 It is the touchline here on Y244 Roba Rosoro is my name, I'm still having fun. This is our last segment and we'll be talking about everything that we are going to expect from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics being another Olympics that is being played under closed doors and this time round it is because of the coronavirus, the COVID-19 pandemic that struck us in the year 2019 and now we are still one year, seven months on to it and it's still ravaging. All people in the world, also an Olympics where, when Olympics was cancelled we have to go back to the world war two and also in 19, world war one back in the 1918-20 there and this has to be the third Olympics, no the first Olympics being played during a pandemic considering the other ones were cancelled and were never played before. Teras Wayake is here with me in this segment, we'll be talking all about the Olympics and also Sami Gitae here. We'll just throw it in. Tokyo Olympics is here, 2020, everybody thought this games are going to be cancelled but at the end of the day the International Olympic Committee stood their ground and let's talk about it. What do you actually expect from these years Olympic Games? Remember that they've also said officially the organisers of this event that it's not 100% guaranteed that the Olympics will run its full cost, it could be cancelled at some point because of we have no control of what's going on, we're smack bang in the middle of a pandemic but obviously you keep your fingers crossed and hope that it will run its full cost. What do I expect? I expect a lot of dominance from some of the world's most industrialised nations, spots and money go hand in hand, they are like a clenched fist, they are tight. So obviously the United States, China already are running away with it, the big countries Australia, the countries that have established themselves in the events that we countries like Kenya could have actually competed toe-to-toe with them but because of poverty, not just of the poverty of the mind, we like growing, we've got like Victoria here, we've got Indian Ocean here, we've got like Turkana here, we should be participating and competing toe-to-toe with these big nations in events like growing but we don't, we just hold those kind of events during cultural festivities that are normally held towards the end of the year you hear those Busea County cultural festival and there was rowing and you actually see footage of it and people cheer, that's an Olympic discipline so you see where our poverty of the mind lags us behind, we would be competing with these big nations so I'm expecting to see that dominance from the big nations in some fields that we ourselves could be dominating with them it is good that you have brought in the Indian Ocean because one of the new events that has come into this year's Olympics, surfing is going to be there, skateboarding is going to be there, karate climbing is going to be there also some of the sports coming back to this time, this year's Olympic Games we've got baseball, softball, 303 basketball and BMX bicycle freestyle, what do you make of that? Muscle surfing but for me one that goes with Kenyans at the moment because I usually see them during the weekends has got to be the street skateboarding it's an exciting time for those guys who take part in those games because probably thought they would never get their chance but they found it but for me actually the ones that stands out is that for baseball and softball, they are really popular sports in Japan and I guess that's the reason why they've been incorporated this time round, it's good to see them actually get new sports in there but again talking about the whole organization of the tournament, for me I wasn't just pleased about it I didn't think they had the best preparation, looking at how the countries came in, how they've handled the COVID-19 situation the cases are still rising in the Olympic villages, it looks like a disorganized tournament to me but I hope that it's going to live up the hype we have already seen the opening ceremony, it was quite vibrant, we saw even the lighting of the torch by Nomi Osaka from Japan I hope that it's going to be finished because they said that probably they are looking at ways where if they are not going to finish they could suspend it again so I just hope the situation will be okay for the people out there and it's not good because I've been seeing many negative stories from the athletes I've seen it from an athlete from the United States of America who is deaf and blind and she was talking about the provisions that are in that Olympics village that she can't carry her own personal care assistant and then we've had other instances of teams pulling out from the tournament we had Djibouti I guess who pulled out from the tournament, I just hope it's going to be incredible but for me the levels are still low we are out there and you are a fan of these new games, it's talked about baseball, softball, they'll be there and you'll be enjoying them but some of the games that we play here on Kenya like back, some time back when I was in primary school coming on to high school 33 basketball was a big thing, it was posted by Sprite, do you remember that one? I remember Yeah it was a big tournament here in Kenya and that is one where our teams can get onto it you are a fan of bicycle riding and you can do freestyle, BMX freestyle is going to be there and it's usually a fun game, if you watch those extreme sports BMX freestyle is one that you can go on and enjoy and for the people who enjoy skateboarding judgment usually comes down to how do you complete the stairs, handrails, benches and walls and if you are good at that no matter what you usually see here on the street something also you can train on and actually get onto the Olympics but for surfing we live to the people in the West and the South Americas but now let's bring it back home Yasami, we've got our team lioness there, the rugby ladies, we've got the boys there in rugby what do you expect from our teams from Kenya that have made it onto the Olympics? Well the good thing about those teams that maybe they'll be thinking of tomorrow I guess in the rugby tournaments they've been there, they've seen the competition that can be posed by the likes of Fiji and Tongas and Samoas and so I believe that they have learnt their lesson and I believe they are better prepared they jetted in quite early enough, the logistics were quite good as compared to the Brazil we had in 2016 and the team should be ready, I just hope that they are going to learn the lessons that they learnt before and they are going to make adjustments and probably stand the world because that's what we expect from these nations even if you're not going to win the whole tournament you're still going to have some standard guys as we've been talking about that lady from Zambia in Babra Bandas you're always going to find some new talent that are going to spring up and going to be hot property in the rest of the years and the Shujaa they'll be kicking out with a team they have usually played with win here, win there, lose there, win there they'll be kicking out of where the United States of America and then they'll be playing, that one will be on Monday at 5.30 in the morning then at 1pm they'll be playing South Africa then on Tuesday at 5am again in the morning they'll be playing Ireland let's talk about Shujaa, USA, South Africa, Ireland Familiar territory, this is not a culture shock for them is all the years of the seven circuits and that kind of thing have prepared them for this event but obviously now it's different in the sense that you're playing for Olympic glory you're playing to make history so the stakes might be a bit higher the whole world is focused on you even the guys that don't normally sit up to watch the seven circuits all across the world will now be focused on you so maybe there's added impetus, maybe there's more pressure and it shouldn't really matter do what you've been doing go out there and put in your best effort put in all your effort that's all you need to do and then the rest works itself out gradually don't go with the pressure don't go with any other egos if you have to keep off social media if you have to keep off mainstream media focus on the assignment ahead so if it's US, focus on US, finish with that and move on to the next assignment earlier on when we were talking about the afro basketball qualifiers you talked about COVID-19 and one of its advantages for Team Kenya was that they went in early and there were no spectators so they were concentrating soul on the game and the field of play when you look at the rugby teams and Team Kenya now in that bubble, the Olympic bubble and how they are going to play inside there will it play to the advantage? probably it should because it works differently for different players even in the basketball championships with a young group of players they worked well in behind closed doors so probably it could be the case and the good thing about that is that they are coming in and they think 5 days earlier it gives them a bit of a window to try and do the drills but for the rugby team I guess they went there quite early now and so they might have built up everything that they want to do and communication is usually easier when you are playing behind closed doors especially for the coaches they can be able to shout instructions whenever they want to and having a group of players that have played even in the worst of adversities when we used to have crowds in the stadiums I guess it's going to work up well for them well, the lionesses also their games they will be playing on Thursday for them they will be kicking off on Thursday 29 July and their first game will be 5.30 am in the morning again at New Zealand and then at 1 pm they will be playing Russia and then on Friday at 5 in the morning they will be playing Great Britain big thing that will be coming out of the Olympics big matches that also are coming out from there the Olympics usually football is not a mega event but for Africans football in the Olympics is big one for us because we've got two countries from Africa that are actually going ahead to win the Olympic gold medal Nigeria in 1996 and Cameroon at the year 2000 can that fit be repeated near time soon I don't think during this particular Olympics and if you allow me I'll just confine myself to this particular Olympics I was part of the contingent that analysed the Africa Cup of Nations under 23 and the top three teams from that tournament are the ones that qualified for this Olympics and when I look at what they have on offer our teams from Africa it's beautiful football no doubt about it but if you look at the current state of Soka vis-a-vis our African teams globally I don't think this particular tournament has a gold medal in store for us we would do well to clinch bronze there's no doubt about it and I'll be cheerfully happy with that I'll be content with that Gold would be a bit of a tall order a bit of a surprise it's welcome if we win it football is a game of surprises I doubt it but if we win it I'll buy you a pint the three teams in the Tokyo Olympics from Africa at Ivory Coast and they won their first match against Saudi Arabia by 2 goals to 1 Egypt managed that draw against Spain of 0-0 and then South Africa lost to Japan by 2 goals to 1 and the Brazilians had gone to Brazil versus Germany as they won by 4 goals to 2 and Rechales on the Brazilians scored a hat-trick in that game Rechales seemed to have enjoyed that game he did he scored it in 29 minutes so it was a very good game for him but I guess the highlight of that game was definitely Danilo Alves who made his appearance at that 8 years old as a right back positioning it doesn't look young it was actually fast you look at some of the balls that he was whipping in from the right hand side he looked better than those young players in that team and for Brazil them being the defending champions of course they won it in 2016 it's going to take something to beat those lads because they were so good against Germany which looked a little bit petrified they looked shocked almost people probably villain of the game so it was a lot to handle playing against Mathias Kunia whom we have seen already at Harter Ballin performing very well against the likes of Paulinho Fobal and then Rechales on who came in straight from the Copa America that was something good that the coach did for Brazil bringing in Rechales on straight in from the Copa America and then he comes in banks a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes to win the game Brazil are going to be the favourites definitely for this championship even more as these games go ahead at this time the women's football tournament New Zealand the United States is actually leading New Zealand by one goal to nil at the moment and at tennis the men's singles first round Novak Djokovic has managed to win against Dylan in 6-2 in the first round of the men's singles in the tennis tournament so far and currently the men's road rest final has come to an end with a goal going to Raul sorry for a moment just gone to Raul Karapaz of Ikwado who has won the men's road rest cycling there in a time of 6 hours 5 minutes and 26 seconds and then one avat of Belgium has come second there to clinch silver in that road rest in 6 hours 6 minutes and then Slovenia's TL Polka has also come with bronze in 6 minutes 6 hours 6 minutes and 33 seconds those are some of the completed results from the Tokyo Olympics as they are coming your way so far we'll be giving all those updates as we are talking about the Olympics is one event that we wait for because it gives us everything that comes on my director is telling me that my time is up but you've got to say that Oleguna Soldiers finally got a contract extension and finally has got Sancho to Manchester United Ya he expected that he made a post in March 26 that he would get a contract extension we've all seen the progress that he can make at Man United probably fans feel better right now that in a good position to win games you're playing attractive football under him and him getting there on Sancho you're getting in as a Bundesliga fan I've seen him play and I've seen him play on the left hand side on the right hand side and then England lost to Italy in the Eurofinals that was to be expected that was to be expected that was to be expected that was to be expected you look at the quality of Italian football at that tournament they were playing like the best Italian sides we've seen throughout history England were also doing well I've not seen such a polished English side since the 1990s the Glen Holdle team called France 98 to be precise but this was and they had the home advantage goodness I've never seen England so united behind a cause they almost deserved to win it but no with 76% possession during open play from the Italians you can say they were worthy winners and it ended one-one full time then it went to extra time then it went to extra time penalties because still at the end of extra time it was one-one and Italians won it on penalties it's sad that there was racism involved after such a beautiful tournament people hurling abuse at the three English players who were black that lost out on their penalty shootouts but all in all it was a beautiful tournament the best team won Sami, I know this is not your favourite conversation I will just give you you give me just a good that can make you happy Hamilton winning the grand play after getting a 10 second penalty I was really delighted for him because you would have lost a huge margin if probably Stappen would have won it and again I'm sad again that racism got its way into Louis Hamilton this time round it was a really feisty competition Stappen and Louis Hamilton going into the first few corners and a collision of sorts in the first 10 corners I think it was in 2010 we got that collision from and there's been lots of ritual on Louis Hamilton the expenses that Red Bull have suffered $1.8 million for the car that Red Bull now have to pay for I'm happy for Louis Hamilton that he can come back from those conditions he can get the penalty and come back and win the race at his home ground in Silverstone for the eighth consecutive time happy for him and I think the title challenge is on that is where we come to the end of the touch right here on Y254 Big thank you my titers guitar here was my co-host and also a fan favorite Sami Gitae who also came here for all the discussions about basketball and the olympics enjoy the best of your broadcast here on Y254