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Of all odd medal winners I've seen, the cake might be taken by this one I noticed when going to the modern pentathlon Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics

I thought it would be a cool idea for people to post some interesting facts/figures about their country’s delegations. I’ll start with Greece By the numbers: 29th Summer Olympic appearance (tied for most of all-time) 83 = athletes in Tokyo (smallest team since Barcelona 1992. We had 93 in Rio 2016) 46 = male athletes in Tokyo (56 in Rio 2016) 37 = female athletes in Tokyo (same amount as Rio 2016) 17 = sports in Tokyo (15 in 2016, 19 in 2012, 22 in 2008) 40 = Olympic debutants in Tokyo 43 = former Olympians in Tokyo 4 = mothers in Tokyo (Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou-pole vault, Paraskevi Papachristou-triple jump, Evangelia Psarra-archery, Emilia Tsoulfa-sailing) 18 = athletes born in 2000 or later 32 = age of oldest Olympic debutant (Polychronis Tzortzakis-cycling) 8 = former Youth Olympics participants 6 = most Olympic appearances (Evangelia Psarra-archery) 4 = former Olympic gold medalists (Anna Korakaki-shooting, Eleftherios Petrounias-gymnastics, Ekaterini Stefanidi-athletics, Emilia Tsoulfa-sailing) 6 = former Olympic medalists (same as above +Pavlos Kagialis-sailing, Panagiotis Mantis-sailing) Athletes with the most Olympic appearances (including Tokyo) : 6: Evangelia Psarra (archery - 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) 5: Panagiotis Gionis (table tennis - 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) 4: Konstantinos Douvalidis (athletics - 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020), Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (athletics - 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020), Emilia Tsoulfa (sailing - 1996, 2000, 2004, 2020), Christos Volikakis (cycling - 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) Former Olympians who were not in Rio: Periklis Ilias (cycling - 2012, 2020) Nikolaos Mavrommatis (shooting - 2012, 2020) Dimitrios Tsiamis (athletics - 2008, 2020) Emilia Tsoulfa (sailing - 1996, 2000, 2004, 2020) Three youngest Olympians: 1. Krystalenia Gialama (artistic swimming) - 16 years, 11 months 2. Eleni Fragkaki (artistic swimming) - 17 years, 5 months 3. Andriana Misikevych (artistic swimming) - 18 years, 4 months Three oldest Olympians: 1. Emilia Tsoulfa (sailing) - 48 years, 2 months 2. Evangelia Psarra (archery) - 47 years, 1 month 3. Panagiotis Gionis (table tennis) - 41 years, 6 months Siblings: 1. Anneta Kyridou (rowing) and Maria Kyridou (rowing) 2. Stamatia Scarvelis (athletics) and Nicholas Scarvelis (athletics, 2016) 3. Christos Volikakis (cycling) and Zafeiris Volikakis (cycling, 2012) *Those in italics represented Greece but are not in Tokyo. Parents/Children: 1. Maria Sakkari (tennis) and Angeliki Kanellopoulou (tennis, 1984) 2. Kristian Gkolomeev (swimming) and Tsvetan Gkolomeev (swimming, 1980 and 1988) *Those in italics represented Greece but are not in Tokyo. Top cities with the most 2020 Olympians: 1. Athens - too many to count 2. Chania, Crete - 7 3. Thessaloniki, Macedonia - 6 4. Karditsa, Thessaly - 4 5. Heraklion, Crete - 3 *First time since 1996 that no athletes from Corfu (Kerkyra) island are going to the Olympics, and first time since 2000 that no athletes from Kastoria, Macedonia and Veria, Macedonia are going to the Olympics. Athletes born in other countries: Kristian Gkolomeev (swimming) - His family moved to Greece when he was an infant and he lived in Greece his entire life Alexios Ntanatsidis (judo) - Both of his parents are Greeks and he lived in Greece from a very young age Stamatia Scarvelis (athletics) - Both of her parents are Greeks Athletes from Greece but representing other countries: Kristina Alvertsian (athletics) Anna-Maria Alexandri (artistic swimming), Eirini Alexandri (artistic swimming) Sideris Tasiadis (canoeing) [okay he is different from the others because he lived most of his life in Germany but he did live in Greece for 10 years during his childhood so we’ll count him] Afrodite Zegers [nee Kyranakou] (sailing) Stephania Haralabidis (water polo) *All used to compete for Greece except for Tasiadis Athletes that train in Greece but represent other countries: Nikol Merizaj (swimming) Kristina Alvertsian (athletics) Kalia Antoniou (swimming), Nikolaos Antoniou (swimming) Marija Vukovic (athletics) *I didn’t include people who play for Greek clubs in team sports because in water polo for example there would be so many. Biggest teams by sport: Athletics: 20 in 15 events Water Polo: 13 in 1 event Swimming: 12 in 13 events Artistic Swimming: 9 in 2 events Sailing: 8 in 6 events Biggest changes in team size compared to Rio: (-)8: Gymnastics (+)7: Artistic Swimming (-)6: Rowing (-)5: Athletics Events where more than one athlete/team per country is allowed to participate, and the country has reached the maximum quotas: Athletics: women’s 20 km walk (3), women’s pole vault (3) Swimming: men's 200 m freestyle (2), men's 400 m freestyle (2), men’s 800 m freestyle (2), men’s 200 m individual medley (2) First time qualifying in… Rowing women’s pair EVER Swimming mixed relay EVER (new event) Swimming men’s 800 m freestyle EVER (new event) Tennis mixed doubles EVER Artistic swimming team since 2004 Men’s tennis since 2004 Sailing women’s 470 since 2004 Athletics women’s 100 m since 2000 Rowing women’s single sculls since 1996 First time not qualifying in… Heptathlon since 1996 Shot put since 1996 Marathon since 1992 High jump since 1988 Rhythmic gymnastics since 1984 Other interesting facts: -In 2004 (8 and 8), 2008 (2 and 2), 2012 (1 and 1) and 2016 (3 and 3), each time Greece had the same amount of men’s medals as women’s medals. It will be interesting to see if that trend will continue this time, or if one gender will do better than the other in Tokyo. -Our long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was just 18 in Rio, and he was the youngest of the 103 members of the Greek Olympic team in 2016. Now he is not the youngest, but he is the only member of the Greek Olympic team that actually speaks Japanese. He claims to understand everything but says his speaking isn't perfect although he can converse in Japanese. He learned the language because he is a big fan of Japanese anime. I bet not too many countries can say they have athletes going to Tokyo who can actually speak Japanese, especially someone who is one of their biggest hopes to win gold as Tentoglou is for us. -This is our 11th consecutive Olympic participation in men's water polo. We've never had more than two consecutive participations in any other team sport. -I haven't seen any official lists yet, but it is likely that Greece will have the youngest teams of all countries in the sports of artistic swimming and rowing (based on average age of all athletes per NOC in these two sports). Feel free to add any other interesting facts about your countries’ teams!

There should be a thread for which nations are sharing with each other. Ireland is sharing with and and it is directly across from the dining hall

Zhu Ting(Volleyball) and Zhao Shuai(Taekwondo). Both are very tall. Height is consistently the major consideration for Chinese flag bearer.

Phew! I was thinking I am doing something badly wrong and there is special and secret section of the player that I hadn’t found

Our rower who tested positive among first athletes is recovered, whole team left quarantine and are now in Olympic village

Well, if there's an (air) bubble in your heart, you don't have to worry about COVID anymore. Because you are dead.

Amazing, it's fucking amazing! Italy defeated Spain and qualifies for the women's u19 promotion final! YES GUYS, YES! This is historical for our handball!

- Giedrius Titenis (Swimming) and Sandra Jablonskytė (Judo) https://www.delfi.lt/sportas/tokyo-2020/paskirti-lietuvos-veliavnesiai-tokijuje-atidaryme-plaukikas-uzdaryme-dziudo-imtynininke.d?id=87725659

Abdelrahman Wael with his family before going to Tokyo 2020

5 other athletes just flew to Tokyo (so 18/41 now) From left: Patrik Jány (Rifle Shooting events), Denisa Baránková (Archery, our youngest athlete in Tokyo) Lukáš Klein and Filip Polášek (Tennis Doubles) the 5th Norbert Gombos (Tennis singles) joined the them in Vienna at the airport where he landed from Sweden, where he played the Bastad tournament in which he lost in yesterday quarterfinal. Athletes who travelled yesterday also already arrived in Japan and are already in the Olympic Village. only track & field athletes moved to the special training camp in Urayasu. Also we know all our neighbors in the Building number 6 at the Olympic Village, so we share the building with as already mentioned yesterday but also and

Japanese brain at work. The floor is wide open for intimacy.

Bruno Rezende (volleyball) Ketleyn Quadros Bruninho is very famous here, its a obvious choice and I liked it. Ketleyn was the first brazilian woman to win a medal in a individual sport (judo) back in Beijing 2008 but was a big surprise. I liked this choice too. I would love to see Formiga as a flagbearer but she will play in another city few hours after the ceremony, so, it was impossible

The moose is in the village!

So over at www.Olympedia.org we have been given the entry lists by the IOC. If you see mistakes it will be the fault of the IOC not us....

Building number 6. 14th floor. In total 79 beds in two and three-room apartments. We will share the building with & obviously who else

Updated progression system: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/tokyo_2020_canoe_sprint_progression_system_july_2021.pdf

Well the so called bubble is obviously boomed out. Fans and media can obviously cross the bubble interview and take photos with athletes upon arrival at the Tokyo airport. Our mainstream media firstly obey the rules and restrain themselves from interviewing athletes. But after seeing other media interviewing they complained a little while but joining the interviewing squad at the end. The bubble is in your heart. It only exists if you choose to.

So the media doesn't have to stay inside any bubble? For some reason I thought that the Japanese will have very strict rules for any foreigners who will attend events but I just saw that the "official Hungarian Olympic vloggers" are inside the Tokyo crowd like everything is normal and they will later talk to athletes and be inside the Olympic venues. I mean, if they get to attend AND also run around Tokyo, why the fuck are vaccinated Japanese fans not allowed inside the venues?

I believe this guy has to compete in men's 10m Air Pistol next day morning, it just makes sense for him to not attend the opening ceremony

Same thing in Vietnam, as long as the flag bearers are tall and young, their performances do not matter Our flag bearers this time are Quách Thị Lan (athletics) and Nguyễn Huy Hoàng (swimming), who have almost 0 chance of winning a medal. Our only gold medalist Hoàng Xuân Vinh (shooting) was not chosen (probably too old). Neither were our hopes in weightlifting (probably too short)

Is that really the last shred of dignity? Our local football team prefered the recorded fan noise to nothing, I would be surprised if they're the only ones. To me there's nothing wrong about it (though it's of course not even close to the right thing). Whether it could be a problem for the horses should really be considered, though!

Have RTE been showing athletics today? They will regret it if they haven’t.

Moving this over from the team size thread with a small update in team size. Canada Total number of athletes: 370 (226 will be at their first Olympics) Women: 225, Men: 145 Youngest: Summer McIntosh, 14 (August 18, 2006), Swimming; Oldest – Mario Deslauriers, 56 (February 2, 1965), Equestrian Team sports – 8; the most in a non-hosted or non-boycotted Games Sets of siblings: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (Athletics) and Lucia Stafford (Athletics) Halle Pratt (Artistic Swimming) and Cole Pratt (Swimming) Claire Wright (Water Polo) and Emma Wright (Water Polo) Children of Olympians: Axelle Crevier, Water Polo (Mother Marie-Claude Deslières, Water Polo) Tali Darsigny, Weightlifting (Father Yvan, Weightlifting) Nicholas Hoag, Volleyball (Father Glenn, Volleyball) Lynda Kiejko, Shooting (Father Bill Hare, Shooting) Kai Langerfeld, Rowing (Father York, Rowing) Summer McIntosh, Swimming (Mother Jill Horstead, Swimming) Mariah Millen, Sailing (Father John, Sailing) Jordan Steen, Wrestling (Father Dave, Athletics and Mother Andrea Page, Athletics) Ali ten Hove, Sailing (Father Martin, Sailing) Avalon Wasteneys, Rowing (Mother Heather Clarke, Rowing) Jillian Weir, Athletics (Father Robert, Athletics) Provincial and territorial breakdown (by hometown): Ontario: 171 Quebec: 58 British Columbia: 95 Nova Scotia: 8 Alberta: 28 Manitoba: 5 Saskatchewan: 3 Athletes with hometowns outside Canada: 2 New Brunswick: 1 Newfoundland and Labrador: 0 Northwest Territories: 0 Nunavut: 0 Prince Edward Island: 0 Yukon: 0 Athletes who previously attended a Games: Olympic Games (Summer): 144 Youth Olympic Games (Summer): 16 Olympic Winter Games: 2 By Olympic Games (Summer): Los Angeles 1984: 1 Seoul 1988: 1 Athens 2004: 4 Beijing 2008: 17 London 2012: 33 Rio 2016: 134 By Youth Olympic Games (Summer): Singapore 2010: 3 Nanjing 2014: 8 Buenos Aires 2018: 5 By Olympic Winter Games: Vancouver 2010: 1 Sochi 2014: 2 PyeongChang 2018: 1

I already had that question with Varillas

She was the first Hungarian athlete to arrive in Tokyo. The Hungarian Olympic Committee made their decision to make the vaccine mandatory for everyone after she already started training there. I guess HOC told her that there isn't a third option, she either takes the vaccine or goes home, and choose the latter.

-1 Canoe Slalom After the Hungarian Olympic Committee announced that our delegation members have to vaccinate themselves, Julia Schmid (women's C1) decided to withdraw from Tokyo2020 instead of taking the vaccine. Maybe @hckošice can tell us which nation will get the quota.

2 hours of Mirela. Lucky guys you are there

Looks like a friendly bunch. That would make a nice party if there wasn't covid.

South Sudan's track and field team has been stuck in Japan since late 2019 after the Olympics got postponed due to Covid. The locals crowd funded their stay.

Fingers crossed that it'll keep working

Sounds like the problem I had. Resetting the router may help, but it didn't to me. I was told I had problems due to my Network Provider giving me dynamic IPs. I could try getting the provider to give me a static IP. That would however cost me extra which made me fight on against them. However https://1.1.1.1/dns/ ended up as the solution for me. Can't say whether you have the same problem as me (no streams worked for me), but it may be the solution.

Yes, there are 7 temporary channels available in some areas.

This reminded me that in taekwondo there is a girl from Taipei called Su-Po-Ya which means "His Dick" in Spanish.

Andrew Amonde ( Rugby 7s) and Mercy Moim ( Volleyball)

Well, I counted all the Olympic Eurosport Player streams for Day 1 (excluding the ES1 and ES2 streams). There are 228 live streams listed for Day 1.

Yes, there is tons of everything as far as I can see.

except Wrong name in their programme (women baseball, men Rhytmic Gymnastic), I hope that they will handle it :-)

One thing I am curious about is if ESP will have more than one live feed for athletics. I think we never had separate live streams for various athletics events that were happening at the same time in the stadium, but I know that the broadcasters had these separate feeds because the Hungarian TV was able to show hammer throw for example when the main athletics feed was showing something else.

Argentina and Brazil have a crazy fandom in South Asia. I live in Kolkata, India and being a die hard Messi fan, I get into petty arguments and fights with my friends all the time. In our neighborhood there were some tensions regarding hoisting Argentina and Brazil flags during this Copa (accusation being one unfairly blocking the prime spot). In this link you can see how crazily Leo's birthdays are celebrated in different places. https://twitter.com/gubchandrolai/status/1408269128620675076?s=19

Changing sports there was another boost for your selection Sky Brown who won gold at the X Games yesterday.

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it seems Tennis players are very unlucky in general. unluckiest athletes, poor guys. they get injured, get COVID positive right before the Games. the only explanation is that this sport is cursed. there is absolutely no other explanation . no way

No big mistakes in the Indonesian athletes, except that Riau Ega Agathas' birth month mistakenly listed in olympedia (IOC was correct this time). I'll email the missing birth places later on

This is a must read thread for those in the international sports community. ARD’s team, with the help of the Institute of Forensic Medicine (Cologne), claim to have essentially proven that athletes could be sabotaged to fail drug tests merely through skin-to-skin contact (a hand shake, high-five, etc.).

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No. Dawson certainly isn’t a bigger favorite than Scott (200 free), Dean (200 free), men’s medley relay, men’s 800 free relay, or mixed medley relay (and I didn’t even mention events from other sports, like rowing men’s eight).

Australia has some super solid Gold medal favourites in Swimming 1. 4x100m W Relay.......miles ahead of the competition 2. 4x200m W Relay......again miles ahead of the competition 3. 200m Backstroke W.....Kaylee McKeown

From his message I think he is trying to make people think he might have been poisoned. That will be a spectacular defence,