2021 Tokyo Olympics thread

[OomStruisbaai]

No crowds.

21 July 2021 - 8 August 2021

https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-2020 ... n-schedule


Men's 7s

26-28/7/2021
https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/oly ... atches-men


Women's 7s

29-31/7/2021
https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/oly ... ches-women

The tournament will get off to a flying start with the highly anticipated encounter between Rio 2016 Olympic champions Fiji and hosts Japan in the opening match of the men’s competition at 09:00 local time (GMT+9) on 26 July.

Another highlight in the men’s schedule sees antipodean rivals New Zealand and Australia take to the pitch in the final match in Pool A on 27 July.

The men’s competition will culminate with the gold medal match at 18:00 local time on 28 July.

The women’s competition gets underway on 29 July when France face Fiji. The 10,000 fans permitted inside Tokyo Stadium will be looking forward to the fourth match of the day when Japan start their campaign against reigning Olympic champions Australia.

The women’s gold medal match will take place at 18:00 local time on 31 July, as part of ‘Super Saturday’ – traditionally a highlight of the Games.

In June, the 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams were allocated to three pools of four, according to rankings based upon performances in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and other World Rugby sanctioned tournaments over the past two years

[OomStruisbaai]

Team SA:

ATHLETICS
Akani Simbine, Clarence Munyai, Antonio Alkana, Cheswill Johnson, Ruswahl Samaai, Rocco van Rooyen, Jason van Rooyen, Stephen Mokoka, Desmond Mokgobu, Elroy Gelant, Wayne Snyman, Men’s 4X100m Relay and Men’s 4X400m Relay (The athletes are still to be determined by Athletics South Africa), Wenda Nel, Dominique Scott, Gerda Steyn and Irvette van Zyl
CLIMBING
Erin Sterkenburg and Chris Cosser
Coach/Manager
James Barnes
CYCLING
Johan Spies, Charlene du Preez, David Maree, Daryl Impey, Ryan Gibbons, Nicholas Dlamini, Ashleigh Pasio-Moolman, Carla Oberholzer, Alan Hatherly, Candice Lill and Alex Limberg
Team Officials
Elton Davids (Team Manager and BMX Coach)
Ian Goetham (Road Coach)
Moosa Classen (Track Mechanic)
Jean-Pierre Jacobs (Mountain Bike Manager Coach and Mechanic)
Carl Pasio (Road Coach)
Brigette Mileson (Track Coach Manager)
Gary Blem (Road Mechanic)
GYMNASTICS
Caitlin Rooskrantz
Coach
Ilse Laing (Roets)
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Quanita Bobbs, Erin Christie, Lisa Deetlefs, Lilian Du Plessis, Nicole Erasmus, Tarryn Glasby, Robyn Johnson, Charne Maddocks, Lerato Mahole, Phumelela Mbande, Edith Molikoe, Kristen Paton, Tarryn Potts, Celia Seerane, Nomnikelo Veto and Onthatile Zulu
Coaches and Management
Gillian Doig (Manager), Robin Van Ginkel (Head Coach), Nkuliso Zondi (Assistant Coach) and Taren Naidoo (Video Analyst)
MEN’S HOCKEY
Erasmus Pieterse, Timothy Drummond, Austin Smith, Mohamed Mea, Matthew Guise-Brown, Jethro Eustice, Nduduzo Lembethe, Taine Paton, Nicholas Spooner, Clinton Panther, Samkelo Mvimbi, Abdud Cassiem, Mustaphaa Cassiem, Nqobile Ntuli, Keenan Horne and Tevin Kok
Coaches and Management
Martin van Staden (Manager), Garreth Ewing (Head Coach), Siphesihle Ntuli (Assistant Coach) and Ashlin Freddy.
SAILING
Alex Burger and Benjamin Daniel
Coach/Manager
Asenathi Jim
SURFING
Bianca Buitendag
Coach
Gregory Emslie

More names added

Athletics
Men: Anaso Jobodwana (200m), Thapelo Phora (400m), Sokwakhana Zazini (400m hurdles), Lebogang Shange (race walking), Shaun Maswanganyi (4x100m relay), Galaletsang Ramorwa (4x100m relay), Chederick van Wyk (4x100m relay), Pieter Conradie (4x400m relay), Ranto Dikgale (4x400m relay), Oscar Mavundla (4x400m relay), Derrick Mokaleng (4x400m relay), Zakhiti Nene (4x400m relay), Lythe Pillay (4x400m relay), Precious Mashele (5000m)
Women: Jo-Ane van Dyk (javelin)
Men’s Rugby Sevens
Kurt-Lee Arendse, Angelo Davids, Zain Davids, Selvyn Davids, Chris Dry, Branco du Preez, Ronald Brown, Stedman Gans, Justin Geduld, Sakoyisa Makata, JC Pretorius, Siviwe Soyizwapi (capt), Impi Visser
Swimming
Men: Martin Binedell (200m backstroke)
Women: Rebecca Meder (200m IM), Dune Coetzee (4x200m medley relay)
Coaches and management: Nonkululeko Mngadi, Chanelle van Wyk, Rocco Meiring

Both our hockey teams will participate in a very long time.

[OomStruisbaai]

Caster didn't qualify for the Olympics , Wayde van Niekerk at the last minute, Garrick Higgo our Paul Roos golf hero will play but its to much for Louis Oosthuizen.

[Slick]

Kind of lost a bit of interest in this.

Used to particularly love the athletics but now we have to carry on pretending that the East Africans aren’t all off their tits on juice as they sweep the board I can’t be arsed

[Tichtheid]

Kind of lost a bit of interest in this.

Used to particularly love the athletics but now we have to carry on pretending that the East Africans aren’t all off their tits on juice as they sweep the board I can’t be arsed

It wasn't so very different with the East Germans back in the day

[Slick]

Kind of lost a bit of interest in this.

Used to particularly love the athletics but now we have to carry on pretending that the East Africans aren’t all off their tits on juice as they sweep the board I can’t be arsed

It wasn't so very different with the East Germans back in the day

No. Or the Russians recently.

A few differences though. It took ages to realise what the Germans were doing and we took a sledgehammer to the Russians

[Tichtheid]

Kind of lost a bit of interest in this.

Used to particularly love the athletics but now we have to carry on pretending that the East Africans aren’t all off their tits on juice as they sweep the board I can’t be arsed

It wasn't so very different with the East Germans back in the day

No. Or the Russians recently.

Not to mention some high profile Canadians and Americans.

I think the reality is that the testing system remains several years behind the doping tech.

[Slick]

It wasn't so very different with the East Germans back in the day

No. Or the Russians recently.

Not to mention some high profile Canadians and Americans.

I think the reality is that the testing system remains several years behind the doping tech.

Well, yes. But that’s a gross misunderstanding of what is happening in East Africa at the moment and for the last decade

[Gumboot]

[Tichtheid]

No. Or the Russians recently.

Not to mention some high profile Canadians and Americans.

I think the reality is that the testing system remains several years behind the doping tech.

Well, yes. But that’s a gross misunderstanding of what is happening in East Africa at the moment and for the last decade

Is it? How so?

[Slick]

Not to mention some high profile Canadians and Americans.

I think the reality is that the testing system remains several years behind the doping tech.

Well, yes. But that’s a gross misunderstanding of what is happening in East Africa at the moment and for the last decade

Is it? How so?

Having to go through the motions of establishing your woke credentials before we talk about some subjects can be really tedious, Tichtheid.

Yes, a predominately white country that hasn’t existed for 3 decades also used to dope and yes western athletes still dope, so can we now talk about East African athletes at the 2021 Olympics?

Doping in the region is very widespread but quite different from lots of other places in that it is largely uncoordinated and although not state sponsored or sanctioned is at least tolerated. A lot of it is driven by unscrupulous managers in to make a quick buck then discard the young athletes, many of whom don’t even know they are doping. A lot of training is done at remote locations where it is impossible for testers to just turn up and and test and of course there is plenty of corruption, like elsewhere, of local in-competition testing. EPO etc can also be bought over the counter in shops, no questions asked.

What is interesting in recent years is the coordination between athletes in the region. For instance when the heat is turning up in Kenya, suddenly a lot of the athletes turn up training in Ethiopia etc.

Probably fair to mention that I had a senior Kenyan government and diplomatic figure round for dinner a couple of weeks ago who was part of President Kenyattas delegation to WADA a couple of years back who, although certainly not open about this, was happy to discuss aspects of it.

[Kiwias]

All events in Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Fukushima, and Chiba will have no spectators at all, while events in other prefectures further from Tokyo will permit up to 50% of capacity or a maximum of 10,000 (the lower of the two).

Tokyo has just imposed its 4th state of emergency, till 22 August, so the entire Olympics will be held in a state of emergency -- fucking ludicrous.

I am glad that I turned down the offer to be on the ground crew at both Ajinomoto Stadium (rugby 7s) and the National Stadium.

[Tichtheid]

Having to go through the motions of establishing your woke credentials before we talk about some subjects can be really tedious, Tichtheid.

Wow, were you hungover or something?

That is a complete misunderstanding what I was saying. I don't give a monkey's about colour or nationality when it comes to doping in sport.

The fact is that it has been widespread for decades and the authorities are always playing catch up, so much so that I'm not actually sure we should ban substances, but make the athletes fully aware of potential consequences for their health.

[Glaston]

USA losing to Nigeria in Basketball in a pre Olympics event

[SaintK]

All events in Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Fukushima, and Chiba will have no spectators at all, while events in other prefectures further from Tokyo will permit up to 50% of capacity or a maximum of 10,000 (the lower of the two).

Tokyo has just imposed its 4th state of emergency, till 22 August, so the entire Olympics will be held in a state of emergency -- fucking ludicrous.

I am glad that I turned down the offer to be on the ground crew at both Ajinomoto Stadium (rugby 7s) and the National Stadium.

Are the Japanese all ok with the games going ahead now?
Or are the IOC and Japanese government pushing on with it against local wishes?

[Gumboot]

USA losing to Nigeria in Basketball in a pre Olympics event

The Bad Dream Team?

[Kiwias]

All events in Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Fukushima, and Chiba will have no spectators at all, while events in other prefectures further from Tokyo will permit up to 50% of capacity or a maximum of 10,000 (the lower of the two).

Tokyo has just imposed its 4th state of emergency, till 22 August, so the entire Olympics will be held in a state of emergency -- fucking ludicrous.

I am glad that I turned down the offer to be on the ground crew at both Ajinomoto Stadium (rugby 7s) and the National Stadium.

Are the Japanese all ok with the games going ahead now?
Or are the IOC and Japanese government pushing on with it against local wishes?

Depending on the survey you read, anything from 60~80% of the public would prefer the games were cancelled. The IOC and Japanese govt have too much invested in the entire circus for them to back down now.

[Niegs]

USA losing to Nigeria in Basketball in a pre Olympics event

The Bad Dream Team?

Talk about a turnaround in historic meetings. If I read that correctly, Nigeria has previously lost matches to the US by 40 and 80-odd points!?

Yep ...


... but from the recent match, KD getting stuffed!

[SaintK]

All events in Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Fukushima, and Chiba will have no spectators at all, while events in other prefectures further from Tokyo will permit up to 50% of capacity or a maximum of 10,000 (the lower of the two).

Tokyo has just imposed its 4th state of emergency, till 22 August, so the entire Olympics will be held in a state of emergency -- fucking ludicrous.

I am glad that I turned down the offer to be on the ground crew at both Ajinomoto Stadium (rugby 7s) and the National Stadium.

Are the Japanese all ok with the games going ahead now?
Or are the IOC and Japanese government pushing on with it against local wishes?

Depending on the survey you read, anything from 60~80% of the public would prefer the games were cancelled. The IOC and Japanese govt have too much invested in the entire circus for them to back down now.

Thanks
Yes, I guessed as much!

[Kiwias]

Just reported that the SA 7s representatives all arrived safely and tested negative for covid19 on arrival however have had to enter quarantine because a passenger on the same flight tested positive. As a result, the squad will probably not be able to have the scheduled training camp.

[OomStruisbaai]

Just reported that the SA 7s representatives all arrived safely and tested negative for covid19 on arrival however have had to enter quarantine because a passenger on the same flight tested positive. As a result, the squad will probably not be able to have the scheduled training camp.

Cheers. Hope they,ll be fine

[Kiwias]

IOC chairman Bach proving what a total cunt he is, at 0.11 in this clip.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... as-chinese

[Kawazaki]

I have no idea who the top sprinters are, who are the best GB medal chances etc. I've seen little to no fanfare at all for these Olympics.

[SaintK]

I have no idea who the top sprinters are, who are the best GB medal chances etc. I've seen little to no fanfare at all for these Olympics.

Dina Asher-Smith is the only GB sprinter with any chance of an individual medal.
Maybe both the men's and women's sprint relay teams in with an outside chance of a bronze

[Dinsdale Piranha]

I have no idea who the top sprinters are, who are the best GB medal chances etc. I've seen little to no fanfare at all for these Olympics.

Same here. For the first time ever I've put no effort in to finding out who's who on the various sports.

[OomStruisbaai]

Blitzboks Olympic Schedule (all SA times)
Monday 26 July
4am: Blitzboks v Ireland
12pm: Blitzboks v Kenya
Tuesday 27 July
4.30am: Blitzboks v United States
Quarter-finals: 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm
Wednesday 28 July
Semi-finals: 4am, 4.30am
Final: 11am

[Kiwias]

Now we hear that a staff member with the Russian 7s team has been confirmed positive with covid19, from their training camp in Shizuoka.

[Paddington Bear]

No way this has any integrity, covid will be all over the place

[Kiwias]

Just reported that the SA 7s representatives all arrived safely and tested negative for covid19 on arrival however have had to enter quarantine because a passenger on the same flight tested positive. As a result, the squad will probably not be able to have the scheduled training camp.

Cheers. Hope they,ll be fine

NHK just reported that one of the players has tested positive for COVID-19, so training has been called off.

[Kiwias]

Neil Powell, coach of the South African 7s team has been confirmed positive with covid19 and will be in isolation for the entire tournament.

[OomStruisbaai]

If he is positive, you can expect players to follow.

[SaintK]

6 Team GB athletes and 2 staff have tested positive following their flight into Tokyo

[Big D]

6 Team GB athletes and 2 staff have tested positive following their flight into Tokyo

Are they positive or "just" isolating?

[Openside]

Kind of lost a bit of interest in this.

Used to particularly love the athletics but now we have to carry on pretending that the East Africans aren’t all off their tits on juice as they sweep the board I can’t be arsed

It wasn't so very different with the East Germans back in the day

No. Or the Russians recently.

A few differences though. It took ages to realise what the Germans were doing and we took a sledgehammer to the Russians

TBF Russians and East Germans were one and the same back then.

[Openside]

IOC chairman Bach proving what a total cunt he is, at 0.11 in this clip.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... as-chinese

Really? You have never had a slip of the tongue, he corrected himself immediately or are you suggesting he only did it because he only sees 'yellow' people rather than two nationalities...

[Kiwias]

IOC chairman Bach proving what a total cunt he is, at 0.11 in this clip.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... as-chinese

Really? You have never had a slip of the tongue, he corrected himself immediately or are you suggesting he only did it because he only sees 'yellow' people rather than two nationalities...

I can accept that it was merely a slip of the tongue but either way, he does not come out looking good. It is not as if he is under much pressure as he spends half his life doing greeting speeches like that.

[Openside]

IOC chairman Bach proving what a total cunt he is, at 0.11 in this clip.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... as-chinese

Really? You have never had a slip of the tongue, he corrected himself immediately or are you suggesting he only did it because he only sees 'yellow' people rather than two nationalities...

I can accept that it was merely a slip of the tongue but either way, he does not come out looking good. It is not as if he is under much pressure as he spends half his life doing greeting speeches like that.

Allegedly its easily done - A UK cabinet minister (Hunt?) told a Japanese delegation his wife was Japanese when she is Chinese (or vice versa)

[OomStruisbaai]

SA Hockey Men fixtures


SA Hockey Women Fixtures

[Enzedder]

I have a funny feeling that the games are on a real knife-edge. A few more cases in the village and I can see Japan flagging it.

[OomStruisbaai]

I have a funny feeling that the games are on a real knife-edge. A few more cases in the village and I can see Japan flagging it.

It will be really sad. Looking forward to watch all the sport.