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Updated after Event #135 (Poll #32).

Updated after Event #135 (Poll #32).

First Imaginary Games gold for in gymnastics I wonder how many 4th places they got so far... And our first clean-sweep for in diving Congratulations!

Results ATHLETICS - Men's Discus Throw 1. Al Oerter USA 2. Virgilijus Alekna LTU 3. Gerd Kanter EST SWIMMING - Women's 800m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky USA 2. Janet Evans USA 3. Rebecca Adlington GBR GYMNASTICS TRAMPOLINE - Men's Individual 1. Dong Dong CHN 2. Alexander Moskalenko RUS (T) 3. Uladzislau Hancharou BLR (T) GYMNASTICS TRAMPOLINE - Women's Individual 1. Rosannagh MacLennan CAN 2. Anna Dogonadze GER 3. Irina Karavayeva RUS (T) DIVING - Women's 3m Springboard 1. Fu Mingxia CHN 2. Guo Jingjing CHN 3. Shi Tingmao CHN* Thanks for voting, everyone!

This one deserves a seperate thread I guess 😀 @Sindo

Voting in this one ends tomorrow.

Poll #32. These are olympic champions in certain events. Imagine that all these champions are on the top of their game at the very same moment in time. Who would have won gold? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(men)#Discus_throw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_swimming_(women)#800_metres_freestyle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_gymnastics_(men)#Individual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_gymnastics_(women)#Individual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_diving#3_metre_springboard_2

Updated after Event #130 (Poll #31).

Updated after Event #130 (Poll #31).

Results GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC - Men's Paralllel Bars 1. Li Xiaopeng CHN 2. Oleg Vernyayev UKR (T) 3. Sawao Kato JPN (T) WRESTLING FREESTYLE - Men's Super Heavyweight 1. Bruce Baumgartner USA 2. Gable Steveson USA * 3. Komeil Ghasemi IRI 3. David Gobejishvili GEO MODERN PENTATHLON - Women's Individual 1. Laura Asadauskaite LTU 2. Zsuzsanna Voros HUN (T) 3. Kate French GBR (T) FENCING - Men's Individual Foil 1. Nedo Nadi ITA 2. Daniele Garozzo ITA (T) 3. Ramon Fonst CUB (T) CYCLING TRACK - Men's Sprint 1. Jason Kenny GBR 2. Chris Hoy GBR 3. Harrie Lavreysen NED Thanks for voting!

That was a very nice Diamond League debut here in Poland. I hope it will be back next year as well. Couldn’t go to the stadium today but I would like to be there next time…

https://swimswam.com/the-biggest-takeaways-from-the-2022-commonwealth-games/

Voting in this one ends on Monday.

I have just found video of yesterday’s swimming finals on YouTube. I find it very entertaining even though I know the results already I really like swimming and I really like athletics so I think I just like the most the sports with a kind of „racing” in them - the one who is first at the finish wins. Simple as that.

@phelps thanks for your comment! But your votes are not here yet.

But don’t get me wrong - of course EVERYONE is invited to vote here!

@phelps looks like you missed this one, but I'm very interested in your choices here. Greetings

Not everyone knows much about all the sports & events, certainly I don't, so I am very interested in what people - who surely follow some sports more than me - think: who should win in this poll. @thiago_simoes what you think about gymnastics here? @MHSN any thoughts on wrestling, if you don't mind? @phelps as a fencing fan - among 100+ other sports :-))) - is always here, thank you very much for that, always nice to read! what are your thoughts again? and maybe @Vektor would like to add his choice as well... or all the others. I'm sorry if I forgot someone. maybe we have someone who knows more about modern pentathlon here as well... :-) waiting for your words of wisdom, all your votes and comments. Bye!

Poll #31. These are olympic champions in certain events. Imagine that all these champions are on the top of their game at the very same moment in time. Who would have won gold? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_gymnastics_(men)#Parallel_bars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_freestyle_wrestling#Super_heavyweight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_modern_pentathlon#Women's_individual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_fencing_(men)#Foil,_individual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_cycling_(men)#Sprint,_individual

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/sports/olympics/michael-johnson-world-record-tobi-amusan.amp.html

Updated after Event #125 (Poll #30).

Updated after Event #125 (Poll #30).

Results ATHLETICS - Men's 10,000m 1. Haile Gebrselassie ETH (T) 2. Mo Farah GBR (T) 3. Paavo Nurmi FIN It is fortunately quite rare here that I need to break the tie for the 1st place. In such cases I choose the one I voted for by myself. So there is a gold for Gebrselassie after a tense finish against Mo Farah, sth like he sprinted out Paul Tergat in Sydney. ATHLETICS - Women's 10,000m 1. Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 2. Sifan Hassan NED 3. Derartu Tulu ETH SWIMMING - Men's 100m Backstroke 1. Aaron Peirsol USA 2. Matt Grevers USA 3. Mark Tewksbury CAN (T) GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC - Men's Horizontal Bar 1. Epke Zonderland NED 2. Mitsuo Tsukahara JPN 3. Fabian Hambuchen GER GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC - Women's Balance Beam 1. Nadia Comaneci ROU 2. Sanne Wevers NED 3. Olga Korbut BLR (T) Thanks for your votes and comments!

Thanks for the in-depth analysis. Brilliant as always. I promise I will let you know a bit earlier when the next gymnastics poll appears!

Some other links: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/Paris-2024-Olympic-Sport-Events-Schedule.pdf https://presse.paris2024.org/assets/calendrier-par-epreuves-des-jeux-olympiques-de-paris-2024-c912-e0190.html?lang=fr