njdevils94
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Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics
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So today's review from 
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- Satu Mäkelä-Nummela didn't make to women's trap final: She broke 114 discs and was 24th. Really disappoinment result for ex olympic gold medalist
- Like I said before, Matti Mattson won bronze olympic medal in Men's 200m breaststroke. Absolutely surprising medal and thanks to this, we haven't miss out medals any summer olympics since 1906 (okay, we didn't become indepent until in 1917, but we took part as team of our own in 1906 olympics)
- Our sailers: Tuula Tenkanen was third and sixth place in seventh and eight starts. Kaarle Tapper was disqualified in seventh start and he was eight in eight start. Our mixed team Kurtbay and Keskinen were thirteenth, fourteenth and ninth places in fourth, fifth and sixth start. Tenkanen's day was wonderful and she is really in medal race. Tapper's day was catasprophe and he needs perfect day tomorrow, if he wants to be in medal race. Kurtbay and Keskinen's day wasn't catasprophe but it also wasn't good, so they need top 10 places to get to medal races.
- Our golfers: Sami Välimäki's result was 70 (-1), so he is tie 31st place after first day. Kalle Samooja's result was 75 (+4) and he is in second last place 59th. Not good start both of them, but 3 rounds left, so anything can yet happen.
:- Satu Mäkelä-Nummela didn't make to women's trap final: She broke 114 discs and was 24th. Really disappoinment result for ex olympic gold medalist
- Like I said before, Matti Mattson won bronze olympic medal in Men's 200m breaststroke. Absolutely surprising medal and thanks to this, we haven't miss out medals any summer olympics since 1906 (okay, we didn't become indepent until in 1917, but we took part as team of our own in 1906 olympics)
- Our sailers: Tuula Tenkanen was third and sixth place in seventh and eight starts. Kaarle Tapper was disqualified in seventh start and he was eight in eight start. Our mixed team Kurtbay and Keskinen were thirteenth, fourteenth and ninth places in fourth, fifth and sixth start. Tenkanen's day was wonderful and she is really in medal race. Tapper's day was catasprophe and he needs perfect day tomorrow, if he wants to be in medal race. Kurtbay and Keskinen's day wasn't catasprophe but it also wasn't good, so they need top 10 places to get to medal races.
- Our golfers: Sami Välimäki's result was 70 (-1), so he is tie 31st place after first day. Kalle Samooja's result was 75 (+4) and he is in second last place 59th. Not good start both of them, but 3 rounds left, so anything can yet happen.
ShoeFlo
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After the mostly positive Wednesday, today was a rather bad day for Germany
Good news:
- Our male Lightweight double sculls (rowing) won a great silver medal and their were actually close to beat the mighty Irish boat and fight for gold
- Herzog won a bronze medal in canoe slalom
- Anne-Marie Wagner won the bronze in judo. However she is current world champion so bronze was the minimum goal. Anyway, she faced a japanese judoka in the semi final who would eventually win gold. The japanese judokas seem to be unbeatable in these Olympics - no reproach she lost it. Our Judo athletes reached their goal (winning 2-3 medals) and there are more chances, so thats fine.
- our tennis star Zverev comfortably qualified for the Semi finals. However, he will face Djokovic there
I just hope it will be some sort of advantage that Djokovic is still in the mixed double event so he might lack power at some point. Anyway, Zverev beat him a few times before. It is gonna be a duel on the highest level in male tennis.
Disappointments:
- Sadly, the athlete I set my most hope on, Florian Wellbrock, missed a medal in 800m freestyle swimming in the most tragic manner, as he was in the lead after 750 metres but dropped behind in the last track. I was staying awake until 3:45 only for this event. Had a bad and short sleep afterwards
Anyway, the coach later said the problem was he didnt stick to the tactical approach they agreed on before. The plan was to start more attacking but for whatever reason he did not. I am fine with the explanation because tactical errors you can correct in later races, but if it was a mental problem that would be a complete different story. Good news within the bad news: 800m freestyle isn't even his speciality event. He is world champion in the 1500m race and in the 10km open water event. So... he can still become one of our big stars of the Olympics and I cross my fingers until they break off my hands
- in the male single cull (rowing again) Oliver Zeidler was considered favorite not only to win a medal but to win gold. However, this dream was over pretty early as he failed already in the Semi Final race
- our male hockey team shockingly lost to South Africa despite being in the lead twice now they are in danger to fail in the group stage which I considered impossible before, especially after the win against Great Britain. Thank god in hockey the first criterion when two teams are level on points is the goal difference. So even with a loss against the Dutch we should probably get through to the quarter final.
- surely not a disappointment, but bad news anyway: our table tennis player Dimitri Ovcharov played a wonderful match against the the chinese star Ma Long. He caught up a 0-2 disadvantage and kept the match balanced until the last set when Ma Long evetnually won by 11-9 points. Ovcharov can be very proud of hismelf, he put one of the best players on the brink of a knock-out. Now he is fighting for a bronze medal tomorrow.
- in trap shooting Andreas Löw missed the final. This is not a disaster or something, but in general the shooting team gives me headaches. We won three golden medals back in Shooting in 2016, now we are in danger to go home without a single medal. The team this summer is smaller than it was in 2016 but nevertheless it would be sad if we dont win at least one. There is still a realistic chance in Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol on monday. Christian Reitz won gold in Rio and I hope he can repeat it in Tokyo.
Dear Edweis wrote in a previous post that France targets 40 medals in this olympics. This is also the realistic goal for Germany this time. We are used to win around 40-45 medals but we are in a slow decline for many years, actually decades now, so it gets harder and harder for us to beat the 40-medal mark. I made a prediction based on the last World Cup results of each sport and according to this we would go home with "only" 38 medals. And I think this is accurate. So far we more or less live up to the expectations but it feels like we are rather underachieving than overachieving. France is probably our main rival in the medal table, maybe together with Australia, who look so much better than in Rio.
Good news:
- Our male Lightweight double sculls (rowing) won a great silver medal and their were actually close to beat the mighty Irish boat and fight for gold
- Herzog won a bronze medal in canoe slalom
- Anne-Marie Wagner won the bronze in judo. However she is current world champion so bronze was the minimum goal. Anyway, she faced a japanese judoka in the semi final who would eventually win gold. The japanese judokas seem to be unbeatable in these Olympics - no reproach she lost it. Our Judo athletes reached their goal (winning 2-3 medals) and there are more chances, so thats fine.
- our tennis star Zverev comfortably qualified for the Semi finals. However, he will face Djokovic there
I just hope it will be some sort of advantage that Djokovic is still in the mixed double event so he might lack power at some point. Anyway, Zverev beat him a few times before. It is gonna be a duel on the highest level in male tennis.Disappointments:
- Sadly, the athlete I set my most hope on, Florian Wellbrock, missed a medal in 800m freestyle swimming in the most tragic manner, as he was in the lead after 750 metres but dropped behind in the last track. I was staying awake until 3:45 only for this event. Had a bad and short sleep afterwards
Anyway, the coach later said the problem was he didnt stick to the tactical approach they agreed on before. The plan was to start more attacking but for whatever reason he did not. I am fine with the explanation because tactical errors you can correct in later races, but if it was a mental problem that would be a complete different story. Good news within the bad news: 800m freestyle isn't even his speciality event. He is world champion in the 1500m race and in the 10km open water event. So... he can still become one of our big stars of the Olympics and I cross my fingers until they break off my hands
- in the male single cull (rowing again) Oliver Zeidler was considered favorite not only to win a medal but to win gold. However, this dream was over pretty early as he failed already in the Semi Final race
- our male hockey team shockingly lost to South Africa despite being in the lead twice
now they are in danger to fail in the group stage which I considered impossible before, especially after the win against Great Britain. Thank god in hockey the first criterion when two teams are level on points is the goal difference. So even with a loss against the Dutch we should probably get through to the quarter final.- surely not a disappointment, but bad news anyway: our table tennis player Dimitri Ovcharov played a wonderful match against the the chinese star Ma Long. He caught up a 0-2 disadvantage and kept the match balanced until the last set when Ma Long evetnually won by 11-9 points. Ovcharov can be very proud of hismelf, he put one of the best players on the brink of a knock-out. Now he is fighting for a bronze medal tomorrow.
- in trap shooting Andreas Löw missed the final. This is not a disaster or something, but in general the shooting team gives me headaches. We won three golden medals back in Shooting in 2016, now we are in danger to go home without a single medal. The team this summer is smaller than it was in 2016 but nevertheless it would be sad if we dont win at least one. There is still a realistic chance in Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol on monday. Christian Reitz won gold in Rio and I hope he can repeat it in Tokyo.
Dear Edweis wrote in a previous post that France targets 40 medals in this olympics. This is also the realistic goal for Germany this time. We are used to win around 40-45 medals but we are in a slow decline for many years, actually decades now, so it gets harder and harder for us to beat the 40-medal mark. I made a prediction based on the last World Cup results of each sport and according to this we would go home with "only" 38 medals. And I think this is accurate. So far we more or less live up to the expectations but it feels like we are rather underachieving than overachieving. France is probably our main rival in the medal table, maybe together with Australia, who look so much better than in Rio.
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Alessandra Perilli wasn't the only athlete to make history for her country. Another two came in weightlifting.
Hidilyn Diaz winning the Women's 55 kg and getting a first ever gold at the Olympics for a Filipino athlete.
Turkmenistan also won their first medal ever as 21 year old Polina Guryeva won a silver medal in the women's 59kg. Gold was claimed by Kuo Hsing-chun of Chinese Taipei.
Hidilyn Diaz winning the Women's 55 kg and getting a first ever gold at the Olympics for a Filipino athlete. Turkmenistan also won their first medal ever as 21 year old Polina Guryeva won a silver medal in the women's 59kg. Gold was claimed by Kuo Hsing-chun of Chinese Taipei.
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For real, every gymnastic fan has been waiting for this moment and I'm so delighted Rebeca did it after so many injuries. Daiane's speech for her one of the few times the entire country was united in order to support her. QUEEN QUEEN QUEEN
Also congrats to Mayra and her third Olympic medal in a row
good day for turzil
also PARABAINS Portugal and Jorge for that medal on judo his post-game interview was iconic
also yay athletics starting today
one of the few times the entire country was united in order to support her. QUEEN QUEEN QUEENAlso congrats to Mayra and her third Olympic medal in a row
good day for turzilalso PARABAINS Portugal and Jorge for that medal on judo
his post-game interview was iconicalso yay athletics starting today
Our women's rugby sevens team got clobbered by France, they could still make the knockout round
But the big news is Canada scored gold in the women's eight in rowing - the first medal for the country in that discipline since Barcelona 1992!
We've got a couple more chances coming up on day 7 - Rosie MacLennan is going for a three-peat in women's trampoline and Mo Ahmed has a shot in the men's 10,000m in track and field
But the big news is Canada scored gold in the women's eight in rowing - the first medal for the country in that discipline since Barcelona 1992!
We've got a couple more chances coming up on day 7 - Rosie MacLennan is going for a three-peat in women's trampoline and Mo Ahmed has a shot in the men's 10,000m in track and field
ShoeFlo
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ZVEREV BEAT DJOKOVIC! 
Seeing Novak losing almost made me cry, am so sad for him
But well some good news for Morocco :
El Bakkali and Tindouf qualified for the men's 3000m Steeple's final, I just hope that Tindouf isn't injuried after what happened
Arafi qualified for the women's 800m semi-final
But well some good news for Morocco :
El Bakkali and Tindouf qualified for the men's 3000m Steeple's final, I just hope that Tindouf isn't injuried after what happened
Arafi qualified for the women's 800m semi-final
So today's review from
Our athletics:
- Topi Raitanen got to Men's 3000m steepchase final: He was second place in his heat
- Sara Kuivisto made it to Women's 800m semifinal with her new National Record 2:00.15
- Our Women triple jumpers Kristiina Mäkelä and Senni Salminen: Kristiina Mäkelä was 12th and qualified to final with 14,21m. Senni Salminen was 13th with 14,20m, so it was close (these was Salminen's first olympics)
Our sailers:
- Tuula Tenkanen's first start today didn't go well and basically she is out for medal competition, although she made to the final
- Kaarle Tapper sailed well and he made it to the medal race, although he can't get medal
Our boxer:
- Mira Potkonen won South Korean Yeonji Oh with split decision (4-1). This was a surprise victory, because Oh is ranked second. But Potkonen boxed smart and Oh didn't hit very much, so Potkonen was better in this match.
Our golfers:
- Sami Välimäki started well, but last holes weren't good, so he is -2 and tied 34 place
- Kalle Samooja's day was better and he ended up today -3. So he is now +1 and tied 31 place
I forgot our swimmers:
- Ari-Pekka Liukkonen didn't make to semifinals in Men's with his time 22.25
- Fanny Teijansalo didn't also firstly make to semifinals with her time 24.79, but Hongkongese swimmer Siobhan Haughney withrawed from semifinals, so Fanny Teijansalo took her place, because Teijansalo was 17th in heats
Our athletics:
- Topi Raitanen got to Men's 3000m steepchase final: He was second place in his heat
- Sara Kuivisto made it to Women's 800m semifinal with her new National Record 2:00.15
- Our Women triple jumpers Kristiina Mäkelä and Senni Salminen: Kristiina Mäkelä was 12th and qualified to final with 14,21m. Senni Salminen was 13th with 14,20m, so it was close (these was Salminen's first olympics)
Our sailers:
- Tuula Tenkanen's first start today didn't go well and basically she is out for medal competition, although she made to the final
- Kaarle Tapper sailed well and he made it to the medal race, although he can't get medal
Our boxer:
- Mira Potkonen won South Korean Yeonji Oh with split decision (4-1). This was a surprise victory, because Oh is ranked second. But Potkonen boxed smart and Oh didn't hit very much, so Potkonen was better in this match.
Our golfers:
- Sami Välimäki started well, but last holes weren't good, so he is -2 and tied 34 place
- Kalle Samooja's day was better and he ended up today -3. So he is now +1 and tied 31 place
I forgot our swimmers:
- Ari-Pekka Liukkonen didn't make to semifinals in Men's with his time 22.25
- Fanny Teijansalo didn't also firstly make to semifinals with her time 24.79, but Hongkongese swimmer Siobhan Haughney withrawed from semifinals, so Fanny Teijansalo took her place, because Teijansalo was 17th in heats
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ShoeFlo
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Germany wrap-up
We won three medals today, sadly no golden medal:
Our Rowing men's eight boat won silver which is actually a little bit disappointing because this was our biggest contender for gold in the rowing events. We finish the rowing events without a golden medal. This is only the second time after our reunification in which we don't win a Gold in Rowing. The first time was also in far east: 2008 in Beijing.
Hannes Aigner won bronze in Men's slalom K-1. After he had finished his race I thought he is out of the medal race, because he was really struggling during the first few poles. However in the end, other racers struggled even more, some of them touching the poles and getting time penalties. So it turned out enough for bronze
In a very dramatic match for the 3rd place against Lin Yun-Ju, Dimitri Ovcharov won bronze in table tennis. He had three match balls against him in the 6th set but overcame all of them, still won the set and eventually also the 7th set. It's always a hell of an achievement to break the dominance of the East Asian players. In the team event we hope for silver behind China
Our greatest success tonight however was not a medal win (well technically yes, but we dont know the colour yet) but it was the spectacular win of Alex Zverev over the tennis legend Djokovic So far this is probably the highlight for us in this Olympic Games. Rarely before I've seen Djokovic being so lost and insecure as he was in the third set. Nobody could expect this twist after Djokovic controlled the match in the first set.
Now I hope Zverev will take also the last step. His final opponent is good, but usually not "final-like good". If Zverev does not understimate him and shows off his qualities I think he will grab for gold on sunday.
in other news... one of our shooter ladies got 7th in the 25 m pistol event. We are still without medal in shooting
in athletics we had an average start. At least both our male discus throwers qualified for the big final, however their performance dont stir up hopes for a medal.
In swimming Florian Wellbrock qualified easily for the 1500m final. After the today's heats it seems obvious there will be a four-men-fight for the medals starring the same athletes as in the 800m race: Wellbrock, Finke, Paltrinieri and Romanchuk. Wellbrock ending on 4 again would be the worst case, but I am confident he will win gold or at least silver. The final will be on sunday.
We won three medals today, sadly no golden medal:
Our Rowing men's eight boat won silver which is actually a little bit disappointing because this was our biggest contender for gold in the rowing events. We finish the rowing events without a golden medal. This is only the second time after our reunification in which we don't win a Gold in Rowing. The first time was also in far east: 2008 in Beijing.
Hannes Aigner won bronze in Men's slalom K-1. After he had finished his race I thought he is out of the medal race, because he was really struggling during the first few poles. However in the end, other racers struggled even more, some of them touching the poles and getting time penalties. So it turned out enough for bronze
In a very dramatic match for the 3rd place against Lin Yun-Ju, Dimitri Ovcharov won bronze in table tennis. He had three match balls against him in the 6th set but overcame all of them, still won the set and eventually also the 7th set. It's always a hell of an achievement to break the dominance of the East Asian players. In the team event we hope for silver behind China
Our greatest success tonight however was not a medal win (well technically yes, but we dont know the colour yet) but it was the spectacular win of Alex Zverev over the tennis legend Djokovic
So far this is probably the highlight for us in this Olympic Games. Rarely before I've seen Djokovic being so lost and insecure as he was in the third set. Nobody could expect this twist after Djokovic controlled the match in the first set.Now I hope Zverev will take also the last step. His final opponent is good, but usually not "final-like good". If Zverev does not understimate him and shows off his qualities I think he will grab for gold on sunday.
in other news... one of our shooter ladies got 7th in the 25 m pistol event. We are still without medal in shooting
in athletics we had an average start. At least both our male discus throwers qualified for the big final, however their performance dont stir up hopes for a medal.
In swimming Florian Wellbrock qualified easily for the 1500m final. After the today's heats it seems obvious there will be a four-men-fight for the medals starring the same athletes as in the 800m race: Wellbrock, Finke, Paltrinieri and Romanchuk. Wellbrock ending on 4 again would be the worst case, but I am confident he will win gold or at least silver. The final will be on sunday.
After all that Djoković has done for the sport, I can't say anything against him, he deserved full support, but I am still very disappointed. 3 Olympic Games in a row, and 0 medals for him.
He's not mentally ready for this at all. That is what is keeping him back, he lost 2 matches where he was a big favorite. And the journalists were not doing him any favors by saying that he won a gold medal in advance.
He has one more chance for gold in Paris, but he needs to be focused on the main goal and the fewer distractions, the better.
sport, I can't say anything against him, he deserved full support, but I am still very disappointed. 3 Olympic Games in a row, and 0 medals for him.He's not mentally ready for this at all. That is what is keeping him back, he lost 2 matches where he was a big favorite. And the journalists were not doing him any favors by saying that he won a gold medal in advance.
He has one more chance for gold in Paris, but he needs to be focused on the main goal and the fewer distractions, the better.
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Seeing Novak losing almost made me cry, am so sad for him
But well some good news for Morocco :
El Bakkali and Tindouf qualified for the men's 3000m Steeple's final, I just hope that Tindouf isn't injuried after what happened
Arafi qualified for the women's 800m semi-final
Arafi got off to a terrible start but managed to bring it back. Don't know what haened at the beginning of the race for her.El Bakkali looks like a medal contender in the 3000 steeple winning a slow heat.
Sidenote: @heke1988 I think Topi really benefited from that pace being slower as he managed to kick his way up to 2nd.
Tindouf had that slip but still managed to make it to the steeple final as well.
Even I'm far from being a Djoko fan, I wished for him to take bronze. But Careno-Busta deserved it too so congratulations !
What a great Saturday for with 6 medals ! Only one in gold (we truly have a problem with gold/total ratio lol), but maybe the most important : we won the judo Mixed Team Event against Japan. Knowing how much they're a force to be reckoned with in this discipline (in the final, 4/6 of the Japanese judokas were 2020 gold medalists), beating them is a huge deal
I just watched the Women Sabre's final team event in fencing... Even if we lost I feel sadder for the ROC athlete who won't get her gold medal because they didn't let her play in the final match, despite the fact she did in the previous rounds
What a great Saturday for
with 6 medals ! Only one in gold (we truly have a problem with gold/total ratio lol), but maybe the most important : we won the judo Mixed Team Event against Japan. Knowing how much they're a force to be reckoned with in this discipline (in the final, 4/6 of the Japanese judokas were 2020 gold medalists), beating them is a huge deal I just watched the Women Sabre's final team event in fencing... Even if we lost I feel sadder for the ROC athlete who won't get her gold medal because they didn't let her play in the final match, despite the fact she did in the previous rounds