Day 2: Upset City Baby!

In what may become the theme of the Games, Tokyo is shaping up to be Upset City.  The "most unpredictable games" might come true.  

What I hope is predictable will be my nightly scorekeeping, so here's the standings after Day 2:

RECAP:

The "Dream Team" US Men's Basketball team was already on the struggle bus, but still no one expected a first round loss to France.  And no, Tony Parker still doesn't play for France. Big OOF.

Ash Barty of Australia, world #1 Tennis player, just won WIMBLEDON....knocked out in the first round by a Spaniard. Ash was my Tennis selection and I was stoked I grabbed a sure thing.  I'm pretty sure this is all my fault. 

Skateboarding made its debut yesterday and the only write-in selection in the draft was TokYoMama's Nyjah Huston of the US - unfortunately, Nyjah couldn't execute the mega tricks and fell off the medal stand.  He was the overwhelming favorite in the Street competition.  It's tough on the streets.

Fencing continues to produce unexpected results - only Inna Deriglazova of ROC managed to grab a silver today despite multiple competitors in the running.  League of Pokemon were glad they did not glaze over this pick on the board.

Archery continued to show South Korea's dominance with the women's team taking the Gold.  This provided Fire Dragons with the pick of the draft so far - An San grabs another gold. Kang Chae-Young also grabs a gold for League of Pokemon. However, this proved to be disastrous for Wasabi Warriors as Choi Mi-Sun, a GOLD MEDALIST from Rio is left off the women's squad and doesn't get any points.  S. Korea is just THAT good. Unfortunately, that's sundown on Archery points for Wasabi Warriors.

Diving launched with springboard synchronized diving and China won.  Good news for Ra-Men and Wasabi.

Gymnastics saw plenty of qualifying events and really the only surprise so far is Kohei Uchimura - the star of the Rio games and Japan's superhero on High Bar falls off during qualifying and does not make it to the event finals.  A crushing blow for League of Pokemon who had high hopes for the high bar competitor, but now will face a low blow with 0 points in Gymnastics.

Swimming gets some points on the board with the Aussie women kangaroo hopping to the top of the leaderboard with a women's relay win for Fire Dragons and Wasabi Warriors.  Hibachi Ninjas were also enjoying a bloomin' silver medal from Jack McLoughlin.

Weighlifting continues to see China dominate - DOUBLE gold for Hibachi Ninjas.

What could happen tomorrow? Will I ever earn a point? We'll all watch and find out...