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April 8, 2020

Dnia 5.04.2020 o 10:15, rafalgorka napisał:

Let;s pretend this is day 1, July 25th 2020

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200725-schedule

SO THINGS ARE GETTING SERIOUS NOW!!!

It is day 1, everybody is still talking about the breathtaking opening ceremony last night. But the games are starting and a lot of action is going on.

This is too much to put it in one post. So from day 1 I will divide every day into a few posts, starting from the disciplines I like the most and I hope my predictions will be more accurate or starting from the sports which are easy to write about.

Let's go!

What are your predictions for:

VOLLEYBALL - Men's Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament

Pool A

ITALY - CANADA

JAPAN - VENEZUELA

POLAND - IRAN

Pool B

BRAZIL - TUNISIA

RUSSIA - ARGENTINA

UNITED STATES - FRANCE

General questions:

1. Will Russia start under its own flag? As a Russian Federation team?

2. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080455/fivb-calls-for-polands-kubiak-to-apologise-after-being-suspended-for-anti-iranian-remarks

How the POLAND - IRAN match will look like? Will it be played fair? In Rio Poland won 3-2 but after the last point there were very sad situations on the pitch. I hope they will not repeat this time.

FOOTBALL - Women's Tournament

teams with * haven't qualified yet

group A

JAPAN - SWEDEN

NEW ZEALAND - CANADA

group B

UNITED STATES - CHINA*

GREAT BRITAIN - CHILE*

group C

NETHERLANDS - AUSTRALIA

BRAZIL - ZAMBIA

general question:

how the USA - CHINA match will look like? It is the first USA - CHINA clash in these games. These two nations will probably be 1 and 2 in medal table, so it is very interesting.

TENNIS - Men's Singles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

I used the qualifying criteria from wiki.

I only didn't use the rule which mentions Davis Cup starts and so, this was too difficult for me.

So Top 56 from ATP rankings, (only 4 players from one National Olympic Committee (NOC)), 6 continental places, Andy Murray ;-) and one from Japan.

Then I made a draw ;-)

And on day 1 only the top half is playing (from Djokovic to Medvedev).

What are your predictions?

SRB Novak Djokovic (1) - GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili

CRO Borna Coric - MDA Radu Albot

ESP Albert Ramos-Vinolas - KAZ Alexander Bublik

JPN Yoshihito Nishioka – CAN Denis Shapovalov (16)

FRA Gael Monfils (9) – EGY Mohamed Safwat

CHI Tomas Barrios – ARG Guido Pella

SRB Dusan Lajovic - GER Jan-Lennard Struff

ITA Lorenzo Sonego – ITA Matteo Berrettini (8)

SUI Roger Federer (4) – GBR Kyle Edmund

JPN Yuichi Sugita – SRB Filip Krajinovic

CRO Marin Cilic – ARG Juan Ignacio Londero

CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime – ARG Diego Schwartman (13)

ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (12) – NOR Casper Ruud

BUL Grigor Dimitrov – URU Pablo Cuevas

SUI Stan Wawrinka – AUS Alex de Minaur

AUS Nick Kyrgios – RUS Daniil Medvedev (5)

GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) – USA Sam Querrey

FRA Benoit Paire – POL Hubert Hurkacz

CZE Jiri Vesely – SWE Mikael Ymer

FRA Adrian Mannarino – ITA Fabio Fognini (11)

RUS Andrey Rublev (14) – USA Reilly Opelka

AUS John Millman – SRB Miomir Kecmanovic

USA Taylor Fritz – AUS Jordan Thompson

BRA Joao Menezes – AUT Dominic Thiem (3)

GER Alexander Zverev (7) – GBR Andy Murray

CHI Christian Garin – POR Joao Sousa

FRA Ugo Humbert – SLO Aljaz Bedene

UZB Denis Istomin – BEL David Goffin (10)

RUS Karen Khachanov (15) – ESP Pablo Carrena Busta

CAN Milos Raonic – JPN Kei Nishikori

PNG Matthew Stubbings – USA John Isner

GBR Daniel Evans – ESP Rafael Nadal (2)

More still to come :-)

Have a good Sunday, olympic freaks ;-)

Stay healthy, stay home!

Let;s pretend this is day 1, July 25th 2020

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200725-schedule

My predictions for:

VOLLEYBALL - Men's Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament

Pool A

ITALY - CANADA 3-1

JAPAN - VENEZUELA 3-0

POLAND - IRAN 2-3

Pool B

BRAZIL - TUNISIA 3-0

RUSSIA - ARGENTINA 3-1

UNITED STATES - FRANCE 3-2

General questions:

1. Will Russia start under its own flag? As a Russian Federation team?

Yes, they will. I am personally against any kind of collective responsibility. I think the sportsmen and sportswomen who never had personally any problems with doping should be able to start, So 12 clean volleyball players from Russia should play as Russia. Maria Lasitskene got robbed in Rio, I like Ruth Beitia very much, but the gold medal should go to Lasitskene, if she had competed, she would have won it IMHO. In Tokyo Lasitskene should be able to start and still will be a main favourite.

Anyway, Russia will appeal their ban to CAS and I am pretty sure that they will be successfull in their appeal.

On the other hand, I think there should be a rule made by IOC that a spotsmen who violated antidoping rules should be banned from olympics for lifetime. E.g. Justin Gatin may get few years ban from IAAF and then he can start in the World Champs. But he will never start in olympics anymore,

I couldn't stand looking at Rio 2016 - Yelena Isinbayeva couldn't compete. But Yuliya Yefimova could swim. It didn't make any sense.

So when I will be making my predictions here (for medals), I always put a question mark on a sportsmen who IMHO shoudn't participate at all.

2. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080455/fivb-calls-for-polands-kubiak-to-apologise-after-being-suspended-for-anti-iranian-remarks

How the POLAND - IRAN match will look like? Will it be played fair? In Rio Poland won 3-2 but after the last point there were very sad situations on the pitch. I hope they will not repeat this time.

Oh, it will be a tough match for Poland.

But what I like the most, is that after the game there will be no more scenes like Rio. Everybody will behave and act normal. Even Michał Kubiak.

After POL-IRI clash, a great game USA-FRA. US will not be able to stop N'Gapeth for 4 sets but in the 5th they will finally find a way to do it. Great games POL-IRI and FRA-USA starting from 7.40 pm Tokyo time and two 5-setters in the row, so it will end at 1 p.m. or sth. A nice start for a volleyball tournament.

FOOTBALL - Women's Tournament

teams with * haven't qualified yet

group A

JAPAN - SWEDEN 2-1

NEW ZEALAND - CANADA 1-3

1. Japan 6 4-1

2. Canada 4 4-2

3. Sweden 1 2-3

4. New Zealand 0 1-5

group B

UNITED STATES - CHINA* 3-2

GREAT BRITAIN - CHILE* 3-0

1. United States 6 6-3

2. China 3 5-3

3. Great Britain 3 4-3

4. Chile 0 0-6

group C

NETHERLANDS - AUSTRALIA 1-1

BRAZIL - ZAMBIA 4-1

1. Australia 4 4-1

2. Netherlands 4 3-2

3. Brazil 3 5-3

4. Zambia 0 1-7

general question:

how the USA - CHINA match will look like? It is the first USA - CHINA clash in these games. These two nations will probably be 1 and 2 in medal table, so it is very interesting.

YES, IT WILL BE A GREAT GAME. 2-2 and then in 90th minute a free kick for USA will win the game. A very tense game, and then Megan Rapinoe and her interviews ;-)

TENNIS - Men's Singles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

And on day 1 only the top half is playing (from Djokovic to Medvedev).

What are my predictions?

SRB Novak Djokovic (1) - GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili 2-0

CRO Borna Coric - MDA Radu Albot 2-0

ESP Albert Ramos-Vinolas - KAZ Alexander Bublik 2-1

JPN Yoshihito Nishioka – CAN Denis Shapovalov (16) 0-2

FRA Gael Monfils (9) – EGY Mohamed Safwat 2-0

CHI Tomas Barrios – ARG Guido Pella 0-2

SRB Dusan Lajovic - GER Jan-Lennard Struff 1-2

ITA Lorenzo Sonego – ITA Matteo Berrettini (8) 0-2

SUI Roger Federer (4) – GBR Kyle Edmund 2-0

JPN Yuichi Sugita – SRB Filip Krajinovic 1-2

CRO Marin Cilic – ARG Juan Ignacio Londero 0-2

CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime – ARG Diego Schwartman (13) 2-0

ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (12) – NOR Casper Ruud 1-2

BUL Grigor Dimitrov – URU Pablo Cuevas 2-1

SUI Stan Wawrinka – AUS Alex de Minaur 2-0

AUS Nick Kyrgios – RUS Daniil Medvedev (5) 1-2

KYRGIOS-MEDVEDEV will be the first big scandal of the games. Kyrgios wins first set and plays fantastic, then a very close second set which Medvedev wins in a tie-break. In third Medvedev breaks for 3-2 and then KYRGIOS implodes heavily. He can;t behave and he can't lose. He breaks all the rules on how to behave on the court. And I must say Medvedev is not much better, like in US OPEN 2019. Anyway, Medvedev wins 6-2 in 3rd set, Kyrgios doesn't shake hands and at the end behaves badly against public and goes home. ITF and ATP are thinking about excluding him from Tour for some time.

Tomorrow second half will be playing:

GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) – USA Sam Querrey

FRA Benoit Paire – POL Hubert Hurkacz

CZE Jiri Vesely – SWE Mikael Ymer

FRA Adrian Mannarino – ITA Fabio Fognini (11)

RUS Andrey Rublev (14) – USA Reilly Opelka

AUS John Millman – SRB Miomir Kecmanovic

USA Taylor Fritz – AUS Jordan Thompson

BRA Joao Menezes – AUT Dominic Thiem (3)

GER Alexander Zverev (7) – GBR Andy Murray

CHI Christian Garin – POR Joao Sousa

FRA Ugo Humbert – SLO Aljaz Bedene

UZB Denis Istomin – BEL David Goffin (10)

RUS Karen Khachanov (15) – ESP Pablo Carrena Busta

CAN Milos Raonic – JPN Kei Nishikori

PNG Matthew Stubbings – USA John Isner

GBR Daniel Evans – ESP Rafael Nadal (2)

More still to come :-)

I wonder if you like what I wrote and if you agree with my predictions. I am ready for discussion :-)

Stay healthy, stay home!

bmo · April 5, 2020

Let;s pretend this is day 1, July 25th 2020

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200725-schedule

SO THINGS ARE GETTING SERIOUS NOW!!!

It is day 1, everybody is still talking about the breathtaking opening ceremony last night. But the games are starting and a lot of action is going on.

This is too much to put it in one post. So from day 1 I will divide every day into a few posts, starting from the disciplines I like the most and I hope my predictions will be more accurate or starting from the sports which are easy to write about.

Let's go!

What are your predictions for:

VOLLEYBALL - Men's Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament

Pool A

ITALY - CANADA

JAPAN - VENEZUELA

POLAND - IRAN

Pool B

BRAZIL - TUNISIA

RUSSIA - ARGENTINA

UNITED STATES - FRANCE

General questions:

1. Will Russia start under its own flag? As a Russian Federation team?

2. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080455/fivb-calls-for-polands-kubiak-to-apologise-after-being-suspended-for-anti-iranian-remarks

How the POLAND - IRAN match will look like? Will it be played fair? In Rio Poland won 3-2 but after the last point there were very sad situations on the pitch. I hope they will not repeat this time.

FOOTBALL - Women's Tournament

teams with * haven't qualified yet

group A

JAPAN - SWEDEN

NEW ZEALAND - CANADA

group B

UNITED STATES - CHINA*

GREAT BRITAIN - CHILE*

group C

NETHERLANDS - AUSTRALIA

BRAZIL - ZAMBIA

general question:

how the USA - CHINA match will look like? It is the first USA - CHINA clash in these games. These two nations will probably be 1 and 2 in medal table, so it is very interesting.

TENNIS - Men's Singles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

I used the qualifying criteria from wiki.

I only didn't use the rule which mentions Davis Cup starts and so, this was too difficult for me.

So Top 56 from ATP rankings, (only 4 players from one National Olympic Committee (NOC)), 6 continental places, Andy Murray ;-) and one from Japan.

Then I made a draw ;-)

And on day 1 only the top half is playing (from Djokovic to Medvedev).

What are your predictions?

SRB Novak Djokovic (1) - GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili

CRO Borna Coric - MDA Radu Albot

ESP Albert Ramos-Vinolas - KAZ Alexander Bublik

JPN Yoshihito Nishioka – CAN Denis Shapovalov (16)

FRA Gael Monfils (9) – EGY Mohamed Safwat

CHI Tomas Barrios – ARG Guido Pella

SRB Dusan Lajovic - GER Jan-Lennard Struff

ITA Lorenzo Sonego – ITA Matteo Berrettini (8)

SUI Roger Federer (4) – GBR Kyle Edmund

JPN Yuichi Sugita – SRB Filip Krajinovic

CRO Marin Cilic – ARG Juan Ignacio Londero

CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime – ARG Diego Schwartman (13)

ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (12) – NOR Casper Ruud

BUL Grigor Dimitrov – URU Pablo Cuevas

SUI Stan Wawrinka – AUS Alex de Minaur

AUS Nick Kyrgios – RUS Daniil Medvedev (5)

GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) – USA Sam Querrey

FRA Benoit Paire – POL Hubert Hurkacz

CZE Jiri Vesely – SWE Mikael Ymer

FRA Adrian Mannarino – ITA Fabio Fognini (11)

RUS Andrey Rublev (14) – USA Reilly Opelka

AUS John Millman – SRB Miomir Kecmanovic

USA Taylor Fritz – AUS Jordan Thompson

BRA Joao Menezes – AUT Dominic Thiem (3)

GER Alexander Zverev (7) – GBR Andy Murray

CHI Christian Garin – POR Joao Sousa

FRA Ugo Humbert – SLO Aljaz Bedene

UZB Denis Istomin – BEL David Goffin (10)

RUS Karen Khachanov (15) – ESP Pablo Carrena Busta

CAN Milos Raonic – JPN Kei Nishikori

PNG Matthew Stubbings – USA John Isner

GBR Daniel Evans – ESP Rafael Nadal (2)

More still to come :-)

Have a good Sunday, olympic freaks ;-)

Stay healthy, stay home!

bmo · April 5, 2020

Dnia 2.04.2020 o 10:44, Fly_like_a_don napisał:

Korea will top all the ranking rounds in Individual, Team and Mixed Team.

Chinese Taipei will finish 2nd in women's team and mixed, Netherlands will be 2nd in men's team.

There will be a 1 2 3 korean ranking in either men's or women's but not both after ranking round.

Some unexpected country will be in top 16 of mixed team. Eg : North Korea, Bangladesh ( if they qualify a woman ) etc.

Here are my predictions for day 0, July 24th 2020

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200724-schedule

OPENING CEREMONY

WHO WILL BE YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG BEARER?

Maja Włoszczowska - Cycling MTB - two times olympic silver medalists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Włoszczowska

a huge star in Poland, a very nice person

her race is on Tuesday 28th, so she will already be in Tokyo and she will have few days to rest and prepare before she has her competition

WHO WILL LIT THE OLYMPIC CAULDRON?

I think it will be a group of young sportsmen and sportswomen who survived earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima reactor catastrophy. No names here.

WILL THE CEREMONY BE INTERESTING OR BORING?

It will be very interesting, one of the best ever.

And I know I am in minority here - but i really LOVE parade of the nations. It is not boring for me at all. For me it can last even two hours. Looking for sport stars in every nation, all the familiar faces, checking out who has the best clothing and so... I LOVE IT.

and:

ARCHERY – Women’s Individual Ranking Round

ARCHERY – Men’s Individual Ranking Round

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

I am not into archery actually. I don't know much about it.

So I find predictions given by Fly_like_a_don very accurate, Thank you!

So

And there are heats in rowing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

These are only heats so I will focus on Polish rowers only.

ROWING - M Single Sculls - First three of each heat qualify to the quarterfinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk - qualifies to the quarterfinals.

ROWING - M Double Sculls - First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Mirosław Ziętarski, Mateusz Biskup - qualified for the semifinals.

ROWING - W Double Sculls - First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Martyna Radosz, Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak - go to repechage.

ROWING - M Quadruple Sculls - First two of each heat qualify to Final A, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Dominik Czaja, Wiktor Chabel, Szymon Pośnik, Fabian Barański - qualify to Final A.

ROWING - W Quadruple Sculls - First two of each heat qualify to Final A, remainder goes to the repechage.

POL - Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Springwald, Katarzyna Zillmann - qualify to Final A.

bmo · April 1, 2020

Let;s pretend this is day 0, July 24th 2020

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200724-schedule

What are your predictions for:

OPENING CEREMONY

WHO WILL BE YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG BEARER?

WHO WILL LIT THE OLYMPIC CAULDRON?

WILL THE CEREMONY BE INTERESTING OR BORING?

and:

ARCHERY – Women’s Individual Ranking Round

ARCHERY – Men’s Individual Ranking Round

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

And there are heats in rowing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

The qualifications haven't finished yet, so for the remaining places (the ones with *) I put countries who are the best non-qualifiers from 2019 World Champs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Rowing_Championships

ROWING - M Single Sculls

JPN GER DEN NED CZE LTU NOR NZL CRO ITA

EGY ZIM BEN CIV LBA

* AsOc 5 KAZ UZB KOR THA IND

* Am 5 MEX USA CUB PUR PAR

* Eur 3 POL GRE AZE

* Final 2 BUL GBR

* Trip Inv 2 BER VAN

ROWING - W Single Sculls

JPN USA GBR SUI IRL NZL CAN CHN NED AUT

NAM MAR UGA TGO NGA

* AsOc 5 TPE KAZ VIE QAT KOR

* Am 5 TRI PUR MEX PAR (and 1 spot left)

* Eur 3 DEN CZE UKR

* Final 2 GER FRA

* Trip Inv 2 SGP (and 1 spot left)

ROWING - M Double Sculls

CHN IRL POL ROU SUI GBR NED NZL FRA GER LTU

* Final 2 AUS ARG

ROWING - W Double Sculls

NZL ROU CAN FRA NED USA ITA CZE LTU CHN AUS

* Final 2 BLR POL

ROWING - M Quadruple Sculls

ITA NED POL GER AUS CHN NOR GBR

* Final 2 NZL UKR

ROWING - W Quadruple Sculls

NED CHN POL GER GBR NZL USA ITA

* Final 2 RUS AUS

April 1, 2020

Dnia 29.03.2020 o 16:53, rafalgorka napisał:

You are right, my mistake, thank you that you have noticed that.

So the correct questions should be:

Let;s pretend this is day -1, July 23rd

What are your predictions for:

SOFTBALL – Women’s Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

UNITED STATES – CANADA

MEXICO – JAPAN

ITALY – AUSTRALIA

FOOTBALL – Men’s Tournament (after my personal draw, including FIFA ranking, and there is a rule that only 1 team from 1 continental federation in 1 group)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_qualification

The qualifications haven't finished yet,

I say UNITED STATES and MEXICO will qualify from CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

Group A

JAPAN – ROMANIA

MEXICO* – NEW ZEALAND

Group B

FRANCE – UNITED STATES*

AUSTRALIA – IVORY COAST

Group C

BRAZIL – SAUDI ARABIA

GERMANY – EGYPT

Group D

SPAIN – SOUTH AFRICA

KOREA REPUBLIC – ARGENTINA

General questions:

which players older than 23 years will take part in the olympics tournament? Will we see Messi, Neymar, Mo Salah??? Will we see Mbappe, although he is 21?

Who will score the most goals in opening round of matches?

Let;s pretend this is day -1, July 23rd

https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/20200723-schedule

My predictions are:

SOFTBALL – Women’s Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

UNITED STATES – CANADA 1

MEXICO – JAPAN 2

ITALY – AUSTRALIA 2

Table:

1. UNITED STATES - 2 wins

JAPAN - 2 wins

3. CANADA - 1 win

AUSTRALIA - 1 win

5. ITALY - 0 wins

MEXICO - 0 wins

FOOTBALL – Men’s Tournament (after my personal draw, including FIFA ranking, and there is a rule that only 1 team from 1 continental federation in 1 group)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_qualification

The qualifications haven't finished yet,

I say UNITED STATES and MEXICO will qualify from CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

Group A

JAPAN – ROMANIA 2-0

MEXICO* – NEW ZEALAND 3-1

1. Mexico 3 3-1

2. Japan 3 2-0

3. New Zealand 0 1-3

4. Romania 0 0-2

Group B

FRANCE – UNITED STATES* 2-1

AUSTRALIA – IVORY COAST 1-1

1. France 3 2-1

2. Australia 1 1-1

Ivory Coast 1 1-1

4. United States 0 1-2

Group C

BRAZIL – SAUDI ARABIA 6-0

GERMANY – EGYPT 1-2 (the sensation of the games so far, brilliant play by Mo Salah who scores twice!!!)

1. Brazil 3 6-0

2. Egypt 3 2-1

3. Germany 0 1-2

4. Saudi Arabia 0 0-6

Group D

SPAIN – SOUTH AFRICA 4-1

KOREA REPUBLIC – ARGENTINA 1-3

1. Spain 3 4-1

2. Argentina 3 3-1

3. Korea Republic 0 1-3

4. South Africa 0 1-4

which players older than 23 years will take part in the olympics tournament? W will see Mess i and Mo Salah. Neymar stays home. Mbappe is in the games, but he doesn't score against USA.

Who will score the most goals in opening round of matches? Mo Salah - 2 goals against Germany, Dani Olmo - 2 goals against South Africa

March 29, 2020

45 minut temu, LDOG napisał:

Korea is so good they qualified two teams in men's football.

You are right, my mistake, thank you that you have noticed that.

So the correct questions should be:

Let;s pretend this is day -1, July 23rd

What are your predictions for:

SOFTBALL – Women’s Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

UNITED STATES – CANADA

MEXICO – JAPAN

ITALY – AUSTRALIA

FOOTBALL – Men’s Tournament (after my personal draw, including FIFA ranking, and there is a rule that only 1 team from 1 continental federation in 1 group)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_qualification

The qualifications haven't finished yet,

I say UNITED STATES and MEXICO will qualify from CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

Group A

JAPAN – ROMANIA

MEXICO* – NEW ZEALAND

Group B

FRANCE – UNITED STATES*

AUSTRALIA – IVORY COAST

Group C

BRAZIL – SAUDI ARABIA

GERMANY – EGYPT

Group D

SPAIN – SOUTH AFRICA

KOREA REPUBLIC – ARGENTINA

General questions:

which players older than 23 years will take part in the olympics tournament? Will we see Messi, Neymar, Mo Salah??? Will we see Mbappe, although he is 21?

Who will score the most goals in opening round of matches?

Fly_like_a_don · March 29, 2020

17 minut temu, Fly_like_a_don napisał:

I expect Honduras and Panama/USA to be there ,but it wouldn't be Mexico

Panama can't qualify. It was already eliminated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CONCACAF_Men's_Olympic_Qualifying_Championship

March 29, 2020

Let;s pretend this is day -1, July 23rd

What are your predictions for:

SOFTBALL – Women’s Tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

UNITED STATES – CANADA

MEXICO – JAPAN

ITALY – AUSTRALIA

FOOTBALL – Men’s Tournament (after my personal draw, including FIFA ranking, and there is a rule that only 1 team from 1 continental federation in 1 group)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_qualification

The qualifications haven't finished yet,

I say UNITED STATES and MEXICO will qualify from CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

Group A

JAPAN – ROMANIA

MEXICO* – NEW ZEALAND

Group B

FRANCE – UNITED STATES*

KOREA REPUBLIC – IVORY COAST

Group C

BRAZIL – SAUDI ARABIA

GERMANY – EGYPT

Group D

SPAIN – SOUTH AFRICA

KOREA REPUBLIC – ARGENTINA

General questions:

which players older than 23 years will take part in the olympics tournament? Will we see Messi, Neymar, Mo Salah??? Will we see Mbappe, although he is 21?

Who will score the most goals in opening round of matches?

March 29, 2020

Dnia 25.03.2020 o 12:08, rafalgorka napisał:

Hey, olympic fans.

We could discuss, day after day, how the olympics would have lookood like if they were to happen in 2020 as planned.

That could be fun, a nice discussion, good for the hard times when there are no live sport on tv and we are all fighting with this virus,

It could look like this;

Let;s pretend this is day -2, July 22nd

What are your predictions for:

1/. SOFTBALL - Women's tournament

Australia - Japan

Italy - United States

Mexico - Canada

and a general question considering sotball - do you think playing softball games(opening event for the whole olympics) in Fukushima is a good idea? Is it safe out there after the earthquake and damaged reactor? Would these games be a success to show the world that it is safe and clear over there?

2./ FOOTBALL - Women's tournament

The qualifications haven't finished yet.

What are your predictions for remaining spots?

I say CHINA will qualify with a win over Korea Republic

And CHILE will qualify with a win over Cameroon

I made a kind of draw for groups using FIFA ranking (and a rule that only one team from the same continental association in one group) and the first matches would be:

what are your predictions?

group A

Japan - New Zealand

Sweden - Canada

group B

United States - Great Britain

China - Chile

group C

Netherlands - Brazil

Australia - Zambia

and a general question considering football - will Megan Rapinoe be one of the greatest stars of the Tokyo Olympics? How will her postmatch look like? Any strong opinions from her and interesting statements?

and which player will score the most goals in opening matches?

Let's play the predictons games. It may be fun.

If you like it, I will prepare the questions for day 23th July later,

Greetings,

stay healthy, stay home!

Rafal

day -2, July 22nd

My predictions for:

1/. SOFTBALL - Women's tournament

Australia - Japan 2

Italy - United States 2

Mexico - Canada 2

Playing softball games(opening event for the whole olympics) in Fukushima is a GREAT idea. It is safe out there after the earthquake and damaged reactor. These softball games will be a huge success to show the world that it is safe and clear over there. Full stadium of spectators on the AUS-JPN opening game, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

2./ FOOTBALL - Women's tournament

group A

Japan - New Zealand 2-0

Sweden - Canada 1-1

group B

United States - Great Britain 3-1

China - Chile 3-0

group C

Netherlands - Brazil 2-1

Australia - Zambia 3-0

Megan Rapinoe be one of the greatest stars of the Tokyo Olympics. Her postmatch interviews will be hilarious. A lot of interesting statements.

The player who will score the most goals in opening matches - Sam Kerr, Australia (2 goals against Zambia)

What do you think, my friends? Could it all go that way?

March 26, 2020

18 godzin temu, heywoodu napisał:

I like the idea, but think the best plan would be to do it on the original days and not start now?

Yes, I totally agree with you. But I hope that in late July things will get sth close to normal in my job, and that means I will have to work twice as hard as usually (beacuse of all the delays and interruptions which are happening now) and I think I will not have time for discussing on totallympics.com ;-) Now I have more free time.

bmo · March 25, 2020

Hey, olympic fans.

We could discuss, day after day, how the olympics would have lookood like if they were to happen in 2020 as planned.

That could be fun, a nice discussion, good for the hard times when there are no live sport on tv and we are all fighting with this virus,

It could look like this;

Let;s pretend this is day -2, July 22nd

What are your predictions for:

1/. SOFTBALL - Women's tournament

Australia - Japan

Italy - United States

Mexico - Canada

and a general question considering sotball - do you think playing softball games(opening event for the whole olympics) in Fukushima is a good idea? Is it safe out there after the earthquake and damaged reactor? Would these games be a success to show the world that it is safe and clear over there?

2./ FOOTBALL - Women's tournament

The qualifications haven't finished yet.

What are your predictions for remaining spots?

I say CHINA will qualify with a win over Korea Republic

And CHILE will qualify with a win over Cameroon

I made a kind of draw for groups using FIFA ranking (and a rule that only one team from the same continental association in one group) and the first matches would be:

what are your predictions?

group A

Japan - New Zealand

Sweden - Canada

group B

United States - Great Britain

China - Chile

group C

Netherlands - Brazil

Australia - Zambia

and a general question considering football - will Megan Rapinoe be one of the greatest stars of the Tokyo Olympics? How will her postmatch look like? Any strong opinions from her and interesting statements?

and which player will score the most goals in opening matches?

Let's play the predictons games. It may be fun.

If you like it, I will prepare the questions for day 23th July later,

Greetings,

stay healthy, stay home!

Rafal

LDOG · March 23, 2020

It looks there will be no olympics this summer. Let's play the game then. Let's do the olympics online. The game is IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED TODAY, Today is 23rd. Tomorrow, on 24th, there should be the opening ceremony. The questions for tomorrow, 24 th: 1. WHO WILL LIT THE OLYMPIC FLAME? 2. WHO WILL BE YOUR COUNTRY FLAG BEARER? 3. WHICH COUNTRY WILL LOOK THE BEST IN THE PARADE OF NATIONS? And what happened so far? On 22nd, sotfball and women's football. Japan beats Australia in opening softball match, it was played in Fukushima to show the world it is safe out there. And first win for TEAM CANADA in softball against Mexico. In women's football USA plays very well, an easy win over New Zealand, postmatch interview with Megan Rapinoe gets viral - strong words on Trump, on world situation, on women rights, on minorities rights etc. Canada wins over Zambia 3-0. On 23rd, softball again and men's football. US proves to be too strong for Canada in a softball, but don't worry, there will be many chances for a revenge in other disciplines. In men's football great play by Spain (3-0 vs Korea Rep.) and by Argentina (3-0 vs New Zealand). Good games for France (2-1 vs Ivory Coast) and Brazil (2-1 vs South Africa), It is a pity Canada didn;t qualify, but Mexico and USA were too strong in qualifying championships. And they prove they are strong with Mexico-Romania 1-0 and USA-New Zealand 1-1. The biggest upset is Egypt win over Germany 2-1 with great play by Mo Salah who scores twice!!! Let;s play together, here is the schedule https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/ and here are qualification systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics#Sports

March 23, 2020

It looks there will be no olympics this summer. Let's play the game then. Let's do the olympics online. The game is IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED TODAY, Today is 23rd. Tomorrow, on 24th, there should be the opening ceremony. The questions for tomorrow, 24 th: 1. WHO WILL LIT THE OLYMPIC FLAME? 2. WHO WILL BE YOUR COUNTRY FLAG BEARER? 3. WHICH COUNTRY WILL LOOK THE BEST IN THE PARADE OF NATIONS? And what happened so far? On 22nd, sotfball and women's football. Japan beats Australia in opening softball match, it was played in Fukushima to show the world it is safe out there. And first win for TEAM CANADA in softball against Mexico. In women's football USA plays very well, an easy win over New Zealand, postmatch interview with Megan Rapinoe gets viral - strong words on Trump, on world situation, on women rights, on minorities rights etc. Canada wins over Zambia 3-0. On 23rd, softball again and men's football. US proves to be too strong for Canada in a softball, but don't worry, there will be many chances for a revenge in other disciplines. In men's football great play by Spain (3-0 vs Korea Rep.) and by Argentina (3-0 vs New Zealand). Good games for France (2-1 vs Ivory Coast) and Brazil (2-1 vs South Africa), It is a pity Canada didn;t qualify, but Mexico and USA were too strong in qualifying championships. And they prove they are strong with Mexico-Romania 1-0 and USA-South Africa 1-1. The biggest upset is Egypt win over Germany 2-1 with great play by Mo Salah who scores twice!!! Let;s play together, here is the schedule https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/ and here are qualification systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics#Sports

August 14, 2018

Pan Pacs vs Euro 2018

Medals

1. United States 10-9-7 26

2. Australia 7-5-6 18

3. Japan 3-4-4 11

4. Russia 3-4-3 10

5. Great Britain 3-2-3 8

6. Canada 2-1-4 7

7. Hungary 2-1-1 4

8. Italy 1-4-4 9

9. Ukraine 1-1-1 3

10. Sweden 1-1-0 2

11. Germany 1-0-1 2

12. Brazil 1-0-0 1

13. France 0-1-2 3

14. Denmark 0-1-0 1

Greece 0-1-0 1

China 0-0-0 0 (but let's wait for Asian Games)

Poland 0-0-0 0 :-((((((((((((((((((((

Dunadan · August 13, 2018

Pan Pacs vs Euro 2018 (but let's wait for Team China Results in Asia Games, before we do our predictions for Tokyo)

M 400 ind med.

Chase Kalisz USA 4.07.95 P1
David Verraszto HUN 4.10.65 E1
Max Litchfield GBR 4.11.00 E2
Kosuke Hagino JPN 4.11.13 P2
Daiya Seto JPN 4.12.60 P3
Jay Litherland USA 4.12.87 P4
Joan Lluis Pons ESP 4.14.26 E3
Lewis Clareburt NZL 4.14.27 P5

W 400 ind med.

Yui Ohashi JPN 4.33.77 P1
Fantine Lesaffre FRA 4.34.17 E1
Ilaria Cusinato ITA 4.35.05 E2
Hannah Miley GBR 4.35.34 E3
Melanie Margalis USA 4.35.60 P2
Aimee Willmott GBR 4.35.77 E4
Sakiko Shimizu JPN 4.36.27 P3
Zsuzsanna Jakabos HUN 4.38.48 E5

M 400 free

Jack McLoughlin AUS 3.44.20 P1
Mack Horton AUS 3.44.31 P2
Mykhailo Romanchuk UKR 3.45.18 E1
Zane Grothe USA 3.45.37 P3
Henrik Christiansen NOR 3.47.07 E2
Henning Muhlleitner GER 3.47.18 E3
Felix Aubock AUT 3.47.24 E4
Victor Johansson SWE 3.47.74 E5

W 4x100 free

Australia 3.31.58
United States 3.33.45
Canada 3.34.07
France 3.34.65
Netherlands 3.34.77
Japan 3.36.93
Denmark 3.37.03
Great Britain 3.37.26

W 400 free

Katie Ledecky USA 3.58.50 P1
Ariarne Titmus AUS 3.59.66 P2
Simona Quadarella ITA 4.03.35 E1
Ajna Kesely HUN 4.03.57 E2
Leah Smith USA 4.04.23 P3
Holly Hibbott GBR 4.05.01 E3
Anna Egorova RUS 4.06.03 E4
Sarah Kohler GER 4.07.68 E5

M 100 breast

Adam Peaty GBR 57.10 E1
James Wilby GBR 58.64 E2
Anton Chupkov RUS 59.06 E3
Yasuhiro Koseki JPN 59.08 P1
Jake Packard AUS 59.20 P2

Kirill Prigoda RUS 59.20 E4

7. Joao Gomes Junior BRA 59.60 P3

8. Fabio Scozzoli ITA 59.61 E5

W 100 fly

Rikako Ikee JPN 56.08 P1
Sarah Sjostrom SWE 56.23 E1
Kelsi Dahlia USA 56.44 P2
Emma McKeon AUS 56.54 P3
Svetlana Chimrova RUS 57.40 E2
Elena Di Liddo ITA 57.68 E3
Ilaria Bianchi ITA 57.72 E4
Anna Ntountounaki GRE 57.77 E5

M 4x100 free

Brazil 3.12.02
Russia 3.12.23
Australia 3.12.53
Japan 3.12.54
Italy 3.12.90
Poland 3.14.20
Canada 3.14.50
Hungary 3.14.51 / United States DSQ

W 100 breast

Lilly King USA 1.05.44 P1
Yuliya Yefimova RUS 1.05.53 E1
Jessica Hansen AUS 1.06.20 P2
Ruta Meilutyte LTU 1.06.26 E2
Reona Aoki JPN 1.06.34 P3
Satomi Suzuki JPN 1.06.51 P4
Arianna Castiglioni ITA 1.06.54 E3
Micah Sumrall USA 1.06.56 P5

M 200 free

Duncan Scott GBR 1.45.34 E1
Townley Haas USA 1.45.56 P1
Andrew Seliskar USA 1.45.74 P2
Katsuhiro Matsumoto JPN 1.45.92 P3
Danas Rapsys LTU 1.46.07 E2
Fernando Scheffer BRA 1.46.12 P4
Mikhail Dovgalyuk RUS 1.46.15 E3
James Guy GBR 1.46.20 E4

M 100 back

Ryan Murphy USA 51.94 P1
Kliment Kolesnikov RUS 52.53 E1
Evgeny Rylov RUS 52.74 E2
Ryosuke Irie JPN 52.78 P2
Mitch Larkin AUS 52.88 P3
Matthew Grevers USA 52.99 P4
Apostolos Christou GRE 53.72 E3
Robert Glinta ROU 53.81 E4

W 100 back

Kylie Masse CAN 58.61 P1
Emily Seebohm AUS 58.72 P2
Kathleen Baker USA 58.83 P3
Regan Smith USA 58.95 P4
Anastasia Fesikova RUS 59.19 E1
Kaylee McKeown AUS 59.25 P5
Natsumi Sakai JPN 59.33 P6
Georgia Davies GBR 59.36 E2

W 200 ind med.

Yui Ohashi JPN 2.08.16 P1
Sydney Pickrem CAN 2.09.07 P2
Miho Teramura JPN 2.09.86 P3
Ella Eastin USA 2.09.90 P4
Katinka Hosszu HUN 2.10.17 E1
Ilaria Cusinato ITA 2.10.25 E2
Melanie Margalis USA 2.10.67 P5
Maria Ugolkova SUI 2.10.83 E3

M 200 fly

Kristof Milak HUN 1.52.79 E1
Daiya Seto JPN 1.54.34 P1
Tamas Kenderesi HUN 1.54.36 E2
Leonardo de Deus BRA 1.54.89 P2
Zach Harting USA 1.55.05 P3
David Morgan AUS 1.55.82 P4
Federico Burdisso ITA 1.55.97 E3
Mack Darragh CAN 1.56.27 P5

W 200 free

Taylor Ruck CAN 1.54.44 P1
Rikako Ikee JPN 1.54.85 P2
Charlotte Bonnet FRA 1.54.95 E1
Katie Ledecky USA 1.55.15 P3
Allison Schmitt USA 1.56.71 P4
Femke Heemskerk NED 1.56.72 E2
Anastasia Guzhenkova RUS 1.56.77 E3
Kayla Sanchez CAN 1.57.23 P5

M 4x200 free

United States 7.04.36
Australia 7.04.70
Great Britain 7.05.32
Russia 7.06.66
Italy 7.07.58
Japan 7.08.07
Germany 7.09.31
Brazil 7.11.65

W 200 fly

Boglarka Kapas HUN 2.07.13 E1
Svetlana Chimrova RUS 2.07.33 E2
Hali Flickinger USA 2.07.35 P1
Alys Thomas GBR 2.07.42 E3
Sachi Mochida JPN 2.07.66 P2
Franziska Hentke GER 2.07.75 E4
Ana Caterina Monteiro POR 2.08.03 E5
Katie Drabot USA 2.08.40 P3

M 100 free

Kyle Chalmers AUS 48.00 P1
Alessandro Miressi ITA 48.01 E1
Jack Cartwright AUS 48.22 P2

Caeleb Dressel USA 48.22 P2 ex

5. Duncan Scott GBR 48.23 E2

6. Mehdy Metella FRA 48.24 E3

7. Marcelo Chierighini BRA 48.36 P4

Vladislav Grinev RUS 48.36 E4

M 200 breast

Anton Chupkov RUS 2.06.80 E1
Ippei Watanabe JPN 2.07.75 P1
Zac Stubblety-Cook AUS 2.07.89 P2
Matthew Wilson AUS 2.08.22 P3
Yasuhiro Koseki JPN 2.08.25 P4
James Wilby GBR 2.08.39 E2
Joshua Prenot USA 2.08.44 P5
Luca Pizzini ITA 2.08.54 E3

W 4x200 free

Australia 7.44.12
United States 7.44.37
Canada 7.47.28
Japan 7.48.96
Great Britain 7.51.65
Russia 7.52.87
Germany 7.53.76
France 7.53.86

M 200 back

Evgeny Rylov RUS 1.53.36 E1
Ryan Murphy USA 1.53.57 P1
Ryosuke Irie JPN 1.55.12 P2
Matthew Katz Austin USA 1.56.00 P3
Radosław Kawęcki POL 1.56.07 E2
Mitchell Larkin AUS 1.56.12 P4
Matteo Restivo ITA 1.56.29 E3
Kenta Sunama JPN 1.57.03 P5

W 100 free

Cate Campbell AUS 52.03 P1
Simone Manuel USA 52.66 P2
Taylor Ruck CAN 52.72 P3
Sarah Sjostrom SWE 52.93 E1
Mallory Comerford USA 52.94 P4
Rikako Ikee JPN 53.14 P5
Femke Heemskerk NED 53.23 E2
Charlotte Bonnet FRA 53.35 E3

W 200 breast

Yuliya Yefimova RUS 2.21.31 E1
Micah Sumrall USA 2.21.88 P1
Lilly King USA 2.22.12 P2
Satomi Suzuki JPN 2.22.22 P3
Jessica Vall ESP 2.23.02 E2
Molly Renshaw GBR 2.23.43 E3
Marina Garcia Urzainqui ESP 2.23.63 E4
Reona Aoki JPN 2.24.46 P4

M 200 ind med.

Chase Kalisz USA 1.55.40 P1
Mitch Larkin AUS 1.56.21 P2
Kosuke Hagino JPN 1.56.66 P3
Jeremy Desplanches SUI 1.57.04 E1
Daiya Seto JPN 1.57.36 P4
Abrahm Devine USA 1.57.81 P5
Philip Heintz GER 1.57.83 E2
Max Litchfield GBR 1.57.96 E3

M 100 fly

Piero Codia ITA 50.64 E1
Caeleb Dressel USA 50.75 P1
Mehdy Metella FRA 51.24 E2
Jack Conger USA 51.32 P2
James Guy GBR 51.42 E3
Vinicius Lanza BRA 51.44 P3
Kristof Milak HUN 51.51 E4
Grant Irvine AUS 51.65 P4 / Egor Kuimov RUS 51.65 E5 ???

M 50 free

Ben Proud GBR 21.34 E1
Kristian Golomeev GRE 21.44 E2
Michael Andrew USA 21.46 P1
Andrea Vergani ITA 21.68 E3
Vladimir Morozov RUS 21.74 E4
Caeleb Dressel USA 21.93 P2
Simonas Bilis LTU 21.97 E5
Yuri Kisil CAN 22.02 P3

W 200 back

Kathleen Baker USA 2.06.14 P1
Margherita Panziera ITA 2.06.18 E1
Taylor Ruck CAN 2.06.41 P2
Regan Smith USA 2.06.46 P3
Kylie Masse CAN 2.07.00 P4
Kaylee McKeown AUS 2.07.01 P5
Emily Seebohm AUS 2.07.12 P6

Daria Ustinova RUS 2.07.12 E2

W 800 free

Katie Ledecky USA 8.09.13 P1
Simona Quadarella ITA 8.16.45 E1
Ariarne Titmus AUS 8.17.07 P2
Leah Smith USA 8.17.21 P3
Ajna Kesely HUN 8.22.01 E2
Anna Egorova RUS 8.24.71 E3
Kiah Melverton AUS 8.25.64 P4
Sarah Kohler GER 8.25.91 E4

W 50 free

Sarah Sjostrom SWE 23.74 E1
Pernille Blume DEN 23.75 E2
Cate Campbell AUS 23.81 P1
Ranomi Kromowidjojo NED 24.21 E3
Simone Manuel USA 24.22 P2
Emma McKeon AUS 24.34 P3
Maria Kameneva RUS 24.40 E4
Taylor Ruck CAN 24.47 P4

M 1500 free

Florian Wellbrock GER 14.36.15 E1
Mykhailo Romanchuk UKR 14.36.88 E2
Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA 14.42.85 E3
Jordan Wilimovsky USA 14.46.93 P1
Zane Grothe USA 14.48.40 P2
Domenico Acerenza ITA 14.51.88 E4
Jack McLoughlin AUS 14.55.92 P3
Henrik Christiansen NOR 14.56.97 E5

W 4x100 med.

Australia 3.52.74
United States 3.53.21
Russia 3.54.22
Japan 3.55.03
Canada 3.55.14
Denmark 3.56.69
Great Britain 3.56.91
Italy 3.57.00

M 4x100 med.

United States 3.30.20
Japan 3.30.25
Great Britain 3.30.44
Australia 3.30.52
Russia 3.32.03
Brazil 3.32.16
Germany 3.33.52
Lithuania 3.33.70

M 800 free

Mykhailo Romanchuk UKR 7.42.96 E1
Zane Grothe USA 7.43.74 P1
Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA 7.45.12 E2
Jordan Wilimovsky USA 7.45.19 P2
Florian Wellbrock GER 7.45.60 E3
Henrik Christiansen NOR 7.46.75 E4
Jack McLoughlin AUS 7.47.31 P3
Jan Micka CZE 7.49.73 E5

W 1500 free

Katie Ledecky USA 15.38.97 P1
Simona Quadarella ITA 15.51.61 E1
Sarah Kohler GER 15.57.85 E2
Kiah Melverton AUS 16.00.08 P2
Leah Smith USA 16.00.82 P3
Ajna Kesely HUN 16.03.22 E3
Kareena Lee AUS 16.03.26 P4
Tjasa Oder SLO 16.10.46 E4

Mixed 4x100 medley

Australia 3.38.91
Great Britain 3.40.18
Japan 3.40.98
United States 3.41.74
Russia 3.42.71
Italy 3.44.85
Netherlands 3.45.57
Germany 3.45.82

August 6, 2018

Dnia 1.08.2018 o 13:59, rybak napisał:

My predictions

Archery: 0-2

Artistic Swimming: We are finally starting competing in this sport but Olympics is too much for now, maybe in 2024 if not 2028

Athletics: Our current the best indivudual and maybe overall sport, I think even over 65 athletes is possible, depends of qualifying standards

Badminton: Sadly our the best mixed doubles pair is retired so, 0-3 (mens singles and doubles)

Baseball: Never

Basketball: I believe that we will qualify in mens 3x3 but nothing more

Beach Volleyball: 4-6 or even more

Boxing: No idea

Canoeing - Slalom: 3-4

Canoeing - Sprint: Around 15 maybe less or more, I REALLY hope that finally we will have gold in this sport

Cycling - BMX: 0

Cycling - Mountain Bike: 2-3

Cycling - Road: 6-8

Cycling - Track: Above 10

Diving: 0-1 as always

Equestrian: 0-3 but 0 is sadly more possible

Fencing: Above 10

Field Hockey: 0

Football: we lost our the best chance to qualify for Rio, now we will wait for next good chance next 20 years

Golf: 0 but at least appear in this sport (we will have a pair in upcoming European Championships!)

Gymnastics - Artistic: 1-2

Gymnastics - Rhythmic: 0

Gymnastics - Trampoline: 0-2

Handball: womens team have a chance

Judo: 3-6

Karate: we are decent in this but very small number of quotas destroyed our chances

Modern Pentathlon: 2-4

Rowing: around 25

Rugby Sevens: 0

Sailing: 8-10, we will know more in 2 weeks after end of World champs

Shooting: 1-4

Skateboarding: No idea

Softball: 0

Sport Climbing: 0-1

Surfing: we have federation of this sport at all?

Swimming: above 15

Table Tennis: 0-4

Taekwondo: 0-3

Tennis: 2-4

Triathlon: 0-2

Volleyball: mens team and I have hopes for womens team first time since Beijing

Water Polo: 0

Weightlifting: 2-6

Wrestling: 4-8

Total Sports: My math is awful

Optimistic Total Athletes: look above

Realistic Total Athletes: the same

Pessimistic Total Athletes: as well here

O tak, złoto w kajakach byłoby super, ile można czekać, no ile? :-) pozdrawiam serdecznie, RG

August 6, 2018

Dnia 1.08.2018 o 17:07, JoshMartini007 napisał:

Yeah, Europeans don't need to worry about being "tourists" if they can qualify through world or continental qualifiers.

Oh yeah, I say the same all the time. Why not to send someone who went through the world or continental qualies. Or made the A or B standards in athletics or swimming. Because leaving some of them at home is our Polish speciality, sad but true.

szy123 · August 6, 2018

Dnia 1.08.2018 o 21:49, szy123 napisał:

Poland

Archery: 4 / 2 / 0    Our "federation" will probably ruin it.

Artistic Swimming: 0 / 0 / 0 It barely exists here.

Athletics: 80 / 70 / 50    We're European powerhouse.

Badminton: 4 / 2 / 1 Someone will surely qualify, but that's it.

Baseball: 0 / 0 / 0 It would be great if our boys will qualify for the European Championships, but the our are not too big.

Basketball: 4 / 4 / 0    It would be an upset i our men's 3x3 team won't qualify.

Beach Volleyball: 8 / 4 / 2 We have some good pairs.

Boxing: 3 / 2 / 1 Again, someone should make it.

Canoeing - Slalom: 4 / 2 / 1    Hard to say atm.

Canoeing - Sprint: 15 / 12 / 10    There will be some medal chances.

Cycling - BMX: 0 / 0 / 0 It's a surprise if someone from Poland starts in a professional international competition.

Cycling - Mountain Bike: 5 / 3 / 2 We are 2nd in the women's ranking atm and 9th at men's.

Cycling - Road: 8 / 6 / 5 Simiralry to Rio Olympics (7 were there).

Cycling - Track: 12 / 10 / 8    Should be more than in Rio (8 were there), we have some talents.

Diving: 0 / 0 / 0 Maybe in Paris.

Equestrian: 3 / 1 / 0 We're left with memories.

Fencing: 8 / 6 / 4 Women's epee or foil team should make it.

Field Hockey: 0 / 0 / 0    Hardly any chances.

Football: 18 / 0 / 0    Men's team has some (but very small) chances, while women's team is already eliminated.

Golf: 1 / 0 / 0 Maybe Adrian Meronk will be able to qualify.

Gymnastics - Artistic: 2 / 1 / 0 Someone in women's events should make it.

Gymnastics - Rhythmic: 0 / 0 / 0    The group did quite well at European Champs, but it's still not enough.

Gymnastics - Trampoline: 0 / 0 / 0    No way.

Handball: 12 / 0 / 0 The men's team is in the biggest slump ever and the only way for them to qualify is to be win European Championsips, but maybe women's one would make it.

Judo: 6 / 4 / 3    Not more than a team.

Karate: 3 / 2 / 1    Those qoutas are small, but someone should make it.

Modern Pentathlon: 4 / 3 / 2 Probably 2 in women's and 1 man.

Rowing: 30 / 28 / 24    There will be medals.

Rugby Sevens: 0 / 0 / 0 Our teams are not bad, but not good enough.

Sailing: 15 / 10 / 5    Should be better than in Rio. I see chances for full quota.

Shooting: 7 / 5 / 3 Simirarly to Rio (5 were there).

Skateboarding: 1 / 1 / 0    Amelia Brodka should make it in park, as she's an European Champion.

Softball: 0 / 0 / 0    Our team is able to qualify for the OQT but this is an absolute maximum.

Sport Climbing: 2 / 1 / 0 We have specialists in speed, but I think someone will be able to qualify for the combined.

Surfing: 0 / 0 / 0 Two guys in this country do it, but they're not good enough.

Swimming: 22 / 18 / 14 Maybe a bit less than in Rio (there were 20).

Table Tennis: 6 / 6 / 4 Probably both teams as in Rio.

Taekwondo: 6 / 4 / 2    Should be better than in Rio (2 men were there).

Tennis: 8 / 5 / 3    Probably 1 man in singles and pair in doubles and 2 women in singles and pair in doubles. So someone will start in mixed as always.

Triathlon: 2 / 1 / 0 Probably one woman.

Volleyball: 12 / 12 / 0    Men's team should make it.

Water Polo: 0 / 0 / 0    We're just weak.

Weightlifting: 5 / 4 / 3    Don't care because doping btw...

Wrestling: 11 / 9 / 7 Little more than in Rio (8 were there).

Total Sports: 33 / 30 / 22

Optimistic Total Athletes: 331 (most ever, 306 were at Moscow 1980)

Realistic Total Athletes: 238 (5 less than in Rio)

Pessimistic Total Athletes: 155 (fewest since Seoul 1988 - 143)

Fajnie widzieć tu kogoś z Polski, pozdrawiam. Bardzo ciekawe te Twoje typy. Ja już planuję urlop w pracy na Tokio. Tym razem jeszcze przed tv, ale Paryż 2024 mam nadzieję zobaczyć już na miejscu. A potem, kto wie, może Warszawa 2044? :-) To byłoby moje marzenie. Pozdrawiam serdecznie. RG

August 6, 2018

1 godzinę temu, phelps napisał:

well, Paltrinieri yesterday had gastroenteritis (more than one guy has it in our team this week, Pirozzi is another one, for instance) and over 38° fever at the moment of the race...so, don't take yesterday's performance as really indicative...

ok, thank you for some insider knowledge, I haven't known that yet. Good luck for him in the next days, then

August 6, 2018

Dnia 5.08.2018 o 09:57, heywoodu napisał:

Ah yeah, you confused me

Still I think high jump is too fault-sensitive for anyone to really be that huge of a favourite. Just like the 110m hurdles for example. It's entirely different for stuff like the 800m freestyle. If one person is as dominant there as for example Katie Ledecky, even she of course has no 100% chance to win, but it is extremely unlikely to see anyone beat her if she doesn't get sick or injured, since there's much less of a mistake to be made during the actual competition.

Ok, you may be right, but that is exactly why 110 hurdles and HJ is very interesting for me, and 800 free is only interesting a bit.... and as many many said before - why didn't thay add 50 back, 50 fly and 50 breast? Would be much better to watch than additonal 800 and 1500

Let's put the thread - PREDICTION OF THE EVENTS WITH THE CLOSEST CONTESTS AT THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS - it can be fun :-))))))

August 6, 2018

Dnia 29.07.2018 o 22:25, OlympicsFan napisał:

I would only consider Horton, Paltrinieri (1500 free), Peaty and Kalisz (400 IM, maybe also 200 IM) clear favorites, but i would add Milak (200 fly).

You are right - After what we all saw yesterday - definitely Milak in 200 fly. Tut mir sehr leid, Chad... ;-)

But what about Paltrinieri now? It was Strange what we've Seen

And if not strange, than definitely not expected

July 29, 2018

Swimming - Men

50 free - Benjamin Proud GBR

100 free - Vladimir Morozov RUS

200 free - Kyle Chalmers AUS

400 free - Mack Horton AUS

800 free - Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA

1500 free - Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA

100 back - Jiayu Xu CHN

200 back - Evgeny Rylov RUS

100 breast - Adam Peaty GBR

200 breast - Ippei Watanabe JPN

100 but - Caeleb Dressel USA

200 but - Chad le Clos RSA

200 med - Chase Kalisz USA

400 med - Chase Kalisz USA

4x100 free - USA

4x200 free - USA
4x100 med - USA

szy123 · July 29, 2018

Poland

Archery: 1 man, 1 women - 2

Artistic Swimming:

Athletics: approx. 60 but I don't really understand this new qualification system - where can I find the explanation of it?

Badminton: one player in each singles competition and two doubles - 6

Baseball: 0

Basketball: 0 - which is very very sad, I would love to see men's team in the olympics, they played in 1980 last time

Beach Volleyball: 2 men pairs, 1 female - 6

Boxing: 1 woman, 1 man - 2

Canoeing - Slalom: K1 M, C1 M, K1 W - 3

Canoeing - Sprint: a lot of them - 10 at least

Cycling - BMX: 0

Cycling - Mountain Bike: 2 women, 1 man - 3

Cycling - Road: 4 men, 3 women - 7

Cycling - Track: app. 8

Diving: 1 men

Equestrian: 1 place in eventing

Fencing: one team, and few individuals - 6

Field Hockey: 0

Football: 0

Golf: 0

Gymnastics - Artistic: 1 female

Gymnastics - Rhythmic: 1 female

Gymnastics - Trampoline: 0

Handball: 0 - which is very sad because men's team was in the semis in Rio

Judo: 3 men, 3 women - 6

Karate: 3

Modern Pentathlon: 2 female, 1 man - 3

Rowing: a lot - sth like 20

Rugby Sevens: 0

Sailing: 10

Shooting: 5

Skateboarding: 0

Softball: 0

Sport Climbing: 1 - one man

Surfing: 0

Swimming: 12-18, it all depends how many relays we can qualify

Table Tennis: both teams can make it - 6

Taekwondo: 1 male, 1 female - 2

Tennis: Agnieszka Radwańska is slowly finishing her career, I'm not even sure she's gonna play in Tokyo, but if she does - then 1 more woman in singles, 1 man in singles, and some doubles players - all together sth like 7

Triathlon: 1 man, 1 female - 2

Volleyball: men team - 12

Water Polo: 0

Weightlifting: 3 men, 3 female - 6 - or 0 because we don't make it due to doping cases , and to be honest - I don't really care

Wrestling: 3 women, 3 freestyle men, 3 greco-roman - 9

All together: 227 - which is a bit less than I wrote here before (250) - but maybe some other team sports can make it? Women's volleyball and handball especially - 227 + 24 = 251. But it's wishful thinking I'm afraid

July 29, 2018

In women's athletics I think Lasitskene and Thiam are the biggest favourites for gold

July 29, 2018

Athletics - Women

100 - Marie-Josee Ta Lou CIV

200 - Sherika Jackson JAM

400 - Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH

800 - Ajee Wilson USA

1500 - Genzebe Dibaba ETH

5000 - somebody from KEN

10000 - somebody from KEN

marathon - somebody from KEN

3000 sc - Beatrice Chipkoech KEN

100 hurdles - Kendra Harrison USA

400 hurdles - Sydney McLaughlin USA

high jump - Mariya Lasitskene RUS

pole vault - Sandi Morris USA

long jump - Ivana Spanovic SRB

triple jump - Caterine Ibarguen COL

shot put - Lijiao Gong CHN

discus throw - Sandra Perkovic CRO

hammer throw - Anita Włodarczyk POL

javelin throw - Huihui Lyu CHN

heptathlon - Nafissatou Thiam BEL

race walk 20 km - somebody from CHN

4x100 - USA

4x400 - USA

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