Posted July 20, 20213 yr Hi all! This thread is the thread for covering Combat Sports at the Olympics this year. This includes the following sports: Boxing, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo, Wrestling. Feel free to discuss all the ins and outs of the sports, any predictions you may have, support for the athletes and anything else you notice as we kick off on Saturday!
July 24, 20213 yr A shame, but I'm sure Team GB will get some more chances in the sport! In other news, Japan are off the mark with a gold in the Judo!
July 25, 20213 yr That was a tense final. One moment you're ahead by several points, the next you're behind. A silver medal for Bradly Sinden then.
July 25, 20213 yr Author Chelsie Giles, competing at her first Olympics, finished third in the -52kg event, beating Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher to win bronze.
July 25, 20213 yr I've never watched Taekwondo so didn't really get it at first, but I loved how the lead kept changing with seconds to go, gripping to watch. Shame for Bradly, but Silver Medal on their first time is nothing to be sniffed at.
July 26, 20213 yr A shame for Jade Jones losing in her first round, but she already has two Olympic golds in her locker so not too much to complain about! Great results for Sinden and Giles though getting GB their first medals. I've never watched Taekwondo so didn't really get it at first, but I loved how the lead kept changing with seconds to go, gripping to watch. Shame for Bradly, but Silver Medal on their first time is nothing to be sniffed at. Yes definitely - I don't think I've seen too many other sports where the winner can change so much in just a matter of seconds. I saw that the winner wasn't even a contender and had to go through the qualification round so well done to him as well.
July 26, 20213 yr I haven't watched any of the Olympics coverage this year so far oops but from the previous couple of Olympics I found taekwondo to be one of the most exciting sports to watch - never had a clue what was going on, mind, but indeed it is great fun just because of how unpredictable it is and the tendency for the lead to change at a moment's notice. 2 silvers for GB in taekwondo so far as Lauren Williams also took one home - shame to hear about Jade Jones' early exit but at least there's still a medal for a different partial namesake of our own Jade (!)
July 27, 20213 yr Bianca Walkden securing GB another taekwondo medal with a victory in her bronze medal match just now.
July 27, 20213 yr They won a bronze in 2000 - this is their first silver though and their first medal since changing their name to North Macedonia.
July 27, 20213 yr Luis Suarez inspiring boxers every day :kink: Good to see another medal for Team GB, Bianca clearly sounded disappointed she didn't get the gold in her interview but still a good result for her and rounded off a good edition of taekwondo for us!
July 27, 20213 yr @1419954493970599937 Football - 4 month ban. Boxing - nope, nope, nothing to see here.
July 30, 20213 yr British boxers Ben Whittaker and Pat McCormack are both guaranteed at least a bronze in the boxing! (because apparently both semi-final losers get a medal in the boxing ^_^)
July 31, 20213 yr I have always wondered why that was the case - I guess they don't want to risk further injuries for something as 'insignificant' as a bronze medal match. I think it's the same for wrestling (then taekwondo and judo also have 2 bronzes per event but they still require the bronze medal winners to finish on a victory, they just have a slightly convoluted repechage system). edit: I am wrong, wrestling uses the repechage system as well, boxing is the only one that gives a bronze medal directly to semi-final losers.
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