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This one I like...

Is this a good time to note I live closer to Dublin than London and my great-grandparents were Canadian?

To be safe it's Chicken Madras tomorrow and a ham and cheese sandwich tonight then....

OK, before we resume I need some advice, I was going to have a hot curry for an evening meal. The question is - Will this contest become so exciting that eating the curry will leave me with an upset stomach?

This could be a real superstar....

If Trump was still in office I'd say North Korea. Now it's more difficult to judge

Thank you to everyone who has given points to GB so far

"CAS is not involved in the decision on the outfitting of Russians at the Games" so there will be objection to the Russian clothes.

It's official now

Swapping the cold Moroccan spring for the tropical paradise that is County Durham...

Let's insult the sports then. Climbing, for an "action sport", is actually quite boring with lots of waiting around for people to take one more step. I like baseball but, without most of the best 1000 players being there, it's a bit like watching the football World Cup without all the players who play for clubs in Europe or South America competing. Karate is like Judo or Taekwondo only much less interesting and the Kata event looks like drunk dancing. Haven't seen enough surfing to have an opinion. That leaves softball and skateboarding and softball has only a couple of competitive teams. That means skateboarding is the only one left...

This is probably the only website where race walking gets written about more than the men's 100m...

Rumours are that she's just getting better and stronger at every aspect

All I can say it that, in 2012, I predicted 15 gold medals for GBR and they won 29. In Rio I predicted 17 and they won 27. I hope I'm not too biased.

I'll give an example of how hard it is to predict some medals. Christina Hammer of Germany has been a world professional boxing champion for 10 years. Earlier this year she decided to try to qualify for the Olympics. Immediately she becomes a hot favourite for a medal. Then the final qualifier get cancelled and she has no chance to qualify for Tokyo.

Whitlock, Taeja James and Dominic Cunningham

Well, Valegro was 14 in Rio and not as good as he was in London. The top German horses are 14,16,17 while Freestyle is 12 and still improving... Despite that, I think Germany will probably still win both golds this year

DPR Korea will never accept that

So let's break down what I expect to do in Tokyo. First thing to say is that it will be the worst GBR performance since 2004 but a lot better than anything in the last half of the 20th century. Athletics 4 medals including 1 gold. Heavily favouring the women's events Boxing 3 medals including 1 gold. Canoeing 3 medals incuding 1 gold Cycling - down a lot on previous Olympics but still 5 medals including 2 golds (women's distance races on the track will still be hard to beat) Equestrian - 4 medals (2 gold) , I expect GBR to win both eventing golds. Also would not be shocked if Charlotte Dujardin wins a 3rd dressage gold (her horse is young and improving whilst the best German horses are getting old) Gymnastics - 3 medals inc 1 gold. Whitlock to retain pommel horse title Judo - 1 medal Modern Pentathlon - 2 medals inc 1 gold Rowing - 3 medals inc 1 gold Rugby - 1 medal Shooting - 2 medals inc 1 gold (both in shotgun classes) Skateboarding - 1 medal Swimming - 5 medals inc 2 gold (Peatty will repeat) Triathlon - 2 medals Football - 1 medal Taekwondo - 4 medals inc 2 gold Total 44 medals 15 gold Down from 67 medals 27 gold in Rio Edit -I forgot Sailing . 3 medals 1 gold Revised total 47 and 16

Shaoxing, CHN 8 April Women's 3000 S/C Zhang Xinyan 9:20.32

Also from Lusaka, ZAM Women's 200m 10 April Rodah Njobvu 22.69 Beatrice Masilingi 22.72

I have the feeling the Namibian 400m runners could be the real thing. After all Masinlingi was the fastest runner in the world in 2020. Now she's a year stronger.

Although even if the real time is a second or even two seconds slower, they'd still be good times for teenagers

Still a great performance despite the suspicions. Unless we'll find more problems...

Men's Marathon. Tuscan Elite Marathon Samuel Tsegay 2:06.53 But he applied for citizenship last year and is waiting on a decision