Olympic Games

[Jezza]

Gold medal tally

1. China = 8
2. USA = 8
3. Japan = 8
4. Russian OC = 5
5. UK = 4
6. Australia = 3
7. South Korea = 3
8. Kosovo = 2
9. Italy = 1
10. Canada = 1

[Donny]

Thanks Jezza.

Any more, today ?

[K]

Jess Fox missed out on her dream of "completing the set". She missed gold but picked up bronze. She has one more event in these games.


Tomorrow morning, we have Ariarne Titmus part II. She's strong favourite to add the 200m title.

[Presti35]

Been enjoying the games so far.

Keen to see the Boomers get a medal.

Felt really weird watching the skateboarding, I cant believe it's an Olympic sport. Made me feel a little depressed as they're all so young and that's all I used to do when I was a kid. I'm glad there's a womens competition too. That's come a long way.

Loved seeing Owen Wrights reactions after winning a bronze in the surfing. It's really weird to see how different athletes react to winning a bronze/silver. Some are jubilant whilst others are disappointed.

[K]

In the tennis, both Barty (first round) and Osaka (today) lost. The women's gold must be wide open now...

[Donny]

"Ariarne Titmus's incredible Tokyo Olympics has continued, with the Australian superstar winning gold in the 200 metres freestyle.

Titmus broke the Olympic record with her time of 1 minute, 53.50 seconds. Her American rival Katie Ledecky finished fifth."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-28/ariarne-titmus-tokyo-olympics-gold-200m-freestyle/100329818

[K]

Tomorrow, Kyle Chalmers (son of Brett, who infamously was barred from playing for Collingwood) tries to defend his 100m free title.

His odds have blown out a little. His SF swim was quite scratchy. US superstar Caleb Dressel is favourite.

[K]

Dressel pipped Chalmers for the gold in an OR. Chalmers equalled his PB in getting silver.

Later, the Oz women's 4x200m relay team could only manage bronze, with China taking both the gold and Oz's WR.

Earlier, Oz's Zac Stubblety-Cook came from behind to win gold in the 200m breaststroke.


And Jessica Fox finally got the gold medal, in the C1 canoe!

[Donny]

Chalmers took the Silver.

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Mixed doubles.

The John Peers/Ash Barty combo moved into the quarterfinals, where they'll play Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari of Greece.

[Donny]

Jess Fox took gold in the C1 canoe slalom.

Fox was the fastest qualifier for the final and backed up with a time of 105.04 to win the event by more than three seconds.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-29/jess-fox-wins-gold-canoe-slalom-c1/100335120

[Jezza]

Gold medal tally

1. Japan = 15
2. China = 14
3. USA = 13
4. Russian OC = 8
5. Australia = 8
6. UK = 5
7. South Korea = 4
8. France = 3
9. Germany = 3
10. Italy = 2

[Jezza]

Australian Gold Medals at the Olympic Games

2004 (Athens) = 17
2000 (Sydney) = 16
2008 (Beijing) = 14
1956 (Melbourne) = 13
1996 (Atlanta) = 9
1960 (Rome) = 8
1972 (Munich) = 8
2012 (London) = 8
2016 (Rio de Janeiro) = 8
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2020 (Tokyo) = 8
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1992 (Barcelona) = 7
1952 (Helsinki) = 6
1964 (Tokyo) = 6
1968 (Mexico City) = 5
1984 (Los Angeles) = 4
1924 (Paris) = 3
1932 (Los Angeles) = 3
1988 (Seoul) = 3
1896 (Athens) = 2
1900 (Paris) = 2
1912 (Stockholm) = 2 (as Australasia)
1980 (Moscow) = 2 (competed under the Olympic flag)
1948 (London) = 1
1908 (London) = 1 (as Australasia)
1928 (Amsterdam) = 1
1904 (St Louis) = 0
1920 (Antwerp) = 0
1936 (Berlin) = 0
1976 (Montreal) = 0

Will be interesting how many we end up with at the end of the games. Hopefully it's something similar to what we saw in the 2000s.

[Donny]

What chances for today/tonight, Jezza ?

[Donny]

Congrats to Emma McKeon. Gold in the 100m. freestyle.

Another Aussie, Cate Campbell took the bronze.

[Donny]

"Australia's Emma McKeon has won the gold medal and compatriot Cate Campbell the bronze in the women's 100-metres freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

McKeon's triumph gives her a second gold of the Games - she and Campbell were part of Australia's victorious 4x100m freestyle relay team.

McKeon, who has also won two bronze medals in Tokyo, is one medal shy of equalling the record of Ian Thorpe and Shane Gould for most medals by an Australia at a single Olympics, with five.

McKeon won Friday's 100m final in 51.96 seconds followed by Siobhan Haughey (52.27) from Hong Kong and Campbell (52.52)."

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/emma-mckeon-wins-100m-freestyle-gold-at-tokyo-olympics