2020 Tokyo Olympic Games - Day Twelve (4 August)

[allezfred]

Andre DeGrassi Street wins the men’s 200m.

 

[Colonel Green]

De Grasse becomes the third Canadian to win the 200 m, which hadn't happened since Percy Williams in 1928!

Canada's first gold medal in track since the great Donovan Bailey in 1996.

 

[danafan]

What a finish in the 200m! Gold for Canada!

 

[Parsley Sage]

De Grasse becomes the third Canadian to win the 200 m, which hadn't happened since Percy Williams in 1928!

Canada's first gold medal in track since the great Donovan Bailey in 1996.

I think this makes Andre one of the most decorated Canadian male Olympians.

 

[Colonel Green]

I think this makes Andre one of the most decorated Canadian male Olympians.

Yeah, five ties him with a few people. There are no Canadian men in the six-medal club (which is Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes). They're tied for second behind Penny with seven.

 

[danafan]

Did anyone watch the women's 10m platform diving prelims? It was a bit of a mess. The 2017 world champion Cheong Jun Hoong missed virtually every dive and didn't qualify (finished 26 out of 30), and her teammate Pandelela Pamg just snuck in in 18th place (she was the bronze medalist in 2012 and one of the more consistent divers) and was lucky that the second to last diver blew her last dive and dropped from 14th to 24th in the last round. Hopefully the semi finals and finals will be better. It will be difficult to beat either of the Chinese divers but the battle for bronze could be interesting with several divers capable of winning it. Personally I'm pulling for Melissa Wu to finally get an individual medal in her fourth Olympics.

 

[Lara]

De Grasse

 

[allezfred]

Second day of decathlon is going to be interesting. Warner will extend his lead over Mayer in the 110m hurdles, but Mayer has potentially a massive pole vault. Will come down to the margins in the throws.

 

[Parsley Sage]

Yeah, five ties him with a few people. There are no Canadian men in the six-medal club (which is Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes). They're tied for second behind Penny with seven.

Five ties him with Phil Edwards. I think Andre is now the most decorated living Canadian male Olympian.

 

[victorskid]

Yeah, five ties him with a few people. There are no Canadian men in the six-medal club (which is Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes). They're tied for second behind Penny with seven.

And he anchors the 4 x 100 for a chance at a 6th

 

[Cachoo]

World champion Kaul pulls up in the decathlon 400m. That’s one contender gone.

Well that sucks. All of that work and an injury...

 

[allezfred]

Top three of the medals table remain the same with China, USA and Japan in that order, but Great Britain leap frog Australia and Russia into FORTH.

 

[Frau Muller]

I had the tv on while sleeping and woke up to Malaguena and thought "who's skating?" I don't know anything about this sport but Ukraine appealed to me most.

Oh, that was Spain...ole! Loved them. The announcer said that it’s a very young team, just beginning.

I absolutely LOVED the Austrians, among the up-and-comers...EVILE DOLLS...most creative program, although Japan’s ROBOTS also innovative & clever.

Can’t wait for the group routines, which begin 8/6 (Fri morn) 6:30am eastern US time on NBCOlympics live streaming. Start Order among the 10 countries, incl Canada & Australia but no USA group this yr:

Tokyo 2020 Team Results - Olympic artistic-swimming

Find out who took home gold, silver and bronze in 2020. Official results of the artistic-swimming Team event at the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

olympics.com

 

[Cachoo]

Oh, that was Spain...ole! Loved them. The announcer said that it’s a very young team, just beginning.

I absolutely LOVED the Austrians, among the up-and-comers...EVILE DOLLS. Most creative program, although Japan’s Robots also innovative & clever.

Can’t wait for the group routines, which begin tomorrow 6:30am eastern US time on NBCOlympics live streaming. Start Order among the 10 countries:

Tokyo 2020 Team Results - Olympic artistic-swimming

Find out who took home gold, silver and bronze in 2020. Official results of the artistic-swimming Team event at the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

olympics.com

Watching Austria reminded me of the film "Coraline." It had that vibe.

 

[Colonel Green]

Second day of decathlon is going to be interesting. Warner will extend his lead over Mayer in the 110m hurdles, but Mayer has potentially a massive pole vault. Will come down to the margins in the throws.

After Mayer's performance in the 400 m, I think he could potentially bleed badly in the 1500 m at the end.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

And I don’t like seeing young kids get really hurt in the name of sport/entertainment live on Tv. The issue with that?

I didn't have an issue with that? I'm really not understanding what you are reacting to.

 

[allezfred]

After Mayer's performance in the 400 m, I think he could potentially bleed badly in the 1500 m at the end.

The 400m wasn’t so bad as he had over performed in the high jump. In addition, 400m and 1500m are very different running events so really don’t think one has anything to do with the other.

 

[Cachoo]

I have this vow to support my country's women/girl teams and generally I like the sports when the ball (or object) is moving through the air rather than on the ground. And yet I find water polo so dull. And the US has a fine team. I don't know if it is the splashing water but I want to nap when I watch them.

 

[canbelto]

Here's a great graphic that gives a breakdown of how McLaughlin won over Muhammad:

How Sydney McLaughlin Beat Her Own World Record to Win Gold

On a fast track at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, McLaughlin edged her closest rival in the final meters and shaved 0.44 of a second off her own world record.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Cachoo]

Here's a great graphic that gives a breakdown of how McLaughlin won over Muhammad:

How Sydney McLaughlin Beat Her Own World Record to Win Gold

On a fast track at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, McLaughlin edged her closest rival in the final meters and shaved 0.44 of a second off her own world record.

www.nytimes.com

I didn't care who won but I was heartened to see that they like each other. The runner from Jamaica had an incredible accomplishment winning those two races and people just walked away from her. Rude!

 

[RoseRed]

Five ties him with Phil Edwards. I think Andre is now the most decorated living Canadian male Olympian.

Scott Moir also has five Olympic medals (2010 gold, 2014 silver x2, 2018 gold x2), if we're counting Winter Olympians.

 

[Colonel Green]

Scott Moir also has five Olympic medals (2010 gold, 2014 silver x2, 2018 gold x2), if we're counting Winter Olympians.

Charles Hamelin also has five.

 

[Rina RUS]

I had the tv on while sleeping and woke up to Malaguena and thought "who's skating?" I don't know anything about this sport but Ukraine appealed to me most.

it is nice that Ukraine has got this medal

 

[Rina RUS]

I just realized, Karate was added especially only for Olympics 2020
just so Japan could get 8 extra gold medals ?

Why not?
It seems people are happy to have these Olympics - even with all those restrictions.
Why can't the hosts get some extra medals (not thanks to judging, but thanks to adding an extra sport)?

 

[MacMadame]

Open Water Swimming is my favorite thing in the world to do but I have to say that watching other people do it is excruciatingly boring.

Though doing it in 85F water is really, really hard. So props to them.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Open Water Swimming is my favorite thing in the world to do but I have to say that watching other people do it is excruciatingly boring.

Though doing it in 85F water is really, really hard. So props to them.

There's a tiktok going around about how they get water handed to them as if they were feral animals. It's hilarious.

 

[MacMadame]

There's a tiktok going around about how they get water handed to them as if they were feral animals. It's hilarious.

TBH, I'm a little jealous they get water like that. When we go swimming for a long time, we have to pack bars and water into a swim buoy and drag it behind us like pack mules!

A friend who was training for the Ultraman which includes a marathon swim on the first day, had his girlfriend following him around in a kayak handing over food and water. That works too.

 

[Cachoo]

Hey the US held on to the baton—-They didn’t make it out of their heat but they didn’t drop the baton.

 

[Frau Muller]

Svetlana Romashina (Russia) today became the GOAT of Synchro Artistic Swimming, with six gold medals over four Olympic Games.

Romashina, the best ever in Olympic history!

Svetlana Romashina, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, became today the most successful athlete in the history of artistic swimming, by winning her sixth Olympic gold medal in the Duet competition at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

www.fina.org