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The safe choice, I don't think Paraguay is capable of hosting such a big event, Just too much money and infrastructure to build for such small country. A big gap with South American games.

It's just that most countries supporting Russia or with a neutral stance are from the so called "global south" and, therefore, not powerhouses in fencing (which is largely an euro-usa-east asian sport), but they are not "marginal groups". The outcome would probably be the same in most olympic sports but many of them have simply not submitted the matter to a vote and kept Russia banned by decision of their executive boards.

Es que tienen razón. Es mucho más "socialista" que defender la salud o la educación públicas. Solo persigue el fin de traer gloria y/o prestigio al país, a lo sumo el de "inspirar a la juventud", pero ningún beneficio material concreto. Lo más irónico debe ser que seguramente la gran mayoría de los deportistas de AR votó esto.

Pero es total y completamente coherente con su ideología. El estado no tiene por qué ofrecer algo más que seguridad, defensa y justicia bla bla bla

Vieron que despues de los juegos se termina el apoyo al alto rendimiento? Máxima preocupación en el deporte de alto rendimiento: ¿el Gobierno deja de financiarlo después de los JJOO? - Doble Amarilla Pasamos a ser como USA pero sin el deporte universitario jaja

Hay por marcas pero estoy dando por supuesto que nadie va a clasificar asi sacando la maraton.

Cuantos atletas más podríamos llegar a clasificar? La cuenta que hago hasta ahora: Casi seguro -Voley masculino (12) -Golf masculino (Grillo, Tosti) -Judo (1 plaza continental) -Ciclismo BMX carrera (Molina) -Tenis masculino (Baez, Cerundolo, Etcheverry + Zeballos, Gonzalez, Molteni) Posible -Beach m y f (4) -Natación (Hein, Saravia) -Tenis de mesa (1 o 2 en masculino) -Taekwondo (Guzman) -Esgrima (Servello, Di Tella) -Remo (single o LW2x) -BMX freestyle (Torres) -Canotaje slalom (Rossi) -Canotaje sprint (K1 fem o K2 masc) -Vela (470) -Skate (dell Olio, Iglesias) Complicadísimo -Boxeo -Tiro -Lucha -Gimnasia -Arquería Ignoro Atletismo, no me suena ninguno que pueda clasificar en pruebas por ranking. Supongo que algún maratonista más se va a sumar. Tampoco sé qué tan potable está el ciclismo mountain bike en este momento.

And streak of 18 consecutive wins comes to an end. I did say in this thread that the only way I see this team losing is due to injuries or indiscipline and that may have been the case: two quick yellows that Ireland capitalized in a 7v5 powerplay near the end to come back and win the match. Extremely rare (possibly 1st time ever) all-european men's semifinals in LA. v v

Stop updating, nobody cares. Basketball is dead for the next 10 years, at least.

Probably all the asian teams and the playoff winner go to bottom pot.

I hope the seeding for Paris will not be based only on the "final" stage performance.

Some dispute between the president and a province governor due to a debt. But it's nothing that drastic and the president is probably right in this specific issue.

I get it. The weirdest thing I saw was the quarterbacks deciding to simply throw the ball out of bounds and still getting a restart from that?.

Watched a full quarter and overtime. I still have no idea how a team loses "possession" (or whatever the appropriate term is) in this sport.

Goal 1-0

Kennedy was the only player doing anything. Overall, Brazil was missing way too many players to play any decent football (but so was ARG, to a degree). If Scaloni is the coach and the best possible eligible players are present (big if) it shouldn't be too difficult to win a medal taking into account how many big teams failed to qualify.

Yes. Paraguay has draw advantage.

1-0 FT Qualified.

Goal 1-0 10 minutes to go (I'm ready for the last minute screw up as usual).

If 0-0 stands, 2-1 would also be enough for both VEN and PAR.

He has spent a lot of time at the serbian club/national thread, at very least he doesn't hate them I would say

It's called "reverse jinxing", a well known trick in some parts of the world.

v v Final games are basically two semifinals. Brazil and Paraguay will qualify with a win or draw. Argentina and Venezuela need to beat their opponent by any score.

1-2 Standings 4 (+1) 3 (0) 2 (0) 1 (-1)

The defense is a total calamity, every time the team is dominating someone makes a bad pass or a deflection ends in a goal. I hope we don't let Brazil qualify at least.