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Like @phelps said noone can't be very sure of anything in the event. Maybe I am biased here as a Pole but I predict a gold medal for Poland here. Ola Mirosław is WR holder, but she made a huge error in 2023 WCH semi and she lost 2023 European Games final to Natalia Kałucka. Kusuma is a World Champion. So you never know... I predict it will be a close battle. Mirosław can win but she can be out of medals, like Iga Świątek. On the other hand, Natalia Kałucka or her twin sister Aleksandra can get a medal for Poland in Paris as well. We will see...

Partial medal table in the end of day 13 (243 events, without M Football bronze medalists and Boxing W 57kg, M 75 kg bronze medalists) 34-22-20---76 29-37-24---90 20-10-16---46 19-17-18---54 13-12-11---36 12-13-10---35 11-8-11---30 10-8-6---24 8-12-12---32 5-8-2---15 5-7-12---24 5-7-8---20 4-7-5---16 4-2-4---10 4-0-4---8 3-3-3---9 3-2-5---10 3-2-1---6 3-1-7---11 3-0-3---6 2-4-3---9 2-4-1---7 2-3-8---13 2-2-4---8 2-2-2---6 2-1-7---10 2-1-3---6 2-1-3---6 2-1-2---5 2-0-1---3 2-0-0---2 1-4-3---8 1-3-1---5 1-3-1---5 1-2-4---7 1-2-3---6 1-2-2---5 1-2-2---5 1-2-2---5 1-2-2---5 1-2-0---3 1-1-3---5 1-1-3---5 1-1-2---4 1-1-1---3 1-1-1---3 1-1-0---2 1-1-0---2 1-0-2---3 1-0-1---2 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 0-3-1---4 0-2-1---3 0-1-3---4 0-1-3---4 0-1-2---3 0-1-2---3 0-1-1---2 0-1-1---2 0-1-1---2 0-1-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-0-3---3 0-0-3---3 0-0-2---2 0-0-2---2 0-0-2---2 0-0-2---2 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1

Day 13 Thu 08.08 218. ATHLETICS - W Long Jump 1. Ivana Vuleta SRB 2. Malaika Mihambo GER 3. Alina Rotaru-Kottmann ROU Vuleta winning quite easily. Mihambo back after injury but can't get close to Vuleta. 219. ATHLETICS - M Javelin Throw 1. Neeraj Chopra IND 2. Jakub Vadlejch CZE 3. Julian Weber GER Tough victory for Chopra. Vadlejch leading until last round but massive 6th throw by Chopra and he gets his 2nd olympic gold. Two other Indian athletes in top 8. Pakistani Nadeem 7th. 220. ATHLETICS - M 200m 1. Noah Lyles USA 2. Letsile Tebogo BOT 3. Zharnel Hughes GBR Lyles close to Bolt WR. Hughes wins bronze by 0,01 sec. Erriyon Knighton USA 4th. 221. ATHLETICS - W 400m Hurdles 1. Femke Bol NED 2. Rushell Clayton JAM 3. Shamier Little USA When Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone says she will run 400m flat in Paris, Bol is an overwhelming favourite and she wins this one very easily, her 2nd gold in Paris after mixed relay. 222. ATHLETICS - M 110m Hurdles 1. Grant Holloway USA 2. Hansle Parchment JAM 3. Shunsuke Izumiya JPN Holloway well under 12.90. Izumiya with massive Japanese NR. 223. BOXING - W 54kg 1. Chang Yuan CHN 2. Stanimira Petrova BUL 3. Charley Davison GBR 3. Preeti Pawar IND Huge controversy in boxing. Chinese wins but Bulgarians and almost every other in the arena are protesting loudly. 224. BOXING - M 51kg 1. Hasanboy Dusmatov UZB 2. Billal Bennama FRA 3. Thitisan Panmot THA 3. Federico Serra ITA This time a deserved win for UZB. 225. CANOE SPRINT - M C2 500m 1. Germany 2. Spain 3. China Germany well ahead. Romania 4th. 226. CANOE SPRINT - M K4 500m 1. Germany 2. Hungary 3. Australia Germany wins but this race is a bit disappointing. Everything is so quick. Almost everybody say they miss K4 1000m event. A group of Czech and Slovak fans with a big sign: "Bring back 1000!". 227. CANOE SPRINT - W C2 500m 1. China 2. Canada 3. Spain China wins this one. Now every gold is crucial in this CHN vs USA overall medal table rivalry. 228. CANOE SPRINT - W K4 500m 1. New Zealand 2. Poland 3. China Lisa Carrington wins her 6th olympic gold medal. Medal #9 for Poland in Paris. And we have also a men's volleyball team in medal so we are in the double digits! 229. DIVING - M 3m Springboard 1. Wang Zongyuan CHN 2. Osmar Olvera MEX 3. Andrew Capobianco USA Second Chinese surprisingly out in the semis, after some massive errors. Can it happen in the real world? 230. HOCKEY - M Tournament 1. Germany 2. Netherlands 3. Belgium Australia 4th. 231. SAILING - M Kite 1. Maximilian Maeder SGP 2. Axel Mazella FRA 3. Riccardo Pianosi ITA 232. SAILING - W Kite 1. Lauriane Nolote FRA 2. Eleanor Aldridge GBR 3. Gisela Pulido ESP 233. SPORT CLIMBING - M Speed 1. Bassa Mawem FRA 2. Samuel Watson USA 3. Matteo Zurloni ITA What a shocking competition, many say. CHN and INA athletes very surprisingly out of Top 4. Marcin Dzieński POL the same. 234. SWIMMING - W 10km Marathon 1. Leonie Beck GER 2. Sharon van Rouwendaal NED 3. Katie Grimes USA 235. TAEKWONDO - M 68kg 1. Bradly Sinden GBR 2. Ulugbek Rashitov UZB 3. Zaid Abdul Kareem JOR 3. Jin Ho-jun KOR 236. TAEKWONDO - W 57kg 1. Luo Zongshi CHN 2. Jade Jones GBR 3. Lo Chia-ling TPE 3. Luana Marton HUN 237. TRACK CYCLING - M Omnium 1. Benjamin Thomas FRA 2. Elia Viviani ITA 3. Iuri Leitao POR Great competition between Thomas and Viviani. 238. TRACK CYCLING - W Keirin 1. Lea Friedrich GER 2. Martha Bayona COL 3. Ellesse Andrews NZL This is a great day for Germany in Paris. 5th gold for them. I told you, second half of the games will be better for them. 239. WEIGHTLIFTING - W 59kg 1. Kamila Konotop UKR 2.Kuo Hsing-chun TPE 3. Yenny Alvarez COL No Chinese athlete in this category. 240. WEIGHTLIFTING - M 73kg 1. Rahmat Erwin Abdullah INA 2. Weeraphon Wichuma THA 3. Masanori Miyamoto JPN No Chinese here, either. 241. WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN - M 67kg 1. Luis Orta CUB 2. Hasrat Jafarov AZE 3. Joni Khetsuriani GEO 3. Mate Nemes SRB 242. WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN - M 87kg 1. David Losonczi HUN 2. Ali Cengiz TUR 3. Zhan Beleniuk UKR 3. Jalgasbay Berdimuratov UZB Losonczi wins over Istvan Takacs in an internal Hungarian battle which is quite controversial. But then he quiets the opponents winning gold in Paris. Only 3rd gold for Hungary so far, maybe I should check my predictions for Hungarian favourites once again. 243. WRESTLING FREESTYLE - W 53kg 1. Akari Fujinami JPN 2. Lucia Yepez ECU 3. Emma Malmgren SWE 3. Antim Panghal IND

Why are the weight categories different in M freestyle and greco? I don’t get it.

OK, time to say it loudly. I see Spurs in play-offs. Or play-offs via play-in, to be precise. I see Bucks vs Celtics on East Coast and Nuggets vs Suns on West Coast - like @Ogreman but then.... I just don't know. I would like to see Bucks vs Nuggets finals, and let the best team win. Dark Horse: Mavs on West, Knicks/Heat on East.

Who was the last center "kryptonite" before Jokic in your opinion? Can't think of any at the moment. Hard to say imo.

This is huge! Thanks. I like some of those one-liners. Respect.

Jokic triple double after being drunk all summer. Respect. Is this game that easy? Really???

Right now watching UEFA Champions League. Not much is going on in sports this week from my perspective

Day Thu 08.08 218. ATHLETICS - W Long Jump 219. ATHLETICS - M Javelin Throw 220. ATHLETICS - M 200m 221. ATHLETICS - W 400m Hurdles 222. ATHLETICS - M 110m Hurdles 223. BOXING - W 54kg 224. BOXING - M 51kg 225. CANOE SPRINT - M C2 500m 226. CANOE SPRINT - M K4 500m 227. CANOE SPRINT - W C2 500m 228. CANOE SPRINT - W K4 500m 229. DIVING - M 3m Springboard 230. HOCKEY - M Tournament (bronze-medal game vs and final vs 231. SAILING - M Kite 232. SAILING - W Kite 233. SPORT CLIMBING - M Speed 234. SWIMMING - W 10km Marathon 235. TAEKWONDO - M 68kg 236. TAEKWONDO - W 57kg 237. TRACK CYCLING - M Omnium 238. TRACK CYCLING - W Keirin 239. WEIGHTLIFTING - W 59kg 240. WEIGHTLIFTING - M 73kg 241. WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN - M 67kg 242. WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN - M 87kg 243. WRESTLING FREESTYLE - W 53kg we will know bronze medalists in BOXING - W 75kg, M 57kg and there will be bronze-medal game in M FOOTBALL - vs other team sports: M BASKETBALL semis: vs and vs W HANDBALL semis: vs and vs W VOLLEYBALL semis: vs and vs W WATER POLO semis: vs and vs

TEAM SPORTS on Day 12 Wed 07.08 BASKETBALL - W Quarters beats beats beats beats 9-12: HANDBALL - M Quarters beats beats beats beats 9-12. HOCKEY - W Semis beats beats VOLLEYBALL - M Semis beats 3-1 POLAND IN THE FINAL!!! beats 3-2 20-18 in 5th set, a match for ages WATER POLO - M Quarters beats beats beats beats 9-12.

Medal table in the end of day 12 (217 events) 30-22-18---70 27-36-21---84 18-15-17---50 17-8-16---41 13-12-10---35 11-13-8---32 9-6-6---21 8-11-10---29 6-7-10---23 5-7-11---23 5-7-2---14 5-6-6---17 4-7-5---16 4-2-3---9 3-2-1---6 3-0-3---6 3-0-2---5 2-3-3---8 2-3-2---7 2-2-4---8 2-2-1---5 2-1-6---9 2-1-6---9 2-1-4---7 2-1-3---6 2-1-2---5 2-1-2---5 2-0-1---3 2-0-0---2 1-4-3---8 1-3-7---11 1-2-3---6 1-2-2---5 1-2-2---5 1-2-1---4 1-2-1---4 1-2-1---4 1-1-3---5 1-1-3---5 1-1-2---4 1-1-2---4 1-1-1---3 1-1-1---3 1-1-0---2 1-1-0---2 1-0-3---4 1-0-2---3 1-0-1---2 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 0-3-1---4 0-2-1---3 0-2-0---2 0-1-3---4 0-1-3---4 0-1-2---3 0-1-1---2 0-1-1---2 0-1-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-0-3---3 0-0-2---2 0-0-2---2 0-0-2---2 0-0-2---2 0-0-2---2 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1

Day 12 Wed 07.08 198. ARTISTIC SWIMMING - Team 1. China 2. Japan 3. Spain Ukraine 4th. 199. ATHLETICS - Race Walk Mixed Relay 1. Spain 2. China 3. Japan This event turns out to be much more entertaining than many thought before. Poland 9th. 200. ATHLETICS - W Pole Vault 1. Katie Moon USA 2. Nina Kennedy AUS 3. Eliza McCartney NZL This time Katie jumps over the Moon, 5cm higher than Kennedy. Wilma Murto FIN 4th. 201. ATHLETICS - M Discus Throw 1. Kristjan Ceh SLO 2. Daniel Stahl SWE 3. Mykolas Alekna LTU 0,10 cm difference between 1st and 2nd. Stahl visibly disappointed. Lukas Weisshaidinger AUT 4th. 202. ATHLETICS - M 400m 1. Wayde van Niekerk RSA 2. Antonio Watson JAM 3. Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR Van Niekerk is back! He runs much slowe than his Rio WR but this is very entertaining race - top 6 within 0,3 sec. 203. ATHLETICS - M 3000m Steeplechase 1. Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 2. Lamecha Girma ETH 3. Simon Kiprop Koech KEN Budapest 2023 1-2 the same again. But this time Birma is beaten by 0,5 sec only. A race for ages. 204. BOXING - M 63.5kg 1. Sofiane Oumiha FRA 2. Wyatt Sanford CAN 3. Lai Chu-en TPE 3. Lasha Guruli GEO 205. BOXING - M 80kg 1. Arlen Lopez CUB 2. Oleksandr Khyzhniak UKR 3. Toqtarbek Tanatqan CHN 3. Eumir Marcial PHI 206. SAILING - Mixed Dinghy 470 1. Spain 2. Japan 3. Germany 207. SAILING - Mixed Multihull Nacra 17 1. Great Britain 2. Italy 3. Sweden 208. SKATEBOARDING - M Park 1. Gavin Bottger USA 2. Jagger Eaton USA 3. Augusto Akio BRA 209. SPORT CLIMBING - W Speed 1. Aleksandra Mirosław POL 2. Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi INA 3. Emma Hunt USA Gold nr 2 for Poland in Paris! Ola Mirosław beats WR in semis and then goes on to win gold but with a small error in the final, after a very hard battle. Natalia Kałucka loses in QF against Emma Hunt but both have a great performance there, only 0,02 sec diffference. 210. TAEKWONDO - M 58kg 1. Vito Dell'Aquila ITA 2. Jun Jang KOR 3. Adrian Vicente ESP 3. Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi TUN 211. TAEKWONDO - W 49kg 1. Panipak Wongpattanakit THA 2. Merve Dincel TUR 3. Adriana Cerezo ESP 3. Ju Zuo CHN 212. TRACK CYCLING - M Team Pursuit 1. Denmark 2. Italy 3. New Zealand First gold for Denmark in Paris. I probably have to update my dressage predictions though... 213. TRACK CYCLING - W Team Pursuit 1. Great Britain 2. New Zealand 3. France Australia 4th. 214. WEIGHTLIFTING - M 61kg 1. Li Fabin CHN 2. Eko Yuli Irawan INA 3. Theerapong Silachai THA 215. WEIGHTLIFTING - W 49kg 1. Jiang Huihua CHN 2. Jourdan Delacruz USA 3. Mihaela-Valentina Cambei ROU 216. WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN - M 77kg 1. Akzhol Makhmudov KGZ 2. Sanan Suleymanov AZE 3. Malkhas Amoyan ARM 3. Alexandrin Gutu MDA 217. WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN - M 97kg 1. Mohammad Hadi Saravi IRI 2. Artur Aleksanyan ARM 3. Artur Omarov CZE 3. Gabriel Rosillo CUB 218. WRESTLING FREESTYLE - W 50kg 1. Yui Susaki JPN 2. Feng Ziqi CHN 3. Sarah Hildebrandt USA 3. Dolgorjavyn Otgomjargal MGL

I forgot to mention F1 in MEX and Barca-Real

Have you ever been in Tanzania ?

We don’t believe you here

Or No. No Zanzi. Rather China in Cape Town

And what about Chins in Tanzania? Zanzibar ?

And what about China in Sri Lanka?

Good point. I wonder if China will be smart enough here.

Ok but what about ???

Maybe a prediction contest, multi-sport, one or two Paris quali events a week???

If you use LiveTennis app, they have Road To Paris Live now there as well

I wonder how Spurs will play this season. Our Sochan is there as well

What are you watching next week? Rugby WC, Alpine in Soelden, NBA, PanAm swimming and athletics , what i forgot?