Olympics 2020/2021 : Discussion & Predictions - page 23.

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Quote from: harizen on July 27, 2021, 06:45:02 PM

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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.

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.

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.

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Quote from: Bttzed03 on July 26, 2021, 09:16:08 PM

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.

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Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on July 27, 2021, 06:22:10 PM

It is impressive how the Russian beat the one considered best in the world, the United States, the truth is that the routine that made her win was impeccable, I do not understand much about the evaluation criteria of this sport, but she looked very impeccable in her execution.

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Despite losing Simone Biles after just one vault, the US women's team wins silver in the women's team all-around to extends their medal-winning streak in the event to eight straight Olympics.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-27/tokyo-olympics-live-blog-day-four-tuesday/100325306

Despite the difficulties for the preparation of athletes due to the pandemic, it has been shown that the level has been increasing, it is very high, some countries have surprised, congratulations for Russia.

I was rooting for Simone Biles to snatch golds in this Olympics, but seems that it will not happen anymore.
Let us just respect what she is going thru, because it is said that medical issue was the reason why she pulled out.
But I believe, it is more of mental struggle on her. And it is hard to go thru that phase and compete where everybody is watching.
Maybe, we will see her again in other competition, if in case, she will not announce her retirement to this sports.

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It is impressive how the Russian beat the one considered best in the world, the United States, the truth is that the routine that made her win was impeccable, I do not understand much about the evaluation criteria of this sport, but she looked very impeccable in her execution.

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Despite losing Simone Biles after just one vault, the US women's team wins silver in the women's team all-around to extends their medal-winning streak in the event to eight straight Olympics.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-27/tokyo-olympics-live-blog-day-four-tuesday/100325306

Despite the difficulties for the preparation of athletes due to the pandemic, it has been shown that the level has been increasing, it is very high, some countries have surprised, congratulations for Russia.

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Olympic games 2020/21 session Japan, the best madel winners country Japan and united States. But unfortunately say that my country Bangladesh already have no medals .

The most winners athletes..

To be continue.....

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I see an MMA betting market for the Olympics here at Best Fight Odds. These are fiat sports betting sites tho. I haven’t checked if they’re available at crypto bookies.

https://www.bestfightodds.com/

I totally wasn’t even aware MMA is in the Olympics. Cheesy

I think the ‘sport’ is more closer to cage prize fighting than an actual sport. But that’s just me.

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Quote from: joker_josue on July 27, 2021, 10:55:17 AM

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(...) American football (rugby).

Just a note: American football is not rugby.
Despite having originated from rugby, American football is very different in style of play and rules.

This article explains these differences well:
https://www.diffen.com/difference/American_Football_vs_Rugby

Oh, friend! Did you really think that I was not aware of these differences (thanks for the link anyway)? In my country, both versions of rugby are extremely unpopular, and out of habit I called American football the word it is called in my country. I think everyone understands what kind of sport we are talking about if we are talking about football in America without using the word soccer.

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Quote from: Jackl87 on July 27, 2021, 04:10:13 AM

I just watched a couple of hours of surfing, as I've almost never seen any of it live and it's making its debut at the Olympics this time. I have to say that I am quite disappointed with the entertainment value of this sport. One round lasts 30 minutes and most of the time nothing happens, as the surfers wait for a suitable wave. So it often happens that you don't see any action for 7-8 minutes. I don't think the sport is 100% fair either, because the athletes also need a lot of luck to catch the right wave. If the opponent catches a big wave and can show a jump and you only have small waves, then you almost can't win no matter how good you are.

That's why I also think it's an unsuitable sport to bet on, because you just can't predict nature, at least when the competition is in the ocean.

If they really want this competition to be part of the games then they are going to need to do the same they did for the kayak competition, some time before the kayak competition was performed at a river but due to the variation on the current some participants faced more difficult conditions while others faced a more easy ride.

This was changed and now they all face the same conditions in an artificial river, so something similar could be made for surfing even if I think it will be too expensive to do all of that just for a single sport.

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Quote from: FatFork on July 27, 2021, 03:43:15 PM

Quote from: joker_josue on July 27, 2021, 02:00:08 PM

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.

Yeah, there's a fierce competition for gold medals among the Japan, U.S. and China. According to some sources, the Japanese Olympic Committee has set a 30-gold target for Tokyo 2020. No one's sure if they can or will reach it, but given the talent among the Japanese youth and the history of recent success for the country, it seems a fair and reasonable expectation.

Yes its a reasonable goal they have the quality and playing at home is a huge help and i have seen japanese athletes are more motivated and now i see why and we can expect them to get a place in the podium i will be rooting for them because i want this year competition to be a competitive one and close performance from top ranked countries.

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Quote from: FatFork on July 27, 2021, 03:43:15 PM

Quote from: joker_josue on July 27, 2021, 02:00:08 PM

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.

Yeah, there's a fierce competition for gold medals among the Japan, U.S. and China. According to some sources, the Japanese Olympic Committee has set a 30-gold target for Tokyo 2020. No one's sure if they can or will reach it, but given the talent among the Japanese youth and the history of recent success for the country, it seems a fair and reasonable expectation.

The competition is growing high among Japan, USA and China. 30 gold target is quite a possible number considering the ongoing strength of Japan. If Japan reach the 30 target surely Japan will come atleast at the second position on the medals table. Last time it has took only 12 gold, and this time already it has got 10 gold which is really a big thing.

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Quote from: joker_josue on July 27, 2021, 02:00:08 PM

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.

Yeah, there's a fierce competition for gold medals among the Japan, U.S. and China. According to some sources, the Japanese Olympic Committee has set a 30-gold target for Tokyo 2020. No one's sure if they can or will reach it, but given the talent among the Japanese youth and the history of recent success for the country, it seems a fair and reasonable expectation.

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Quote from: Kakmakr on July 27, 2021, 11:15:50 AM

How controversial will it be if ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) won the 2021 Olympics. Roll Eyes

The ROC won the Gold medal for "Women's Artistic Gymnastics" today... so countries like the USA and the UK got Silver and Bronze. Also, these countries might be close to the winner of the Olympics and they might have even won.. if Russia did not compete in the Olympics.

The bookmakers should actually "ignore" the ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) position on the podium in all the events where they are participating and just give it to the Silver & Bronze positions. (shifting them a position up on the podium)

Do you think it is fair for a banned country to participate as individuals to bypass the ban?

I think it's fair and probably best possible solution in this case. They have to participate without flag and athletes can't hear Russian anthem after winning Golden medal.
I think it would be unfair if clean athletes from Russia wouldn't be allowed to participate. They shouldn't response for offenses that they didn't made.

Quote from: joker_josue on July 27, 2021, 02:00:08 PM

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.

I think they will drop in 2nd week a bit. Lot of medals will be given in athletics competition, but Russia have just few athletes there.

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Quote from: zanezane on July 27, 2021, 07:31:02 AM

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Congratulations to our very own Hidilyn Diaz! a great woman of determination and she made our country proud. After 97 years without any gold medal for the Olympics, she has broken that long year and was the first-ever to get the gold medal in Tokyo Olympics. It's just sad that despite she had won the gold already, there are making rounds that she's being used with political motives while she's unaware of it.

Yeah, I'm a bit late to the party but I do congratulate Hidilyn for her win, it's a big honor but at the same time, the people that were talking trash of her shouldn't be allowed to congratulate them. I mean, people were mad that she was asking for monetary help from the private sector. We also have to congratulate Margielyn, she's a darling of the Olympics with her positive attitude.

It's okay if those people that trash-talked her a few years ago will congratulate her. She deserves to be congratulated but even if there are no congratulations from them, she remains the first Olympic gold medalist in our country. I think when she has asked from the private sector, help and donations came into her, and there go the rewards that she's about to reap when she comes back home. I like the positivity of Margielyn, she's just enjoying while she's there and despite her run ends, she's being liked by many as the woman of sportsmanship.

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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.

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Quote from: joker_josue on July 27, 2021, 06:35:04 AM

Quote from: Jackl87 on July 27, 2021, 04:10:13 AM

I just watched a couple of hours of surfing, as I've almost never seen any of it live and it's making its debut at the Olympics this time. I have to say that I am quite disappointed with the entertainment value of this sport. One round lasts 30 minutes and most of the time nothing happens, as the surfers wait for a suitable wave. So it often happens that you don't see any action for 7-8 minutes. I don't think the sport is 100% fair either, because the athletes also need a lot of luck to catch the right wave. If the opponent catches a big wave and can show a jump and you only have small waves, then you almost can't win no matter how good you are.

It's not like one catching a big wave and the other not.

Each player has priority to catch the wave, but if he doesn't catch the other he can move forward.
On the other hand, in 30 minutes, it's hard to only have good waves for a single surfer. Hence there are 30 minutes.
Another interesting detail, if you had 3 to 7 minutes waiting for action, it is a sign that the sea was full of waves and surfers could choose. Also, if the surfer who has priority on the next wave does not advance, the other surfer can attack the wave.

It only counts the top two scores, so when there are a lot of waves surfers tend to wait longer, just to make good waves.

Yeah surfing has never really been about luck. I mean the waves are certainly not the same, but at all major surfing events you tend to see the same surfers make the finals. It's not because they get hit with lucky waves but that they do with the waves they get. I would agree if there was always shakeup at the top but there isnt.

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Quote from: acroman08 on July 27, 2021, 12:15:09 PM

Quote from: buwaytress on July 27, 2021, 11:16:19 AM

If only Southeast Asian governments just paid a bit more attention to all the tough nuts out there working hard to bring fame to their country.

yep, the PH government did increase their support to their athletes(at least that is what they said) but it wasn't enough, there are still a lot of athletes struggling for money in order to properly train. I admire her dedication to achieve her goal and bring honor to her country even without the proper support from the government. I hope to see her again at the next Olympics.

She's still young and still capable to defend her olympic title, not just a gold medal but also breaking the olympic record for 55 kg if I'm not mistaken,

Enough with government not supporting their athletes, she's one of a good example of determination always bring the bacon if you sincerely aiming for the win, she gave everything and it's been paid off.

What about those perks that she's going to received after this win, she's going to have a luxurious life with millions in cash a condo unit and a brand new house and lot.

After 97 years of chasing this very first gold Medal she deserve everything, Congrats again Hidilyn!

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David Popovici was so close to take a medal at 200 M free but he missed only by an inch to take 3rd place. I did back him up with a bet on both to win and take a medal and I must say that I'm so proud of our Romanian guy for taking 4th place at his first Olympics at just 16 years old. I'm sure and I'm certain he will dominate this sport in the next coming years and Olympics.

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Quote from: buwaytress on July 27, 2021, 11:16:19 AM

If only Southeast Asian governments just paid a bit more attention to all the tough nuts out there working hard to bring fame to their country.

yep, the PH government did increase their support to their athletes(at least that is what they said) but it wasn't enough, there are still a lot of athletes struggling for money in order to properly train. I admire her dedication to achieve her goal and bring honor to her country even without the proper support from the government. I hope to see her again at the next Olympics.

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Quote from: Kakmakr on July 27, 2021, 11:15:50 AM

How controversial will it be if ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) won the 2021 Olympics. Roll Eyes

The ROC won the Gold medal for "Women's Artistic Gymnastics" today... so countries like the USA and the UK got Silver and Bronze. Also, these countries might be close to the winner of the Olympics and they might have even won.. if Russia did not compete in the Olympics.

The bookmakers should actually "ignore" the ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) position on the podium in all the events where they are participating and just give it to the Silver & Bronze positions. (shifting them a position up on the podium)

Do you think it is fair for a banned country to participate as individuals to bypass the ban?

Certainly the unfair point is to ban dozens of athletes for things done by others. What's the fault of these players for not lifting a trophy if they were able to? Because another citizen was caught cheating? It is not his fault.
Some players might shine in this Olympic game and fail in the others, people around the world are passing years in training for this moment to find themselves banned? This is unfair for them.

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Quote from: Kakmakr on July 27, 2021, 11:15:50 AM

How controversial will it be if ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) won the 2021 Olympics. Roll Eyes

The ROC won the Gold medal for "Women's Artistic Gymnastics" today... so countries like the USA and the UK got Silver and Bronze. Also, these countries might be close to the winner of the Olympics and they might have even won.. if Russia did not compete in the Olympics.

The bookmakers should actually "ignore" the ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) position on the podium in all the events where they are participating and just give it to the Silver & Bronze positions. (shifting them a position up on the podium)

Do you think it is fair for a banned country to participate as individuals to bypass the ban?

A lot of people think that the ban itself was unfair. Is it right to ban an entire country, for the actions of a few athletes? And I don't think that the rules have been fairly applied to everyone. Russian gymnasts were banned for using certain medications. But later it was revealed that these same drugs were used by Simone Biles, Venus Williams and Serena Williams of the United States. The Americans gave some silly excuse that Biles was using the drug for ADHD. Obviously the International Olympic Committee don't have the courage to ban any of the American athletes. They can say silly excuses like they need the drug for the treatment of constipation or jock itch.

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