Nickyc707

Great final effort by Stewart who was a late substitute for the Kiwis.

Another case of no one in the peleton being willing to take up the chase.

You have a tendency to equate your views with those of the wider public. Your prophet of doom predictions haven't stood up to much scrutiny so far but we'll see.

Even Kenny isn't expecting to win and has said his teammate has a better chance than he does.

So Oceania would consist of Australasia and the Pacific Islands. No need to bother with continental qualification any more you could just insist on quotas for every event. By the way I like the way the Aussies have incorporated New Zealand into the team's name.

Too young to know any better? ?

Fifty years between the oldest and youngest medal winners in Tokyo.

That was in part due to the removal of the two man Star class which was where Finn Class sailors used to move onto. Instead the best sailors were forced to stay in the Finn class.

The magic ones?

How have they cheated?

Top 5 is good enough for Scott as Berecz has to finish five places ahead of him. In your scenario if Berecz won the race he would have 37+2=39 pts and if Scott were 5th he would have 28+10=38 pts.

Mixed medley modern pentathlon? ?

Sailing latest. Men's Finn 1st after 10/10 " 470 4th after 8/10 " 49er 2nd after 12/12 Women's 470 1st after 8/10 " 49erFX 5th after 12/12 Mixed Nacra 2nd after 12/12 Following Emma Wilson's windsurfing bronze GB were guaranteed two further medals in the Finn and Nacra classes today. Giles Scott needs a top five finish in the ten boat medal race to guarantee gold. Wherever he finishes he'll get at least a bronze. In the Nacra catamaran the GB pair trail the leaders by 12 pts and lead the third placed boat by the same number of points. Likeliest outcomes a gold and a silver. We go into the medal races for the 49er and 49erFX in 2nd and 5th respectively and both or neither could medal. Lots of boats still in with a chance and it's too close to call. The men's and women's 470 classes still have two races to go before the medal race. In the women's, Mills and McIntyre lie first and on current form I think they will likely go into the medal race with a top three spot guaranteed. They are in a really close race with the Poles but either gold or silver seems a good prospect. The men's boat are tied on pts with the third placed team and just a handful of pts behind the second. Difficult to predict what may happen here. We now have three medals guaranteed. At least one more seems very likely and up to seven are a real possibility. Like the boxing squad we maybe on course for a record breaking performance from our sailors.

And yet so far GB has qualified more athletes for track & field finals in events that have completed qualification than they did in 2016. And DNA isn't out of form she has issues with her hamstring. You're very good at making claims of disaster before events actually take place.

Vincent is actually one of the best runners in men's triathlon but he's not fully fit after injury problems this year.

Following Emma Wilson's windsurfing bronze GB is well in contention in six other classes after today's racing. Men's Finn 1st after 8/10 races " 470 2nd after 6/10 " 49er 2nd after 12/12 Women's 470 2nd after 6/10 " 49erFX 5th after 12/12 Mixed Nacra 2nd after 9/12 Although only 5th going into the women's 49erFX class medal race they can still potentially win any of the medals it is so close.

The prophet of doom and gloom wouldn't be happy if he or she couldn't find something negative to say. The swimming squad is setting all sorts of records in Tokyo but instead he/she chooses to highlight a potentially negative one.

If don't believe that first sentence for one moment. It defies all rationality and all the evidence of the last Olympic cycle. Even with much stronger squads in 2012 and 2016 they were always reluctant to predict that degree of success and rightly so.

After today's racing in the sailing. Men RS:X 6th after 12/12 races Laser 12th after 8/10 Finn 1st after 6/10 470 2nd after 4/10 49er 1st after 6/12 Women RS:X 2nd after 12/12 Laser R. 10th after 8/10 470 2nd after 4/10 49erFX 1st after 6/12 Mixed Nacra 2nd after 6/12 Medal races not included in race totals. Still a long way to go but currently in either first or second place in seven classes. Giles Scott after two 9th place finishes has had four straight wins. Could still be a sixth gold medal in a row in the Finn class.

Yes, lots. We're continuing to do well in most of the sailing classes. Our boxers continue to win. As mentioned above Howard-Colley has qualified for the men's trap final. Both Kye Whyte and Beth Shriever comfortably qualified for the semi-finals of the BMX racing. The men's hockey team guaranteed their spot in the quarter-finals by achieving a comeback draw against the Netherlands after their prospects had been threatened by South Africa's shock win over Germany. The women's rugby 7s team came from behind to beat the ROC with the last play of the game. Paul Casey is well placed in the golf tournament after an opening round of 67 and Tommy Fleetwood was also going well when play was interrupted by the weather. Shall I go on?

Emma WIlson is guaranteed a medal in the women's windsurfing. Going into the medal race the top three are so far ahead only they can win the medals. China - 30 pts GB - 34 pts France - 36 pts Double pts are awarded in the medal race. Matt Coward-Holley will be shooting for a medal in the final of the men's trap shortly.

I suggest we leave judgement on rowing until the competition is over. We still may end up with only one fewer medal than last time and even that might have been avoided but for the steering of the men's four. Add in a number of fourth places and the outcomes might be seen as not unreasonable given that more than eighty percent of the rowing squad were making their Olympic debuts. Having said that I'd like to know what went wrong with the coaching and crew of the women's eight over the past few months.

Sailing latest Men RS:X 5th 9/12 races Laser 8th 6/10 Finn 4th 4/10 470 4th 2/10 49er 1st 4/12 Women RS:X 1st 9/12 Laser Radial 12th 6/10 470 3rd 3/10 49erFX 1st 6/12 Mixed Nacra 4th 3/12 I haven't included the medal race in the race totals. Early stages in some classes but seven out of ten "boats" are currently occupying top four places and another is in 5th. All have a chance of making the medal races. PS Another sport where we could improve on Rio's medal total.

Looking like you could be right. Think it's going to come down to three from Duffy, Zaferes, Learmonth and Taylor-Brown assuming the former has got over all her injury problems.

True, although most of these guys are not specialist cyclists. Still they race in plenty of countries where they encounter wet conditions so for most of them it shouldn't be too big an issue. The American Rappaport seems to be one of the exceptions to that.