Makedonas 1,557 Posted June 19, 2021 #21 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Men's water polo would be nice. We've qualified for 11 consecutive Olympics and still never won a medal. Best was 4th place in 2004. We were 6th in Rio. I think it would be a bit surprising if we won a medal this year which would make it fun. Also we got two World Championships bronze medals (2005 and 2015) so it's a bit disappointing that we haven't been able to be successful like that in the Olympics. Stefanos Tsitsipas/Maria Sakkari. Any medal in tennis from either (or both) would be really cool. Byron Kokkalanis (sailing). He was 6th in London and 5th in Rio. I really want him to win a medal and he's 35 yo so this is probably his last chance, especially since we have good young sailors in the same event that might surpass him even if he sticks around another three years. I really hope Tokyo 2020 can be his Gianniotis Rio 2016 moment. Paraskevi Papachristou (triple jump) and Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (pole vault). Both are mothers which is a nice story. Both also won a lot of World/European Championships medals but never Olympics and both are in their 30s now. Papachristou I think will have one more chance in Paris but I don't think Kyriakopoulou will still be around. I really like both of them too. For example I like them more than Stefanidi (nothing personal against her, I just prefer these two). Also I feel Papachristou was unfairly treated when they kicked her out of London 2012, so this would be the biggest revenge to her haters if she wins a medal here. Any of our three boats in rowing. One of my favourite sports and all of our rowers here are very young (the oldest is 24) and we have a lot of problems in rowing. I think a youngster winning an Olympic medal would really help the situation and maybe attract some more sponsors. Of course any medal would be fun but these are probably the ones I want to see the most. I only included people/teams that have some chances to win. For example I'd love for us to win a medal in a track event, but that's obviously not going to happen so I didn't include it. I also excluded others who already won medals (Stefanidi, Petrounias, Korakaki, Tsoulfa, Mantis, Kagialis) and some which are more expected (Tentoglou). I'd also like to say men's basketball but I'll wait to see if they even qualify first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,362 Posted June 20, 2021 Author #22 Share Posted June 20, 2021 15 hours ago, rafalgorka said: I think the biggest fun for me would be a medal in individual running event in athletics. Last time we had it was 1980 :-( I don't think it is very realistic though but maybe M 1500m ... Maybe this thing suddenly became more realistic today than it was yesterday with today's huge performance by Patryk Dobek in M 800m. ? Would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 714 Posted June 20, 2021 #23 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I want to add Sweden in men’s handball. Gold there and I will be super happy. But will it happen? No, I think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCB 422 Posted June 20, 2021 #24 Share Posted June 20, 2021 The most fun for me would be a gold medal in track cycling men's sprint (realistic), a medal for Sharon van Rouwendaal (open water swimming, sort of realistic) or a medal in women's handball (not realistic though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted June 20, 2021 #25 Share Posted June 20, 2021 19 hours ago, Crolympic said: Tin Srbic in gymnastics or some unexpected medal Agreed, plus I would add men's doubles in tennis. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinmoy 3 Posted June 20, 2021 #26 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Men Hockey Gold for INDIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzha 513 Posted June 20, 2021 #27 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I'd love to see our women's football team win! I would also love it if one of my two favorite Dutch Olympians manages to take a medal: Epke Zonderland or Ranomi Kromowidjojo. Neither of these is very likely to happen, but a man can hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolby 712 Posted June 20, 2021 #28 Share Posted June 20, 2021 39 minutes ago, chinmoy said: Men Hockey Gold for INDIA My wish list: 1) Hockey Men's medal 2) Mirabai somehow winning Gold 3) Elavenil winning medal (She is a fellow Amdavadi ) 4) Neeraj getting our first ever Athletics medal. 5) Sindhu becoming our most decorated Olympian (except Hockey) 6) Vinesh Phogat getting a Olympic medal for the phenomenal Phogat family 7) Overall getting 2 Golds and 10 medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,558 Posted June 20, 2021 #29 Share Posted June 20, 2021 My gold medal wish list top5: 1. Women's Volleyball 2. Gymnastics Men's team 3. Swimming Women's 100m/200m fly-Zhang Yufei 4. Athletics Women's Shot Put-Gong Lijiao 5. Rowing M2X-Zhang Liang & Liu Zhiyu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ros 77 Posted June 20, 2021 #30 Share Posted June 20, 2021 So, our dreams are connected whit rhythmic gymnastic and women's group event fore sure. NearPup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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