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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Live Results & Standings The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Basketball Competition is underway starting on the 25th of July with The Islamic Republic of Iran and The Czech Republic tipping off at 10AM AEST. The Basketball event in the Olympics will run until the 7th of August when the Gold Medal Winner will be crowned (8th of August Women's). The Group Stage The Group stage of this event has now ended with 8 teams qualifying. These 8 teams include*:     - USA     - Slovenia     - Spain     - Germany     - Australia     - Argentina      - Italy     - France *Teams That Are Eliminated Have Been Highlighted in green LIVE FEED UPDATE 9:45 AM AEST PRE-GAME In Tokyo 2020 as Australia and Team USA prepare to battle it out in the first qualifying semi of the day. The winner of this game will go on to face the winner of the France vs Slovenia game taking place later on in the day, in a gold & silver medal contest. The lose however will go on to face the los

Day Two of The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Begins Today | Here's What Medal Events Are On... So, What's On Today In Tokyo? All Olympic MEDAL events Today (25th of July) Include the Following:     - Archery: Women's Team     - Cycling: Women's Road Race     - Diving: Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard     - Fencing: Women's Foll Individual & Men's Espee Individual     - Judo: Women's 52kg & Men's 66kg     - Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle & Women's 10m Air Pistol     - Skateboarding: Men's Street      - Swimming: Women's 400m Individual Medley, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay     - Swimming: Men's 400m Freestyle, Men's 400m Individual Medley     - Taekwondo: Men's 68kg & Women's 57kg     - Weightlifting: Men's 61kg & Men's 67kg What Can The Aussie's Win? As usual, Australia's Olympic campaign is headlined by a strong team in the pool in both the men's and women's events. Emma M

 Day One of The Olympics Is Over... How are Our Aussies Going? It's Been 24 Hours Since the beginning of the 2020 Olympic Games...so how are our Aussies shaping up against the rest? The Medal Tally One day into the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this is what the official medal tally looks like*: 1. China (2,0,1) 2. Japan (1,1,0) 3. Ecuador (1,0,0) 4. Iran (1,0,0) 5. South Korea (1,0,0) 6. Kosovo (1,0,0) 7. Belgium (0,1,0) 8. India (0,1,0) 9. Netherlands (0,1,0) 10. The Russian Olympic Committee (0,1,0) * Placement. Country (Gold,Silver,Bronze) The top 10 countries in the medal tally after day one look like this. So, What Does This Mean? Considering that this is what the leaderboard looks like after only one day, it is expected to shift around and even potentially change entirely before the conclusion of the end-heavy Olympic Games. A majority of sports got underway today with a few medal events and mostly qualifying rounds to start the Tokyo 2020 Olympics What's On Tomorrow? Stay tuned fo

Ever Wondered How Much Australian Olympians Make? We'll Tell You Just That... Athletes globally can make millions of dollars a year for being the best of the best, but how much do Olympic competitors make? How Much They Make... Our Aussies in Tokyo are doing perhaps the highest honour in sports and that is representing their country, especially in the Olympics. In the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, each athlete has a set pay, as well as a medal Bonus if they happen to win a medal, paying more for gold, and less for silver & Bronze. For each GOLD Medal won in the Tokyo Olympics, the athlete will be rewarded A$20,000 as an incentive, on top of the priceless medal they win. For Silver Medals, Athlete's receive A$13,400, and for Bronze, they will receive $10,000. For team sports (e.g. Basketball, Football, Rugby etc.) the prize money is split evenly between the competitors on the team. How Does That Compare To Other Countries? Unfortunately for Australian athletes, they sit on the lower

 The First of Many Medals Has Been Won At The 2020 Tokyo Olympics! The first official gold medal of the 2020 Olympic Games has been won in Tokyo! Who Won The Medals? As the 10m Air Rifle Women's event concludes, it is the first event in the 2020 Olympic games to have crowned a winner. Chinese 21-year-old-olympian Yang Qian has won the first Gold medal of the Summer Olympics this year.  China has started their Olympic campaign on the right foot with a Gold medal, in which they had 26 of in the 2016 Olympics, landing them in 3rd place overall. All three medals from this event were awarded as follows. Gold     -     China Silver     -      ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) Bronze     -     Switzerland These 3 medals are the first of 1017 in total to be won by the end of the games.  Stay Tuned

 The 2020 Tokyo Olympics Have Begun!... Finally! On July 23rd, 2021 the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Have finally been kicked off with the opening ceremony taking place last night at approximately 9PM - 1AM (AEST). The opening ceremony included a spectacular drone show in which 1,824 Drones lit up the sky to make a revolving model of the Earth, as seen here. What Event Medals Are Up For Grabs Today? On the 24th of July, The first day of the Olympics officially, there are a number of medals up for grabs in various sports.  The medal events taking place today (July 24) include the following:     -Archery: Mixed Team     -Cycling: Men's Road Race     -Fencing: Women's Espee & Men's Sabre Individual     -Judo: Women's 48kg & Men's 60kg     -Shooting: Men's, Women's 10m Air Rifle      -Taekwondo: Men's 58kg, Women's 49kg     -Weight Lifting: Women's 49kg The Australian Team has only two opportunities for medals in today's events, which are in bold