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Two days done, almost every event with a CR and some big names here! However, a lot of the big names have also skipped it. The winner of each event qualifies for the 2019 Pan American Games, so has qualified its first athlete officially as Anderson Peters won the javelin.

Taylor Ruck, swimming, can see her breaking the record of most medals by a Canadian at a single Olympics (currently 5 by speed skater Cindy Klassen).

Right, but we don't have any information to suggest another team sport has fallen below field hockey atm. If baseball/softball are to hope for an Olympic place, it has to come at the expense of field hockey. Atp, that is not likely, but for LA2028, wouldn't shock me if both were on the program.

What rivalry? And field hockey was the only team sport that was in consideration of being dropped back in 2013 (ultimately wrestling got the boot). That's why they went to 4 quarters, to make the game more interesting? If field hockey was ranked last, its unlikely to have changed. So for any team sport to have hope of being on the Olympic program, it has to hope another team sport is dropped, ie field hockey. "Tuesday's decision came via secret ballot over four rounds, with 14 members voting each time on which sport should not be included in the core group. IOC President Jacques Rogge did not vote. Three sports were left in the final round: wrestling, field hockey and modern pentathlon." Source Personally, I would cut men's football to 12 teams, and ask all other team sports to cut rosters by 1 (except water polo, as it already has been cut) to get extra athlete quotas. However, I doubt that would ever happen.

It won't matter I think. Baseball/softball will not be in on Paris or LA without a team sport coming off the program. Field hockey is the most likely one to come off the program...

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1068629/iaaf-president-coe-welcomes-dynamic-new-athletics-format-developed-for-2019-european-games-in-minsk

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/speedskating/speed-skating-canada-geert-kuiper-1.4780809

It would have to be in the mixed format, however, to work

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/aquatics/pan-pacific-swimming-championships-day-1-1.4778863

I work for the organizing committee of the 2018 World Junior Badminton Championships. We are drafting up a release on introducing Li Ning as the main sponsor for the event, the company ofc named after the final torchbearer at Beijing 2008

Strangely I am writing a press release on the final torchbearer for Beijing 2008 now at work

I guess you are a fan of Calgary 2026? Thought for Slovakia (and Canada's) sake I hope a summer games comes to Canada and both countries have their best results ever.

This was me at 4am when London rowing races started lol. Woke up to realize I only woke up to see one race.

I feel so old

Are you 100% certain about bowling? If so where did you get the info on what tournaments countries chose?

Hard to believe but the Rio games started 2 years ago!

Wow Canada has some decent results!

I have worked for the organizing committee for the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. Currently working with both the Toronto Blue Jays, MLB team and Badminton Ontario (to help plan the 2018 World Junior Badminton Championships). I have also volunteered for a year with the organizing committee of the 2017 Invictus Games. And most recently at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Nothing beats working in sport!

That totally sucks for them. Perhaps Colombia can sneak in and beat Argentina or hope withdraws ---- will send its B/C team in triathlon: https://www.triathloncanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2019-Pan-Am-Nomination-Policy-Final.pdf

Anyone work in a sports related job/field?

Nick Butler ‏@NickJMButler Top athletes aren't happy. Kenya's Olympic medal winning javelin thrower Julius Yego said it was "worst organised event in Africa and the world" while Ivorian sprinter Marie Josée Ta Lou said it was "first and last time" she would compete in Nigeria

Well trying to deflect from the disaster the African Championships appear to be, causes this.

No surprise here, , and each qualify a men's and women's water polo team. I wonder if will compete with its men's team after withdrawing at the last minute last time.

Canada does not need another Winter Olympics. 2010 was used perfectly to make Canada world power in winter sports. A summer Olympics would be a better hosting option and hopefully would help push Canada into the top 8 (long term goal by the COC)