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That's it, Japan wins it 2-0. Baseball matches are long, especially at the Olympics, but it's definitely a team sport I hope to return for LA 2028.

Yui Susaki making it look easy, no chance for Sun at all.

Brazil missing a penalty but scoring 1-0 just before half-time.

Well then, final underway.

This is one of the sports where I don't get how the US dominates the women's field but not the men's. Probably women's water polo is still too unpopular?

Satish and Pooja Rani. I added QF losers in boxing here too because it's essentially 5th place in a combat sport one shy from a medal.

After Day 14 Rio: 264/306 events, 83 NOCs with medals After Day 14 Tokyo: 292/339 events, 89 NOCs with medals Finally, Lithuania is on board as well. Let's make it a round number and find one more nation for the most diverse medal table in the history of the Olympics! China are going into the busiest day tomorrow with a 5 gold lead over the US. The Americans have a lot of changes left catching the Chinese. Japan with a solid third place. Russia with many solid chances left finishing 4th, with GB possibly making it interesting until the end. 7th to 15th place in the final ranking is very busy too with chances for all of them on gaining or losing places. Italy, despite a bumpy start, have no won more medals than on their home games in 1960 (36 total in Rome). Canada tying Atlanta and Rio with chances left to win the most medals at a summer games (excluding the boycotted 1984 games in Los Angeles). Poland improving on recent games too with most medals since 2000 (14 total in Sydney). If the Ukraine can't find another Olympic champion the next two days, they have been on a gradual decline in golds ever since 2004 in Athens. 4th place counter* (30) (18) (16) (15) (14) (13) (12) (11) (10) (9) (8) (7) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) and the Refugee Olympic Team (1) *5th places in events that award two bronze medals; also includes QF losers in boxing and athletes in karate kumite one shy from the SF after the pool stage

Penultimate happiness meter poll: After Day 2: 5,03 After Day 4: 5,63 After Day 6: 6,40 After Day 8: 6,71 After Day 10: 5,91 After Day 12: 6,87

Just goes to show that everyone should wait until it's over. I know I said GB might be down to 35 medals this time but I was also wrong. The Summer Olympics offer tons of possible outcomes.

Great recovery from the Chinese team overall after they lost the first gold to Japan. In the end, the Japanese couldn't challenge them more. Especially on the women's side they remain untouchable. Very enjoyable matches from the Chinese but table tennis is my favourite sport after all.

Unless Yépez/Namuuntsetseg can do something about it. This is probably her last Olympics, right?

At least the final in Women's Beach Volleyball tomorrow. Anything else would come as a surprise.

After Day 13 Rio: 242/306 events, 81 NOCs with medals After Day 13 Tokyo: 269/339 events, 88 NOCs with medals 88 NOCs have won medals which is not only more in than 2016 in Rio but also a new record that was previously achieved at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Additionally, there have been 63 different NOCs with at least one gold medal. Burkina Faso won their first Olympic medal thanks to triple jumper Hugues Fabrice Zango. The battle between the US and China for most golds is still on and will likely go full distance. The Americans are catching up with twice as many golds won than the Chinese today. Both will have their chances left for the upcoming days. Australia has had another fabulous days with 2 more golds and a silver. If things go well, they might finish ahead of the Britons at the end of the games. Meanwhile, the Russians are likely to finish 4th with their chances left in rhythmic gymnastics, artistic swimming, boxing and wrestling. Canada (4-3-11 in Rio) are set on improving on their ranking in the medal table. They could finish Top 15, which was last achieved 1992 in Barcelona (7-4-7; 11th postion overall back then). Argentina not as successful as five years ago (3-1-0 in Rio), the Kazakh team (3-5-7 in Rio) dropping hard and also the Kenyans (4-4-0 in Rio) can't be satisfied. 4th place counter* (29) (17) (16) (14) (13) (12) (11) (10) (8) (7) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) and the Refugee Olympic Team (1) *5th places in events that award two bronze medals; also includes QF losers in boxing and athletes in karate kumite one shy from the SF after the pool stage

Wow, I wasn't aware of that.

I can totally see wushu getting into the programme one day. I'd like to watch that too.

In the end, the could have just used the round robin format like in softball. Expectedly, vs. in the final.

San Marino now your adopted country as Ecuador is for @hckošice?

Awesome. With that we have more NOCs with a medal than in Rio.

Surprising to see Akgül not going for gold here. Had no idea Steveson was that good.

Then it's.. Europe 139-155-165 [459] Americas 76-60-74 [210] Asia 69-54-88 [211] Aus. + Oceania 13-20-15 [48] Africa 10-18-18 [45] Either way, Europe will always come out on top. Many big and mid-big medalling countries and lots of European-heavy sports while Asia has and then a huge gap and it's mostly just about the US for the Americas. Other need to step up a bit although the overall quality in Europe is quite high.

Prepared this for Rio real quick: Europe 135-144-151 [430] Americas 76-60-74 [210] Asia 73-65-102 [240] Aus. + Oceania 13-20-15 [48] Africa 10-18-18 [45] Placed and into Europe; and into Asia. Let me know if you object. Probably have to put Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan to Europe for various championships.

Only 4 days left... After Day 2: 5,03 After Day 4: 5,63 After Day 6: 6,40 After Day 8: 6,71 After Day 10: 5,91 Ratings dropped a bit but the overall spread has been more positive lately. We're also missing the 10 from Brazil there.

Man Asaad in Men's Weightlifting +109kg.

I think South Korea are out of the race. I kinda expected this as they only had archery and men's sabre as strong contenders. Shin Jea-hwan was their surprise in men's vault.

After Day 12 Rio: 217/306 events, 79 NOCs with medals After Day 12 Tokyo: 242/339 events, 85 NOCs with medals Not too much movement today but with Italy's gold medal we have the same 10 NOCs (just as ) in the Top 10 as the previous time. Also, with Syria's medal today we're just one more country away from equalling Rio. Which should happen in the next day(s). As expected beforehand, Norway bouncing back from Rio (0-0-3 in Rio) and as mentioned above, Kyrgyzstan with their best performance yet. 4th place counter* (24) (16) (14) (12) (11) (10) (8) (7) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) and the Refugee Olympic Team *5th places in events that award two bronze medals; also includes QF losers in boxing