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So far, the revelation of this Olympics for me is Femke Bol. An incredible athlete from the Netherlands who was able to bring her team gold in the 4*400 relay, where the USA always dominated. The funniest thing is that I learned about her as a Mickey Mouse girl (because of her funny voice), but the footage of her winning gold (although before the last stage the Netherlands were, I think, 5th) is so far the most incredible thing I have seen at this Olympics.

This is actually quite surprising because I thought the match between Morocco and Egypt would be quite tight but it turns out that Morocco completely massacred Egypt. Egypt was quite convincing in the quarterfinals when they managed to win against Paraguay and before that they could even beat Spain 2-1. But strangely, Morocco that previously lost to Spain in the semifinals, it turned out that they was actually able to rise up and crush Egypt with a landslide score.

I don't think that Spain is better than France. They indeed have quite a promising rhythm but on the other side, France is also a solid team. Moreover, France is the only team that has never been defeated in this tournament, and they have a home advantage.

India got the first silver so far in this edition, with Neeraj Chopra coming second in the men's javellin throw. During 2020 Tokyo he managed to win gold medal in the same discipline, but this time Pakistani Athlete Arshad Nadeem managed to defeat him fair and square. Arshad's second throw measured 92.97 meters, and it was the new Olympic record. Neeraj scored the season best (SB) of 89.45, but then it was 3 meters behind Arshad Nadeem's final score. Anyway, Indians are celebrating although they are slightly disappointed that he didn't won the gold medal.

It's a shame that Turkey lost 3-0 to Italy. Even though I think Turkey has found their moment again when they won against China in the quarter-finals but it turns out they still couldn't win against Italy. Turkey relies too much on Vargas, so when the player cannot perform optimally it means Turkey cannot get points easily. Italy really became a scourge for Turkey at the Olympics, where Turkey also lost 3-0 to Italy previously, while they were still in the group phase.

Turkey will play Brazil for third place (bronze medal), while Italy will meet USA in the Final.

That's the game of basketball, either you hold your lead or not. And that's what happened here, it seems that Serbia got rattled in the last 7-8 minutes of the 4th quarter as the USA is mounting a huge comeback. Yeah, they hit some clutch, but KD, Lebron and Steph keeps hitting those crucial shots and they don't want to lose. While the Serbian's was not able to execute their plays because of the good defense put up by Joel against Jokic and then he makes Jokic works hard on the defensive end.


Well you can call it like that, they don't want to lose, they are the huge favorite to win and they don't want to be remember as the team that loses their winning streak in the Olympics. And so as you can see at the end of the game, everyone is pump up specially Lebron and Steph.

I can't understand how Serbia lost this match, they were great whereas USA was surprised for a long time and then they were able to focus and take control of the game. Curry scored very well in the last quarters. They came from 13 points behind in the last quarter and beat Serbia.

Naturally, USA is so talented and experienced that they did not accept defeat and went all out on the Serbian players in the last quarter. It was an enjoyable match for basketball fans.

We watched two great matches tonight.
France played very well and beat Germany and advanced to the final.
The USA - Serbia match was very exciting, Serbia finished the first 3 periods ahead but USA closed the gap in the last period and won the match.
We should congratulate Serbia, they fought very well.

The final will be played between France and USA and I still think USA will be the champion.

Following the same logic, the participation of many other countries involved in war crimes can be excluded. International sports tournaments such as the Olympics or continental championships should not be subject to ideological dictates because the practices of a certain government in a certain historical era do not mean condemning the entire country.
Take China, for example, there are confirmed reports from independent international human rights organizations known for their integrity, proving the involvement of the Chinese Communist Party (the de facto ruler of China) in crimes of torture, enforced disappearance and inhumane practices against the Chinese people themselves, and certainly a large part of the Chinese people do not agree with these practices. Should we call for excluding China as well?

I and others defend international and humanitarian principles, not Putin's policies (whether inside or outside Russia) and I think it is better to neutralize any sporting activity even from national identity, meaning that the competition should be between individuals and clubs, not between one country and another. This will greatly reduce the tension when dealing with some cases.

Sports matches must be kept away from ideological differences and international conflicts between countries because sports are essentially a recreational activity that is not subject to any differences between players, whatever their type.

Morocco smashed Egypt 6:0 in match for third place in football Olympics, and they deserved to win a medal for amazing games they played.
Now we only have final match left between France and Spain for gold medal, and host nation is slight favorite to win.
I think Spain has a better team but they need to prove that on field.
Both teams scoring looks good to me, but I am going for underdogs this time.

Jokic and Bogdanovic did their best, Serbia was always in the lead throughout the game, but at the end the USA played better and won with their stars. It would have been a failure for the USA if they didn't reach the final. They will beat France more easily in the final, this game was a bit like an early final. If Serbia made it to the final they would be champions, USA made it, they will get the gold medal.

USA made a very good comeback against Serbia.
The breaking point of the match was Lebron's harsh reaction after Bogdanovic's three-pointer. I can say that the difference increased to 15 points with a three-point basket, but LeBron immediately responded with a three-pointer and then Embiid's magnificent dunk ignited the comeback.
Congratulations USA

I say "Bravo" to the USA Basketball team in one word.
It beat strong Serbia with a score of 95-91 after trailing 54-43 in the first half, and made its name in the finals of the Olympic Games.
They will face the host France in the final.
Let me tell you in advance that the USA is the clear favorite and I believe they will beat France very easily.
Steph Curry played perfectly in the first quarter. If I'm not mistaken, Steph may have scored 17 of Abd's 23 points in the first quarter.
Let me admit that I feel sorry for Serbia.

Serbia is playing incredibly. We see the difference between European basketball and American basketball, USA is missing great opportunities. Serbia, on the other hand, is on the field with a great team play, they are doing whatever it takes to win the match.
I am looking forward to seeing what kind of fight we will watch in the last quarter. It will be a real surprise if USA loses the match, let's see if Serbia will be able to last until the end of the match

Wait what Team USA is getting destroyed by Serbia on Basketball game?
For the 1st time USA after a long time got top players in the olyphics games and they are losing before the final?

They can still recover but it will very very hard.

Another memorable evening in athletics. In women 400 hurdles we have new world record - Sydney McLaughlin achieved it and won race with big margin. Femke Bol was just 3rd.
In Javelin throw Arshad Nadeem achieved Olympic Record - 92:97 and won first gold for Pakistan. It's first ever golden medal for Pakistan in athletics.
Men field hockey tournament ended in dramatic way - Netherlands took gold against Germany after penalty shootout.

Imane Khalif has reached the final round and for now we cannot make him resign after what he has achieved, what you say is true that it is better to any special competions betwen special athletes with other special athletes, but so far that is actually more complicated in my opinion because most of those who experience genetic disorders will prefer to remain silent and instead get lost in the disorder which makes them experience setbacks in life, Apart from that, the percentage of births with genetic disorders is very small so far so it will be difficult for the sports committee to create a special category for athletes like Imane Khelif because not have enough participant, in my opinion, what is happening now is nothing other than the poor system in selecting athletes at the Paris Olympics, if from the start the selection of athletes was very strict whether it was related to gender or hormones then the controversy that would occur like now That wouldn't happen, because after all being banned from competing early would probably be easier for Imane Khalif to accept than having him insulted when he was halfway through the competition like now.

BTW, the defeat she suffered during her boxing career did not occur at the start of her career, but she suffered this defeat when she competed with Kellie Harrington in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics and also in the  women world boxing championship in 2022.
I think If we continue the discussion about the controversy that is happening with Imane Khalif at this time, of course it will never be finished, because we have different views in looking at the case from our eyes, but frankly, I personally want to emphasize that power does not always depend on with biological factors and a person gender, because after all, if a woman continues to work and train hard, especially if economic life forces her to work harder, won't that also shape her character, physique and also even her strength, which might be stronger from than a man who just spends his time to relax and enjoy life with easy?

Yesterday i was post about women speed climbing with Aleksandra Miroslaw as the favourite to gets gold medal in this sport because she can make new world records and today i have been watching the final match of mens speed climbing between Veddriq Leonardo vs Wu Peng and Indonesia athlete Veddriq Leonardo has became an the winner of this category and got gold medal

It was dramatically match between Veddriq Leonardo against China athlete Wu Peng because the difference time between them is only 0.002 second with final records is Veddriq Leonardo 4.75 second and Wu Peng 4.77 second however finally Indonesia got their first gold medal from this event and gold medal is came from speed climbing which previously this sport is not expected to gets gold medal

Turkey has lost 2 sets. The third set was very tight, an exciting semi-final.
I thought it would not be easy for Turkey against Italy. They still have a chance but they have to work harder. The third set should be Turkey's and they have to keep up their performance in the next set if they want a chance to qualify.
Italy might let go of the third set but Turkey could get tired in the next set. I passed on betting on this match, not counting on who will win but both showed good games.

Germany started the game very well and the point difference was double digits but they played a terrible second quarter and the game was in the balance again. In the last quarter France stepped up with the support of the fans and won the game. The game was very close, but it was the hosts France who won and reached the final. Now the USA and Serbia will play and one of them will advance to the final. USA has never had any difficulties so far and they are the favorites today. Serbia didn't look good in the group stage match against USA, but they will play more seriously in this match. I still expect USA victory.

We are watching an incredible semi-final match in women's volleyball matches. Italy won the first set of the match between Italy and Türkiye, both teams have a chance to win the match. Both teams are highly motivated, we watched very high-quality attacks in the first set.
I hope Türkiye wins, I really want to watch Melissa Vargas in the final match. Maybe she showed everyone in these Olympics that she will be the best in the world