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Yes, they probably think about her. Well, I think she is a medal chance but she is not a main favourite for gold in 500m. Our ski jumpers jump short this season so I don't see a big gold medal chance this year unfortunately. We can only hope for a great surprise like a 50 km race walk in Tokyo.

Where did Gracenote get this Polish gold from? No idea.

https://olympics.com/en/news/one-month-to-go-the-30-youngsters-to-watch-at-beijing-2022?displayAsWebView=true&displayAsWebViewlight=true&AnonymousID=2cee8a8d-6f0f-4c1f-81b7-fb3fe380d503 Some medal contenders among them, I guess

This might be helpful, if sb wants to make predictions day by day: (times in CET) Day -2 Wednesday 02/02/2022 13.05-15.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #1 Day -1 Thursday 03/02/2022 02.05-04.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #2 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 07.05-09.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #3 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 11.00-11.45 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Moguls Qual. #1 12.45-13.30 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls Qual. #1 13.05-15.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #4 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round Day 0 Friday 04/02/2022 01.35-03.30 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #5 02.30-07.35 FIGURE SKATING - Team Event - M Short Program, W Short Program, Ice Dance Rhythm Dance 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 06.35-08.30 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #6 ???-??? OPENING CEREMONY Day 1 Saturday 05/02/2022 02.05-04.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #7 03.45-05.45 SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Slopestyle Qual. 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 07.05-09.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #8 07.20-08.30 SKI JUMPING - M Individual NH Qual. 08.45-09.45 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon 09.30-11.05 SPEED SKATING - W 3000 m 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 10.00-11.30 BIATHLON - Mixed Relay 11.00-11.30 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls Qual. #2 11.45-13.30 SKI JUMPING - W Individual NH Final 12.00-14.35 SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - W 1500m Qual., M 1500m Qual., Mixed Gender Relay Quarter/Semi/Final 12.10-15.00 LUGE - M Heat 1 & 2 12.30-14.15 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls Final 13.05-15.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #9 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round Day 2 Sunday 06/02/2022 02.05-04.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #10 02.30-04.10 SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Slopestyle Final 02.30-06.05 FIGURE SKATING - Pairs Short Program, M Free Skating 04.15-06.45 ALPINE SKIING - M Downhill 05.30-07.30 SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Slopestyle Qual. 07.05-09.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #11 08.00-09.45 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 15 km + 15 km Skiathlon 09.30-11.30 SPEED SKATING - M 5000 m 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 11.00-11.30 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Moguls Qual. #2 12.00-14.05 SKI JUMPING - M Individual NH 12.30-14.15 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Moguls Final 12.30-15.10 LUGE - M Heat 3 & 4 13.05-15.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #12 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round Day 3 Monday 07/02/2022 02.05-04.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Round Robin MD #13 02.30-04.45 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Big Air Qual. 03.00-04.40 ALPINE SKIING - W Giant Slalom Run 1 03.30-07.00 FIGURE SKATING - Team Event - Pairs Free Skating, Ice Dance Free Dance, W Free Skating 05.00-06.40 SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Slopestyle 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 06.30-08.35 ALPINE SKIING - W Giant Slalom Run 2 06.30-08.45 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Big Air Qual. 09.30-11.05 SPEED SKATING - W 1500 m 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 10.00-12.00 BIATHLON - W 15 km Individual 12.30-14.05 SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - M 1000 m Quarter/Semi/Final, W 500m Quarter/Semi/Final 12.45-15.00 SKI JUMPING - Mixed Team NH 12.50-15.40 LUGE - W Heat 1 & 2 13.05-15.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles - Semifinals 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round Day 4 Tuesday 08/02/2022 02.15-06.30 FIGURE SKATING - M Short Program 03.00-04.25 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Big Air Final 03.40-05.30 SNOWBOARD - W/M Parallel Giant Slalom Qual. 04.00-06.25 ALPINE SKIING - M Super-G 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 07.05-09.00 CURLING - Mixed Doubles MD Bronze Medal 07.30-09.10 SNOWBOARD - W/M Parallel Giant Slalom Final 09.00-10.35 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M/W Individual Sprint Free Qual. 09.30-11.35 BIATHLON - M 20 km Individual 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 11.30-13.05 SPEED SKATING - M 1500 m 11.30-13.20 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M/W Individual Sprint Free Final 12.50-15.30 LUGE - W Heat 3 & 4 13.05-15.20 CURLING - Mixed Doubles MD Gold Medal 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Preliminary Round Day 5 Wednesday 09/02/2022 02.30-04.10 SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Halfpipe Qual. 03.15-04.50 ALPINE SKIING - W Slalom Run 1 04.00-05.25 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Big Air Final 04.00-05.30 SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Cross Qual. 05.30-07.10 SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Halfpipe Qual. 06.45-08.40 ALPINE SKIING - W Slalom Run 2 07.30-09.00 SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Cross Final 09.00-09.55 NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual NH 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 12.00-12.55 NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual 10 km 12.00-14.40 SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - W 1000 m Qual., M 1500 m Quarter/Semi/Final, W 3000 m Relay Semifinals 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #1 13.20-15.25 LUGE - Doubles 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round Day 6 Thursday 10/02/2022 02.05-05.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #1 02.30-04.10 SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Halfpipe Final 02.30-04.55 SKELETON - M Heat 1 & 2 02.30-06.40 FIGURE SKATING - M Free Skating 03.30-05.45 ALPINE SKIING - M Alpine Combined Downhill segment 04.15-05.45 SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Cross Qual. 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #2 07.00-08.30 SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Cross Final 07.30-09.25 ALPINE SKIING - M Alpine Combined Slalom segment 08.00-09.35 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 10 km Classic 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 12.00-13.35 FREESTYLE SKIING - Mixed Team Aerials 13.00-14.30 SPEED SKATING - W 5000 m 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #2 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 14.30-15.50 LUGE - Team Relay Day 7 Friday 11/02/2022 02.05-05.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #3 02.30-04.10 SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Halfpipe Final 02.30-04.55 SKELETON - W Heat 1 & 2 04.00-06.20 ALPINE SKIING - W Super-G 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Quarterfinals 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #3 08.00-09.45 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 15 km Classic 09.00-11.10 SPEED SKATING - M 10000 m 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Quarterfinals 10.00-11.30 BIATHLON - W 7.5 km Sprint 12.00-13.10 SKI JUMPING - M Individual LH Qual. 12.00-15.40 FIGURE SKATING - Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #4 13.20-15.50 SKELETON - M Heat 3 & 4 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round Day 8 Saturday 12/02/2022 02.05-05.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #4 03.00-04.20 SNOWBOARD - Mixed Team Snowboard Cross 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Quarterfinals 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #5 08.30-09.45 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 4x5 km Relay Classic/Free 09.00-10.50 SPEED SKATING - W Team Pursuit Qual., M 500 m 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Quarterfinals 10.00-11.35 BIATHLON - M 10 km Sprint 12.00-13.50 SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - W 1000 m Quarter/Semi/Final, M 500 m Qual., M 5000 m Relay Semifinal 12.00-14.05 SKI JUMPING - M Individual LH 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #5 13.20-15.50 SKELETON - W Heat 3 & 4 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round Day 9 Sunday 13/02/2022 02.05-05.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #6 02.30-04.45 BOBSLEIGH - W Monobob Heat 1 & 2 03.00-05.00 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Slopestyle Qual. 03.00-06.35 FIGURE SKATING - FIGURE SKATING - Ice Dance - Free Dance 03.15-05.15 ALPINE SKIING - M Giant Slalom Run 1 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 06.45-09.00 ALPINE SKIING - M Giant Slalom Run 2 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #6 08.00-09.55 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 4x10 km Relay Classic/Free 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 10.00-11.00 BIATHLON - W 10 km Pursuit 11.45-12.45 BIATHLON - M 12.5 km Pursuit 12.00-13.15 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Aerials Qual. 12.30-14.25 SPEED SKATING - M Team Pursuit Qual., W 500 m 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #7 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Preliminary Round Day 10 Monday 14/02/2022 02.05-05.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #7 02.40-04.10 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Slopestyle Final 02.30-04.45 SNOWBOARD - W Big Air Qual. 02.30-05.00 BOBSLEIGH - W Monobob Heat 3 & 4 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Semifinals 05.30-07.30 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Slopestyle Qual. 06.30-08.45 SNOWBOARD - M Big Air Qual. 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #8 12.00-13.35 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Aerials Final 12.00-14.05 SKI JUMPING - M Team LH 12.30-14.00 SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - M 500 m Quarter/Semi/Final, W 3000 m Relay Final 13.05-15.45 BOBSLEIGH - M Two-Man Heat 1 & 2 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #8 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - W Semifinals Day 11 Tuesday 15/02/2022 02.05-05.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #9 02.30-03.55 SNOWBOARD - W Big Air Final 02.30-04.10 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Slopestyle Final 04.00-06.10 ALPINE SKIING - W Downhill 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Qualification Playoffs 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Qualification Playoffs 06.00-07.25 SNOWBOARD - M Big Air Final 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #9 07.30-10.20 SPEED SKATING - W/M Team Pursuit Finals 09.00-09.55 NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual LH 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Qualification Playoffs 10.00-11.35 BIATHLON - M 4x7.5 km Relay 11.00-15.25 FIGURE SKATING - W Short Program 12.00-12.55 NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual 10 km 12.00-13.15 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Aerials Qual. 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #10 13.15-15.45 BOBSLEIGH - M Two-Man Heat 3 & 4 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Qualification Playoffs Day 12 Wednesday 16/02/2022 02.05-05.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #10 03.15-05.10 ALPINE SKIING - M Slalom Run 1 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Quarterfinals 06.45-08.50 ALPINE SKIING - M Slalom Run 2 07.00-09.20 ICE HOCKEY - M Quarterfinals 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #11 08.45-10.20 BIATHLON - W 4x6 km Relay 09.40-12.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Quarterfinals 10.00-11.50 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W/M Team Sprint Classic Qual. 12.00-13.15 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W/M Team Sprint Classic Final 12.00-13.35 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Aerials Final 12.30-14.30 SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - W 1500 m Quarter/Semi/Final, M 5000 m Relay Final 12.30-14.50 ICE HOCKEY - W Bronze Medal 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #11 14.30-16.50 ICE HOCKEY - M Quarterfinals Day 13 Thursday 17/02/2022 02.05-05.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin M #12 02.30-04.10 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Halfpipe Qual. 03.30-05.00 ALPINE SKIING - W Alpine Combined Downhill Segment 04.30-05.15 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Ski Cross Qual. 05.10-08.00 ICE HOCKEY - W Gold Medal 05.30-07.10 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Halfpipe Qual. 07.00-08.20 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Ski Cross Final 07.00-08.30 ALPINE SKIING - W Alpine Combined Slalom Segment 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M/W Round Robin W #12 09.00-09.55 NORDIC COMBINED - M Team LH 09.30-11.00 SPEED SKATING - W 1000 m 11.00-15.10 FIGURE SKATING - W Free Skating 12.00-13.15 NORDIC COMBINED - M Team 4x5 km 13.05-16.00 CURLING - M Semifinal Day 14 Friday 18/02/2022 02.30-04.10 FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Halfpipe 04.45-05.30 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Ski Cross Qual. 05.10-07.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Semifinal 07.00-08.20 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Ski Cross Final 07.05-10.00 CURLING - M Bronze Medal 09.30-10.55 SPEED SKATING - M 1000 m 10.00-11.05 BIATHLON - M 15 km Mass Start 11.30-14.45 FIGURE SKATING - Pairs Short Program 13.00-15.15 BOBSLEIGH - W Two-Woman Heat 1 & 2 13.05-16.00 CURLING - W Semifinal 14.10-16.30 ICE HOCKEY - M Semifinal Day 15 Saturday 19/02/2022 02.30-04.10 FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Halfpipe Final 02.30-05.05 BOBSLEIGH - M Four-Man Heat 1 & 2 04.00-06.10 ALPINE SKIING - Team Event 07.00-09.45 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 50 km Mass Start Free 07.05-10.20 CURLING - M Gold Medal 08.00-10.40 SPEED SKATING - M/W Mass Start 10.00-11.05 BIATHLON - W 12.5 km Mass Start 12.00-15.05 FIGURE SKATING - Pairs Free Skating 13.00-15.25 BOBSLEIGH - W Two-Woman Heat 3 & 4 13.05-16.00 CURLING - W Bronze Medal 14.10-17.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Bronze Medal Day 16 Sunday 20/02/2022 02.05-05.20 CURLING - W Gold Medal 02.30-05.25 BOBSLEIGH - M Four-Man Heat 3 & 4 05.00-07.30 FIGURE SKATING - Gala Exhibition 05.10-08.00 ICE HOCKEY - M Gold Medal 08.00-10.00 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 30 km Mass Start Free ???-??? CLOSING CEREMONY

Let's get it started, day by day. My early thoughts: Subject to change :-) Day 1 Saturday Feb 5th SPEED SKATING - W 3000m 1. Irene Schouten NED 2. Isabelle Weidemann CAN 3. Antoinette de Jong NED SHORT TRACK - Mixed Team Relay 1. China 2. Netherlands 3. Canada SKI JUMPING - W Individual NH 1. Marita Kramer AUT 2. Katharina Althaus GER 3. Ema Klinec SLO CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon 1. Therese Johaug NOR 2. Frida Karlsson SWE 3. Heidi Weng NOR BIATHLON - Mixed Relay 1. France 2. Norway 3. Sweden FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls 1. Mikael Kingsbury CAN 2. Ikuma Horishima JPN 3. Daichi Hara JPN Medal table 6/109 1. Canada 1-1-1 --- 3 1. Netherlands 1-1-1 --- 3 1. Norway 1-1-1 --- 3 4. Austria 1-0-0 --- 1 4. China 1-0-0 --- 1 4. France 1-0-0 --- 1 7. Japan 0-1-1 --- 2 7. Sweden 0-1-1 --- 2 9. Germany 0-1-0 --- 1 10. Slovenia 0-0-1 --- 1

"He's got him" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr1F8jCxw4k

@hckošice and I just got another great selection of olympic books from martinus.sk !!! first of all great Czech album of Tokyo 2020, they have published this one very quickly! I have only bought some German Tokyo books on amazon quicker than this one https://www.martinus.sk/?uItem=1083249 and I got very similar ones from Rio and Pyeongchang as well, nice collection this is these two Slovak books are very good as well https://www.martinus.sk/?uItem=305517 https://www.martinus.sk/?uItem=166718 Czech books are more about great photos, less to read. Nice to see that Slovak books have more text, hope to read it all (I'm still improving my Czech and Slovak languages hah) and this one is sth special https://www.martinus.sk/?uItem=616269 so thanks for the past advice about martinus.sk!

Awesome job @hckošice, million thanks for that!!!

It is not that simple. You can't just ignore them, cause their comments are quoted by other users (why they quote them and answer to their posts is uknown to me). That's why I almost haven't used totallympics at all during the games, trying not to spoil my olympic mood. And @Sindo wrote here few days ago that he's not going to do anything with this really, so I'm rather pessimistic about future of totallympics board.

@Quasit why being sad about it? :-)

Oh, thank you, I didn't know that. Do you have link for the new one?

Paris 2024 map. https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document Library/OlympicOrg/Games/Summer-Games/Games-Candidate-Cities-2024/Paris-2024-Map-EN.pdf

Missing day 2 swimming evening heats video, available for EurosportPlayer users. https://www.eurosportplayer.com/olympics/videos/eurosport/day-2-1747614

List of Paris 2024 events. This file was here before, but it is a small reminder for the users who didn't get it yet. Paris-2024-Event-Programme.pdf

I hope you are right. I would really like to enjoy the Games in Paris having some good tickets !!! And how lucky you are that you were in Barcelona 1992! I think those were the best olympics ever!

https://www.facebook.com/Eurosport/videos/885589732069714/ Funny moments from Tokyo

Great article in NYT on Wilfredo Leon It was published on August 2nd. There was no happy ending for our team in Tokyo but this thing is really worth reading https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/sports/olympics/wilfredo-leon-volleyball.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100110/http://paris2024.org/medias/bidbook/bb3_en_inter_02_02_2017_bd.pdf Page 20 of Paris candidature file has early version of schedule. It will have some changes for sure, new sports and events have to be added, but I think in general it will look sth like this. So we can make early plans which days to choose.

That's very interesting. Can you share a link for that?

Men's high jump final in Tokyo - full video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQRiS8l30xE

Aleksandra Mirosław in sports climbing - women's speed event. In Tokyo she was 4th in combined event but she had WR in speed, wasn't able to perform well in boulder and lead though. In Paris speed will be a seperate event so she is the biggest favourite for gold now. But a lot of can happen during these 3 years obviously and she will have strong opponents within Polish team as well. Polish girls are very strong in this event.

1. Rate the performance on a scale of 1-10 7-8/10. Poland had got 10-11 medals in previous XXI century games, I expected that we will have slightly more here (12 maybe) and we finally got 14 so it's even more than I thought. 4 golds are also really ok. Couldn't expect more. All of them in athletics. It started very slowly for us. After first week (day 7) we had only 1 silver medal in rowing. But then athletics came and on day 8 we got this surprising gold in 4x400 mixed relay, a brand new and not very prestigious event, I know, but looks like our coaches and athletes concentrated on it and other teams didn't, and you just have to take your chances! Firstly I haven't admired this medal so much (as this event is sth new) but when I saw the results of our W 4x400 (silver) and M 4x400 (5th) I began to cherish it, our 400m runners were really strong here. And it also helped when I saw how happy Team GB was with their gold in mixed relay in swimming. The mood exploded on days 11 and 12 when we got 4 medals on each days and our athletics team really delivered. Tokyo Games which were so far quite a disaster for us, suddenly became a success. And what fun it is that we got so many medals not in one or two not very popular sports but - in ATHLETICS!!!, which is the core of the games. 2. What were the surprises and heartbreaks ? The biggest surprise was our athletics team. I mean, we knew that our biggest medal chances were here, but still... Nobody expected 9 medals, including 4 golds. And the biggest surprise of the whole athletics team was Dawid Tomala in 50km race walk, literally nobody thought he would win this thing, I think, besides himself. The biggest fun for me was Patryk Dobek bronze in 800m, this is a really classic individual running event, and coming to Tokyo we didn't have a running medal since 1980, so that was a lot of fun - and my sister was an 800m runner, so me and my family really cares about this event. Funny thing is that Dobek switched from 400m hurdles into 800m just this year and it turned out to be a very smart decision - looks like he may achieve much more in 800 than he did in 400h and his coach told him after the amazing results in 400h final: "You see? I told you! You just escaped from a guilotine :-))". That's good that we found our "national specialty" in hammer throw but this running medal means a lot more to me, even if it's just bronze. The biggest heartbreak was obviously our men's volleyball team. We lost in QFs in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 olympics. We won world championships twice lately and I really hoped that with Wilfredo Leon in our team we will pass this QFs barrier. But no, it happened again, in a very disappointing circumstances. So we need to wait for another 4 years... But at least we lost to the eventual olympic champions France and the whole volleyball tournament was very entertaining, so we will live with that. And another heartbrake was our "swimming afair" which happened even before the games with some athletes who have to come back home from Japan and not participate because our swimming federation couldn't handle the entry system in their sport... 3. Was your country's goal achieved? I think it was achieved in total medals count (everybody wanted more than 10-11) and in gold medals count. Athletics achieved much more than expected. But all the other sports underperformed really (besides canoe sprint - 2 medals in W K2 500m and W K4 500m are really good, and maybe rowing - 1 medal in W quadruple sculls, I thought we may get another one in men's events). The bitter-sweet problem here is this dissonance. We are so happy about our athletics team but we are very worried about all the other sports. 9 medals in athletics (4 golds) and 5 medals in other sports (no gold). I wonder what can be done to change it. 4. Which are the sports that will be invested more in future? It is really hard to say. Our economic situation in the coming years is really uncertain, I really don't ecpect anything good. But for now I don't think there is a problem with investing not enough in professional olympic sports. The biggest problem how to spend the money correctly. When athletics performed so well, I think they will get more money - the same happened with ski jumping before. So there is a chance they will have more medals in future, although repeating Tokyo achievements will be extremely difficult. I think that volleyball is always popular here, so despite they lost in Tokyo, there still will be money and a lot of interest for them. I would like to see more investments in handball - a rapid decline of our men's team during last 5 years - from 4th place in Rio to getting out in a very early phase of qualification for Tokyo, is the biggest concern for me during this olympiad. And I want to see some changes and investments in our swimming federation. This Tokyo "entry system disaster" should really show to everyone how pathetic this federation is and I hope new people show up and change it for better. I would love to see our swimmers being more competitive but with 4 individual finals in Tokyo (W 50 free, M 200 back, M 200 fly, M 100 fly) I can't really complain. Anyway, those were really good olympics and I enjoyed them very much. I was afraid how it's gonna be because of the pandemics and the lack of spectators, but it turned out to be very entertaining. And EurosportPlayer was a great thing, I watched everything I wanted, sometimes 2 or 3 things simultanously, that was really great time. Waiting for Beijing and Paris now.

You are absolutely right. That is another thing I will have to be very careful about. But I don't have any high expectations here, anything with clean bed and clean bathroom is fine for me. But getting good tickets will be the hardest part for sure. Good tickets meaning: athletics (800m or high jump finals would be the best for me), swimming, artistic gymnastics, men's volleyball, men's handball... Going for outdoor sports like rowing, canoe sprint, equestrian or MTB cycling should be easier...

Another "test event" for me would be going to Athletics World Championships in Budapest, August 2023. Seriously thinking about it. Different city obviously but this one I know well, been there few times before, great chance to see how it is to enjoy such a big event on spot. I really liked attending F1 racing at Hungaroring in the past, so I'm quite certain these championships will be very nice event as well.

Yes, I know, that is a plan. Maybe not this winter yet, but for sure I'd like to go to Paris before 2024, never been there before, so this 2022 or 2023 trip would be my "test event".