You don’t think  and  have high chances at a medal? Especially the German, who is ahead of the Slovak athlete in the rankings from last season. 

day 15 112 events plus: W curling bronze medal match M ice hockey bronze medal match       17-10-9---36 14-12-12---38 11-8-15---34 10-8-6---24 9-10-6---25 7-10-10---27 7-5-13---25 7-5-4---16 5-11-10---26 5-8-4---17 5-5-6---16 5-5-2---12 2-2-4---8 2-2-1---5 2-1-1---4 1-2-3---6 1-2-1---4 1-1-2---4 1-0-1---2 0-2-0---2 0-1-1---2 0-1-0---1 0-1-0---1 0-0-2---2 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1 0-0-1---1

day 15   103. SPEED SKATING - M Mass Start   1. Andrea Giovannini ITA 2. Bart Swings BEL 3. Timothy Loubineaud FRA   104. SPEED SKATING - W Mass Start   1. Marijke Groenewoud NED 2. Ivanie Blondin CAN 3. Mia Manganello USA   105. FREESTYLE SKIING - Mixed Team Aerials   1. United States 2. China 3. Canada   106. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Ski Cross   1. David Mobaerg SWE 2. Alex Fiva SUI 3. Reece Howden CAN   107. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freestyle Halfpipe   1. Eileen Gu CHN 2. Zoe Atkin GBR 3. Amy Fraser CAN   108. SKI MOUNTAINEERING - Mixed Relay   1. France 2. Switzerland 3. Spain   109. CURLING - M Tournament   1. Great Britain 2. Sweden 3. Canada   110. BOBSLEIGH - W Two 1. Laura Nolte GER 2. Lisa Buckwitz GER 3. Kim Kalicki GER   111. BIATHLON - W 12.5km Mass Start   1. Lou Jeanmonnot FRA 2. Elvira Oeberg SWE 3. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet FRA   Lisa Vittozzi ITA close 4th   112. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 50km Mass Start Classic   1. Iivo Niskanen FIN 2. Martin Loewstroem Nyenget NOR 3. Harald Oestberg Amundsen NOR   CURLING W bronze match   beats   final on day 16: vs   ICE HOCKEY M bronze match   beats - a match for the ages

Host countries for the next feqw editions of the Arab Games: https://oca.asia/news/5689-bahrain-and-jordan-to-host-arab-games-in-2031-and-2035-respectively.html   2027 -   2031 - 2035 -

...and a gold medal in men's basketball 3x3 solves that problem for  

The mind games must have been intense during the C&J

I know these rules apply in some championships. I'm just not sure if they apply in all.

I'm not familiar with the minimum participation rules and medal allocation procedures set by ODEBO. Maybe @Fer GUA can give a better answer.   I do know that minimum participation rules can affect viability of events and/or medal allocations at the Commonwealth Games, Central American and Caribbean Games and Mediterranean Games.

Am I right that, if there's less than 3 competitors, only the winner gets a medal?

While 50k prepare their departure from Belgium , the rest are rejected everywhere    just an exemple in italy :     https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/italian-hotel-manager-rejects-israeli-couple-s-reservation-accusing-israeli-people-of-genocide-1.7111362