https://twitter.com/ben_damon/status/1419879557524381696
One boxer, Morocco’s Youness Baalla tries a Mike Tyson move on New Zealand’s David Nyika and bite his ear. Not sure what Youness is thinking, but I'm sure he is going viral now.
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Anyone following boxing?
https://twitter.com/ben_damon/status/1419879557524381696
One boxer, Morocco’s Youness Baalla tries a Mike Tyson move on New Zealand’s David Nyika and bite his ear. Not sure what Youness is thinking, but I'm sure he is going viral now.
https://twitter.com/ben_damon/status/1419879557524381696
One boxer, Morocco’s Youness Baalla tries a Mike Tyson move on New Zealand’s David Nyika and bite his ear. Not sure what Youness is thinking, but I'm sure he is going viral now.
The Japanese are fortunate to have such a ratio between gold medals and the total number of medals won. In this spreadsheet, Germany's 10th place surprises me, they have few gold medals and few won awards in general. It's too early to talk about the final results, but the intermediate data is very weak, I wonder if Germany can seriously improve its position?
Germany just made it into the top 10 yesterday because of 2 gold medals won, before that we were even much further behind 2 gold medals mean a lot in the lower region of the table. There are only a few sports where Germany is very dominant and a medal, or even a gold medal, is pretty much assured. Off the top of my head, I can only think of dressage, where the team won the gold medal again yesterday and where they are also the favourites for the gold medal in the individual classification today. I think Germany needs to host the Olympics again so that the focus is more on mass sports again and it also gets more support from politics and companies.
Anyone following the men's artistic individual all-around in Artistic gymnastics? 2/6 routines completed till now, and Daiki Hashimoto of Japan is leading with such a huge margin. The Russian athletes have performed poorly, with Nagornyy at the 5th position and Dalaloyan at 11th. Chinese athletes are at second and third position. The Japanese would be overjoyed at a gold here. That would cement their position at the top of the medals table (currently, Japan is having 12 gold, compared to 11 for China and 10 for the United States).
And the reward now is estimated at Php 50 Million + several perks and benefits from other companies including an own condo unit.
As of July 30, her estimated benefits totaled PHP 40.7M in cash, lifetime fuel supply, unlimited free flights, a condo and a house and lot worth PHP 14M each, and any other substantial advantages associated with food and transportation. That's a lot of money, and we all know she deserves it after years of hard work.Moreover, I also find this picture intriguing and at the same time ecstatic.
Just my opinion, Liao Qiuyun of China was put under a lot of pressure by her management team or even the government to rise to the top. Or perhaps she was coerced into lifting a certain weight due to her opponents' underestimation, which caused her to be disappointed. As far as I know, Qiuyun holds the record for lifting 129kg, which is more than Hidilyn's weight of 127kg.
She's not a sore loser, but rather a woman who is concerned about what she might hear from the government.
I'm ecstatic since Philippines and Kazakhstan are getting along so well celebrating their victory.
Ah, she might not feel any serious repercussions from the government, she might just not be endorsed so much or get shunned. Sure, that ain't the most serious thing, but still is unpleasant. That is, unfortunately, the case in regimes such as China, Russia, and so on...
Did anyone else notice the gold medal of the amateur cyclist Kiesenhofer from Austria?
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_DE/status/1419222301950812160?s=20
She seems to have been completely forgotten by the favourites, as we saw when Annemiek van Vleuten crossed the finish line thinking she had won the gold medal, until she was told that she had come second and not first.
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_DE/status/1419222301950812160?s=20
She seems to have been completely forgotten by the favourites, as we saw when Annemiek van Vleuten crossed the finish line thinking she had won the gold medal, until she was told that she had come second and not first.
This lack of knowledge happens, because in the Olympic Games cyclists do not have a radio. And the support cars are from the organization, which do not share information about the odds and times of other players.
So it's normal for her not to know she was in second. It certainly did not appear that a player had left her group and was already going far ahead. Mainly, because it was a very long vulva, almost from the beginning of the race.
Congratulations to the athlete from Austria!
I also think it's good that the technique around the athlete is not as pronounced as in the Tour de France, for example. For me, it is more the athlete himself who is in the foreground and not the training team that gives the instructions when the athlete should accelerate or tactics.
So the athlete who was one minute ahead was simply forgotten and deserved to win with the tactic of trying to ride away at the beginning. The risk was rewarded.
I just came here for another congratulatory post for our first-ever Gold medal
I read a post about her Olympic journey since 2008:
2008 - second to the last
2012 - didn't finish
2016 - Silver
2020 - Gold
I also read she got financial support from a private citizen during her preparation for the competition. Just goes to show how important that is to the athletes and why developed countries usually dominate.
Well done Hidilyn Diaz! Enjoy your PHP30 Million (~$600K) reward.
I read a post about her Olympic journey since 2008:
2008 - second to the last
2012 - didn't finish
2016 - Silver
2020 - Gold
I also read she got financial support from a private citizen during her preparation for the competition. Just goes to show how important that is to the athletes and why developed countries usually dominate.
Well done Hidilyn Diaz! Enjoy your PHP30 Million (~$600K) reward.
Yeah, I still vividly remember watching her in 2012 summer Olympics in a gym that time.
But after that Diaz improved a lot and bring glory to the Philippines. But finally, we have achieved a very special gold that eluded us for 97 years. Every Filipino around the world should be rejoicing about this win as this is very historic day for all of us to finally hearing our national anthem. Very proud to be Filipino right now!!!.
We still have another women, Nesthy Petecio, who upsets top ranked Lin Yu-Ting of Chinese Taipei in the featherweight division. One win away from a potential medal.
Ok so it's good news for the Philippines again, Nesthy Petecio won her match against Yeni Marcela Arias Castaneda of Colombia. Meaning she is going to the next round, the quarterfinals and will assure her of a bronze medal already.
And if by chance she won against Irma Testa of Italy, she will be fighting for the gold medal.
So the Philippines will already have a 2 medal haul in this Olympics, another accomplished for the country. The last time the country won multi medal is 89 years ago.
1 Gold 1 Bronze for the PH, very proud of this "girls".
And the reward now is estimated at Php 50 Million + several perks and benefits from other companies including an own condo unit.
As of July 30, her estimated benefits totaled PHP 40.7M in cash, lifetime fuel supply, unlimited free flights, a condo and a house and lot worth PHP 14M each, and any other substantial advantages associated with food and transportation. That's a lot of money, and we all know she deserves it after years of hard work.Moreover, I also find this picture intriguing and at the same time ecstatic.
Just my opinion, Liao Qiuyun of China was put under a lot of pressure by her management team or even the government to rise to the top. Or perhaps she was coerced into lifting a certain weight due to her opponents' underestimation, which caused her to be disappointed. As far as I know, Qiuyun holds the record for lifting 129kg, which is more than Hidilyn's weight of 127kg.
She's not a sore loser, but rather a woman who is concerned about what she might hear from the government.
China the silver medalist doesn't seem to look happy, she could have won if she increases it and goes to her max. well, I think she becomes also a blessing for the Philippines to finally achieve their first-ever gold medal in the Olympics. Hidilyn was the first to achieve it, but I have a feeling that we will see another gold medal winner soon especially in boxing.
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I'm ecstatic since Philippines and Kazakhstan are getting along so well celebrating their victory.
They seem to have enjoyed their victory..
^^ Every athlete though is put under pressure other entities, either by the government or their coach. She losses but it doesn't mean she is not that good. Maybe its time for the Philippines to get the gold medal and end the drought of 97 years. Diaz says that she will continue with the sports, so we are going to see them more fight it out for who is the best in their division on so many competitions. Maybe in the next 4 years we are going to see them again in the biggest sporting event.
And the reward now is estimated at Php 50 Million + several perks and benefits from other companies including an own condo unit.
As of July 30, her estimated benefits totaled PHP 40.7M in cash, lifetime fuel supply, unlimited free flights, a condo and a house and lot worth PHP 14M each, and any other substantial advantages associated with food and transportation. That's a lot of money, and we all know she deserves it after years of hard work.Moreover, I also find this picture intriguing and at the same time ecstatic.
Just my opinion, Liao Qiuyun of China was put under a lot of pressure by her management team or even the government to rise to the top. Or perhaps she was coerced into lifting a certain weight due to her opponents' underestimation, which caused her to be disappointed. As far as I know, Qiuyun holds the record for lifting 129kg, which is more than Hidilyn's weight of 127kg.
She's not a sore loser, but rather a woman who is concerned about what she might hear from the government.
I'm ecstatic since Philippines and Kazakhstan are getting along so well celebrating their victory.
China at the top position now with 11 golds and 5 silver, followed by Japan at 11 gold and 4 silver. USA at 3rd place and Russia at 4th.
One of the most eagerly awaited match will start in 3 hours from now, in artistic gymnastics (Men's artistic individual all-around). Yesterday, there was a big upset in the women's team event. USA was at -650 and RUssia at +500, and yet Russia managed to win the gold. Those who made a bet in favor of Russia got 5x returns.
However in men's team event, Russia was the favorite with odds of -100 (and they won the gold medal).
For today's match, the favorite is Daiki Hashimoto of Japan with +140, followed by Nikita Nagornyy of Russia at +200.
One of the most eagerly awaited match will start in 3 hours from now, in artistic gymnastics (Men's artistic individual all-around). Yesterday, there was a big upset in the women's team event. USA was at -650 and RUssia at +500, and yet Russia managed to win the gold. Those who made a bet in favor of Russia got 5x returns.
However in men's team event, Russia was the favorite with odds of -100 (and they won the gold medal).
For today's match, the favorite is Daiki Hashimoto of Japan with +140, followed by Nikita Nagornyy of Russia at +200.
Here in India, the sole medal winner (Mirabai Chanu) is being showered with rewards as well. The Manipur state government provided a cheque of ₹10,000,000, while the central government gave ₹20,000,000 (in total, around $400,000). This time the medal winners received better rewards when compared to the previous editions. Back in 2008 and 2012, it was mostly token rewards of around $50,000. Still, the Indian performance is disappointing, given the enormous population of the country (1.4 billion).
Developing countries including my country have always considered investing money to develop sports as a waste, there will be many official who say it is better to use it for the poor.
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The Japanese are fortunate to have such a ratio between gold medals and the total number of medals won. In this spreadsheet, Germany's 10th place surprises me, they have few gold medals and few won awards in general. It's too early to talk about the final results, but the intermediate data is very weak, I wonder if Germany can seriously improve its position?
Germany is also a country that usually performs better in athletics. While we are in other disciplines, it is normal for Germany and the United Kingdom, for example, and even the US does not have so many medals.
We'll see when the athletics part starts.
After four days, where medals were awarded in the Olympic Games, Japan continues to surprise as the delegation with the most gold medals.
It's also interesting to see that despite the Russian athletes are not competing on behalf of the country, but of the Russian Olympic Committee, they are very well qualified.
It's also interesting to see that despite the Russian athletes are not competing on behalf of the country, but of the Russian Olympic Committee, they are very well qualified.
The Japanese are fortunate to have such a ratio between gold medals and the total number of medals won. In this spreadsheet, Germany's 10th place surprises me, they have few gold medals and few won awards in general. It's too early to talk about the final results, but the intermediate data is very weak, I wonder if Germany can seriously improve its position?
If I'm not mistaken she got a silver medal, the prize she got was quite large maybe with the money she could improve her financial, as I know weightlifting a sport that doesn't have much competition and doesn't really give a big income.
Developing countries including my country have always considered investing money to develop sports as a waste, there will be many official who say it is better to use it for the poor.
Developing countries including my country have always considered investing money to develop sports as a waste, there will be many official who say it is better to use it for the poor.
I am not surprised by your post. Here in India, the opposition (left-wing) politicians have consistently opposed development work, including the construction of high-speed rail and highways, saying that the money could be better spent on feeding the poor (as if they don't know that the majority of the tax revenue is already being used for providing handouts). These guys need to understand that spending $400,000 or $500,000 on an athlete inspires millions of others who will take part in these sports and increase their fitness levels. In turn, this will lead to billions of USD in savings for the government in the health sector every year. But unfortunately, some politicians know only about freebies and handouts.
Here in India, the sole medal winner (Mirabai Chanu) is being showered with rewards as well. The Manipur state government provided a cheque of ₹10,000,000, while the central government gave ₹20,000,000 (in total, around $400,000). This time the medal winners received better rewards when compared to the previous editions. Back in 2008 and 2012, it was mostly token rewards of around $50,000. Still, the Indian performance is disappointing, given the enormous population of the country (1.4 billion).
Developing countries including my country have always considered investing money to develop sports as a waste, there will be many official who say it is better to use it for the poor.
Well done Hidilyn Diaz! Enjoy your PHP30 Million (~$600K) reward.
And the reward now is estimated at Php 50 Million + several perks and benefits from other companies including an own condo unit.
That will encourage PH athletes more. However, the process is really tough as aside from financial aid, they also need to use their own money to build their progress just like the other PH athlete Eumir Marcial voiced out. Anyways, he's almost close to his Gold medal dream, and his next match is tomorrow, 29th.
Let's see if he can also bring one.
Here in India, the sole medal winner (Mirabai Chanu) is being showered with rewards as well. The Manipur state government provided a cheque of ₹10,000,000, while the central government gave ₹20,000,000 (in total, around $400,000). This time the medal winners received better rewards when compared to the previous editions. Back in 2008 and 2012, it was mostly token rewards of around $50,000. Still, the Indian performance is disappointing, given the enormous population of the country (1.4 billion).
That is the problem with Philippines Olympic Committee, there's so much politics and even Diaz has to beg for private sponsors just to sustain her training and win the gold for the country.
Well, there's always politics in every organization but I think it was lessen with the takeover of the new admin. The bigger problem lies on the budget allocated for the entire sports industry and that starts from Congress.~
Unfortunately thats true. They're not giving financial support for the athletes and had to beg for private sponsors just to sustain the trainings and expenses for the journey to olympics. Lack of support is often the problem here.
They were given funds by the Government and, AFAIK, it's much higher than what athletes were receiving from previous administrations. Unfortunately, it's still lower to what athletes in developed countries get. Let's also point out that training facilities in the country were improved.Unfortunately thats true. They're not giving financial support for the athletes and had to beg for private sponsors just to sustain the trainings and expenses for the journey to olympics. Lack of support is often the problem here.
But enough of that...let's focus on the historic victory and look forward to the future of Philippine sports. I hope they get a bigger chunk of the national budget after this inspirational win.
Wow in swimming the Hungarian Kristof Milak shone in the 200 meters in butterfly style, I really admire this style because for me it is the most difficult of the 4 swimming styles, it takes a lot of strength and speed to do those 4 pools and take the gold . .
This is another of my favorite sports, actually one of the most complete sports that in my opinion we should all know how to swim, that is why this sport apart from the fact that I practiced it for years, I´m passionate about it and even more so in the Olympic Games, due to my time zone, I have to watch them later because Japanese times all games happen at bedtime all night.
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Milak finished with a time of 1:51.25. He holds the world record in the event, clocking in at 1:50.73 in 2019.
Japan's Tomoru Hunda, 19, finished with silver and Italy's Federico Burdisso won bronze.
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/tokyo-2020-olympics-07-27-21-spt/index.htmlJapan's Tomoru Hunda, 19, finished with silver and Italy's Federico Burdisso won bronze.
This is another of my favorite sports, actually one of the most complete sports that in my opinion we should all know how to swim, that is why this sport apart from the fact that I practiced it for years, I´m passionate about it and even more so in the Olympic Games, due to my time zone, I have to watch them later because Japanese times all games happen at bedtime all night.
That is the problem with Philippines Olympic Committee, there's so much politics and even Diaz has to beg for private sponsors just to sustain her training and win the gold for the country.
Unfortunately thats true. They're not giving financial support for the athletes and had to beg for private sponsors just to sustain the trainings and expenses for the journey to olympics. Lack of support is often the problem here.This is the first ever gold medal, and we already saw a big support from the private companies who are giving huge incentives to Diaz, I wonder if they'll offer the same if other athletes takes another gold especially Nesthy who are already secured at least a bronze medal.
That is the problem with Philippines Olympic Committee, there's so much politics and even Diaz has to beg for private sponsors just to sustain her training and win the gold for the country.
Unfortunately thats true. They're not giving financial support for the athletes and had to beg for private sponsors just to sustain the trainings and expenses for the journey to olympics. Lack of support is often the problem here.Anyway, well done for their, thru adversities, she proves that every dream is possible and she did it for the Philippines to have their first ever gold medal after almost 100 years.
Indeed its an honor and she is now part of the philippine history as the first olympics athlete to take home a gold medal. Jump to: