Josh

Typically tight game, but just one slightly loose shot from Retornaz in the 8th end gives it to Mouat.

My team at 4-0 so far in the Swedish super league  

Valerie Grenier wins giant slalom gold in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Her first career World Cup medal. She finished in a combined two run time of 1:55.01, snapping Mikaela Shiffrins five race win streak (She finished 6th). Italian Martina Bassino (1:55.38) won the silver medal, while Pétra Vlohova (1:55.41) won the bronze medal to complete the podium. 

 

Valencia Marathon  
 
December 4, 2022
 
Men's:
 
 Kelvin Kiptum, Alexander Mutiso, Ronald Korir, Philemon Kiplimo, Bethwell Kipkemboi
 Gabriel Gerald Geay
 Tamirat Tola, Deso Gelmisa, Milkesa Mengesha, Getaneh Molla
 Kaan Kigen Ozbilen
 Goitom Kifle, Hiskel Tewelde
 Isaac Mpofu
 Nicolas Navarro
 Zerei Kbrom Menzgi
 Tariku Novales, Ayad Lamdassem, Adelaziz Merzougui
 
Women's:
 
 Amane Beriso, Letesenbet Gidey, Tadu Teshome, Tiruye Mesfin, Tigist Girma, Etagegne Woldu, Bruktayit Eshetu, Meseret Gebre
 Sheila Chepkirui, Fancy Chemutai
 Dolshi Tesfu
 Majida Maayouf
 Sinead Diver
 Bojana Bjeljac
 Giovanna Epis
 Irvette van Zyl
 Marta Galimany
 Natasha Cockram, Georgina Schwiening
 Carolina Wikstrom
 Gladys Tejeda

Florence Marathon  
 
November 27, 2022
 
Men's:
 
No qualifiers
 
Women's:
 
 Bayisa Tesema Atsede
 
 Rodah Jepkorir

N Kolay Istanbul Marathon  
 
November 6, 2022
 
Men's:
 
No qualifiers
 
Women's:
 
 Sechale Dalasa

TCS New York Marathon  
 
November 6, 2022
 
Men's:
 
No qualifiers
 
Women's:
 
 Sharon Lokedi
 Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
 Gotytom Gebreslase
 Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat
 Violah Cheptoo
 Hellen Obiri
 Aliphine Chepkerker Tuliamuk

@Ionoutz24 this is just awesome. Respect!!!

Hoping Ruta can repeat her 2012 Olympics heroics at the next Olympics in Paris. Will be rooting for her.

Time to finish day 1 in LA (not-boycotted) 1984 games.
 
In cycling I think it could look like that:

W race was not contested in Friendship Games (i don't know why, maybe in the 80s women's road cycling wasn't that popular among these NOCs) so i think we can just add our real LA results to our day 1 summary.
 
In M race Grewal & Bauer finished 1 and 2 at the same time, so let's just imagine they could go that way even if there were some GDR and URS riders in the mix as well. I would say bronze medal for Friendships winner Alexandr Zinovyev (who finished with the s.t. as Raab and Mierzejewski there).
 
And that's it, day 1 is done.

LA 1984 day 1 summary

Medal table (9 events)
 
4-2-3---9
2-1-2---5
1-1-0---2
1-1-0---2
1-0-2---3
0-3-0---3
0-1-1---2
0-0-2---2

From now on, i wlll try to do it day by day, according to LA 1984 schedule.
 
Day 2 events were:
 
Cycling Track - Men's Individual Time Trial (can't understand why this isn't an olympic event anymore, so fun to watch)
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle Prone
Swimming - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly
Swimming - Men's 400m Individual Medley
Swimming - Women's 200m Freestyle
Swimming - Women's 200m Breaststroke
Weightlifting - Men's 56kg (Bantamweight)
 
 
EDIT: there was M 400 IM, not M 200 IM on day 2 in LA 1984, my mistake...

I have a plane to catch today, I won't be active in this forum next couple of days (lucky you, no more spam for some time),
but if anyone's want to carry on with this thread, do it please, you are free to go.
For me personally it is very interesting topic and i'm very curious how it's gonna look like when we finish with all 15 days of olympic events back in LA.
 
Bye!

#100
 
London, 29/07/2012.
 
Ruta Meilutyte's reaction after winning her heat in Women's 100m Breaststroke. Pure joy and happiness.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFzbjGBKYA&list=PL47201A3DB08BD663&index=3
 
the race here is from 56:03 on
 
a 15-year old kid just said Hi to the swimming world
 
and then we all know what happened in the final
 
how she coped with this damn US false-start there was extraordinary, just extraordinary.
 
Yes, I know her story later on, I know the doping issues controversy, I know her come back story now, I think she will be a contender in Paris... but i know the controversy.
 
But still, here we are back in 2012, she is fifteen, and she can't believe what she just did.
 
I've seen it live on TV, i was laughing with joy and texting my Lithuanian friends immediately on this Sunday morning hours...
 
TBC...
 
 
 

Here are my predictions
 
Swimming: Women’s 100m Butterfly: Gold- Maggie MacNeil , Silver- Torri Huske , Bronze- Emma McKeon  / Sarah Sjoestrom  
 
Swimming: Men’s 400m Individual Medley: Gold- Leon Marchand , Silver- Carston Foster , Bronze- Daiya Seto 
 
Changed my mind actually ignore my vote on poll.
 
Gold- Adam Peaty , Silver- Nicolo Martinenghi , Bronze- Nic Fink  (Sorry Michael Andrew. Still one of my favorite swimmers.)

Thanks.
 
but it looks like i can’t change it when the poll is closed 
 
i will keep it in my mind though!

Also, just noticed a mistake in the men’s street skateboarding poll. Ryan Decenzo is Canadian not American. 

Honest question.

This is not what you think - they should or they should not.
 
This is about what you think is gonna happen, what IOC and Macron do about it?
 
Very very interested in the outcome of this poll.

You said YES.
 
i think YES
 
but if it is me to decide i would say NO in today’s circumstances
 
i wonder what would have to happen that would make me change my mind before June 2024

Thanks!
 
next poll in this series will be here this week. We will start day 2 in Paris and this one will be all about swimming! We are waiting for your votes 😉👍

100% gold medal in handall? Both teams will certainly be contenders, but not necessarily favourites

MacNeil is the favourite at this point but her win in Tokyo wasn't exactly dominant.

I seemed to have missed the poll, so let me do my predictions down below:
 
Women’s Judo -48kg:  Gold- Natsumi Tsunoda , Silver- Assunta Scutto , Bronze- Shirine Boulki  , Bronze- Julia Figueroa 
 
Men’s Judo -60kg: Gold- Naohisa Takato , Silver- Yeldos Smetov , Bronze- Yang Yung Wei , Bronze- Giorgi Sardalashvili 
 
Men’s Fencing Sabre Individual: Gold- Aron Szilagyi , Silver- Maxine Pianfetti , Bronze- Luigi Samele 
 
Women’s Fencing Epeé Individual: Gold- Rossella Fiamingo , Silver- Katrina Lehis , Bronze-  Marie-Florence Candassamy  (Another Hungary/Italy/France fencing podium, how unrealistic ) 

Probably would have Choi In-Jeong/Song Se-ra in the mix as well. 
 
 
Men’s Street Skateboarding: Gold-Nyjah Houston , Silver- Gustavo Ribeiro , Bronze- Kelvin Hoefler