hckošice 13,217 Posted September 5, 2021 #281 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Already liking this ceremony more than the Olympics closing one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fly_like_a_don 925 Posted September 5, 2021 #284 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Tokyo 2020 will be missed thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,047 Posted September 5, 2021 #285 Share Posted September 5, 2021 at the 2020 Paralympics 72 medals (tied Rio 2016) 7th place (tied London 2012) 22 golds (best ever, previously was London 2012 with 21) at the 2020 Olympics 21 medals (best ever, previously was Rio 2016 with 19) 12th place (best ever, previously was Rio 2016 in 13th) 7 golds (tied Rio 2016) So Brazil tied or surpassed every best performance ever, so I'm happy with Tokyo 2020 hoversaBR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,047 Posted September 5, 2021 #286 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Final Medal Table Spoiler Comparing with 2016 (only nations in the top 30 in either edition), the NPCs which improved their performance in the rankings: 2016 2020 +/- NPC 64 11 +53 74 22 +52 48 10 +38 47 18 +29 41 19 +22 43 24 +19 29 20 +9 33 30 +3 7 5 +2 15 13 +2 4 3 +1 8 7 +1 NPCs which ranked the same as in 2016: 2016 2020 +/- NPC 1 1 - 2 2 - 9 9 - 16 16 - NPCs which ranked lower than in 2016: 2016 2020 +/- NPC 25 26 -1 12 14 -2 23 25 -2 27 29 -2 3 6 -3 5 8 -3 11 15 -4 28 31 -4 6 12 -6 25 31 -6 10 17 -7 21 28 -7 13 21 -8 19 27 -8 14 23 -9 22 34 -12 17 33 -16 18 35 -17 20 41 -21 24 51 -27 30 64 -34 Of course being higher or lower in the rankings don't always translate as a better or worse performance. Rankings can be deceiving, as Azerbaijan places 10th with only 19 medals (14 of those being gold) and France is only 14th with 54 medals (I'm sure they'll do fantastic in Paris). Compared to Rio, 8 NPCs continued in the top 10, with and out and and in. is the first host nation since in 2004 to not place in the top 10, but huge improvement compared to 2016 (no gold medals vs 13 golds now). and improved a lot, and even though they won less medals than in 2016 (18 vs 16 now), the great number of golds have placed in the top 20 for the first time since the 80s. Biggest disappointment should be with their worst ranking ever (aside from their first participation where they didn't win any medals). Tokyo definitely wasn't good for them as they also had their worst ranking at the Olympics since the 70s. De_Gambassi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted September 5, 2021 #287 Share Posted September 5, 2021 7 medals is a pretty good number for us, but zero golds is a disappointing outcome. I think we had a couple of World Champions before COVID, so I would assume our athletes suffered more than some of the others. Historic medal in taekwondo. First one outside of athletics, swimming and table tennis. One very good result in paratriathlon as well (5th). #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted September 5, 2021 Author #288 Share Posted September 5, 2021 What a fantastic edition of the Paralympic Games! It’s sad to see Tokyo 2020 come to close because I have throughly enjoyed both the Olympic and Paralympic Games this year. Unfortunately, I had to miss most of the second week of the Paralympics due to the start of a new semester at my university. I’ll definitely go back and watch what I missed at some point. Now, it’s time to reflect on this summer’s sporting action and prepare for what will hopefully be an equally great season of winter sports. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted September 5, 2021 #289 Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, vinipereira said: Of course being higher or lower in the rankings don't always translate as a better or worse performance. Rankings can be deceiving, Yes, definitely France achieved almost twice more medals than in Rio (54* vs 28) with a couple of extra golds on top of that. Best tally since 2004, first time since 1984 we gain more medals that the last Paralympic games. So yeah, whatever the rankings says *55 ultimately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted September 5, 2021 #290 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Although GB won fewer medals than 2016 they did set a new record for breadth with the medals spread across 18 of the 22 Paralympic sports. No country had previously exceeded 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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