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The 2017 edition conflicted with the Nordic World Championships, and some NOCs opted for one of the other. I think a few sent the "A" team to one, and then the "B" team to the other. Unless you need some points from the world championships, I don't know why you'd opt for them (especially if the bigger programs choose to go there.)

Not sure if it will be available outside the United States, but CBS aired a piece on Kelvin Kiptum after his recent death. They were going to release it ahead of his next race in April (The round table discussion at the end is “meh,” but the piece itself is nice)

36 countries and 1003 athletes have been entered according to the LOC/ICSD. won't participate unfortunately. More info on that decision: http://usdeafsports.org/news/usadsf-letter-on-the-20th-winter-deaflympics

The most realistic proposal, in my opinion, would be to let them compete under the Olympic flag (if they can qualify). I don't either side of the issue would be totally satisfied, but maybe it would be a workable compromise in the end?

Yeah, barring a change in the U.S. Government, it does feel like ultimately the IOC will be the organization forced to make a decision.

Injury total is up from initial reporting, and it's being reported by multiple news outlets that kids may be among those being treated for gunshot wounds (though reporting is still a bit murky on that)

It’s being reported that there was a shooting at the Kansas City Chief’s victory parade today. There’s a couple videos like the one above on social media, but it doesn’t seem like a lot of details are known at the minute.

Technically speaking, they will have changed their anthem for Paris 2024

Hong Kong isn’t really that sovereign since the PRC clampdown during the pandemic. It’s honestly a slap in the face of places like that they are allowed to compete at the Olympics (and yes, I do understand the nationality rules and how places were grandfathered in).

British Virgin Islands didn’t have their own anthem until McMaster’s won his first Commonwealth Games gold medal. They have since changed anthems though.

I'll pour one out for my fellow "singles."

I'm not sure they exist

As a thought exercise, since it doesn’t seem realistic, it would be interesting if we’re added to the Asian qualification pathway, and then all the island nations were given their own (Oceania, Caribbean, Indian Ocean).

I finally got around to watching We Dare To Dream, a feature length documentary about some of the refugee athletes at Tokyo 2020. The documentary is pretty much what I feel most of us would expect from a film like this. It provided a some background on the selected athletes, included some behind-the-scenes footage, and detailed their progress at the Olympics. It was pretty well produced, even if didn’t go very deep into the refugee crisis or emotions of the athletes themselves. Of note, it was directed by Waad al-Kateab, who produced/directed/filmed the critically acclaimed documentary For Sama. Angelina Jolie and John Legend were also credited as Executive Producers.

No, I meant cut the gendered versions in favor of the Mixed 4x100m Free. You could also cut the gendered 4x200m Free in favor of a Mixed 4x200m. The Mixed 4x100m Medley needs to cut as well. The medley relays work better as gendered events.

Swimming doesn’t need anymore events, but relays should be cut to 12 to leave a couple more quotas for individual events. I’d also cut the m/w 4x100 free (in favor of the mixed relay) to better use quotas, again.

Also, I’m American and I don’t understand the domestic/international craze for this sport. The prevalence of serious injuries and long game time with intermittent action don’t do it for me. I do see the cultural appeal to many people in the US, so I watch it as a causal fan mostly.

Yes, they use one of their four downs, but they don’t lose field position. Plus, an “incomplete pass” stops the clock from ticking down.

We’re heading to overtime

I didn’t vibe with the Halftime show much, but I really liked last year’s, so maybe I expected to much.

This is essentially the point I was making about reallocations in canoe slalom. The hierarchy of the allocations can change the outcome. However, I'm not sure Israel has a winning argument here. I don't see that in the language regarding the host country quota. The text (from the version I viewed [25.01.2023]) states, "next highest placed athlete(s)." It doesn't seem to restrict NOCs with one quota from being allocated a second. In terms of the reallocation of Oceania's quota, I do think they are correct about the language. However, I think they are wrong about the hierarchy. Oceania's quota technically can't be allocated at the same time as the other quotas, since it doesn't have some of the contingencies bestowed to those. I believe it would trigger the formal reallocation process outlined in section F, which (in my analysis of the document and results) would result in the quota being awarded to . Of course, this post is based on my interpretation of the qualification document, which could be flawed.

There's a handful on YouTube. Just search "Sochi 2014 Full Replays."

I thought annexed Tasmania according to recent activity on Totallympics

A key player picking up an injury after you’ve already qualified is a legitimate concern though.

They needed a new anglophone friend after voted to leave