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At least 10 dead and 15 injured in a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan, Canada https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/rcmp-say-10-dead-15-injured-in-stabbings-in-saskatchewan-1.6055256

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127660/nzubechi-grace-nwokocha Another Nigerian doping fail

Yea, imagine if a few could compete with the big 2

YEa water ski is likely gone too imo. Surprisingly it made the first cut for Santiago 2023, but I guess that's because Chile is one of the better ones in the sport.

For 2027: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127630/sports-programme-plans-barranquilla-2027 Predicting: Squash, racquetball, bowling and basque pelota out for sure plus one more

Top 7 teams will qualify for the 2023 Pan Am Games.

Skylar Park won silver at the Taekwondo Grand Prix in Paris. She defeated Lo Chia-ling on the way to the silver medal. Lo defeated Park in Tokyo and was one of the bronze medalists there

Canada Artistic Swimming: Full team should qualify through the last chance tournament, sadly it seems the USA has surpassed us now. 8 Athletes Diving: I predict two synchro pairs to qualify (10m men and 3m women). That is 4 athletes, and those 4 will compete individually. I also predict one women in 10m and one man in 3 m, for a total. 6 athletes Marathon Swimming: With the quota cuts, I am not sure Canada will qualify anyone, optimistically I predict one male swimmer. 1 athlete Swimming: This is so hard to predict. I predict 23-26 swimmers Water polo: The women should qualify, if the USA advances outside the Pan Am Games, 12 athletes Archery: As usual, one male and one female, 2 athletes Athletics: Another hard sport to predict, but I estimate 55-60 athletes Badminton: Brian Yang, Michelle Li and Women's doubles should qualify. Men's doubles and mixed doubles have gone through changes so unsure if they can qualify in time for 2024. I predict 4 athletes. Basketball: I think this is the year for the men to finally qualify. I just think with the plan they have in place and the talent, it will be hard to not be in the top 2 in the Americas at the World Championships. The women are a solid bet to qualify, and the women's 3x3 are the world silver medalists. Both of those teams should qualify. Guess: 28 athletes. Boxing: I predict 4 boxers. Two World medalists on the women's side should qualify, along with Women's lowest weight category. A male boxer usually qualifies. Breaking: I really don't care about this sport (Lol), but Canada should qualify in both events. 2 athletes Canoeing slalom: Full team: 4 athletes Canoeing Sprint: Men's kayak: 6 quotas, Women's Kayak: 3 quotas, Men's canoeing: 1 quota, Women's canoeing: 2 quotas. 12 athletes Cycling BMX: 1 per gender: 2 athletes Cycling Freestyle: N/A, unlikely Mountain Biking: 1 per gender: 2 athletes Road: 2 men and 2 women: 4 athletes Track: Women's sprint: 3 athletes, Women's team pursuit: 4 athletes. Both omniums should qualify. Men's sprint: 1 athlete. 9 athletes Equestrian: Anything short of a full team will be a disappointment. 9 athletes Fencing: Men's and women's team foils should qualify, along with one athlete per each other discipline except men's epee. 9 athletes Field hockey: N/A Men and women unlikely to qualify Golf: 2 per gender, 4 athletes Gymnastics (artistic): Women's team, men's team has an outside shot, if not one individual. (6-10 athletes) Gymnastics Rhythmic: N/A, unlikely Gymnastics Trampoline: One per gender: 2 athletes Handball: Lol wut? Judo: Men's 73, Men's 81, Men's 100 and Men's +100, Women's 52, Women's 57 and Women's 63. 7 athletes Modern pentathlon: N/A, unlikely Rowing: 8 boats/31 athletes, based on 2022 World Championships team Rugby sevens: Women should qualify, Men unlikely too. (12-24 athletes) Sailing: Anywhere from 7-11 athletes Shooting: Cannot see anyone qualifying. Maybe out of luck there could be a couple who do. There is a shooter formerly of India who is waiting for citizenship to compete for Canada, would would easily qualify. My guess 0-3 athletes Skateboarding: Anywhere from 2-5 athletes Soccer: Women's team should qualify. 18 athletes Sport climbing: Sean McColl and Alannah Yip. 2 athletes Surfing: Unlikely; however optimistic about Ollin's chances of qualifying 0-1 athlete Table tennis: One male and one female: 2 athletes Taekwondo: Skylar Park, and that's about it. 1 athlete Tennis: Hard to gauge, but I predict 5, 2 men's singles, 2 women's singles and a women's doubles, with one of the women's singles. 5 athletes Triathlon: 4 athletes (2 per gender) Volleyball: No indoor team is likely to qualify, one male beach and one women's beach pair should qualify, 4 athletes Weightlifting: 2 athletes: Maude Charron and Boady Santavy. I can't see anyone else qualifying at this stage. Wrestling: Men's 65/ 125 kg fs, Women's 62 kg and 76 kg, are my predictions. 4 athletes Total: Approx 309 athletes

Pattern continued one below your post lol

I hope at least 25. But hard to gauge right now

Some news from the Americas: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127507/33-olympic-qualifiers-at-santiago-2023

Wow we have hit 19 already?

Looks like Atos is out: https://www.panamsports.org/news-sport/bornan-joins-panam-sports-as-official-technology-provider/ Pretty big, considering Toronto and Lima used Atos

Concerning results at Junior Pan Pacs. One bronze through 2 days...no relay medals in 3 events.

Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer and Cam Stones all retire. All three were Beijing bronze medalists in the 4-man bob, and Kripps was a gold medalist in the 2-man bob in PyeongChang.

Oh wow. So if that happens in any tournament, are the spots reallocated?

Looks like World Cup of Hockey is coming back in February 2024. Also games will be played in Europe as well. Just hope it means NHL will be in Milan.

More hockey in the summer

Two sailing qualifiers will happen in the next two weeks: 49er, 49erfx and Nacra17 Worlds in Halifax Eligible boats: 49er: (two will qualify) 49erfx: (two will qualify) Nacra17: (two will qualify) South American Windsurfing Championships in Eligible boats: Men: Women: Two will qualify for each

Not sure on this but former World Junior Champion in the team air rifle (9th individually) last year Rajpreet Singh of India competed at the Canadian national this year. Not sure if that implies he is switching nationalities, but if he does, instantly that would give Canada solid medal hope! Also former Turkish shooter Ozer Tugrul is also competing for Canada.

Looks like the latter, he competed at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2011 Pan Am Games. On/Off performance, hopefully he can keep it up On the other hand, Trysten Routledge who hit 122/125 in Lima 2019, had 121/125 at last year's nationals, had 113/125 to finish 6th! in the first half of nationals this year. Very disappointing result for him. Coincidentally, Richard McBride finishes second to Caswell this year (they paired up to win Pairs Skeet silver at Delhi 2010). Both will likely be on Canada's 2022 Continental Championships team. Highly disappointing as just two months ago, Routledge easily beat the two at the High Performance trials.

Jason is a two time Olympian