Fair point. I didn’t even think to check those results. He came 16th out of 20 in the time trial, finishing 2:55 behind the winner from Italy. The race was over 25km for reference.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
Curious if any of the two road cyclists will get a call-up.
The chance of completing the race - 0%.
Ahmad Badreddin Wais finished 47th in the 2018 Mediterranean Games road race. Interestingly, he’s listed as competing for Syria there. However, that might have been administratively necessary to compete, since the CIJM doesn’t currently recognize a refugee team.
For record he did finish the race, but over the time limit.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
May I support ? I know they are not small and tripartite country but I am going to follow their participation anyway so just let you know I am going to do it here anyway
How’d I know you’d ask that?
I think because your support for Ecuador is already so strong, and because they don’t really fit the small/lesser known criteria, this perhaps isn’t the right thread for that support. Maybe it’s time to open a National thread for Ecuador?
13 minutes ago, hckošice said:
for the second pick, I´ll pick just like I did for Rio
That will absolutely work. I’ll add that to the first post when we get a few more users involved.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
This thread is all about throwing some good ole’ Totallympics support behind smaller and lesser known nations competing at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Below you can find the suggested rules/guidelines for this thread.
What determines if a nation is small and/or lesser known? For the purpose of this thread, we will support countries without an active user on Totallympics, that are also on the list of nations eligible for Tripartie Invitation places. Of course, users are welcome to propose other nations they think fit the criteria as well.
How should a user choose a nation(s) to support? I think it would be okay for each user to choose two nations they’d like to support, so long as there’s enough nations left for other users who want to participate in the thread. Perhaps it would be wise indicate a first preference and second preference when choosing the nations you wish to support. Of course, users are welcome to support only a single nation as well. There will be a list kept on the first post of this thread to help keep the thread organized as to which user is supporting which nation.
What should users post as a supporter of a nation? That’s mainly up to the user. Some suggestions would be some background info about your country, perhaps the history of your country at the Olympic Games, articles and other fun/interesting info about the athletes participating at the Games, updates/reminders/results for the participating athletes, various multimedia (athlete/delegation social media posts, photos, etc.), and any other information of interest.
If any other issues or clarifications about the thread are needed, they’ll be added to this post if necessary.
So with all that said, go ahead and break out your pom poms, signs, posters, boomsticks, confetti cannons, and other necessary items to support the small and lesser known nations at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games!
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
Too easy for Osaka...the career of already established tennis, golf, (male) basketball and football players, etc. wouldn't be affected at all by a cancellation. Let's hear the opinion of athletes for whom the Olympics are really a life and career goal and have worked for years to qualify.
This is what Evan Dunfee said in response to the debate over vaccinating Canadian athletes (with priority). I think it gives some good insight into how many athletes are thinking/feeling right now. (It’s a thread, so you might have to click on it to see the whole thing).
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
Although I think this is a political decision and nothing to do with the Covid situation
Yeah, that’s possible. Japan and North Korea’s relations could be described as “strained” at best. North Korea had to get special dispensation from Japan to even let their athletes enter the country to compete at the 2017 Asian Winter Games.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
? I know they are not small and tripartite country but I am going to follow their participation anyway so just let you know I am going to do it here anyway 
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Update on Tokyo 2020 qualifications from the IOC.
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