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No wins again. But as I never expect anything good from Brazilian basketball, especially women's basketball, this was totally expected. 

We really didn't deserve it this time, but we're getting better, so who knows, Los Angeles?

Thanks God! This mess is over.

Well when was the last time we beat a decent team in women's basketball? And I'm not talking about B teams from Canada and the United States.

You can lose by 1 point or 20, but a defeat is always a defeat. And that's why we're going to lose to Germany tomorrow too.

What a disastrous competition for Brazil in the men's street.

Not at least a semifinal for Hoefler, Vianna or Rabelo. 

Even with some small surprises, this must be the most predictable women's handball championship I've ever watched. 

13 hours ago, MatiReimundo said:

Japan  defeats Denmark !!!! 

I don't understand. How this Japanese team still can't beat Korea? 

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I see this said in a lot of circles, but I'd love to know the criteria that determines which athletes are more "deserving" to be at the Olympics. I think its a slippery slope to judge qualification on.

 

While Australian athletes may have had an easier route in this case, they still had to train and work for years to get to the level they are at.

The Olympics is a very restricted competition. While on other continents there are always several countries with a chance of qualifying, here Australia competes in practically all categories without any remotely decent opponent (rare exceptions). I understand the need to have representatives from Oceania at the Olympics, but I can't help but find it unfair.

I think the fact that Australia is weak in boxing is not even the main point. I think the key point in being in the Olympics is to deserve to be there, to win a place in a real competition. I don't see there's much merit in winning a quota when you're the only country competing (sorry New Zealand and the others).

Honestly I think I'd rather face Norway than Spain in women's handball.

Another defeat... 

 22-22  

38 minutes ago, Josh said:

Found some YouTube channels that stream Sultan (Turkish) League volleyball for free, thought I would share  

 

https://youtube.com/@tvfvoleyboltv?si=b86sJIMprlfscv_7

 

https://youtube.com/@trtsporyildiz?si=y34dXUfUc5du_u6y

 

CEV Champions League Volleyball Streaming: https://youtube.com/@CEVolleyball?si=1vzDf3kGz6gwA-Sq

 

Unfortunately, still can’t find any links for Sesc Rj Flamengo, Vero Volley Monza or ZASKA 

It looks like this channel will broadcast one free Brazilian Superliga game per round.

https://youtube.com/@NSPORTS_OFICIAL?si=MpI6MGFR9q87QEt_

I just couldn't find a schedule of which games will be broadcast this season. 

14 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

Fair, but this Volleyball final means very little in the grand scheme of things...

Well, it's difficult to compete, but I remember that the women's handball final had a great audience.

Perhaps if the organizers hadn't decided to put ALL the team sport finals at the same time, we could have had a different scenario.

8 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

250k people are watching the volleyball final, while only 5,000 are watching the handball final (which is an Olympic qualifying event, of course). This unfortunately shows the priorities of our sport...

It's a final for the second most popular sport in the country against its biggest rival. This couldn't be any different.

The best team won. Congratulations !! 

11 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

They gave back the gold medal in women's 400m Hurdles 

 

Which means  loses a gold and  the bronze medal @Olympian1010

Wait, a day later, the podium has already happened and now the athlete has to give back the gold?? Is this serious?? 

I'm still in shock that breaking is an Olympic sport. What subjective crap is that?

I think that for quotas it would be men's basketball.

For unlikely but not impossible medals, I would be happy with Hugo Calderano's medal in table tennis, Hidalgo or Messias in triathlon or the women's handball team.

After elimination in the individual, Marcus D'Almeida wins bronze along with the team in archery. Great performance from him once again and from the other two athletes, of course. 

16 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

Unexpected gold medal in Triathlon 

Of course the USA was a big favorite, but I think we are no longer underdogs in triathlon.

We have always been weak in water polo, but our current level is bizarre.

I can't be surprised by anything else in these games.

Eu achei que íamos passar vergonha no atletismo, mas o nível está tão abaixo que felizmente podemos garantir algumas medalhas surpreendentes.

I'm disappointed, but I'm not surprised.

 wins another table tennis gold. 

USA wins gold in women's doubles table tennis. 

I'm just not sure if they are happy or not with this gold medal since their only expression throughout the match and when they won was