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Team Canada: https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2023/11/07/26-athletes-named-to-world-aquatics-championships-team-bound-for-doha/ No McIntosh, MacNeil or Liendo

Olympic ranking qualification simulation as of October 31st... Jumping Group A - Group B - Group C - Groups D/E - Group F - Group G - Overall - Not much drama is happening here. Lebanon is close enough to Syria in the Group F to make a threat. South Korea may be able to catch up with Thailand in the Group G. Everyone else is pretty much fixed, even Luxembourg in the overall rankings.

Yuri Kisil is back! https://swimswam.com/yuri-kisil-returns-to-racing-for-the-first-time-since-december-at-cascade-speed-meet/

Know nothing about artistic gymnastics, so I’m just using results from the most recent Olympics, last couple World Championships, European Championships/Games, Asian Games/Championships to do my predictions. Day 9 (August 4, 2024) Archery- Men’s Individual Gold- Marcus D’Almeida Silver- Kim Woo-Jin Bronze- Brady Ellison Artistic Gymnastics- Men’s Rings Gold- You Hao Silver- Adem Asel Bronze- Eleftherios Petrounias 7th (!) medal so far for Greece, maybe I’m being too optimistic haha. Artistic Gymnastics- Women’s Beam Gold- Simone Biles Silver- Tang Xijing Bronze- Zhou Yaqin Urara Ashikawa 4th. Artistic Gymnastics- Men’s Vault Gold- Arthur Davtyan Silver- Jake Jarman Bronze- Wataru Tanigawa Carlos Yulo 4th. Athletics- Women’s High Jump Gold- Nicola Olyslagers Silver- Yaroslava Mahuchikh Bronze- Vashti Cunningham Iryna Gerashchenko 4th, and Eleanor Patterson 5th. Athletics- Men’s Hammer Throw Gold- Ethan Katzberg Silver- Wojciech Nowicki Bronze- Pawel Fadjek Athletics- Men’s 200m Gold- Noah Lyles Silver- Andre DeGrasse Bronze- Letsile Tebogo Erriyon Knighton 4th. Badminton- Mixed Doubles Gold- Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong Silver- Seo Seung-Jae/Chae You-Jung Bronze- Yuta Wantanabe/Arisa Higashino Equestrian- Individual Dressage Gold- Isabelle Werth Silver- Jessica von Bredow-Werndl Bronze- Cathrine Ladrup-Dufour 4th/5th for Charlotte Fry and Charlotte Dujardin. Fencing- Men’s Team Foil Gold- Italy Silver- France Bronze- United States Golf- Men’s Individual Gold- Rory McIlroy Silver- Sepp Straka Bronze- Scottie Scheffler Road Cycling- Women’s Road Race Gold- Demi Vollering Silver- Marlen Reusser Bronze- Lotte Kopecky Not exactly sure though. If any of my medalists seem unlikely given the course, then feel free to correct me. Shooting- Women’s Skeet Gold- Danka Bartekova Silver- Diana Bacossi Bronze- Dania Jo Vizzi Swimming- Women’s 50m Freestyle Gold- Sarah Sjoestrom Silver- Emma McKeon Bronze- Shayna Jack Swimming- Men’s 1500m Freestyle Gold- Bobby Finke Silver- Gregorio Paltrinieri Bronze- Ahmed Hafnaoui Swimming- Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Gold- United States Silver- China Bronze- Australia Swimming- Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Gold- United States Silver- Australia Bronze- Canada Table Tennis- Men’s Singles Gold- Fan Zhendong Silver- Wang Chuqin Bronze- Darko Jorgic Tennis- Men’s Singles Gold- Rafael Nadal Silver- Novak Djokovic 5 set thriller. Tennis- Women’s Doubles Gold- Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula Silver- Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova Bronze- Storm Sanders/Ellen Perez Boxing- Women’s 54kg Bronze- Stanimira Petrova Bronze- Huang Hsiao-Wen Boxing- Men’s 51kg Bronze- Roscoe Hill Bronze- Tomoya Tsuboi Boxing- Men’s 63.5kg Bronze- Hovhannes Bachkov Bronze- Baatarsükhiin Chinzorig Boxing- Men’s 80kg Bronze- Wanderley Pereira Bronze- Nurbek Oralbay Boxing- Men’s 92kg Bronze- Davlat Boltaev Bronze- Lazizbek Mullojonov Medal Table After Day 9 22-21-27– 70 22-9-12– 43 10-11-9– 30 9-12-14– 35 9-10-10– 29 9-7-11– 27 9-4-4– 17 8-7-7– 22 8-2-5– 15 7-8-8– 23 5-2-2– 9 4-8-7– 19 4-4-4– 12 4-2-3– 9 3-3-1– 7 3-2-1– 6 3-1-1– 5 2-5-2– 9 2-3-3– 8 2-2-1– 5 2-2-1– 5 2-2-1– 5 2-1-4– 7 2-0-2– 4 1-3-3– 7 1-3-2– 6 1-2-3– 6 1-1-2– 4 1-1-0– 2 1-0-1– 2 1-0-1– 2 1-0-1– 2 1-0-0– 1 1-0-0– 1 1-0-0– 1 1-0-0– 1 0-3-1– 4 0-2-3– 5 0-1-3– 4 0-1-3– 4 0-1-2– 3 0-1-2– 3 0-1-2– 3 0-1-1– 2 0-1-1– 2 0-1-1– 2 0-1-1– 2 0-1-1– 2 0-1-1– 2 0-1-1– 2 0-1-0– 1 0-1-0– 1 0-1-0– 1 0-1-0– 1 0-1-0– 1 0-1-0– 1 0-1-0– 1 0-0-3– 3 0-0-3– 3 0-0-2– 2 0-0-2– 2 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1 0-0-1– 1 Canadian bias kicking in, no way we win 8 golds and 15 total in the first 9 days. We won 7 (golds) and 24 (total) at Tokyo 2020 haha.

1 UNITED STATES 124 +2 286 -7 2 BRAZIL 66 +12 205 +36 3 MEXICO 52 +15 142 +4 4 CANADA 46 +11 164 +12 5 1 CUBA 30 -3 69 -31 6 1 COLOMBIA 29 +2 101 +19 7 2 ARGENTINA 17 -16 75 -25 8 CHILE 12 -1 79 +29 9 1 PERU 10 -1 32 -9 10 2 VENEZUELA 8 -1 44 +1 11 2 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 8 -3 32 -8 12 1 ECUADOR 7 -3 36 +4 13 1 PUERTO RICO 3 -2 20 -4 14 2 GUATEMALA (EAI) 3 +1 19 15 10 URUGUAY 2 +2 10 +2 16 12 PANAMA 2 +2 8 +4 17 2 BOLIVIA 2 +1 5 18 3 COSTA RICA 1 9 +4 19 4 EL SALVADOR 1 -2 4 19 2 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 4 -7 21 3 PARAGUAY 1 7 +2 22 9 JAMAICA 1 -5 6 -13 23 7 ARUBA 0 3 +2 24 5 NICARAGUA 0 2 -1 25 5 BAHAMAS 0 3 +2 25 NEW GUYANA 0 3 +3 25 NEW HAITI 0 3 +3 28 2 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 1 -2 28 NEW SURINAME 0 1 +1 30 7 BARBADOS 0 -1 2 +1 31 NEW BERMUDA 0 1 +1 31 NEW DOMINICA 0 1 +1 31 4 HONDURAS 0 1 -1 31 NEW SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 1 +1 As we can see from the medal table, all 4 top nations made considerable gains in gold medals, accounting for almost 66% of total gold medals (vs. 59% in 2019), which caused other nations to suffer a little, especially . Without most of their Track and Field stars, suffered the biggest drop here in the rankings, as well as in gold and total medals percentage. all had their best Games ever, and I think some other nations too: . had a huge increase in the total number of medals, but failed to win more gold medals, which is certainly a bit disappointing for a host nation. They lost a staggering number of direct finals (14 out of 17), which would certainly help them in the ranking (they also were 8th in 2019). Even with a drop in medals, achieved a better ranking compared to Lima, which I think is a first for a previous host? Record number of nations that medaled in a single edition with 34, thanks in part to six NOCs that managed to win at least one medal after none in Lima: . Three nations that had at least one medal in 2019 did not win any this time: .

the Draw Group A Europe #1 Group B Group C Europe #2 Group D Europe #3

the Draw Group A Group B Europe #1 Europe #2 Group C Group D Europe #3

Or Kharun

Or Oleksiak or Masse.

Mexico Edition: TISC Open 2015

@hckošice a friend just made me notice a Hockey comparison between the Maxwell and Cummins partnership in Today's match and the Gretzky brothers' point record in the NHL...

One sister - and his grandparents are Italian...

I still can't believe the story of cricket in Aghanistan. I think I mentioned before that the sport literally did not exist in the country until the Soviet invasion in 1979. The love for cricket was learned in refugee camps in Pakistan in the 1980s and 90s. The national team has only existed since 2001.

I'm watching this AFG/AUS match on a Afghan TV (and they are showing commercials after every single stop ) Cricket is probably the thing that everybody in Afghanistan likes, even those Taliban Neanderthals. I think they already made history by winning 4 matches but I hope they continue their dream run today and even advance to the SF. people in that country suffered (and still suffering) enough, they deserved a bit of happiness at least.

Yeah, but we didn't have Summer McIntosh in Tokyo (well, we did, but not prime Summer). We haven't had a double gold medal winner at the SOG since Donovan Bailey in 1996, let alone a mutli-gold medal winner.

Pool A (Valencia, Spain) Belgium Ireland Japan Ukraine Pool B (Valencia, Spain) Spain South Korea Austria Egypt Pool A (Muscat, Oman) Great -Britain Malaysia Pakistan China Pool B (Muscat, Oman) Germany New Zealand Canada Chile

Pool A (Valencia, Spain) Belgium South Korea Ireland Ukraine Pool B (Valencia, Spain) Great Britain Spain Canada Malaysia

https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/news/fih-hockey-olympic-qualifiers-2024-pools-revealed Pool A (Ranchi, India) Germany Japan Chile Czech Republic Pool B (Ranchi, India) India New Zealand United States Italy

right now, instead, are not getting too many wickets (only 2) vs , but they're keeping the score of the Asian team very low (run rate below 5 after 30 overs) if don't raise their batting, it would be an easy chase for in the 2nd inning p.s. @hckošice I don't know if you're somehow following this event, but one of the best (if not the best) Australian bowler is named Adam Zampa

the male Flagbearer will be Giovanni Pellielo for sure (I bet nobody will have the "huevos" to leave him out, now that he's personally earned the quota place for the team), I fear the female Flagbearer is more of a mistery (I think it won't be a shooter because of Pellielo, however) it can't be Caterina Banti nor a gymnast because of the schedule, too I'd say it might be up to Irma Testa and Antonella Palmisano (or maybe Simona Quadarella or a Fencer) p.s. personally, I'd really like to see Sinner and Egonu as Flagbearers, just to get half the people in this fuckin' Country completely mad

The Asian Quota will go to the next team in that scenario. Most likely reaching the final will guarantee a team quota .

Full team: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/na7y6gxh8133nmqr8p524/SA23-Canadian-Parapan-Am-Team.xlsx?rlkey=8gbiqasbvhspom281pl3dwr54&dl=0

CJ Stroud set the rookie single game passing yards record last night (470 yds, 5 TD) in 39-37 win over Tampa Bay. This game also featured the first successful field goal by non-kicker/punter since 2004. RB Dare Ogunbowale (ex-soccer player) kicked from 29 yards.

Just like stated in post #1 it's hard to bet against bearer being anyone else than Iga Świątek - especially the tennis event will be played on clay.

That was great from Iga! I would love her to continue improving her game on hard, cause this August/September part with losses to Pegula and Gauff (ugh....) then Kudermetova and Ostapenko were really all tough to take for a fan. It is just amazing how she bounced back and won Beijing and and now WTA Finals! Deserved YE #1, and now to attack AO title Ah yes, given that OG in Paris will be played on clay, it is great opportunity to add gold medal to already impressive trophy cabinet

Guess who's back as year end #1? Beat Sabalenka in SF and delivered an all-time beatdown in the Cancun final

Great games for independent athletes () with 19 medals, tying as previous record in 2019. And 5 quotas for Paris 2024. See you in Barranquilla 2027!

Veo dos caminos en el futuro cercano para el deporte de alto rendimiento: -Todo sigue mas o menos como ahora, en un limbo sin saber qué hacer con un presupuesto cada vez más devaluado. -Enard, afuera. No tengo expectativas de ninguna mejora pero tampoco creo que sea ético exigirla en la actual situación económica. En definitiva el deporte de alto rendimiento (no así el social) no deja de ser una cuestión superflua en última instancia, más allá del prestigio que traiga al país.

after the shameful controversy, took advantage of the situation and got a win that leaves dead last in the standings (for now) game #38, beat by 3 wickets posted a decent (but not unforgettable) 279/all out in 49.3 overs, then answered with 282/7 in 41.1 overs and won the match game details https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102778 Tomorrow, game #39 might be a decisive one with facing at 9.30 a.m. CET in Mumbai a win might put them really in contention with and for the 4th place, even if they have another really difficult task in the last game vs , meanwhile have to face and have to play their last match vs , teams with no more interests in the standings

Results are in from Montelibretti and the South African eventing competitions from the weekend... Overall there are no big implications for the rankings, except in the Group F. Jessica George won the event in South Africa and now tops the Group F rankings, however South Africa will still have only one starter as Noor Slaoui did enough in Montelibretti to overtake Alexandra Munn on tie-break. Tough luck for Usman Khan who was in for the whole year, basically, but ends up as only the second reserve following an elimination in Montelibretti. History for Morocco as never before they had qualified in eventing. As there are no more events in Europe, these individual quotas are effectively confirmed now: Group A - Group B - Group C - @Vektor Group F - Group G - Overall -

La verdad es que el "derrumbe" al final fue mas que nada en remo y natación, el resto hizo lo mismo de siempre.

Wouldn't it be a bit late to come back to this thread in 2044 if Warsaw gets the 2044 Olympics, and so presumably there's been years of preparations and qualifications before that?

Damian Warner and Maude Charron for Canada

For Miltiadis Tentoglou (athletics) Katerina Stefanidi (athletics) We usually choose people with Olympic success in the past, and the only other past gold medalists either carried the flag already (Petrounias, Korakaki), retired after Tokyo (Tsoulfa), or are competing the day after (Ntouskos).

I say one person only was much better option and i pick an obvious choice. Iga Świątek (tennis) if the organizers plan her match on Day 2 ofc…