Josh

They try to win thanks the jury, but they didn't. Not Chinese gold in diving 

Seeing as nobody's been mentioning it...  
 
Women's High Diving
 
Gold: Rhiannan Iffland  
Silver: Molly Carlson  
Bronze: Jessica Macaulay  
 
Men's High Diving
 
Gold: Constantin Popovici  
Silver: Cătălin Preda  
Bronze: Gary Hunt  

WP is safe because it's part of FINA. If it had it's own federation (like some WP enthousiasts wish for), it would be the one to go.

however, Modern Pentathlon won't exist anymore after Paris
 
changing one of the five disciplines means that we'll have a new sport...it should change also its name (Futuristic Pentathlon, for instance...or Loughable Pentathlon ) 

and this is what? remodelling quota places following your own taste...

I can tell you what happened and what's happening in Karate, which had its one-hit appearance in Tokyo
 
it used to be a sport dominated by the same 5/6 Countries, with very few exceptions in the global events' medal tables despite a very high number of participants
 
when it became an Olympic sport, the number of participants to every event and the number of competitive Nations started to grow immediately, reaching unexpected levels and becoming one of the most well spread sports in the world, also in the number of Countries capable of winning global medals
 
in the last 2 years, after the Olympic dream was killed, we're getting back to the old situations, with always less participants to the global tournaments and medals being won mainly by the good old powerhouses, which regained their status thanks to the many athletes and Nations that suddenly disappeared from the world scene after they lost motivation and funding once the Olympic status had gone
 
therefore, a one-shot (or even a 2-shot) appearance won't be enough to consolidate the sport outside the usual borders...it takes a lot more time and chances for the newcomers to establish the game in their places

I mean, I have no problem with people expressing their own desires and even being biased towards some sports...I'm also in that category for sure 
 
I just want people to understand that our wishes are just our wishes and IOC works in a certain way, which means that most of our desires are set to remain just desires 
 
p.s. not dropping any historical sport would be one of the main points of my personal agenda, if only I could be the IOC president for a day 
 

Far from lowering costs, football is a HUGE revenue generator for the Olympics. All stadia are already there and ticket sales far, far exceed any costs associated with staging the games  
 
Its not going anywhere 

Very talented team, they sacrificed u19 to win this at home. Topić in my opinion should have played for u19 team, but it's nice to win something at least. Bošnjaković who is one year younger has played terrific final as well, he's a Real Madrid player. 

@nenad
 
 

men's Team Epee
 
Gold:  Italy
Silver:  France
Bronze:  Venezuela
 
Semifinals
 
Italy b. Venezuela  35-23
France b. South Korea  45-28
 
Bronze Medal Match
 
Venezuela b. South Korea  45-41
 
Gold Medal Match
 
Italy b. France  45-32
 
Full Ranking & Results
https://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/2986-2022/results/

women's Team Foil
 
Gold:  Italy
Silver:  France
Bronze:  Japan
 
Semifinals
 
Italy b. Japan  43-30
France b. USA  45-42
 
Bronze Medal Match
 
Japan b. USA  45-34
 
Gold Medal Match
 
Italy b. France  45-39
 
Full Ranking & Results
https://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/2985-2022/results/

Men's Epee Olympic ranking before the final 4 World Cup events
 
1.   193 pts - World 1
2.   172 pts - World 2
3.   168 pts - World 3
4.   164 pts - World 4
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5.   160 pts - Europe
6.   152 pts - Asia
7.   142 pts
8.   138 pts - Africa
9.   105 pts
10.   104 pts
11.   104 pts
12.   103 pts - America
13.   92 pts
14.   91 pts
15.   88 pts
16.   79 pts
17.   78 pts
 
Women's foil Olympic ranking before the final 3 World Cup events
 
1.   296 pts - World 1
2.   256 pts - World 2
3.   228 pts - World 3
4.   216 pts - World 4
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5.   182 pts - America
6.   209 pts - Asia
7.   154 pts - Europe
8.   148 pts
9.   130 pts
10.   126 pts
11.   123 pts
12.   122 pts
13.   116 pts
14.   107 pts
15.   100 pts - Africa
16.   97 pts
17.   72 pts

women's Team Sabre, Semifinals
 
 vs  
 vs  

Kharlan does it!  b.  45-44
 
 and  also through to the semis

in semifinal of the women's team sabre (45-35 win vs )
 
 are struggling badly vs ...40-39 before the last assault (where  have Kharlan)

yes, it's the top 4 overall and then the best from every Continent (Asia and Oceania are to be considered a single entity, even if Oceania actually doesn't count anything in Fencing)
 
p.s. to qualify as a continental quota, a team must be within the top 16 of the world ranking
 
the tournaments counting for the Olympic qualification are the world championships (with major points), the continental championships (already contested...for Europe it was the EGs in Poland one month ago) and 5 selected world cup tournaments
 
in most weapons there are 4 world cup tournaments left (the season should start in November, the OQP will end next April), women's Foil has only 3 events left, if I remember well
 
the world cup points are 64 for a win, 52 for the second place, 40 for bronze, 36 for 4th place, 32/30/28/26 for places from 5th through 8th and 26 to 18 (down one by one) from 9th through 16th place, 8 for all the teams not making the top 16, 0 if you get black carded (DSQ) in a tournament and/or if you don't participate
 
 (and all the other European teams) have to hope than the 3 European "big names" make the top 4 of the ranking at the end of the OQP to earn the continental spot...it highly likely that's gonna happen, therefore good luck for the battle vs  and  (they're still the favourites to take the European quota imho, even if they missed out badly at the world champs -that's why they're so low in the standings)

Italian men have decided to turn today into a complete catastrophe.

I must say, before the finals, that Hungarian fencing did well this year at the Worlds. 4 medals and at least 2 gold medals. Couldn't have asked for more. I mean, we had other chances, but I can't demand perfection, even the strongest nations had their disappointments. This is one of our best performance in the past few decades. I can only hope that we can have a similarly good competition one year from now in Paris. 

Unbelievable, after a very mediocre season the sabre girls get their shit together when it matters the most and they are in the Worlds final again! 
 
Didn't see this medal coming at all. 

Men's foil Olympic ranking before the SFs and the 5-8th placement matches
 
1.   200 pts - World 1 (Top4)
2.   172 pts - World 2 (Top4)
3.   168 pts - World 3 (5-8th)
4.   144 pts - World 4 (5-8th)
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5.   140 pts - Africa
6.   138 pts - Asia (Top4)
7.   136 pts (5-8th)
8.   136 pts (Top4)
9.   112 pts - Europe (5-8th)
10.   109 pts
11.   97 pts
12.   94 pts
13.   91 pts
14.   90 pts - America
15.   84 pts
16.   84 pts
17.   84 pts

what a shame!
 
the saddest end of the championship we could ever think of
 
Garozzo is totally boiled
 
and it's also a brawl between the coaches!  
 
by the way, very unsportsmanlike behaviour by  coaches and also very provocative behaviour by Cheung Ka Long on the last hit  

Marini was outclasses 13-4 by Choi 
 
now  lead 40-39 before the last assault 

Women's sabre olympic ranking before the SFs and 5-8th placement matches.
 
1.   168 pts - World 1 (5-8th)
2.   166 pts - World 2 (Top4)
3.   161 pts - World 3 (Top4)
4.   161 pts - World 4 (Top4)
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5.   140 pts - Europe (Top4)
6.   136 pts - World 5
7.   124 pts - Asia (5-8th)
8.   116 pts 
9.   114 pts
10.   108 pts (5-8th)
11.   104 pts
12.   101 pts (5-8th)
13.   100 pts - Africa
14.   95 pts
15.   86 pts
16.   77 pts
17.   75 pts
...
23.   56 pts

Kinda sad that we didn't get a  v  final, would have been one for the ages. Men's foil turning into a table tennis event.