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Just noticed Try Guys collab video with Olympic channels around breaking.
If anyone interested - from 10:54 mark they explain the Olympic rules and judging system:
 
 

Done !
 

 
every single TV covered second of the Tokyo 2020 on one place (They also added the missing Day 2 Swimming Heats and Badminton Court 1 action of both sessions) so we have really everything in this database.
 
All Days Links are in the opening post of this thread.
 
 
Enjoy !  and good re-watching
 
 
 

Hey fellow Totallympians
 
I have an announcement to make about my role as Prediction Contest manager and the future of prediction contests. From the beginning of the next year, I would like to step down as sole Prediction Contest manager. As my time at the university is coming to and, I would like to focus more of my time on applying for job positions from the beginning of next year. Also one of the reason behind my decisions is that I have been much less active in the threads since I became Prediction Contest manager. Especially during the Olympics with five prediction contests which took most of my time during the day. I felt quite stressed during that period. But I knew the period would be short and end a couple of weeks later. For Beijing 2022 I definitely need some help, as there would probably be more predicton contests than during Tokyo. I know my life will change with more time focused on applying for a job position. Plus I have a personal life that means everything to me and I would like more time for that. 
I plan to still be part of the prediction contest group, but I would mostly only be able to manage 1 contest per month. I would therefore like to ask if someone or more people  on the forum could be interested in being my co-manager/s from the beginning of 2022. I would guide the person/people in how to run the prediction contests. Make prediction design, etc... And by time, that person/people will take over the role as manager/s.
 
 
I hope by getting a co-manager/s, and by time stepping more down, I will find a balance to both manage my work and private life. Also additionally, have more time to be active on this forum in other ways. My passion is athletics and I want to be more active in that thread and also have time for especially winter sports who also gives me great pleasure to follow. 
 
In short, I would like to seek for one or more co-managers at first by the beginning of next year. If anyone is interested to become co-manager or hear more about it, you can send me a PM and we can talk about it.
 
I hope there will be at least someone who would like to take over my role by time. I really enjoy these prediction contest and I know many really appreciate the work me and all those before me have made to make these contests possible. I hope these contests can continue to bring together the community on Totallympics. 
 
That's all from me,
Wumo

All I meant is that rarely a cheater is exposed during major International competitions in these sports (especially Olympics). Usually weightlifting, cycling and athletics are the leaders by miles. Now that I saw the figures from WADA, I have been surprised by the high percentage of dopers in boxing and wrestling. Sorry if I mislead somebody. Apparently equestrian is the absolute "champion" percentage-wise
 
(https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/2019_anti-doping_testing_figures_en.pdf)
 

Imagine if we find out Tandara and Ujah got it from the same source. 
 
 
One of the British papers is bound to try and imply he was poisoned by Italy or Russia or China or any random country. It feels the obvious route the press will go down. I mean the daily Mail article on Ujah calls the investigation into Jacobs a doping probe. 
 
 

from what I read in social media, it seems Taliban took full control of Herat, the third largest city of Afghanistan and they are going to capture Kandahar (the 2nd city) in next few hours or days. Kabul will fall in few weeks, it won't even last till the end of 2021. those corrupt politicians will fly to some western countries and poor people will remain to deal with these monsters. I bet Mr Ashraf Ghani already has his plane ready to fly
 
personally I know more about Herat because that's close to our border and people there have more or less the same culture. so it's just heartbreaking to read such news. reading people's reaction in social media almost makes me cry   what's more disappointing is that the whole world doesn't care. this was easily preventable. 
 
so I guess we won't see Afghanistan at the Olympics anymore. but but but the generous Tommy Bach and his friends will invite few shitty random athletes from Europe with Afghan heritage for the next refugee team to give """hope""" and happiness to all refugees around the world. problem solved.

Boxing and definitely, absolutely wrestling  
 
Because technique is important, like in any sport, but strength, endurance and training hours simply are important too. And just to clarify, I don't mean this as anything towards Bulgaria at all, just specifically about the sports  
 
Sadly there is basically no sport where some form of doping (be that beta blockers to steady the nerves and hands, good old blood transfusions or whatever steroids) doesn't give some form of advantage.

Could you please explain to me what is the state of the Bulgarian anti-doping system? The national anti-doping centre is certified using the same requirements as any other one in EU:
 
https://anti-doping.government.bg/en/
 
Let's also check the medals Bulgaria won at Tokyo:
 
Gold in rhythmic gymnastics - an entirely skill based sport
Gold in karate - a sport where technique is the primary way to win
Gold in boxing - a sport where judges decide your faith regardless of your strength and stamina plus it was in one of the middle weight categories
Silver in pistol shooting - steady hand and good mental strength required
Two bronzes in female freestyle wrestling - again a technique based sport
 
In which of the sports above did you last heard of any notable names worldwide as dopers? 

In all my observations I failed to notice that the Tokyo games were the best for  Bulgaria since Sydney 2000. 
Well done.  

I really don't understand what people want.

If Russia wins everything, this sport is a mess, it should be removed from the Olympics, the world is doomed. If Russia loses the gold medal, this sport is a mess, it should be removed from the Olympics, the world is doomed.

Day 2 added. Post above.
 
Links for each day in the OP of this thread.
 
Day -2, -1, 0 and 1 are complete with every single race of the day,
 
however In Day 2 we sadly miss 3 videos, for some reason the Evening Swimming Heats session (is the only Tokyo 2020 missing Swimming session in the video replays) and also the matches on Court 1 in Badminton are missing in both morning and evening sessions, hopefully they will be added soon.
 
Everything else is available. Good watching everybody !
 
Day 3 will be added tomorrow, need some rest now

All Replays https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/replay/
 
Just click on the option Replays
 
You´re welcome.

They’re not ‘ruining the games’. Honestly most people outside these obsessed forums don’t even watch a quarter of sports at the games
 
There’s multiple threads here from people who’d happily get rid of plenty of core sports too. 
 
I wouldn’t have breakdancing in but it won’t effect my enjoyment of the Games a tiny little bit

I'm kind of surprised they don't do a re-enactment of the 1976 men's team foil medal ceremony every Olympics.

Kostadinova  Could have been gold...

Kostadinova  Could have been gold...

Polina Triffonova will open our participation at the Games, so this will be the first match i'll check out. It will be a tight game with the Cameroon girl. 

Romania with a convincing win in the ladies double sculls. They must be the gold favourites, no doubt. 

Always nice to have Chuck Norris's approval to start the games :D

Romania with a convincing win in the ladies double sculls. They must be the gold favourites, no doubt. 

Romania with a convincing win in the ladies double sculls. They must be the gold favourites, no doubt. 

Definetly for Romania Bodnar/Radis are the best chance for a gold medal. 

nice new pb for Denisa. 655. Bravo for our youngest athlete in Tokyo
 
looks Reena Parnat of in the KO round on Thursday at 05:45 AM our time

I hope Damir Martin goes all the way to gold this time. So unlucky with the finish in Rio. Same story, I hope, as with the Bulgarian rower Neykova who lost in Athens by virtue of centimetres but came back to Beijing and won the gold. 

Well done Namibia. Straight into the quarters.