Pan American Games 2023

[intoronto 6,891]

Canada is down to 470 athletes

 

-1 in wrestling (Our 4 best wrestlers all withdrew )

-1 in tennis 

and one more I can't figure out 

[LDOG 2,477]

My last estimate of gold medal chances for  

 

Spoiler

"Safe" golds

 

-Kayak K-1 1000m M

-Men's Hockey 

-Women's Hockey   

-Basque Pelota Trinquete Doubles M  

-Basque Pelota Trinquete Doubles W

 

Likely  

  

-Nacra 17

-Water Ski - women's Wakeboard   

-Men's Rugby Sevens  

 

50/50  

  

-Kayak K-2 500m W

-Kayak K-4 500m M  

-Men's Handball  

-Men's Volleyball  

-Tennis men's Singles

-Rowing LW doubles W

-Sailing ILCA 6 

-Water Ski - men's Wakeboard

  

Outside chances  

 

-BMX FS Men  

-BMX Race Men   

-Kayak K-2 500m M   

-Women's Racquetball (all events)  

-Taekwondo Men's -58kg  

 

Unknown to me 

 

-Figure Roller Skating M & W

 

Someone else will surely point out if I missed some other good chance for a gold.

 

I'm pretty sure there'll be at least one gold not listed here but I opted to not list potential big upsets. Overall, I expect between 15 and 22 golds. 

[Olympian1010 8,297]

 baseball uniforms are...uh...quite something.

 

"Zorba the Greek" is also an interesting choice for music.

[Olympian1010 8,297]

 with a pair of errors 

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In case anyone else is looking for streaming/television information: https://santiago2023.org/en/noticias/sport-agency/detalle/1923/this-is-how-the-santiago-2023-games-will-be-watched-in-the-americas-and-the-world

[intoronto 6,891]

The largest NOC with no TV rights sad

[LuizGuilherme 339]

16 minutes ago, intoronto said:

The largest NOC with no TV rights sad

In brazil we can only watch on YouTube. At least is everything free

[Olympian1010 8,297]

22 minutes ago, intoronto said:

The largest NOC with no TV rights sad

ESPN didn’t feel like they were getting a return on investment, but their promotion was horrible. I prefer having the international feeds on PanamSports Channel anyway.

[intoronto 6,891]

8 minutes ago, LuizGuilherme said:

In brazil we can only watch on YouTube. At least is everything free

Canada is all digital as well. 

[LDOG 2,477]

Lmao only 4 of the 10 biggest markets will have live tv broadcast if I understood correctly.  

 

I know this is 2023 and there's streaming and bla bla but this just shows the decadence of the event.

 

I think SA and CAC games have more of a future ahead compared to PAG...