Official Tokyo 2021 Olympics thread

[King Static X]

Congrats to Andre De Grasse. He finally did it - he got his gold



Congrats to Kenneth Bednarek for winning the silver. Also, Erriyon Knighton has got next



Noah Lyles choking to only get bronze

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

brown ran good as well so we have two speedsters. I mean we could even win gold

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

andre degrasse going to get every endorsement in canada now

man he better
put him on every magazine tomorrow

 

[Nero Christ]

Russia bout to eliminate Brazil in volleyball smh

 

[MikelArteta]

we won bronze in rio
japan won silver

its all about technique and canadas relay team has been together the longest

 

[Piff Huxtable]

we won bronze in rio
japan won silver

its all about technique and canadas relay team has been together the longest

plus you know mentally weak Trayvon Bromell will throw away the baton

 

[the next guy]

Because the USOC/Or any countries OC have targets of golds but it's also overall medals won. The gold medals is down to the individual disciplines/sports governing bodies targets.

And the US keeps touting the total number of medals when it’s the number of golds that really count...

Kunty is right, it's always been total metals.

That said the US has won a lot of smaller sports, they needed better in track and swimming which is the core of the games.

 

[MikelArteta]

CBC is stupid de grasse is the better olympian than penny oleksiak.

I don't care about all these swimming medals when its just freestyle, breastroke etc.

 

[Htrb-nvr-blk-&-ug-as-evr]

I never started hearing about how its only the gold that matters until China started racking them up. Total medals has always been the measuring stick of the country. Especially so when you see how much those silver and bronze medals mean to the athletes, its low key disrespectful to them to trivialize their accomplishments.

Would you say Qatar had a better Olympics than Spain when Qatar only has two total medals, both gold, and Spain has 10 with 1 gold? Australia has 1 more gold than Russia but Russia has damn near 20 more total medals.

Edit: I’m wrong...good point...

 

[MikelArteta]

plus you know mentally weak Trayvon Bromell will throw away the baton

Same reason why I don't trust the jamaican women they don't even get along even though they have the 3 fastest women in the world.

It's all about technique, even for the men bolt made up for alot of mistakes if you look at relay finals he was chasing japan down in rio

 

[BornStar]

The fastest man in the world is Canadian again !!!!

The fastest man in the Olympics is Canadian.

 

[MikelArteta]

15 Worlds 100m Third place medal 9.92 (PB)
'15 Worlds 4x100m Third place medal38.13
'16 Olympics 100m Third place medal9.91(PB)
'16 Olympics 200m Second place medal20.02
'16 Olympics 4x100m Third place medal37.64
'19 Worlds 100m Third place medal9.90 (PB)
'19 Worlds 200m Second place medal 19.95
'21 Olympics 100m Third place medal9.89 (PB)
'21 Olympics 200m First place medal19.62 (PB)

No longer the groomsmen now the groom

 

[jj23]

every time my folks talk about them...you can just see and hear the pride that team brought

Changed the mindset of everyone in the Caribbean. Showed us that we could not just compete, but dominate.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

Same reason why I don't trust the jamaican women they don't even get along even though they have the 3 fastest women in the world.

It's all about technique, even for the men bolt made up for alot of mistakes if you look at relay finals he was chasing japan down in rio

you need those Michael Frater types that can execute a proper handover

 

[jj23]

Congrats to Andre De Grasse. He finally did it - he got his gold



Congrats to Kenneth Bednarek for winning the silver. Also, Erriyon Knighton has got next



Noah Lyles choking to only get bronze

Another American that didn't quite peak.