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Honestly, Serbia is worse than all the teams you mentioned (except Egypt) and I still think Slovenia will fail, as they don't have a B team and they will probably arrive at the Olympics exhausted. Considering how well Canada is doing I think your chances are good.

The last three world championship medalists in the same group.

Orro has been very consistent for Italy. The setter has been a problem for them, if she continues this performance it will be difficult to stop them. It's a shame they can't count on Pietrini.

It's always hell playing against Japan for us, the last three matches between the teams had also gone to 5, eventually Japan would win. I'm not happy, but it could be important that we lose now, it would be a lot of pressure for the Olympics if everything went perfectly.

Well, I think that for the coach, matches like this are great so they can correct their own mistakes of calling up players who shouldn't even be there, for example. I'm curious to see what Bernardinho will do. Lucarelli and Leal have been very inconsistent so far. Our best performances so far from OH have been the two youngest (Adriano and Lukas). Honorato could help us, but Bernardinho is taking him as a libero .

And now Iran defeated Nimir 3-2. It seems the victory against the USA was the motivation they needed.

Thanks God, a fair distribution. Great group for Brazil.

Tomorrow the game between and will be very spicy. Mainly with Volleyball World itself encouraging rivalry between fans in all posts on social media.

My bets for 21 medals and 4 or 5 golds. Athletics - 1-2 - Piu is the medal favorite and I think this time we will win a medal in some walking event. Boxing - 2-4 - It's our best team in history, probably everyone has some chance of a medal (of course some need more luck than others). Less than two medals would be disappointing. Canoeing - 1-2 - I honestly bet on a medal here either with Isaquias Queiroz or Ana Sátila. Gymnastics - 2-5 - Lots of chances here with Rebecca Andrade, Flávia Saraiva, the women's team, Arthur Nory (I don't think this one is classified yet) or even the girls from Rhythmic Gymnastics or trampoline. In the worst case I expect at least the performance of Tokyo which was 2 medals. Judo - 2-3 - Mayra, Bia, Daniel, William, Baby, Team... I expect at least two medals here. Swimming - 1 - Ana Marcela in open water. Skate - 2-3 - Rayssa Leal, someone from the men's Park and perhaps another medal in the men's Park or even Street. Surf - 1-2 - I think Gabriel and Tatiana will medal. Sailing - 1 - Martine/Kahena are not exactly favorites in this sport, I'm betting on their status as current two-time Olympic champions and Brazil's history in this sport. Volleyball - 1 - I think both teams can medal here. We have great squads who seem to be in the best moment since Tokyo. Today, I bet on one. Beach Volleyball - 1-2 - If Ana/Duda is not going through the best moment, our other three teams seem to have finally reached a decent level. Other/Some new sport - 1 - Our tradition of getting a medal in a new sport. It's very difficult, but I'm going to bet on archery.

I'm glad Canada came back quickly after the loss to Italy. Despite the exhaustion, beating a team like Japan can be a boost for any team.

Honestly, I see Barbara/Carol as a very limited team, they can win gold (they're not fourth in the rankings for nothing, after all), but I imagine they should have a perfect tournament for that. Duda/Ana Patricia, on the other hand, could win even if they weren't playing that well. Regarding the latest performances, I'm happy that these problems arose now and not at the Olympics and be surprised, as happened with Agatha/Duda in Tokyo.

I think it's the first time since Rio 2016 that I'm totally confident with our women's team. I don't know if we're going to win a medal here at the VNL or even in Paris, but the team looks much more solid than in recent years.

Very pessimistic prediction regarding the number of gold medals. It's not impossible, but it should be very sad that at least one of Medina, Beatriz Ferreira, Mayra Aguiar, Rayssa or Duda/Ana P. doesn't win gold.

No wins again. But as I never expect anything good from Brazilian basketball, especially women's basketball, this was totally expected. We really didn't deserve it this time, but we're getting better, so who knows, Los Angeles?

Thanks God! This mess is over.

Well when was the last time we beat a decent team in women's basketball? And I'm not talking about B teams from Canada and the United States. You can lose by 1 point or 20, but a defeat is always a defeat. And that's why we're going to lose to Germany tomorrow too.

What a disastrous competition for Brazil in the men's street. Not at least a semifinal for Hoefler, Vianna or Rabelo.

Even with some small surprises, this must be the most predictable women's handball championship I've ever watched.

I don't understand. How this Japanese team still can't beat Korea?

The Olympics is a very restricted competition. While on other continents there are always several countries with a chance of qualifying, here Australia competes in practically all categories without any remotely decent opponent (rare exceptions). I understand the need to have representatives from Oceania at the Olympics, but I can't help but find it unfair.

I think the fact that Australia is weak in boxing is not even the main point. I think the key point in being in the Olympics is to deserve to be there, to win a place in a real competition. I don't see there's much merit in winning a quota when you're the only country competing (sorry New Zealand and the others).

Honestly I think I'd rather face Norway than Spain in women's handball. Another defeat...

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It looks like this channel will broadcast one free Brazilian Superliga game per round. https://youtube.com/@NSPORTS_OFICIAL?si=MpI6MGFR9q87QEt_ I just couldn't find a schedule of which games will be broadcast this season.