heywoodu 13,504 Posted July 31, 2021 #561 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said: Jacoby’s goggles popped off, and that basically cost the any chance at a medal. I personally think going with Jacoby in the Breast and Dressel in the Free was the correct choice. I don't think Jacoby's goggles issue cost her team a chance at a medal, that's highly wishful thinking They were more than one and a half second behind the medals and she posted a time which was just excellent, there was no way she would have been able to go a second faster otherwise (let alone 1,63 seconds), no way at all. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajiv 25 Posted July 31, 2021 #562 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: I dare say no country has a stronger medal table obsession than a country where the biggest media actually changes the way the table is presented (not the usual and official gold first, then silver, then bronze, but total medals first) just to make them look like they're in 1st place when they're actually not. Well I'd say you are wrong USA has always done a lot better on Gold medals measures than Total medals measures . Go and check out historic medal tables Usually about 40% of their medals are gold ( China is similar ) If you are suggesting that USA only uses the Total medals measure when that measure favours them then you are also wrong in that . They have always used that system I'm second guessing here but I think USA prefers Total medals as it may ( and probably does ) measure better the overall strength of sport in a country ( eg 6 medals but none gold indicates a country is better at sport than a country with one sole gold medal ) ( Canada does the same but ,heh, Canada always follows Big Brother ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted July 31, 2021 #563 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Men's 100m ButterflyFinal Results Caeleb DRESSEL 49.45 WR Kristof MILAK 49.68 ER Noe PONTI 50.74 Final Results Here Semifinals Results Here Heats Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted July 31, 2021 #564 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Women's 200m BackstrokeFinal Results Kaylee McKEOWN 2:04.68 Kylie MASSE 2:05.42 Emily SEEBOHM 2:06.17 Final Results Here Semifinals Results Here Heats Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted July 31, 2021 #565 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Women's 800m FreestyleFinal Results Katie LEDECKY 8:12.57 Ariarne TITMUS 8:13.83 OC Simona QUADARELLA 8:18.35 Final Results Here Heats Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted July 31, 2021 #566 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Mixed 4x100m Medley RelayFinal Results Great Britain Kathleen Dawson Adam Peaty James Guy Anna Hopkin 3:37.58 WR China Xu Jiayu Yan Zibei Zhang Yufei Yang Junxuan 3:38.86 Australia Kaylee McKeown Izaac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Emma McKeon 3:38.95 Final Results Here Heats Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangehair43 169 Posted July 31, 2021 #567 Share Posted July 31, 2021 4 hours ago, orangeman said: Kind of weird that Rio was a surprise performance by Canada's swim team while this time we expected medals and they could end up with less, or at best the same. But really it was mostly Oleksiak in 2016 while this time it's more spread out. Just wish the mens side would develop more. Canada is the opposite of GB. GB’s men are noticeably better than the women while Canada is the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangehair43 169 Posted July 31, 2021 #568 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 hours ago, rajiv said: I'd say that countries who are excessively obsessed about the medal table like GB and China have long given this event a huge deal of thought and planning whereas I bet USA and Australia probably first really focused on this event yesterday But if this event stays I'm sure it will be different next time Yes I know all teams have an eye on the medal table but I'd say some more than others . Both USA and Australia don't really do all sports and all events whereas others like China and GB are always looking for low hanging fruit where money could mean medals Not sure I agree about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted August 1, 2021 #569 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Time to open the last finals session with the double lottery If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted August 1, 2021 #570 Share Posted August 1, 2021 1. Proud 2. Andrew 3. Fratus Spoiler If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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