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I think the women's team sprint will be 3 athletes. 

Do we have enough talent to justify a third sprint women? Will the sprint team be three people? I guess at that point the 14th quota probably doesn't have much of a chance at winning a medal (unless they can convince Michael Woods to compete in the road race) so it may go to whoever is having a good season.

I can't wait to see how Judo Canada will manage its roster for the next Olympic cycle.
 
Jessica Klimkait, Shady Elnahas and Arthur Margelidon will continue for Paris 2024
 
Christa Deguchi's future is uncertain with the Canadian team
 
Antoine Valois-Fortier is likely to finish
 
Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, she will make a decision next year if she will continue for 2024

Kata sounds very beach too me

Kata sounds very beach too me

@heywooduCanada does not keep active licenses with the FIS during the summer, which is why the quota simulation shows as 0 eligible athletes. This will change when its renewed in the fall.

Speed skating qualification events/times:
 
https://www.isu.org/speed-skating/rules/ssk-communications/25952-isu-communication-2405/file

Speed skating qualification events/times:
 
https://www.isu.org/speed-skating/rules/ssk-communications/25952-isu-communication-2405/file

Yea, I can't see the IOC being very hard on the FIG, after all its one of the big 3 sports. 

Karate quotas:https://pkf3.webnode.es/_files/200164078-1356413566/DECISION DEL PKF EC 22-25 MARZO 2021 -eng-.pdf
 
Them awarding quotas to both Curacao and Bonaire 

Karate quotas:https://pkf3.webnode.es/_files/200164078-1356413566/DECISION DEL PKF EC 22-25 MARZO 2021 -eng-.pdf
 
Them awarding quotas to both Curacao and Bonaire 

Completely unrealistic, but you never know when FIG is going to do something stupid. It's basically the Homer Simpson of international federations: if you watch long enough, you will see it doing something really stupid.

I just mentioned floor and vault because there's no way FIG would remove pommel horse and parallel bars, so floor and vault are the apparatus that are "repeated" in women's artistic gymnastics, so I guess it would be somehow easier to justify their exclusion because they would still be part of the Olympic program, but restricted to women, instead?

Anyway, just a bunch of crazy theories that won't happen... Hopefully.

CANADA Team
 
Men
Matthew ERICKSON- 800m
Aiden GROUT- High Jump
Abdullahi HASSAN- 800m
Ethan KATZBERG- Hammer Throw (6kg)
Michael ROTH- 200m, 400m
Callan SALDUTTO- Javelin Throw
Almond SMALL- 100m,200 m
Dylan UHRICH- 3000m Steeplechase
 
 
Women
Heather ABADIE- Pole Vault
Savannah SUTHERLAND- 400mH, 4x400m Relay
Ella CLAYTON- 400m, 4x400m Relay
Isabella GOUDROS- 100m. 200m, 4x400m Relay
Avery PEARSON- 800m, 4x400m Relay
Enikő SÁRA- Javelin Throw

Yes, another dumb decision by FIBA

They're doing great. I'm interested to see how the senior team performs in Afrobasket. Maybe they can challenge for the African spot in the next Olympics?

The ISSF asked for a 16th event (mixed skeet)...but the IOC did not approve adding events (even though it fits with their policy). So somehow the IOC decided that skeet for 2024
 

It's interesting when you accidentally open the first page of a thread like this.
 
This post though. The logo turned out to be very reminiscent of Croatia. So much so that I mistook officials/volunteers as Croatian athletes a few times.

All our NHLers declined invitations for different reasons...we are fu..ed !
 
So we will have to try the miracle now just via players from European leagues and a couple of youngsters from AHL(NHL) like Studenič, Feherváry, Jaroš, Daňo orJurčo...

1. 8/10
Canada had its most successful non-boycotted SOG in terms of gold medals (7, tied with 92) and total medals (24). However, there were some notable disappointments.
 
2. Surprises: W8 gold medal in rowing.  They've historically done well in the event, but were not gold medal favourites going in.  Women's soccer getting gold was amazing, especially beating the US in the semis for revenge for having 2012 stolen from them by a corrupt ref.  Mitchell winning gold in track sprint on the last day was a great ending, and Genest getting Keirin bronze previously bodes well for our sprint track cycling team moving forward.  Seeing our big stars from Rio, Penny Oleksiak and Andre De Grasse succeed again was great.  
 
Disappointments: Women's beach volleyball.  In a matter of a couple of hours we went from looking forward to a possible all Canada semifinal to having both our teams lose quite easily in the quarters.  Women's basketball and rugby teams were supposed to be medal threats and didn't even make it out of group play.  This was the first SOG with no wrestling medals in a very long time.  In boxing, Mandy Bujold fought so hard to be there through arbitration and courts just to be completely outmatched in her first round.  One medal in diving, with only one individual diver making it to a final, was a big disappointment.  
 
Overall, Canada historically has an issue with finishing 4th.  There have been quite a few articles written about it in the past, and as a nation we always try to figure out why.  This time I believe we got 12 4ths, along with 3 other bronze medal losses (in combat sports, so technically you finish 5th).  That's 15 near misses for a country that got 24 actual medals.  I'm not sure about this year, but it has been proven in many other Olympics that Canada gets the most 4th/5th places with regard to their actual medal count. Some of these 4ths were shocks (men's 4x100 freestyle relay) and some were due to injury (Rosie in trampoline), but it's still incredibly frustrating as a Canadian sports fan.  Some will say it's a sign of how powerful the whole team is among a variety of sports, but you start to believe your country just lacks the killer instinct to get to the top.   
 
So that's why I only gave an 8/10.  There was a point where Canada had more 4th places than gold+silver+bronze, and we were getting 2 a day with no medals. In the end the numbers got better, but it was frustrating for a bit.  
 
3. Canada had no stated goal, but I'd think breaking medal records probably does it.  
 
4.  Idk which sports will get more funding, but one of our banks (RBC) had a development program for athletes that showed promise.  Many of them had fantastic results - Kelsey Mitchell won track cycling gold and she just took up the sport in 2017 due to this program!  Her teammate Lauriane Genest is also part of this program and got a bronze.  Another member, Avalon Wasteneys, got gold as part of the W8 rowing team.  Pierce Lepage finished 5th in decathlon (same spot as Warner in his first Olympics).  They're already looking for more athletes to support for Paris, so I can see this continuing to be a huge success.  

Like what's the point in watching top level sports if you truly believe all the top contenders are cheaters?