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is playing really well against

Definitely the team's best moment in a long time, right? Maybe they've finally found some kind of stability.

Well, Rugby World Cups are very long competitions. It certainly can't be appealing to a viewer to watch a team lose by nearly 80 points. On the other hand, restricting these teams from participating maybe isn't the best option. How many chances does a team like Brazil have of facing a powerhouse like France? The trick is finding the right balance. I imagine it's a dilemma every women's team sport faces.

3-1 First big surprise of this world championship

I'll try for Aquatics Artistic Swimming: 0. Diving: 1-2. I think I'm being too optimistic here. Open Water: 2. Water Polo: 0-11. Without the USA, we have a chance of qualifying our men's team. The women's team is almost impossible. Swimming: 14-20. I'm not so excited here, but we should still take a reasonable number of swimmers. Archery: 2. 1 woman and 1 Man. Athletics: 35-45. Badminton: 1-2. 1 in the women's and hopefully one more in the men's. Baseball/Softball: 0. Maybe in 20 years. Not now. Basketball: 0-14. In 3x3 we are a disgrace. In 5x5 I hope we can qualify a team again. Boxing: 6-7. It would be amazing if we could repeat Paris 2024, but I should be satisfied with 6. Canoeing: 7. I think we should qualify 4 in the Sprint and 3 more in the Slalom. Cricket: 0. I don't even know if there is a national team here. Cycling: 5. 2 in mountain bike, 2 in BMX Racing, 1 in BMX Freestyle. Equestrian: 7. Full squad in Eventing and Jumping plus 1 individual in Dressage. Fencing: 2-3. I think 2 is already great. Flag Football: 0 Football: 18-36. The women's team should be a sure thing even if we have to play a new qualifier. The men's team is always an unknown. Golf: 0 Gymnastics: Artistics: 5-10. The women's team should qualify easily. I'm not confident about the men's team, but it's possible. Rythmics: 6-7. The group, for sure. One more individual quota, and let's hope for another. Trampoline: 2. 1 Man and 1 woman. Handball: 28. Women's team 100% right. Men's team, I think we won't fail this time. Hockey: 0. We're a little better at the American level on the men's side. But we'll never reach Olympic level. Judo: 13-14. 13 is the safety margin, but I hope we can take all 14 athletes this time. Lacrosse: 0. WTF is this sport? Modern Pentathlon: 0-1. I don't know, maybe someone will qualify. Rowing: 0-2. Maybe 0, maybe 2. Who knows? Rugby: 12. Women's team. Sailing: 8-10. 8-10. This sport is usually not that difficult to qualify for. Shooting: 1-3. This is our average. Skateboarding: 12. We should probably have a full team here again. Sport Climbing: 0. Very low chances. Squash: I don't know, I don't know this sport. Maybe there's someone who has a chance. Surfing: 4-6. We should easily qualify at least four athletes here, two per gender. If the extra quota exists, we might be able to send six again. Table Tennis: 6. Is the maximum 4 or 6 here? I don't know, but we should qualify for all events. Taekwondo: 2-4. Yeah, at least 2 I think is fine. Tennis: 4-5. Same as always. Triathlon: 4. 2 men and 2 women. Volleyball: 24 Indoor + 8 Beach. Anything other than that would be a disaster. Weightlifting: 1-2. Hopefully, we repeat Paris 2024. There is potential at least. Wrestling: 1-2. 1 or 2 quotas in women's freestyle. Total: 241-322 (If I counted correctly) Edit: I had completely forgotten about boxing, one of our main sports.

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To be perfect, they just need to stop favoring the host countries. Japan, ranked only 7th in the world, has an easier path (or should have if Serbia hadn't fallen in the rankings) than Italy, the best team in the world. The same goes for Brazil and Poland in the men's competition, respectively.

Pathetic result. It's a lost generation, except for the opposite Bryan.

I think I was lucky not to encounter this kind of comment, but I apologize anyway. Although some Brazilians are complaining that Ukraine was favored. I know there's a Brazilian fan group that follows various Olympic sports and has seen some pathetic acts during the competitions they attend. I read something about a funeral song being played during the reading of a country's scores. Was it Ukraine? But I'm not sure. I know Brazilians are extremely angry with them.

I don't really follow this sport, but from what little I've seen, it seems to be very controversial. I think that's normal in any sport with judges, but here it seems somehow intensified.

Medal for us

3-2 It's important that France has offered us a challenge. We'll be facing very strong teams in the playoffs and we need to be prepared.

Is France the new Germany for Brazil?

I find it incredible how Sweden has a team that shouldn't even beat Kenya on a normal day, but somehow Haak puts them a few levels above. Anyway, today wasn't enough. But maybe they can beat Thailand.

It will be ironic if the only gold we win in Artistic Gymnastics is on the pommel horse.

I agree; my bet is that Italy will win the championship. But I see that Egonu didn't have a very good VNL, and that Antropova really made the difference. Nervini could also be a problem. And it's one thing to expect it, another to actually happen. Italy destroyed us in the 2022 VNL final and then lost to us twice in a row at the world championship.

Our problem is exclusively the opposite. In Ana Cristina's absence, Gabi can take over as the main attacker, and Julia Bergmann stabilizes the reception, allowing us to use the middle blockers more. Kisy was returning from injury and should be our starting opposite at the Wch. In the final against Italy (VNL), she performed well enough by our current standards. We'll see what happens in this tournament.

Did we really lose a medal to Mexico in the men's team artistic gymnastics?

I don't think there will be many surprises this time. should win the gold easily. And two teams from , , and should complete the podium. Perhaps or could surprise. Considering the quarterfinal matchups, I'm not confident in or chances.

Brazil wins gold in women's rugby I don't know the quality of the US and canadian teams, but it's always interesting to beat them.

Mexico's players did not receive any individual awards, while Costa Rica's libero received 3.

I didn't expect Mexico to finish above the Dominican Republic and Argentina. They're slowly improving in volleyball and also won a medal at the last Pan American Games.

Brazil won both gold medals in fistball. Why the hell are we so good at it?

There's some controversy that this may have happened to their senior team as well. At least that's what the thais complained about after their loss in the SEA Volleyball League.