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Tokyo Olympics
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The US claw their way to the top of the medal table by the end. 39 golds and 113 medals overall compared to China’s 38 golds (88 overall).
Have to say that finishing 4th behind the top two and the host nation is a good result for Team GB. Plenty of medals and success to celebrate (22 gold, 21 silver, 22 bronze).8 -
It has been a good watch.1
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amazing games especially when considering the circumstances it has been held under.0
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And well done to team GB. And especially all our medallists who done us proud. A good reason to do the lottery.1
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The Kenyan tracksuit is a rascal0
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Not as many golds as London and Rio but overall similar totals. 65 is the exact same medal total as London 2012, and just 2 down on Rio.Callumcafc said:The US claw their way to the top of the medal table by the end. 39 golds and 113 medals overall compared to China’s 38 golds (88 overall).
Have to say that finishing 4th behind the top two and the host nation is a good result for Team GB. Plenty of medals and success to celebrate (22 gold, 21 silver, 22 bronze).1 -
We’re not dependent on one sport either. I think Japan had 9 golds from Judo0
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Athletics and Rowing were big let downs. Other sports did brilliantly.0
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Happy we stayed competitive in the cycling, and the swimming was fantastic. Athletics was poor, we only look like competing in relays and middle distances. Rowing looks awful but so many 4th places, only slightly worse than Athletics to be fair.
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Always ignore the host country for their host games, it’s how they maintain that, we have, Brazil haven’t, Japan unlikely too, and be interesting to see if France can build on this one. US and Australian athletes over the next two will have big funding, so see what they do1
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Athletics had a reasonable number of medals, bearing in mind how competitive it is with a massive spread of countries winning medals, it just lacked golds
Rowing is far less competitive, with hardly any developing countries competing2 -
Great show put on by the French0
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Favourite moments?
Enjoyed all the Gold medals obviously, but stand alone moments stood out also.
I liked the Fiji 7s rugby team's spontaneous song after winning the final - very spiritual. Keely Hodgkinson's silver in record time - very special at such a young age - and at the other end of the scale, Holly Bradshaw's bronze in the pole vault so richly deserved.1 -
Rowing is very competitive amongst the nations that do take part though. There are numerous reasons why we didn’t medal well. We came 4th a lot more than we might of expected and we were disappointed with this but I take that as a measure of where our expectations are theses days. When I was growing up we’d celebrate a plucky Brit in any final in any sport, we were that far behind.killerandflash said:Athletics had a reasonable number of medals, bearing in mind how competitive it is with a massive spread of countries winning medals, it just lacked golds
Rowing is far less competitive, with hardly any developing countries competing
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Wow - French marathon runner deliberately knocking off all the water bottles is a tough watch.
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Absolutely fantastic effort by The Olympic Team, if only a few more of those Silver Medals could have been turned to Gold, some were so very close.
However, sorry to say but the athletic results were nothing short of scandalous.
Twenty fourth position in the athletics medal table is embarrassingly pathetic.🧐😡😥0 -
Why do the BBC have just 'Great Britain' listed in their medal tables and not 'Great Britain & NI'?0
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I thought it would be an Olympics dominated by covid and political protests. How wrong was I! It was a fantastic spectacle and the Japanese did a phenomenal job at hosting. Our medal haul surely surpassed expectations and our chef de mission said that it was GB’s greatest Olympic achievement in view of the challenges faced over the last 18 months. The only disappointment were the rowing and athletics and I imagine GB rowing will be taking a less holistic approach for Paris. Ironically, some the medals we got in athletics we’re not expected. Also great that our gold haul was more that the Germans and French combined. Fantastic 🇬🇧
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Not a single doping case? That must be unique in recent times0
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Did NI contribute? Not a dig, just genuinely dont remember a single one competing for GBPrincessFiona said:Why do the BBC have just 'Great Britain' listed in their medal tables and not 'Great Britain & NI'?0 - Sponsored links:
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The BBC commentary on the closing ceremony said there had been more different countries winning medals than ever before. I guess we find out in 3 years if that's a developing trend or if it was due in some way to the disrupted preparations for this one. But despite that increasing spread of medals, we managed to match our 2012 total for the second successive games, which apparently has never been done before by any previous host. The lottery has really made a huge difference, funding programmes which otherwise would doubtless have faced government cuts at some point.
I wasn't sure how much I was looking forward to these games, but they've been brilliant. Well done to the GB competitors, the Japanese organisers and the BBC coverage (despite the drawback of only 2 channels). And now I want to go to Paris in 3 years time, even if only to stand by the roadside during the cycling or the marathon.4 -
Think someone said a few pages back that the Northern Irish tend to choose Ireland over GB at the Olympicscafcfan1990 said:
Did NI contribute? Not a dig, just genuinely dont remember a single one competing for GBPrincessFiona said:Why do the BBC have just 'Great Britain' listed in their medal tables and not 'Great Britain & NI'?0 -
Considering Asher-Smith hammy problem which affected her in the individual 100 and 200 and Johnson-Thomson breaking down in the Pentathlon we did really well with unexpected medals by Hodgkinson, Kerr and Bradshaw getting medals and Muir running the race of her life to win silver in the 1500 against two of the best 1500m runners ever.
Still unsure how we didn't win gold in the men's sprint relay and a good bronze by the woman also in the sprint relay.
Reekie tried to win the 800 in a brave effort and unfortunately she then lost out on 3rd.
With the amazing Carribbean runners and USA runners in the sprints and the African runners so strong from 1500 upwards we competed well.
Not forgetting the awesome talents of the Norwegians, Warholm in the 400 m hurdles and the 20 year old whizz kid Jakob Ingebrigtsen who won a brilliant 1500M.1 -
Brazil actually did better in Tokyo than when they hosted it in Rio! 21 medals in 2020 compared to 19 in 2016, with the two extras being bronzes.Rothko said:Always ignore the host country for their host games, it’s how they maintain that, we have, Brazil haven’t,
Though they were helped by the of additions of Surfing and Skateboarding which gave them 4 medals (1 gold).2 -
Let's see what happens in the next week or so. Rumours that the IOC have delayed some results until after the games.killerandflash said:Not a single doping case? That must be unique in recent times0 -
The discovery coverage was absolutely fantastic. The bbc can do one.3
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If nothing else it's a lot easier to get in the Ireland team.ForeverAddickted said:
Think someone said a few pages back that the Northern Irish tend to choose Ireland over GB at the Olympicscafcfan1990 said:
Did NI contribute? Not a dig, just genuinely dont remember a single one competing for GBPrincessFiona said:Why do the BBC have just 'Great Britain' listed in their medal tables and not 'Great Britain & NI'?
Would an N Irish competitor still get lottery funding if they represented Ireland though?1 -
We are definitely seeing a new generation of competitors, inspired by previous winners
For example there seems to be a good number of Welsh women doing well in combat sports, I imagine partially inspired by Jade Jones0 -
We came 24th in the athletics medal table…..yes, well done to those that got a medal but that’s not acceptable!soapboxsam said:Considering Asher-Smith hammy problem which affected her in the individual 100 and 200 and Johnson-Thomson breaking down in the Pentathlon we did really well with unexpected medals by Hodgkinson, Kerr and Bradshaw getting medals and Muir running the race of her life to win silver in the 1500 against two of the best 1500m runners ever.
Still unsure how we didn't win gold in the men's sprint relay and a good bronze by the woman also in the sprint relay.
Reekie tried to win the 800 in a brave effort and unfortunately she then lost out on 3rd.
With the amazing Carribbean runners and USA runners in the sprints and the African runners so strong from 1500 upwards we competed well.
Not forgetting the awesome talents of the Norwegians, Warholm in the 400 m hurdles and the 20 year old whizz kid Jakob Ingebrigtsen who won a brilliant 1500M.2 -
In the run up to the Rio Olympics in 2016, Team GB actually put out a statement explaining the name for those who are curious.
It said: “The British Olympic Association (BOC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and the UK Overseas Territories (including the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar).
“As such, neither ‘UK’ or ‘GB’ accurately describes the BOA’s remit nor would they be representative of all the territories that fall under the BOA’s jurisdiction.
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