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Very sad that Daley won a medal again, hopefully he retires soon.

We could have been in second place after 3 rotations, if Bretschneider wouldnt have fallen of the high bar again.

Sorry, i dont agree at all. If so many athletes have a refusal or are eliminated, then its not a good course in my opinion. Normally we also dont just have dressage, the difference is that normally its about the time (only the best riders make the time) and not about not having a refusal. Germany has been the best nation in eventing for many years and now they wont even win a medal, do you really think that this course showed which nations are best in eventing? This would mean that all organizers in the past got it wrong and Germany was just lucky.

Yeah, its obvious, italian athletes are really motivated because russian athletes are banned, otherwise italy would still have 0 medals.

Italy and Australia at the moment cant do anything wrong, its really amazing. Athletes of all other nations just have to hope that they dont have to compete against athletes from those nations.

Its really disrespectful too all the people who are really braindead, i will change it to "shockingly stupid".

Yeah expected for Klimke, it just isnt meant to be, the course is clearly to difficult, organizers are shockingly stupid, just like those in road cycling. If so many elite riders have refusals, than you clearly did something wrong. Its not about the best athlete, but about the most lucky athlete.

Very sad to hear. Political decision? I think so.

Do you know what happened with the live results? It says that Germany is at 107.30 at the moment, with 66.40 by Auffarth and 40.90 by Jung. Australia is first with a final result of 150.30, this would mean that Germany could still take the lead if Klimke reaches the finish in time without any refusal, but that doesnt make any sense ...

Not only so far, it was our safest gold medal. In the end i dont really care anymore, those doping games have become wortheless for me, no one can take any of the results seriously anymore. Organizers wanted to do something special and destroyed the competition with it. All those athletes worked so hard for multiple years just to end up in a lottery competition, where it clearly isnt about ability anymore but only about luck. At least 3 of the german athletes won gold before and will probably win gold again in 2020, so i think they will get over it.

Haha, France will win gold, what a shit competition, way too difficult. If we cant even win safe gold medals, then we probably wont win any gold in Rio.

I think Bouchard will make the final, she definitely will beat Kerber.

Yeah, Germany is also having a hard time at the moment, it was the same in London. You have more than enough gold medal contenders left, so no reason to panic. I think Diniz and Lavillenie are almost locks for gold in athletics. You also have Yoka/Mossely (boxing), some medal contenders in canoeing slalom, mens lightweight double sculls, some medal contenders in BMX and mountainbike, Bouge/Pervis/Boudat in track cycling, equestrian team/individual jumping, equestrian team eventing, multiple medal chances in fencing, womens football, mens/womens handball, multiple medal contenders in judo and sailing, mens rapid fire pistol, Manaudou, some medal contenders in taekwondo and mens volleyball. I think you will win at least 12 golds and 40 medals in total. I never thought that Mladenovic/Garcia would be able to challenge for gold, but with the Williams sisters out they might have had a chance. On the mens side i think that your doubles was only seeded first because all really good doubles withdrew. In my opinion mens doubles was always pretty open. I am shocked that the favorites in mens singles (Djokovic) and womens doubles are already out, at the same time i am very happy for Del Potro, who is my favorite player on the mens side. I think Murray will now defend his title pretty easily, which would be absolutely outstanding. In womens doubles the draw seems pretty open now, i hope that the Czech Republic wins gold.

Yeah ... obviously winning a medal is better than winning none ... I think everyone would be happy if the american men would win the team event and if Kiefer would win womens foil. I dont care about the results in all other events, but the US has to win gold in those 2 events.

Tasiadis is my favorite for gold, i think Pfeifer could also win gold in womens k1, i dont expect anything in mens k1 and mens c2 is unpredictable for me, although Anton/Benzien are the current world champions.

I think Canada also has a british coach who coached for example Halsall previously, but i dont agree with your comparison. GB was also very good on the mens side, Canada doesnt have any medal contenders on the mens side. They dont have any chance to make the final in mens 50/200 free, 100/200 breast, 100/200 back, 100/200 fly or 200 IM. In the end Cochrane, Condorelli and maybe Acevedo are their only decent swimmers on the mens side. Cochrane wont get much better until 2020 and Condorelli is a product of the american system, his development doesnt have much to do with Canada. On the womens side they look fantastic. Masse, McLean, Oleksiak and Ruck could be medal contenders very soon (or they already are). Oleksiak reminds me a lot of Franklin when she was younger and people also thought that Franklin would have a great future ahead of her, so you cant be sure where Oleksiak will be in 2020. I think canadian fans should be really happy that everything turned out perfectly for them in Rio so far, i guess no one expected that they would have 2 medals by now. I am also wondering how much it helps them that the brazilian time zone is pretty close to their own (time zones), while athletes from most other countries have to adapt to a completely new time zone.

Ok ... dude ... if you say so then it must be true. I guess they should have given her the gold even before the competition started? Its really an insult that other gymnasts even dare to compete against the american gymnasts.

I still dont get why officials should have preferred Douglas. In my opinion it wouldve been best to allow everyone to make the all-around and then the best will qualify anyway. Its the same with the german team. If Schäfer and Alt wouldve been allowed to do the all-around, they probably wouldve made the final instead of Seitz and Scheder. I have to say that i am really sad for Schäfer, she was very close to make 2 individual finals (floor and beam) + she was "robbed" of the individual all-around final.

Sorry, i dont quite get what you want to tell me ... ? Is it about Douglas not making all around final? I am sad for her, but she was just too bad on floor to beat Raisman.

Sometimes you have to wonder whether american girls would get the same scores if they would compete for other countries. I still remeber 2012 vault final and it was a sick joke that USA won a medal back then. For that reason its hard to be fan of sports with judges.

I dont think that USA will win gold on balance beam or uneven bars, we will see. Douglas clearly in 2nd place, like expected, she should win silver, bronze is up for grabs, i will stick with Mustafina.

Dont know why i had them on my list, they are not on the list of nations never winning an olympic medal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_table I think the answer for question 5 should be no, but the correct answer for question 20 should definitely turn out to be yes.

Makes sense ... i already wondered how Malaysia was able to never win a medal at the olympics ... Sorry, i think we are talking about two different questions: Question 5: San Marino, Malta, Bosnia, Mali, Fiji, Kosovo, Bermuda Fiji should be safe to win a medal. I am also pretty confident about Mali. Question 20: Burundi, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Philippines Burundi should be safe to win a medal. I wanted to give 10 points, but i wasnt sure whether Diaz would win the medal, although i think that i predicted her on 3rd place.

Yes ... I used 10 points each on 31 questions and 1 point for all other questions. In my opinion there were 31 safer bets, so i didnt use 10 points on this question.

Is Chinese Taipei really "independet" from China? I think they are strong for the same reasons as China and apparently they are also strong in the exact same sports.