Josh

Pan Am Games (high priority), Swimming WC Budapest, Freestyle Skiing WC Chur, Short Track Speed Skating WC Montreal, GSOC Hearing Life Tour Challenge, ATP/WTA tennis, NHL (Canucks), BWF Denmark Open, Triathlon WC Tongyeong, BPT Challenge Goa, and some Volleyball club season action.

No boxing?

Men’s Medalists Gold- Ondřej Perušič/David Schweiner Silver- David Åhman/Jonathan Hellvig Bronze- Michal Bryl/Bartosz Łosiak Women’s Medalists Gold- Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes Silver- Ana Patricia Silva Ramos/Eduarda Santos Lisboa Bronze- Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss

Clancy/Mariafe are the reigning Olympic silver medalists, and are a top ten team, how was a win against them gonna be “easy” ? (Not unless you’re Duda/AP ) I feel bad for Menegatti, she carries her team. Wonder what she’d be able to do with a better defender. Same with Latvia, but to a lesser extent. Samoilova has moments of brilliance, but sometimes struggles to sideout, and can also become error prone during crucial moments (Cheng/Hughes QF: *11-13, Samoilova missed serve, and then she gets aced to end the match). Graudina rarely has bad matches, always a beast on sideout.

You’re actually right. She made the French Open SF in 2020, but with an easy draw. I’ll replace her with Muchova.

There’s gonna be upsets, unfortunately, but I’m really hoping the podium will consist of three of Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal. Not unless FAA somehow manages to find his way onto the podium, but he’s been dreadful this year so that’s not gonna happen

Still don’t think Zheng will finish in fourth. If anyone from China were to come that close to a medal it would be either Qinwen Zheng (women’s singles) or Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoyuan (women’s doubles).

Ignore: M 100-KG Turboyev. Also, don’t see Zhang Zhizhen placing fourth in men’s tennis. @rafalgorka Day 7 (August 2, 2024) Archery- Mixed Team Gold- South Korea (Kim Woo-Jin/Lim Si-Hyeon) Silver- United States (Casey Kaufold/Brady Ellison) Bronze- Netherlands (Steve Wijler/Gaby Schloesser) Germany (Michelle Kroppen/Florian Unruh) 4th. Athletics- Men’s 10,000m Gold- Joshua Cheptegei Silver- Selemon Barega Bronze- Berihu Aregawi Badminton- Mixed Doubles Gold- Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong Silver- Yuta Wantanabe/Arisa Higashino Bronze- Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping reigning World Champions Seo Seung-Jae and Chae Yoo-Jung finish just off the podium in 4th. BMX Cycling- Men’s Racing Gold- Joris Daudet Silver- Romain Mahieu Bronze- Sylvain Andre After failing to win a single medal at Tokyo 2020, France rebound in a big way in front of their home crowd. First podium sweep of the games! Kye White finishes in 4th, followed by Simon Marquet in 5th, Niek Kimmann in 6th, Carlos Ramirez Yepes in 7th, and Arthur Pillard in 8th. BMX Cycling- Women’s Racing Gold- Saya Sakakibara Silver- Mariana Pajon Bronze- Bethany Shriever Merel Smulders finishes in 4th, followed by Alise Willoughby in 5th, Felicia Stancil in 6th, Zoe Claessens in 7th, and Laura Smulders in 8th. Diving- Men’s 3m Synchro Springboard Gold- China (Wang Zongyuan/Cao Yuan) Silver- Great Britain (Anthony Harding/Jack Laugher) Bronze- Mexico (Osmar Olvera/Rodrigo Diego) Germany (Moritz Wesemann/Lars Rudiger or Timo Barthel) just off the podium in fourth. Equestrian- Team Jumping Gold- Sweden Silver- Netherlands Bronze- United States Fencing- Men’s Team Epee Gold- Italy Silver- Hungary Bronze- France Judo- Women’s +78kg Gold- Akira Sone Silver- Romane Dicko Bronze- Milica Zabić Bronze- Idalys Ortiz Raz Hershko and Xu Shiyan lose their bronze medal bouts. Judo- Men’s +100kg Gold- Teddy Riner Silver- Rafael Silva Bronze- Lukas Krpalek Bronze- Temur Rakhimov Andy Cruz loses his bronze medal bout. Rowing- Men’s Pair Gold- Jaime Canalejo/Javier García Silver- Roman Röösli/Andrin Gulich Bronze- Marius Cozmiuc/Sergiu Bejan Oliver Wynne-Griffith/Thom George finish in fourth. Rowing- Women’s Pair Gold- Ymkje Clevering/Veronique Meester Silver- Iona Vrînceanu/Roxana Anghel Bronze- Jessica Morrison/Annabelle McIntyre Rowing- Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Gold- Fintan McCarthy/Paul O’Donovan Silver- Pietro Ruta/Stefano Oppo Bronze- Jan Schäuble/Raphaël Ahumada Rowing- Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Gold- Emily Craig/Imogen Grant Silver- Aoife Casey/Margaret Cremen Bronze- Laura Tarantola/Claire Bové Sailing- Men’s Windsurfing iQFOiL Gold- Sebastian Kördel Silver- Nicoló Renna Bronze- Luuc Van Opzeeland Sailing- Women’s Windsurfing iQFOiL Gold- Shahar Tibi (although there’s like 5 Israelis who could all make the team, so I’m not too sure she’ll even be representing them at Paris) Silver- Emma Wilson Bronze- Marta Maggetti Shooting- Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Gold- Nina Christen Silver- Jenny Stene Bronze- Zhang Qiongyue Swimming- Men’s 50m Freestyle Gold- Caleb Dressel Silver- Florent Manaudou Bronze- Cameron McEvoy Michael Andrew finishes just off the podium in fourth. Swimming- Women’s 200m Backstroke Gold- Kaylee McKeown Silver- Regan Smith Bronze- Phoebe Bacon Swimming- Men’s 200m Individual Medley Gold- Leon Marchand Silver- Duncan Scott Bronze- Wang Shun Tennis- Mixed Doubles Since this event is only at grand slams, it’s hard to determine who are the favourites. Gold- Laura Siegemund/Tim Pütz Silver- Maria Sakkari/Stefanos Tsitsipas Bronze- Joran Vliegen/Elise Mertens Tennis- Women’s Singles Bronze- Ons Jabeur Leylah Fernandez goes one step further than she did at RG 2022 by advancing to the semifinals, but loses in straight sets to Jabeur in the bronze medal match. Tennis- Men’s Doubles Bronze- Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic Tight three set battle against Rajeem Ram/Austin Krajicek. Trampoline Gymnastics- Men’s Individual Gold- Dylan Schmidt Silver- Ryusei Nishioka Bronze- Yan Langyu Trampoline Gymnastics- Women’s Individual Gold- Zhu Xueying Silver- Byrony Page Bronze- Hikaru Mori Medal Table After Day 7 15-6-9– 30 10-18-17-45 9-8-8– 25 8-9-9– 26 8-8-9– 25 8-7-7– 22 7-6-6– 19 6-2-1– 9 5-1-1– 7 5-0-3– 8 4-6-8– 18 3-3-7– 13 3-3-3– 9 3-2-3– 8 3-2-0– 5 2-4-2– 8 2-2-1– 5 2-1-3– 6 2-1-3– 6 2-1-1– 4 1-2-0– 3 1-1-1– 3 1-1-1– 3 1-1-1– 3 1-1-0– 2 1-0-2– 3 1-0-1– 2 1-0-1– 2 1-0-0– 1 1-0-0– 1 0-2-2– 4 0-2-1– 3 0-2-1– 3 0-1-3– 4 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 0-0-2– 2 0-0-2– 2 0-0-2– 2 0-1-1– 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

Men’s Gold Medal Match Perušić/Schweiner v. Åhman/Hellvig Men’s Bronze Medal Match Crabb/Brunner v. Bryl/Łosiak I’d be surprised if Poland doesn’t win their first World Championships medal here. Women’s Gold Medal Match Hughes/Cheng v. Duda/Ana Patricia Women’s Bronze Medal Match Kloth/Nuss v. Clancy/Mariafe

To be fair, none of your pairings were favoured in their matches. IMO only Carambula/Ranghieri (against Partain/Benesh) and Menegatti/Gottardi (against Hüberli/Brunner) had realistic chances to win. I wasn’t surprised to see Italy go 0-4.

has qualified their first athletes in handball (women’s tournament) at the African Women’s Handball Olympic Qualification Tournament

Men’s Semifinals Perušič/Schweiner v. Crabb/Brunner Åhman/Hellvig v. Bryl/Łosiak Women’s Semifinals Duda/Ana Patricia v. Clancy/Mariafe Hughes/Cheng v. Kloth/Nuss Mol/Sørum, Mel/Brandie, and Hüberli/Brunner all out on the same day Rooting against Hughes/Cheng for the remainder of the tournament, don’t like Cheng very much (Tokyo 2020 Olympics QF as a prime example). Same for Duda/AP, but to a lesser extent (Big fan of Duda, not so much AP). Ever since they partnered up Duda seems to have lost all her joy.

Jeffrey Whaley and Maxime Chalifour advance to the semifinals at the WC in Bazhong, China! (i believe it’s the first time for both??)

team.

Who do you think will partner with Scheenaard in double sculls?

Women’s team shouldn’t be a factor.

Men’s Quarterfinals Mol/Sørum v. Perušič/Schweiner Pedro/Guto v. Crabb/Brunner Bryl/Łosiak v. Partain/Benesh Boermans/de Groot v. Åhman/Hellvig Women’s Quarterfinals Duda/Ana Patricia v. Stam/Schoon Clancy/Mariafe v. Humana-Parades/Wilkerson Hughes/Cheng v. Tainá/Victória Hüberli/Betschart v. Kloth/Nuss

I’ll probably do this again about a month before the games, when teams start to get announced (and when form starts to actually matter). That being said; Day 6 (August 1, 2024) Artistic Gymnastics- Women’s Individual All Around Gold- Simone Biles Silver- Rebecca Andrade Bronze- Sunisa Lee Athletics- Men’s 20km Race Walk Gold- Massimo Stano Silver- Alvaro Martin Bronze- Toshikazu Yamanishi Evan Dunfee 4th (again) Athletics- Women’s 20km Race Walk Gold- Maria Perez Silver- Kimberly Garcia Leon Bronze- Qieyang Shijie Antonella Palmisano 4th. Canoe Slalom- Men’s K1 Gold- Jirí Prskavec (or Prindis/Krejci) Silver- Giovanni De Gennaro Bronze- Jakub Grigar Fencing- Women’s Team Foil Gold- Italy Silver- France Bronze- Japan Judo- Women’s -78kg Gold- Audrey Tcheuméo Silver- Inbar Lanir Bronze- Mayra Aguiar Bronze- Guusje Steenhuis Alice Bellandini, and Anna Marie Wagner both lose their bronze medal bouts and place 5th. Judo- Men’s -100kg Gold- Zelym Kotsoiev Silver- Peter Paltchik Bronze- Kyle Reyes Bronze- Illia Sulamanidze Unsure which category Kripaljek will compete in at Paris, maybe any Czech users on this forum can help? Rowing- Women’s Double Sculls Gold- Ancuta Bodnar/Simońa Radis Silver- Lisa Scheenaard/Nika Vos Bronze- Kristina Wagner/Sophia Vitas Rowing- Men’s Double Sculls Gold- Valentin Sinković/Martin Sinković Silver- Melvin Twellaar/Stef Broenink Bronze- Aleix García/Rodrigo Conde Rowing- Women’s Four Gold- Great Britain Silver- Netherlands Bronze- Australia Rowing- Men’s Four Gold- Great Britain Silver- United States Bronze- Netherlands Sailing- Men’s Skiff Gold- Bart Lambriex/Floris van de Werken Silver- Isaac McHardie/William McKenzie Bronze- Diego Botín/Floriàn Trittel Sailing- Women’s Skiff Gold- Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze Silver- Odile van Aanholt/Annette Duetz Bronze- Vilma Bobeck/Rebecca Netzler Third gold in a row for the Brazilian duo. Shooting- Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Gold- Petr Nymbursky Silver- Aishwary Tomar Bronze- Alexander Schmirl Jon-Hermann Hegg fourth. Swimming- Women’s 200m Butterfly Gold- Summer McIntosh Silver- Zhang Yufei Bronze- Regan Smith Lana Pudar 4th. Swimming- Men’s 200m Backstroke Gold- Hubert Kos Silver- Ryan Murphy Bronze- Luke Greenbank Swimming- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Gold- Australia Silver- United States Bronze- China Swimming- Women’s 200m Breastroke Gold- Tatjana Schoenmaker Silver- Lilly King Bronze- Kate Douglass Medal Table After Day 6 12-6-5– 23 9-16-15– 40 7-5-6– 18 7-4-8– 19 6-9-7– 22 6-5-5– 16 6-4-5– 15 5-0-3– 8 5-0-1– 6 4-2-1– 7 3-5-6– 14 3-2-3– 8 2-3-7– 12 2-2-3– 7 2-2-0– 4 2-1-3– 6 2-1-2– 5 2-1-0– 3 2-1-0– 3 1-3-1– 5 1-1-0– 2 1-1-0– 2 1-0-2– 3 1-0-1– 2 1-0-1– 2 1-0-0– 1 0-2-1– 3 0-2-0– 2 0-2-0– 2 0-1-3– 4 0-1-2– 3 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 0-0-2– 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

I’d be down for the inclusion of compound archery But don’t see the IOC removing skateboarding/artistic swimming from the Olympic programme. If artistic swimming does get axed though

Water skiing, lacrosse, breaking and baseball/softball.

Has there been a team announcement for Cuba yet?

Cuba Athletics: Liadagmis Povea and Leyanis Perez Hernandez (women’s triple jump), Luis Zayas (men’s high jump), Christian Nápoles and Lazaro Martínez (men’s triple jump), Yaime Perez (women’s discus throw), Maykel Masso and Juan Miguel Echevarría (men’s long jump) Boxing: Saidel Horta (men’s 57kg), Fernando Arzola (men’s 92kg), Roniel Iglesias (men’s 71kg), Erislandy Álvarez (men’s 63.5kg) Canoeing: Yarisleidis Duboys/Katherin Nuevo Segura (women’s c2 500m), Yarisleidis Duboys (women’s C1 200m), Fernando Jorge (men’s c1 1000m), Fernando Jorge/Serguey Torres (men’s c2 500m) Judo: Andy Granda (men’s +100kg) Shooting: Leuris Pupo (men’s 25m rapid fire pistol) Wrestling: Oscar Pino (men’s greco roman 130kg), Luis Orta (men’s greco roman 67kg), Gabriel Rosillo (men’s greco roman 97kg) Quick question, has Mijaín Lopez retired? Or is he injured? If still competing, then replacing him with Pino.

Women’s Round of 16 Duda/Ana Patricia v. Xue/Xia Cannon/Kraft v. Stam/Schoon Clancy/Mariafe v. Menegatti/Gottardi Bobner/Vergé Dépré v. Humana-Parades/Wilkerson Hughes/Cheng v. Samoilova/Graudina Müller/Tillmann v. Tainá/Victória Hüberli/Betschart v. Scoles/Flint Ágatha/Rebecca v. Kloth/Nuss Men’s Round of 16 Mol/Sørum v. Nicolai/Cottafava Lupo/Rossi v. Perušič/Schweiner Pedro/Guto v. Evandro/Arthur Hodges/Schubert v. Crabb/Brunner Carambula/Ranghieri v. Partain/Benesh Bryl/Łosiak v. Ehlers/Wickler Immers/Van de Velde () v. Boermans/De Groot Brouwer/Meeuwsen v. Åhman/Hellvig

Extremely bored (yet again), so I decided to do a day by day preview for Canada’s medal chances at Paris! If I’m missing anything, let me know. Day 1 (July 27)- Pamela Ware/Mia Vallee (diving- women’s 3m springboard), Summer McIntosh (swimming- women’s 400m freestyle) and our women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Day 2 (July 28)- Maggie MacNeil (swimming- women’s 100m butterfly), and maybe Eleanor Harvey?? (fencing-women’s foil) Day 3 (July 29) - Arthur Margelidon (judo- men’s 73kg), Rylan Wiens/Nathan Zsombor-Murray (diving- men’s 10m synchro platform), Summer McIntosh (swimming- women’s 400m IM), Christa Deguchi (judo- women’s 57kg), and if Penny Oleksiak can find her Rio 2016/ Tokyo 2020 form coming back from surgery (swimming- women’s 200m freestyle) Day 4 (July 30) - Francois Gauthier Drapeau (judo- men’s 81kg), Catherine Beauchemin Pinard (judo- women’s 63kg), Kylie Masse (swimming- women’s 100m backstroke) Kylie Masse has had a rough year, but you can never count her out during the Olympics. Day 5 (July 31)- Penny Oleksiak (swimming- women’s 100m freestyle), Illya Kharun (swimming- men’s 200m butterfly), Josh Liendo (swimming- men’s 100m freestyle) Day 6 (August 1) - Kyle Reyes (judo- men’s -100kg), Evan Dunfee (athletics- men’s 20km race walk), Summer McIntosh (swimming- women’s 200m butterfly), and our women’s 4x200m freestyle relay. Day 7 (August 2) - Mo Ahmed (athletics-men’s 10,000m), Josh Liendo (swimming- men’s 50m freestyle), Kylie Masse (swimming- women’s 200m backstroke), Sophiane Methot (trampoline gymnastics- women’s individual), Jill Moffatt/Jenny Casson (rowing- women’s lightweight double sculls) Day 8 (August 3) - Ellie Black (artistic gymnastics- women’s apparatus finals), Pierce LePage and Damian Warner (athletics- men’s decathlon), Josh Liendo (swimming- men’s 100m butterfly), Summer McIntosh (swimming- women’s 200m IM), and our women’s eights. Day 9 (August 4) - Ellie Black (artistic gymnastics- women’s apparatus finals), Ethan Katzberg (athletics- men’s hammer throw), Andre DeGrasse (athletics- men’s 100m), and our women’s 4x100m medley relay. Day 10 (August 5) - Ellie Black (artistic gymnastics- women’s apparatus finals), and our women’s 3x3 team. Day 11 (August 6) - Camryn Rogers (athletics- women’s hammer throw), Sarah Douglas (sailing- women’s dinghy), Caeli McKay (diving- women’s 10m platform) Day 12 (August 7) - Literally nothing. Day 13 (August 8) - Katie Vincent/Sophia Jensen (canoe sprint- women’s C2-500m), Andre DeGrasse (athletics- men’s 200m), Skylar Park (taekwondo- women’s 57kg), Kelsey Mitchell/Lauraine Genest (track cycling- women’s keirin), Maude Charron (weightlifting- women’s 59kg), Ana Godinez (wrestling- women’s 53kg) Day 14 (August 9) - Sarah Mitton (athletics- women’s shot put), men’s 4x100m relay, Charlie Cavanaugh (boxing- women’s 66kg), Katie Vincent (canoe sprint- women’s C1 200m), Pamela Ware and Mia Vallee (diving- women’s 3m springboard) Day 15 (August 10) - Cam Levins (athletics- men’s marathon), Mo Ahmed (athletics- men’s 5000m), Marco Arop (athletics- men’s 800m), women’s 4x400m relay, men’s basketball team, Philip Kim (breaking- B-Boys), Tammara Thibeault (boxing- women’s 76kg), Karla Godinez (wrestling- women’s 62kg) Day 16 (August 11) - Women’s basketball team, Kelsey Mitchell and Lauriane Genest (track cycling- women’s sprint), Justina Di Stasio (wrestling- women’s 76kg) Left out tennis, right now Canada isn’t in the best state, although the Olympics do tend to have some surprise medalists. Best chance would IMO be Dabrowski/Fernandez in women’s doubles, but don’t see it happening. FAA (not this version), Fernandez (not this version either), and a fully healthy Andresscu should all have chances though. Women’s football medal matches take place from August 9 (BMM) to 10 (GMM). Women’s beach volleyball medal matches take place on either August 9 or 10, dates are still TBD.

Women’s singles (tennis) at the Olympics always produces surprise medalists, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see Swiatek off the podium next year.