Quick first impressions:
3x3 basketball is super underwhelming.
It’s ridiculous how Russia is banned, but it’s apparently fine for Russian athletes to compete under a slightly modified name. It’s like expelling a student but letting him attend class if he wears a fake mustache.
Weirdly, Japan would come in a distant second if sumo was an Olympic sport.
Not a single chance anybody in the group gets close.
It’s weird watching swimming and not seeing Phelps Secretariat the field.
good stuff, tho. big upset in that one discipline, mens Japanese world-record-holder didn’t advance to the final, finishing 9th in the prelims, but needing a top-eight finish
Nyjah Huston!!
caught some dressage on lolCNBC and the music was ed sheeran. goddamn redheads ruin everything.
Fencing is another one that seems impossible to follow. Both fencers just mash the attack button and make contact at the same time.
Katie Ledecky will be swimming soon, tomorrow I think.
Indeed, Mongolia might very well sweep the podium.
Is women’s cycling road race shorter? Seems like it starts an hour or 2 later but is supposed to end at the same time.
Yes it’s a shorter race.
Gonna be a nice breezy 33 degrees (about 96F) in Tokyo today.
3 on 3 basketball is great. Also, so hyped for rugby.
On my trip to Vegas starting tomorrow, I am planning on making a small wager to get the 50 bonus tier credits in the quest for rewards. I might do a poll to let the forum pick my wager on something Olympics.
Would Hak compete for Japan or Mongolia? Surely the ghost of his father would haunt him if he represented Japan.
