OlympicIRL

Today we mark the 2 years to go milestone until the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo. It may seem a long way off in the distance right now but we are now over halfway through the Olympic cycle and the countdown towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is well and truly underway. Members can post here on the thread to help build momentum as we countdown to the big event. This thread can be used to mark any milestones on the way, right through to the opening of the Olympic village, tracking the arrival of delegations, the raising of our national flags in the Olympic village and so on. At some stage in future, possibly the 1 year to go mark, an Olympic Countdown Clock depicting the Olympic rings will be introduced to help us mark off milestones along the way and countdown the remaining days as we edge closer and closer to the Opening Ceremony on the 24th July, 2020. So without further ado, let the countdown commence!!

In Ireland, the "smallest" coin in circulation is 5c. Thankfully we got rid of 1c and 2c coins as they were indeed a pain in the neck

The women's team bags our second silver medal of the championships and a 5th place individually for Natalya Coyle, her best placing at the Europeans to date. Great results

And he dumped him out

Wow, nothing like a major upset on day 1!!

Is De Zwaan about to dump out MVG?

3-1 victory over the USA. Great start for the green army!!

Maybe you have already read everything possible

If she was consistently harsh on all riders then that would be at least something, but she was much more generous with others it seems.

That's terrible really, how can there be such a huge difference?

Here you go then

Let's call it a World Best just to be technical

What the heck happened with Worku? Looked like she just stopped with less than 200m to go? Was she injured? It looked like she just stopped the way pace makers do

Let's see how many women in the women's 3000m in London can run the flat race quicker than the new WR record in the women's steeplechase

Lyles 19.65, wow!

I was trying to work out why there were Irish flags on display and thinking if there could be an Irish athlete here. Then it dawned on me that it is in fact a Côte d'Ivoire flag

Waiting for bestmen to tell us how many doses they have received

Great times as always in Monaco 1500

Yarisley Silva, the evergreen!

Well, new or not, that is now one very impressive WR. But actually I forgot about Samba's insane time

It's not that weak now with a time like that!!

Performance of the year so far!!

Chepkoech!! Huge WR in the women's 3000m steeplechase!!

Exactly, for such a small population, Croatia are the envy of many a nation in sports, including my country. Congrats to them for a magnificent achievement.

But logic also says France will win again in 20 years time. Something will have to give in the logic battle