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Today is the first time I'm on Totallympics since the end of the Paris 2024 games. Or better yet, since the beginning of the Paris 2024 games.

 

I was working and therefore it was a bit impossible for me to follow things here as I was busy around 12h a day and the other hours I was trying to meeting friends and have some fun in Paris.

 

The experience was amazing. I would basically every morning go to a café and prepare myself for the day aheard.  trying to go to different cafés was a bit hard after week 2. At evening I would go to some bar or bistro to meet friends and watch more events. Most of French and Parisiens were complaining about the Olympics (as they always do) but after the first few days (Opening Ceremony, Dupont, Marchand, etc) they were already head over heels and it was fun to witness that for the 3rd time in a row.

 

It was amazing to meet @Sindoand @Jan Linhaand also chat with some other users during those days. And it will be nice to rewatch or properly watch many of the events and perhaps check what you all were discussing "in real time".

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  On 7/9/2024 at 7:05 AM, Bearas said:

Only my opinions

 

Big chance:

 - naturalised wrestlers + potential impact from Gega

 

Good chance:

 - strong chances in athletics

 LaFond in Triple Jump

 

 

Small chance:

 - women's canoeing

 - leaving room for Yarigo to surprise everyone, although very small chances.

 - Pudar have small chances in swimming.

 - football, everyone's game.

 - small chances in marathon

 - women's weightlifting, especially post disqualifications

 - football and taekwondo

 - athletics

 

Miracle needed:

 - competes in various sports, but no athletes that can win a medal imo

 - always decent in athletics sprints and sailing, but not close to medals

 - we had surprise victories in BMX before, so you never know, otherwise not really..

 - we have seen surprise medals in boxing and with relatively small boxing pools, there might be a chance

 - we have seen surprise medals in boxing and with relatively small boxing pools, there might be a chance

 - competes in numerous sports, maybe surfing can be a bit more unexpected

 - taekwondo produced some surprise medal winners before, so...

 - with weightlifting disqualification, they might receive medal after few years hehe..

 - simply because of surprise element of combat sports.

 - healthy athletics sprinting squad

 - miracle needed for table tennis

 - weightlifting

 - cycling and long distance running

 

No chance:

 

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I have a feeling that in Tokyo 2020 there were many strong contenders from no-medal countries, but this year, I agree with you, if 2 or 3 new countries appear will be good.

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  On 7/9/2024 at 11:41 AM, Benolympique said:

https://desporto.sapo.pt/jogos-olimpicos/artigos/paris2024-sao-tome-e-principe-pela-primeira-vez-com-tres-modalidades

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Thank you so much. So they got 3 quotas through Universality, 2 from tripartite (including judo).

 

Sad they have rejected swimming's male quota (Jainny PINTO CARVALHO)

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  On 7/9/2024 at 4:03 AM, intoronto said:

Women's canoeing (sprint) goes to

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where you found it, please? thanks!

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No Tripartite from UIMP

 

I think only judo now is missing and one female quota for canoeing, right?

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  On 7/6/2024 at 1:23 PM, LuizGuilherme said:

I have one bet for Brazilian female flagbear: Marta (Football)

 

For the male one I dont have ideal.

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For me, the female is between Marta, Ana Marcela Cunha or Mayra Aguiar

the male, Isaquias Queiroz would be my pick (or maybe Marcelinho Huertas now hahaha)

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  On 7/5/2024 at 3:24 PM, Dkats said:

Is there another version of Eric the Eel? 
 

Someone like that has my support 

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There's the Sudanese guy (living in US) who never ran a marathon and got a Universality quota to Marathon

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ahhh so many, not even sure where to start.

 

As I'm learning Norwegian, I tend to also cheer for some of Norwegians (will be so happy to see Karsten Warholm running below WR and earning a silver medal behind Alison dos Santos )

Timo Cavelius on judo would be the first name that comes to mind -  and other LGBTQ athletes (but I also tend to support German judokas as well)

I also love athletes from countries that have not yet won medals or gold medals!

Edited July 5, 2024 by Pasolini

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  On 6/23/2024 at 12:51 PM, intoronto said:

Tuvalu will have one wildcard in athletics (that is the entire team)

 

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146123/paris-2024-tuvalu-one-athlete-olympics

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I read it, but this seemed a bit like a piece sent by someone to Inside the games to promete the athlete in question. 

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  On 6/22/2024 at 7:38 PM, Benolympique said:

Mehdy Metella  - Swimming 100 M Butterfly

 

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what happened

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I always cheer for  specially after meeting some of the delegation at Rio 2016. They even game me a small flag 

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Guys, all those interpretations are fair and valid.

 

But in the end UWW will do what it feels it's right and we have no idea what it will be.

 

We have seen in this cycle some pretty absurd interpretations of its own rules by IFs. 

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  On 6/14/2024 at 11:54 AM, Benolympique said:

Shooting

 

Rifle 10 M Men's -

https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/quota_place_winners.ashx?cshipid=2728

 

Rifle 50 M 3 Positions Men's

https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/quota_place_winners.ashx?cshipid=2728&evlinkid=R3PM

 

Pistol 10 M Men's

https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/quota_place_winners.ashx?cshipid=2728&evlinkid=APM

 

 

Pistol 25 M Fire Rapid Men's 0

https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/quota_place_winners.ashx?cshipid=2728&evlinkid=RFPM

 

Trap Men's  -  

https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/quota_place_winners.ashx?cshipid=2728&evlinkid=TRM

 

 

Skeet Men's  - 

https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/quota_place_winners.ashx?cshipid=2728&evlinkid=SKM

 

 

 

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Is there any Chilean on here?

I think Jorge Antonio SALHE lives in Chile (a country with a big Palestinian community), but not so sure.

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  On 6/13/2024 at 5:33 PM, copravolley said:

The IOC doesn`t recognize this new country under the Taliban? I'm sure the flag has been changed and the one at the top is no longer valid in Kabul. I remember that during the first Taliban's rule in Afghanistan, this country was excluded from the Olympics in Sydney 2000 for missed to respect women's rights.

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Basically yeah. All is said on the above tweet. The NOC in exile is recognized (so we will remain with ) and the de facto government is not recognized at all. 

Not sure what to think of that... in this case everyone who is currently inside Afghanistan has no chance of participating in sports.

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  On 4/13/2024 at 1:20 PM, bestmen said:

Olympic triathlon swimming leg could be cancelled over Seine water quality

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/09/olympic-triathlon-swimming-leg-could-be-cancelled-over-seine-water-quality

 

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After all that bad press predicting disaster at Rio, it will be a bit curious if something like this happens in Paris.

 

I wonder if they would not do something to get a good water result in the previous days and go forward.

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  On 4/3/2024 at 3:15 PM, Nicky Pryde said:

I've just noticed today that the somalian athlete for Marathon isn't in the world ranking anymore, he has not participated to a single event since August 2023

 

 

https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/marathon/men?regionType=countries&region=som&page=1&rankDate=2024-04-02

 

https://worldathletics.org/athletes/somalia/khadar-basheer-youssuf-14875164

 

 

So except if I've forgot an other way to win a NOC, I think we can say that Somalia will not be represented...

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no Universality quotas???

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  On 3/29/2024 at 2:16 PM, Biathlonfan said:

Only 3 belerussian ones are on the wikepedia page right now,Ilya Shymanovich,Anastasiya Shkurdai,and Alina Zmushka.

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they are the only ones with OQT. Provided that Russian swimmers swim in international events, I think they will go

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  On 3/26/2024 at 3:12 AM, Petar1973 said:

I think that there is a 2 girls from Russia (Lebedeva and Bladtceva) and 1 guy from Belarus (Litvinovich).

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no, Bladtceva was not eligible given that Lebedeva got a quota.

 

Who got the 2nd quota for AIN (through Belarus) was Viyaleta BARDZILOUSKAYA.
 

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1 guy and 1 girl from Belarus and 1 girl from Russia qualified on Trampoline gymnastics.

 

I THINK that if Russian Gymnastics accepts the quota here... it COULD easily accept any invitation to have a Russian athlete on Artistic Gymnastics