OlympicsFan

Interesting that the US only won 3 golds in olympic disciplines so far and 2 of them could have very well only been minor medals. Men's 100 back: Ceccon definitely could have won gold instead of Murphy Women's 200 IM: McIntosh didn't compete and McKeown got disqualified. I think that they could get to 8 golds in olympic disciplines, but i don't see them getting to 10+ golds.

I remember that there was a thread where people could predict who will be the youngest competitor of their nation at the olympics. Does anyone know what happened to that thread (i couldn't find it)?

I call out all cheaters the same, doesn't matter where they are from (for example Jack from Australia, Sun Yang from China or Paula Radcliffe from GB). Sorry that i don't want to be part of your cheap agenda where it is only allowed to criticize certain nations.

Stop clowning.

So much doping in China (1.4 billion people) and Russia (150 million people), yet they never came close to the dominance of Australia (30 million people) ...

Australian women with a world record in every event, just like that ...

Too bad that Jack stole another medal.

Also only the 6th most individual finals in olympic disciplines among european nations so far: France: 10 GB: 8 Germany/Netherlands/Hungary: 6 Italy: 5

Super Greg as well.

Time catches up with everyone eventually. Amazing that he was able to win gold as a 28 year old last year, very rare to see old guys who are still competitive in distance events. Maybe he should try the 50 free ...

Interesting stat for GB: They had 8 finalists in olympic disciplines so far: Men's 200 free: 2 finalists (Richards and Dean) -> Both won a medal Men's 100 free: 1 finalist (Richards) -> No medal Men's 100 breast: 1 finalist (Wilby) -> No medal Men's 200 IM: 2 finalists (Scott and Dean) -> Both won a medal Women's 200 free: 1 finalist (Anderson) -> No medal Women's 200 fly: 1 finalist (Stephens) -> No medal Not sure if there is any other event where they could have 2 finalists, maybe men's 50 free or women's 400 IM.

Van Rouwendaal in the 10 km open water race? Brave prediction ...

Always funny to see how terrible those predictions are. For team GB: Gold for Gadirova? Don't see it. Gold for Hodgkinson? Would still favor Mu. Silver for Muir? Would be rather surprising ... Silver for Laugher? First he needs to qualify ... Silver in men's 10 m synchronised? Possible, but they aren't the favorites for silver. Silver for Peaty? I think him retiring is more likely. Silver for Greenbank? Interesting prediction after he didn't even qualify for worlds ... Silver in the 4 x 100 m mixed medley? Seems rather unlikely ... USA, Australia and China are all clearly ahead. Bronze for Asher-Smith (200 m)? Would be a huge comeback, but we will see. Bronze for the men's 4 x 100 m medley relay? Seems rather unlikely unless Peaty comes back sharp (which doesn't seem likely).

France (and/or GB) might end up with more/as many individual finals in olympic events as China, which would be a huge surprise (at least for me).

Interesting to see that Turkey is still irrelevant at senior level after having great success at junior level for quite some time. Also i expected a bit more from Spain, but maybe Titley needs a bit more time. Will be interesting to follow the development of those two nations in the next couple of years.

Amazing night for GB, before today they had 4 individual finals in olympic events and now they doubled it in just one day. So far half of their finalists won a medal, Scott and Richards could continue the trend tomorrow.

Two germans in the round of last 16 of women's foil, but no Ebert (who choked again, which dramatically decreased the chance for a german medal).

Great to see Gonzalez in a final. Very versatile swimmer (100/200 back, 200/400 IM, 200 fly), but maybe he would be better off focusing on less events. Also impressive by Dean to come back like a freight train.

Bosnia and Denmark both with their first individual final in an olympic disipline in women's 200 fly (31st and 32nd country to do so).

Kapas way off, maybe she should try open water.

Bad last turn by McIntosh, still safely into the final. Also nice to see Pudar rebounding after her subpar performance in the 100 fly.

Marchand might actually try to win 4 golds here, not sure if he will be able to handle the same load next year. He seems safe in the 400 IM, but it looks a lot closer in his other 3 events, he might want "focus" at his home olympics.

Very tough doubles for Marchand and McIntosh in this session. So far it is paying off for Marchand, not sure about McIntosh.

Very slow semifinal in women's 200 fly, but good to see Crevar again, she used to be a good talent in the 400 IM.

Good news for Hungary in men's 100 free, they might win more than one medal after all even without Milak.