2021 Tokyo Olympics, Let the Games Begin

[Gil Dobie]

Former Bison, Payton Otterdahl on the right.

Wait...we swept one of the throws?

2 out of 3, Otterdahl placed 10th, USA was 1 & 2.

[dbackjon]

When I first saw the ROC - I thought of Taiwan as well.


Russian Olympic CHEATERS

When I see Taiwan, I think of Bill Fette

ZING!

[Gil Dobie]

Italy's Massimo Stano won the Olympic men's 20km race walk on Thursday, pulling ahead of the pack in the final stages to claim his country's third gold medal in the event.

[Gil Dobie]

Winner in the Pole Vault

[Ivytalk]

Good guys/womyn 94
Godless Chinese 75
Cheating Russkies 62

[Ibanez]

Italy's Massimo Stano won the Olympic men's 20km race walk on Thursday, pulling ahead of the pack in the final stages to claim his country's third gold medal in the event.

Anyone can walk 20k. The 50k was the, and i'll quote the commentators, " the most exciting action we've seen in a long time."

Nearly 4 hours, at a avg pace of 7:42 mi/minute of speed walking, yellow cards, red cards, cramps, Poles and Germans jockeying for position. Will he or won't he - the Canadian Crusader sashaying his way up the leaderboard to get the bronze. The race for Silver and Bronze was a nail biter for sure between Germany and Canada. 12 DNF, 2 men disqualified! FROM WALKING! The 46 year old Portuguese walker who is, "the greatest walking athlete of all time," finishing in a demoralizing 5th place finish. The Ecuadorian who finished nearly an hour after later. The Japanese man who nearly quit with about 5k to go...but threw his hat down and fought his way back from nearly P20 to finish in 6th - we haven't seen that much steadfast determination to win since the Pacific Campaign in 1945.

The Men's 50km Race Walk was nonstop excitement, drama, suspense and enjoyment from start to finish.

[Ivytalk]

Italy's Massimo Stano won the Olympic men's 20km race walk on Thursday, pulling ahead of the pack in the final stages to claim his country's third gold medal in the event.

Anyone can walk 20k. The 50k was the, and i'll quote the commentators, " the most exciting action we've seen in a long time."

Nearly 4 hours, at a avg pace of 7:42 mi/minute of speed walking, yellow cards, red cards, cramps, Poles and Germans jockeying for position. Will he or won't he - the Canadian Crusader sashaying his way up the leaderboard to get the bronze. The race for Silver and Bronze was a nail biter for sure between Germany and Canada. 12 DNF, 2 men disqualified! FROM WALKING! The 46 year old Portuguese walker who is, "the greatest walking athlete of all time," finishing in a demoralizing 5th place finish. The Ecuadorian who finished nearly an hour after later. The Japanese man who nearly quit with about 5k to go...but threw his hat down and fought his way back from nearly P20 to finish in 6th - we haven't seen that much steadfast determination to win since the Pacific Campaign in 1945.

The Men's 50km Race Walk was nonstop excitement, drama, suspense and enjoyment from start to finish.

Don’t have the attention span for this. Give me track and field (sprints/hurdles) or the shorter swimming events for cardiac stimulus.

[Ibanez]

Anyone can walk 20k. The 50k was the, and i'll quote the commentators, " the most exciting action we've seen in a long time."

Nearly 4 hours, at a avg pace of 7:42 mi/minute of speed walking, yellow cards, red cards, cramps, Poles and Germans jockeying for position. Will he or won't he - the Canadian Crusader sashaying his way up the leaderboard to get the bronze. The race for Silver and Bronze was a nail biter for sure between Germany and Canada. 12 DNF, 2 men disqualified! FROM WALKING! The 46 year old Portuguese walker who is, "the greatest walking athlete of all time," finishing in a demoralizing 5th place finish. The Ecuadorian who finished nearly an hour after later. The Japanese man who nearly quit with about 5k to go...but threw his hat down and fought his way back from nearly P20 to finish in 6th - we haven't seen that much steadfast determination to win since the Pacific Campaign in 1945.

The Men's 50km Race Walk was nonstop excitement, drama, suspense and enjoyment from start to finish.

Don’t have the attention span for this. Give me track and field (sprints/hurdles) or the shorter swimming events for cardiac stimulus.

I turned it on at first to laugh at it...then somehow got sucked into it.

[UNI88]

Don’t have the attention span for this. Give me track and field (sprints/hurdles) or the shorter swimming events for cardiac stimulus.

I turned it on at first to laugh at it...then somehow got sucked into it.

How could you have nearly 4 hours of "nonstop excitement, drama, suspense and enjoyment"?

[Ibanez]

I turned it on at first to laugh at it...then somehow got sucked into it.

How could you have nearly 4 hours of "nonstop excitement, drama, suspense and enjoyment"?

By watching grown men, with their hips swaying side to side, speed walk while the commentators make everything more dramatic than it really is.

[SuperHornet]

American Katie Nageotte, a former NCAA D-II national champion, overcame a tight quad that almost caused her to no-height to stave off a furious assault from Soviet pole vaulter Anzhelika Sidorova and British vaulter Holly Bradshaw to win the Tokyo Gold with a jump of 16'1". Sidorova won silver, and Bradshaw claimed bronze.

Nageotte is the third American to win gold in this event, following Jenn Suhr at London in 2012, and Auburn, CA's own Stacy Dragila, who won the inaugural gold at Sidney in 2000. (Semi-interesting OT history trivia: the pit on which Dragila won the 2000 US Championship while preparing for Sidney found new life on the runway at Don Womble Track and Field at Lodi Union High School West Campus [my alma mater and where I still coach pole vault) until the track was resurfaced with a new all-weather surface to replace our dirt track).]

Congratulations, Katie!

[UNI88]

Gable Steveson scores two 2 point takedowns in the final 10 seconds to come back from down 8-5 to win 9-8.

[dbackjon]

Gable Steveson scores two 2 point takedowns in the final 10 seconds to come back from down 8-5 to win 9-8.

That was an amazing move at the end

[SuperHornet]

That sounds like what happened with David Taylor, the US dude who pulled a takedown on legendary Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani in the last 15 seconds with a torn singlet to go ahead 4-3 in the 190 lb weight class. Apparently, Taylor has a history of this sort of thing, to the point of being nicknamed the "Magic Man."

[Ibanez]

Gable Steveson scores two 2 point takedowns in the final 10 seconds to come back from down 8-5 to win 9-8.

I must be on the wrong channel….


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[dbackjon]

Gable Steveson scores two 2 point takedowns in the final 10 seconds to come back from down 8-5 to win 9-8.

I must be on the wrong channel….


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Suuuuuurrrrrreeeee

[Ivytalk]

USA 108
Mao’s Clones 87
Stalin’s Eunuchs 69

[dbackjon]

Remaining medals involving China or US

All times listed Arizona Time:

Men's Marathon - 3 PM US's Galen Rupp is a medal contender
Women's Basketball - 7:30 PM - US is undefeated and in the Gold Medal Game
Men's Lightweight Boxing - 10:15 PM - US's Keyshawn Davis is in the Gold Medal Bout
Men's Super Heavyweight Boxing - 11:15 PM - US's Richard Torrez, Jr is in the Gold Medal Bout
Women's Middleweight Boxing - 10:45 PM - China's Qian Li is in the Gold Medal Bout
Women's Omnium Cycling Race - all day - each country with one cyclist
Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics - Team - 7:00 PM - China made the finals
Women's Volleyball - 9:30 PM - US is in finals vs the undefeated Brazil team

[AshevilleApp]

So which is more important to you, total medals or gold medals?

[dbackjon]

So which is more important to you, total medals or gold medals?

Both!

Probably Gold

[AshevilleApp]

So which is more important to you, total medals or gold medals?

Both!

Probably Gold

Same boat. I'll claim victory for the US with total medals, but want the gold total count as well.

[CAA Flagship]

[AshevilleApp]

[Ivytalk]

Both!

Probably Gold

Same boat. I'll claim victory for the US with total medals, but want the gold total count as well.

We know that if we curb-stomp the Chinese in total medals but lose the golds by a few, Xi ChunKing will crow about the latter and ignore the former.

[dbackjon]

No Marathon medal for either country