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Gold Medal Race to the Finish Updates with Medals
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:22 pm
I am looking at events left and here is what I am seeing as events The US and China have chances to win Gold
China
S W Boxing 65 kg (Lost to our boy from Algeria)
G W Boxing 75 kg
G M Weightlifting 102 kg
W Weightlifting +81kg
G W Team Tables Tennis
G M 10 M Platform Diving
G Artistic Swiming Duet Free
G Rhythmic Gymnastic
shite missed one, and th eh have 3 left. Need the boxer to lose
5-1
3 left
Looking at 40
USA
G M Basketball
W Baskwtball
W Volleyball
G W Soccer
G W 4x400m
G M 4x400m
G W 100m H
S W 200m Sprint Canoe
4-1 so far
need to win out and steal a wrestling gold.
We have a world champion at 65 kg who hasn’t started wrestling yet and a former Olympian at 97 kg who hasn’t started wrestling yet.
Update: 0 men’s wrestling golds
This will be tight.
Also feel free to tell me if i’m missing any heavy favorites in events idk about.
China
S W Boxing 65 kg (Lost to our boy from Algeria)
G W Boxing 75 kg
G M Weightlifting 102 kg
W Weightlifting +81kg
G W Team Tables Tennis
G M 10 M Platform Diving
G Artistic Swiming Duet Free
G Rhythmic Gymnastic
shite missed one, and th eh have 3 left. Need the boxer to lose
5-1
3 left
Looking at 40
USA
G M Basketball
W Baskwtball
W Volleyball
G W Soccer
G W 4x400m
G M 4x400m
G W 100m H
S W 200m Sprint Canoe
4-1 so far
need to win out and steal a wrestling gold.
We have a world champion at 65 kg who hasn’t started wrestling yet and a former Olympian at 97 kg who hasn’t started wrestling yet.
Update: 0 men’s wrestling golds
This will be tight.
Also feel free to tell me if i’m missing any heavy favorites in events idk about.
This post was edited on 8/10/24 at 4:40 pm
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Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:25 pm to SammyTiger
thanks for breaking it down 
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:25 pm to SammyTiger
Of course the last 3 of China's events on that list are BS events. I would beat anything that China realizes they are an unathletic group, so purposefully train as hard as they can in the BS events like ping pong just so they can top the US.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:28 pm to SammyTiger
I don’t see any Chinese entered in the Men’s 102 or women’s 81Kg weightlifting
ETA: For women, their contestant is in 81+
And I was looking at 102+ on the men (where they don’t have a contestant), so that’s my error.
Your point stands that there are two weightlifters
ETA: For women, their contestant is in 81+
And I was looking at 102+ on the men (where they don’t have a contestant), so that’s my error.
Your point stands that there are two weightlifters
This post was edited on 8/9/24 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:32 pm to Keys Open Doors
Make sure you are looking st 102 and not 102+
and the chinesse lifter is in +81k Women’s.
and the chinesse lifter is in +81k Women’s.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:36 pm to SammyTiger
Rose Zhang has an outside shot in women's golf, doesn't she? And I guess Nelly could pull a Scheffler and shoot lights out and sneak on up there...
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:37 pm to SammyTiger
quote:
W Team Tables Tennis
They"ll still be issuing medals after the Olympics are over.
Ping Pong started on July 27th and here we are two weeks later.
What are there weight classes like in wrestling? C'mon, man....this sport shouldn't have 24 medals allocated to it.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:38 pm to SammyTiger
It appears we should come close to matching our gold medal total for 2020 (21), which was 39
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:42 pm to SammyTiger
Have we run the men’s 4x100 yet?
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:43 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
It should only be men’s single, men’s team, women’s single, women team, and mixed team right? That’s 5 gold and 15 medals total right?
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:44 pm to Xenophon
You want spoilers?
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:50 pm to LSU316
quote:
It should only be men’s single, men’s team, women’s single, women team, and mixed team right? That’s 5 gold and 15 medals total right?
Yes, it basically has the same setup as tennis.
If we want to pull away from the Chinese in golds in the future, we’ll need to start competing for golds in Diving (8 events), Shooting (15 events), Boxing (13 events) or Weightlifting (10 events).
Those are sports with high medal counts that China racks up golds.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:51 pm to Xenophon
Yes and No
yes the event happened
did we really run it?
yes the event happened
did we really run it?
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:53 pm to TomRollTideRitter
we had a relatively down year in the pool.
Still top dog but we won 11 Gold medals in 2020 and 8 this year.
Still top dog but we won 11 Gold medals in 2020 and 8 this year.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:56 pm to SammyTiger
Betting markets still have US winning most golds
Posted on 8/9/24 at 3:59 pm to SammyTiger
We still have a chance in women's 1500m, men's 800m and 5000m. We're by no means favorite in any of those but after the performances we've had I wouldn't say there's zero chance.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 4:00 pm to SammyTiger
quote:
we had a relatively down year in the pool. Still top dog but we won 11 Gold medals in 2020 and 8 this year.
Yes and having the top male swimmer instead of France probably puts us over the top this Olympics, but if we want to pull away from China in the future we’ll need to add some competition in these sports they dominate.
Ironically, not having Russia compete probably benefits China more than us. Synchro swimming, boxing, and shooting are sports where Russia often bests China for gold.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 4:02 pm to SammyTiger
I’m not sure if what Bednarik did could be considered professional relay running or not…..it sure looked rough.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 4:05 pm to JumpingTheShark
At this point I don't care if the Algeria literally whips
out a dick if she beats this chinese boxer.
out a dick if she beats this chinese boxer.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 4:05 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Frankly I suspect we’ve seen the last of American athletes that can go out there and will themselves to victory regardless of “mental health” like guys like Phelps did….like Lebron and KD did against Serbia. Dressel couldn’t do it. I hope I’m wrong but with the next generations of athletes I’m not seeing that ultimate do whatever it takes to win mentality for the most part.
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