Josh

Wow! What a finish by Canada to take the bronze in the K2!  

Good news for Canada, no United States in women’s team epee! Maybe this time we’ll finally win a team fencing gold medal (but knowing our luck the past few days, probably not)

Bronze for Connor Fitzpatrick in men’s C1 1000m!

Speed Skating broadcast without graphics, which for a time trial event, isn’t great 

Beijing 2022 gold medalist Erin Jackson  gets a bronze medal in speed skating. Nice to see her having a go at inline skating once again.

Team won 4 medals during the day 14 of the competition, including the 5th gold. In total Ecuador reached the targeted barrier of 30 medals.
 
 
PS: Yesterdays medals were dedicated to the very popular teammate and fellow great athlete and Paris 2024 hopeful Surfer Israel Barona who tragically passed away at his 34.
 
 
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Medals of the Day
 
Lucia Yepez,
Freestyle Wrestling W -53kg Gold
 
Valeria Echever,
Karate W Kumite +68kg Silver
 
Jeremy Peralta,
Greco-Roman Wrestling M -60kg Bronze
Genesis Reasco,
Freestyle Wrestling W -76kg Bronze
 



 
 

I don't think the USA is eligible to qualify a quota at the Pan American Games. They can qualify a second person from the World Series

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Bronze Medal Match
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has qualified their first athlete in sailing (men’s formula kite) via Tiger Tyson at the Pan American Games!

has qualified their first athlete in sailing (men’s iQFoil) via Ethan Westera at the Pan American Games! 

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Bronze Medal Match
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and  through to the gold medal match, while  and  will play for bronze. 

and  through to the gold medal match, while  and  will play for bronze. 

Gold Medal Match
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Bronze Medal Match
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For me Oceania should have direct quota if minimum 3 countries fighting. If not reallocation.

Why did they give two quotas in the 50m rifle 3 positions to Oceania? Would it have been the end of the world if it went to Europe or even Asia?

10 M Rifle M
10 M Rifle W
 
10 M Pistol M
10 M Pistol W
 
 
25 M Pistol W
 
Skeet M
Skeet W
 
 

Aryna Sabalenka beats Elena Rybakina in three sets and advances into SF alongside Jessica Pegula.
 
Looks like Świątek vs Sabalenka SF for the YEC #1 (Iga needs to win the whole tournament though).
 
The weather has been a joke with the wind & rain and well, WTA gets rightfully blasted for the terrible YEC schedule for the second year running after the Fort Worth ghost town last season.

Men's 49er quotas:
 Hernán Umpierre/Fernando Diz
 William Jones/Justin Barnes

Men's Windsurfing quotas:
 Ethan Westera
 Francisco Saubidet Birkner
 
 
Women's Windsurfing quotas:
 Dominique Stater
 Chiara Ferretti

Men's Kite quotas:
 Tiger Tyson
 Victor Bolaños Lopez
 
 
Women's Kite quotas:
 Catalina Turienzo
 Emily Bugeja

Irene Schouten and the rest of her teammates have decided to skip the first World Cup in Japan, because it doesn't fit in their schedule. As always, speed skating is the winter sport where the World Cup is by far the least valuable of all, I've been watching it since before I could walk and watch all the World Cups and important championships and still have no clue who actually wins the overall World Cups or something during the season  

Nielsen's Gracenote Virtual Medal Table - October 2023 
 
 
Gracenote have released their updated VMT as at the end of October:
 
NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total Change Since Last Release 38 44 45 127 Up 1 medal overall with 3 additional golds 31 20 24 75 No change in total medal number. 2 additional golds with 2 less bronze 27 17 11 53 Down 5 medals overall. Gold medals drop by 4. Silver medals are up 1 and bronze medals down by 2. 17 22 26 65 Total remains the same, but gold medals drop by 1 and silvers drop by 2. 16 9 13 38 No change to total medals but gold medals are up by 2. 15 17 17 49 Total remains the same - gold and silver medals both down by 1. 15 15 26 56 Gains 1 medal overall. Projected to win an additional 3 gold medals. 13 15 20 48 No change to total medal total. Gold medals drop by 1 whilst silver drops by 3. 10 14 13 37 Projected to win 5 additional medals overall including 1 additional gold medal and 2 silvers. 7 7 9 23 No change to the overall number of medals but projection drops 3 gold medals down to silver  
Since the initial release in July, both  and  have shed 5 gold medals, whilst  have picked up 5 golds.  are up 2 golds since July whilst  are up 3. 
 
Bracing myself for the potential backlash... but  gold medals are dwindling away - down 7 since July. 
 

qualified for the Olympics
 
 will have a second chance at the OQT

has qualified their first athlete in sailing (men’s formula kite) via Tiger Tyson at the Pan American Games!