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1 hour ago, vinipereira said:

Amazing start for . If they keep this pace they will place higher than I've anticipated at the medal table.

 

Great day for with    

Great new athletes around 20 years old, so many talents in this team

I have the same plan to go, and I save money. But I am afraid of booking room /hotel, it will be hard. I was in Paris before, and I would like see it again. But if I will have problem with finding hotel or room or booking tickets, I will choose Paralympics. I even started learn French recently.  I will choose events in center of Paris probably, maybe tennis Boxing (I was in French Open in tennis and I will go there easily I think). 

It is only for me exciting here :D I will watch for sure basketball, judo, table tennis, athletics, swimming, fencing probably all :D

China has an enjoyable performance. 

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

But then it's still a nonsense event with only endurance and nothing else. Omnium really, really needs at least something short in it. Flying lap, 500m time trial, whatever, it's bullshit to have it as an endurance-only event, takes the whole reason to have an omnium in the first place out of it.

500m time trial should be in thie program. But for me cycling track should include events with small number of cycler on the track, because it is so dangerous (like today women's omnium, madison) 

No more baseball softball at OG, please... Beach handball, futsal, beach football... Many team sports are better than that. 

Go France!

Finally medal for Poland in K-4 Bravo for girls! Difficult race, because weather was heavy.  We have silver amd bronze in cayak, and 2 4th places. Maybe in Paris we will get olympic gold. 5 medals without  athletics

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

Well, there is no men's rhytmic gymnastics or synchro swimming either? As for lack of technological innovation that is an obvious bullshit. There is nothing fair about dropping the 50k, just the usual politics. They tried 50k women's walk at World Champs not so long ago and while it wasn't pretty at least they tried it. But obviously politics had to step in.

True. Mixed synchro swimming should be in program :D

To be honest, I had a problem with this sport, but TV realisation with a good commentator is enjoyable. For me in program we should have all 3 individuals events and additional combined. 

10 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Embarrassing really 

For me baseball takes so many times, and have many players. Surfing is so boring in this kind of water, and TV realisation is  worst than walking.... I like walking, modern pentathlon, but status for this event is not certain. 

Congratulation for Canada, nice finish!! 

1 minute ago, rybak said:

That's it. Dawid is last Olympic champion on 50km race walk! What a beautiful story  

 

@Monzanator @Adriano We can count his medal as always at least one surprising medal which always happen at each Games, like Sylwia Bogacka in London or Oktawia Nowacka in Rio  

Totally agree, I miss this kind of medal. 

Wooooow, what a suprise, so amazing! Thanks you Dawid. I will work like a zombie later, but now I am so happy.  Nobody expected that medal, but Top 10 was highly possible for all 3 Polish.