Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics

[esc87fan]

Cycling and beach volleyball get under way tomorrow - I'm looking forward to cheering Michael Woods on in the men's road race

 

[AlekS]

Tongan hunk Pita Taufatofua is back Challenged by Riilio Rii, the rower from Vanuatu:

My most fave was the Portuguese entrance and Dominican Republic's little dance. Kudos for certain muslim countries that allowed women do not cover their heads.

Predictably & logically it was a very modest ceremony and I like it that way. But the speeches of the officials (esp Bach) were like a double sleeping pill, as always.
The pictograms
I really liked the Olympic cauldron... the way it's inside the stadium & closer to people, the design is out of this world and it's very Japanese. I'm happy for Naomi Osaka. I was cheering and feeling her as someone who went through depression and emotional numbness previously. The smile on her face was a perfect ending.

ps. Russian ESC broadcaster, the 1st Channel didn't show Ukrainian team


EDIT: Ukrainians can watch the Olympics on PBC official site. Authorize via Facebook, Google, Apple ID or register on the site and watch the whole thing in 3 players (each shows different events) for free.

https://suspilne.media/page/tokyo2020-live/

 

[GianlucaTomoe]

Where can I watch online the opening ceremony? The Eurosport YouTube stream is not available in the UK and I cba creating an account for the BBC iplayer. Are there any other options?

 

[apasionata]

Tongan hunk Pita Taufatofua is back

What kind of National Treasure is this

 

[njdevils94]

Indonesia upset the in the mixed team archery event earlier on today.

 

[ShoeFlo]

German athletes usually starts badly in the Olympics and this years games are no expection to the rule.

Our best medal contender today, the fencer Max Hartung, failed in the Round of 16 of the male sabre event. Our female beach volleyball duet Ludwig/Kozuch lost their first match despite winning the first set and being ahead mostly in the second and third set. Our mixed team in archery lost their first match to Mexico, our handball team lost to Spain after giving them a proper fight.
In the male road race Schachmann reached an acceptable 10th place. The best result today was the 5th place of Christian Reitz in the 10 metres air pistol event but one might have hoped for a medal after he became 3rd in the qualification.

Let's see if tomorrow will be a better day.

One of the early stars in this Olympics is probably the Zambian football player Barbra Banda who scored 6 goals in only two matches (!) so far. That's some insane rate. The Zambia teams seems to be an exciting one, as they are actually attacking instead of exclusively focussing on the defense. They contribute a lot to the female tournament which is overall a fun one so far. We had some entertaining and high quality matches (think of the Sweden - Australia match that just ended) and also a proper upset (the USA defeat). I hope I manage to watch some more of the matches in the following days.

 

[heke1988]

Kosovo took more olympic medals as Finland would take these olympic games.

Edit. Estonia too.

 

[esc87fan]

Team report while I was sleeping:

Cycling: Michael Woods finished 5th in the men's road race
Women's Beach Volleyball: Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes defeated their Dutch opponents
Softball: Routed Australia 7-1
Women's Soccer: Defeated Chile 2-1

 

[ShoeFlo]

German athletes usually starts badly in the Olympics and this years games are no expection to the rule.

Our best medal contender today, the fencer Max Hartung, failed in the Round of 16 of the male sabre event. Our female beach volleyball duet Ludwig/Kozuch lost their first match despite winning the first set and being ahead mostly in the second and third set. Our mixed team in archery lost their first match to Mexico, our handball team lost to Spain after giving them a proper fight.
In the male road race Schachmann reached an acceptable 10th place. The best result today was the 5th place of Christian Reitz in the 10 metres air pistol event but one might have hoped for a medal after he became 3rd in the qualification.

Let's see if tomorrow will be a better day.

One of the early stars in this Olympics is probably the Zambian football player Barbra Banda who scored 6 goals in only two matches (!) so far. That's some insane rate. The Zambia teams seems to be an exciting one, as they are actually attacking instead of exclusively focussing on the defense. They contribute a lot to the female tournament which is overall a fun one so far. We had some entertaining and high quality matches (think of the Sweden - Australia match that just ended) and also a proper upset (the USA defeat). I hope I manage to watch some more of the matches in the following days.

Gotta add some positive highlights for the German team:

400m freestyle swimmer Henning Mühlleitner broke his personal record and qualified for the final with the best time of all participants which makes him suddenly a strong medal contender for the final that's gonna take place tomorrow. I don't think he can get us a golden medal but if he performs as good as he did today it might be enough for silver or bronze

The male hockey team won its first match against Canada comfortably with 7-1 goals.

our male gymnasts did mostly a good job in the qualification round I think

both our male Tennis doubles won their first match and qualified for the Round of 16.

 

[Looren]

Cycling: Michael Woods finished 5th in the men's road race

Michael did a great race, love this rider

 

[cegs5]

I follow the volleyball competition, no big surprises there. Iran beat World Champions Poland 3x2, but it wasn’t an impossible result.
ROC team led by Finnish coach Tuomas Sammelvuo, beat Argentina 3x1, next round we’ll have a South American derby Brazil vs Argentina

Women’s volleyball starts soon with all the eyes in the stars Zhu Ting (CHN) Paola Egonu (ITA) and Tijana Boskovic (SRB)

 

[esc87fan]

Canada is on the medal board - silver in the women's 4x100m relay in swimming!

 

[ShoeFlo]

400m freestyle swimmer Henning Mühlleitner broke his personal record and qualified for the final with the best time of all participants which makes him suddenly a strong medal contender for the final that's gonna take place tomorrow. I don't think he can get us a golden medal but if he performs as good as he did today it might be enough for silver or bronze

Mühlleitner eventually become 4th and won the beloved wooden medal

but nevertheless we won our first two bronze medals:
Lena Hentschel and Tina Punzel won it in the Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard and our women's team won bronze in the archery team event. Since our fencers are out early again and we don't have a contender in the female road race again I think that's it for today. I am worried about the fencers performances. We already failed to win a medal in Rio and we might fail again in Tokyo. That's a shame because we used to be a successful nation

Edit: suddenly we might still have a chance to grab a medal in the road race, let's see

 

[ShoeFlo]

Btw, congrats to our cherished neighbours for winning their first golden medal in the Summer Olympics since 2004

 

[DenizESC]

TURKEY BEATS EX-GOLD MEDALISTS CHINA 3-0 in women's volleyball

I'm so proud and shocked at this result

 

[njdevils94]

Drita Krasniqi wins gold in judo in the Women's 48kg event!

 

[cegs5]

TURKEY BEATS EX-GOLD MEDALISTS CHINA 3-0 in women's volleyball

I'm so proud and shocked at this result

Congratulations! Shocking result, such a great start for the Turkish team, this might guarantee their spot in the Quarterfinals.
Eda Erdem was on fire

 

[Looren]

Moroccans a bit unlucky today haha :

Houssam Elkord doing an amazing game against the world's N°1 in fencing but sadly a bit insufficient, still did an amazing performance !

Nada Laaraj playing against the world's N°2 in the repechage in taekwondo and also losing

But well I still have hope, we'll get a medal !

 

[njdevils94]

@Morocco2021 Did so you see the big result for your North African brethren in the swimming?

 

[Looren]

@Morocco2021 Did so you see the big result for your North African brethren in the swimming?

Yes I saw it ! Great news for Tunisia haha !