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Something I DEFINITELY did not expect. Brandie/MHP would obviously be the best chance at a medal for Team Canada, but with how her and Sophie were doing this season I’m kind of shocked.

Was one of my favourite winter athletes. Am sad to see her go, but glad she can retire with an excellent career in the books, including the 2014 Olympics gold medal, and the 2018 Olympics silver medal.

Still can’t believe we haven’t secured an Olympic quota yet, in any events/sports.

My top 10: 1. Athletics 2. Tennis 3. Beach Volleyball 4. Swimming 5. 3X3 Basketball 6. Basketball 7. Badminton 8. Judo 9. Football 10. Rowing Track cycling just misses the list, at eleven. Men’s 100m is one of my favourite events in the Olympics. The only Olympic sport I hate is breaking. It’s so hard though making this list because, like @phelps I too feel like I am doing some sports injustice.

Justina di Stasio started off on a high, on the final day of the women's 76kg freestyle, winning her first repecharge match against Austria's Martina Kuenz 3-3, but ultimately finishes just short of a medal, losing her bronze medal match against Estonia's Epp Mae by a score of 1-2, to finish 5th at the 2022 World Wresting Championships. The day before, she lost 1-3 to Egypt's Samar Amer in the Round Of 16. A great performance by her. Meanwhile, in the women's 68kg category, Linda Morais overcame a QF loss to Japan's Ama Ishii to win her third* world championship medal, winning her first repecharge match 1-0 against France's Pauline Lecarpentier, and ultimately ending her day with a second repecharge match won 4F - 4 against India's Nisha Dahiya

My very optimistic predictions: Gymnastics- Women's Trampoline- Gold- Rosie MacLennan Gymnastics- Women's Balance Beam- Bronze- Ellie Black Fencing- Women's Foil- Gold- Eleanor Harvey Fencing- Women's Team Foil- Bronze Diving- Women's 3m- Bronze- Mia Valee Diving- Women's 3m Syncro- Silver- Melissa Citrini/Mia Valee Diving- Men's 10m Syncro- Bronze- Rylan Wiens/Nathan Zsombor Murray Athletics- Women's Hammer Throw- Bronze- Camryn Rogers Athetics- Men's 5000m- Bronze- Mo Ahmed Athletics- Women's Shot Put- Silver- Sarah Mitton Canoeing- Women's K1 200m- Silver- Katie Vincent Athletics- Men's 4x100m- Gold- Andre DeGrasse/Brendan Rodney/Jerome Blake/Aaron Brown Athletics- Men's 200m- Silver- Andre DeGrasse Boxing- Women's 75kg- Gold- Tammara Thibeault Sailing- Women's Laser Radial- Bronze- Sarah Douglas Athletics- Men's Decathlon- Gold- Damian Warner Basketball- Women's 3x3 Team- Silver- Michelle Plouffe/Katherine Plouffe/Paige Crozon/Kacie Bosch Judo- Women's 57kg- Gold- Jessica Klimkait Wrestling- Women's 62kg- Bronze- Ana Godinez Swimming- Women's 100m Butterfly- Silver- Maggie MacNeil Basketball- Men's Team- Bronze Swimming- Women's 400m Individual Medley- Gold- Summer McIntosh Swimming- Women's 200m Individual Medley- Gold- Summer McIntosh Swimming- Women's 200m Freestyle- Gold- Summer McIntosh Swimming- Women's 100m Freestyle- Bronze- Penny Oleksiak Swimming- Women's 100m Backstroke- Gold- Kylie Masse Swimming- Women's 400m Freestyle- Gold- Summer McIntosh Swimming- Women's 4x100m Freestyle- Bronze Swimming- Women's 4x200m Freestyle- Bronze Athletics- Men's 800m- Silver- Marco Arop Breaking- BBoys- Bronze- Phil Wizard (But frankly, I don't care) Beach Volleyball- Women's Tournament-Bronze- Sophie Bukovec/Brandie Wilkerson Judo- Men's 100kg- Silver- Shady El Nahas Taekwondo- Women's 57kg- Bronze- Skylar Park Tennis- Men's Tournament- Silver- Felix Auger-Aliassime Swimming- Men's 100m Freestyle/Men's 100m Butterfly- Bronze- Josh Liendo Notable absentees: Lauraine Genest, Tyler Mislawchuk, Kelsey Mitchell, Women's Basketball Team, Women's Soccer Team, Brooke Henderson, Corey Conners, Catherine Beauchemin Pinard, Arthur Margelidon, Antoine Valois Fotier, Maude Charron, Boady Santavy, Ericka Wiebe, Justina Di Stasio, Pierce LePage, Derek Drouin, Hugo Houle, Michael Woods, Charlie Cavanaugh

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Karla Godinez wins the first Canadian medal of the 2022 World Wrestling Championships winning the bronze medal match 6-2 over Moldova's Mariana Dragutan. Her first ever World Championships medal. Her sister Ana Godinez finished just shy of the podium, losing the bronze medal match 3-4 against China's Luo Xiaojuan.

Retired Canadian Olympic Bobsleigh Champion Justin Kripps joins the national team as a coach

Ahmed not on the 5000m entry list damn you Grant Fisher if you didn't do so good last week he would be here in Zurich right now. Lovett, Mitton, De Grasse, Arop and Brown will be our other athletes competing in Zurich. They seemed to think hammer throw wasn't important enough I guess, otherwise Camryn Rogers would be competing as well.

Canada's 3x3 Women's Basketball Team of Michelle Plouffe, Paige Crozon, Kacie Bosch and Katherine Plouffe defeat U24, 19-18 during the Montreal stop of the FIBA 3x3 tour, to win their third title of the season. Michelle Plouffe's play during this tournament, has guaranteed her spot of the number one ranked women's 3x3 athlete. Paige Crozon, is currently ranked third. Katherine Plouffe is currently ranked sixth. Kacie Bosch is currently ranked 7th. Their season ending stop is at the finals in Constana, Romania on September 17-18. Best eight teams will be there, and Canada is considered to be one of the favorites. Matches live streamed here https://www.youtube.com/c/fiba3x3 Edit: Also currently ranked the number one team in the world

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Dream Programme Aquatics - Artistic Swimming [5] Women's Duet (w) Women's Team (w) Women's Solo (w) Mixed Duet (m/w) Men's Solo (m) Aquatics - Diving [15] 3m springboard (m/w) 10m Platform (m/w) 20m Platform (m/w) Synchronised 3m Springboard (m/w/mixed) Synchronised 10m Platform (m/w/mixed) Sycronised 20m Platform (m/w/mixed) Aquatics - Swimming [46] 50m Freestyle (m/w) 100m Freestyle (m/w) 200m Freestyle (m/w) 400m Freestyle (m/w) 800m Freestyle (m/w) 1500m Freestyle (m/w) 4x100m Freestyle Relay (m/w/mixed) 4x200m Freestyle Relay (m/w/mixed) 50m Breastroke (m/w) 100m Breaststroke (m/w) 200m Breaststroke (m/w) 50m Butterfly (m/w) 100m Butterfly (m/w) 200m Butterfly (m/w) 100m Backstroke (m/w) 200m Backstroke (m/w) 200m Individual Medley (m/w) 400m Individual Medley (m/w) 4x100m Medley Relay (m/w/mixed) 4x200m Medley Relay (m/w/mixed) 10km Open Water (m/w) Aquatics - Water Polo [2] Tournament (m/w) Archery [10]- Individual Recurve (m/w) Individual Compound (m/w) Team Compound (m/w/mixed) Team Recurve (m/w/mixed) Athletics [57] - 60m (m/w) 100m (m/w) 200m (m/w) 400m (m/w) 800m (m/w) 1500m (m/w) 5000m (m/w) 10,000m (m/w) 60m Hurdles (m/w) 110m/100m Hurdles (m/w) 400m Hurdles (m/w) 3000m Steeplechase (m/w) 4x100m Relay (m/w/mixed) 4x400m Relay (m/w/mixed) Marathon (m/w) 20km Race Walk (m/w) 35km Team Race Walk (mixed) 35k Race Walk (m/w) 50km Race Walk (m/w) Long Jump (m/w) Triple Jump (m/w) High Jump (m/w) Pole Vault (m/w) Shot Put (m/w) Discus Throw (m/w) Javelin Throw (m/w) Hammer Throw (m/w) Heptathlon (w) Decathlon (m) Badminton [5] Singles (m/w) Doubles (m/w/mixed) Baseball/Softball [2] (sport added) Tournament (m/w) Basketball [4] 3x3 Tournament (m/w) Tournament (m/w) Breaking [2] (sport removed) B-Boys (m) B-Girls (w) Boxing [13] TBD Men's weights TBD Women's weights Canoeing - Slalom [6] K-1 (m/w) C-1 (m/w) Extreme (m/w) Canoeing - Sprint [10] - (K-1 500m changed to K-1 200m) K-1 200m (w) K-1 1000m (m) K-2 500m (m/w) K-4 500m (m/w) C-1 200m (w) C-1 1000m (m) C-2 500m (m/w) Cricket [2] (sport added) Tournament (m/w) Cycling - BMX [4] BMX Race (m/w) Park (m/w) Cycling - Mountain Bike [2] Men's/Women's Race (m/w) Cycling - Road [4] Road Race (m/w) Time Trial (m/w) Cycling - Track [12] Individual Sprint (m/w) Team Sprint (m/w) Team Pursuit (m/w) Keirin (m/w) Omnium (m/w) Madison (m/w) Equestrian [6] Individual Dressage (mixed) Team Dressage (mixed) Individual Jumping (mixed) Team Jumping (mixed) Individual Eventing (mixed) Team Eventing (mixed) Fencing [12] Individual Foil (m/w) Team Foil (m/w) Individual Épée (m/w) Team Épée (m/w) Individual Sabre (m/w) Team Sabre (m/w) Field Hockey [2] Tournament (m/w) Football [2] U-23 Tournament (m/w) Golf [2] Individual Stroke Play (m/w) Gymnastics - Artistic [15] Individual All-Around (m/w) Team All-Around (m/w/mixed) Floor (m/w) Vault (m/w) Pommel Horse (m) Rings (m) Parallel Bars (m) Horizontal Bar (m) Balance Beam (w) Uneven Bars (w) Gymnastics - Rhythmic [2] Individual All-Around (w) Group All-Around (w) Gymnastics - Trampoline [2] Individual (m/w) Handball [2] Tournament (m/w) Judo [15] 7 Men's weights 7 Women's weights Team Event (mixed) Karate [8] (sport added) TBD weightclasses (m/w) Kickboxing [8] (sport added) TBD weightclasses (m/w) Lacrosse [2] (sport added) Tournament (m/w) Modern Pentathlon [2] (sport removed) Individual (m/w) Pickleball [5] (sport added) Singles (m/w) Doubles (m/w/mixed) Rollersport [2] (sport added) Inline (m/w) Rowing [16] Single Sculls (m/w) Double Sculls (m/w) Lightweight Single Sculls (m/w) Lightweight Double Sculls (m/w) Quadruple Sculls (m/w) Pairs (m/w) Fours (m/w) Eights (m/w) Rugby Sevens [2] Tournament (m/w) Sailing [10] 49er (m) 49er FX (w) ILCA 6 (w) ILCA 7 (m) iQ Foil (m/w) Kiteboarding (m/w) 470 (mixed) Nacra 17 (mixed) Shooting [16] 10m Air Rifle (m/w/mixed team) 50m Rifle 3 Positions (m/w) 10m Air Pistol (m/w/mixed team) 25m Pistol (w) 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (m) Trap (m/w/mixed team) Skeet (m/w/mixed team) Skateboarding [3] Park (m/w) Street (m/w) Sport Climbing [6] Bouldering (m/w) Lead (m/w) Boulder and lead combined (m/w) Speed (m/w) Squash [5] (sport added) Singles (m/w) Doubles (m/w/mixed) Surfing [2] Shortboard (m/w) Table Tennis [5] Singles (m/w) Doubles (mixed) Team (m/w) Taekwondo [8] TBD weightclasses (m/w) Teqball [7] (sport added) Singles (m/w) Doubles (m/w/mixed) Team (m/w) Tennis [5] Singles (m/w) Doubles (m/w/mixed) Triathlon [3] Individual Race (m/w) Mixed Team Relay (mixed) Ultimate [2] (sport added) Tournament (m/w) Volleyball - Beach [2] Tournament (m/w) Volleyball - Indoor [2] Tournament (m/w) Volleyball - Water [2] (sport added) Tournament (m/w) Weightlifting [10] 5 Men's weights 5 Women's weights Wrestling [18] 6 Men's Freestyle weights 6 Men's Greco-Roman weights 6 Women's Freestyle weights Here's a list, for the rest of the sports/events, that I may want added in the future Beach Handball Water skiing Flag Football Wakeboarding Sambo Ju Jitsu Motorsport Pelota Wushu Additional Sailing Medal Events Additional Surfing Medal Events Additional Skateboarding Medal Events Would remove breaking, and modern pentathlon from the Olympic programme. Total medal events: 408 in 40 sports Days of competition: 19 (including Day -2, Day -1 and Day 0 before the Opening Ceremony)

Skylar Park has been having a really good year so far. Could be a strong medal contender come Paris.

Total number of medals, and which athletes will be winning them in which event.

There's most likely going to be an increase, but by how many? And who would you predict to win medals?

You certainly will

Archery- 1-2 athletes Artistic Swimming Full team of 8 athletes Athletics 60- 65 athletes Basketball The Men's Basketball Team, and Women's Basketball Team will almost certainly make it to the Paris Olympics. We should qualify our Women's 3x3 Team as well, barring any issues. 28 athletes Badminton Probably will qualify an entry for (Men's Singles, Women's Singles, and Women's Doubles). 4 athletes Beach Volleyball Full quota in the women's tournament, and possibly one quota in the men's tournament 4-6 athletes Boxing 6 athletes Breaking Don't know, and don't care. If we were to qualify it would be in the men's event. 0-1 athletes Canoe-Sprint 12-16 athletes Canoe-Slalom Full team, so four athletes. Cycling-Road 6 athletes, three male and three female. Cycling-Track 10-14 athletes Cycling- BMX 2-3 athletes Cycling- Mountain Biking Athletes will probably qualify for cross-country racing, two in the women's event, and two potentially in the men's event 2-4 athletes Diving Full team, four male, and six female. 10 athletes Equestrian 2 athletes Fencing Two men competing in foil, three women competing in foil, and one women competing in epee Field Hockey Women's Team, and there's a slight chance the men's team can qualify too but frankly don't see that happening. 16 athletes Football Women's Team will most likely qualify, it would take a massive upset happening for them to not beat Jamaica 18 athletes Golf 2 males, and 2 females probably. 4 athletes Gymnastics- Artistic We should qualify a women's team, and bold prediction but I think we will qualify three male athletes 7 athletes Gymnastics- Rhythmic With luck maybe, but yeah nope. 0 athletes Gymnastics- Trampoline 1 athlete Handball We won't qualify any teams here. Judo Anywhere from 7-9 athletes would be a safe bet Rowing 25-27 athletes Rugby 7's Expecting both the men's and women's teams will qualify 26 athletes Sailing 5 men, and five women. 10 athletes Shooting One quota in women's trap, with an outside shot at one more in the women's air pistol events. 1/2 athletes Skateboarding Two athletes in men's street, one athlete in men's park. 3 athletes Sport Climbing Sean McColl, and Alannah Yip will qualify. Both should compete in the combined event. 2 athletes Swimming 28-30 athletes Surfing Our Olympic debut in this sport actually. I predict two male, and two female. 4 athletes Table Tennis We should have an entry for women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles. Mo and Wang should qualify, and maybe Jeremy Hazin will too. Taekwondo 5 athletes Tennis Fernandez, Andresscu, Fichman, Dabrowski, Auger- Aliassime and Shapovalov should all qualify. Bouchard, Raonic and Pospisil are wildcards. 6-9 athletes Triathlon Probably will qualify two male, and two female. 4 athletes Volleyball I could very well see both teams not qualifying, but at the same time could very well see both qualifying. I'm struggling with this one, but I'm gonna be optimistic and say both teams will book their ticket to Paris. 24 athletes Weightlifting 2-4 athletes Wrestling 6-8 athletes Waterpolo Our Women (Currently ranked #6), will almost certainly make it. Men will probably not make it, but there's always a chance 12 athletes

Team Canada Paris 2024 Predictions Team Size (Optimistic, Realistic, Pessimistic)- 430/410/380 - Archery: Hopefully at least one Artistic Swimming: As we've qualified for every single Artistic Swimming event, ever since it was introduced in the 1984 Olympics I think it would be a safe bet to say we qualify a full team of ten athletes. Athletics: Around 60 athletes 3x3 Basketball: 4 athletes (Women's Team) Basketball: Most likely going to qualify both the men's and women's teams Beach Volleyball: One men's pair and two women's pairs Breaking: LOL -0 athletes Badminton: Michelle Li will almost definitely qualify in the women's singles event. Honderich/Tsai will qualify in the women's doubles. Brian Yang in the men's singles. I'm going to predict a decrease in athletes as I think we will not qualify a Mixed Doubles team, or a Men's Doubles Team. -4 athletes Boxing: Tammara Thibeault , Caroline Veyre and Myriam Da Silva will all qualify. -3 athletes Cycling- Road: Hugo Houle in both road race and time trial. Michael Woods in road race. Pier-André Côté in road race and time trial. Leah Kirchmann in road and time trial. Karol Ann Canuel in road and time trial. Alison Jackson in road race. Houle and Woods could content for medals. -6 athletes Cycling- Track: Kelsey Mitchell should qualify in both sprint and keirin. Sarah Orban should make her Olympic debut. Erin Atwell maybe. Nick Wammes will be the only male track cyclist competing at Paris and should qualify in both sprint and keirin. Lauraine Genest should qualify in both sprint and keirin. Allison Beveridge should qualify in womens omnium. We should qualify a full team (4) in the Women's Team Pursuit. We should qualify a full team (4) in the Men's Team Pursuit, and in the men's madison (2) but it's not a guarentee. Kelsey Mitchell (2020 Olympic Champion) and Lauraine Genest (2020 Olympic Bronze) are the main medal contenders. -13 athletes Cycling- Mountain Biking: Only expecting three athletes here, Catherine Pendrel and Emily Batty in the Women's Event, and Peter Disera in the Men's Event. Both the females could contend for a medal. -3 athletes Cycling- BMX: Tory Nyhaug in the men's race, and Drew Mechielsen in the women's event -2 athletes