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Can anybody tell me what are the start and end times for each day of activities in Japan?

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USA vs. Slovenia HYPE

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Oh ya Team USA overcomes Australia to advance to the gold medal game

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Medal Table (After Day 13)

Rank. Name - G - S - B - Total
1. China - 34 - 24 - 16 - 74
2. United States - 29 - 35 - 27 - 91
3. Japan - 22 - 10 - 14 - 46
4. Australia - 17 - 5 - 19 - 41
5. Russia - 16 - 22 - 20 - 58
6. Great Britain - 16 - 18 - 17 - 51
7. Germany - 9 - 9 - 16 - 34
8. France - 7 - 11 - 9 - 27
9. Italy - 7 - 10 - 18 - 35
10. Netherlands - 7 - 9 - 10 - 26

No one dropped out of the top 10, the only change was Great Britain dropping to sixth as the fight for fourth rages on. Another big day for the United States with 12 medals, including four gold. They are now five golds behind China. However, the United States did lose few gold medal chances based on the list I made yesterday. They are currently on pace to win one more gold than China. Athletics, particularly the three remaining eligible relays are important for the United States while China needs to cash in on their boxing and karate chances if they want to hold off the Americans.

Also with Bahamas and Grenada winning their first medals of the games yesterday, we have now set a record of the most nations with an Olympic medal (currently 88).

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charmander6000 posted...

Also with Bahamas and Grenada winning their first medals of the games yesterday, we have now set a record of the most nations with an Olympic medal (currently 88).

Woo! That's awesome.

How are we doing for the record of first time medal winning countries?

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Advokaiser posted...

Can anybody tell me what are the start and end times for each day of activities in Japan?

something like 7am-11pm but it varies day to day especially if theres a big marathon type of event

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Maniac64 posted...

Woo! That's awesome.

How are we doing for the record of first time medal winning countries?

So far Burkina Faso, San Marino and Turkmenistan have won their first ever medals while Bermuda, the Philippines and Qatar have won their first ever gold medal.

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Retire the Chinese divers already! We all know they're the best in the world and will remain so for decades.

It's not fair to aspire for Bronze at best if you're going to compete with superhuman athletes that will always win Gold and Silver no matter how hard you (or the others) try.

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Advokaiser posted...

Retire the Chinese divers already! We all know they're the best in the world and will remain so for decades.

It's not fair to aspire for Bronze at best if you're going to compete with superhuman athletes that will always win Gold and Silver no matter how hard you (or the others) try.

And yet they have once again failed to sweep the golds. A feat they have never managed despite often being the favorites to win them all (like this year).

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Is it just me or are these women's waterpolo uniforms a half step removed from being full-on thong leotards

Edit: wedgies, apparently

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The highlight of the Olympics is finally here. It is time. Time for WALKING

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American heavyweight wrestler Gable Steveson is going for gold. He hasn't conceded a point yet. He's dominated the returning gold medalist 8-0 (for reference the match automatically ends if any wrestler gets ahead by 10. It's called technical superiority which is a badass name). Also he's only 21 and still in college wrestling for the Minnesota Gophers. He's worked out with Brock Lesnar and had publicly stated he will pursue a pro wrestling career.

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he's gonna be in the WWE!?

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Canada steals Bronze at the last moment in the 50km race walk. Although, I was cheering for fellow Pokemon VGC member Rhydian Cowley who ended up in 8th. The 50km race walk is such a brutal event.
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KommunistKoala posted...

he's gonna be in the WWE!?

He's already been shown in the stands at an NXT PPV sitting next to Stephanie McMahon.

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Yeah go my Mukaida

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The podium for the wrestlers was really touching - the Georgian is very heartbroken but very proud for the American. Hes having a hard time. Props to him

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Great 4x100 relay races today.

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Both good races, enjoyed them

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charmander6000 posted...

Also with Bahamas and Grenada winning their first medals of the games yesterday, we have now set a record of the most nations with an Olympic medal (currently 88).

Good to see Grenada get another medal. Kirani James is basically a national hero for winning gold in 2012 and half the country has streets/buildings named after him. Great to see in a country with only ~110,000 people

Medal Table (After Day 14)

Rank. Name - G - S - B - Total
1. China - 36 - 26 - 17 - 79
2. United States - 31 - 36 - 31 - 98
3. Japan - 24 - 11 - 16 - 51
4. Great Britain - 18 - 20 - 20 - 58
5. Russia - 17 - 23 - 22 - 62
6. Australia - 17 - 6 - 21 - 44
7. Italy - 10 - 10 - 18 - 38
8. Germany - 9 - 11 - 16 - 36
9. Netherlands - 9 - 10 - 12 - 31
10. France - 7 - 11 - 9 - 27

Nobody dropped off the top 10 though the order of the bottom six has changed quite a bit. Great Britain and the United States won seven medals while Italy won three golds. China and the United States both won two golds which keeps the gold medal gap the same.

This was to be expected as both nations had the same gold medal opportunities, but the United States lost to China in the women's -50kg freestyle wrestling which means an additional lost gold medal opportunity for the Americans bringing the projected gold medal total to a tie. Tomorrow will have to be a big day for the United States. They don't need to surpass China, but they'll need to cut down the deficit to 1-2.

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Really happy with the Canadian showing this year. 11th place right now, solid showing given our size

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France not giving up against the USA in basketball.

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FInal Score

France 82
USA - 87

GOLD MEDAL BAYYYBEEEEEE

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Maniac64 posted...

And yet they have once again failed to sweep the golds. A feat they have never managed despite often being the favorites to win them all (like this year).

I'm sorry, what?

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The most Japanese thing about this Olympics is a Taco Bell commercial.

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Medal Table (After Day 15)

Rank. Name - G - S - B - Total
1. China - 38 - 31 - 18 - 87
2. United States - 36 - 39 - 33 - 108
3. Japan - 27 - 12 - 17 - 56
4. Russia - 20 - 26 - 23 - 69
5. Great Britain - 20 - 21 - 22 - 63
6. Australia - 17 - 7 - 22 - 46
7. Germany - 10 - 11 - 16 - 37
8. Netherlands - 10 - 11 - 12 - 33
9. Italy - 10 - 10 - 19 - 39
10. France - 9 - 12 - 11 - 32

Nobody dropped from the top 10. As expected, it was a big day for the United States where they won ten medals, including five golds, bringing the gap against China down to two. Russia and Great Britain will fight for fourth while the bottom four of the top 10 is far from decided.

In the fight for top spot, the sport to watch will be boxing. China is competing in women's middleweight while the United States has athletes in men's lightweight and men's super heavyweight. If China wins gold in boxing the United States can't afford too many missed opportunities. Along with the two boxing bouts they are also in the gold medal match in women's basketball and women's volleyball. The good news for the United States is that they have more silvers so a tie in the gold medal count means they will still top the medal table

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Advokaiser posted...

I'm sorry, what?

You were acting like they were unbeatable and everyone else was playing for Bronze. But they have never managed to get all the golds and a few other countries got silvers this year as well.

So yeah China is super dominant but not to the extent you were saying. That's all I meant.

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I wish that, when the Olympics ends, there will be a video game music in the background, then the two Tokyo 2020 mascots show up in a big screen, with the numbers #899 and #900 under them. Revealing that Pokemon were the mascots of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics all along

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Maniac64 posted...

You were acting like they were unbeatable and everyone else was playing for Bronze. But they have never managed to get all the golds and a few other countries got silvers this year as well.

So yeah China is super dominant but not to the extent you were saying. That's all I meant.

Sorry if it came off as that. I meant it for Diving specifically. They are obviously not the greatest at everything. However, they are literally unbeatable in that sport alone, and no one can even come close to them at that.

The only one who can beat a Chinese diver is another Chinese diver, lol. That's why I said every other nation can only aspire for Bronze at that (or Silver if they are in groups).

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Us now has most golds

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closing ceremony best be good after an awful opening ceremony.

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As Greece we managed to get the Silver Medal on Water Polo on Men's Team! Now for you Americans this may sound okay BUT for us it is the first ever team medal we get on Olympics!

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Well, was a fun Olympics. Too bad there weren't any spectators but a lot of nice moments.

Looking forward to the Winter Olympics in six months.

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guffguy89 posted...

Us now has most golds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk

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Space Station in the closing ceremony was awesome

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Advokaiser posted...

Sorry if it came off as that. I meant it for Diving specifically. They are obviously not the greatest at everything. However, they are literally unbeatable in that sport alone, and no one can even come close to them at that.

The only one who can beat a Chinese diver is another Chinese diver, lol. That's why I said every other nation can only aspire for Bronze at that (or Silver if they are in groups).

Right I was talking about Diving as well. They aren't unbeatable, they lost the Men's sychro platform this year and have never managed to sweep the gold's.

They are incredibly hard to beat but they aren't unbeatable. Give some credit to Team GB this year!

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Olympics withdraw.
What did I do at this time two and a half weeks ago...

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Maniac64 posted...

Right I was talking about Diving as well. They aren't unbeatable, they lost the Men's sychro platform this year and have never managed to sweep the gold's.

They are incredibly hard to beat but they aren't unbeatable. Give some credit to Team GB this year!

Huh... Wow, I somehow overlooked that result!

Quite a personal shocker, if you ask me.

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ninkendo posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk

They're destroying the Eiffel Tower, LOL! Foreshadowing much.

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Advokaiser posted...

Huh... Wow, I somehow overlooked that result!

Quite a personal shocker, if you ask me.

Oh yeah it was a big upset.

Speaking of nearly unbeatable teams USA womens basketball wins its 7th straight gold and I think 54th straight olympic game.

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Maniac64 posted...

Speaking of nearly unbeatable teams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_tennis_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Medal_table

They have taken away sports for less competition reasons.

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China is saying they won the medal count by including Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

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I'm fine with a nation dominating an event/sport. Just because a nation is dominant doesn't mean others don't play it. Basketball is arguably the second most played team sport around the world after soccer so it doesn't matter that the United States keeps winning.

Meanwhile baseball can have a handful of nations with a decent chance at winning, but it won't be at the 2024 games because it doesn't have much depth.

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FFDragon posted...

China is saying they won the medal count by including Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Probably not since Macau doesn't compete at the Olympics. They would also never refer to Chinese Taipei as Taiwan, the whole reason why it's called Chinese Taipei is because China throws a temper tantrum any time someone even suggests calling them Taiwan.

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charmander6000 posted...

I'm fine with a nation dominating an event/sport. Just because a nation is dominant doesn't mean others don't play it. Basketball is arguably the second most played team sport around the world after soccer so it doesn't matter that the United States keeps winning.

Meanwhile baseball can have a handful of nations with a decent chance at winning, but it won't be at the 2024 games because it doesn't have much depth.

Doesn't seem that Table Tennis has much depth either, but it keeps coming back.

Baseball will be in LA and IMO be at every olympics. Having Break Dancing as a sport and not Baseball just does not sound right.

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Xtlm posted...

Doesn't seem that Table Tennis has much depth either, but it keeps coming back.

Baseball will be in LA and IMO be at every olympics. Having Break Dancing as a sport and not Baseball just does not sound right.

Table tennis does have a lot of depth, many nations actively compete in it, it's just that China dominates it heavily.

Baseball and softball have gotten lucky in terms of hosts. One of the other reasons why it was kicked out after 2008 is that there aren't many baseball fields around the world and the dimensions to build one is too large to say convert a soccer field into a temporary one. Japan and the United States are two of the largest supporters of the sport. Even Australia in 2032 is a relatively pro-baseball/softball nation, unless they want to try something new like cricket (which has more issues than baseball/softball).

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charmander6000 posted...

Probably not since Macau doesn't compete at the Olympics. They would also never refer to Chinese Taipei as Taiwan, the whole reason why it's called Chinese Taipei is because China throws a temper tantrum any time someone even suggests calling them Taiwan.

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Hahaha, my mistake. I guess the one China policy trumps all

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Wouldnt that mean the US gets Puerto Rico's medal?

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