What medal in Tokyo for someone NOT from your country would be the most fun for you?

[Vic Liu 1,686]

I am fan of Rafael Nadal but I hope   Roger Federer could win men's single in his maybe last five events.

[MagyarBabu 153]

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(Janja Garnbret )

- A medal for  in Gymnastic 

-  Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk GOLD medal

-  Hughues Fabrice Zango, Men's Tiple Jump

 

-  Ruman Shana, Archery

 

[Vektor 3,326]

 for sure in men's hammer throw for the gold IF we won't have a chance to win the event (I doubt it, I think Halász would need a miracle). It would be criminal if Pawel Fajdek would miss yet another chance for the gold, he's one of the greatest athletes ever in men's hammer throw. 

[Jan Linha 590]

For me definitely Churandy Martina . The way he got DSQ from silver at the Beijing 2008 was just not right. He will surely be the one I will be chearing for the most, except fellas, of course??

 

[rajiv 31]

All I can say is I do find it amazing that any non American would be cheering on an American .

Or maybe a Russian or Chinese too 

Because :

These countries win more than enough medals as it is 

    and 

They are countries which have a more than an average chance of having dopers  get medals 

[dcro 10,210]

I have too many personal favorites to mention here, across variety of sports...

 

But let's start with Andrew Hoy. The last man standing of the (amazing) eventing class of Los Angeles 1984, and a true medal contender this summer.

[CCB 565]

I'll cheer for  Pernille Blume (swimming), Damian Warner  at the heptathlon and the women's volleyballteams of  and  .

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

  On 6/20/2021 at 9:46 AM, MagyarBabu said:

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(Janja Garnbret )

- A medal for  in Gymnastic 

-  Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk GOLD medal

-  Hughues Fabrice Zango, Men's Tiple Jump

 

-  Ruman Shana, Archery

 

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 and  would be amazing! Both are my sentimental favorites here, along with Matvei Petrov from  as I mentioned before.

And I'm torn about what to expect from . On one hand, Iordache is an extremely talented gymnast who deserves an individual medal. On the other hand, Romania butchered and destroyed their women's program, so they don't have my sympathy and don't deserve an Olympic medal this year, at least not until they fix their program. So, my heart says yes, but my brain says no. 

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 6/20/2021 at 12:32 PM, rajiv said:

All I can say is I do find it amazing that any non American would be cheering on an American .

Or maybe a Russian or Chinese too 

Because :

These countries win more than enough medals as it is 

    and 

They are countries which have a more than an average chance of having dopers  get medals 

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Because athletes don't equal their country and plenty of people cheer for athletes, not countries. 

 

If a wonderful athlete happens to be American, Chinese, Indian or German (or any random country), why on earth would I cheer against him/her just because of which nationality is in their passport? That'd be nonsense.

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 6/20/2021 at 12:32 PM, rajiv said:

All I can say is I do find it amazing that any non American would be cheering on an American .

Or maybe a Russian or Chinese too 

Because :

These countries win more than enough medals as it is 

    and 

They are countries which have a more than an average chance of having dopers  get medals 

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You forgot to include GB on purpose?