LDOG

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

As sad as it is for Canada, I really hope this doesn't kill the high level of the sport in Samoa.

It's not like they have so many other sports to focus in there...

Unfair -and predictable- end to the season. 

Hopefully all the bad luck here will be retributed with a healthy team for the next competition. 

On 5/31/2024 at 4:31 PM, LDOG said:

A victorious start for  in the finals but yet another injury of a very important player before the match even started

Another injury in the semis, I hate this stupid tournament. 

5 hours ago, gucardn said:

With the defeats of Quiroga and López, it will be the first time since Antwerp-1920 that the country will not take anyone in boxing!

1908 actually.

We'll be seeing more of this in many sports in the following years. Every amateur sport in  is finished after Paris (no more funding). 

A victorious start for  in the finals but yet another injury of a very important player before the match even started

No Moneta and Osadszuk for these finals is quite a handicap. In principle both should be fit for Paris at least.

60-minute matches with stop clock in football.

No more scrum in rugby, simply restart with a free kick.

2 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

There is nothing more evil than the west leaders in this world , if we apply the same criteria then we are going to be very happy for death of most of their politicians . They weren't very nice people ofc and I think they are corrupted but death is a great thing that need to be respected , especially if it's something horrific like plane crush 

I don't care about the west, even if they were all Hitler it wouldn't make the IR government any better. Defending Palestine is not the only thing they do. They spend 99% of the time commiting atrocities against their own people. One good deed doesn't wipe off everything else.

3 hours ago, bestmen said:

Because they defended Palestine?

No, because they sent thousands of their own people to jail/execution for political dissent. 

28 minutes ago, bestmen said:

and why people joke about horrifying incident , are you serious ...this is death ,respect plz 

 

Btw helicopter is very dangerous , no one thinks about create a system of security for passengers ,they cant reject themselves like they do in plane 

Respect for the pilot maybe.

The other guys? 100% evil people. 

Does the ayatollah ever travel in helicopter?  crazy how those things have existed for decades and are still quite unsafe. I'd never get on one.

19 minutes ago, Josh said:

Speaking about Ana Cristina, can the commentators please pronounce her last name correctly? They keep botching it left and right 

 

First, they started off with Ana Cri-stiana, then later switched to Cri-shena. It’s actually Krees-chena, at least according to the Brazilian translator that I’m using. 

Yes, for some reason brazilians are incapable of pronouncing D, T and Rs like normal human beings  eg. we're "argenchina".

1 hour ago, TeamGB said:

I tried hard not be be but I guess its difficult not to, just out of interest, where would you say I’m being too hopeful?

9 medals between slalom and shotgun is almost every single of your guys winning a medal. I can safely predict, in such random sports, that it'll not happen, even if they all won a WCh medal during the cycle.

4 medals in TKD, less random sport but with loads of upsets, especially at the olympics. 4 medals would be a perfect performance. 

2 medals in Hockey, quite unlikely given neither is a favorite to begin with.

Other than that you don't predict anything crazy but it's the best case scenario in many of them. Like Athletics, Sailing, MP, BMX, all sports that often have slight upsets or with a large pool of medal candidates.

7 hours ago, TeamGB said:

I'll give a GB prediction a go, although I'm sure there will be some subconscious bias in there.

 

Artistic Swimming - 1 medal - Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe have really impressed me this year, and I think they could win a medal in the duet. Obviously artistic swimming isn't really my specialist subject, and it's difficult to compare due to the changing scoring systems, but I think they could earn bronze or maybe even silver.

Diving - 1 gold, 5 medals - I think GB can medal in all 4 of the synchros (W 3m most unlikely), and there are a few individual medal chances. We always manage to sneak a gold and I'm hopeful, but not confident, it could happen again.

Swimming - 3 Gold, 9 Medals - This is an event will plenty of medal chances but few nailed on golds. I think both mens Freestyle relays can win and I think another Gold can come from. Men's 100m Breast,50m Free, 200m Free and 200m IM. Other medal chances include Men's Medley, 100m Back, 400m IM, Women's 400m IM and 4x200m Free.

Archery - 1 medal - The women's recurve team have been unlucky so far in terms of qualification, but I think they are up there for a medal if both Bryony or Penny are on form.

Athletics - 2 Golds, 10 medals - This sport is in a similar situation to swimming, where we could potentially medal in all track events from 100m - 1500m for both genders, as well as all 5 relays, but similarly come away with a Tokyo sized haul. The contending field events include high jump, pole vault and heptathlon.

Boxing - 2 Golds, 4 medals - Again, not really my expertise but I think we may perform slightly worse than Tokyo.

Canoe Slalom - 3 Golds, 5 medals - The squad is extremely strong but things can very quickly go wrong in this sport. After missing Tokyo I think Joe Clarke will have the fire in his belly to get 2 golds in Kayak, and I think Kimberly can win the extreme event.

BMX freestyle - 2 medals - I think the battle for Gold in the mens event will be between Reilly and Martin. Worthington has not really impressed me in this Olympic cycle, but she may pull something Tokyo-esque out of the bag.

BMX racing - 1 Gold, 2 medals -  doing the test event double does give my confidence and I think the team will replicate the Tokyo results.

Mountain Biking - 1 Gold, 2 medals - Pidcock has to be up there in the Men's event and I think Evie Richards can translate her short track form into a medal.

Road Cycling - 1 medal - Josh Tarling in the time trial, and potentially even more in an unpredictable road race.

Track Cycling - 5 Golds, 6 medals - The growth of the women's sprint squad had been offset by the decline of the men's but I think we will still see more success than Tokyo.

Equestrian - 3 golds, 6 medals - Not really my expertise but I think 3 golds is possible. 

Field Hockey - 2 medals - Both teams should be up there, but I give stronger chances to the men.

Gymnastics - 3 golds, 5 medals - The men's team has grown but the women's is in tatters. I predict GB golds in Men's PH, Vault and Women's Trampoline

Judo - 1 medal - Chelsie Giles should medal, but Lucy Renshall is just too inconsistent to be a medal contender.

Modern Pentathlon - 1 Gold, 2 medals - Joe can defend his title and Bryson should be in the conversation for the women's

Rowing - 6 golds, 7 medals - Reborn after the disaster of Tokyo, British rowing have strong chances to retain all 2023 world titles and add the mens Pair.

Sailing - 3 Golds, 5 Medals - Again very difficult to predict but having qualified all 10 boats again, I think we can match Tokyo

Shooting - 2 golds, 4 medals - It all really depends on wether Llewellyn qualifies, but I think we are contenders in all 5 shotgun events, and 2 women's rifle events.

Skateboarding - 1 Gold, 1 Medal - Sky focusing just on one sport should be enough to win olympic gold.

Sport Climbing - 1 Medal - Toby Roberts is definitely a gold contender in the Combined.

Taekwondo - 2 Gold, 4 medals - All 4 athletes should contend for gold and I would hope at least 2 of them get there.

Triathlon - 2 Gold , 3 medals - The women's team is insanely strong, and I think Yee can go one step further than Tokyo. The mixed relay worries me as we don't have a strong 2nd male athlete.

Weightlifting - 1 medal -  Emily Campbell is up there for 2nd behind the Chinese athlete.

 

Just counted them up and that makes 40 golds and 90 medals, so maybe my subconscious bias was pretty strong.

 

Nonetheless, I would expect an improvement on Tokyo to 30ish golds and 70 medals.

 

 

This is incredibly optimistic. Like, basically everyone performing to their best 

4to lugar en el mundial de Nacra 17.

Detrás de 2 parejas italianas y los ingleses. 

AAT already announced they're taking all the singles quotas.  

It's probably payback for him skipping Davis Cup the last 2 years.

3 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

 

Crap song? Most of the countries and ROW gave us tele voting points, and we were 8th in tele vote, so your opinion is not what the majority of people think clearly 

Don't know if "crap" is the right word but you send very similar acts most years. Pop song with some greek folcloric tones.

Encima es solo para pagarle factura por no ir a la Davis. Podrían tranquilamente bajar un singlista. 

Europe still hard for  &  

The neo con vote is still strong 

Such a random winner lol ok.

Croatia has won for sure.

After my first time watching these songs...

Best (by process of elimination) -

Best production -

okayish -

The rest 

Is it not possible to relinquish a singles quota for another doubles player? 

The problem were just Iraq and Indonesia, let's be honest. Uzbekistan, KSA have no problem playing Israel. 

Think about any of these smaller european nations that have rather strong sporting performances, Greece, Croatia, Romania, etc 

Would they be just as strong as they are if they were instead located in, say, central Africa, south america or the middle of the pacific ocean?