Olympics

Fencing

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 Tommy A. PhillipsLeave a comment

Fencing always scared me as a little kid, one of those sports I would not want to be anywhere near. But it’s no longer dangerous like it was in the eighties. Even so, I admire the fencers for their courage in such a sport.

Projections:

Medal	Men’s individual epee	Country
Gold	Romain Cannone	France
Silver	Yannick Borel	France
Bronze	Andrea Santarelli	Italy
Medal	Men’s team epee	Country
Gold	France	France
Silver	Italy	Italy
Bronze	Japan	Japan
Medal	Men’s individual foil	Country
Gold	Tommaso Marini	Italy
Silver	Enzo Lefort	France
Bronze	Alexander Massialas	United States
Medal	Men’s team foil	Country
Gold	Italy	Italy
Silver	France	France
Bronze	United States	United States
Medal	Men’s individual sabre	Country
Gold	Aron Szilagyi	Hungary
Silver	Eli Dershwitz	United States
Bronze	Luigi Samele	Italy
Medal	Men’s team sabre	Country
Gold	Hungary	Hungary
Silver	Italy	Italy
Bronze	United States	United States
Medal	Women’s individual epee	Country
Gold	Marie-Florence Candassamy	France
Silver	Sun Yiwen	China
Bronze	Rossella Fiamingo	Italy
Medal	Women’s team epee	Country
Gold	France	France
Silver	China	China
Bronze	South Korea	South Korea
Medal	Women’s individual foil	Country
Gold	Arianna Errigo	Italy
Silver	Lee Kiefer	United States
Bronze	Martina Favaretto	Italy
Medal	Women’s team foil	Country
Gold	Italy	Italy
Silver	United States	United States
Bronze	France	France
Medal	Women’s individual sabre	Country
Gold	Sara Balzer	France
Silver	Manon Brunet	France
Bronze	Anna Marton	Hungary
Medal	Women’s team sabre	Country
Gold	France	France
Silver	Hungary	Hungary
Bronze	United States	United States

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
France	6	4	1	11
Italy	4	2	4	10
Hungary	2	1	1	4
United States	0	3	4	7
China	0	2	0	2
Japan	0	0	1	1
South Korea	0	0	1	1

anime

Konosuba S3 Ep 9: Not that there’s anything wrong with that

July 2, 2024 Tommy A. PhillipsLeave a comment

Konosuba season 3 episode 9 review

So, we find out the reason for Darkness’s departure, and Kazuma uses special powers from the previously useless Aqua to impersonate anyone he wants. He first goes and performs a photoshoot with some guy wearing a bra and panties, which was about as pandering as any scene as I can remember (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). Then he goes and meets up with Darkness and hilarity ensues.

Apparently Lalatina is being forced to marry someone, and she’d rather go through with it than the alternative (what’s the alternative again?). Kazuma manages to embarrass her, which of course turns Darkness on. And then Darkness takes “revenge” on him. It’s all silly fun.

Maybe not the greatest of episodes, but hey, we got all four characters taking part in the action this week, including Megumin’s attempts at getting a new party member. A good, solid week for Konosuba, which sank last week but rebounded nicely.

Best girl of the episode: Lalatina

Episode rating: 7/10

Olympics

Judo

June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 Tommy A. PhillipsLeave a comment

I can’t say I fully understand judo, so pardon me if I have nothing real of substance to add about it. Don’t get me wrong, it takes a ton of skill, I just don’t know how the sport works. The only thing I really know is that 2 waza-aris = 1 ippon, and 1 ippon = winning the match. That’s about the extent of my knowledge of judo.

Projections:

Medal	Men’s Extra-lightweight (60 kg)	Country
Gold	Yang Yung-wei	Taiwan
Silver	Giorgi Sardalashvili	Georgia
Bronze	Luka Mkheidze	France
Bronze	Ryuju Magayama	Japan
Medal	Men’s Half-lightweight (66 kg)	Country
Gold	Vazha Margvelashvili	Georgia
Silver	Denis Vieru	Moldova
Bronze	Hifumi Abe	Japan
Bronze	Walide Khyar	France
Medal	Men’s Lightweight	Country
Gold	Hidayet Heydarov	Azerbaijan
Silver	Soichi Hashimoto	Japan
Bronze	Manuel Lombardo	Italy
Bronze	Lasha Shavdatuashvili	Georgia
Medal	Men’s Half-middleweight (81 kg)	Country
Gold	Tato Grigalashvili	Georgia
Silver	Matthias Casse	Belgium
Bronze	Lee Joon-hwan	South Korea
Bronze	Guilherme Schimidt	Brazil
Medal	Men’s Middleweight (90 kg)	Country
Gold	Lasha Bekauri	Georgia
Silver	Sanshiro Murao	Japan
Bronze	Nemanja Majdov	Serbia
Bronze	Christian Parlati	Italy
Medal	Men’s Half-heavyweight (100 kg)	Country
Gold	Zelym Kotsoiev	Azerbaijan
Silver	Ilia Sulamanidze	Georgia
Bronze	Michael Korrel	Netherlands
Bronze	Matvey Kanikovskiy	AIN
Medal	Men’s Heavyweight (+100 kg)	Country
Gold	Inal Tasoev	AIN
Silver	Kim Min-jong	South Korea
Bronze	Teddy Riner	France
Bronze	Tatsuru Saito	Japan
Medal	Women’s Extra-lightweight (48 kg)	Country
Gold	Assunta Scutto	Italy
Silver	Bavuudorjiin Baasankhuu	Mongolia
Bronze	Abiba Abuzhakynova	Kazakhstan
Bronze	Shirine Boukli	France
Medal	Women’s Half-lightweight (52 kg)	Country
Gold	Amandine Buchard	France
Silver	Odette Giuffrida	Italy
Bronze	Diyora Keldiyorova	Uzbekistan
Bronze	Distria Krasniqi	Kosovo
Medal	Women’s Lightweight (57 kg)	Country
Gold	Christa Deguchi	Canada
Silver	Huh Mi-mi	South Korea
Bronze	Sarah-Leonie Cysique	France
Bronze	Haruka Funakubo	Japan
Medal	Women’s Half-middleweight (63 kg)	Country
Gold	Joanne van Lieshout	Netherlands
Silver	Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard	Canada
Bronze	Clarisse Agbegnenou	France
Bronze	Miku Takaichi	Japan
Medal	Women’s Middleweight (70 kg)	Country
Gold	Barbara Matic	Croatia
Silver	Elisavet Teltsidou	Greece
Bronze	Michaela Polleres	Austria
Bronze	Marie-Eve Gahie	France
Medal	Women’s Half-heavyweight (78 kg)	Country
Gold	Anna-Maria Wagner	Germany
Silver	Alice Bellandi	Italy
Bronze	Inbar Lanir	Israel
Bronze	Audrey Tcheumeo	France
Medal	Women’s Heavyweight (+78 kg)	Country
Gold	Romane Dicko	France
Silver	Beatriz Souza	Brazil
Bronze	Raz Hershko	Israel
Bronze	Kayra Ozdemir	Turkey

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Georgia	3	2	1	6
France	2	0	8	10
Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2
Italy	1	1	3	5
Canada	1	1	0	2
AIN	1	0	1	2
Netherlands	1	0	1	2
Croatia	1	0	0	1
Germany	1	0	0	1
Taiwan	1	0	0	1
Japan	0	2	5	7
South Korea	0	2	1	3
Brazil	0	1	1	2
Belgium	0	1	0	1
Greece	0	1	0	1
Moldova	0	1	0	1
Mongolia	0	1	0	1
Israel	0	0	2	2
Austria	0	0	1	1
Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Kosovo	0	0	1	1
Serbia	0	0	1	1
Turkey	0	0	1	1
Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

Olympics

Rowing

June 29, 2024June 30, 2024 Tommy A. PhillipsLeave a comment

Is there anything better than turning on your TV at 4:00 am on that first Saturday morning and watching the first rowing races of the Olympics get underway? Rowing will probably get a bigger spotlight on it thanks to The Boys in the Boat. Hopefully these rowers get more recognized for all of their hard work in what must be one of the most tiring sports.

Projections:

Men’s events:

Medal	Men’s single sculls	Country
Gold	Oliver Zeidler	Germany
Silver	Simon van Dorp	Netherlands
Bronze	Tom Mackintosh	New Zealand
Medal	Men’s double sculls	Country
Gold	Stef Broenink Melvin Twellaar	Netherlands
Silver	Martin Sinkovic Valent Sinkovic	Croatia
Bronze	Luca Rambaldi Matteo Sartori	Italy
Medal	Men’s lightweight double sculls	Country
Gold	Raphael Ahumada Jan Schauble	Switzerland
Silver	Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares	Italy
Bronze	Jiri Simanek Miroslav Vrastil	Czech Republic
Medal	Men’s quadruple sculls	Country
Gold	Nicolo Carucci Luca Chiumento Giacomo Gentili Andrea Panizza	Italy
Silver	Finn Florijn Koen Metsemakers Lennart van Lierop	Netherlands
Bronze	Tom Barras Callum Dixon Matt Haywood Graeme Thomas	Great Britain
Medal	Men’s coxless pair	Country
Gold	Tom George Oliver Wynne-Griffith	Great Britain
Silver	Andrin Gulich Roman Roosli	Switzerland
Bronze	William Bender Oliver Bub	United States
Medal	Men’x coxless four	Country
Gold	Justin Best Liam Corrigan Michael Grady Nick Mead	United States
Silver	Matt Aldridge David Ambler Freddie Davidson Oliver Wilkes	Great Britain
Bronze	Elie Brouwer Guus Mollee Nelson Ritsema Rik Rienks	Netherlands
Medal	Men’s eights	Country
Gold	Great Britain	Great Britain
Silver	Netherlands	Netherlands
Bronze	Australia	Australia

Women’s events:

Medal	Women’s single sculls	Country
Gold	Karolien Florijn	Netherlands
Silver	Emma Twigg	New Zealand
Bronze	Kara Kohler	United States
Medal	Women’s double sculls	Country
Gold	Donata Karaliene Dovile Rimkute	Lithuania
Silver	Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas	United States
Bronze	Brooke Francis Lucy Spoors	New Zealand
Medal	Women’s lightweight double sculls	Country
Gold	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain
Silver	Molly Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States
Bronze	Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt	Canada
Medal	Women’s quadruple sculls	Country
Gold	Lola Anderson Georgie Brayshaw Lauren Henry Hannah Scott	Great Britain
Silver	Roos de Jong Tessa Dullemans Bente Paulis Laila Youssifou	Netherlands
Bronze	Celia Dupre Lisa Lotscher Fabienne Schweizer Pascale Walker	Switzerland
Medal	Women’s coxless pair	Country
Gold	Ymkje Clevering Veronique Meester	Netherlands
Silver	Annabelle McIntyre Jessica Morrison	Australia
Bronze	Azja Czajkowski Jessica Thoennes	United States
Medal	Women’s coxless four	Country
Gold	Benthe Boonstra Hermijntje Drenth Tinka Offereins Marloes Oldenburg	Netherlands
Silver	Esme Booth Helen GLover Sam Redgrave Rebecca Shorten	Great Britain
Bronze	Emily Kallfelz Kaitlin Knifton Mary Mazzio-Manson Kelsey Reelick	United States
Medal	Women’s eights	Country
Gold	United States	United States
Silver	Romania	Romania
Bronze	Great Britain	Great Britain

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Netherlands	4	4	1	9
Great Britain	4	2	2	8
United States	2	2	4	8
Italy	1	1	1	3
Switzerland	1	1	1	3
Germany	1	0	0	1
Lithuania	1	0	0	1
New Zealand	0	1	2	3
Australia	0	1	1	2
Croatia	0	1	0	1
Romania	0	1	0	1
Canada	0	0	1	1
Czech Republic	0	0	1	1