Olympics

tempo_n_groove

cp3iverson said:

You trained all your life and you won!  Here’s your gold-plated teenagers broken iPhone!    Jk.  

That’s funny!

tempo_n_groove

Anybody watch the women’s 800?  Two teenagers in the finals.  Looking forward to that!

F Me In The Brain

The gal from Trenton is going to crush, again.  She looks like machine.  Take the lead right off and drive the pace all the way.
Beast.

Meltdown99

My favorite event the 100m final is coming up at 850 am

cutz

The numbers 1 through 4 Ranked teams on the same side of the bracket?

https://twitter.com/FIBA/status/1421795907419492354

Men's Olympics hoops bracket set: U.S., Spain to meet in quarters

The Associated Press

7h ago

Stephen Gosling / National Basketball Association / Getty

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — The U.S. and Spain played for Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, then in the semifinals in 2016.

And at the Tokyo Games, the top teams in the FIBA world rankings will meet again — just earlier than has been the norm.

The three-time reigning Olympic champion Americans will face reigning World Cup champion Spain in the quarterfinals of the men’s tournament at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, a matchup of teams that finished second in their respective groups at the Olympics.

Spain fell outside of the seeded pool, and knew it had exposed itself to a potential matchup with the U.S., by losing the group-play finale to Slovenia on Sunday. And about an hour later, when FIBA held the Olympic draw, the matchup was set.

“If you’re going to get that gold medal, you’re going to beat everybody,” Spain center Marc Gasol said. “At that point, it doesn’t matter, the order.”

The U.S. is 16-2 against Spain in Olympic or World Cup competition — yet recent matchups haven’t exactly been runaways. The Americans won 82-76 in the 2016 Olympic semifinals, 107-100 in the 2012 gold-medal game at London, and 118-107 in the gold-medal matchup at Beijing in 2008.

“This Olympics is just going to get better as far as basketball is concerned, because the teams are all pretty passionate and very talented and have a lot of individual players that people will enjoy on TV,” U.S. coach Gregg Popovich said.

The other quarterfinals: Group A winner France (3-0) will face Italy (2-1, second place in Group , Group B winner Australia (3-0) plays Argentina (1-2, third place in Group C), and Group C winner Slovenia (3-0) drew a matchup with Germany (1-2, second place in Group .

The Italy-France winner will play the Slovenia-Germany winner in one semifinal, and the U.S.-Spain winner plays the Australia-Argentina winner in the other. The quarterfinals are win-or-go-home; a victory means teams are assured of two more games — the semifinals followed by a gold- or bronze-medal contest — before leaving Tokyo.

“Everybody knows that there are no easy opponents, especially USA, Australia, France, those kind of teams,” Slovenia guard Zoran Dragic said. “That’s why everybody wanted to be first in their group.”

The U.S., which lost to France in the Olympic opener, got into the seeded pot of the draw by finishing as the top second-place team. That meant it couldn’t face any of the group winners in the quarterfinals, but also had to play another second-place finisher — in this case, either Italy or Spain.

Once Italy was drawn to play France, the matchup was clear: The U.S. and Spain would meet again.

And in terms of the world rankings, the brackets for the Olympic quarterfinals are unusual: No. 1 plays No. 2 in the USA-Spain contest, and No. 3 Australia plays No. 4 Argentina. The other matchups, by world ranking, are No. 7 France against No. 10 Italy and No. 16 Slovenia against No. 17 Germany.

France and Italy have gone 14-14 against one another in FIBA and Olympic play. Slovenia is 4-3 against Germany and Australia and Argentina have split six previous meetings.

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tempo_n_groove

Qatar and Italy tie in the high jump.  The judge tells them they need to have a jump off.  Qatar’s Barshim says “why can’t we both get gold medals?”

Italy’s Tamberi jumped in his arms w joy.

Great moment.  Watch it if u have time.

mrussel1

tempo_n_groove said:

Qatar and Italy tie in the high jump.  The judge tells them they need to have a jump off.  Qatar’s Barshim says “why can’t we both get gold medals?”

Italy’s Tamberi jumped in his arms w joy.

Great moment.  Watch it if u have time.

I was watching that, and I thought that was part of the rules.. that it was a defined choice, not some random act that the judge approved.  I mean it's great that they said yes.. but honestly.. wouldn't we all say yes and take the gold?

F Me In The Brain

I don't know, honestly.  In every way I can actually relate I would rather go for the win....but, it is a gold medal and I can't relate to that, to what that actually means to these folks who work so long and hard for that as a goal.  Perhaps a tie would be every bit as amazing in that spot.  Certainly a gold medal is something that will always stand for the best in the world at something.

F Me In The Brain

Does the next guy get a silver or a bronze?

mrussel1

F Me In The Brain said:

I don't know, honestly.  In every way I can actually relate I would rather go for the win....but, it is a gold medal and I can't relate to that, to what that actually means to these folks who work so long and hard for that as a goal.  Perhaps a tie would be every bit as amazing in that spot.  Certainly a gold medal is something that will always stand for the best in the world at something.

I mean maybe if you're team USA hockey or basketball, maybe you play for it all.  But I would think in an individualized event like that, no one will every care/know that you were tied for the best.  

And yeah, the next up was bronze.  No silver.

cp3iverson

tempo_n_groove said:

Qatar and Italy tie in the high jump.  The judge tells them they need to have a jump off.  Qatar’s Barshim says “why can’t we both get gold medals?”

Italy’s Tamberi jumped in his arms w joy.

Great moment.  Watch it if u have time.

That was amazing

”History my friend.  We’ll be champions”

Pap

Men's long jump 🥇

Pap

🥉

cblock4life

cp3iverson said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Qatar and Italy tie in the high jump.  The judge tells them they need to have a jump off.  Qatar’s Barshim says “why can’t we both get gold medals?”

Italy’s Tamberi jumped in his arms w joy.

Great moment.  Watch it if u have time.

That was amazing

”History my friend.  We’ll be champions”

I loved that moment!

tempo_n_groove

Simone is back on the balance beam!  That was the event she first started to get the yips so I hope she cleared the cobwebs and kills it.

mickeyrat

Biles pulling out of so many events left open the gold for her teammates. And they killed it. Especially the alternate , who planned to retire after this one anyway....

Meltdown99

Canada eliminates the US ladies soccer team.  Canada plays Sweden for Gold later this week…

tempo_n_groove

Meltdown99 said:

Canada eliminates the US ladies soccer team.  Canada plays Sweden for Gold later this week…

Took down the juggernaut USA.  Congrats to them.  Our ladies always do well.  Too bad it's not a gold this year...

mrussel1

tempo_n_groove said:

Meltdown99 said:

Canada eliminates the US ladies soccer team.  Canada plays Sweden for Gold later this week…

Took down the juggernaut USA.  Congrats to them.  Our ladies always do well.  Too bad it's not a gold this year...

I think the gap will close each year.  When women's soccer first became a sport, the US investment in it was pretty substantial compared to the rest of the world, I believe.  But that is closing.  We will dominate less and less each year. 

tempo_n_groove

Watched the mens 800 and the US guy got tripped up and fell.  The person who tripped him advanced but he did not.  I do not understand that ruling!?!

Isaiah Jewett and the person whom tripped him, Nigel Amos.  Picked each other up and finished the race together.