rafalgorka

We tried this with them here in Poland before. Ain’t worked.

And here he is beating The Hero of Tonga in the final

I hope you are right. but i’m not sure what happens when Trump comes back in 2024.

And here is Klitschko in action in Atlanta 1996.

@Vektor I must admit I'm very interested in how you vote in this one :-)

Time for Event #2 in our IMAGINARY SUMMER OLYMPICS series. These are olympic champions in certain event. Imagine that all these champions are on the top of their game at the very same moment in time. Who would have won gold? Be aware that the voting ends at Sunday Feb 27th 10 a.m. CET. There were questions where these imaginary olympics take place. In Poland, obviously. Warsaw and around. Our medal table after 1 event: 1-0-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1

@phelps you probably do know better than "the popular vote" and Balado was the best one here. But it is somehow nice that Klitschko has won the first gold of the games for exactly today. I must admit I haven't randomly chosen this particular boxing event for a first poll this week. We have sadly seen here in Poland what is coming as soon as Beijing olympics finish. So at least this non-important-at-all small success for today.

I have decided to continue with the polls. @phelps is 100% right. We all need some relief. It's a pity that the politics thread is the hot topic even on this website now :-(

The voting in Poll #1 has ended. Looks like we have the results of the first event of our Imaginary Summer Olympics. BOXING - Men's Super Heavyweight 1. Wladimir Klitschko UKR 2. Roberto Balado CUB 3. Anthony Joshua GBR 3. Lennox Lewis CAN Thanks for voting! Medal table after 1 event 1-0-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1

Imaginary Summer Olympics - Poll #1a - The Games Must Go On - yes or not? Due to what is going on in Ukraine and across - let's call it - Eurasia right now, should we keep making these Imaginary Summer Olympics Polls or should we get rid of them and focus on helping those who we should help in real life these days and not waste time on useless things. This question was raised back in 1972 and I personally still don't know what the correct answer was back then. And now it's time to repeat it.

He should have kept his mouth shut yesterday in the first place. They say: never drink, when you drive. Some would add: never drink, when you twit.

My today's evening TV schedule: CNN, BBC News, TVN 24, i24, France24, Euronews etc. etc... The olympic games has ended, the dark times has started, feels like 1936 somehow...

Last moments to vote in this one. Voting ends at 8 p.m. CET.

If I were you, I would think more about Ukrainians than Russians at this very day, today. Russians ordinary people are not the one who seeks shelter from the bombs falling on their heads today, you know. Safety first, then we will think about poor people who will suffer from "economy sanctions". At least noone will shoot them in the head, you know.

I have never understood why Dutch hadn't kicked all the Russian business out of the Netherlands after they shut down the plane carrying so many of your homies. Business first, isn't it? Don't be angry at me, that's nothing personal, I just don't understand this thing.

Take care, @Illya all the best wishes for you and your close ones

Anyone wants to share his thoughts on this one? 😉

In Poland, obviously, ;-)

Ice hockey? Really? After Tokyo, I thought you're land of golfers now ;-)

Thanks a lot. Here is English translation via Google Translate, if anyone's is interested. Niklas Edin Now Niklas Edin can also bet - on billiards Of: Linus Norberg , Hans Abrahamsson , Mattias Karlsson , Tomas Ros Published: February 19 Updated: February 19th SPORTBLADET BEIJING / STOCKHOLM. They have won everything that can be won. But Team Edin has no plans to quit - but the skipper may also invest in billiards. - I play a lot of billiards, says Niklas Edin. Most World Cup and European Championship gold. And now also an Olympic gold, the only thing that was missing in Lag Edin's prize locker. The Swedes have now won everything that can be won and are one of the world's best curling teams of all time. If the win in Beijing was the final destination for the close friends? - No, we have not said that. We will see what the life situation looks like for us, but right now it indicates that we are tough as usual, says Oskar Eriksson and continues: - We have not said what we want to do, we will evaluate it after the season. Right now we're just going to enjoy the moment. "Have nothing else for me" The next big championship is the World Cup in Las Vegas in early April. Christoffer Sundgren also believes that there are no plans to close down. - There is probably a lot left to win. Well, we can pull it off again. We have not actually discussed anything. But I have nothing else for me. You can make more money on an engineering job that I have studied for, but it is more fun with curling. Can bet on billiards However, skipper Niklas Edin may make a small career change. To also bet on - billiards. - Yes maybe not instead but it would be fun to combine a little, I play a lot of billiards which is a little more gentle on the body. It has also given a lot to challenge the skull a little more than curling, which is a mixture of mental and physical sports. But I will probably continue with curling as well, it's a bit too fun.

A new thread: How did your NOC perform in Beijing? Was it better than expected or was it worse? What were the ups and downs, what were the highlights, what were the biggest disappointments? What were the most emotional events for you? Who made a suprisingly good result? I think everyone here is interested in every other user thoughts. Waiting for interesting info, sth you can't read anywhere else ;-)

Ok, thanks. Nice to hear that. You didn't put that info in your profile here on totallympics though ;-) So - as I constantly break the rules in this series of polls - I have decided that everyone whose nationality was unknown, represents Belgium in this competition :-) Because... why not? :-) But now obviously we will change your flag. Greetings, thanks for particapation!!!

There will be no competition between the users in this series of polls. I'd like to open a discussion only (who was the best super heavy boxer???) and I'd like to make a medal table. Another series of polls, sth similar to Beijing 2022 olympics, with points for users and some predictions of future events is also planned but I think it will be available here next week.

Hello everyone, I have a proposal of another series of polls - kind of buiding up to Paris 2024. It is similar to the poll #25 in Road to Beijing series - I know it may be found stupid or crazy or too complicated. But let's try it, let's do some kind of "imaginary olympics". These are olympic champions in certain event. Imagine that all these champions are on the top of their game at the very same moment in time. Who would have won gold? I will try to prepare around 10-15 polls like that, maybe twice a week or sth like that, we will see if you are interested in it, and then we will know if I shall continue or I should not waste your time... We could prepare a medal table after each event, we could discuss why we choose one athlete and why we don't choose another one, we could put here some youtube videos of certain events etc... We will see how it works. Similar boxing super heavyweight poll was here before, but now I changed the rules a bit and we'll see if you are interested.

Final standings of the Beijing 2022 olympics polls. Thank you all for participating in the polls, that was FUN! @Wumo 29 @mrv86 28 1/3 @phelps 24 1/3 @Topicmaster1010 23 1/3 @rafalgorka 23 @orangeman 22 1/3 @Gianlu33 21 1/3 @Styrka 20 5/6 @Henry_Leon 19 @NearPup 19 @hckošice 18 1/2 @Einarsen 18 @Belle 16 1/2 @Monzanator 16 1/2 @ChandlerMne 16 1/3 @james89 16 @Agger 15 1/2 @maestro 15 @Dunadan 14 1/4 @mester 13 1/2 @Fly_like_a_don 13 @vinipereira 12 1/2 @Ted 12 1/2 @FireRun 12 @Federer91 10 1/2 @LowerSaxony 10 @IoNuTzZ 9 1/2 @Adriano 9 1/2 @Joshi 9 1/2 @Jinzha 9 @JoshMartini007 8 1/2 @Sindo 8 1/2 @Kirkpatrick 7 1/2 @Griff88 7 @Ros 7 @rybak 7 @Andry84 7 @Dennis 6 1/2 @LEVARTOZ 6 1/2 @Vic Liu 6 @EupenM 5 1/2 @uk12points 5 1/2 @Illya 5 @FancyFenchel 4 1/2 @Trebron92 4 @Jan Linha 3 1/2 @dcro 3 1/2 @Benolympique 3 1/2 @heywoodu 3 1/2 @pdr4332 3 @Arnoud Beldman 2 @intoronto 1 1/2 @Morten Jensen 1 1/2 @Olympian1010 1 1/2 @Swewi 1 1/2 @jfpseijo 1 1/2 @Speedy 1 @stamura84 1 @gualty80 1 @De_Gambassi 1/2 @Walter Egow 1/2 @Orangehair43 1/2 @Vektor 1/2 @OlympicsFan 1/2 @Peterpeer 1/2