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11 hours ago, intoronto said:

I mean it's common sense. Israel and Italy are close together in the alphabet.

It isn't . There could have been a chance Italy got a separate boat or Italy clubbed with nations below like Ivory Coast and Jamaica with Israel being clubbed with nations above it.

Just because we are India wouldn't mean we'll be in a boat with Indonesia. It could be Hungary, Hong Kong, Iceland and us with Indonesia on other boat. 

3 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Sadly Italy will be on the same boat with Israel. Not a nice news.

How do you know? Do you have the entire list?

56 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

But why Vietnam & not Slovenia?

 

Also Chad didn’t earn the MQS score either, so the reallocation should go to Croatia.

But why would they announce a tripartite this late if there would be inelligibility? The deadline for MQS has passed 

26 minutes ago, Somebodyyouknow said:

Give seeds through the world rankings. As you pointed out, there is a little bit of a mess in some categories due to countries missing important championships, but overall it still seems like the best approach.

World Rankings cannot be used because boxing at Olympics is run by IOC so IBA rankings mean nothing. Moreover IBA tournaments violated the laws which didn't allow Russian and Belarussian flag to be used. Allowing them along with a number of transparency and governing issues made the tournaments redundant

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So we'll have a first time finalist this time as neither  nor  made it to any World Cup Finals.

 knocked out of the World Cup 

enter first ever SF at WC

Out of topic, but I thought @Cinnamon Bun was a dart player shown on profile all these years  

I went with Mete Gazoz just because of his big tournament performance. Women's Valencia due to experience. In team events China will be favourite to win gold having not lost to Korea this season. While Korea made amends at the 3rd WC I think any team with above average scores can put the inexperienced Koreans under pressure.

Do specify if it's others..

Sub Poll

-Your event wise medal predictions 

https://boxing.athlete365.org/qualification-system-and-rules/

So there will be Top 8 seeds in every weight category.

Continental Champions + Runners up of Asia, Europe, Pan America

People thinking  will decline a rugby sevens spot, have probably lost their minds. 

Nice on 

Just now, Jan Linha said:

I see. Never mind. Thanks anyway. I was hoping there would be a way for Hanzlickova 😃 😞

I understand. For someone who came close to beating the world champion earlier this year, it's a pity to not be in Paris. She could have even medalled but it's cruel qualifying in sports like wrestling.

1 minute ago, Jan Linha said:

Wait, it can be reallocated to another athlete from the same country? Isn't wrestling a sport where you get a quota on name? Not for a country? 

 It's not Boxing. Quota goes to NOC. Anyone can be sent by NOC.

1 hour ago, Jan Linha said:

Anybody from or has any info Women's 68kg reallocation? 

 

Its a pity but Hanzlickova is not going to Paris. The Russian Petliakova has got nothing against her, no quota reallocation to any country.

Sub Poll 

1. What were the top 3 close qualification misses (team/individual) which you regret ?

2. Given an opportunity to add sports (not exceeding 5 sports and/or 20 events) with an athlete cap of 280 in total, what all would you chose?

3. If you had the opportunity to make 3 changes(3 events/3 sports) to schedule at Paris '24 what would you do?

9 hours ago, Josh said:

can’t trust  to perform at their best given their massive flop in Tokyo (for what it’s worth, I have them finishing in 5th behind France)

Agreed. We have a few medal contenders but I will try to assume they don't exist. Even I can't trust them. Hoping for like 2 medals in women's rifle and/or pistol.

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I'd commend if I believed it would be possible to have a calm discussion on this on Totallympics, but...yeah

 

I'll just go for a Yes, Yes and Yes on the three questions (with the small caveat that on question 3 I feel for some athletes, while for others I certainly don't).

 

Well yes it's a very controversial topic. I thought all polls look very similar so thought for a change. 

I personally felt Israel went a tad too far against Gaza which was more than just a retaliation. Russia obviously had no right of it's own. But there would be athletes who might not be in favour of this, far away from the hustle wanting to compete, not sure if they are getting opportunities.

Not to forget individuals in team sport they are also humans but can't get an opportunity to participate. For those DSQ due to social media post no one knows if it was willingly put or forced to put, who's gonna check.

Free to give your views, better suggestions if any that could have been implemented 

Sub Poll

1. Your country's medal predictions in the sport?

2. Top 3 nations in shooting medal table

3. The shooter your most excited for, not belonging to your nation 

3 minutes ago, Faramir said:

What's the King of Pool?

Added above.

King of Pool means basically top the medal tally in pool ie swimming.

Sub Poll

1. Which 3 swimmers are you most excited for?

2. Your 3 Brave predictions for Swimming at Paris

3. Your country's swimming predictions

55 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

When it comes to Italy, I'm superstitious. We are waiting for this afternoon's match

It'd have been awesome if  both qualify to Super 8s here.  would qualify for next WC.