Tokyo 2020 Day after Day as it could have happened

[rafalgorka 1,532]

Dnia 2.04.2020 o 10:44, Fly_like_a_don napisał:

Korea will top all the ranking rounds in Individual, Team and Mixed Team. 

 

Chinese Taipei will finish 2nd in women's team and mixed, Netherlands will be 2nd in men's team. 

 

There will be a 1 2 3 korean ranking in either men's or women's but not both after ranking round.

 

Some unexpected country will be in top 16 of mixed team. Eg : North Korea, Bangladesh ( if they qualify a woman ) etc. 

 

Here are my predictions for day 0, July 24th 2020

 

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200724-schedule

 

 

 

OPENING CEREMONY

 

WHO WILL BE YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG BEARER?

Maja Włoszczowska - Cycling MTB - two times olympic silver medalists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Włoszczowska

a huge star in Poland, a very nice person

her race is on Tuesday 28th, so she will already be in Tokyo and she will have few days to rest and prepare before she has her competition

 

WHO WILL LIT THE OLYMPIC CAULDRON?

I think it will be a group of young sportsmen and sportswomen who survived earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima reactor catastrophy. No names here.

 

WILL THE CEREMONY BE INTERESTING OR BORING?

It will be very interesting, one of the best ever.

And I know I am in minority here - but i really LOVE parade of the nations. It is not boring for me at all. For me it can last even two hours. Looking for sport stars in every nation, all the familiar faces, checking out who has the best clothing and so... I LOVE IT.

 

and:

ARCHERY – Women’s Individual Ranking Round

ARCHERY – Men’s Individual Ranking Round

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

 

I am not into archery actually. I don't know much about it.

So I find predictions given by Fly_like_a_don very accurate, Thank you!

So

 

And there are heats in rowing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

 

These are only heats so I will focus on Polish rowers only.

 

ROWING - M Single Sculls - First three of each heat qualify to the quarterfinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk - qualifies to the quarterfinals.

 

 

ROWING - M Double Sculls - First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Mirosław Ziętarski, Mateusz Biskup - qualified for the semifinals.

 

ROWING - W Double Sculls - First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Martyna Radosz, Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak - go to repechage.

 

ROWING - M Quadruple Sculls - First two of each heat qualify to Final A, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Dominik Czaja, Wiktor Chabel, Szymon Pośnik, Fabian Barański - qualify to Final A.

 

ROWING - W Quadruple Sculls - First two of each heat qualify to Final A, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Springwald, Katarzyna Zillmann - qualify to Final A.

 

[rafalgorka 1,532]

Let;s pretend this is day 1, July 25th 2020

 

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200725-schedule

 

SO THINGS ARE GETTING SERIOUS NOW!!!

 

It is day 1, everybody is still talking about the breathtaking opening ceremony last night. But the games are starting and a lot of action is going on.

This is too much to put it in one post. So from day 1 I will divide every day into a few posts, starting from the disciplines I like the most and I hope my predictions will be more accurate or starting from the sports which are easy to write about.

 

Let's go!

 

What are your predictions for:

 

VOLLEYBALL - Men's Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament

Pool A

ITALY - CANADA

JAPAN - VENEZUELA

POLAND - IRAN

Pool B

BRAZIL - TUNISIA

RUSSIA - ARGENTINA

UNITED STATES - FRANCE

General questions:

1. Will Russia start under its own flag? As a Russian Federation team?

2. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080455/fivb-calls-for-polands-kubiak-to-apologise-after-being-suspended-for-anti-iranian-remarks

How the POLAND - IRAN match will look like? Will it be played fair? In Rio Poland won 3-2 but after the last point there were very sad situations on the pitch. I hope they will not repeat this time.

 

FOOTBALL - Women's Tournament

teams with * haven't  qualified yet

 

group A

JAPAN - SWEDEN

NEW ZEALAND - CANADA

group B

UNITED STATES - CHINA*

GREAT BRITAIN - CHILE*

group C

NETHERLANDS - AUSTRALIA

BRAZIL - ZAMBIA

 

general question:

how the USA - CHINA match will look like? It is the first USA - CHINA clash in these games. These two nations will probably be 1 and 2 in medal table, so it is very interesting.

 

TENNIS - Men's Singles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

I used the qualifying criteria from wiki.

I only didn't use the rule which mentions Davis Cup starts and so, this was too difficult for me.

So Top 56 from ATP rankings, (only 4 players from one National Olympic Committee (NOC)), 6 continental places, Andy Murray ;-) and one from Japan.

Then I made a draw ;-)

And on day 1 only the top half is playing (from Djokovic to Medvedev).

What are your predictions?

 

SRB Novak Djokovic (1) - GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili

CRO Borna Coric - MDA Radu Albot

ESP Albert Ramos-Vinolas - KAZ Alexander Bublik

JPN Yoshihito Nishioka – CAN Denis Shapovalov (16)

FRA Gael Monfils (9) – EGY Mohamed Safwat

CHI Tomas Barrios – ARG Guido Pella

SRB Dusan Lajovic - GER Jan-Lennard Struff

ITA Lorenzo Sonego – ITA Matteo Berrettini (8)

 

SUI Roger Federer (4) – GBR Kyle Edmund

JPN Yuichi Sugita – SRB Filip Krajinovic

CRO Marin Cilic – ARG Juan Ignacio Londero

CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime – ARG Diego Schwartman (13)

ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (12) – NOR Casper Ruud

BUL Grigor Dimitrov – URU Pablo Cuevas

SUI Stan Wawrinka – AUS Alex de Minaur

AUS Nick Kyrgios – RUS Daniil Medvedev (5)

 

GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) – USA Sam Querrey

FRA Benoit Paire – POL Hubert Hurkacz

CZE Jiri Vesely – SWE Mikael Ymer

FRA Adrian Mannarino – ITA Fabio Fognini (11)

RUS Andrey Rublev (14) – USA Reilly Opelka

AUS John Millman – SRB Miomir Kecmanovic

USA Taylor Fritz – AUS Jordan Thompson

BRA Joao Menezes – AUT Dominic Thiem (3)

 

GER Alexander Zverev (7) – GBR Andy Murray

CHI Christian Garin – POR Joao Sousa

FRA Ugo Humbert – SLO Aljaz Bedene

UZB Denis Istomin – BEL David Goffin (10)

RUS Karen Khachanov (15) – ESP Pablo Carrena Busta

CAN Milos Raonic – JPN Kei Nishikori

PNG Matthew Stubbings – USA John Isner

GBR Daniel Evans – ESP Rafael Nadal (2)

 

More still to come :-)

Have a good Sunday, olympic freaks ;-)

Stay healthy, stay home!

[rafalgorka 1,532]

Dnia 5.04.2020 o 10:15, rafalgorka napisał:

Let;s pretend this is day 1, July 25th 2020

 

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200725-schedule

 

SO THINGS ARE GETTING SERIOUS NOW!!!

 

It is day 1, everybody is still talking about the breathtaking opening ceremony last night. But the games are starting and a lot of action is going on.

This is too much to put it in one post. So from day 1 I will divide every day into a few posts, starting from the disciplines I like the most and I hope my predictions will be more accurate or starting from the sports which are easy to write about.

 

Let's go!

 

What are your predictions for:

 

VOLLEYBALL - Men's Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament

Pool A

ITALY - CANADA

JAPAN - VENEZUELA

POLAND - IRAN

Pool B

BRAZIL - TUNISIA

RUSSIA - ARGENTINA

UNITED STATES - FRANCE

General questions:

1. Will Russia start under its own flag? As a Russian Federation team?

2. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080455/fivb-calls-for-polands-kubiak-to-apologise-after-being-suspended-for-anti-iranian-remarks

How the POLAND - IRAN match will look like? Will it be played fair? In Rio Poland won 3-2 but after the last point there were very sad situations on the pitch. I hope they will not repeat this time.

 

FOOTBALL - Women's Tournament

teams with * haven't  qualified yet

 

group A

JAPAN - SWEDEN

NEW ZEALAND - CANADA

group B

UNITED STATES - CHINA*

GREAT BRITAIN - CHILE*

group C

NETHERLANDS - AUSTRALIA

BRAZIL - ZAMBIA

 

general question:

how the USA - CHINA match will look like? It is the first USA - CHINA clash in these games. These two nations will probably be 1 and 2 in medal table, so it is very interesting.

 

TENNIS - Men's Singles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

I used the qualifying criteria from wiki.

I only didn't use the rule which mentions Davis Cup starts and so, this was too difficult for me.

So Top 56 from ATP rankings, (only 4 players from one National Olympic Committee (NOC)), 6 continental places, Andy Murray ;-) and one from Japan.

Then I made a draw ;-)

And on day 1 only the top half is playing (from Djokovic to Medvedev).

What are your predictions?

 

SRB Novak Djokovic (1) - GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili

CRO Borna Coric - MDA Radu Albot

ESP Albert Ramos-Vinolas - KAZ Alexander Bublik

JPN Yoshihito Nishioka – CAN Denis Shapovalov (16)

FRA Gael Monfils (9) – EGY Mohamed Safwat

CHI Tomas Barrios – ARG Guido Pella

SRB Dusan Lajovic - GER Jan-Lennard Struff

ITA Lorenzo Sonego – ITA Matteo Berrettini (8)

 

SUI Roger Federer (4) – GBR Kyle Edmund

JPN Yuichi Sugita – SRB Filip Krajinovic

CRO Marin Cilic – ARG Juan Ignacio Londero

CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime – ARG Diego Schwartman (13)

ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (12) – NOR Casper Ruud

BUL Grigor Dimitrov – URU Pablo Cuevas

SUI Stan Wawrinka – AUS Alex de Minaur

AUS Nick Kyrgios – RUS Daniil Medvedev (5)

 

GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) – USA Sam Querrey

FRA Benoit Paire – POL Hubert Hurkacz

CZE Jiri Vesely – SWE Mikael Ymer

FRA Adrian Mannarino – ITA Fabio Fognini (11)

RUS Andrey Rublev (14) – USA Reilly Opelka

AUS John Millman – SRB Miomir Kecmanovic

USA Taylor Fritz – AUS Jordan Thompson

BRA Joao Menezes – AUT Dominic Thiem (3)

 

GER Alexander Zverev (7) – GBR Andy Murray

CHI Christian Garin – POR Joao Sousa

FRA Ugo Humbert – SLO Aljaz Bedene

UZB Denis Istomin – BEL David Goffin (10)

RUS Karen Khachanov (15) – ESP Pablo Carrena Busta

CAN Milos Raonic – JPN Kei Nishikori

PNG Matthew Stubbings – USA John Isner

GBR Daniel Evans – ESP Rafael Nadal (2)

 

More still to come :-)

Have a good Sunday, olympic freaks ;-)

Stay healthy, stay home!

 

Let;s pretend this is day 1, July 25th 2020

 

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200725-schedule

 

My predictions for:

 

VOLLEYBALL - Men's Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament

Pool A

ITALY - CANADA 3-1

JAPAN - VENEZUELA 3-0

POLAND - IRAN 2-3

Pool B

BRAZIL - TUNISIA 3-0

RUSSIA - ARGENTINA 3-1

UNITED STATES - FRANCE 3-2

General questions:

1. Will Russia start under its own flag? As a Russian Federation team?

Yes, they will. I am personally against any kind of collective responsibility. I think the sportsmen and sportswomen who never had personally any problems with doping should be able to start, So 12 clean volleyball players from Russia should play as Russia. Maria Lasitskene got robbed in Rio, I like Ruth Beitia very much, but the gold medal should go to Lasitskene, if she had competed, she would have won it IMHO. In Tokyo Lasitskene should be able to start and still will be a main favourite.

Anyway, Russia will appeal their ban to CAS and I am pretty sure that they will be successfull in their appeal.

On the other hand, I think there should be a rule made by IOC that a spotsmen who violated antidoping rules should be banned from olympics for lifetime. E.g. Justin Gatin may get few years ban from IAAF and then he can start in the World Champs. But he will never start in olympics anymore,

I couldn't stand looking at Rio 2016 - Yelena Isinbayeva couldn't compete. But Yuliya Yefimova could swim. It didn't make any sense.

So when I will be making my predictions here (for medals), I always put a question mark on a sportsmen who IMHO shoudn't participate at all.

2. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080455/fivb-calls-for-polands-kubiak-to-apologise-after-being-suspended-for-anti-iranian-remarks

How the POLAND - IRAN match will look like? Will it be played fair? In Rio Poland won 3-2 but after the last point there were very sad situations on the pitch. I hope they will not repeat this time.

Oh, it will be a tough match for Poland.

But what I like the most, is that after the game there will be no more scenes like Rio. Everybody will behave and act normal. Even Michał Kubiak.

 

After POL-IRI clash, a great game USA-FRA. US will not be able to stop N'Gapeth for 4 sets but in the 5th they will finally find a way to do it. Great games POL-IRI and FRA-USA starting from 7.40 pm Tokyo time and two 5-setters in the row, so it will end at 1 p.m. or sth. A nice start for a volleyball tournament.

 

FOOTBALL - Women's Tournament

teams with * haven't  qualified yet

 

group A

JAPAN - SWEDEN 2-1

NEW ZEALAND - CANADA 1-3

1. Japan 6 4-1

2. Canada 4 4-2

3. Sweden 1 2-3

4. New Zealand 0 1-5

group B

UNITED STATES - CHINA* 3-2

GREAT BRITAIN - CHILE* 3-0

1. United States 6 6-3

2. China 3 5-3

3. Great Britain 3 4-3

4. Chile 0 0-6

group C

NETHERLANDS - AUSTRALIA 1-1

BRAZIL - ZAMBIA 4-1

1. Australia 4 4-1

2. Netherlands 4 3-2

3. Brazil 3 5-3

4. Zambia 0 1-7

 

general question:

how the USA - CHINA match will look like? It is the first USA - CHINA clash in these games. These two nations will probably be 1 and 2 in medal table, so it is very interesting.

YES, IT WILL BE A GREAT GAME. 2-2 and then in 90th minute a free kick for USA will win the game. A very tense game, and then Megan Rapinoe and her interviews ;-)

 

TENNIS - Men's Singles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

 

And on day 1 only the top half is playing (from Djokovic to Medvedev).

What are my predictions?

 

SRB Novak Djokovic (1) - GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili 2-0

CRO Borna Coric - MDA Radu Albot 2-0

ESP Albert Ramos-Vinolas - KAZ Alexander Bublik 2-1

JPN Yoshihito Nishioka – CAN Denis Shapovalov (16) 0-2

FRA Gael Monfils (9) – EGY Mohamed Safwat 2-0

CHI Tomas Barrios – ARG Guido Pella 0-2

SRB Dusan Lajovic - GER Jan-Lennard Struff 1-2

ITA Lorenzo Sonego – ITA Matteo Berrettini (8) 0-2

 

SUI Roger Federer (4) – GBR Kyle Edmund 2-0

JPN Yuichi Sugita – SRB Filip Krajinovic 1-2

CRO Marin Cilic – ARG Juan Ignacio Londero 0-2

CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime – ARG Diego Schwartman (13) 2-0

ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (12) – NOR Casper Ruud 1-2

BUL Grigor Dimitrov – URU Pablo Cuevas 2-1

SUI Stan Wawrinka – AUS Alex de Minaur 2-0

AUS Nick Kyrgios – RUS Daniil Medvedev (5) 1-2

 

KYRGIOS-MEDVEDEV will be the first big scandal of the games. Kyrgios wins first set and plays fantastic, then a very close second set which Medvedev wins in a tie-break. In third Medvedev breaks for 3-2 and then KYRGIOS implodes heavily. He can;t behave and he can't lose. He breaks all the rules on how to behave on the court. And I must say Medvedev is not much better, like in US OPEN 2019. Anyway, Medvedev wins 6-2 in 3rd set, Kyrgios doesn't shake hands and at the end behaves badly against public and goes home. ITF and ATP are thinking about excluding him from Tour for some time.

 

Tomorrow second half will be playing:

GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) – USA Sam Querrey

FRA Benoit Paire – POL Hubert Hurkacz

CZE Jiri Vesely – SWE Mikael Ymer

FRA Adrian Mannarino – ITA Fabio Fognini (11)

RUS Andrey Rublev (14) – USA Reilly Opelka

AUS John Millman – SRB Miomir Kecmanovic

USA Taylor Fritz – AUS Jordan Thompson

BRA Joao Menezes – AUT Dominic Thiem (3)

 

GER Alexander Zverev (7) – GBR Andy Murray

CHI Christian Garin – POR Joao Sousa

FRA Ugo Humbert – SLO Aljaz Bedene

UZB Denis Istomin – BEL David Goffin (10)

RUS Karen Khachanov (15) – ESP Pablo Carrena Busta

CAN Milos Raonic – JPN Kei Nishikori

PNG Matthew Stubbings – USA John Isner

GBR Daniel Evans – ESP Rafael Nadal (2)

 

More still to come :-)

I wonder if you like what I wrote and if you agree with my predictions. I am ready for discussion :-)

 

Stay healthy, stay home!

[bmo 194]

@rafalgorka I am not a tennis expert, but from what I remember Marin Cilic is a decent player. Also, the Kyrgious v medvedev match would be interesting to watch. 

[OlympicsFan 858]

On 27/03/2020 at 11:46, dcro said:

Paris 1900 - Olympics turn into a joke

Helinski 1940 - Olympics cancelled due to WW2

Moscow 1980 - massive boycotts

Tokyo 2020 - coronavirus

 

It's a mess every 40 years.

What about 1976 and 1916?

[OlympicsFan 858]

On 28/03/2020 at 14:46, Dragon said:

Until then, maybe we could simulate an all-time greats Olympics?

 

For example - Usain Bolt v Jesse Owens v Carl Lewis in the men's 100m?

George Foreman v Teofilio Stevenso, Felix Savon or Joe Frazier in heavyweight boxing?

Mark Spitz v Micheal Phelps in swimming?

Uruguay football of the 20s v Hungary of the 50s v Brazil 2016?

Why Brazil 2016 and not for example Spain 2008 - 2012?

 

Edit: I guess you only meant teams that actually played at the olympics and not the greatest teams overall? Even in that case i don't know why you named the 2016 brazilian teams, considering that they barely beat a pretty trash german team.

Edited April 9, 2020 by OlympicsFan

[OlympicsFan 858]

I really like the idea of this thread, but i would prefer to only predict the actual medallists in each event and not all the results of all the preliminary rounds.

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, OlympicsFan said:

What about 1976 and 1916?

 

Well, they are not 40 years apart from the other messy editions.

 

Incidentally, each time it took several editions for the Olympics to recover...

 

1900 - Olympics continued to be poorly organized in 1904 and 1908. Only in 1912 they stopped lasting for months...

1940 - 1944 Olympics got cancelled as well...

1980 - boycotts continued in 1984 and 1988...

2020 - ?

[rafalgorka 1,532]

17 godzin temu, OlympicsFan napisał:

I really like the idea of this thread, but i would prefer to only predict the actual medallists in each event and not all the results of all the preliminary rounds.

Maybe you are right. We will try it this way. 

 

TOKYO 2020 medal predictions

 

Day 1 Saturday

 

1. ARCHERY – Mixed Team 

 

1. KOR    Lee Woo-Seok, Kang Chae-Young            wch19-1

2. NED    Sjef van den Berg, Gabriela Bayardo        wch19-2

3. ITA    Mauro Nespoli, Vanessa Lando            wch19-3

 

2. CYCLING ROAD – Men Road Race

 

1. SLO    Primoz Roglic                        indrank-1

2. DEN    Mads Pedersen                    wch19-1

3. ITA    Matteo Trentin                    wch19-2

 

3.    FENCING – Women Epee Individual

 

1. BRA    Nathalie Moellhausen                    wch19-1

2. ROU    Ana Maria Popescu                    indrank-1

3. CHN    Lin Sheng                        wch19-2

 

4. FENCING – Men Sabre Individual

 

1. KOR    Oh Sang-Uk                        wch19-1, indrank-1

2. HUN    Andreas Szatmari                    wch19-2

3. USA    Eli Dershwitz                        indrank-2

 

5. JUDO – Women -48 kg

 

1. UKR    Daria Bilodid                        wch19-1, indrank-1

2. JPN    Fura Tonaki                        wch19-2

3. KOS    Distria Krasniqi                    indrank-2, wch19-3

MGL    Monkhbatyn Urantsetseg                wch19-3

 

6. JUDO – Men -60 kg

 

1. GEO    Lukhumi Chkhvimiani                wch19-1

2. JPN    Naohisa Takato                    indrank-2* (JPN team)

3. UZB    Sharafuddin Lutfillaev                wch19-2

KAZ    Yeldos Smetov                    wch19-3, indrank-3

 

7. SHOOTING – Women 10m Air Rifle

 

1. KOR    Im Ha-Na                        wch18-1

2. IND    Elavenil Valarivan                    indrank-1 (not q*)

3. IND    Anjum Moudgil                    wch18-2

 

8. SHOOTING – Men 10m Air Pistol

 

1. KOR    Jin Jong-Oh                        wch18-1

2. RUS    Artem Chernousov                    indrank-1, wch18-2

3. IND    Abhishek Verma                    indrank-2

 

9. TAEKWONDO – Women -49 kg

 

1. THA    Panipak Wongpattanakit                wch19-1, indrank-1

2. KOR    Sim Jae-Young                    indrank-2, wch19-1 (-46kg)

3. CHN    Wu Jingyu                        wch19-2

SRB    Tijana Bogdanovic                    indrank-3

 

10. TAEKWONDO – Men -58 kg

 

1. KOR    Jang Jun                        wch19-1, indrank-1

2. ITA    Vito Dell’Aquilla                    indrank-3

3. ESP    Jesus Tortosa                        indrank-4

IRI    Armin Hadipour                    indrank-5, wch19-3 (-54kg)

 

11. WEIGHTLIFTING – Women 49kg

 

1. CHN    Huihua Jiang                        wch19-1, indrank-1

2. PRK    Ri Song-Gum                        wch19-3, indrank-3

3. IND    Saikhom Mirabai Chanu                wch19-4, indrank-4

 

 

TOKYO 2020 MEDAL TABLE AFTER DAY 1 SATURDAY 11/339

 

1. KOREA REPUBLIC    5-1-0        6

2. CHINA            1-0-2        3

3. BRAZIL            1-0-0        1

4. GEORGIA        1-0-0        1

5. SLOVENIA        1-0-0        1

6. THAILAND        1-0-0        1

7. UKRAINE        1-0-0        1

8. JAPAN            0-2-0        2

9. INDIA            0-1-3        4

10. ITALY            0-1-2        3

11. DENMARK        0-1-0        1

12. HUNGARY        0-1-0        1

13. KOREA DPR        0-1-0        1

14. NETHERLANDS        0-1-0        1

15. ROMANIA        0-1-0        1

16. RUSSIA            0-1-0        1

17. IRAN            0-0-1        1

18. KAZAKHSTAN        0-0-1        1

19. KOSOVO        0-0-1        1

20. MONGOLIA        0-0-1        1

21. SERBIA            0-0-1        1

22. SPAIN            0-0-1        1

23. UNITED STATES        0-0-1        1

24. UZBEKISTAN        0-0-1        1

 

[heywoodu 15,145]

47 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

2. CYCLING ROAD – Men Road Race

 

1. SLO    Primoz Roglic                        indrank-1

2. DEN    Mads Pedersen                    wch19-1

3. ITA    Matteo Trentin                    wch19-2

 

Pedersen? Nooooooo way, him winning the world title was the fluke of all flukes of cycling in the past 10+ years  The only one who would have had more of a fluke was Tom Leezer who was less than a kilometer away from the world title in Qatar. Yeah, Tom Leezer of all places.

 

It should also be way too tough for Trentin, but Roglic? Yeah, excellent chance of winning the gold I'd say. As always for Vincenzo Nibali it can be all or nothing, if he has a good day he can give Roglic a run for his money. I'm going to go with gold for Roglic, silver for Alaphilippe and bronze for Nibali.