Monzanator

I edited my previous post. It should be Ervin in swimming.

28 years. Aldar Gerevich in fencing (first 1932, last 1960). I know you asked for something different but technically it's fairly impressive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladár_Gerevich With no gold medals in between it's probably Anthony Ervin in swimming (2000-2016).

@hckošiceprobably had a heart attack or is waking up the neighbours right now

wins men's K4 500m, silver and third. Now half of Slovakia will be up at night!

Bronze for

Well, here it is. Women's K4 500m FA. Anything but another 4th place like in London

joins the medal table with bronze in men's C1 1000m

Queiroz wins C1 1000m gold! silver holds on for bronze!

Polish TV guy says: "Canadians are cooling off in the water". Beata Konieczna: "They are not cooling off, they fell from the canoe".

wins women's C2 500m. and with minor medals.

I can only assume is one of the weaker teams here. probably higher-rated due to being former Soviet Union

Yes, I can imagine losing the object is the biggest mistake possible. Watched some RG fails last week and ball & hoop seem to provide the biggest drama since they have a tendency to roll/bounce away

Ko choking is far more familiar sight indeed

loses the ball. I have no idea how big of a penalty that is

Do all group events take place with the ball? Or was this the object selected for the Games?

Like mentioned earlier, Poland has won a grand total of 0 Olympic gold medals in sprint canoeing. It's ill-advised to pick us for any gold.

Korda leads Ko by three. It's funny, if it was Ko leading by this margin I'd say there is a chance for some meltdown. I don't see a choke from Korda though but you never know.

14th for Nadolska. That's way above expectations.

1-2. Seidel with bronze in only her third marathon ever? Mazuronak in 5th - an European who was actually born in Europe

It's the same as in cycling. It's much easier to follow than to set the pace leading.

Huh? She's still third. You didn't expect her to beat the Kenyans?

Salpeter has blown the engine! This is a race walking-like collapse!

Told ya. It turns out I know what happens to Sinclair even better than the Canadians do

And this is how it was supposed to be from the start. IOC crapped the bed as usual

This should be even playing field, not "not impossible task". This format doesn't give speed speciallists any chance to win a medal. Like I've said even Polish TV said she doesn't stand a chance after she was still placed second before the final part. This is way too predictable and kills any excitement. Everyone knew she will finish 8th in both non-speed parts and therefore outside of the medals. She finished fourth due to only being 8 women in the final. If there were 10 she'd be like 5th or 6th.