Belle 714 Posted January 18, 2023 #21 Share Posted January 18, 2023 As promised I will update about my mother’s native country Syria in this thread. But before looking forward to Paris 2024 I will tell you about little of Syria’s Olympic History. Syria first participated in London 1948 when Zouheir Shourbagi was their sole competitor in the whole games. He get a 10th place in diving. Syria has 4 Olympic medals in the history. 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. The Historical Gold is one of my favorite moments ever from the Olympic Games. Ghada Shouaa won the gold medal in Heptathlon at the Summer Olympics Games in Atlanta 1996. My mom was proud, I was proud. Syria‘s three other medalists are: Joseph Atiyeh, silver in wrestling at Los Angeles 1984. Nasser Al Shami, bronze in boxing heavyweight -91 in Athens 2004 Man Asaad, bronze in weightlifting +109 in Tokyo 2020(2021) A woman won the only gold and that feels so good. The last medal came in the last Olympics in Tokyo. Can Syria win any medal in Paris? Let’s see and hope. More updates soon. rafalgorka, Gianlu33, Jinzha and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 714 Posted January 18, 2023 #22 Share Posted January 18, 2023 To add the Syrian Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and was also accepted by IOC in the same year. As I said 1948 was the year Syria debuted in Olympics games. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,361 Posted February 4, 2023 #23 Share Posted February 4, 2023 @Topicmaster1010 simulation: Tanzania*: 7 (+4) (Athletics - 4, Judo - 1, Swimming - 2) Tanzania has two swimming universality quotas, 3 quotas in men's marathon, 1 quota in the women's marathon and a judo universality quota in the men's -66kg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,361 Posted February 4, 2023 #24 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) As not much is going on about Tanzania I think I will be involved in another NOC in this thread as well. And it is CYPRUS Edited February 4, 2023 by rafalgorka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,361 Posted February 4, 2023 #25 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Cyprus had only one silver olympic medal - London 2012 - Pavlos Kontides - Sailing - M Laser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_Olympics In Tokyo 2020 they had 15 athletes, Pavlos Kontides finished 4th in M Laser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics @Topicmaster1010 simulation: Cyprus: 15 (0) (Athletics - 5, Road Cycling - 1, Artistic Gymnastics - 3, Rowing - 1, Sailing - 2, Shooting - 1, Swimming - 2) No CYP athletes qualified for Paris 2024 yet CYP had 2 gold medals at 2022 Commonwealth Games: Judo and Gymnastics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games their last WCH medals in olympic events can be seen here https://totallympics.com/qualification-tracker/paris-2024/qualification-by-nation/cyprus/cyprus-world-championships-medal-count-r1916/ who got their single 2022 WCH medal??? Yes, you guessed it correctly, Pavlos Kontides. Here is his cv: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlos_Kontides tbc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadafan2024 99 Posted February 12, 2023 #26 Share Posted February 12, 2023 First of all, a big shoutout to Topicmaster's quota simulation, without which I would have no idea competed at a high level in surfing. The surfers in the linked article are the only athletes projected to make it to Paris (or in this case, Tahiti) outside of athletics and swimming for Barbados. https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/09/27/top-finishes-for-burke-and-tuach-at-isa-world-surfing-games/ Topicmaster1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,417 Posted March 7, 2023 Author #27 Share Posted March 7, 2023 In the hope of breathing some more life into this thread, and reminding users it exists, I’m going to announce as my choices. I’ll provide some updates on their qualification efforts in the coming weeks. rafalgorka and canadafan2024 2 “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenp_23 559 Posted March 8, 2023 #28 Share Posted March 8, 2023 I choose and Olympian1010, rafalgorka and canadafan2024 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadafan2024 99 Posted March 12, 2023 #29 Share Posted March 12, 2023 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1134658/thomas-bach-caribbean-tour-barbados Must be nice to be Bach and get to take a two-week business trip to the Caribbean Biathlonfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenp_23 559 Posted March 25, 2023 #30 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Manami Iijima places 9th out of 16 at the Africa Triathlon Cup event at Swakopmund, Namibia. Earlier this year, she participated at the Oceania Triathlon Cup race at Taupo, New Zealand where she took 12th out of 25 finishers. Iijima has a World Ranking of 263 and is currently on the Start List for the next Africa Cup event in Zimbabwe on Saturday. canadafan2024, Biathlonfan, hckošice and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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