Olympian1010

Warner Bros. Discovery will have the European (and maybe some parts of Asia) broadcast rights for next years' summer anf winter World University Games.

Link:https://www.fisu.net/2024/04/18/fisu-secures-live-coverage-on-eurosport-for-its-flagship-world-university-games/?_thumbnail_id=77328

Aussie OC uniform announcement @dullard

Another awesome logo. IIHF events doing well in that regard this year.

52 minutes ago, Josh said:

Bit of a confusing response I know, but to explain my thought process, watching (along with playing, but irrelevant point) sports and sharing results on Totallympics are two of my favourite things to do. Trying to not worry too much when personal problems is hard for me, and it might be what I need to not freak out and have mental breakdowns every couple of minutes. But we’ll see.

Same dude; same.

I'll keep your father and you in my thoughts. 

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

They have uniforms for medal cermonies etc? Sorry but this is overkill

It's been pretty standard to have separate uniforms for OC, CC, MC, and causal wear for the last few editions (at least for a lot of NOCs).

“Oh! He gave them chicken,” might be one my favorite commentary moments in a while.

12 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

I think there are 2 quota reallocations on the cards on the men's side - Israel and Suriname don't have a second eligible rider and so they will have to reject the quota. Assuming that is the case, I'd project that  and  will get an individual quota for sprint/keirin. 

 

On the women's side, there is only 1 quota which should be subject to reallocation - Italy don't have an eligible second rider in the keirin/sprint behind Miriam Vece. In the most likely scenario, Italy will probably reject the keirin quota resulting in  picking up the spot for sprint/keirin.

Is there any particular reason you project  getting the reallocation instead of  if a quota becomes available in the men's sprint? 

5 minutes ago, Josh said:

Duenas isn’t Spanish though? He’s Filipino-Canadian. 

Ñ may still have some uses in Tagalog from what I can find. @LDOG maybe knows more, since he made the original post.

13 minutes ago, Josh said:

I don’t get it… sorry. 

He added the "ñ," which is considered a distinct letter in the Spanish alphabet (at least the way I was taught).

Karlsruhe  has applied to host The World Games 2029.

On 3/28/2024 at 9:30 AM, Olympian1010 said:

The Bolivarian Youth Games are also coming up next month as well. Website: https://www.sucre2024.org/home/

A little bit of news from last night...

As far as I can tell, Jhuskarly Patricia Becerra Montesinos  became the first refugee athlete to win a medal at the (Youth) Bolivarian Games. She'll box for the gold medal later today 

2 hours ago, andresap93 said:

Is there a database with flag images in this site?

If you don't know the IOC nation code, you can also click on the happy face and view a complete list there.

I had hope after yesterday, but no quota for  

11 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

They are quite similar.

 

It's no  or  though

 is a fun combo too 

This thread provides a peak at some of the Nike sponsored uniforms for this summer.

Kenya will ditch the honeycomb look it seems.

I like the color splotch pattern for the track uniforms, but I wish they differed a bit between nation (in terms of orientation).

 skateboard uniforms continue to be quite different for other sports. I think these are good, but I’m interested in what the athletes think.

39 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

The Pan American Championships starts today. If Canada wants to qualify in doubles we'll likely need to win gold in those events.

If you really want to qualify, you’d have @Josh award the quotas to your closest rivals midway through the competition 

Just in case there was any doubt about  accepting their quota.

Ideal tournament for

World Athletics plans to introduce prize money for Olympic events.

1 hour ago, Jur said:

I dont wanna be the barrer of bad news but I think that Golf doesnt have Universiality quotas if I'm not mistaken

If France doesn’t need to utilize their host quotas (one per gender), those turn into universality quotas according to the qualification system.

Pretty neat milestone for women’s sports broadcasting.

10 minutes ago, Josh said:

Have we gone back a year in time, or am I missing something? 

Copy/Paste error from formatting error, but I feel hella dumb doing it in April 

Team  Update and Thoughts (April 2024)

Current Quotas: 2

Archery - 1 (men's individual recurve)

Fencing - 1 (men's foil)

Schembri and D'Amour qualifiying has provided some nice relief after a rather quiet qualification season. Both are certainly some of the islands' best athletic prospects. If they stay healthly and avoid any miscellaneous issues, I look forward to seeing what results they can achieve in Paris.

Ideal Quota Allocation: 6-8

@Topicmaster1010 simulated 8 quotas for Team ISV, which feels a bit generous at this moment (not that it wasn't appreicated ). I'm definitely keeping my eye on Michelle Smith (athletics). If she can get a quota in the women's 400m hurdles, I believe that will garantee an additional male quota in athletics as well. Other than Smith, I can't envision any other quotas outside universality allocations. I have no idea which sports/athletes the NOC targeted, but the following allocation would leave me very pleased:

Archery - 1 (women's individual recurve)

Golf - 1 (women's individual) [Swayne had that nice 6th place result at Santiago 2023. It would be cool to see her compete in Paris.]

Swimming - 2

Sailing - ? [I don't feel like it was a particularly great cycle for the sailing team. Dale might be a candidate for a universality quota in ILCA7 though.]

9 minutes ago, Josh said:

 WITH ANOTHER QUOTA!!!!!!!

Well, turning into a pretty great week for  

I'm happy he was able to get the quota here. I'm holding onto a little hope that one of the universality quotas may go to Abernathy (assuming she has the MQS).

Refugee Olympic Team will be announced on May 2, in case that wasn’t posted before.