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Alexandru Spac of Moldova strangely enough in 77 kg weightlifting too (5th in Rio) his sample is positive too if both the & disqualified the bronze medal would go to Andres Caisedo while the Silver will go to Chatuphum Chinnawong

Mohamed Ehab (Bronze medalist Rio 2016 in Weightlifting 77 kg) .. his sample returned positive with Dianabol prohibited substance ... he claims this is not possible as this substance is remaining in body for 6 months and all his samples within 6 Months of Rio are negative ..(Mohamed was aiming to upgrade his medal to Silver after Nijat Rahimov the gold medalist disqualified earlier)

Lopez will be unseeded, I am wondering who is the lucky seeded athlete facing him in the first round

Riza Kayaalp (Wrestling GR 130 kg European and World champion) temporarily banned for using some prohibited medications. replace him with Hamza Bakir (23 yrs) U 23 World champion 2023 (a lot of 23 in one sentence )

I presume the Taekwondo draw is fixed as it is by ranking. Has it been published anywhere?

I had low profile for almost 9 months due to what was going around the world and my personal life. With Olympic games approaching I am back on track and I hope I continue to be a good and valuable member. Thanks for the friends who send me messages asking about me. Much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing you in some thoughtful sports discussions.

That's correct, only two events as you told me earlier. it stated also in Squash federation news. Actually you said that before anybody and when WIKIPEDIA was saying 5 medal events by mistake ..credit goes to you my friend ..or you maybe a member of squash federation board

Yesterday few executive members "suggested" to keep Mr Bach for years and years ..was waiting a military orchestra with "BACK ...BACH..." in the background Today same people have got 4 yrs extention as executive board members ... My mind is confused and have a suspicious ...are these situations related All I can hear in back of my mind is ....."BACH ...BACH"

for the new sports when we are going to know number of athletes, number of quotas per NOCs, number of medal events, general format ...etc ...would it be today or at least some of them today?

from Egyptian Facebook sports page, athletes numbers increased to 11092 !! ..not 11100 not 11000 athletes ! ...very precise number ... but don't know from where they got the info

quoted from insidethegames website "The elimination of the fencing ranking round is confirmed for modern pentathlon at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics" what does this mean, any idea what would be the new format? ..only fencing bonus round?

the inclusion of the 5 proposed sports became official now, just curious to know who are the 2 members voted against

Wikipedia says 5 medal events in squash .. not trusting wiki so much but are there proposed plans of what events would be included in the program Single M&W Teams M &W what would be the 5th ? mixed double?!

So, it has been confirmed All 5 additional sports approved (expected) reinstatement of Modern Pentathlon and Weightlifting boxing still on hold but seems safe under the governance of IOC https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141685/ioc-eb-boxing-back-on-hold

France announced the weight categories they will participate in what’s your opinion @Benolympique

Korfball could be one of your choices I guess

both disappeared!! ..very strange

Was waiting your suggestion ..Speedball will sweep all podiums ..

is closer than ever to be the host, by the way ..which City would be proposed in your opinion?

Yarisledise Cirilo (Women Canoeing) Athletics Triple jump (could be 2 medals) plenty in Boxing and wrestling

I’ll start by and If the game hosted by (most likely London again) I’ll add Billiard Netball Squash If the game hosted by (Cairo or Alexandria) I’ll add Squash Karate Finswimming (Part of Underwater Sports)

Inspired by @Makedonas comment & @rafalgorka interesting new topics I have created this thread for fun to suggest 3-5 sports can be added to the program if your country hosting the Olympics The list of sports federations recognized by IOC as follows: Sports governed by International Federations recognised by the International Olympic Committee Air Sports American Football (Provisional) Automobile Bandy Baseball Softball Billiard Sports Bowling Bridge Cheerleading Chess Cricket Floorball Flying Disc Icestocksport Karate Kickboxing Korfball Lacrosse Life saving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Muaythai Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Petanque & Bowls Polo Powerboating Racquetball Sambo Squash Sumo Tug of War Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu But feel free to add other sports if you want (would be nice to state if it is not recognised yet)

Squash, Cricket and Lacross have a good setup but don't know if Flag Football (can't believe this name) and Baseball /Softball can compete at olympic level or too difficult!

Nice topic ..I'll go with potential surprise medals (not the most obvious ones) Sarah Chaari - Taekowndo -67 kg-W

Initially yes, but all the rumors expect to reinstate Boxing alongside with Weightlifting and even Modern Pentathlon has a great chance to remain in the program too, we will know for sure during the IOC session