Wanderer

I was reading the list of topics and the national thread of Slovakia had the sentence "Cesta do Tokia" added to it. Then I remembered that in Portuguese we usually say "cesta" (literally: basket) when someone scores (one, two or three points, it doesn't matter) in basketball. This made me curious about other languages, since there might be different or unique terms related to sports and we have people from all over the world here, so I would like us to share what we might know.

As a side note, it's amusing that in Portuguese the name of the country Peru refers to both turkey (the animal, not the country) and a penis. Their slogan, "arriba Perú", is sometimes understood by Portuguese speakers as "rise up, cock". 

Provisional Standing after Day 1 available here
 
Teddy Bear Award  @thiago_simoes (predicted 5-0 for Russia)
Walk of shame  @Olympian1010 (predicted the win for Saudi Arabia)

My avatar will be "the trophy" for the "walk of shame" award, thank you  

My avatar will be "the trophy" for the "walk of shame" award, thank you  

Very happy for my second silver medal in a row and happier that I still first in the general standing (thanks to @Dunadan's absence)
 
Great job @Wanderer (keep the pace with the results and the schedule it's quite demanding) and congrats to @dcro
 
About the tennis contest I already told my opinion and I have been the only one to speak so I think that this should be the only tennis contest for this year.

That tortellini story is amusing.

Gonna see my big friend Roowbin Haase for the first time in real life (if I remember correctly)
 
Against Dr Ivo so there's potential for an emotional outburst 
 

 

So...
 
Totallympics' tips for victory -
Totallympics' potential spoilers -
 

Any other. 

Final Standing available here
 
 
 Wanderer  Pablita  dcro  
 
Can't remember the last time I won gold medal, and let alone a medal in tennis   I was constantly under the pressure, especially with Pablita scoring big over the last few days. I reckon my Ninomiya/Hozumi pick made the final difference and good predicting for 3rd/4th round winners.
Congrats @Pablita on another silver medal, the tally just keep rising.
Well done to @dcro who entered day later and still managed to win a medal. And no - his point difference mainly came for the top halves of both men's and women's draws and not from the parts and matches which have already been played. Congratulation
 
Close finish for @Henry_Leon and @chrischi08, especially for the German who was in top 3 at some point too, but yet again went short at the end. Better luck next time
 
Thank you all for participation. I am yet to decide about the future of Tennis US Open prediction contest. This might be the last tennis prediction contest. At least as long as I am running them.
 
Onto FIFA World Cup!

True that.

Oh well I’m only 16th anyways. Thank You for hosting this awesome contest though, it kept me involved in the 2018 French Open

Stephens lost the match in 2nd set when she decided to depend only on Halep's mistakes , if she played her offensive way maybe things would have changed this final 

Congrats Halep, it was log overdue! Best claycourter, and well deserved! Still, I prefer Simona's game from 2013/2014. 
 
Stephens was waaay to passive at the end of the second set and there she lost the match. Also, she just gives Halep balls with pace which Simona redirected pretty much successfully. 

Ah, the Roman Empire Games
 
 

Alright, so we'll need Svitolina to win Wimbledon and Pliskova to win US Open to make 2018 the year of chokers that delivered.

incomplete predictions so far: 
@stefanbg @heywoodu @James @OlympicsFan

It looks like Serena withdrew  
 
Lucky Maria  

Well, they wisely picked a year. But they can get better during summer and try to "peak" for World Champs. Like, to pass the first round would be enough.
 
I see younger generations are even worse 

You are third at the moment  bestmen was right after all  

Thank you. This is the meme I wanted to find and use when posting prediction contests results recently:

Sad for Kvitova but didn't expect her to reach further than 3rd, 4th round so... But I am very happy for Kontaveit. Wish she could finish earlier the match. Stephens has great defensive skills and it will be more difficult in 4th round, but let's hope for the best! Go Anett

Yay, another event where you don't see the best performances (like in the marathon) and a completely random relay. How about shot put hurdling while we're at it?