Medalists at London 2012 not Qualified for Rio 2016

[intoronto 5,862]

  On 4/30/2016 at 10:22 PM, hckosice said:

Štefečeková is pregnant...this is the 3rd time in arow they predict her a medal since they update it each month

 

also I love all those gold medals, I want live in such perfect world

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Infostrada sports is not a good organization lol... 

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

Yeah, their formula is sometimes weird and they completely ignore non-result things that could be important such as retirements or in some cases whether or not the athlete actually qualifies. I don't blame them too much, it's hard keeping track of over 1000 athletes.

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 4/30/2016 at 11:55 PM, intoronto said:

Infostrada sports is not a good organization lol... 

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They really are  

 

 

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 5/1/2016 at 12:04 AM, JoshMartini007 said:

Yeah, their formula is sometimes weird and they completely ignore non-result things that could be important such as retirements or in some cases whether or not the athlete actually qualifies. I don't blame them too much, it's hard keeping track of over 1000 athletes.

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They don't always ignore them, they mostly just miss them because indeed it's hard to follow all news of so many athletes. Like Stefecekova...I'm sure Slovak people know she's pregnant, but outside Slovakia, I think there is almost nobody in the world who has a clue  Same for athletes in "minor sports" from other "minor nations" like The Netherlands. 

 

They are open to suggestions though. Usually if you tweet them saying "this or that athlete didn't qualify/retired/is pregnant" etc, they'll see if they can change it for their next update. 

[Agger 1,664]

Apparently The Swedish Olympic Committee has decided to take a spot from the rifle shooter Michaela Arvidsson and give it to Håkan Dahlby, so he should be removed again.

[dcro 10,210]

  On 5/1/2016 at 7:42 AM, heywoodu said:

They don't always ignore them, they mostly just miss them because indeed it's hard to follow all news of so many athletes. Like Stefecekova...I'm sure Slovak people know she's pregnant, but outside Slovakia, I think there is almost nobody in the world who has a clue  Same for athletes in "minor sports" from other "minor nations" like The Netherlands. 

 

They are open to suggestions though. Usually if you tweet them saying "this or that athlete didn't qualify/retired/is pregnant" etc, they'll see if they can change it for their next update. 

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And yet they are giving medals to athletes that didn't even qualify for the Olympics, like Emma Samuelsson in fencing.

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 5/2/2016 at 7:39 PM, dcro said:

And yet they are giving medals to athletes that didn't even qualify for the Olympics, like Emma Samuelsson in fencing.

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Yes, mistakes like these can happen when trying to track 300+ events

 

I already pointed the main man behind it to this specific thread because there's useful info here

[dcro 10,210]

  On 5/2/2016 at 8:31 PM, heywoodu said:

Yes, mistakes like these can happen when trying to track 300+ events

 

I already pointed the main man behind it to this specific thread because there's useful info here

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Well, checking the list of qualifiers would be the first step in any research.

 

Anyway, Totallympics community could make 10 times more realistic medal table and yet there will always be sites full of mistakes like this that take all of the glory. That's what I'm saying.

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[LDOG 2,425]

  On 5/2/2016 at 8:31 PM, heywoodu said:

Yes, mistakes like these can happen when trying to track 300+ events

 

I already pointed the main man behind it to this specific thread because there's useful info here

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Yet somehow here 30-something active users of a forum are able to keep track of it and we're aren't even earning money from it

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 5/2/2016 at 8:44 PM, LDOG said:

 

Yet somehow here 30-something active users of a forum are able to keep track of it and we're aren't even earning money from it

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That's 30-something people who mostly specialise in a few sports vs basically 1 person, maybe 2, and his mathematical algorythms

 

And to be fair, apparently 4 years ago they got close to the real result, so the real bullshit is saying that their predicted medal table is bullshit  (not saying you do, by the way)