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    I am lost as well about this 'fishy' thing
    I thought it was because the photo of Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica is a photo from the Rio Olympics of 2016.
    Then I thought it was because the soccer players photo may not even be photo from an Olympic event.
    I am not sure thou.... but I do not see an Olympic emblem on their jerseys




    Canadian Swimmer 21 year-old Penny Oleksiak won her 7th Olympic medal Saturday.
    In her two Olympic appearances she has accumulated 7 medals in total (4 in Rio and 3 in Tokyo), making her Canada's most decorated Olympic Champion of all-time.

    Clara Hughes and Cindy Klassen held the previous record for Canadian Olympians with six medals apiece.




    Trivia Question...
    What stroke is the origin of the Butterfly ?

    Answer...
    The Breaststroke.
    Melbourne 1956 was the first Olympic Games where Butterfly was a separate competition.
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    Never-mind as the Pic in Post #13 has been changed...!!! anyway, there are more muscles on a Sprinter than on a Swimmer...?!?
    WWJD...!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4me2c View Post
    Never-mind as the Pic in Post #13 has been changed...!!! anyway, there are more muscles on a Sprinter than on a Swimmer...?!?
    That's not just any Sprinter. That's Elaine Thompson-Herah
    The fastest woman in the World at 100m

    Elaine Thompson-Herah goes on and wins the Gold in the 200m as well.
    The second fastest woman in the World at this event, just 0.19 short of the world record set by Florence Griffith-Joyner at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games.

    Thompson-Herah is the undisputed champion in the Sprints, becoming the first woman to win the 100-200m double Gold at 2 consecutive Olympics.



    Her she is in the 'green shorts' which places her in Tokyo
    Quote Originally Posted by big mac View Post
    Is it because they were all wearing green shorts?
    Both her team-mates are there too.... the 3 of them medal with Gold, Silver, Bronze.


    In another pic I have seen, it can better be seen the third Jamaican team-mate shown just behind Thompson-Herah in the photo
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    Men's final 100M is about to go !!
    These guys are pumped !
    We have a Canadian in the final

    channel = Eurosport1

    The Great Britain dude jumped the gun and disqualified

    On the restart...
    Italian Olympiad Jacobs wins with a time of 9.80 !!!
    USA gets second.
    Canadian runner De Grasse is on the podium as well, with a third place

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    "The illusion of freedom will continue for as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will take down the scenery, move the tables and chairs out of the way, then they will pull back the curtains and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
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    Simone Biles, the 24-year-old champion had withdrawn from four medal rounds earlier in the Tokyo Games to focus on her mental health.
    Simone Biles will compete in Tuesday's (3 August) women's balance beam final, USA Gymnastics confirmed Monday (2 August). The balance beam final is the last medal round for women's artistic gymnastics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
    "We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow - Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!!"



    Canada Woman's soccer team beats USA for the first time in 2 decades and will go to the Final for Gold or Silver.
    USA will play for Bronze.
    The final will be played against either Sweden or Australia, who meet this evening (Tokyo time).

    Sweden have done it! They hang on to the one-goal advantage to advance to their second successive Olympic final with a 1-0 victory over Australia.
    Sweden will play Canada in the Gold medal match on Friday.
    Australia face the USA in the Bronze medal match - the first time Australia's Womans team will compete for an Olympic women's football medal.
    USA wins Bronze.

    After a poor showing replacing Biles in the All-Around competitions last week and then in her Vault on Monday , Jade Carey stepped it up and won Gold in the Floor Exercise !!
    There were 4 medals won in this Floor Exercise event, yup 4 of them. There was a tie for Bronze.

    Gold - Jade Carey USA
    Silver - Vanessa Ferrari of Italy
    Bronze - Murakami Mai of Japan
    Bronze - Angelina Melnikova of ROC

    This will be Italy's Vanessa Ferrari's first Olympic medal in her 4 Olympic appearances.
    The last time Japan won an Olympic medal in a female gymnastics event was at the Tokyo Olympic Games 1964, in the Team events.

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    An icon of the sport.
    One of the greatest wrestlers in Olympic history has just won his fourth gold medal in a row at his fifth Games.
    Mijan Lopez of Cuba has defeated Iakobi Kajaia to claim the gold in what is his last Olympic Games.
    Before his run at the four Golds, Lopez also Silvered at Athens 2004


    pictured at Rio 2016




    Trivia Question...
    How big is the mat used in Wrestling ?

    Answer...
    The competition is held on a circular mat at 9 meters in diameter.
    Last edited by crazed 9.6; 08-03-2021 at 10:07 AM.
    "The illusion of freedom will continue for as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will take down the scenery, move the tables and chairs out of the way, then they will pull back the curtains and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
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    Apple Pie and Baseball ... seems easy enough... but...
    Talk about complicated !

    Japan beat USA's baseball team today and Japan advances to play Republic of Korea in the semi-finals.
    *Incidentally, this is the first time since the Atlanta 1996 semi-finals that Japan has beaten USA in Olympic baseball.
    But even if Japan looses to Korea, they get to play a second semi-final for another shot at the gold medal match
    The USA team will play the winner of an elimination game between Dominican Republic and Israel.
    The loser of that match will advance to the bronze-medal game, while the winner plays in the second semi-final.
    So the U.S. still has a shot at gold.





    The Dominican Republic have beaten Israel 7–6 in the bottom of the 9th inning, to set up a clash tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday) with the USA and guarantee at least an appearance in the Bronze medal game.
    Israel are eliminated.


    USA beat Dominican Republic and will go on to a second semi-finals against the looser between Japan and Korea.

    Japan beat Republic of Korea.

    Japan will be in the final .
    Korea will play USA to decide which one of them will be in the final with Japan and for the Gold.




    Trivia Question...
    Which Japanese poet translated the language of Baseball into Japanese ?

    Answer...
    Shiki Masaoka, who promoted the sport after its introduction to Japan from the United States.
    You can find a baseball field dedicated to Masaoka in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
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    "The illusion of freedom will continue for as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will take down the scenery, move the tables and chairs out of the way, then they will pull back the curtains and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
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    Simply the best !
    Sifan Hassan, the Ethiopian-born 28-year-old who now competes for the Netherlands.

    Hassan scored two victories Monday (Tokyo time).
    Her gold-medal run in the women’s 5,000 meters.
    That medal coming 11 hours after her 1500-meter heat.
    She had a scary fall on the final lap of the 1500m race. After tripping up over a fallen opponent on the last lap and doing half a barrel roll, Hassan picked herself up off the turf and moved from the back of the pack to the front and wins the race.
    All she needed to advance was a top-six finish.

    Hassan later said all she could think of that she wanted no excuses and the fall would not be one...and that went for her fallen opponent too, Hassan knew it was not her fault and Hassan did not want her in a bad way thinking it was her fault if Hassan did not do well after causing her fall.
    What better way then to win the race!



    Hassan is in the mix for three medals — in the 1500m and the 5,000m (gold) and the 10,000m.


    Sifan Hassan has won gold in the women's 10,000m
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    "The illusion of freedom will continue for as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will take down the scenery, move the tables and chairs out of the way, then they will pull back the curtains and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
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    Woman's Track Cycling
    Germany defeated the two-time defending Olympic champions Great Britain in a new world record to win Gold in Team Pursuit
    Team USA defeats Canada and claims Bronze.

    Men's Track Cycling was no different when it came to breaking records. It seemed that every time a new heat started, records were broken
    A crash ended one team's hopes.



    There are 6 events in Track Cycling (for both men and women)

    -Team Sprint
    -Sprint
    -Keirin
    -Team Pursuit
    -Omnium
    -Madison

    The video coded below explains the rules of the different events.
    Its a pretty good video with it's explanations, but not all events match with the events at 2020 Tokyo
    Code:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmMHEEOrzWU


    Trivia Question...
    Why do the bicycles used in track events have no brakes?

    Answer...
    Because using brakes cause accidents. Considering how close these cyclists are to each other and at top speeds, using the brakes would be catastrophic for anyone behind.
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    Men's 400m Hurdles
    Kevin Young's Olympic record fell to the gold medal favorite and world record holder Karsten Warholm of Norway.

    Warholm starts very, very quickly. Maybe too quick , can he keep that pace ??!!
    With Warholm fading down the final stretch Rai Benjamin of USA was catching him!
    But Warholm finds something extra and he goes on to win and smashed the world record with a time of 45.94 !!

    Silver to Rai Benjamin with a time that also beat the old world record - 46.17
    Bronze to Alison dos Santos of Brazil


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    "The illusion of freedom will continue for as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will take down the scenery, move the tables and chairs out of the way, then they will pull back the curtains and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
    - Frank Zappa

 

 
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