Pasolini

A friend of mine who visited 97 countries of the world be in Turkmenistan (with Kunshamara, are the onlyones i know) and he tell me something that never see in another country: his presence was enough to make nervous to all the people, in restaurants, markets, etc, the presence of an "outsider" generate that.

Its a bit off top, but Turkmenistan also was only one country in the world without official case of covid 

now the leader is not that one, but his son (you’ll see him in one of the photos I shared, in the tv. His face is everywhere as it happens in any country with cult of the leader).
 
and yes the story is true, in Ashgabat only white, golden and some other colour (grey?) cars are allowed in the city. Just like every building is white.
 
And it’s funny you mention the talibans, because Turkmenistan has an Afghanistan representation/consulate in their country, and one of the days when we were eating lunch in a mall at Mary city, the Turkmen guide was called by the restaurant waiter and then came to us and said “ok so don’t worry, but a taliban delegation is coming here to eat lunch so don’t take pictures and behave discreetly when they enter”.
 
One of those wtf moments of our trip haha

Today is the first time I'm on Totallympics since the end of the Paris 2024 games. Or better yet, since the beginning of the Paris 2024 games.
 
I was working and therefore it was a bit impossible for me to follow things here as I was busy around 12h a day and the other hours I was trying to meeting friends and have some fun in Paris.
 
The experience was amazing. I would basically every morning go to a café and prepare myself for the day aheard.  trying to go to different cafés was a bit hard after week 2. At evening I would go to some bar or bistro to meet friends and watch more events. Most of French and Parisiens were complaining about the Olympics (as they always do) but after the first few days (Opening Ceremony, Dupont, Marchand, etc) they were already head over heels and it was fun to witness that for the 3rd time in a row.
 
It was amazing to meet @Sindoand @Jan Linhaand also chat with some other users during those days. And it will be nice to rewatch or properly watch many of the events and perhaps check what you all were discussing "in real time".

Today is the first time I'm on Totallympics since the end of the Paris 2024 games. Or better yet, since the beginning of the Paris 2024 games.
 
I was working and therefore it was a bit impossible for me to follow things here as I was busy around 12h a day and the other hours I was trying to meeting friends and have some fun in Paris.
 
The experience was amazing. I would basically every morning go to a café and prepare myself for the day aheard.  trying to go to different cafés was a bit hard after week 2. At evening I would go to some bar or bistro to meet friends and watch more events. Most of French and Parisiens were complaining about the Olympics (as they always do) but after the first few days (Opening Ceremony, Dupont, Marchand, etc) they were already head over heels and it was fun to witness that for the 3rd time in a row.
 
It was amazing to meet @Sindoand @Jan Linhaand also chat with some other users during those days. And it will be nice to rewatch or properly watch many of the events and perhaps check what you all were discussing "in real time".

won the bid for 2031 Pacific Games with 12 votes, according to Pita Taufatofua social media.

I come across stories about Ulama every so often, and I think it would be great to see it in the Pan American Games.
 
 
Obviously, work needs to be done to bring it in line with international sports norms, but it would be a cool and unique edition to the sports program in my opinion. I do think it’s sad that uniquely Pan American (and indigenous) sports like lacrosse and ulama have never really been featured at the continent’s biggest sporting event.

PanamSports is holding elections at its General Assembly today @intoronto @mrv86 @ManuCHIL: https://www.panamsports.org/en/news-sport/panam-sports-elects-its-leaders-for-the-next-4-years-in-the-general-assembly/
 
Neven Ilic  and Keith Joesph  are running for President.

Like it wasn't bad enough, countries aren't going to be announced as the country anymore, they're now officially racing under super lame forced nicknames.
 
Dutch Lions
Korean Tigers
American Eagles
Belgian Ice Bears
etc.
 

Today is the first time I'm on Totallympics since the end of the Paris 2024 games. Or better yet, since the beginning of the Paris 2024 games.
 
I was working and therefore it was a bit impossible for me to follow things here as I was busy around 12h a day and the other hours I was trying to meeting friends and have some fun in Paris.
 
The experience was amazing. I would basically every morning go to a café and prepare myself for the day aheard.  trying to go to different cafés was a bit hard after week 2. At evening I would go to some bar or bistro to meet friends and watch more events. Most of French and Parisiens were complaining about the Olympics (as they always do) but after the first few days (Opening Ceremony, Dupont, Marchand, etc) they were already head over heels and it was fun to witness that for the 3rd time in a row.
 
It was amazing to meet @Sindoand @Jan Linhaand also chat with some other users during those days. And it will be nice to rewatch or properly watch many of the events and perhaps check what you all were discussing "in real time".

Good meet , I just noticed that Soda behind you is   , Selecto and Slim 
 

 


 
 

Just for the record, it's not the first totallympics meeting. I met mrv86 (mexican user) in Buenos Aires 10 years ago while he was traveling around South America with a friend of his.
 
I guess it's the 1st meeting with 3 or more users though. 

The very first Totallympics meeting has happened yesterday night
 
@Pasolini (in the right), @Jan Linha (in the left) and @Sindo (in the middle) at an Algerian restaurant yesterday in Paris
 
 
 
 

I have a feeling that in Tokyo 2020 there were many strong contenders from no-medal countries, but this year, I agree with you, if 2 or 3 new countries appear will be good.

the 14th is  in 66kg and the 15th is  in 73kg

Thank you so much. So they got 3 quotas through Universality, 2 from tripartite (including judo).
 
Sad they have rejected swimming's male quota (Jainny PINTO CARVALHO)

Thank you so much. So they got 3 quotas through Universality, 2 from tripartite (including judo).
 
Sad they have rejected swimming's male quota (Jainny PINTO CARVALHO)

https://desporto.sapo.pt/jogos-olimpicos/artigos/paris2024-sao-tome-e-principe-pela-primeira-vez-com-tres-modalidades

Women's canoeing (sprint) goes to

Czech media mentioned how it would be if there are any other reallocations in any sport. As they say, all sports have been finalized. And if there is an reallocation due to any reason, it must be approved by 4 parties: NOC, IOC, Paris 2024 organizing committee and the international federation. 

Has anybody by any chance printed the "Road to Paris" page last week?
 
They have just erased all the "non-qualified" athletes and it's such a mayhem now, because they are not even the proper qualified athletes, just the "best 3" from each country and so on...

UIPM just announced the 72 names https://www.uipmworld.org/news/paris-2024-olympic-games-modern-pentathlon-line-revealed


Men's: Apart from the Australian quota that went to  the 2 Universality quotas were reallocated to  (2nd quota)
Women's: Apart from the Russian and Belarusian, 2 Universality quotas were reallocated: to  (2nd quota for both) + 

In this case, two unused Universality places will be reallocated to the next two highest-ranked modern pentathletes in the men's and women's events respectively.

This story might be of interest to track and field fans on the forum.
 
 

Oops, thanks!
 
I saw 2 differences from my table to the wikipedia, but both end up with 136 athletes.
They have 9 athletes from Ukraine, but according to our Ukrainian friend here we have 8.
And they are giving 3 athletes to PRK, when they are still probably with 4, but can double-up one of them.

I think 136 is the "limit" according to this https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-FINA-Diving.pdf
 
It doesn't have to be necessarily 50-50 split, so I'm not sure if the PRK quota would go to USA man in M10 or a New Zealand woman in W10.


For Matej Nevešćanin I think it would be necessary to have 4 or 5 male quotas being rejected, not sure if it will happen.