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For many years during every Olympics we have a special thread on the main Dutch forum. In this thread, people choose one small or exotic nation and introduce them to the rest, support them during the Olympics and keep people updated on how they're doing. This way the small nations don't go through the Olympics without any kind of attention and we learn more about the lesser-known nations and athletes It's a bit hard to give exact criteria of which nations are eligible, obviously powerhouses like the USA, China, Russia etc are not. For starters, let's make these criteria: - Countries with more than 50 athletes in Rio are not eligible - Countries that reached the top-30 of the 2008 or 2012 Olympics are not eligible - Countries with a big medal favourite are "reserves", when all or most other countries are taken (for example Grenada with Kirani James or Fiji with their rugby team, if they even stay under 50 athletes which doesn't seem likely anyway) Many nations that have a bit more than 50 athletes or that have one or two medal candidates are up for debate of course. Imagine a user from Grenada here, he or she would be more than welcome to take Grenada even though they have a big medal favourite. Same thing goes if you have specific personal reasons for a certain country (apart from the obvious countries, those are just off-limits for this). Feel free to share your opinion on this or, in case you already like it, simply choose a nation Nation List Andorra - Jur (1st choice) Angola - JoshMartini007 (1st choice) Bahamas - tuniscof (2nd choice) Bangladesh - Benolympique (1st choice) Belize - mrv86 (1st choice) Bhutan - heywoodu Burundi - KhanBeaver Comores - bestmen (1st choice) Cook Islands - Wanderer (1st choice) Costa Rica - Agger Cote d'Ivoire - OlympicIRL (1st choice) DR Congo - amen09 (2nd choice) Ecuador - hckosice (1st choice) Eritrea - rybak (2nd choice) Gabon - IoNuTzZ (3rd choice) Guam - Jur (2nd choice) Guatemala - amen09 (3rd choice) Guinea-Bissau - vinipereira Honduras - Henry_Leon (2nd choice) Iceland - OIympicIRL (3rd choice) Kiribati - africaboy (2nd choice) Kosovo - tuniscof (1st choice) Laos - Griff88 (1st choice) Lebanon - carivan Liechtenstein - dcro (3rd choice) Luxembourg - IoNuTzZ (1st choice) Maldives - bestmen (2nd choice) Mauritania - Gianlu33 Mauritius - OlympicIRL (2nd choice) Micronesia - ahjfcshfghb Nauru - Crolympic Nepal - Wanderer (3rd choice) Nicaragua - hckosice (2nd choice) Oman - mrv86 (3rd choice) Palau - dcro (1st choice) Palestine - Malik (1st choice) Panama - Henry_Leon (1st choice) Papoa New Guinea - tuniscof (3rd choice) Paraguay - Pabloffo Rwanda - uk12points Saint Kitts and Nevis - IoNuTzZ (2nd choice) Saint Lucia - ofan Samoa - africaboy (1st choice) San Marino - Pavlo (1st choice) Sao Tome and Principe - mrv86 (2nd choice) Senegal - amen09 (1st choice) Seychelles - Wanderer (2nd choice) Somalia - rybak (3rd choice) Timor-Leste - Griff88 (2nd choice) Tonga - Jur (3rd choice) Turkmenistan - LDOG Tuvalu - rybak (1st choice) Zimbabwe - dcro (2nd choice) - Countries that have "1st choice" behind the username are not available anymore, just like countries that only have the username without "xx choice". Countries with "2nd choice" or "3rd choice" are still available to pick up as your first choice.

The situation is not straightforward at all. It's unfair for her to ban her, but it's quite unfair for the others to be competing against someone who is genetically between men and women.

But when someone takes doping then he/she is deliberately cheating. That's completely different sphere.

Sorry, but where exactly did i say that Semenya is disgusting? I just find the thought that 3 athletes who absolutely dont look like women win the medals in womens 800 disgusting. Semenya did nothing wrong and i dont blame her for anything. I also dont understand why Semenya is allowed to compete but not someone like Rehm, although its obvious to anyone that Semenya has a bigger advantage. Semenya comes from a very poor background, most people would do the same in her situation, but IAAF has to exclude her from all womens competitions. Do you want to "hurt" the right of 3 or 4 woman or the right of all other women who have no chance against competitors like Semenya? CAS ruled that IAAF has to prove that Semenya has an advantage, i think the same would apply for Rehm, so he should have a good chance to compete in Rio, if he decides to sue IAAF. I know that IAAF has other problems (doping), but if they dont exclude Semenya now, she will win an olympic gold medal and i am sure that after that they will be forced to exclude Semenya. Semenya just has to hope that IAAF will be too busy to care for her case in the next couple of months, than i see no one who could stop her on her way to at least one olympic gold (maybe except Niyonsaba). You obviously didnt follow the case or you dont really know how to express yourself, otherwise i dont know what "Semenya has been tested and allowed to participate under the rules" is supposed to mean in this context. Dopers betray on purpose, they are cheaters, unlike Semenya, but in some sense she is "worse" than all dopers. Everyone can start to dope, in order to make up for the unfair advantage of dopers, but its impossible for other athletes to "copy" Semenya, they will never have the chance of running fast. In my opinion there are three fair options: 1) Semenya stays as she is and competes against men. 2) There has to be some new sort of "category" at the paralympic games for athletes like Semenya. 3) She takes whatever is required to lower her testosterone level, so that she has about the same level as "normal" woman.

Jitu Rai is through to the final of 50m Pistol event at Shooting WC in Rio. Finishes 4th in the qualifying with a score of 563.

Maria Lenk Trophy (Brazilian trials) - Day 4 Men's 100m Freestyle - Marcelo Chierighini (48.20) and Nicolas Oliveira (48.30) Men's 200m Breaststroke - Tales Cerdeira (2:10.99) and Thiago Simon (2:11.29) No athletes achieved the standard in Women's 200m Butterfly. Our Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay will be completed by João de Lucca and Matheus Santana.

As I stated earlier that I think Totallympics should have extra special templates and designs for the Olympic Games (use different flag design than the usual ones too).... they should stand out beyond the normal formats because it is a once in a 4 year event (Summer Olympics) and it is a special occasion. Here is an example of what a results template may look like if users would like to give their opinion....