Day 14: The Race Is On!

Here we go - the event and team finals are coming down to the end and we're looking at a very tight scoreboard as the Fantasy Olympiad heads into the final weekend:

Wasabi Warriors hang onto the top spot for another day with a strong performance - Jack Carlin of GB took a cycling Silver, Sifan Hassan got passed in the last lap of the 1500m to get Bronze, but still a double medalist, Sweden women's football fell in the Gold medal match, but still get the team bonus with 10 points for a silver, and grabbed a bronze from Turkey men's wrestling.  It may be tough to pass Wasabi on the stand, as she still has the Steel Curtain to come - the ROC Artistic (Synchronized) Swimming team and the Rhythmic Gymnastic favorites.  We'll see if the pageantry parlay pays off.

SamuRyan clings to the silver position by one point - thanks to the Jamaican 4x100m women's relay gold with Shelly-Ann Frayser-Price.

Ra-men+women were emphasizing the + today with a huge day to jump into podium position.  Harrie Lavreysen led the way with his second gold medal in Cycling. Ma Long also grabbed his second Gold in Table Tennis in the men's team final. Then in wrestling, their Iran men's team slammed their way to another bronze.

The Fire Dragons kept pace with a gold from Joshua Cheptegi in the 10000m race.

League of Pokemon needed some points to stay in contention and had a decent day - Xu Xin also earns a gold from the men's table tennis team, and a Bronze from the legend in her 5th Olympics - Allyson Felix.

Kara-Oke keeps steadily closing in on the field with another solid day - Elaine Thompson-Herah secures her 3rd Gold medal in the 4x100m relay as she continues to carry the Jamaican team. Fan Zhendong is the 3rd table tennis player on the Chinese men's team to get the 10 points for gold today. Of course, the big ROCK for Kara-oke has been the ROC men's wrestling team who earned their SIXTH medal today - another Gold.

TokYoMama had an amazing day earning 41 points to leap up the leaderboard. Gabby Thomas earned a silver in the 4x100 relay, Tomokazu Harimoto won bronze in the Team Table Tennis final, the dynamic duo of Ross and Klineman won the beach volleyball gold for USA, and USA men's wrestling got a double slam with a Gold and a Bronze on the day.

Hibachi Ninjas unfortunately only managed another gold from the Japanese women's wrestling team and fell to the bottom of the standings.

No matter where you stand - don't get comfortable and don't give up - there are LOTS of points still on the board to be earned.  Who will stand on top? Let the Gold Rush begin!