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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.

After Day 7 Rio: 118/306 events, 62 NOCs with medals After Day 7 Tokyo: 133/339 events, 70 NOCs with medals On the seventh day in Rio, the US team ran away from the rest (20-13-17 in Rio). Now they chase China (13-10-14 in Rio) which had their best day yet. Japan (7-3-14 in Rio) continues to bring joy to their fans. With more to come, they have already surpassed the 1964 Olympics in terms of gold medals won (16). With Russians also keeping the pace (5-9-8 in Rio), we should continue to see an exciting battle for the first four places until the end. Success also for the Australians (5-6-7 in Rio), already more Olympic victories than in Rio. Big improvements so far by the Czechs (1-0-1 in Rio). Absolutely on their way making it the most successful summer games in history. Uganda back after not medalling last time and also tying 1968 and 1972 for most medals one in one summer games. It's not looking good yet for the Spaniards (3-0-2 in Rio). Some of their stronger events are yet to come but after a good performance at the recent judo world championships had them dreaming of converting that into medals. They leave judo in Tokyo without. The highest-placing team at that point still without medal here (aside from the absent North Koreans) is Sweden (1-2-1 in Rio). 4th place counter* (14) (12) (9) (7) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) and the Refugee Olympic Team *5th places in events that award two bronze medals

Awesome! Ma Long becomes the first player to win the Men's Singles twice. Fan Zhendong will have to wait until Paris (if he gets selected by then). Beautiful kits by the way, but no red shirt this time. The Dragon in black with purple dragon today while Fan with a yellow dragon on blue.

Not too surprising Riner couldn't fight for gold but at least he finishes with a medal. Took Azerbaijan a while to get their first medal at these games.

After Day 6 Rio: 94/306 events, 55 NOCs with medals After Day 6 Tokyo: 112/339 events, 66 NOCs with medals Consistent medalling by the top guns once again. with an improvement (11-8-11 in Rio) until this point while the Americans have gone down slightly (16-12-10 in Rio) due to dominating less in the pool this time. Almost the same nations in the Top 10 now as five years ago. Only Hungary (5-1-1 in Rio) not finding themselves in that list right now. Instead we have the French in 8th (11th in Rio with 2-4-5 in medals). Croatia now one bronze better (2-0-0 in Rio) and there's a guaranteed gold and silver coming their way tomorrow. Alessandra Perilli wins San Marino's first ever medal! 4th place counter* (11) (8) (7) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) and the Refugee Olympic Team *5th places in events that award two bronze medals

How does it look for you now after six days have passed? The trend looks more a bit more positive but feelings have remained mixed after the first four days. After Day 2: 5,03 After Day 4: 5,63

Chen really wanted this and she got it. Good match.

Good tournament for Yu Mengyu but Mima-chan wins the bronze.

Yes, that should take off the pressure from the Chinese men. Fan Zhendong looked nervous as heck. @thepharoah What did Omar Assar encourage himself with yesterday? I understood "yallah" which I know but what were the other two? Something like "Hikmet" which is a name and something with "om"?

The winning team will be the first to have more than one gold after 9 events.

Happy for Rehak and Slovakia as well.

France

After Day 5 Rio: 73/306 events, 50 NOCs with medals After Day 5 Tokyo: 95/339 events, 62 NOCs with medals The top three continuing to collect multiple gold medals, now running away from the Russians and Australia now comparable to Rio (5-2-5) thanks to Ariarne Titmus and a strong rowing performance. The games have now started for the Netherlands as well with medal haul of eight today. We're also seeing a renaissance of Austrian sports given the disappointments in previous summer games (0-0-0 in London; 0-0-1 in Rio). Historical day for the Fiji national rugby 7s team as they repeated the success from the Rio games, while Hong Kong will end the games with most medals won at a single Olympics, no matter what. The Tokyo Olympics are slowly shaping up to be a disappointment for the Italians. Certainly not in total medals (3-6-2 in Rio) but still only Dell'Aquila their lone Olympic champion so far. One also notes the high number of 4th* place finishes. Kazakhstan way behind their Rio performance thus far (2-2-3 in Rio) and same can be said about Vietnam (1-1-0 in Rio) without Hoàng Xuân Vinh. 4th place counter* (9) (7) (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) and the Refugee Olympic Team *5th places in events that award two bronze medals