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Here are my best moments from these games.
 
Artistic gymnastics 
 ROC winning gold in both team all around competitions. 
 Ferrari taking silver in floor exercise at her fourth olympics, after tearing her achilles in 2017. She had finished fourth three times before, in floor exercise in both 2012 and 2016 and in team all around this year.
 
Athletics
 Lasitskene winning gold in high jump, after being denied the chance to compete in 2016.
 Seidel winning bronze in marathon. According to our commentator here, Seidel was working two jobs to fund her olympic preparation, as a barista in a coffee shop and as a babysitter.
 
Fencing
 Pozdniakova becoming the first right-handed fencer to win gold in women's individual sabre and adding another gold in team sabre, following the steps of her father.
 Brunet taking a silver and a bronze after her Rio heartbreak.
 Estonian gold in women's team epee.
 Szilagyi winning his third consecutive gold in men's individual sabre.
 
Judo
 France stopping Japan's dominance with a gold medal in the mixed team event.
 
Rowing
 Italy,  France,  Netherlands winning the medals in the insane women's lightweight double sculls final. 
 
Shooting
 San Marino's historic medals.
 
Swimming
 Shields taking a gold medal in the medlay relay after mental health issues and suicide attempt.
 Sullivan winning silver behind Ledecky, after overcoming mental health issues as well.
 
Water polo
 Serbia's great team concluding their journey with another gold medal.
 
Wrestling
 Sadulaev beating  Snyder for gold.
 Naifonov winning a bronze medal. When he was 7 years old, he was held hostage in Beslan school siege and his mother died there.
 Maroulis winning a bronze medal, after fighting PTSD.

Also, if any of you have a chance to watch the Kevin Hart & Snoop Olympic highlights show on peacock I would recommend checking it out. I watched a few episodes last night and it was hilarious. It helps cure the post Olympic depression 

Hopefully, you can get some tickets! I am planning on going to LA 2028.

Listed by sport as they appear on the website:
 
3x3  shot to win gold and amazing scenes
 
Artistic gymnastics  Sunisa Lee winning under all that pressure.  46 year old Chusovitina getting a huge ovation from other gymnasts as she finished vault  men’s team reaction to winning gold
 
Athletics  Warholm  4x100 men’s  Splitting gold
 
Boxing  Kellie Harrington wins an incredible final. 
 
Cycling  Van Vleuten thinking she won the road race and her incredible redemption time trial.  Ganna dragging the Italian pursuit team around for an amazing win
 
Equestrian  domination in show jumping but still needing the last rider meltdown from  in team 
 
Football  beating  in their opening game.  winning gold
 
Golf - waking up to see a 7 man play off for bronze
 
Hockey - both  teams performing so well
 
Modern Pentathlon  and especially  suffering with horses
 
Rowing  first ever rowing gold. First ever team bronze. The  women 8 with the upset and the  men’s four not getting a medal as they nearly veered off course. The crazy finish to the women’s lightweight double
 
Rugby  with two medals but the women’s being particularly memorable 
 
Shooting  with medals!!
 
Sport climbing - just being so impressed with the speed events. Happy that’ll have it’s won medals in Paris
 
Swimming  Titmuss beating Ledecky.  gold from lane 8
 
Tennis  Djokovic losing his mind as he was beaten
 
Triathlon  gold for Duffy
 
Wrestling  the great Lopez winning super heavy again. The only wrestler I know!
 
 
 

When I heard about Turkmenistan first medal in Weightlifting,  I thought Bein Sport Commentator just messed things up, because Nazarov won gold in Rio but now I remembered that he's from Tajikistan not Turkmenistan 

Highlights of the Games for me: from a  perspective, besides the 3 medals, Paula Pareto giving her all even injured in her last fight ever. Lucas Guzmán performance in taekwondo, especially that epic win in the last 3 seconds of the first round. And the big standing ovation for Luis Scola in his last match ever.
 
Overall:
 
 Yulimar Rojas world record.
 Tamberi and Barshim sharing the gold moment
 Lasitskene winning gold after being denied to do it in Rio
 Allyson Felix reaching 11 olympic medals
 Ingebritsen and Warholm races
 
 Lisa Carrington 3 gold medals
 
 Jason Kenny epic keirin gold
 
 Sky Brown last run to win a medal
 
 Hafnaoui upset in 400 free
 Paltrinieri and Quadarella winning medals after recent physical struggles
 Katie Ledecky's entire tournament, from the great Titmus matchup in the 400, to the emotional 1500 gold, the crazy 4x200 split and the 3peat in the 800.

Athletics  W PV   Katie Nageotte winning it the hard way. (Because of all the early misses,  it offered a good example to explain to my wife the tie-breaker rules for vertical jumps.)  Breathtaking women's 4x4
 
Cycling Track, A great last North American night from Kelsey Mitchell and  Jennifer Valente to end things.
Basketball 3x3  for the women, and great to see   beat   for gold.
Handball, Volleyball,  winning 2 golds 30 minutes apart.  Great Overall 6 medals for  in team sports.
Equestrian, Jessica Springsteen and the  team wimnning silver.
Rhythmic Gymnastics,  Group and Linoy Ashram  winning gold.
Wrestling:  Gable Dan Steveson  winning one for the ages.
Modern Pentathlon a  2 for 2.
Handball, as above a  2 for 2.
Rowing:  A  and  Gold.
Artistic Gymnastics.   Suni Lee and Jade Carey stepping up.
Fencing     Lee Kiefer.
Canoe   Nevin Harrison.
 
 
 

I enjoyed being able to stream every event, but the ads every 3 minutes were quite annoying. I didn't watch much of the main/central coverage but from what I caught it wasn't bad. 

I’m interested to hear everyone’s most memorable/favorite moments from Tokyo 2020. I’ll start:
 
Archery:  Mete Gazoz wins Gold,  South Korea dominates again
Artistic Gymnastics: ROC win gold in men’s & women team,  Simone Biles drops out & then wins bronze in beam,  Suni Lee wins all around,  Rebecca Andrade wins gold in vault,  Artem Dolgopyat wins gold in floor,  Jade Carey wins floor gold
Badminton:  Chen Yufei vs  Tai Tzu Ying gold medal match,  Beiwen Zhang advances to R16
Baseball: Bullpen cart,  Japan walk off vs ,  South Korea walk off vs 
Basketball:  Luka Doncic leads Slovenia to Semis,  USA men & women win gold again
Basketball 3x3:  vs  OT match,  USA women win gold
Beach Volleyball:  All USA teams advance to R16,  Qatar win bronze,  Norway wins gold,  The A team wins gold
Boxing:  Team USA men make 3 finals
Canoe Slalom:  Jessica Fox wins bronze & gold
Canoe Sprint:  Nevin Harrison historic gold,  Lisa Carrington wins 3 gold medals
Cycling Road:  Richard Carapaz wins road race,  Annemiek Van Vleuten redemption gold
Cycling MTB:  Switzerland sweep women’s race
Cycling Track:  Germany women’s team pursuit gold,  Jason Kenny & Laura Kenny both win gold,  Jennifer Valente gold in Omnium
Diving:  Tom Daley finally wins gold,  China wins 7 of 8 golds
Fencing:  Lee Kiefer wins gold in foil
Field Hockey:  Belgium first ever gold in Men’s field hockey,  India wins bronze in men’s tournament
Golf:  Team USA win gold in men’s & women’s, 7 man playoff for bronze
Handball:  France wins men’s and women’s tournament 
Judo:  Abe siblings win gold on same day,  France upsets  Japan in mixed team
Karate:  Sandra Sanchez wins gold in kata
Marathon Swimming:  Ana Marcela Cunha wins gold
Rhythmic Gymnastics:  Bulgaria upsets ROC in group event
Rowing:  Canada ends  USA dynasty in women’s eight
Rugby:  Fiji wins men’s gold 
Shooting:  Team USA wins men’s & women skeet gold,  San Marino wins bronze & silver
Skateboarding:  Japanese domination,  Sky Brown wins bronze in park
Soccer:  Brazil win gold after ET goal,  Canada beats  USA in the semis & wins gold after PKs
Softball:  Japan beats  USA for the gold
Sport Climbing:  Janja Garnbret wins gold 
Surfing:  Carissa Moore wins gold
Swimming:  Chase Kalisz & Jay Litherland go 1-2 in 400 IM,  Ahmed Hafnaoui upset in 400 Free,  Ariarne Titmus vs  Katie Ledecky , 17 year old  Lydia Jacoby wins gold in 100 breast,   Yui Ohashi wins 200 & 400 IM,  Ledecky wins 1500,  Bobby Finke comeback for 800 & 1500 gold,  Caeleb Dressel wins 5 golds
Table Tennis:  Japan beats  China in classic XD final
Taekwondo:  Anastasija Zolotic wins historic gold for team USA
Tennis:  Novak Djokovic gets upset in the semis & bronze medal match
 
 
 

I’m interested to hear everyone’s most memorable/favorite moments from Tokyo 2020. I’ll start:
 
Archery:  Mete Gazoz wins Gold,  South Korea dominates again
Artistic Gymnastics: ROC win gold in men’s & women team,  Simone Biles drops out & then wins bronze in beam,  Suni Lee wins all around,  Rebecca Andrade wins gold in vault,  Artem Dolgopyat wins gold in floor,  Jade Carey wins floor gold
Badminton:  Chen Yufei vs  Tai Tzu Ying gold medal match,  Beiwen Zhang advances to R16
Baseball: Bullpen cart,  Japan walk off vs ,  South Korea walk off vs 
Basketball:  Luka Doncic leads Slovenia to Semis,  USA men & women win gold again
Basketball 3x3:  vs  OT match,  USA women win gold
Beach Volleyball:  All USA teams advance to R16,  Qatar win bronze,  Norway wins gold,  The A team wins gold
Boxing:  Team USA men make 3 finals
Canoe Slalom:  Jessica Fox wins bronze & gold
Canoe Sprint:  Nevin Harrison historic gold,  Lisa Carrington wins 3 gold medals
Cycling Road:  Richard Carapaz wins road race,  Annemiek Van Vleuten redemption gold
Cycling MTB:  Switzerland sweep women’s race
Cycling Track:  Germany women’s team pursuit gold,  Jason Kenny & Laura Kenny both win gold,  Jennifer Valente gold in Omnium
Diving:  Tom Daley finally wins gold,  China wins 7 of 8 golds
Fencing:  Lee Kiefer wins gold in foil
Field Hockey:  Belgium first ever gold in Men’s field hockey,  India wins bronze in men’s tournament
Golf:  Team USA win gold in men’s & women’s, 7 man playoff for bronze
Handball:  France wins men’s and women’s tournament 
Judo:  Abe siblings win gold on same day,  France upsets  Japan in mixed team
Karate:  Sandra Sanchez wins gold in kata
Marathon Swimming:  Ana Marcela Cunha wins gold
Rhythmic Gymnastics:  Bulgaria upsets ROC in group event
Rowing:  Canada ends  USA dynasty in women’s eight
Rugby:  Fiji wins men’s gold 
Shooting:  Team USA wins men’s & women skeet gold,  San Marino wins bronze & silver
Skateboarding:  Japanese domination,  Sky Brown wins bronze in park
Soccer:  Brazil win gold after ET goal,  Canada beats  USA in the semis & wins gold after PKs
Softball:  Japan beats  USA for the gold
Sport Climbing:  Janja Garnbret wins gold 
Surfing:  Carissa Moore wins gold
Swimming:  Chase Kalisz & Jay Litherland go 1-2 in 400 IM,  Ahmed Hafnaoui upset in 400 Free,  Ariarne Titmus vs  Katie Ledecky , 17 year old  Lydia Jacoby wins gold in 100 breast,   Yui Ohashi wins 200 & 400 IM,  Ledecky wins 1500,  Bobby Finke comeback for 800 & 1500 gold,  Caeleb Dressel wins 5 golds
Table Tennis:  Japan beats  China in classic XD final
Taekwondo:  Anastasija Zolotic wins historic gold for team USA
Tennis:  Novak Djokovic gets upset in the semis & bronze medal match
 
 
 

Archery:  Mete Gazoz denying Korean clean sweep of gold
Athletics:  Neeraj Chopra winning gold,  and  gets bronze
Artistic Gymnastics:  Dolgopyat winning gold
Badminton:  finally won women's doubles,  Kevin Cordon's surprise
Cycling Road:  Carapaz winning gold
Cycling Track: A bizarre keirin final where  Jason Kenny won gold,  heartbroken
Cycling MTB:  clean sweep in women's
Diving:  Tom Daley/Matty Lee wins gold
Fencing:  Cheung Ka Long and  women's team win gold
Field Hockey:  men's got bronze
Karate:  Feryal Abdelaziz winning first Egyptian gold since 2004
Marathon Swimming:  Cunha won gold, also a fish joining the party  
Rhythmic Gymnastics: Surprise from   
Shooting:  won 2 medals
Swimming:  Hafnaoui surprise win
Table tennis:  won mixed doubles
Tennis:  Poor Novak  
Triathlon:  Flora Duffy!
Weightlifting:  Hidilyn Diaz won gold,  Rahmat Erwin Abdullah wins bronze from Group B,  won first medal

Women's 10m Air Rifle
Final Results     YANG Qian
251.8 OR     Anastasiia GALASHINA
251.1     Nina CHRISTEN
230.6   Final Results Here Qualification Results Here

Huge blunder from the Americans in the LW2x, well on their way to 2nd, but they let go of one of their....thingstheyrowwith.

Hoping for a repeat of Rio. Also, we had a Table Tennis & Men’s Fencing win so far. Archery will compete in about 5 minutes.

We have the 4 separate feeds on Eurosport Player. 

Finished up school work (summer class) for the day to come to a plethora of events going on right now. Will try and make a post as I did yesterday with results and stuff and will keep it updated as the day goes on! Happy 1st official day of Tokyo 2020! 

Rahman  was off to surprisingly good start against Lin Y.H.C  only for everyone to realize a technical glitch was giving the Lin’s points to the Singaporean 

Change in race schedule

Summary:
Change in race schedule on Saturday, 24 July, Sunday, 25 July and Monday, 26 July

Details:
Based on the weather forecasts received from the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games weather services, adverse
weather is expected on Monday 26 July 2021 which would bring high winds and strong gusts creating probably
unequal and potentially unrowable racing conditions.
The weather forecast for Saturday 24 July 2021 and Sunday 25 July 2021 remains good. The World Rowing
Executive Committee has reviewed the options in Rule 63 and following consultations with IOC, Tokyo2020
Organising Committee and OBS have decided to make the following changes:

1. Racing will start at 8:00hrs with Repechage1 of W1x on Saturday 24 July 2021 and will follow the same order
of racing.
2. Men’s 8+ heats and Women’s 8+ heats will be moved from Sunday 25 July 2021 to Saturday 24 July 2021.
These races will start with M8+ H1 at 12:00hrs, followed by M8+ H2 at 12:10hrs, W8+ H1 at 12:20hrs, W8+ H2 at
12:30hrs.
3. All races planned on Monday 26 July 2021 will be moved to Sunday 25 July 2021 and will be held in the same
order starting at 11:00hrs with W1x Quarterfinals

Kohler gets a win in the women’s single sculls. Nice tight finish between  and  as well. Also, I’ve never seen someone row into another person’s lane 

Rowing
Women's Single Scull (W1x): Kara Kholer finished first in her heat advancing to the quarterfinals. (hoping for a medal from her) 
Women's Double Scull (W2x): Kristina Wagner & Genevra Stone placed second in their heat advancing to the semifinals 
Women's Quadruple Scull (W4x): Our Women's W4x finished last (5th) in their heat, they will now go to the Repechage for a spot in the finals
 
 
Archery
Women's
In Archery the ranking rounds took place. Mackenzie Brown got a 5th seed and PB with a score of 668. Casey Kaufhold placed 17th with a score of 653 meanwhile Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez placed 24th with a PB score of 649. These great scores from the team allowed the Women's Team to seed 3 and get a bye in the first round. 
 
The next individual matches for these women will be 
 
Brown (5th)  vs Schwartz (60th) 
Casey Kaufhold (17th) vs de Velasco (48th) 
Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez (24th) vs Pavlova (41st) 
 
The next team match will be versus the winner of ROC  (6th)  vs Ukraine  (11th) 
 
Men's
Having having a rough start Brady Ellison came back to finish 2nd place with a score of 682. Jack Williams placed 29th with a score of 656, while Jacob Wukie with a score of 649 placed 47th. This allowed the Men's team to place 5th which is a bit lower than expected but I believe they can work their way through the bracket. 
 
The next individual matches for the men will be
 
Ellison (2nd) vs Vaziri Teymoorlooei (63rd) 
Williams (29th) vs Plihon (36th) 
Wukie (47th) vs Aguilar (18th) 
 
The next team match will be versus France  (12th) 
 
 
Mixed
Our mixed team placed 2nd with an overall score of 1350 which means we will play Indonesia (15th) 
 

Kohler gets a win in the women’s single sculls. Nice tight finish between  and  as well. Also, I’ve never seen someone row into another person’s lane 

The incident when Rangel bunted a double thanks to the Japanese carelesness reminded of another similar incident from the 2018 Worlds Finals.
 
Back then a Japanese player hit the ball down and assumed it fouled. Aubree Munro casually picked up the ball and tagged out the Japanese player who was waiting for another pitch.

Here is the presentation of the course. The landscape is pretty.

First extra innings

Hard hit ball right to the outfielder, unfortunate for Mexico there