Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018

[George_D 1,203]

what i see is that USA dont take Youth Olympics seriously

[phelps 7,667]

fencing

 

today's events semifinals...

 

women's Sabre: vs   +  vs

 

men's Foil: vs   +  vs

 

p.s. remember that today's events are streamed live on the Olympic Channel (just the day when ITA are not in the top 4 )...

Edited October 9, 2018 by phelps

[Griff88 1,950]

And secured their first medal.. in weightlifting!

[bestmen 2,811]

2 minutes ago, George_D said:

what i see is that USA dont take Youth Olympics seriously

otherwise they dont use much doping in this category 

 

[phelps 7,667]

1 ora fa, Col_Frost ha scritto:

There is still Lettner. If she's going to win lead as she did in qualifications then she'll take a gold. Don't know who will win but I think that medals are for 2x  and 1x  

 

1 ora fa, Olympian1010 ha scritto:

I think Lukan is going to win the women’s combined, unless Lammer uses some magic in the lead. However, there is still a path to victory for all the climbers so...

 

don't underestimate the Japanese girl...

however, I also think Lukan is the main favourite (with Lettner having also an outside chance, the lead section should be an affair between those 2...but still...climbing is always a "risky" sport)...

[Col_Frost 179]

 vs  0:8 

 

Why we even sent this team? And more important question: why broadcasting from hockey started today? Loss with Argentina, disgrace with Australia...

Edited October 9, 2018 by Col_Frost

[phelps 7,667]

7 minuti fa, George_D ha scritto:

what i see is that USA dont take Youth Olympics seriously

 

sure...their top athletes already think about the real Olympic medals at this age (especially in sports like swimming and gymnastics, where you normally can excel at a very young age)...

so, why wasting their energy and time for such a meaningless (for what concerns the real sport stuff) festival like this?

I mean...for those who are participating it's surely a great life experience, but the actual sport competition is almost senseless...I don't want to say it's a farce, but we're really close to that...

[JoshMartini007 2,534]

US only sends top athletes to sports that actually attempt to have top talent.

[dcro 10,210]

Indeed, 18 year olds are hardly youth in women's swimming... I mean, not so long ago swimmers used to retire at 20 or something.

[FC Mezhgorye 135]

1 минуту назад, phelps сказал:

 

sure...their top athletes already think about the real Olympic medals at this age (especially in sports like swimming and gymnastics, where you normally can excel at a very young age)...

so, why wasting their energy and time for such a meaningless (for what concerns the real sport stuff) festival like this?

I mean...for those who are participating it's surely a great life experience, but the actual sport competition is almost senseless...I don't want to say it's a farce, but we're really close to that...

We have Kliment Kolesnikov. I don't understand why he should participate here. Apparently for the number of medals.