2010 Olympic 1500m champion  Lee Jung-su was competing in the 1500m semifinal earlier in front of his home crowd but crashed and didn't advance.

Gretchen Walsh is absolutely insane! 3 individual golds and 5 individual World Records so far and I would imagine there'll be two more individual golds and a few more World Records yet to come. Completely in a league of her own.

In  Melodifestivalen we have such artists as previous Eurovision contestants John Ludvik and 2015 winner Mans Zelmerlow. I'm wonder if he will make a come back as Loreen and will win again too, time will tell.   However in  Sanremo we have also some returning artists as Francesca Michelin and Francesco Gabbani.   In  Supernova 2022 contestans Citi Zeni and 2016 Justs will try make a comeback too.  

Despite hopes and not a small chances  and  will not return to the contest.

After all drama no country from 2024 didn't withdrew from 2025 contest, additionaly Montenegro will make a come back after 2 years break, they are also first country which already selected a song, 12 years later after her last participation Nina Zizic will compete again, initially a band called NeonoeN was set to participate but they withdrew as they released their song prior 1st September which broke the one of main rules of the contest.  

my FIFA 2026 World Cup simulation as for now, CORRECTED:   Hosts 1. 2. 3. Asia 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Africa 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. N. America 21. 22. 23.   S. America 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Oceania 30. Europe 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. Play-offs 47. 48.       So it's instead of now

each one of them will be in one separate path playing the top seed team (most probably a strong team) in semifinal away from home. so no none of those weak teams will qualify.

Finally, another elusive Rio 2016 opening ceremony fan    I think many people like the ceremony, but I rarely see it as a #1 on people's lists (where it is on mine).

https://tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-english/poland-s-president-andrzej-duda-named-candidate-for-international-olympic-committee-st8220096    

12 points from me go to... Rio