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50 Olympic Sport Disciplines...50 Burning Questions

7/16/2021

 

Sport by Sport, What's on My Mind with One Week to Go

Tokyo 2020 offers 33 sports encompassing 50 disciplines. Here's the one* leading question I look forward to being answered in each of them as the Games proceed. (*plus three bonus ones!)

What are you hoping to see?

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Aquatics
Artistic Swimming: Can Ukraine win a first medal in the discipline?
Diving: Can anyone break through the expected Team China dominance?
Swimming: Will Katie Ledecky become swimming's post-Phelps standard-bearer?
Water Polo: Can Hungary regain the podium for the first time since 2008?

Archery
Can Deepika Kumari fulfill India's potential in the sport with a medal?

Athletics (Track & Field)
How on fire will the women's 200 meters be?
(Bonus) How far will Johannes Vetter throw the javelin?
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Johannes Vetter is the heavy favorite in men's javelin
Badminton
Can Japan top China on the medal stand this time?

Baseball / Softball
Baseball: Will Edddy Alvarez become a medalist in both the Winter and Summer Olympics?
Softball: Can the sport's stars make enough of an impression for its future?

Basketball
3x3: Can Mongolia (!) win a medal in a team sport?
Basketball: Will Team USA's men continue to gel after a rocky start for a gold medal run?

Boxing
Will boxing have a "calm, cool Olympics"?

Canoeing
Canoe Slalom: Can Jessica Fox win landmark double gold?
Canoe ​Sprint: Who will be the first-ever Olympic winner of the women's canoe sprint?

Cycling
BMX Freestyle: Can Logan Martin please repeat that front bike flip?
BMX Racing: Can Mariana Pajon make it three in a row?
Mountain Biking: Will Mathieu van der Poel's mountain bike focus pay off?
Road Cycling: Will Annemiek van Vleuten win gold after Rio 2016's crash?
Track Cycling: What will Team Great Britain's overall performance look like?

Equestrian
Dressage: Can Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud win a first joint medal?
Eventing: Can Phillip Dutton, the oldest U.S. Olympian win another medal?
Jumping: How well will Jessica Springsteen do?
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Jessica Springsteen brings some rock 'n roll pedigree to the equestrian competition
Fencing
Will saber star Aron Szilagyi win a record three-straight gold?

Field Hockey
Can Team South Africa justify Olympic participation to its bureaucrats back home?

Football (Soccer)
Can Olympic debutantes - but 2019 World Cup finalists - Netherlands make the podium?
(Bonus) Can Spain's six Euro 2020 stars make a difference?

Golf
Can this year's men's field help drum up future enthusiasm?

Gymnastics
Artistic: Can Artur Dalaloyan really comeback from injury?
Rhythmic: Who is the one gymnast other than an Averina sister to win an individual medal?
Trampoline: Since Sydney 2000, there's always been at least one repeat podium-ist. Same this year?

(Team) Handball
How far can Team Portugal go in their Olympic debut?
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Fábio Magalhães and Team Portugal will make their Olympic debut
​Judo
Just how dominant will Team Japan be on home soil?

Karate
Kata: Can Sandra Sanchez and Damian Quintero sweep kata gold or Spain?
Kumite: Will "Il Gorilla" put on a 'thrilling show' for the sport?

Modern Pentathlon
Can the sport's veterans make an exciting impression in the current format's last go?
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Rowing
What will Olay Tufte do in his "absurd" seventh Olympics?

Rugby Sevens
Can Ireland's "crazy" gold medal dreams come true?
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Ireland's rugby sevens team is "looking forward to battling it out" (SPORTSFILE)
Sailing
Will the Netherlands sweep the windsurfing titles?

Shooting
How far will Taking Refuge star and Refugee Olympic Athlete Luna Solomon go?

Skateboarding
Will Sky Brown join the club of 13-year-old Olympic medalists?

Sport Climbing
Can superstar Adam Ondra adjust to an overall format to win gold?

Surfing
Will Tsurigasaki Beach provide quality waves to show off the sport?

Table Tennis
​Can Quadri Aruna take Nigeria and Africa to new heights in the sport?

Taekwondo
Will Jade Jones and/or Wu Jingyu win a record three Olympic titles in a row?

Tennis
Will Naomi Osaka score a home gold medal for Japan?​
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Naomi Osaka has Tokyo 2020 gold dreams (Getty)
Triathlon
Will the spectre of Alistair Brownlee's absence overshadow the men's event?

Volleyball
Beach Volleyball: Can Anders Mol and Christian Sorum cement their dominance with gold?
Volleyball: Poland was once the heavy favorite for men's gold. Now?

Weightlifting
Can we have a clean weightlifting competition, please?
(Bonus) Can Ecuador win a historic medal this year?

Wrestling
Freestyle: Can Kyle Dake get a gold he finally has chance to earn?
Greco-Roman: Can Mijain Lopez win four in a row for Cuba?

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