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My predictions Day 5 Wednesday 3x3 BASKETBALL – Women CHINA wch-1, rank-2 RUSSIA rank-1 HUNGARY wch-2 3x3 BASKETBALL – Men UNITED STATES wch-1 SERBIA rank-1 RUSSIA rank-2 ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – Men Individual All-Around RUS Nikita Nagornyy wch-1 USA Sam Mikulak wch-7, rank-1 RUS Artur Dalaloyan wch-2 CYCLING ROAD – Men Individual Time Trial AUS Rohan Dennis wch-1 SLO Primoz Roglic rank-1 BEL Remco Evenepoel wch-2 CYCLING ROAD – Women Individual Time Trial USA Chloe Dygert Owen wch-1 NED Lorena Wiebes rank-1 NED Anna van der Breggen wch-2 DIVING – Men Synchronised 3m Springboard CHN Cao Yuan, Xie Siyi wch-1, rank-2 GBR Daniel Goodfellow, Jack Laugher wch-2, rank-1 MEX Yahel Castillo, Juan Celaya wch-3, rank-3 EQUESTRIAN – Dressage Individual GER Isabelle Werth wch-1, rank-1 USA Laura Graves wch-2 GER Dorothee Schneider rank-3 FENCING – Men Sabre Team KOREA REPUBLIC wch-1, rank-1 HUNGARY wch-2, rank-2 ITALY wch-3, rank-3 JUDO – Women -70 kg FRA Marie Eve Gahie wch-1, rank-1 JPN Chizuru Arai rank-2 POR Barbara Timo wch-2 NED Sanne van Dijke rank-3 JUDO – Men -90 kg NED Noel van’t End wch-1, rank-3 ESP Nikoloz Sherazadishvili rank-1 CUB Ivan Felipe Silva Morales rank-2 JPN Shoichiro Mukai wch-2, rank-9 ROWING – Women Double Sculls NZL Brooke Donoghue, Olivia Loe wch-1 ROU Nicoleta Ancuta-Bodnar, Simona Radis wch-2 NED Roos de Jong, Lisa Scheenard wch-3 ROWING – Men Double Sculls CHN Liu Zhiyu, Zhang Liang wch-1 IRL Philip Doyle, Ronan Byrne wch-2 POL Mirosław Ziętarski, Mateusz Biskup wch-3 ROWING – Women Four AUSTRALIA NETHERLANDS DENMARK ROWING – Men Four POLAND – Mateusz Wilangowski, Mikołaj Burda, Marcin Brzeziński, Michał Szpakowski wch-1 ROMANIA GREAT BRITAIN RUGBY – Men FIJI wch19-1 NEW ZEALAND wch20-1 SOUTH AFRICA wch20-2 SURFING – Women USA Carissa Moore wleag-1 PER Sofia Mulanovich wch19-1 BRA Silvana Lima wch19-2 SURFING – Men BRA Italo Ferreira wch19-1, wleag-1 USA Kolohe Adino wch19-2, wleag-5 BRA Gabriel Medina wch19-3, wleag-2 SWIMMING – Women 200m Freestyle ITA Federica Pellegrini wch19-1, rank-1 AUS Ariarne Titmus wch19-2, rank-2 AUS Emma McKeon rank-3 SWIMMING – Men 200m Butterfly HUN Kristof Milak wch19-1, rank-1 JPN Daiya Seto wch19-2, rank-2 HUN Tamas Kenderesi wch19-8, rank-3 SWIMMING – Women 200m Individual Medley HUN Katinka Hosszu wch19-1, rank-1 CHN Shiwen Ye wch19-2, rank-2 CAN Sydney Pickrem wch19-3, rank-3 SWIMMING – Women 1500m Freestyle USA Katie Ledecky rank-1 ITA Simona Quadarella wch19-1, rank-2 GER Sarah Kohler wch19-2, rank-4 SWIMMING – Men 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay AUSTRALIA wch19-1, rank-1 RUSSIA wch19-2, rank-2 UNITED STATES wch19-3, rank-3 WEIGHTLIFTING – Men 73 kg CHN Shi Zhiyong wch-1 PRK O Kang-Chol wch-2 BUL Bozhidar Andreev wch-3 TOKYO 2020 MEDAL TABLE AFTER DAY 5 WEDNESDAY 95/339 CHINA 20-4-5 29 UNITED STATES 12-9-5 26 KOREA REPUBLIC 7-3-3 13 AUSTRALIA 7-2-5 14 FRANCE 6-1-3 10 RUSSIA 4-14-5 23 JAPAN 4-9-6 19 HUNGARY 4-2-2 8 NETHERLANDS 3-4-5 12 GREAT BRITAIN 3-3-8 14 BRAZIL 3-1-3 7 CANADA 2-2-6 10 GERMANY 2-2-6 10 UKRAINE 2-0-1 3 CHINESE TAIPEI 2-0-0 2 ITALY 1-7-4 12 INDIA 1-2-4 7 POLAND 1-2-3 6 SLOVENIA 1-2-0 3 SWITZERLAND 1-2-0 3 AZERBAIJAN 1-1-0 2 NEW ZEALAND 1-1-0 2 CUBA 1-0-1 2 GREECE 1-0-1 2 LITHUANIA 1-0-1 2 FIJI 1-0-0 1 GEORGIA 1-0-0 1 ISRAEL 1-0-0 1 THAILAND 1-0-0 1 KOREA DPR 0-5-0 5 ROMANIA 0-3-2 5 SPAIN 0-2-4 6 SERBIA 0-2-2 4 SWEDEN 0-2-0 2 BELGIUM 0-1-1 2 CROATIA 0-1-1 2 DENMARK 0-1-1 2 BELARUS 0-1-0 1 INDONESIA 0-1-0 1 IRELAND 0-1-0 1 PERU 0-1-0 1 PHILIPPINES 0-1-0 1 MEXICO 0-0-4 4 COLOMBIA 0-0-3 3 IVORY COAST 0-0-2 2 KOSOVO 0-0-2 2 PORTUGAL 0-0-2 2 UZBEKISTAN 0-0-2 2 AUSTRIA 0-0-1 1 BULGARIA 0-0-1 1 CZECH REPUBLIC 0-0-1 1 IRAN 0-0-1 1 KAZAKHSTAN 0-0-1 1 MALAYSIA 0-0-1 1 MOLDOVA 0-0-1 1 MONGOLIA 0-0-1 1 SOUTH AFRICA 0-0-1 1 TURKEY 0-0-1 1

THIS IS LIST OF EVENTS FOR Day 5 Wednesday 3x3 BASKETBALL – Women 3x3 BASKETBALL – Men ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – Men Individual All-Around CYCLING ROAD – Men Individual Time Trial CYCLING ROAD – Women Individual Time Trial DIVING – Men Synchronised 3m Springboard EQUESTRIAN – Dressage Individual FENCING – Men Sabre Team JUDO – Women -70 kg JUDO – Men -90 kg ROWING – Women Double Sculls ROWING – Men Double Sculls ROWING – Women Four ROWING – Men Four RUGBY – Men SURFING – Women SURFING - Men SWIMMING – Women 200m Freestyle SWIMMING – Men 200m Butterfly SWIMMING – Women 200m Individual Medley SWIMMING – Women 1500m Freestyle SWIMMING – Men 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay WEIGHTLIFTING – Men 73 kg Any thoughts, olympic fans? ;-)) Stay healthy!

I predicted clean sweep 1-2-3 for the Netherlands in women's road race. Do you think it is possible? What do you think about this young girl - Lorena Wiebes? I put her in 2nd place.

Yes, everything might change. I make my predictions for 2020 - it is day after day as it could have happened, if the games were not postponed.

Looks like he confirmed MTB in Tokyo 2020. https://naszosie.pl/2019/09/05/mathieu-van-der-poel-nie-wystartuje-w-tokio-w-wyscigu-szosowym/

And he confirmed MTB?

I agree. That was my bet, too. But on the other hand, I think that Team China will be extremely strong in Tokyo and they will get many gold medals in sports when other people are considered to be the main favourites. And I love Federica Pellegrini so much that I just want her to win the very first gold for Italy on day 5 with 0,01 sec over Ariarne Titmus in 200m freestyle ;-)))))

Oh, Mathieu van der Poel, how could I have forgotten him????!!!! When I get to day 16, I will check all my predictions again. And cycling MTB will be one of these who need some second thoughts. By the way, I must say Amstel Gold Race 2019 is the best bike race finale I have ever seen. That was something. PS. Do you think Mathieu van der Poel is able to start in a road race on Day 1 and in MTB race on day 3? Could he win 2 medals?

This is interesting. I don't feel my predictions in some sports are strong, because to be honest I watch some of them only once in 4 years. But I know Team India is very strong in shooting. And making predictions in weightlifting is extremely difficult. Only 4 per gender and these numbers are even more limited for some countries because of anti-doping violations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlifting_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Qualification

Yes, Remco Evenepoel is absolutely great. But I think he will have more chances in the time trial. In the road race Team Belgium will be riding for Greg Van Avermaet, but this time they will not be as successful as in Rio, I'm afraid.

Don't worry. On day 5 Fede is swimming 200 freestyle ;-)))))) I expect 6 silver medals for Italy in first 4 days. Which one of them has the biggest chances for gold in your opinion? I have my bets here ;-) day 1 - Vito Del'Aquilla - Taekwondo Men -58 kg day 2 - Elisa Di Francisca - Fencing Women Foil Individual day 2 - Manuel Lombardo - Judo Men -66 kg day 2 - Gabriele Detti - Swimming Men 400m Freestyle day 3 - Alessio Foconi - Fencing Men Foil Individual day 3 - Diana Bacosi - Shooting Women Skeet day 4 - none

Day 4 Tuesday ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – Women Team UNITED STATES wch19-1 RUSSIA wch19-2 JAPAN rank-2 BASEBALL/SOFTBALL – Women Softball UNITED STATES wch18-1 JAPAN wch18-2 CANADA wch18-3 CANOE SLALOM – Women K1 AUS Jessica Fox wch19-2, rank-1 GER Andrea Herzog wch19-1 AUT Corinna Kuhnle rank-2 CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE – Women Cross-Country FRA Pauline Ferrand-Prevot wch19-1, rank-5 SUI Jolanda Neff wch19-2, rank-1 USA Kate Courtney rank-2 DIVING – Women Synchronised 10m Platform CHN Lu Wei, Zhang Jiaqi wch19-1, rank-1 USA Samantha Bromberg, Katrina Young wch19-3, rank-2 MAS Leong Mun Yee, Pandelela Rinong wch19-2, rank-6 EQUESTRIAN – Dressage Team GERMANY wch18-1 UNITED STATES wch18-2 GREAT BRITAIN wch18-3 FENCING – Women Epee Team CHINA wch19-1, rank-1 RUSSIA wch19-2, rank-2 POLAND – Ewa Trzebińska, Aleksandra Zamachowska, Renata Knapik-Miazga wch19-8, rank-3 JUDO – Women -63 kg FRA Clarissa Agbegnenou wch19-1, rank-1 SLO Tina Trstenjak wch19-5, rank-2 JPN Miku Tashiro wch19-2, rank-3 GER Martyna Trajdos wch19-3, rank-7 JUDO – Men -81 kg ISR Sagi Muki wch19-1, rank-2 BEL Matthias Casse wch19-2, rank-1 GER Dominic Ressel rank-3 CAN Antoine Valois-Fortier wch19-3, rank-5 ROWING – Men Quadruple Sculls NETHERLANDS wch19-1 POLAND – Dominik Czaja, Wiktor Chabel, Szymon Pośnik, Fabian Barański wch19-2 ITALY wch19-3 ROWING – Women Quadruple Sculls CHINA wch19-1 POLAND – Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Springwald, Katarzyna Zillmann wch19-2 NETHERLANDS wch19-3 SHOOTING – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team RUS Vitalina Batsarashkina, Artem Chernousov wch19-1 CHN Wang Qian, Wang Mengyi wch19-2 UKR Olena Kostevych, Oleh Omelchuk wch19-3 SHOOTING – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team 1. CHN Zhao Ruozhu, Yang Haoran wch18-1 2. RUS Anastasiia Galashina, Vladimir Maslennikov wch18-2 3. ROU Laura-Georgeta Coman, Alin Moldoveanu wch18-4 SWIMMING – Men 200m Freestyle LTU Danas Rapsys rank-1 JPN Katsuhiro Matsumoto wch19-2, rank-5 AUS Clyde Lewis wch19-6, rank-2 SWIMMING – Women 100m Backstroke USA Regan Smith rank-1 CAN Kylie Masse rank-2, wch19-1 AUS Minna Atherton rank-4, wch19-2 SWIMMING – Men 100m Backstroke CHN Jiayu Xu wch19-1, rank-1 AUS Mitchell Larkin wch19-3, rank-2 RUS Evgeny Rylov wch19-2, rank-3 SWIMMING – Women 100m Breaststroke USA Lilly King wch19-1, rank-1 RUS Yuliya Yefimova wch19-2, rank-2 USA Annie Lazor rank-3 TAEKWONDO – Women +67 kg GBR Bianca Walkden wch19-1, rank-1 CHN Shuyin Zheng wch19-2, rank-2 SRB Milica Mandic rank-3 MEX Briseida Acosta wch19-3 TAEKWONDO – Men +80 kg CUB Rafael Alba wch19-1 RUS Vladislav Larin wch19-1 (-87 kg), rank-1 KOR Kyo-Don In rank-2 MEX Carlos Sansores wch19-2 TRIATHLON – Women USA Katie Zaferees wch19-1, rank-1 GBR Jessica Learmonth wch19-2, rank-4 GBR Georgia Taylor-Brown wch19-3, rank-2 WEIGHTLIFTING – Women 59 kg TPE Kuo Hsing-Chun wch19-1 PRK Choe Hyo-Sim wch19-2 COL Rosive Silgado wch19-4 WEIGHTLIFTING – Women 64 kg CHN Deng Wei wch19-1 PRK Rim Un-Sim wch19-2 ROU Loredana Toma wch19-4 TOKYO 2020 MEDAL TABLE AFTER DAY 4 MONDAY 72/339 CHINA 16-3-5 24 UNITED STATES 8-6-4 18 KOREA REPUBLIC 6-3-3 12 FRANCE 5-1-3 9 JAPAN 4-7-5 16 AUSTRALIA 4-1-4 9 RUSSIA 3-12-3 18 GREAT BRITAIN 3-2-7 12 CANADA 2-2-5 9 NETHERLANDS 2-2-2 6 BRAZIL 2-1-1 4 HUNGARY 2-1-0 3 UKRAINE 2-0-1 3 CHINESE TAIPEI 2-0-0 2 GERMANY 1-2-4 7 INDIA 1-2-4 7 SWITZERLAND 1-2-0 3 AZERBAIJAN 1-1-0 2 SLOVENIA 1-1-0 2 GREECE 1-0-1 2 LITHUANIA 1-0-1 2 CUBA 1-0-0 1 GEORGIA 1-0-0 1 ISRAEL 1-0-0 1 THAILAND 1-0-0 1 ITALY 0-6-3 9 KOREA DPR 0-4-0 4 POLAND 0-2-2 4 SWEDEN 0-2-0 2 SPAIN 0-1-4 5 ROMANIA 0-1-2 3 SERBIA 0-1-2 3 CROATIA 0-1-1 2 BELARUS 0-1-0 1 BELGIUM 0-1-0 1 DENMARK 0-1-0 1 INDONESIA 0-1-0 1 PHILIPPINES 0-1-0 1 COLOMBIA 0-0-3 3 MEXICO 0-0-3 3 IVORY COAST 0-0-2 2 KOSOVO 0-0-2 2 UZBEKISTAN 0-0-2 2 AUSTRIA 0-0-1 1 CZECH REPUBLIC 0-0-1 1 IRAN 0-0-1 1 KAZAKHSTAN 0-0-1 1 MALAYSIA 0-0-1 1 MOLDOVA 0-0-1 1 MONGOLIA 0-0-1 1 PORTUGAL 0-0-1 1 TURKEY 0-0-1 1

Day 3 Monday ARCHERY – Men Team CHINA wch19-1 INDIA wch19-2 KOREA REPUBLIC wch19-3 ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – Men Team RUSSIA wch19-1 UNITED STATES rank-1 CHINA wch19-2 CANOE SLALOM – Men C1 FRA Cedric Joly wch19-1 GER Sideris Tasiadis rank-1 ESP Ander Elosegi wch19-2 CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE – Men Cross-Country SUI Nino Schurter wch19-1, rank-1 SUI Mathias Fluckiger wch19-2, rank-2 BRA Henrique Avancini rank-3 DIVING – Men Synchronised 10m Platform CHN Cao Yuan, Chen Aisen wch19-1 RUS Aleksandr Bondar, Viktor Minibaev wch19-2 GBR Tom Daley, Matty Lee wch19-3 FENCING – Women Sabre Individual UKR Olga Kharlan wch19-1, rank-1 RUS Sofya Velikaya wch19-2, rank-2 FRA Manon Brunet rank-3 FENCING – Men Foil Individual FRA Enzo Lefort wch19-1, rank-2 ITA Alessio Foconi rank-1 GBR Marcus Mepstead wch19-2 JUDO – Women -57 kg CAN Christa Deguchi wch19-1, rank-1 JPN Tsukasa Yoshida wch19-2, rank-2 POL Julia Kowalczyk wch19-3 FRA Sarah Cysique wch19-5 JUDO – Men -73 kg JPN Shohei Ono wch19-1 AZE Rustam Orujov wch19-2, rank-2 RUS Denis Yartsev wch19-3 CAN Arthur Margelidon rank-4 SHOOTING – Women Skeet CHN Wei Meng rank-1 ITA Diana Bacosi wch19-1 GER Nadine Messerschmidt rank-2 SHOOTING – Men Skeet USA Vincent Hancock wch18-1 SWE Stefan Nilsson rank-1 CZE Tomas Nydrle wch19-1 SKATEBOARDING – Women Street BRA Pamela Rosa wch19-1 BRA Rayssa Leal wch19-2 JPN Aori Nishimura wch19-3 SWIMMING – Women 100m Butterfly CAN Maggie MacNeil wch-1, rank-1 SWE Sarah Sjostrom wch-2, rank-2 AUS Emma McKeon wch-3, rank-3 SWIMMING – Men 100m Breaststroke GBR Adam Peaty wch-1, rank-1 BLR Ilya Shymanovich wch-12 , rank-2 GBR James Wilby wch-2, rank-3 SWIMMING – Women 400m Freestyle AUS Ariarne Titmus wch-1, rank-1 USA Katie Ledecky wch-2, rank-2 USA Leah Smith wch-3, rank-3 SWIMMING – Men 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay UNITED STATES wch-1, rank-1 RUSSIA wch-2, rank-2 AUSTRALIA wch-3, rank-3 TABLE TENNIS – Mixed Doubles CHN Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen wch19-1 JPN Maharu Yoshimura, Kasumi Ishikawa wch19-2 GER Patrick Franziska, Petrissa Solja wch19-3 TAEKWONDO – Women -67 kg CHN Zhang Mengyu wch-1 CRO Matea Jelic rank-1 TUR Nur Tatar wch-2 CIV Ruth Gbagbi rank-2 TAEKWONDO – Men -80 kg AZE Milad Beigi wch-1 RUS Maksim Khramtcov rank-1 GRE Apostolos Telikostoglou wch-2 CIV Cheick Sallah Cisse rank-3 TRIATHLON – Men FRA Vincent Luis wch19-1 ESP Mario Mola wch19-2 ESP Javier Gomez wch19-3 WEIGHTLIFTING – Women 55 kg CHN Liao Qiuyun wch19-1 PHI Hidylyn Diaz wch19-3 COL Yenny Sinnisterra wch19-5 TOKYO 2020 MEDAL TABLE AFTER DAY 3 MONDAY 50/339 CHINA 10-1-5 16 KOREA REPUBLIC 6-3-2 11 JAPAN 4-5-3 12 UNITED STATES 3-4-2 9 FRANCE 3-1-3 7 AUSTRALIA 3-0-2 5 RUSSIA 2-7-2 11 GREAT BRITAIN 2-1-5 8 CANADA 2-1-3 6 BRAZIL 2-1-1 4 HUNGARY 2-1-0 3 UKRAINE 2-0-0 2 INDIA 1-2-4 7 NETHERLANDS 1-2-1 4 AZERBAIJAN 1-1-0 2 SWITZERLAND 1-1-0 2 GREECE 1-0-1 2 CHINESE TAIPEI 1-0-0 1 GEORGIA 1-0-0 1 SLOVENIA 1-0-0 1 THAILAND 1-0-0 1 ITALY 0-6-2 8 KOREA DPR 0-2-0 2 SWEDEN 0-2-0 2 SPAIN 0-1-4 5 GERMANY 0-1-2 3 SERBIA 0-1-1 2 CROATIA 0-1-1 2 BELARUS 0-1-0 1 DENMARK 0-1-0 1 INDONESIA 0-1-0 1 PHILIPPINES 0-1-0 1 ROMANIA 0-1-0 1 COLOMBIA 0-0-2 2 IVORY COAST 0-0-2 2 KOSOVO 0-0-2 2 UZBEKISTAN 0-0-2 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 0-0-1 1 IRAN 0-0-1 1 KAZAKHSTAN 0-0-1 1 LITHUANIA 0-0-1 1 MEXICO 0-0-1 1 MOLDOVA 0-0-1 1 MONGOLIA 0-0-1 1 POLAND 0-0-1 1 PORTUGAL 0-0-1 1

My predictions ctd. Day 2 Sunday ARCHERY – Women Team CHINESE TAIPEI wch19-1 KOREA REPUBLIC wch19-2 GREAT BRITAIN wch19-3 CYCLING ROAD – Women Road Race NED Annemiek van Vleuten wch 19-1, indrank-3 NED Lorena Wiebes indrank-1 NED Anna van der Breggen wch 19-2 DIVING – Women Synchronised 3m Platform CHN Shi Tingmao, Wang Han wch19-1, rank-2 CAN Jennifer Abel, Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu wch19-2, rank-1 MEX Paola Espinosa, Melany Hernandez wch19-3 FENCING – Women Foil Individual RUS Inna Deriglazova wch19-1, indrank-1 ITA Elisa Di Francisca wch19-3, indrank-2 FRA Pauline Ranvier wch19-2 FENCING – Men Epee Individual HUN Gergely Siklosi wch19-1, indrank-3 RUS Sergey Bida wch19-2, indrank-1 JPN Masaru Yamada indrank-2 JUDO – Women -52 kg JPN Uta Abe wch19-1, indrank-1 FRA Amandine Buchard indrank-2 RUS Natalia Kuziutina wch19-2 KOS Majlinda Kelmendi wch19-3, indrank-4 JUDO – Men -66 kg JPN Joshiro Maruyama wch19-1, indrank-2 ITA Manuel Lombardo indrank-1 KOR Kim Lim-Hwan wch19-2, indrank-8 MDA Denis Vieru wch19-3 SHOOTING – Women 10m Air Pistol GRE Anna Korakaki wch18-1, indrank-3 SRB Zorana Arunovic wch18-2, indrank-1 IND Manu Bhaker indrank-2 SHOOTING – Men 10m Air Rifle IND Divyansh Singh Panwar indrank-1 RUS Sergey Kamenskiy wch18-1, indrank-5 CRO Petar Gorsa wch18-2, indrank-2 SKATEBOARDING – Men Street USA Nyjah Huston indrank-1, wch19-1 JPN Yuto Horigome indrank-2, wch19-2 POR Gustavo Ribeiro indrank-3, wch19-3 SWIMMING – Men 400m Individual Medley JPN Daiya Seto wch19-1, indrank-1 USA Jay Litherland wch19-2, indrank-2 GBR Max Litchfield wch19-7, indrank-3 SWIMMING – Men 400m Freestyle AUS Mack Horton wch19-2, indrank-2 ITA Gabriele Detti wch19-3, indrank-3 LTU Danas Rapsys wch19-4, indrank-4 SWIMMING – Women 400m Individual Medley HUN Katinka Hosszu wch19-1, indrank-1 CHN Ye Shiwen wch19-2, indrank-2 JPN Yui Ohashi wch19-3, indrank-3 SWIMMING – Women 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay AUSTRALIA wch19-1, rank-1 UNITED STATES wch19-2, rank-2 CANADA wch19-3, rank-3 TAEKWONDO – Women -57 kg GBR Jade Jones wch19-1, indrank-1 KOR Lee Ah-Reum wch19-2, indrank-2 CAN Skylar Park wch19-3, indrank-6 CHN Zhou Lijun wch19-3, indrank-8 TAEKWONDO – Men -68 kg KOR Lee Dae-Hoon wch19-3, indrank-1 GBR Bradly Sinden wch19-1, indrank-2 ESP Javier Perez wch19-2, indrank-4 CHN Shuai Zhao indrank-3 WEIGHTLIFTING – Men 61 kg CHN Li Fabin wch19-1, indrank-1 INA Eko Yuli Irawan wch19-2, indrank-2 COL Francisco Mosquera wch19-3, indrank-5 WEIGHTLIFTING – Men 67 kg CHN Chen Lijun wch19-1, indrank-1 PRK Pak Jong-Ju wch19-3, indrank-3 UZB Adkhamjon Ergashev wch19-4, indrank-4 TOKYO 2020 MEDAL TABLE AFTER DAY 2 SUNDAY 29/339 KOREA REPUBLIC 6-3-1 10 CHINA 4-1-4 9 JAPAN 3-3-2 8 HUNGARY 2-1-0 3 AUSTRALIA 2-0-0 2 RUSSIA 1-3-1 5 NETHERLANDS 1-2-1 4 UNITED STATES 1-2-1 4 INDIA 1-1-4 6 GREAT BRITAIN 1-1-2 4 BRAZIL 1-0-0 1 CHINESE TAIPEI 1-0-0 1 GEORGIA 1-0-0 1 GREECE 1-0-0 1 SLOVENIA 1-0-0 1 THAILAND 1-0-0 1 UKRAINE 1-0-0 1 ITALY 0-4-2 6 KOREA DPR 0-2-0 2 CANADA 0-1-2 3 FRANCE 0-1-1 2 SERBIA 0-1-1 2 DENMARK 0-1-0 1 INDONESIA 0-1-0 1 ROMANIA 0-1-0 1 KOSOVO 0-0-2 2 SPAIN 0-0-2 2 UZBEKISTAN 0-0-2 2 COLOMBIA 0-0-1 1 CROATIA 0-0-1 1 IRAN 0-0-1 1 KAZAKHSTAN 0-0-1 1 LITHUANIA 0-0-1 1 MEXICO 0-0-1 1 MOLDOVA 0-0-1 1 MONGOLIA 0-0-1 1 PORTUGAL 0-0-1 1

Maybe you are right. We will try it this way. TOKYO 2020 medal predictions Day 1 Saturday ARCHERY – Mixed Team KOR Lee Woo-Seok, Kang Chae-Young wch19-1 NED Sjef van den Berg, Gabriela Bayardo wch19-2 ITA Mauro Nespoli, Vanessa Lando wch19-3 CYCLING ROAD – Men Road Race SLO Primoz Roglic indrank-1 DEN Mads Pedersen wch19-1 ITA Matteo Trentin wch19-2 3. FENCING – Women Epee Individual BRA Nathalie Moellhausen wch19-1 ROU Ana Maria Popescu indrank-1 CHN Lin Sheng wch19-2 FENCING – Men Sabre Individual KOR Oh Sang-Uk wch19-1, indrank-1 HUN Andreas Szatmari wch19-2 USA Eli Dershwitz indrank-2 JUDO – Women -48 kg UKR Daria Bilodid wch19-1, indrank-1 JPN Fura Tonaki wch19-2 KOS Distria Krasniqi indrank-2, wch19-3 MGL Monkhbatyn Urantsetseg wch19-3 JUDO – Men -60 kg GEO Lukhumi Chkhvimiani wch19-1 JPN Naohisa Takato indrank-2* (JPN team) UZB Sharafuddin Lutfillaev wch19-2 KAZ Yeldos Smetov wch19-3, indrank-3 SHOOTING – Women 10m Air Rifle KOR Im Ha-Na wch18-1 IND Elavenil Valarivan indrank-1 (not q*) IND Anjum Moudgil wch18-2 SHOOTING – Men 10m Air Pistol KOR Jin Jong-Oh wch18-1 RUS Artem Chernousov indrank-1, wch18-2 IND Abhishek Verma indrank-2 TAEKWONDO – Women -49 kg THA Panipak Wongpattanakit wch19-1, indrank-1 KOR Sim Jae-Young indrank-2, wch19-1 (-46kg) CHN Wu Jingyu wch19-2 SRB Tijana Bogdanovic indrank-3 TAEKWONDO – Men -58 kg KOR Jang Jun wch19-1, indrank-1 ITA Vito Dell’Aquilla indrank-3 ESP Jesus Tortosa indrank-4 IRI Armin Hadipour indrank-5, wch19-3 (-54kg) WEIGHTLIFTING – Women 49kg CHN Huihua Jiang wch19-1, indrank-1 PRK Ri Song-Gum wch19-3, indrank-3 IND Saikhom Mirabai Chanu wch19-4, indrank-4 TOKYO 2020 MEDAL TABLE AFTER DAY 1 SATURDAY 11/339 KOREA REPUBLIC 5-1-0 6 CHINA 1-0-2 3 BRAZIL 1-0-0 1 GEORGIA 1-0-0 1 SLOVENIA 1-0-0 1 THAILAND 1-0-0 1 UKRAINE 1-0-0 1 JAPAN 0-2-0 2 INDIA 0-1-3 4 ITALY 0-1-2 3 DENMARK 0-1-0 1 HUNGARY 0-1-0 1 KOREA DPR 0-1-0 1 NETHERLANDS 0-1-0 1 ROMANIA 0-1-0 1 RUSSIA 0-1-0 1 IRAN 0-0-1 1 KAZAKHSTAN 0-0-1 1 KOSOVO 0-0-1 1 MONGOLIA 0-0-1 1 SERBIA 0-0-1 1 SPAIN 0-0-1 1 UNITED STATES 0-0-1 1 UZBEKISTAN 0-0-1 1

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!

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!

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.

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

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

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?

Panama can't qualify. It was already eliminated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CONCACAF_Men's_Olympic_Qualifying_Championship

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?

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?

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.