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The most reliable press agency of the world the american AP presented the medal predictions for the Olympics
 
They predicted 4 medals to Slovakia, all in canoe sports, 3 in Canoe Slalom and 1 in Canoe Sprint
 
however...
 
it has a small...
 
problem...
 
actually 2 of them are from athletes
 
Peter Kauzer and Eva Tercelj
 

 
https://apnews.com/article/sports-2020-tokyo-olympics-africa-canada-middle-east-b95fdb2d762d7fbcf16e6555effc47be
 
 

Is this or every other topic on this subforum now going to be one guy constantly arguing with entire board about how he feels the games should be canceled or how there's going to be some sort of covid disaster and we're all going to die. I mean, come on. If they don't want to ban him which should have done months ago just stop interacting with the guy who obviously isn't registered here to communicate in good faith. 

Almost all our delegation has arrived to the village with no problems except for the 49er fx crew who got involved in the good old "flight close contact" nonsense and had to stay 3 days locked (they are back training again but they will still be monitored until the 23rd).

talking of Japanese baseball...
 
well, 3 of the 12 NPB teams are located in Tokyo and 3 more in the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area (1 in Yokohama, where the Olympic Baseball tournament will be staged)...
 
and they all had 20% capacity crowd in their stadiums until last week (when the championship stopped to make room for the Olympics)...
 
in the rest of Japan the allowed audience was even higher, up to 50% capacity (Fukuoka)...
 
so, to me, it's only the usual hypocracy...it's the Japanese political forces of the opposing parties (and their supporters in the industrial conglomerates, like Toyota or Rakuten) trying to make the government look stupid and not taking care of the local population...
 
they are pure shit (I'm well used to it, since it reminds me the exact behaviour of our politicians...but I never thought in Japan they were so similar to us)... 

I understand clearely to athletes
 
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110412/athletes-why-fans-banned-tokyo-2020

There are also reports that the virus can be transmitted via internet, if you are in UK (where all fully vaccinated people are dying like flies) you should turn your wifi/data/whatever off during the Olympics. A small sacrifice to save us all.

I’ve never seen anybody not want an Olympics as much as you don’t want one orangehair 
 
 

I feel pretty weird to all the anti-olympics as in the same time there is people in base ball and football pro games in Japan. This looks pretty politic to me.

I love this guy, he is such a good journalist, he always write only positive things to rise the atmosphere like here by mentioning the amount of tested people. so we have 2 positive tested athletes from the sole 2 people tested and living in the village, I am right ? not looking good.
 
If it would be some hundreds or thousands of people tested negative at the same village the same day that would be maybe better situation, but since Liam the great journalist did not mention tactfuly the amount of tested people. then we are in deep shit.
 
 
Surprised to see poeple still reading inside the games btw.

If you look back to 2016 a poll in Brazil in Mid July had 67% of Brazilians against the games taking place. Over 100 medical experts called for the games to be cancelled. Now I realise the Covid situation makes things different this year but I expect when the games get going and assuming all goes well regarding Covid interest will be as big as ever. I know my excitement is a lot less than for previous Olympiad but I expect once the games start it will rise.
From reports from Team  they say that they are receiving a very warm welcome from locals in their training and holding bases and no negativity. A lot of the negativity in Japan is political as there is an election in the Autumn. Thee was not a lot of excitement in the build up to Euro2020 but as the tournament started the interest mushroomed. Hopefully the Olympics will be the same and help lift the Covid gloom. 

After the complete Canoe Slalom team last week (4 athletes) today it was the turn of Peter Gelle (Canoe Sprint K1-1000m) to fly to Tokyo (5th athlete), accompanied by his coach and couple of others Canoe sprint team staff members. The remaining Canoe Sprint team around the K4 will depart a couple of days later
 

There seems to be a real possibility that at least the volunteers could be in the stands of the stadiums. 70,000 volunteers will take part in the Olympics. and the organizing committee is working on exception for them to be allowed to enter the different venues during the competitions

Ah, the Olympics will as good as certainly go ahead. Now, all aboard the 'Paralympics will be cancelled' train, choo choo!

Sure. That's why aussies are contesting qualifying tournaments around the world. For example, just today the 3x3 OQT un Austria. It's only for cheating.

Please stop saying of Games cancellation. Its the only one thing which you can do here? Then your life must be really poor if you spread unsense articles and says about that Games should be cancelled everday. Please find an better thing which you can do with your life. 
 
@Sindo can you ban him already?

Well, from my point if view, Olympics aren't more dangerous (with athletes vaccinated, of course) that, for example, EuroCup with 20,000 fans at the stadium from different countries across Europe, and lot of them without quarentine nor vaccine, but I can understand that you are explaining.
 
I hope that Olympics will go ahead and we will able to celebrate that this happen with safety.
 
P.S: I'm sorry if I can't explain well my point of view and for my grammar mistakes, it's difficult for me to argue in a different language.