I guess that including or excluding a sport is just a part of some bigger agenda. Political, economical and so on.
Sport itself is of lesser importance.
IOC wont mind a (un)popularity of a sport if they have a bigger cause to fullfil.
These are facts but on mainstream media its rarely seen.
Not really sure where else to put this but Matthew Richardson has switched nationalities from to
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-2KNF5ONxw/?igsh=MTIxdTRrMTRiZTN1
Summer Olympics, hell yeah I’m all for it!
Winter Olympics, absolutely not.
Cross-country running events are held in the winter, but that doesn’t make it a winter sport, sorry. There is one caveat though if it were to, let’s say get added to to the Olympic program hypothetically, because it would weaken the strength of distance fields drastically due to scheduling.
Edit: None of this is directed at you, just the idiots (like Coe) that think this (putting a summer sport in the winter Olympics, not cross country running at the Olympics) is a good idea…
FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND
Round-Robin
August 29th - September 1st, 2024
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026
Group F
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)
Norway vs Japan
Period-by-Period:
August 29th 2024, h. 15:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Denmark vs Great Britain
Period-by-Period:
August 29th 2024, h. 19:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Norway vs Great Britain
Period-by-Period:
August 30th 2024, h. 15:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Japan vs Denmark
Period-by-Period:
August 30th 2024, h. 19:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Great Britain vs Japan
Period-by-Period:
September 1st 2024, h. 12:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Denmark vs Norway
Period-by-Period:
September 1st 2024, h. 16:30, Aalborg Arena, Aalborg
Group F Final Standing
Nation
P
W(OTW)
L(OTL)
GF
GA
+/-
Pt.
Denmark
0
0(0)
0(0)
0
0
0
0
Great Britain
0
0(0)
0(0)
0
0
0
0
Japan
0
0(0)
0(0)
0
0
0
0
Norway
0
0(0)
0(0)
0
0
0
0
The following Nation have qualified for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026
TBD
Paralympic and US Open schedules are still TBD, usually I figure that type of stuff out the day of. Next few days I’ll also be scouring through the internet in search of some athletics meets (because well, barely any sports), as well as doing some real life stuff, Totallympics stuff, watching some Netflix movies that are about to get removed from the app, and whatever else I can think of
Today (August 19)
12:00 PM: Tennis - Cincinnati Open - Women’s Singles Final - Sabalenka v. Pegula
3:00 PM: Tennis - Cincinnati Open - Men’s Singles Final - Sinner v. Tiafoe
Tomorrow
Absolutely nothing.
Wednesday (August 21)
12:00 AM: Beach Volleyball - Elite16 Hamburg Qualification
Thursday (August 22)
11:00 PM: Beach Volleyball - Elite16 Hamburg Main Draw (technically starts the day before, but I’ll be watching throughout the night so)
11:00 AM: Athletics - Lausanne Diamond League
Friday (August 23)
11:00 PM: Beach Volleyball - Elite16 Hamburg Main Draw
Saturday (August 24)
1:00 AM: Beach Volleyball - Elite16 Hamburg Round of 12/Quarterfinals
Sunday (August 25)
1:00 AM: Beach Volleyball - Elite16 Hamburg Semifinals/Medal Matches
7:00 AM: Athletics - Silesia Diamond League
10:00 AM: 3x3 Basketball - Women’s Series Debrecen
Monday (August 26)
8:00 AM: US Open - Men’s/Women’s Singles Round 1
Tuesday (August 27)
1:45 AM: Men’s Flag Football World Championships - Group Stage - Canada v. Italy
3:00 AM: Women’s Flag Football World Championships - Group Stage - Canada v. Italy
8:00 AM: Men’s Flag Football World Championships - Group Stage - Canada v. Singapore
8:00 AM: US Open - Men’s/Women’s Singles Round 1
11:15 PM: Women’s Flag Football World Championships - Group Stage - Canada v. Denmark
Wednesday (August 28)
1:45 AM: Men’s Flag Football World Championships - Group Stage - Canada v. Finland
8:00 AM: US Open - Men’s/Women’s Singles Round 2
10:30 AM: Paralympics - Pre-Opening/Opening Ceremony
Thursday (August 29)
11:20 PM: Paralympics - first bit of action
10:00 AM: Ice Hockey - Olympic Qualifier - Latvia v. Slovenia
Friday (August 30)
11:20 PM: Paralympics - more action
9:15 AM: Flag Football World Championships - Men’s Final - TBD
10:00 AM: Ice Hockey - Olympic Qualifier - Latvia v. Ukraine
10:30 AM: Flag Football World Championships - Women’s Final - TBD (depends, I’ll focus on hockey though)
12:00 PM: Athletics - Diamond League Rome (I’m focusing on hockey)
Saturday (August 31)
11:20 PM: More Paralympics
During, or after: More US Open (depends on what’s on)
Sunday (September 1)
11:20 PM: More Paralympics
7:00 AM: Ice Hockey - Olympic Qualifier - Latvia v. France (30 minutes later is Denmark v. Norway, unfortunately I’ll probably miss it)
8:30 AM: 3x3 Basketball - Men’s World Tour Debrecen (watching the latter knockout matches)
Monday to Wednesday (September 2-4)
11:20 PM: More Paralympics
During, or after: More US Open (depends on what’s on)
Thursday (September 5)
11:20 PM: More Paralympics
During, or after: More US Open (depends on what’s on)
11:00 AM: Athletics - Diamond League Zurich
Friday (September 6)
11:20 PM: More Paralympics
During, or after: More US Open (depends on what’s on)
Saturday (September 7)
11:20 PM: More Paralympics
1:00 PM: Tennis - US Open - Women’s Singles Final
Sunday (September 8)
11:20 PM: More Paralympics
9:00 AM: Athletics - Continental Tour Zagreb
11:00 AM: Tennis - US Open - Men’s Singles Final
11:30 AM: Paralympics - Closing Ceremony (less focus)