heywoodu 13,540 Posted March 24, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2020 We all know by now: the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are going ahead, but they'll be held in 2021. It's a little confusing, but never mind, here we are. This sucks for athletes in their last planned year of their career, who will either have to postpone retirement and try and stay fit for another year or will miss out on their Olympic chance altogether - specifically sad for athletes who hadn't competed at Olympics yet, those who did at least already have an experience most athletes won't get. There's enough negativity though, so on to the brighter side: plenty of young athletes are good at the moment, but possibly not quite good enough yet to be considered serious medal contenders. So here we are, which athletes - who currently can't really be considered main favourites - do you think will benefit most and improve so much they are main favourites come Tokyo 2020, in 2021? rafalgorka 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 925 Posted March 24, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2020 This is like a news report topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted March 24, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: This is like a news report topic A not all-caps thread title as well, it's absolute anarchy. My first name is going to be Arno Kamminga. He might have already been a serious medal contender though, since he's been swimming incredibly fast in the breast stroke in the past few months. However, as he said himself, he has never made a big final yet and with another year to go, I think he's going for a medal in Tokyo rafalgorka 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted March 24, 2020 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Probably no one...I am afraid the pandemic will slow down in the coming months and then restart forcing the IOC to cancel the Olympics. Also, we have to see how the qualification will work in many sports first. rafalgorka and Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,168 Posted March 24, 2020 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2020 only young athletes ? because I can name Sohrab Moradi, he is still recovering from a surgery and one more year will give him a better chance to reach his max records. even though he is also getting older and beside that he still has to "qualify" and we have to wait to see the modified qualification rules. but one athlete I can name is Amir Hossein Zare in wrestling, he is 19 and he beat several world medalists already (including world champion Geno Petriashvili) but I think he needs 1 or 2 more years to become world #1. also I can name that Russian kid Kurban Shiraev I think he will beat world champion Gazhimurad Rashidov next year to be Russia's representative in Tokyo rafalgorka and heywoodu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,570 Posted March 24, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I think that Pilato will be good enough in the 100m... rafalgorka and NMQ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,127 Posted March 24, 2020 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Hmmm, for Lithuania perhaps Edis Matusevičius (javelin throw) if he throws something close to 90m again. Don't see that many other athletes in our court that would benefit from only a year. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted March 24, 2020 #8 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Rebeca Andrade in artistic gymnastics. I hope she stays healthy. rafalgorka and heywoodu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted March 24, 2020 #9 Share Posted March 24, 2020 He is probably good enough for 2020, but Sky Brown should be better off with the games in 2021. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,199 Posted March 24, 2020 #10 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Our team sees no benefit from this, most of the best athletes are old. There are some young people that should be better but I don't have any evidence that they would be much better in one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now