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Axelsen on another level, did not drop a single set the whole tournament.

I wonder why Australia pulled out.

Grande and Hamedi in karate perhaps. Also Yavi with an outside shot.

Sure, you have to nail your tricks anyhow. I suppose it's also a competitive opportunity to become one with the park so there's that.

When I saw the score for her first run I thought that was it and it looked like she thought so as well. Interesting finals but the seeding run yesterday was kinda pointless if it was just for the starting order.

After Day 9 Rio: 161/306 events, 67 NOCs with medals After Day 9 Tokyo: 179/339 events, 76 NOCs with medals Already six nations with 10 or more gold medals. In Rio, only three after nine days. Today has been huge for Australia. All four medals shining golden. A better finish than in Rio (8-11-10 in total) is already in the bag. Should their remaining gold medal hopes deliver, there might even be 5th place total in it. That also depends on how the British handle the second week. Last time, the ninth day was their "Super Sunday" with 5 golds (and 15-16-7 until that point) and they clung to second place in the table ever since. Track cycling will be important, which by the time in Rio was long underway. Also a great day for the US (26-21-22 in Rio) thanks to a strong final day in the pool. China (15-13-17 in Rio) is hanging on well with another 3 golds won today. The Dutch with a similar performance compared to Rio at that stage (4-2-3 in Rio). Another team hoping for a good medal haul in the velodrome, which is going to be key in hopes of a Top 10 placement at the end of the games. Italy are bouncing back a little from recent disappointment in other sports but in total medals, they are set on exceeding the Rio mark (7-8-6 in Rio). These are Qatar's most successful games with their first two gold medals won. Same can be said about Israel (1-0-1 2004 in Athens). Moreover, exceptional games for Venezuela, never had 4 medals before. Meanwhile, it doesn't look like Colombia can match their previous performance (2-2-1 in Rio after Day 9). 4th place counter* (21) (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

Too bad they didn't ask if they can share 7 bronze medals.

Kinda felt like the jury bullied the Korean a bit though. Sometimes athletes get white lights for those lifts.

And Rojas has her WR, perfect build up in the last round.

Barshim looking good so far.

Su and Jacobs.

Yeah, I wonder where Malawi could win something.

I wanted those three to make the podium in any order but unfortunately, Rhys messed up.

That'll be a tough score to beat.

The best Olympics continue for @thiago_simoes.

The first half of the games are over already. Time for a little résumé in between. After Day 2: 5,03 After Day 4: 5,63 After Day 6: 6,40 The mood has been improving gradually over time. The last poll didn't have as many votes though.

I don't think we need something like that as Zodo has a similar simulation going:

After Day 8 Rio: 139/306 events, 64 NOCs with medals After Day 8 Tokyo: 154/339 events, 76 NOCs with medals Only 10 more countries left until the Rio number of 86 NOCs winning medals is equalled. It's looking very good seeing as for example Armenia or Kenya are still to join. Speaking of distribution, the US had twice as many golds in Rio (24-18-19) than the second-placed Chinese team (12-11-17). The current Top 3 are finding themselves much closer together than five years ago ( with 10-13-7 in Rio). We might see Japan slowing down a bit with judo finished, although women's wrestling is next. The Taiwanese badminton gold already guarantees them their best performance ever (2-2-1 in Athens 2004). 4th place counter* (18) (13) (12) (10) (9) (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

I was sure Gazoz would win something big sooner or later but I didn't think he'd do it here. Nice. Not Korea's best performance but still very successful. Building a replica of the Olympic range for practice paid off.

Great fight by the Malaysian pair Chia/Soh grabbing the bronze, defeating Ahsan/Setiawan. Meanwhile Lee/Wang dominated the Chinese Li/Liu in the final. wow

Followed up by a dumb defensive action.

Israel defeats Russia for bronze.

Weightlifting never disappoints in terms of excitement. Also first medal for at these games.

As a layman I don't understand all the resentment trampolining gets. I found the final to be quite exciting but maybe tumbling would be more spectacular?

I was asking that myself earlier and I probably should since these are all placements one shy of a medal. The next update will include them.