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I find funny that now they will vote for president the same man they ejected (with protests as well) to elect Morales. South american lives in a time loop.

I can open the Biathlon Manager Game thread next week. If users need more time to discuss the points systems and format, I will wait a bit. I will open the Biathlon Manager Game thread about one week before the start of the World Cup at latest. I have made templates in the thread for the managers, so they don't have to write PM's to me when they select their team. I have also decided to post the standing of BMG in the thread instead of making a separate excel document. There are also more, but managers will see what that are when the Biathlon Manager Game thread opens.

OQR, Team Standings after today's event 1st, USA, 320 pts (Q) 2nd, France, 236 (Q) =3rd, Italy, 188 pts (Q) =3rd, South Korea, 188 pts (Q) 5th, Hong Kong, 186 pts (Q, best Asian team outside the top 4) 6th, Russia, 176 pts (Q, best European team outside the top 4) 7th, Japan, 161 pts 8th, Egypt, 158 pts (Q, best African team outside the top 4) =9th, Germany, 155 pts =9th, China, 155 pts 11th, Great Britain, 135 pts (? but still in the top 16), Canada, 124 pts (Q, best Panamerican team outside the top 4)

so, today's team event in men's Foil is almost completed...and we can do a few early considerations about the Olympic Qualification Ranking... the USA are already leading with big margin...and with today's 52 or 64 points (depending on the Gold Medal match result), they are going to increase their lead over their main rivals... going up to 308 or 320 points, we can consider them already safe in Tokyo... France, despite their poor 5th place in today's competition, are up to 236 points, which mean that they're still in second place with some margin of the rest of the field... and then comes the big pack of teams aiming at the last 2 direct spots and at the continental places... South Korea today get most likely 52 points (but they have a chance of taking 64), which means that they will go up to 188, if not 200 points, which would eventually place them in 3rd position in the OQR... meanwhile, if they only get 52 pts, they could still stay behind Italy, who are going up to 188 (if they lose the 3rd place match vs RUS) or 192 points (if they win Bronze today)... in any case, ITA and KOR will be the 3rd and 4th ranked after today's event... Hong Kong, instead, drop to 5th place in the OQR (186 points) after today's 6th in Bonn (but they would remain the top Asian team outside the top 4 overall, therefore they would still virtually qualify)... Russia will keep their 6th place with 172/176 points (depending on the outcome of the bronze medal match vs ITA)...and keep also their virtual qualification as the top European team outside the top 4 overall Japan were 7th today and are also 7th in the OQR (161 points)... Egypt (today only 14th) are 8th in the OQR with 158 pts and basically sure of a place in Tokyo as the best African team in the standings (no way they drop out of the top 16)... Germany (today only 8th) and China (today only 10th) are tied with 155 points in the OQR, followed by Great Britain with 135 points... finally, Canada with 124 points are also safe as the top Panamerican team outside the top 4 overall (as there's no way the USA would drop out of the top 4)...

We should really stop calling them “Taipei” on this forum. It’s Taiwan...

Lifesaving at the Military Games 45mins -1 hour. In all probability that is the only sporting action for the day.

qualifies for the Olympics after beating 33-0. First half was close, second half not so much. joins in the repêchage.

The current broadcast plan says that gymnastics will be shown live. Now, I’m not sure if that means all sessions, some sessions, artistic and/or rhythmic, etc. I also don’t know if the broadcasts will be internationally available. KL2017 had a much broader and better streaming/broadcast system.

Oh, I wouldn’t mind a “Blood On The Pitch” match. I might have to tune in now...

There has been a coup d'etat in Brazil, now we have one in Bolivia and I'm not so sure about Chile's future. South America is in danger.