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Alright everyone, for those wondering, I was the masked individual in the Ceremony. Jokes aside, I don’t know how much I will get to interact with you all (or how much of the Games I will get to see for that matter) as I have been on the baseball commentator grind for the last couple of months. My thoughts on the Ceremony: Brave and unique, but nothing that should be replicated. It was sure special and breathtaking at times, but not something I want to see in an Opening Ceremony again Parade of Athletes: NBC’s coverage was going to let me down from the start. Agree with many that the flag bearers seemed not important Show: Quite French I guess?? A lot of culture to take in. The inter-twining of the parade and show was a little crazy and hard to keep track of. Cauldron: A balloon?? But Celine Dion did save it in the end. Overall: Satisfied but not thrilled. But that’s alright, the sports will do that. THE GAMES ARE OPEN!!

Group Stage 12 teams in 3 groups, top 2 from each + top 2 third-place teams advance to Cup Group A All times (GMT+4) New Zealand 26 - 21 Canada Half: 12-14 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Samoa 14 - 22 South Africa Half: 7-17 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai South Africa 35 - 14 Canada Half: 21-0 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai New Zealand 14 - 12 Samoa Half: 7-5 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Samoa 24 - 0 Canada Half: 19-0 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai New Zealand 19 - 21 South Africa Half: 19-7 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Team P W L Pts PF PA Diff South Africa 3 3 0 9 78 47 31 New Zealand 3 2 1 7 59 54 5 Samoa 3 1 2 4 50 36 14 Canada 3 0 3 1 35 85 -50 Group B All times (GMT+4) Argentina 26 - 12 Spain Half: 12-7 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Australia 14 - 19 Ireland Half: 7-19 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Ireland 35 - 10 Spain Half: 21-5 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Argentina 31 - 14 Australia Half: 26-0 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Australia 25 - 7 Spain Half: 10-0 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Argentina 17 - 7 Ireland Half: 10-0 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Team P W L Pts PF PA Diff Argentina 3 3 0 9 74 33 41 Ireland 3 2 1 6 61 39 22 Australia 3 1 2 4 51 57 -6 Spain 3 0 3 0 23 86 -57 Group C All times (GMT+4) Fiji 21 - 14 United States Half: 7-7 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai France 35 - 0 Great Britain Half: 14-0 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Great Britain 12 - 36 United States Half: 7-21 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Fiji 40 - 5 France Half: 21-5 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai France 14 - 26 United States Half: 0-12 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Fiji 0 - 24 Great Britain Half: 0-19 2 December 2023, The Sevens, Dubai Team P W L Pts PF PA Diff United States 3 2 1 7 76 47 29 Fiji 3 2 1 6 61 43 18 France 3 1 2 3 54 66 -12 Great Britain 3 1 2 3 36 71 -35

Competing Nations Argentina Australia Canada Fiji France Great Britain Ireland New Zealand Samoa South Africa Spain United States Schedule 2 Dec | Group Stage 3 Dec | Playoffs

Mixed Doubles Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final ZHENG/ HUANG 2 WIDJAJA/ FERDINANSYAH 0 ZHENG/ HUANG 2 HEE/ TAN 2 HEE/ TAN 1 KANEKO/ MATSUTOMO 0 ZHENG/ HUANG 2 CHAN/ CHEAH 2 TAN/ LAI 1 CHIU/ GAI 0 CHAN/ CHEAH 0 THYRRI/ MAGELUND 1 TAN/ LAI 2 TAN/ LAI 2 ZHENG/ HUANG 2 KIM/ JEONG 2 KIM/ JEONG 0 CHOONG/ GO 1 KIM/ JEONG 2 GOH/ LAI 2 GOH/ LAI 0 OUPTHONG/ SUDJAIPRAPARAT 0 KIM/ JEONG 2 CHENG/ ZHANG 0 TABELING/ PIEK 1 YAMASHITA/ SHINOYA 2 YAMASHITA/ SHINOYA 0 TABELING/ PIEK 2 TABELING/ PIEK 2 PRANATA/ HIDAYATULLAH 0 ZHENG/ HUANG 2 MIDORIKAWA/ SAITO 2 MIDORIKAWA/ SAITO 0 CHOO/ SOMERVILLE 0 MIDORIKAWA/ SAITO 2 LEE/ NG 2 LEE/ NG 0 GICQUEL/ DELRUE 0 MIDORIKAWA/ SAITO 2 RIVALDY/ MENTARI 2 JIANG/ WEI 1 BUSCH/ VESTERGAARD 0 RIVALDY/ MENTARI 0 LAMSFUSS/ LOHAU 1 JIANG/ WEI 2 JIANG/ WEI 2 MIDORIKAWA/ SAITO 2 KUSUMAWATI/ KUSHARJANTO 2 TOFT/ GRAVERSEN 0 MAULANA/ MARWAH 0 KUSUMAWATI/ KUSHARJANTO 2 YE/ LEE CHEN/ TOH 1 CHEN/ TOH WO KUSUMAWATI/ KUSHARJANTO 0 CHANG/ LEE 0 TOFT/ GRAVERSEN 2 TOFT/ GRAVERSEN 2 TOFT/ GRAVERSEN 2 YANG/ HU 2 YANG/ HU 1 MAIRS/ MAIRS 0

Women Doubles Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final CAO HOK/ LAM 0 CORBETT/ LEE 2 CORBETT/ LEE 0 LI/ LIU 2 LI/ LIU 2 HU/ LIN 1 LI/ LIU 1 KITITHARAKUL/ PRAJONGJAI 2 KITITHARAKUL/ PRAJONGJAI 2 EA/ SOMERVILLE 0 KITITHARAKUL/ PRAJONGJAI 2 STOEVA/ STOEVA 2 STOEVA/ STOEVA 0 LI/ LUO 1 KITITHARAKUL/ PRAJONGJAI 1 ZHANG/ ZHENG 2 ZHANG/ ZHENG 2 HSU/ LIN 0 ZHANG/ ZHENG 2 LEE/ TENG 0 PUSPITASARI/ ROSE 0 PUSPITASARI/ ROSE 2 ZHANG/ ZHENG 2 CHANG/ YANG 0 FRUERGAARD/ THYGESEN 0 FRUERGAARD/ THYGESEN 2 FRUERGAARD/ THYGESEN 2 KUSUMA/ PRATIWI 0 MIANTORO/ SETIANINGRUM 0 MIANTORO/ SETIANINGRUM 2 ZHANG/ ZHENG 1 MIYAURA/ SAKURAMOTO 0 LIU/ TAN 2 LAMBERT/ TRAN 2 LAMBERT/ TRAN 0 KENG/ ZHANG 0 TAN/ THINAAH 2 TAN/ THINAAH 2 TAN/ THINAAH 0 HOO/ LIM WO LIU/ TAN 2 BYE HOO/ LIM 0 SUNG/ YU 0 LIU/ TAN 2 LIU/ TAN 2 LIU/ TAN 2 MAYASARI/ SUGIARTO 2 MAYASARI/ SUGIARTO 0 EFLER/ LOHAU 0 MAYASARI/ SUGIARTO 2 XU/ XU 2 XU/ XU 0 LIU/ WANG 0 MAYASARI/ SUGIARTO 2 LEE/ SHIN 2 JILLE/ SEINEN 0 YEUNG/ YEUNG 1 LEE/ SHIN 1 JILLE/ SEINEN 2 JILLE/ SEINEN 2 RAHAYU/ RAMADHANTI 0

Men Doubles Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final CHOONG/ HAIKAL 2 WEI/ WU 0 CHOONG/ HAIKAL 0 CHANG/ PO 1 LUNDGAARD/ VESTERGAARD 2 LUNDGAARD/ VESTERGAARD 2 LUNDGAARD/ VESTERGAARD 0 CARNANDO/ MARTHIN 2 CARNANDO/ MARTHIN 2 LAMSFUSS/ SEIDEL 0 CARNANDO/ MARTHIN 2 XIE/ ZENG 2 XIE/ ZENG 0 MAGEE/ REYNOLDS 0 CARNANDO/ MARTHIN 2 ALFIAN/ ARDIANTO 2 ALFIAN/ ARDIANTO 1 LEE/ YANG 0 ALFIAN/ ARDIANTO 2 MAN/ TEE 2 MAN/ TEE 0 TOFT/ SONDERGAARD 1 ALFIAN/ ARDIANTO 2 FIKRI/ MAULANA 2 FIKRI/ MAULANA 0 CHEN/ LIU 1 FIKRI/ MAULANA 2 KOGA/ SAITO 2 KOGA/ SAITO 0 LU/ YANG 1 CARNANDO/ MARTHIN 2 KIM/ NA 1 ASTRUP/ RASMUSSEN 1 GUTAMA/ ISFAHANI 2 GUTAMA/ ISFAHANI 2 KRAL/ MENDREK 0 ONG/ TEO 0 ONG/ TEO 2 GUTAMA/ ISFAHANI 1 DUNN/ HALL 2 LIU/ OU 2 DONG/ YAKURA 0 DUNN/ HALL 0 KJAER/ SOGAARD 1 LIU/ OU 2 LIU/ OU 2 LIU/ OU 0 GOH/ IZZUDDIN 1 ASTRUP/ RASMUSSEN 2 KAOSAMAANG/ THONGSA-NGA 2 KAOSAMAANG/ THONGSA-NGA 2 CHIU/ YUAN 0 LEE/ WANG 0 LEE/ WANG 2 KAOSAMAANG/ THONGSA-NGA 0 HE/ REN 2 ASTRUP/ RASMUSSEN 2 POPOV/ POPOV 1 HE/ REN 0 LEE/ LEE 0 ASTRUP/ RASMUSSEN 2 ASTRUP/ RASMUSSEN 2

Women Singles Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final GAO Fangjie 2 NGUYEN Thuy Linh 0 GAO Fangjie 2 Michelle LI 2 Michelle LI 0 SUNG Shuo-Yun 0 GAO Fangjie 0 WANG Zhiyi 2 WANG Zhiyi 2 YEO Jia Min 1 WANG Zhiyi 2 Line Hojmark KJAERSFELDT 1 Aya OHORI 0 Aya OHORI 2 WANG Zhiyi 2 HE Bingjiao 2 HE Bingjiao 1 Line CHRISTOPHERSEN 0 HE Bingjiao 2 ZHANG Yiman 2 ZHANG Yiman 0 Kirsty GILMOUR 0 HE Bingjiao 2 HAN Yue 2 HAN Yue 1 GOH Jin Wei 0 HAN Yue 2 Busanan ONGBAMRUNGPHAN Busanan ONGBAMRUNGPHAN 0 Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG Ret WANG Zhiyi 2 Ester Nurumi WARDOYO 2 Nozomi OKUHARA 0 Wenyu ZHANG 0 Ester Nurumi WARDOYO 0 Yvonne LI 0 Gregoria Mariska TUNJUNG 2 Gregoria Mariska TUNJUNG 2 Gregoria Mariska TUNJUNG 0 HSU Wen-Chi 1 Nozomi OKUHARA 2 Nozomi OKUHARA 2 Nozomi OKUHARA 2 Mia BLICHFELDT LIN Hsiang-Ti 0 LIN Hsiang-Ti WO Nozomi OKUHARA 2 Ratchanok INTANON 2 Natsuki NIDAIRI 0 HUANG Yu-Hsun 0 Ratchanok INTANON 2 PAI Yu-Po 0 Beiwen ZHANG 1 Beiwen ZHANG 2 Ratchanok INTANON 0 Putri Kusuma WARDANI 2 Natsuki NIDAIRI 2 Karupathevan LETSHANAA 0 Putri Kusuma WARDANI 0 Supanida KATETHONG 0 Natsuki NIDAIRI 2 Natsuki NIDAIRI 2

Men Singles Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final LEE Chia-Hao 2 Arnaud MERKLE 1 LEE Chia-Ha 0 LEI Lanxi 2 LEI Lanxi 2 LIN Chun-Yi 0 LEI Lanxi 0 Anders ANTONSEN 2 Anders ANTONSEN 2 Chico DWI WARDOYO 0 Anders ANTONSEN 2 Lakshya SEN 2 Lakshya SEN 0 WENG Hongyang 0 Anders ANTONSEN 2 Jonatan CHRISTIE 1 Kulavut VITIDSARN 0 Lu GUANGZU 2 Lu GUANGZU 1 Toma Junior POPOV 1 Kiran GEORGE 2 Kiran GEORGE 2 Kiran GEORGE 0 Kulavut VITIDSARN 2 Kulavut VITIDSARN 2 Wang TZU-WEI 0 Kulavut VITIDSARN 2 CHOU Tien-Chen 2 CHOU Tien-Chen 0 Christo POPOV 0 Anders ANTONSEN 2 SU Li-Yang 2 Brian YANG 1 LEE Cheuk Yiu 1 SU Li-Yang 0 LOH Kean Yew 2 LOH Kean Yew 2 HS PRANNOY 1 LOH Kean Yew 0 LEONG Jun Hao 2 Anthony Sinisuka GINTING 2 Kenta NISHIMOTO 0 LEONG Jun Hao 0 Kantaphon WANGCHAROEN 0 Anthony Sinisuka GINTING 2 Anthony Sinisuka GINTING 2 Anthony Sinisuka GINTING 1 LEE Zii Jia 2 Brian YANG 2 Srikanth KIDAMBI 1 LEE Zii Jia 2 Angus NG 2 Angus NG 0 Magnus JOHANNESEN 0 LEE Zii Jia Ret Rasmus GEMKE 0 Brian YANG Priyanshu RAJAWAT 2 Priyanshu RAJAWAT 0 Brian YANG 2 Brian YANG 2 LI Shifeng 1

Schedule 23-24 Jan | Round of 32 25 Jan | Round of 16 26 Jan | Quarterfinals 27 Jan | Semifinals 28 Jan | Finals

Final Result Rk Athlete Time 1 Stephen WILLIAMS 19:13:34 2 Jhonatan NARVAEZ PRADO +:09 3 Isaac DEL TORO ROMERO +:11 4 Oscar ONLEY +:20 5 Bart LEMMEN +:23 6 Julian ALAPHILIPPE +:33 7 Simon Philip YATES +:33 8 Valentin PARET PEINTRE +:36 9 Damien HOWSON +:42 10 Jack HAIG +:50 11 Nicholas SCHULTZ +:50 12 Georg ZIMMERMAN +:57 13 Ben ZWIEHOFF +:57 14 Ruben ALMEIDA GUERREIRO +1:02 15 Bauke MOLLEMA +1:02 16 Juan LOPEZ PEREZ +1:02 17 Luca VERGALLITO +1:02 18 Roger ADRIA OLIVERAS +1:07 19 Diego ULISSI +1:08 20 Michael STORER +1:09 21 Bastien TRONCHON +1:11 22 Laurence PITHIE +1:12 23 Lars BOVEN +1:20 24 Lilian CALMEJANE +1:25 25 Christopher HAMILTON +1:27 26 Chris HARPER +1:27 27 Antoine HUBY +1:36 28 Louis BARRE +1:46 29 Archie RYAN +1:48 30 James KNOX +2:04 31 Michel RIES +2:05 32 Jon BARRENETXEA GOLZARRI +2:06 33 Koen BOUWMAN +2:06 34 Gonzalo SERRANO RODRIGUEZ +2:08 35 Gianmarco GAROFOLI +2:11 36 George BENNETT +2:26 37 Milan VADER +2:45 38 Max KANTER +2:53 39 Axel MARIAULT +2:53 40 Tobias BAYER +3:00 41 Jaakko HANNINEN +3:00 42 Simon GESCHKE +3:27 43 Stefan DE BOD +3:30 44 Eddy FINE +3:32 45 Laurens DE PLUS +3:34 46 Clement BERTHET +3:38 47 Antonio MORGADO +3:44 48 Reuben THOMPSON +4:21 49 Robert GESINK +4:28 50 Natnael TESFAZION +4:32 51 Anthony DELAPLACE +4:46 52 Derek GEE +5:01 53 Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR +5:21 54 Franck BONNAMOUR +5:22 55 Joshua TARLING +5:43 56 Biniam GIRMAY +5:57 57 Dion SMITH +5:58 58 Simone PETILLI +6:08 59 Pieter SERRY +7:06 60 Loe VAN BELLE +7:22 61 Quinn SIMMONS +7:35 62 Juri HOLLMANN +7:48 63 Finn FISHER +8:05 64 Mathias VACEK +8:25 65 Mick VAN DIJKE +8:25 66 Harrison SWEENY +8:35 67 Luke BURNS +8:37 68 Simon CLARKE +8:42 69 Jonas RUTSCH +8:45 70 Enzo PALENI +9:12 71 Nans PETERS +9:44 72 Milan FRETIN +9:58 73 Owain DOULL +10:02 74 Madis MIHKELS +10:14 75 Patrick GAMPER +10:43 76 Gil GELDERS +10:51 77 Paul LAPEIRA +11:53 78 Kevin LEDANOIS +13:19 79 Jacopo MOSCA +13:24 80 Dmitriy GRUZDEV +13:46 81 Ivan GARCIA CORTINA +14:07 82 Jardi VAN DER LEE +14:15 83 Casper PEDERSEN +14:19 84 Stan VAN TRICHT +14:25 85 Miles SCOTSON +14:32 86 Sean FLYNN +14:33 87 Fran MIHOLJEVIC +14:33 88 Phil BAUHAUS +14:43 89 Manlio MORO +14:46 90 Kelland OʻBRIEN +15:01 91 Dario CATALDO +15:01 92 Pavel BITTNER +15:03 93 Tristan SAUNDERS +15:33 94 Filip MACIEJUK +15:38 95 Emils LIEPINS +15:46 96 Fabian LIENHARD +15:57 97 Christian SCARONI +16:09 98 Michael VINK +16:41 99 Samuel WELSFORD +16:43 100 Declan TREZISE +16:57 101 Danny VAN POPPEL +16:59 102 Piet ALLEGAERT +17:02 103 Caleb EWAN +17:28 104 Jack ROOTKIN-GRAY +17:44 105 Johannes STAUNE-MITTET +18:01 106 Jackson MEDWAY +18:54 107 Alessandro COVI +19:00 108 Maurice BALLERSTEDT +19:03 109 Patrick BEVIN +20:06 110 Ben SWIFT +20:06 111 Vinicius RANGEL COSTA +20:26 112 Laurens HUYS +20:55 113 Tom PAQUOT +21:22 114 Liam WALSH +22:00 115 Clement DAVY +23:55 116 Filippo GANNA +24:09 117 Ryan MULLEN +24:30 118 Elia VIVIANI +24:35 119 Nicolo BURATTI +26:16 120 Michele GAZZOLI +26:38 121 Samuele BATTISTELLA +28:24 122 Campbell STEWART +29:10 123 Leo HAYTER +30:24 124 Johan JACOBS +31:01 125 Guillaume BOIVIN +31:42 126 Josef CERNY +32:58 127 Alvaro HODEG CHAGUI +33:44 128 Daniel MCLAY +34:27 129 Michael HEPBURN +44:25 130 Johan PRICE PEJTERSEN +53:17

Schedule 23 Jan | Qualifying Rounds 1-2 24 Jan | Qualifying Rounds 2-3 25-28 Jan | Main Draw

Group Stage 10 teams in 2 groups, top 2 from each advance to Final Round Group A All times (GMT-4) Ecuador 3 - 0 Colombia Half: 0-0 20 January 2024, 16:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Venezuela 3 - 3 Bolivia Half: 2-1 20 January 2024, 19:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Bolivia 0 - 1 Brazil Half: 0-1 23 January 2024, 16:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Ecuador 1 - 1 Venezuela Half: 0-1 23 January 2024, 19:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Bolivia 0 - 2 Ecuador Half: 0-1 26 January 2024, 16:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Brazil 2 - 0 Colombia Half: 1-0 26 January 2024, 19:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Brazil 0 - 0 Ecuador Half: 29 January 2024, 16:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Colombia 0 - 0 Venezuela Half: 29 January 2024, 19:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Venezuela 0 - 0 Brazil Half: 1 February 2024, 19:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Colombia 0 - 0 Bolivia Half: 1 February 2024, 19:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Team P W D L Pts GF GA Diff Ecuador 3 2 1 0 7 6 1 5 Brazil 2 2 0 0 6 3 0 3 Venezuela 2 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 Bolivia 3 0 1 2 1 3 6 -3 Colombia 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 -5 Group B All times (GMT-4) Peru 1 - 0 Chile Half: 0-0 21 January 2024, 16:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Argentina 1 - 1 Paraguay Half: 0-0 21 January 2024, 19:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Paraguay 4 - 3 Uruguay Half: 2-3 24 January 2024, 16:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Peru 0 - 2 Argentina Half: 0-0 24 January 2024, 19:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Paraguay 1 - 0 Peru Half: 1-0 27 January 2024, 16:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Uruguay 0 - 1 Chile Half: 0-0 27 January 2024, 19:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Uruguay 0 - 0 Peru Half: 30 January 2024, 16:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Chile 0 - 0 Argentina Half: 30 January 2024, 19:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Argentina 0 - 0 Uruguay Half: 2 February 2024, 19:00, Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Chile 0 - 0 Paraguay Half: 2 February 2024, 19:00, Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Team P W D L Pts PF PA Diff Paragay 3 2 1 0 7 6 4 2 Argentina 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 2 Chile 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 Peru 3 1 0 2 3 1 3 -2 Uruguay 2 0 0 2 0 3 5 -2

Competing Nations Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Schedule 20 Jan-2 Feb | Group Stage 5-11 Feb | Final Stage 1st-2nd placed nations qualify for Summer Olympic Games 2024

all qualified today from the African Championships 2024. Still to be joined by the 5th placed team.

Qualified for Summer Olympic Games 2024 Egypt Qualified for Olympic Qualification Tournaments 2024 Algeria Tunisia Qualified for IHF World Menʻs Handball Championship 2025 Algeria Cape Verde Egypt Tunisia Guinea