Olympics 2020/2021 : Discussion & Predictions

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Quote from: DU18 on August 25, 2021, 07:24:57 AM

[...] I see if there is an afghanistan flag hoisting even though according to some information, afghanistan representatives athletes or team officials cannot attend the event because of the current conflict in their country.

Another sad consequence of the chaos that Afghanistan is suffering.
This is the first time that Afghanistan has not been present at the Paralympics since 2000.

But one of the good news that I read yesterday is that the flag bearer of the last Paralympics (held in Rio de Janeiro) managed to leave the country, which is a relief as she would certainly suffer consequences in the face of the Taliban's oppressive regime for women who somehow try to stand out in society.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on August 24, 2021, 11:10:27 PM

Did anyone watched the opening ceremony of the 2021 Summer Paralympics? I found it very interesting and was mostly performed by handicapped individuals. The theme of the ceremony was "We have wings".

Today there are a total of 24 gold medal events, with 16 in swimming, four in Wheelchair fencing and the rest in Track Cycling. The events will last for 12 days, slightly shorter than the main Olympics.

In my opinion, the choreographer who composed the event was really great and made the Opening ceremony or the Paralympic opening ceremony take place at the Olympic Stadium, it was really very beautiful to watch even though it was only through video, it looks like this year Paralympics will be the same as the previous Olympic where the sporting event was not the audience will be present and interestingly I see if there is an afghanistan flag hoisting even though according to some information, afghanistan representatives athletes or team officials cannot attend the event because of the current conflict in their country.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on August 24, 2021, 11:10:27 PM

Did anyone watched the opening ceremony of the 2021 Summer Paralympics? I found it very interesting and was mostly performed by handicapped individuals. The theme of the ceremony was "We have wings".

I watched the ceremony, it was awesome. I think these people are very valuable and talented

I wish the games would take a little longer to complete, it will be over soon.
I'm watching the goalball games today, it's all very exciting. Germany men's goalball team looks very strong, they were also a bit lucky

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Quote from: Sithara007 on August 24, 2021, 11:10:27 PM

Did anyone watched the opening ceremony of the 2021 Summer Paralympics? I found it very interesting and was mostly performed by handicapped individuals. The theme of the ceremony was "We have wings".

I was a bit surprised when you say that the Paralympics opening ceremony was mostly performed by handicapped individuals. I mean, who else? Cheesy

Anyways just kidding as I don't know if on the past ceremony, it wasn't mostly done by handicapped individuals.

I was able to watch the ceremony because it was spread to my news feed on Facebook and Twitter. The first time I watched the whole opening ceremony of the Paralympics event.

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Did anyone watched the opening ceremony of the 2021 Summer Paralympics? I found it very interesting and was mostly performed by handicapped individuals. The theme of the ceremony was "We have wings".

Today there are a total of 24 gold medal events, with 16 in swimming, four in Wheelchair fencing and the rest in Track Cycling. The events will last for 12 days, slightly shorter than the main Olympics.

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Quote from: alegotardo on August 24, 2021, 02:12:28 PM

Quote from: LTU_btc on August 24, 2021, 11:42:07 AM

There is 24 athletes from my country will participate - more than in 2012 and 2016. And I think we have good chances to take medals in goalball and athletics
But I think every athlete who perform in Paralympics is hero and deserves much respect.

The same happens with my country, and this has been a positive trend for each event... the Paralympics are attracting more and more athletes, which is very good.

One of the sports I always watch and enjoy as much as the "normal" is football. It's amazing to see how players can find and kick a ball into the goal just using their ears.
I'm always impressed when I watch

Wow yes, you are right, I saw how some of the soccer players from Colombia have prepared and it is something exceptional, in fact Colombia is one of my favorite teams, also I saw another athlete who is running for 100m speed and is blind, That seems to me something to admire, I couldn't see the inauguration, but they told me it was phenomenal.

Cycling athletes also attract my attention, some platforms can already enable online betting, it is a great option.

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Quote from: alegotardo on August 24, 2021, 02:12:28 PM

Quote from: LTU_btc on August 24, 2021, 11:42:07 AM

There is 24 athletes from my country will participate - more than in 2012 and 2016. And I think we have good chances to take medals in goalball and athletics
But I think every athlete who perform in Paralympics is hero and deserves much respect.

The same happens with my country, and this has been a positive trend for each event... the Paralympics are attracting more and more athletes, which is very good.

Unfortunately for my country it has been different. Portugal has won fewer medals in the last 3 editions of the Paralympics, compared to other years.

But, we cannot always be winning.

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Quote from: LTU_btc on August 24, 2021, 11:42:07 AM

There is 24 athletes from my country will participate - more than in 2012 and 2016. And I think we have good chances to take medals in goalball and athletics
But I think every athlete who perform in Paralympics is hero and deserves much respect.

The same happens with my country, and this has been a positive trend for each event... the Paralympics are attracting more and more athletes, which is very good.

One of the sports I always watch and enjoy as much as the "normal" is football. It's amazing to see how players can find and kick a ball into the goal just using their ears.
I'm always impressed when I watch

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Quote from: joker_josue on August 24, 2021, 02:59:40 AM

What is your country? Do you usually take a good number of medals home?

Turkey. We won 9 medals in the 2016 Paralympic Games. We had 3 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals. It's not a huge success, but we have very talented athletes in some branches

This year the olympics went well for our country and we came home with one of the highest number of medals we have ever received. I hope we experience something similar in this tournament

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Quote from: zanezane on August 24, 2021, 11:40:19 AM

Now that's preposterous, I mean if you try and compete them equally, I am pretty sure that the athletes that don't have a disability is going to win. That's invalidating the efforts oof the other teams is what you're saying just to say that you support Paralympics.

What I want to say is that there are groups of athletes who go to the Olympic games and despite being able to get better results, they can't.
In turn, athletes from the Paralympics, from the same countries, ended up showing better performance.

I don't say for both of them to compete with each other. What I say is that "normal" athletes should try harder in some cases.

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Quote from: joker_josue on August 23, 2021, 09:20:34 PM

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games starts today.
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/

Do you usually watch?
Are there athletes from your countries participating?
If so, how is their performance usually?

Previously I haven't followed Paralympics very closely, just watched some goalball games and athletics events in Rio 2016. Now for the first time Paralympics will be shown on national TV in my country and I already watched openin ceremony. Though, it won't be easy to watch events because of big time difference from Europe.
There is 24 athletes from my country will participate - more than in 2012 and 2016. And I think we have good chances to take medals in goalball and athletics
But I think every athlete who perform in Paralympics is hero and deserves much respect.

If the Paralympics were aired in my country there is no doubt that I will watch them but as far as I know that has never been the case and I do not think this is going to change soon, now this would be more complicated due to the time differences as I think a great deal of the world had problems watching the Olympic games as most of the action happened at hours in which we could not have access to a TV, and this is probably going to push the viewership down for the Paralympics as well.

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Quote from: joker_josue on August 23, 2021, 09:20:34 PM

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games starts today.
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/

Do you usually watch?
Are there athletes from your countries participating?
If so, how is their performance usually?

Previously I haven't followed Paralympics very closely, just watched some goalball games and athletics events in Rio 2016. Now for the first time Paralympics will be shown on national TV in my country and I already watched openin ceremony. Though, it won't be easy to watch events because of big time difference from Europe.
There is 24 athletes from my country will participate - more than in 2012 and 2016. And I think we have good chances to take medals in goalball and athletics
But I think every athlete who perform in Paralympics is hero and deserves much respect.

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Quote from: joker_josue on August 24, 2021, 11:30:03 AM

And they already embarrass other athletes! In addition to the difficulties that it has to overcome, many paralympic teams perform better than the olympic teams.

Now that's preposterous, I mean if you try and compete them equally, I am pretty sure that the athletes that don't have a disability is going to win. That's invalidating the efforts oof the other teams is what you're saying just to say that you support Paralympics.

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Quote from: TheNineClub on August 24, 2021, 09:43:38 AM

I'd give the Paralympic athletes all the juice they want, wouldn't test shit. They have to endure much more than regular athletes, both physically and mentally, and to think the ''regular'' Olympics is full of doped-up athletes, I'd flat out just give them anything they want and let them put to shame the rest of the ''normal'' athletes.

And they already embarrass other athletes! In addition to the difficulties that it has to overcome, many paralympic teams perform better than the olympic teams.

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Quote from: Obito on August 24, 2021, 06:34:55 AM

Quote from: joker_josue on August 24, 2021, 05:38:31 AM

Quote from: Obito on August 24, 2021, 05:29:48 AM

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It's really amazing the stories we can find about athletes and what they had to overcome to get to the Olympic Games.
This article presents some stories: https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/49647992

And even the attitude of athletes in competitions. Like when in one of the previous Paralympic games, an athlete falls and another athlete comes back to help.

You can see the Paralympic calendar here:
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/paralympic-schedule.htm

Thank you for the article, I will read it after I finish this post. I won't get that far in terms of amazing stories, I would go for our gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz that was being antagonized by every retarded Filipino because she was at that time asking for support and she instead get criticism and has been accused of drug related stuff which was proven to be retarded all along together with the intelligence gathering done and now she is making everyone proud, even the bandwagon retards. Paralympics definitely has much more awe inspiring stories though.

I'd give the Paralympic athletes all the juice they want, wouldn't test shit. They have to endure much more than regular athletes, both physically and mentally, and to think the ''regular'' Olympics is full of doped-up athletes, I'd flat out just give them anything they want and let them put to shame the rest of the ''normal'' athletes.

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Quote from: onecall123 on August 24, 2021, 03:51:37 AM

There is a need for greater appreciation and recognition of Paralympics.

Definitely. It is quite a big thing in my country (UK), but I understand that in certain other countries it is not yet a real mainstream event. The USA probably needs to step up a bit from last time, as you'd expect them to be vying with China for top spot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics_medal_table

TV coverage here will be the biggest ever, which is great news and will lead to more exposure for the athletes, and more people cheering them on.

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Channel 4 will host over 300 hours of round the clock Paralympics coverage from Tokyo, Leeds and London
Ground-breaking commitment that over 70% of Channel 4 presenting team are disabled
More 4 will be dedicated team sports channel
Paralympics Microsite will feature 16 live streams and over 1,000 hours – a first from a UK broadcaster

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-sets-out-its-most-ambitious-ever-paralympic-plans-multi-location-studios-and

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Quote from: joker_josue on August 24, 2021, 05:38:31 AM

Quote from: Obito on August 24, 2021, 05:29:48 AM

~snip

It's really amazing the stories we can find about athletes and what they had to overcome to get to the Olympic Games.
This article presents some stories: https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/49647992

And even the attitude of athletes in competitions. Like when in one of the previous Paralympic games, an athlete falls and another athlete comes back to help.

You can see the Paralympic calendar here:
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/paralympic-schedule.htm

Thank you for the article, I will read it after I finish this post. I won't get that far in terms of amazing stories, I would go for our gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz that was being antagonized by every retarded Filipino because she was at that time asking for support and she instead get criticism and has been accused of drug related stuff which was proven to be retarded all along together with the intelligence gathering done and now she is making everyone proud, even the bandwagon retards. Paralympics definitely has much more awe inspiring stories though.

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Quote from: Obito on August 24, 2021, 05:29:48 AM

Totally agree with this one, inclusion of every person whether they're disable or not is the best thing to do, always remember that's one step towards a better society. Plus, it's much more impressive to see athletes that have some innate difficulties do the sports that they play compared to a normal player.

It's really amazing the stories we can find about athletes and what they had to overcome to get to the Olympic Games.
This article presents some stories: https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/49647992

And even the attitude of athletes in competitions. Like when in one of the previous Paralympic games, an athlete falls and another athlete comes back to help.

You can see the Paralympic calendar here:
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/paralympic-schedule.htm

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Quote from: onecall123 on August 24, 2021, 03:51:37 AM

The sole achievement of the Paralympic Games would be to spread the brotherhood worldwide, and to get inspiration from those most beautiful souls. There is a need for greater appreciation and recognition of Paralympics. Paralympic swimmer Anastasia Tas Pagonis from the USA has become a role model and is ready to showcase her skills in Tokyo 2020! She is truly inspiring and amazing! Would like to hear more mind-blowing Paralympic stories.

Totally agree with this one, inclusion of every person whether they're disable or not is the best thing to do, always remember that's one step towards a better society. Plus, it's much more impressive to see athletes that have some innate difficulties do the sports that they play compared to a normal player.

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The sole achievement of the Paralympic Games would be to spread the brotherhood worldwide, and to get inspiration from those most beautiful souls. There is a need for greater appreciation and recognition of Paralympics. Paralympic swimmer Anastasia Tas Pagonis from the USA has become a role model and is ready to showcase her skills in Tokyo 2020! She is truly inspiring and amazing! Would like to hear more mind-blowing Paralympic stories.

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