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But at the world cup there are weak teams to rest players, in your format of 8 teams in which only 1 qualifies for final there are no possible "rest games" you have to play every match to the max or you lose. Rugby is very competitive among the top 10 teams, if let's say New Zealand doesn't play with their best team, they can lose to Scotland, for example.

Because almost all teams play with substitutes in at least one match during group stage.... Argentina and New Zealand for example played substitutes vs Namibia, Ireland and France did vs Romania, etc

No, that's impossible. No professional rugby team can take that. You can have two games between 5 days rest maybe ONE time, but 3 times in a row will end with more than half of the team injured. And believe me, rugby players get injured A LOT. Even in regular club championships were they play once per week it's very common to rotate a bunch of players each match because many are injured.

It's impossible to have a serious rugby union event in the span of two weeks. Players need at least 6/7 days of rest between matches. In world cups there is even controversy when some teams are given "only" 4 or 5 days of rest between fixtures. During the olympics each team could play 3 matches max, which is not enough for any serious format of competition.

I think a team sport only can be replaced by another team sport and since Baseball has been included again (although not in very acceptable conditions), I don't see any other one with the strenght to enter the program. What is a no no for me is adding team events of individual sports, the only purpose that always has is to gift more medals to strong nations.

List of Answers complete About bet number 1: Moldova's Canoeing medal hasn't been officially stripped yet, so I'm counting it for the total of nations (in the rules it was established that the answer would be set as of today). About bet number 65: I'm aware two riders fell during the Women's Final, but they didn't crash into each other (which I said was the condition to be fulfilled), so the answer remains a NO. If you see any mistakes in the answers, do tell me, I'm human after all. Results will be out in a few days, please be patient.

You forgot: 1 Australia, New Zealand, Argentina Also for some reason you don't count beach volleyball.

Out Weightlifting, men's Football. In Futsal, more events for Karate/Climbing, more teams for Baseball/Softball

Tomorrow.... olympic hangover.... the worst feeling in the world. I hope IOC uploads all the events in YouTube, otherwise I won't have anything to do until the end of the year.

This... is a really good segment.

All within my expectations, the same number as London and in almost the same sports, but better quality. Next objectives: do well in YOG 2018 and never again decrease from this number

Botswana ran out of gas, pity. Still, if Eritrea, Uganda or Djibouti win a medal tomorrow we break the record for most NOCs with medal in a single games.

Medal for Vlasic, nice.

So, it will be 19 medals total for Brazil with 6 or 7 golds.

If we get rid of weightlifting we get 15 events and many free quota for TKD and the new sports, just saying

Paula Pareto flag bearer for CC.

eh but Mardani can still win a medal...

It hasn't worked so far.... This sport will never grow, it's still too expensive to train a person in all events (you need proper facilities for all 5, which not many countries have) and it gives very few medals, many nations will think it's just not worth the effort/cost.

What is exactly the reason they can't use horses of their own? just logistics?

In not only Ginobili, Nocioni too. Also a few others in team sports mainly.

Ok, so, only 13 american nations with medals until now... the only three that still have semi-realistic chances are , and who is losing in football right now. I think the count will stop at 14.

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[hide] Men's Tournament - Knockout Round August 17th - August 21st, 2016 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 21th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 0 Russia Gold Medal Match Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 21th 2016, h. 13:15, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Italy 3 2 Brazil [/hide]

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