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We lead against Romania !! 
 
STOP THE MATCH!

Another qualifications for the Dutch swimming team for the OG at day 2 of the OQT in Rotterdam:
 
400 medley men: Arjan Knipping (4.18,08)
200 breast men: Arno Kamminga (2.06,85)
 
No other qualifiers (400 medley women, 200 free men/women, 100 fly men/women). Kind of disappointing, only 2 qualifiers today, but Arno Kamminga is a world class swimmer.

Another qualifications for the Dutch swimming team for the OG at day 2 of the OQT in Rotterdam:
 
400 medley men: Arjan Knipping (4.18,08)
200 breast men: Arno Kamminga (2.06,85)
 
No other qualifiers (400 medley women, 200 free men/women, 100 fly men/women). Kind of disappointing, only 2 qualifiers today, but Arno Kamminga is a world class swimmer.

First Dutch qualifiers for the OG are confirmed. Today the last Swimming OQT started in Rotterdam.
 
50 free men: Thom de Boer (21,74) and Jesse Puts (21,91)
50 free women: Ranomi Kromowidjojo (24,34) and Valerie van Roon (24,63).
 
No other qualifiers yet (200 back, 1500 free).

Tomorrow we'll have some important distances, like the 100 free and 100 breast. We have 6 qualifiers now, I expect 4 more and maybe some others for the relays. 

Another qualifications for the Dutch swimming team for the OG at day 2 of the OQT in Rotterdam:
 
400 medley men: Arjan Knipping (4.18,08)
200 breast men: Arno Kamminga (2.06,85)
 
No other qualifiers (400 medley women, 200 free men/women, 100 fly men/women). Kind of disappointing, only 2 qualifiers today, but Arno Kamminga is a world class swimmer.

Solid performance for the German team beating Romania 22:19. World Championship finalist Spain loses to Russia 22:31.

First Dutch qualifiers for the OG are confirmed. Today the last Swimming OQT started in Rotterdam.
 
50 free men: Thom de Boer (21,74) and Jesse Puts (21,91)
50 free women: Ranomi Kromowidjojo (24,34) and Valerie van Roon (24,63).
 
No other qualifiers yet (200 back, 1500 free).

Solid performance for the German team beating Romania 22:19. World Championship finalist Spain loses to Russia 22:31.

I am kind of missing writing in this thread :-(
 
Do you think we will see Tokyo 2021 olympics or not? I would like to but I am afraid they will be cancelled.

As far as I know, all Dutch matches will be broadcasted live at Ziggo Sport. The documentary was great indeed, brought back all the memories of last year's World title.

@phelps THANK YOU!
 
Maybe we can try day-by-day Beijing predictions - what would we watch on every day, what are the most interesting events for us,  what are our medal predictions, how our national teams will be doing...
 
Like we did with Tokyo day-by-day medal predictions and what would-we-watch-today thread ;-)
 
@Benolympique@bmo@CCB@Col_Frost@OlympicsFan@hckosice@Jinzha@intoronto@dcro @Fly_like_a_don@Grassmarket @Gianlu33anyone interested? (sorry if I forgot somebody here)
 
We could do it in February, when there will be one year to go (hopefully these games will not be postponed).
Or in  Christmas / New Year time where there will be possibly more free time from work.

Netherlands is also not participating. Unforuntately!

According to Dutch media the Grand Slam in Budapest will count for the Olympic ranking for Judo, which explains that The Netherlands sends its best judoka's to the event. 
 

Yeah, we need it!
 
Stupid question: Who else agrees?  

After the 24th it most probably will be singles players who have already qualified. The only situation in which more doubles players will get a chance is if the 86 spots for a gender are not filled. But since 64 spots will be filled by singles we should assume after 24 teams it will be singles players who will complete the draw.

This is not the US open topic but the US open is a good example on how NOT to manage the Covid pandemic in an international competition!
Mannarino who was in the same situation as Mladenovic, was allowed to play one day earlier. And the organizers then just said "oh this is not depending on us but the Nassau county health department"!
There is only one Olympics every 4 years and it cannot happen that athlete X can compete then athlete Y in the same situation cannot. And the organizers then say "oh this was the Tokyo prefecture health department"
There should be a consistent, predictable and transparent process on how someone suspected of Covid is quarantined, separated, etc. and under which circumstances one can be barred from competing. This should be communicated to the athletes well in advance and then adhered to by everyone.
I do believe that the Olympics can happen even under Covid but the organizers should learn from the blunders of this year's US open!

If there is Beijing schedule available already, we could do the Winter edition here ? 

And nobody lost any money gambling on the results!  

Day #16...this is "The End" (cit.) 
 
sadness and depression at their climax...to me, this is absolutely the worst moment of my "normal" life (except for the serious troubles, of course...we're still talking of sport, of course)...
 
by the way, my "event(s) of the day" would strongly depend on the Italian interest (= presence in some medal matches)...
 
but...if there were no Italy at all (or if Italy were present in each and every team sport final), Athletics (men's Marathon), Track Cycling (men's Keirin and women's Omnium more than anything), women's Handball Gold Medal match and men's Waterpolo Gold Medal match would surely my "not to be missed" events of the day...
 
women's Volley and Basketball would go in the second row...
 
and I promised myself not to watch a single second of the Boxing tournament, but I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna keep this promise...I like the sport too much to resist temptation... 
 
in any case, it's sure that I'm not going to watch a single second of Rhythmic Gymnastics (that's too much for me) and the Closing Ceremony (that's too painful...I'm not so masochist)...
 
 
bye guys...it's been a lot of fun to live this "Neverland Olympics"...
 
but now I do really hope to live a true, genuine Olympic experience in 12 months time...

Last day. Maybe a medal in women's omnium or men's keirin will help! 
 
My bed is calling, I really need some sleep after two magnificent weeks.
 
...
 
So, the dream ends here. Hopefully we can really experience the Games next year!

Last day. Maybe a medal in women's omnium or men's keirin will help! 
 
My bed is calling, I really need some sleep after two magnificent weeks.
 
...
 
So, the dream ends here. Hopefully we can really experience the Games next year!

I may be offline next few days. So here is what I would like to watch on day 16 Sunday. 
 
M marathon (move it back to Tokyo, please!) 
 
Last boxing finals
 
M keirin final 
 
W handball final - no medals for Poland on Sunday I'm afraid So i hope i could support team NED here ? 
 
And then closing ceremony 
 
And then day 17 Monday. 
On Monday i would be sleeping a lot ?
 

Day 15 SuperHiperSaturday
 
I would like to watch so many things. This is much too much to watch in one day. There were some less entertaining days before but this Saturday really a lot would be going on at the same time. Impossible to see it all live as it would happen. I would have to make my priorities and watch some replays later. 
 
Anyway, things to do are:
 
M volleyball final - i hope it would be Poland vs USA. And i hope it would be a really good match. 
 
Athletics - firstly W marathon (i wish they could move it back to Tokyo) 
And The whole evening session. Big chance for a medal for Poland in W 4x400. W High jump (Lasitskene vs Ukrainians vs Kamila Lićwinko). M 1500 (with Marcin Lewandowski?). And all the other events.
 
Last Canoeing finals. W K4 500 is a Chance for a medal for PL, too. In M C1 1000 Tomasz Kaczor was 2nd in Wch 2019 but if the Games would be in 2020 he would miss it due to injury. But he should be ready for 2021. I would watch W C2 500 and M K4 500 as well, but I really think M K4 1000 would be much more interesting. 
 
Basketball M final. Is it the first time in the Olympics when a M Gold medal Match would be played before the bronze medal game? 
 
Handball M final 
 
Equestrian jumping team final 
 
Football M final 
 
Beach volleyball M final
 
Diving M 10m platform final 
 
And in spare time I would support one of my favourite athletes these days in her ind. All-around final in rhythmic gymnastics - Linoy Ashram of Israel