Pan American Games 2019

[mrv86 3,249]

5 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

It could happen, Mexico has been making good on its chances. There's still a lot to go and it could end up coming down to how many gold medals does the United States deny Brazil/Canada or how many golds does Cuba win in boxing.

 

Not every chance... They should have taken gold in women's pentathlon relay, and don't make talk about the fiasco of tae kwon do, in which they could only get 4 medals in kyorugi categories. In the end, I think the best we'll do is to challenge the Canadians for 4th position, but that's mostly due to the fact your NOC have always treated Pan American Games as a third class competition in half the sports.

[konig 1,563]

The miracle is still posible in womens handball......i think.

[Joshi 126]

Cuban sports has really fallen in the past decade. Is it due to lack of funding in sports institutes? A mass of defections? Or does the country now have other priorities that the state have neglected and are finally given the attention it needed after so many years? Over the years they have massively punched above their weight but now we are just witnessing the decline even more.

[konig 1,563]

3 minutes ago, Joshi said:

Cuban sports has really fallen in the past decade. Is it due to lack of funding in sports institutes? A mass of defections? Or does the country now have other priorities that the state have neglected and are finally given the attention it needed after so many years? Over the years they have massively punched above their weight but now we are just witnessing the decline even more.

Probably a little of alla you say but the last question you say is the most important.

[intoronto 6,566]

18 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

 

Not every chance... They should have taken gold in women's pentathlon relay, and don't make talk about the fiasco of tae kwon do, in which they could only get 4 medals in kyorugi categories. In the end, I think the best we'll do is to challenge the Canadians for 4th position, but that's mostly due to the fact your NOC have always treated Pan American Games as a third class competition in half the sports.

I am sure the NOC would like to field their best teams, but its mostly the NFs that are really stupid.

 

I cannot even start to state how stupid Cycling Canada is.

[LDOG 2,472]

hace 34 minutos, Joshi dijo:

Cuban sports has really fallen in the past decade. Is it due to lack of funding in sports institutes? A mass of defections? Or does the country now have other priorities that the state have neglected and are finally given the attention it needed after so many years? Over the years they have massively punched above their weight but now we are just witnessing the decline even more.

 

Global sport becoming increasingly professional + lack of modern equipment necessary to train properly in many sports + big exodus of not only athletes but also coaches.

[intoronto 6,566]

And is out of the baseball tournament! What a shock!

[mrv86 3,249]

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

And is out of the baseball tournament! What a shock!

And they say wishes don't come true.

[mrv86 3,249]

BTW, last night I found out the games have a game for smartphones.

 

It's very simple, just six games, but the graphics and the surf mini is OK... and you can choose to compete for any of the 41 NOC's in America.

[dcro 10,210]

Only 11 medal events today.