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So did Canada

If Russia is banned, how will the last team be decided?

The World Cup invites the top two teams in the world rankings from each continent, so in essence if the world ranking is stupid, so is this tournament.

Is he going to Rio too? Lol

Television revenus are at an all time high. Broadcasters continue to pay a ridiculous amount to show them. Tt beimg dropped will not make a difference.

The Usa has never won the World Baseball Classic... Which is full of Mlb stars.

That's just South Asia. IMO there is only room for one bat/ball sport, and that should be baseball/softball as its more globalized.

I don't think a mixed artistic event would work, where would all the apparatuses fit?

I too was against canoe slalom, but it does have a diversity (albeit with European nations) on the top, but canoe slalom is quite a fun sport to watch. It just needs more events (maybe like 8 in total) and yes the venue does not need to be extravagant. The Pan Am Games had a natural river used and I believe it was the cheapest venue to be built.

And this guy who tried to compete for COlombia: http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2014/02/06/after-olympic-dream-ends-bragiel-still-makes-waves-in-sochi/

If current trends last, one country will return to the WOG: Bolivia

http://www.macleans.ca/olympics/how-rio-canadas-breakthrough-olympics/ Another good read

Canada would be up to 20 medals in Beijing then

Two Colombian skaters definitely have a chance. Causil is less than a second off the qualification time for Sochi (and with 3 max per nation) it should be easier to qualify in the 500m event. Also iirc another Colombian skater was a reserve for the mass start at the world championships last year (so he just missed the cut).

FINA made a requirement that reserve swimmers must compete in the heats or finals, otherwise the team will be dqd. Athletics should do the same thing.

The event is likely dead

FIS and thr ISU has them up. IBU is the worst when it comes to these type of things. It can also indicate there are changes not finalized yet.

It seems as though the most popular idea is expanding the beach volleyball draws to 32 teams. Hope it happens.

Interesting reads: http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/image-vision-rio-offers-glimpse-canada-bright-olympic-future.html and http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/pan-ams-toronto-springboard-for-canada-olympic-team.html

Baseball is not a core sport, and its extremely doubtful it will become one unless one of the current sports comes off.

How do team events work? One from each event like a relay?

Just to throw it out there: Canoeing, field hockey, taekwondo and modern pentathlon were in the bottom five with wrestling, to get the axe back when wrestling was dropped.

I thought it would be interesting to see member's thoughts on the current Summer Olympics program and suggestions moving forward, in light of the Olympics just finishing yesterday. Archery: I have nothing to really suggest here. Athletics: Get rid of the walks. No one 'walks' like race walkers, athletics is supposed to be running. This would also get to an equal amount of men and women's events. Badminton: Having groups of four across the board (which would guarantee 3 matches per pair/athlete) is a good starting point. Also having the second place athlete advance in the singles, would create for more exciting results. Basketball: No comment Beach volleyball: Expand to 32 teams per gender Boxing: Remove the sport in its entirety Canoeing: Sprint canoeing needs more quotas. Slalom for four events the venue is not justified. Adding events to slalom would be beneficial in the grand scheme of things. Its a cool sport too. Cycling: Road/Mountain biking are fine. For BMX add a time trial event (no extra quotas). For track cycling 12 events (3 endurance and 3 sprint) each per gender. Diving: Keep the current qualification system, however allow countries that have qualified two athletes in an individual event (but not synchro) to enter the synchro event if they want. Equestrian: Dressage as an individual discipline needs to go, it will continue to exist as part of eventing. Fencing: Get rid of the team events and expand the quotas into the individual events Field hockey: I would remove this sport in its entirety (imo this was the most boring event of the Summer Olympics) Football: Reduce men's teams to 12; to make it uniform across all team sports Golf: Surprisingly this was an interesting tournament!, However maybe a pairs tournament (where both scores count) instead will be better. Hopefully the best players come too next time. Gymnastics: Get rid of rhythmic Handball: No comment Judo: The leg rule needs to go Modern pentathlon: Its actually pretty cool to watch, however I don't think one dedicated stadium should be built for the sport. Rowing: Increase A finals to 8 teams in the bigger events. Rugby sevens: No comment Sailing: No comment Shooting: No comment. Swimming: Make the program uniform to the World Championship program Synchro: I would remove this sport in its entirety Table tennis: I would remove this sport in its entirety Taekwondo: As we saw, this sport allows for smaller nations to win medals, so I suggest expanding this to 12 weight categories (from the current 8) Tennis: No comment Triathlon: Add mixed relay Volleyball: No comment Water polo: 12 women's teams Weightlifting: I would remove this sport in its entirety (doping is the main reason why) Wrestling: I would remove greco-roman and expand the quotas for the remaining 12 events, or expand to 14 events in freestyle. The passivity system needs to be upgraded as well. In summary: Drop: Boxing (-286), Field hockey (-256), Drop 4 men's football teams (-72) Weightlifting (-260), Table tennis (172) Dressage Equestrian (-60) Greco-Roman Wrestling (-114), Rhythmic gymnastics (-96) and Synchronized swimming (-104), Race walks = 0 (athletics quota would be redistributed to other events) = 1,420 additional spots. In place of the above sports I would add (as part of the core program:) Existing sports: Beach volleyball 32 teams per gender = + 32 Canoeing sprint +2 quotas in each event (excluding k4) = +28 Canoe slalom = adding C1 for women = +20 Cycling track = +24 for the addition of two additional events Water polo women's teams = +52 Taekwondo + 4 events = +64 Wrestling = Redistribute the 114 quotas among 14 freestyle weight classes. = + 334 Add: Baseball/Softball - a new type of sport is added (ball and bat). 8 teams per gender. (+312). Replaces field hockey on the team sport program Karate: a combative sport to replace boxing. 16*10 weight categories = 160 Squash: A more competitive racket sport (vs table tennis). (+172, with singles and team events per gender) = +644 =+978.

Yup. Canada had 0 team sport medals between after 1936 till 2012 (when one medal was won)

Too think Canada had 0 team medals since 1936 till 2012, now they have 3!!