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Lee 13,700 so Andrade needs 13,902.

Just now, dcro said:

That wolf turn is overused beyond belief. And it looks horrible on the floor.

When did it become so popular? I don't recalll it being used much few years ago.

Melinikova scores over 0,5 more than Urazova and passes her in the overall.

Lee, Urazova & Andrade 1-2-3 before floor.

0,201 separates them.

Lee only 13,833. World feed commentators expected > 14,200

Melnikova only 13,700 on beam. Probably out of gold running now.

Marketa Vondrousova beats Elina Svitolina 63 61 to complete the final line-up.

No matter what happens in the final Marketa has silenced the critics and the stupid ITF PR deal that left Muchova on the sidelines.

27 minutes ago, pdr4332 said:

Luckily, UB routine of the  competitor was included in the main broadcast, and it was worth it. Good job by Zsofia Kovacs. 14.233.

Sadly she fell off the beam

15yo Laura Bernat makes the 200m backstroke semi-finals. That's a small success for our team for sure.

Jakub Majerski NR and advances into 100m buttefly SF as well.

Has Joseph Schooling done anything in the last four years? Defending 100m butterfly champion comes in last in his heat

Just now, NearPup said:

So much for rigging things so Japan wins more golds.

Yeah, that was against Wolf all the time. He had to earn this one. Cho was gassed since the first minute of golden score already.

Just now, NearPup said:

World feed commentators thought this fight was over like five different times, but Aaron Wolf finally gets an ippon to win gold.

Yes, terrible piece of commentary. Calling the third shido for Cho TWICE like it was a given. Who the hell are these people anyway?

Wolf wins in the 11th minute. Cho would have been given a third shido like 3 mins before if it wasn't OG final

5 minutes ago, NearPup said:

I mean at this point you either have women's C1 in the Olympics or no men's C1 in the Olympics, so... maybe it's sort of a good thing to have a star in the women's event?

But that suggests Fox's family does indeed run this sport like a private company so @hckošice was right all along

Vazquez runs out of time and goes out in R32. This is some next level shit. dos Santos only had 18 pts in first set.

6 minutes ago, pdr4332 said:

This time I think you have a point.

Someone's parents being in the international Federation of course helps that person's career in that sport, but it cannot create talent out of nowhere.
And this sport is not one where jury's composition is important (figure skating for example), or when a match official can influence the outcome of the match (boxing khm khm, but also most fighting sports, could also tell their experiences about fencing, water polo, etc.)

If I understand this correctly, the claim here is that this event was included in Olympic programme just to help Fox win the gold medal? And what happens when Fox retires? Do they take it out then ?

Yeah, it's totally possible. In 20 years time slalom canoe could be removed from SOG alltogether in favor of e-sports and tiktok dancing

Belinda Bencic beats Elena Rybakina in three sets to reach the women's final.

Fox will be 38 in 2032 so I expect her to hang around until Brisbane OG

The choking is over. Jessica Fox is Olympic champion in C1.

Franklin & Herzog with medals and only Fox left...

Liptak wins the shoot-off!

Liptak was down in 4th at one stage and he's got advantage when it counts the most.

1 minute ago, Vektor said:

That would likely be a gold for  without the penalty, right? 

Probably but Fox might still choke again

will get 1-2 in men's trap. Somehow they manage to outperform

Franklin 108,68 with 2 pens.