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[frankie_baby]

We would need to run the table to do that, so it's very unlikely but possible. Doesn't really matter though - GB has done far better than anyone expected at these games, across an incredibly wide variety of events.

it's pretty likely we'll match our total medals from London, we're on 61 and theres still 2 boxing finals, Mo in the 5000m and Tom in the diving

 

[mclem]

The rhythmic nature of the kayak sprints makes it possibly the event that looks most like a Hyper Sports one.

 

[John Dunbar]

i hope axelsen's performance today does not hint at chen long's form.

 

[sirap]

i hope axelsen's performance today does not hint at chen long's form.

Wouldn't be surprised if LCW fumbles at the last second. It's what Malaysians do best

 

[Diprosalic]

So GB has a chance to beat both Gold and total medal counts from London 2012. Wow.

GB is really kicking everybody's ass.
12th place in gold medal per capita rankings and everybody in front of them is basically a very small country like jamaica where a single athlete can make a huge difference.

http://www.medalspercapita.com/#golds-per-capita:2016

 

[bjaelke]

i hope axelsen's performance today does not hint at chen long's form.

night and day when it comes to the semi final and today.

 

[Acorn]

GB is really kicking everybody's ass.
12th place in gold medal per capita rankings and everybody in front of them is basically a very small country.

http://www.medalspercapita.com/#golds-per-capita:2016

John Major did something ok I guess.

 

[sam777]

What medals are we expecting to win today? Adams and Farah we hope are a lock, what else?

 

[giga]

GB is really kicking everybody's ass.
12th place in gold medal per capita rankings and everybody in front of them is basically a very small country like jamaica where a single athlete can make a huge difference.

http://www.medalspercapita.com/#golds-per-capita:2016

A more interesting measure to me would be medals per investment dollar. Some countries like India are large but spend almost nothing on Olympic sports.

 

[spekkeh]

GB is really kicking everybody's ass.
12th place in gold medal per capita rankings and everybody in front of them is basically a very small country

 

[Steiner84]

wow, didnt knew indonesia has almost 260 million people..


germany shredding it in canoes..


god, if theres anything i wont miss when the games end then its the medal ceremony music...

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Rhythmic Gymnastics team is very mesmerizing to watch

 

[mclem]

GB is really kicking everybody's ass.
12th place in gold medal per capita rankings and everybody in front of them is basically a very small country like jamaica where a single athlete can make a huge difference.

http://www.medalspercapita.com/#golds-per-capita:2016

One thing I've noticed this time is that pretty much every interviewed GB winner takes a moment to talk about the funding from the National Lottery. It's frequent enough that I suspect it's part of their media training, but it does serve to highlight the impact that funding has had on these athlete's lives.

 

[Acorn]

One thing I've noticed this time is that pretty much every interviewed GB winner takes a moment to talk about the funding from the National Lottery. It's frequent enough that I suspect it's part of their media training, but it does serve to highlight the impact that funding has had on these athlete's lives.

Ha! My mate said the same thing after the kayaker guy half an hour ago or whatever.

 

[John Dunbar]

LCW loses the first set (or game?). not looking good.

 

[DeSo]

http://www.medalspercapita.com/#golds-per-capita:2016

You can't use this because the US sucks per capita.

 

[frankie_baby]

One thing I've noticed this time is that pretty much every interviewed GB winner takes a moment to talk about the funding from the National Lottery. It's frequent enough that I suspect it's part of their media training, but it does serve to highlight the impact that funding has had on these athlete's lives.

well their level of funding does depend on people buying as many lottery tickets as possible so they surely know they need to give it a plug

 

[Maledict]

One thing I've noticed this time is that pretty much every interviewed GB winner takes a moment to talk about the funding from the National Lottery. It's frequent enough that I suspect it's part of their media training, but it does serve to highlight the impact that funding has had on these athlete's lives.

It's par of the lottery advertising as well - posters in bus stops have a "You're part of the team by buying a ticket" campaign going on at the moment.

(They did last time around for the para-olympics as well).

 

[mrklaw]

One thing I've noticed this time is that pretty much every interviewed GB winner takes a moment to talk about the funding from the National Lottery. It's frequent enough that I suspect it's part of their media training, but it does serve to highlight the impact that funding has had on these athlete's lives.

It's perfect because it's 'free' investment as long as people buy lottery tickets - you'd get a lot more complaints if it was actual direct government funding. And it's good for everyone. Raises spirits, national pride etc but more importantly I assume it increases sporting participation at all levels



Edit: hard won bronze for Denmark in the badminton

 

[Acorn]

It's perfect because it's 'free' investment as long as people buy lottery tickets - you'd get a lot more complaints if it was actual direct government funding. And it's good for everyone. Raises spirits, national pride etc but more importantly I assume it increases sporting participation at all levels



Edit: hard won bronze for Denmark in the badminton

Yep.

Lottery funds a lot of good stuff in the arts too, specifically a number of great films.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Whelp, Puerto Rico swiftly got their asses kicked in Taekwondo and Wrestling...so I guess we're done now. At least we got a gold, so maybe that'll light a fire for Tokyo.

 

[Deku Tree]

Japan's not in medal contention in individual 100m or 200m men's races right? So how do they dominate in the 4x100m men's relay?

 

[mclem]

Given how TeamGB have done, is there any chance of a followup to this bit of wonderfulness?

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

All these racist morons on twitter saying the only reason Japan won was because they had a half Jamaican half Japanese runner on the team and ignoring that he ran the second slowest leg for them on the team. As if it just cannot be possible for non-white or non-black sprinters to compete. I mean almost every single mention is about their anchor ignoring that two other Japanese sprinters ran their legs faster.

Even some of the media and news twitter feeds (AP Sports in particular) can't help but mention in their headline "Jamaican blood" on the Japan team implying that's what helped Japan win. Don't know if that counts as casual racism but pretty annoying

 

[Arials]

Japan's not in medal contention in individual 100m or 200m men's races right? So how do they dominate in the 4x100m men's relay?

They hardly dominated it by coming second... but the answer is their athletes will spend more time on relay training together than athletes from nations like GB, Canada or T&T where the best sprinters are competing for individual medals, so they're better at getting the baton round smoothly.

 

[Blader]

After the DQ last night, I read up on/reminded myself of Tyson Gay's past Olympic relay mishaps...goddamn. Dropped the baton in '08, DQ'd in '12 for doping (totally his fault but still), and now DQ'd for an early exchange that had nothing to do with him. Eight years, three Olympics, and not a single medal to show for it because of a different fuck up each time. That shit is soul crushing. The kicker is that he took a victory lap this time genuinely believing he finally clinched at least a bronze, and then had that taken away.

Maybe they need a new coach. Guy is clearly not spending nearly enough time drilling them on the logistics of the relay, and to lose two Olympic races because of simple baton fuck ups has got to be a huge morale blow to the sprinters, especially someone in Gay's position.

 

[numble]

LCW in the danger zone.

After the DQ last night, I read up on/reminded myself of Tyson Gay's past Olympic relay mishaps...goddamn. Dropped the baton in '08, DQ'd in '12 for doping (totally his fault but still), and now DQ'd for an early exchange that had nothing to do with him. Eight years, three Olympics, and not a single medal to show for it because of a different fuck up each time. That shit is soul crushing. The kicker is that he took a victory lap this time genuinely believing he finally clinched at least a bronze, and then had that taken away.

Maybe they need a new coach. Guy is clearly not spending nearly enough time drilling them on the logistics of the relay, and to lose two Olympic races because of simple baton fuck ups has got to be a huge morale blow to the sprinters, especially someone in Gay's position.

Do they have a team coach or even a relay coach? I thought they just all individually train for their specific events.

 

[giga]

LCW in the danger zone.


Do they have a team coach or even a relay coach? I thought they just all individually train for their specific events.

NBC did a video story before the relay that showed all the errors from past relays. It included the team/relay coach.

 

[numble]

Axelsen started well but now he's getting routined. Would be a shame if LCW beats Lin Dan just to lose to Chen Long in the final.

Nice prediction.

 

[AnotherDayAnotherDollar]

Japan's not in medal contention in individual 100m or 200m men's races right? So how do they dominate in the 4x100m men's relay?

They didn't dominate, but the answer is they have trained the relays, specifically passing the baton for over a year. Everyone else trains for a month or two. The US trains for a week.

LCW in the danger zone.


Do they have a team coach or even a relay coach? I thought they just all individually train for their specific events.

They have a coach, but training for about a week or two will only get you so far. They need to train for a couple of months prior to the meet. Even the women had some shaky passing in the finals.

NBC had a piece of all the mishaps and showed them to the runners and they were like, naw we got this, and then they fuck up again lol. IIRC, the US relay has been DQ'd 9 times since 2000 or something like that.

 

[yagal]

Taekwondo. OIL MAN is live

 

[John Dunbar]

bummer ending for badminton.

 

[Deku Tree]

They didn't dominate, but the answer is they have trained the relays, specifically passing the baton for over a year. Everyone else trains for a month or two. The US trains for a week.

Everybody noticed.

 

[oti]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

 

[yagal]

Taekwondo. OIL MAN is out

 

[Blader]

They didn't dominate, but the answer is they have trained the relays, specifically passing the baton for over a year. Everyone else trains for a month or two. The US trains for a week.

Jeez. You'd think with all the troubles they've had with that relay, someone at some point on that team would suggest spending a little more time practicing on running the baton.

 

[yagal]

Nope
Taekwondo. OIL MAN is in lower bracket

 

[Nightengale]

Not unexpected, but LCW losing does bum me out a bit.

Born a Perakian (Malay translation for Silver), forever Silver medalist.

He's been chasing this Gold for 12 years now. Seeing his journey end without the ending he was hoping for does make me a bit sad.

 

[Chumly]

They didn't dominate, but the answer is they have trained the relays, specifically passing the baton for over a year. Everyone else trains for a month or two. The US trains for a week.



They have a coach, but training for about a week or two will only get you so far. They need to train for a couple of months prior to the meet. Even the women had some shaky passing in the finals.

NBC had a piece of all the mishaps and showed them to the runners and they were like, naw we got this, and then they fuck up again lol. IIRC, the US relay has been DQ'd 9 times since 2000 or something like that.

I saw that last night as well how the US men's 4x100 relay has basically been god awful for 20 years. To have a 50% chance of a DQ is unacceptable and they need to change that.

Sounds like Japan was flawless running that and if they had slightly faster runners they could have even beaten Jamaica.

 

[wapplew]

Not unexpected, but LCW losing does bum me out a bit.

Born a Perakian (Malay translation for Silver), forever Silver medalist.

He's been chasing this Gold for 12 years now. Seeing his journey end without the ending he was hoping for does make me a bit sad.

Hey, he finally defeat his archrival, that's something to cheer for.
Great result for us, 4 silvers, over achieve I say.

 

[Kifimbo]

Tom Dailey in trouble.

 

[giga]

Simone Biles announced as closing ceremony flag bearer.

 

[mrklaw]

I'm appreciating the women's triathlon, particularly the climbs in the cycling.

 

[Peru]

After the agonizing semi defeat against Russia Norway's cruising towards a bronze vs Netherlands

 

[Acorn]

I'm appreciating the women's triathlon, particularly the climbs in the cycling.

My my my myyyy.

Olympic booty is the best booty.

 

[D4Danger]

Team GB statement about the 4x400 DQ

apparently the most televised event in history can't find any footage of the incident and Brazil get the spot.

 

[FDC1]

Japan's not in medal contention in individual 100m or 200m men's races right? So how do they dominate in the 4x100m men's relay?

In the early 90s, France had the WR despite having nobody even close to be under 10. They just worked a lot more the relay than the americans to compensate the difference of speed. I suppose it's the same there for Japan.

 

[Acorn]

In the early 90s, France had the WR despite having nobody even close to be under 10. They just worked a lot more the relay than the americans to compensate the difference of speed. I suppose it's the same there for Japan.

Yep.

If the team knows they aren't going to likely place in individual they can focus more on relay in training too.

 

[John Dunbar]

Tom Dailey in trouble.

peaked too early.

 

[elty]

I saw that last night as well how the US men's 4x100 relay has basically been god awful for 20 years. To have a 50% chance of a DQ is unacceptable and they need to change that.

Sounds like Japan was flawless running that and if they had slightly faster runners they could have even beaten Jamaica.

I think they were ahead/neck to neck with Jamaica until Bolt did his victory lap.