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wilco - 10 August 2016 05:05 PM

They placed fifth in the team event, not sure about how the individual will turn out now but doesn’t seem like they are dominating.

You’re right, I had only seen a couple of landings, without the scoreboard, when I posted. Obviously no domination.
Individually it’s the Ukranian Verniaiev that’s dominating.

Best landings across the board are American, though.

In swimming however, I wonder if this Michael Phelps gold medals record will ever be broken, although it’s only possible in swimming.

That probably never gets broken. It’s too insane an amount, and doing that over 4 Olympics is just exceptional.

But when you ask me who is the greatest athlete, Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt, my answer is still going to be Ashton Eaton.

Damn, what a routine on the high bar by Uchimura - let’s see if Verniaiev comes close for the gold.

Edit: dang, less than 0.1 point difference, but Uchimura takes the gold again at the last moment.

Egypt have won the first and only bronze medal so far at woman weight liffting…

hile the Pharaohs

its when we Egyptians like to make fun (as usual) of ourselves saying “The Pharaohs had left us nuthin but their curse”

wilco - 10 August 2016 07:50 PM

Advie - 10 August 2016 06:26 PM

Egypt have won the first and only bronze medal so far at woman weight liffting…

hile the Pharaohs

its when we Egyptians like to make fun (as usual) of ourselves saying “The Pharaohs had left us nuthin but their curse”

Nice, lifting 140kg like nothing (and still only 18 years old from what I’ve read)

Edit: Wait, Advie, I think you won another bronze medal in weighlifting in Men 77kg

Yea Mo.Ihap has won another…

and yea she is 19

great lift

I enjoyed watching the white-water events.  It takes a tremendous amount of muscle to negotiate those upstream gates without hitting them.

I didn’t get to see any weight lifting, Advie, but that young woman is amazing!

The man climbing the Trump Tower in NY today was big news here tonight.  They finally boxed him in and dragged him inside on the 20th floor.

TimovieMan - 10 August 2016 04:52 PM

Fabian Cancellara

I love how my daughter keeps calling him “Cancellala”.

Advie - 10 August 2016 08:50 PM

and yea she is 19

That probably means she’ll take the gold in 4 and 8 years time.

We’ve got a silver medal in swimming! Pieter Timmers had already broken his own national record twice during the qualifying rounds, but now he destroyed it with over half a second to take the silver.
Our first swimming medal since taking the gold in 1996.

Almost makes the entire conundrum with him forfeiting for the Team finals worth it (lost a shot at a medal there because of it).

On a lesser note, one of our biggest shots at a medal - Evi Van Acker in sailing - is having an atrocious start (and also claiming sickness). Guess she won’t be repeating her London bronze.

The hockey team is now our biggest remaining option, followed by a stunt by Goffin in tennis.

wilco - 11 August 2016 05:11 PM

What a perfomance by Biles on the floor in gymnastics. Incredible

She’s going to win the individual gold for floor and balance as well, imo, and probably get a medal in vault too. It’s insane.

No wonder the US team won all-round, they had the individual all-round gold and silver medalists in the team. And one of those is in a league of her own…



In other news: our hockey team is playing the tournament of their lives. I hope they keep the momentum going. With Goffin out, they’re probably our last legitimate shot at another medal.

I wonder what we’re doing wrong sports-wise when countries like the Netherlands (with less than half the amount of inhabitants more) and Australia (with only double the amount of inhabitants) or even Hungary (with less inhabitants) can dwarf us so in the medal rankings…

Phelps wiping the floor with young guns. It’s insane that he swam only 40 of hundreds shy to his Olympic record in 200m medley.

wilco - 12 August 2016 08:59 AM

If field hockey is and nobody cares about that…

Field hockey is becoming quite popular in Belgium. But that has a lot to do with the national team getting good results.



Now that you mention sports that don’t always feature on the Olympics, we may have an additional medal shot in golf, if both our players keep playing consistently.