war. So only   &  are excluded.  &  are perfectly free to join.  

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14 countries have never won a medal at these games. 

 

They are: 

 

Can see a couple of these winning their first medals this week.  

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Unlikely, in terms of talent, I'd give in beach volleyball the best chance at winning a medal. After that it comes down to getting some favourable draws in boxing/judo

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I was briefly in Birmingham coming home from the football yesterday, I had a stop over there, enough time to get McDonald's and do little else. But there were quite a few signs and so on for the Games just in the station and outside it, some with the Games branding and some with Network Rail branding. A small part of history I suppose. The BBC promo set to "It's A Brum Ting" has been seen a lot on TV including during the World Athletics Championship, which is interesting - a very catchy tune although words like 'Ting' are much more a London dialect than a Birmingham one!

 

Anyway, the Day 0 schedule:

19:00 Opening Ceremony

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2 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Unlikely, in terms of talent, I'd give in beach volleyball the best chance at winning a medal. After that it comes down to getting some favourable draws in boxing/judo

I think  have a decent chance of nicking one in men's 100 and 200 with Cejhae Greene.  are the other ones I had down in Beach Volleyball, Wrestling and Athletics (Men's Long Jump) respectively. 

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 medal hopes in athletics are dropping by the day as Max Burgin and Dina Asher-Smith have both had to withdraw due to injuries suffered at World Athletics Championship.   

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21 minutes ago, Cinnamon Bun said:

I think  have a decent chance of nicking one in men's 100 and 200 with Cejhae Greene.  are the other ones I had down in Beach Volleyball, Wrestling and Athletics (Men's Long Jump) respectively. 

might have a chance in the men's 100m if enough athletes withdraw. like with boxing/judo will depend on the draw so the chance is there. I don't think has a chance, the athlete hasn't performed that well this season and the level is still pretty good. He'd probably need to get around 7.8m to win a medal.

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1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

might have a chance in the men's 100m if enough athletes withdraw. like with boxing/judo will depend on the draw so the chance is there. I don't think has a chance, the athlete hasn't performed that well this season and the level is still pretty good. He'd probably need to get around 7.8m to win a medal.

In the 100m I can see someone medalling with a time over 10 seconds, so if he can reach anywhere near his PB and SB he'll medal.  The long jumper seems to pull it out the bag when it comes to these games so if he does the same again he stands a chance. Due to lack of numbers in Wrestling and other combat sports,  might be able to medal if they pick up a sneaky win or 2.  

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2 hours ago, Cinnamon Bun said:

In the 100m I can see someone medalling with a time over 10 seconds, so if he can reach anywhere near his PB and SB he'll medal.  The long jumper seems to pull it out the bag when it comes to these games so if he does the same again he stands a chance. Due to lack of numbers in Wrestling and other combat sports,  might be able to medal if they pick up a sneaky win or 2.  

IIRC 100m Gold winning time has been over 10s in last couple of CWG. 

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14 minutes ago, Dolby said:

IIRC 100m Gold winning time has been over 10s in last couple of CWG. 

I expect that to change this year, someone like Anomah or Prescod will go under 10.