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Cool, only 22 more countries to withdrew, kicked out, not invited and we will be world champions

what a farce! please, close down this circus once and forever! from 2.02.45, if the video doesn't start at the right point...

Martinique’s Council finally approved an offiial flag for the region, after the last design’s adoption was annulled. Martinique’s flag From what I’ve read this design is to be used on par with the French flag, the latter taken precedence over the first, but for sporting and cultural purposes the new design may be used. So if there’s no inconvenience, and pending further news, I suggest to replace the current icon in the forum.

Yes, the walls of Ávila were featured in the draw.

It is! Sunny and not too hot, quite nice weather. I just arrived in Castilla y Leon today, I think this place was also part of the contest? Or just the ceremony maybe, not sure

It looks like there's an updated psych sheet posted with Jansen on there.

Too bad, they choose the fairly boring one instead of the one with the hummingbird Thanks for the news though, always good to stay up-to-date on the world's flag changes

Back in August 2022 I made predictions on which events Team Canada would qualify in (Totally unrealistic ), but since Olympic Qualification has really been ramping up recently I’ve decided to do an in-depth updated version. If any of you disagree with any of this, then please reply with changes you would make. Canada (T: 339-372 athletes) Archery (2) - Crispin Duenas hasn’t competed since the Tokyo Olympics. If he’s gonna make a run for Paris (Crazily enough his 5th straight Olympics if he can qualify) then I have him securing a quota, otherwise it’ll probably go to Eric Peters. Stephanie Barrett is a safe bet for a quota on the women’s side. Athletics (64) - Men’s Events (25) 100m - Andre DeGrasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake 200m - Andre DeGrasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake 800m - Marco Arop, Brandon McBride 1500m - William Paulson, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, Cameron Proceviat 5000m - Justyn Knight, Mo Ahmed, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot 10000m - Mo Ahmed Marathon - Cam Levins, Rory Linkletter, Ben Priesner/Trevor Hofbauer 400m Hurdles - Malik Metivier 3000m Steeplechase - John Gay, Matthew Hughes, Ryan Smeeton High Jump - Django Lovett Hammer Throw - Adam Keenan, Ethan Katzburg, Rowan Hamilton 4x100m Relay - Andre DeGrasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake Decathlon - Pierce LePage, Damian Warner 20km Race Walk - Evan Dunfee Women’s Events (39) 100m - Khamica Bingham, Crystal Emmanuel 200m - Natassha McDonald, Lauren Gale 400m - Natassha McDonald, Kyra Constantine 800m - Lindsay Butterworth, Madeline Kelly, Savannah Sutherland/Jazz Shukla/Melissa Bishop-Nriagu 1500m - Gabriella De-Bues Stafford, Lucia Stafford 5000m - Julie-Ann Staehli, Kate Van Buskirk, Andrea Seccafien 10000m - Andrea Seccafien, Leslie Sexton 100m Hurdles - Michelle Harrison, Mariam Abdul-Rashid 400m Hurdles- Noelle Montcalm, Sage Watson 3000m Steeplechase- Regan Yee, Ceili McCabe, Genevieve Lalonde Marathon- Malindi Elmore, Natascha Wodak, Dayna Pidhoresky Pole Vault- Alysha Newman, Anicka Newell Long Jump- Christabel Nettey Triple Jump- Mikeisha Welcome Shot Put- Sarah Mitton, Brittany Crew Discus Throw- Trinity Tutti Hammer Throw- Camryn Rogers, Jillian Weir Javelin Throw- Elizabeth Gleadle Heptathlon- Georgia Ellenwood/Nicole Ostertag 4x400m Relay- Kyra Constantine, Sage Watson, Natassha McDonald, Aiyanna Stiverne (A few of Madeline Price, Micha Powell, Alicia Brown for heats) Artistic Swimming (8) - Unlike last Olympics I don’t have us securing qualification at the 2023 Pan-Am Games as United States have surpassed us in terms of recent success. Still I think we can qualify at the 2024 World Championships. Badminton (8) - Michelle Li in women’s singles. Brian Yang in men’s singles. Rachel Honderich/Kristen Tsai in women’s doubles. Adam Dong/Nyl Yakura in men’s doubles. Ty Lindeman/Josephine Wu in mixed doubles Given the tough selection criteria, top 16 (singles), top 8 (doubles) the only semi-realistic chance at qualifying a second berth would be Wendy Zhang. Don’t see it happening. Basketball (28) - With Argentina not qualifying for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, its highly likely that we’ll get the second Americas spot (Behind United States) for Paris 2024. Women’s 3x3 team was dominant last year, and is a safe bet to qualify. Our women’s team will probably qualify too. Beach Volleyball (4-6) - Brandie/Melissa and Pavan/Bukovec in the women’s tournament. Maybe Schacter/Dearing through the NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament?? It’s all dependant on whether United States qualifies their two pairs through the world rankings. Boxing (5) - Tammara Thibeault- Women’s 75kg Charlie Cavanaugh- Women’s 66kg Priyanka Dhillon- Women’s 50kg Scarlett Delgado- Women’s 54kg Caroline Veyre- Women’s 57kg I’m predicting no male athletes will qualify this time with Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh (Men’s 57kg) and Wyatt Sanford (Men’s 63.5kg) just missing out. Breaking (1-2) - Phil Wizard is of the worlds best b-boys he should qualify. Tiffany Leung also has a chance, but her only chance will be through the Olympic Qualifier Series. Canoe: Sprint/Slalom (16) - Don’t know the boats situation, but I’ll try my best. Women’s Canoe Sprint Events (13) Katie Vincent - C-1 200m / C-2 500m Sophia Jensen - C-1 200m / C-2 500m Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka - K-2 500m / K-4 500m Adreanne Langlois - Women’s K-2 500m / K-4 500m Michelle Russell - Women’s K-1 500m Riley Melanson - Women’s K-4 500m Natalie Davidson - Women’s K-4 500m Nicholas Mateev - Men’s K-4 500m, Men’s K-2 500m Simon McTavish - Men’s K-4 500m, Men’s K-2 500m Pierre-Luc Poulin - Men’s K-4 500m Laurent Lavigne - Men’s K-4 500m Connor Fitzpatrick - Men’s C-1 1000m Roland Varga - Men’s C-1 1000m Canoe Slalom (3) Alex Baldoni - Men’s C-1, Men’s KX-1 Lois Betteridge- Women’s C-1 Florence Mateu - Women’s K-1 Cycling (19) - Track Cycling (15) Kelsey Mitchell- Women’s Sprint, Women’s Keirin, Women’s Team Sprint Lauriane Genest- Women’s Sprint, Women’s Keirin, Women’s Team Sprint Sarah Orban- Women’s Team Sprint Allison Beveridge- Women’s Omnium Maggie Coles-Lyster- Women’s Omnium, Women’s Madison Sarah Van Dam- Women’s Madison Women’s Team Pursuit Dylan Bibic- Men’s Omnium, Men’s Madison Nick Wammes- Men’s Sprint, Men’s Keirin, Men’s Team Sprint Ryan Dodyk- Men’s Sprint, Men’s Team Sprint James Hedgcock- Men’s Keirin, Men’s Team Sprint Mathias Guillemette- Men’s Madison Road Cycling (4) Leah Kirchmann - Women’s Time Trial Alison Jackson - Women’s Road Race/ Women’s Time Trial Michael Woods- Men’s Road Race Hugo Houle- Men’s Road Race/Men’s Time Trial Mountain Biking (2) Carter Woods- Men’s Cross-Country Emily Batty- Women’s Cross-Country BMX Racing (3) James Palmer- Men’s Race Molly Simpson- Women’s Race Drew Mechielsen/Teigen Pascual- Women’s Race BMX Freestyle (1) Maxime Chalifour- Men’s Park Diving (7-8) - Bryden Hattie/Cedric Fofana/Vincent Riendeau- Men’s 3m Springboard Nathan Zsombor-Murray- Men’s 10m Platform, Men’s 10m Syncronized Platform Rylan Wiens- Men’s 10m Platform, Men’s 10m Syncronized Platform Mia Valee- Women’s 3m Springboard, Women’s 10m Syncronized Springboard Margo Erlam- Women’s 3m Springboard (Women’s Syncronized 3m Springboard if Melissa isn’t aiming to make a run for Paris 2024) Melissa Citrini- Women’s Syncronized 3m Springboard (If she’s aiming to make a run for Paris 2024) Caeli McKay- Women’s 10m Platform, Women’s 10m Syncronized Platform Celina Toth- Women’s 10m Platform, Women’s 10m Syncronized Platform Notably, Pamela Ware misses out on qualification. Equestrian (9) - Should qualify a full team (Jumping, Eventing, Dressage) anything less will be a disappointment. Fencing (10) - Eleanor Harvey - Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil Jessica Guo - Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil Kelliegh Ryan - Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil Sabrina Fang - Women’s Team Foil Alexandre Verett/Leonora MacKinnon - Women’s Epee Gabriella Page - Women’s Sabre Maximilien Van Haaster - Men’s Foil, Men’s Team Foil Blake Brozus - Men’s Foil, Men’s Team Foil Eli Schenkel - Men’s Foil, Men’s Team Foil Fares Arfa - Men’s Sabre Football (18) - All we have to do is beat Jamaica in a two legged playoff series and our women’s team is off to Paris. Should be doable. Men’s team has no chance, due to them blowing their only chance at the CONCACAF U20 Championships. Golf (4) - Brooke Henderson - Women’s Stroke Play Alena Sharp - Women’s Stroke Play Adam Svensson - Men’s Stroke Play Correy Conners - Men’s Stroke Play Artistic Gymnastics (14) - Women’s Team already secured qualification by virtue of their 3rd place finish at the 2022 Worlds. Men’s Team (Although not qualified yet) had a brilliant result last year, and could possibly qualify Artistic Gymnastics (11) Women’s Team- Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Emma Spence, Sydney Turner Ellie Black - Women’s Balance Beam, Women’s All-Around Brooklyn Moors - Women’s All Around, Women’s Floor Shallon Olsen - Women’s Vault Laurie Denoumee - Women’s Vault Denelle Pendrick misses out on qualification. Men’s Team - Felix Dolci, William Emard, Rene Cournoyer, Chris Kaji, Jason Rampersad. Idk I don’t follow Gymnastics very much Trampoline Gymnastics (3) Jermey Chartier - Men’s Event Sophiane Methot - Women’s Event Samantha Smith - Women’s Event Judo (7) - Kelly Deguchi - Women’s -52kg Jessica Klimkait - Women’s -57kg, Team Event Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard - Women’s -63kg, Team Event Coralie Godbout - Team Event Arthur Margelidon - Men’s -73kg, Team Event Francois Gauthier-Drapeau - Men’s -81kg, Team Event Kyle Reyes - Men’s -100kg, Team Event Notably, Christa Deguchi and Shady El Nahas miss out. Rowing (25-30) - Don’t know anything about the boating situation for Team Canada, so I’ll just use numbers from Tokyo/Rio and the recent WCHs to do my predictions. We should qualify a fair few amount of athletes here. Rugby 7s (13-26) - Considering United States is pretty much almost qualified through the World Series, nothing is stopping our women’s team from securing a quota at the RAN 7s Qualification Tournament, especially since we’re hosting it. United States has to qualify for Paris 2024 through the World Series for us to have a chance, if they can do it then we’ll probably secure a quota, otherwise probably not. Sailing (6) - Sarah Douglas - Women’s Dinghy Georgia Lewin-Lafrance - Women’s Skiff Fillah Karim - Men’s Dinghy Arie Mofatt - Men’s Skiff Nataliya Leshko - Women’s Kite Tom Ramshaw - Men’s Dinghy Shooting (1-2) - We usually qualify a couple of athletes here, just don’t know who. Skateboarding (5) - Ryan Decenzo, Matt Berger and Micky Papa - Men’s Street Andy Anderson - Men’s Park Fay Ebert - Women’s Park Sport Climbing (2) - Alannah Yip - Women’s Combined Sean McColl - Men’s Combined Ethan Pitcher just misses out on Olympic Qualification. Surfing (2) - Casually optimistic that we can qualify two of the following female athletes (Erin Brooks, Mathea Olin, Sanoa Olin) Swimming (28) - Men (6) Hau-Li Fan - 10km Open Water Finlay Knox - 200m IM Josh Liendo - 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly Ilya Kharun - 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly Javier Acevado - 100m Backstroke Gabe Mastromatteo - 100m Breastroke 4x100m Freestyle Relay 4x100m Medley Relay Women (14) Kylie Masse - 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke Maggie MacNeil - 100m Butterfly Penny Oleksiak - 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle Summer McIntosh - 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Butterfly Mary Sophie-Harvey - 200m IM Katerine Savard - 100m Butterfly Kelsey Wog - 100m Breastroke, 200m Breastroke Taylor Ruck - 100m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke Ingrid Wilm - 100m Backstroke Tessa Cieplucha - 400m IM Ella Jansen - 400m Freestyle Katrina Bellio - 1500m Freestyle Sydney Pickrem - 200m Breastroke Sophie Angus - 100m Breastroke 4x100m Freestyle Relay 4x200m Freestyle Relay 4x100m Medley Relay Additional Relay Athletes: Rebecca Smith, Rachel Nicol, Yuri Kisil, Ruslan Gasiev, Markus Thornmeyer, Jermey Bagshaw, Stephen Calkins, James Dergousoff. Notably, IM specialist Bailey Andison misses out on Olympic qualification. Table Tennis (2) - Eugene Wang - Men’s Singles Mo Zhang - Women’s Singles Taekwondo (6) Skylar Park - Women’s -57kg Ashley Kraayeveld - Women’s -67kg Nicholas Hoefling - Men’s -58kg Marc Andre Bergeron - Men’s +80kg Jordan Stewart - Men’s -80kg Yvette Hui Hai Yong - Women’s -49kg Tennis (8) - Felix Auger-Aliassime - Men’s Singles, Mixed Doubles Denis Shapovalov - Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles Leylah Fernandez - Women’s Singles Bianca Andresscu - Women’s Singles Rebecca Marino - Women’s Singles Vasek Pospisil - Men’s Doubles Sharon Fichman - Women’s Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski - Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Triathlon (4) Amelie Kretz - Women’s Event, Team Event Emy Legault - Women’s Event, Team Event Tyler Mislawchuk - Men’s Event, Team Event Charles Paquet - Men’s Event, Team Event Waterpolo (12) - Women’s Team assuming United States qualifies through the World Championships. Weightlifting (2) - Maude Charron - Women’s 59kg Boady Santavy - Men’s 102kg Wrestling (7) - Ericka Weibe - Women’s 76kg Linda Morais - Women’s 68kg Ana Godinez - Women’s 62kg Madison Parks - Women’s 50kg Karla Godinez - Women’s 57kg Amar Dhesi - Men’s 125kg Lachlan McNeil - Men’s 65kg Justina Di Stasio, Olivia Di Bacco and Diana Wiecker all miss out due to stacked weightclasses. Rythmic Gymnastics, Modern Pentathlon, Handball are highly unlikely for Canada to qualify in. Field Hockey teams have been on a decline lately, but qualification is possible. Maybe we’ll qualify, maybe we won’t. Despite the brilliant performance of our women’s volleyball team at the 2022 Worlds, I have them JUST missing out. I think our men’s volleyball team is on a decline, and won’t back up their Tokyo 2020 qualification. If anyone can help think of shooting/rowing athletes/boats qualified. I have no clue lol. Maybe I made these predictions too optimistic

According to the swimswam comments section, there's a bunch of names still missing from the psych sheets including Jansen. Mostly swimmers from the Toronto HPC

Murakami goes yard on the first pitch! The two heroes stepping up already.

Federation Ranking List updated as of March 21st, 2023

There was an earthquake and a cyclone recently so the government is unwilling to finance the competition.

I mean sorry for being rude but for F**k sake until we have a good generation of football players that could shine

Just found out participating (well, participated) in this. All 3 lost their opener match, they would have done better to boycott it. In that case it would be at least some dignity, now it is just embarassing debacles

Team Slovakia M Singles: Adam Hagara W Singles: Ema Doboszová Ice Dance: Anna Šimová/Kirill Askenov

Yeah, that U20 WC is gone from Indonesia... There are also strong rumors that Peru will give up hosting the U17.

Yes, the original selection with the hummingbird was far better. However the designer of that flag asked the Regional Assembly to no longer consider it, as there was some controversy she had taken the humingbird from shutterstock, which she recognized as doing it.

Not a good idea to let Hasselborg play when both she and Knochenhauer are pregnant and McManus just gave birth to a son two months ago. Wranå should have performed a lot better. Counting the games in the nationals + qualifiers, Wranå and Hasselborg are 4-5 and that extra 1-2 months of pregnancies has not been benefitial for their performance. Wranå won also the swedish super league last week, with Hasselborg not participating. So did I too on the mens side btw.

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I've been to Spa twice, which was kind of fun, but it was hellishly warm and Spa is notoriously awful in terms of infrastructure around the track, especially at the height of the Verstappen-hype it was just....too much. Tens of thousands of people and basically one little road towards the one highway. I'm not sure about the support program in the North American races. If it's F1 only, I wouldn't go, personally I'd be more happy to see F2 and F3 as well since they usually have a bit more action. In terms of visibility: there should be big screens on several places to follow the race, but once pitstops have started, it might be a bit hard to really keep track of how things are going. I know this all doesn't sound too positive But it is still a nice experience overall, especially Montreal does seem like a nice place to go to for a race.

Delvin are 2:20, Chelimo are la Seul anu trecut 2:18 si a treia kenyanca naturalizata Stela Rutto are un 15:06 pe 5000 cu siguranta toate 3 vor fi la bataie pt o clasare in top 8. Singura problema la Delvin si Chelimo e ca au deja o varsta destul de inaintata si cel mai probabil cam asta e singura olimpiada pe care o vor prinde, Rutto are doar 26 de ani deci mai are de alergat.

Feels like another pretty boring season, where Red Bull is way too dominant for comfort and Perez should not be able to challenge Verstappen. Here to hope Alonso can snatch a race once more. It has been ages.

Unexpected turn of events for the FIFA U-20 World Cup as Governor of Bali, the expected group location for Israeli team, published a letter rejecting the presence of the team in the island...

Two racewalkers from Vikash SIngh and Paramjeet Bisht qualify in 20km walk https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-20km-race-walking-championships-2023-nomi-japan-india-results

Murakami wins it for Japan!!!! What a game! It'll be a USA vs Japan showdown

Chelimo n-ar trebui sa aiba probleme. Ateentie si la Delvin, care a castigat maratonul de la L.A. in 2022! Potentialul e deosebit la ambee!

Surprised at no Ella Jansen as well.

Until they actually mix the Pan American nations with the rest of the world that probably won't happen.

All I can say is that I hope the pools are more balanced next tournament

PÉREZ 5th career win!

Here are my personal votes with remarks attached - 12 (I’m a sucker for folk bops. Also, I love the blending of styles and languages. It felt very natural. Overall, visually, lyrically, and audibly, this offered everything I want in a song @Illya) - 11 (Vocals and video were on point. It wasn’t the catchiest song, but it was very original. It left me intrigued @NikolaB) - 10 (I’m really sad this didn’t do better. We don’t see many humor entries in TISC, so this was a very fun song to discover. Visuals were low budget, but lyrics were priceless. I think some more engaging vocals could have seen this snag my top rank @Dnl) - 9 (I was actually a little torn on where to rank this. It ultimately ended up higher since I enjoyed listening to it while driving. I like the vocal, and there were some nice touches in the final production. Who doesn’t like some teenage angst? @ManuCHIL) - 8 (Again, another song I would have liked to see do better. I appreciate the risk taken with this entry. He had a unique sound and I loved the live performance @Vic Liu) - 7 (Multiple folk styles with some fun lyrics? Sign me up. I need something a little engaging with the vocals and arrangement to rank this higher @mrv86) - 6 (Well, I liked this one. I the folk element was nice and the video was engaging. I didn’t hurt that I enjoyed listening to the audio only version of the song. It fell victim, like many of the following songs, to being a little too similar in sound and vibe @Werloc) - 5 (I originally had this one ranked higher, but I need some stronger lyrics. I liked the Greek/English combination. It flowed well. A nice summer song @Yannakis @maestro @Makedonas) - 4 (Will there a more memorable beat drop in TISC history? I liked the song, but again, I needed a little more originality [lyrically and visually]. Still, happy to contribute to the meme @Cobi) - 3 (This isn’t something I would normally listen to, but it really stuck out to me. Original lyrics, nice visual, and an acceptable vocal performance. I’m sure you’ll get points from us one day @hckošice) - 2 (This one grew on me. Nice vocal and visual with some interesting enough lyrics. It just didn’t have the affect on me some other songs did. However, it did feel very French @Benolympique @Bohemia) - 1 (I don’t know why I didn’t rank this one higher. This is normally a genre and song I’d rank higher. I think it just got lost in a sea of European pop bops. Anyway, great lyrics, nice vocal, and fun sound. Congrats on the win @SteveParker @Pablita @Henry_Leon) - R1 (Normally something I’d spring for immediately. I just didn’t like the arrangement at all, and that rubbed me the wrong way unfortunately. Still, appreciate the uniqueness of this entry @IoNuTzZ) - R2 (I ended up liking this song much more than I thought I would. It was a little too slow and didn’t build enough to gets points. Nice entry though @rybak) - R3 (Lyrics took this from the podium to a reserve slot. Visuals were nice and this got my body moving. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get over the let down of the lyrics. Still, nice to have Norway back @vkristijan) - R4 (Similar feedback to Norway here. Best vocal, but just not stimulating enough lyrically. I made share to keep in my reserves though @Ruslan)

Amazing results for Brazil in the 5 hoops, with a 35.000 and a 3rd place in qualification ahead Italy, Bulgaria and Ukraine (!!!) @thiago_simoes

Russian and Belarus athletes will compete in all fencing competitions , they are waiting for IOC to decide whether they will compete under their flags or as neutrals

Could be one of the worst ends Anna Hasselborg has ever played (at least from what I've seen). Germany take FIVE stones and win 9-3 with one end scratched. Polish commentator said the Jentzsch rink lost 11 straight matches vs Hasselborg before?