Dnl

So let’s go all of us and buy things in group-rate!
 
 
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Believe me: I'm not one to defend Ashram, but she worked hard for the results and she deserved it. The fact that some of the Russians are trying to make it look like she didn't deserve the gold medal is ridiculous.

Now, please, read this: https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/rhythmic-gymnastics-101-scoring

It's also important to consider that we're discussing an all-around competition, and performance on all 4 apparatus count. Her performance on ribbon might not have been excellent, but the drop only cost 0.3/0.5 depending on how many steps she took to get to the apparatus. This is a very small penalty in a sport where scores in 1 single apparatus can go up to 24/25 points. and Olympic medals are decided with combined scores around 100 points.
 
You can complain about the Code of Points -- I do this all the time -- but you can't just say that she didn't win the gold medal in a fair way.

Also, take a look at he body difficulty skills compared to Dina Averina's:

Not the first time that a Champion is declared after a dropped ribbon, and last time it was Russia at the gold and us at Silver and no one set a noise about it, overall Linoy’s level of routines were high enough to give her the gold even after the deduction of the dropped ribbon, you can say that the scoring system is not the best or is better for some type of athletes but the results reflected what happened

Their E-sporters would still not get any attention as long as this shady act is walking with them  

Also in favour of removing athletics, everyone can run, jump or throw different kinds of stuff.

E sports

@DnlAmazing haul for Israel, with record in medals, and 2 golds. New medals in Taekwondo and Gymnastics. 5th place twice i believe in Judo, 4th place in swimming open water. And many crying russians, which is like the icing on the cake

While this is super true, the fact that core Olympic events are getting cut down or even dropped, things like skateboarding and breakdancing are getting their place, sorry but watching 10 year olds getting 3/10 at most and winning gold is ridiculous, the annoying attempt to be liked by “young generations “ is ruining the games

For sure it will still not bother me or effect my love for the games, but those tons of changes from one edition to the other, is doing more harm then good IMO, just think about kids that started weightlifting only to find out it’s going out from the games, some of the sports like Baseball Football and tennis could provide exposure and money without the Olympics but some of those sports are truly depends on them, 

Bahrain bought the rights for their name..

Bahrain bought the rights for their name..

While this is super true, the fact that core Olympic events are getting cut down or even dropped, things like skateboarding and breakdancing are getting their place, sorry but watching 10 year olds getting 3/10 at most and winning gold is ridiculous, the annoying attempt to be liked by “young generations “ is ruining the games

Bahrain bought the rights for their name..

He is going to take the medals instead

They need to keep Following the mantra of “if you do it then do it right “

I have a lot of qualms about the format and the rules, but I do feel like a sport with a well established pro circuit with a lot of serious competitors that was healthy before the IOC got involved really deserves some credit for obviously doing something right (see also: surfing, climbing or my favourite whipping boy, karate).

What's kind of funny is that most people I know that follow sports casually just sort of assumed skateboarding was already in the Olympics.

Yes, and she even succeeded somehow yesterday to push herself to the post of medal awarding person in the canoeing sprint M K4-500 for our last medalled athletes at these games and later in the evening to the historic Italian gold in the M 4x100 relay  she is still able to do wonders so let see how her career in the sport diplomacy will continue, she is however still member of the European Olympic Committee

And now they playing the EU anthem...  

Japan present: “Europe the weird anime version “ 

Why? Ashram had a better D. The deduction for the lost don't means that you lost. Read to code and stop to blame 

Me too got to admit it was pretty helpful 

Quickly scrolled through because somehow I had a horrible feeling that there would be an "Totallympics will end after Tokyo" post  
 
Nothing like that, the relief is huge. Now I'll read  

Tokyo 2020 is coming to an end, I hope you enjoyed following them here in Totallympics!  I know not everything was perfect, there were some nightly downs of the forum in the first days and some posts had to be deleted because of abusive behavior by certain users, but I think this is something will always happen on a populated forum.
As always, since tomorrow the focus will switch to Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024, we want to be the first to start following the 2024 Olympic qualifications so I hope after some days of Olympic detoxification you will all be back on Totallympics and follow sports with us!
 
In the next weeks, there will be some little forum’s software updates which I postponed to avoid problems just before the Olympics, and we will also move on a stronger server, to avoid forum’s down during traffic’s peaks.
 
I will also have lots of hosting space, so I have thought I can create national sub-domain forums for the nations with lots of users who think their national thread is not enough. For example, I will try to launch https://italia.totallympics.com/, where Italian fans will have their own forum, in the same format of Totallympics but only for Italian fans who can write in Italian. This will allow the Italian community to grow independently in their own forum, and I’m sure Italians who want to interact with the rest of the world will keep using the “international” Totallympics as they are doing now. The great advantage comparing to the National threads is that everything would be more organized, with sections, threads etc., just like here.
 
I chose the Italian example because I know how and where to search for Italian fans interested in the forum. But if any of you is interested I can create other nations’ sub-domains. I will setup the forum in the same format of Totallympics, then of course I would need one person (or more) who will take care of that forum and its development. You don’t need to be skilled with information technology because dealing with the forum is really simple and I could help you, the “difficult” part would be to start a community from scratch.
 
That’s why I am mostly thinking to nations which already have lots of users on Totallympics, but if you are a country’s single member and you know how to bring your country’s people on the national forum once this will be ready, then we can obviously give a try. I think for many countries there are Facebook groups of Olympic fans or some small Olympic forums/websites here and there, and if you can potentially “move” them on Totallympics national forum then it would be easy for your community to grow, and then more people would start joining the forum when they find it on google. It will not be easy, but it might be an exciting experience and not a lot of your time is needed for that.
 
So if any of you is interested to be the “community manager” (this word might be exaggerated, linkedin style ) of her/his country, feel free to contact me anytime via private message and we will start talking about the plan. I will not be able to pay you for that role, but of course I would give you the hosting for free so you would have no expenses of any sort, and you can always count on my help.
 
 
Thank you everyone who contributed here during Tokyo 2020 and get ready for the next Olympic cycle!

2GOLD!!!!
2Bronze!!!
over 15 finals!!!
and tomorrow group routines in rhythmic gymnastics , It’s obviously the best Olympics for us ever and it’s giving us appetite for PARIS2024
tomorrow I will post my conclusions from Tokyo and who and what to expect from Paris 2024