LDOG

And it's Martin Carrizo, swimmer, who qualified for 1500m Freestyle Men's. He was positive of EPO in the Maria Lenk trophy held in April. uff, I thought it was going to be some high profile athlete. It still sucks, of course.

Apparently a press conference will take place at our NOC in a few minutes, some journalists say there's a rumor of a doping case. Don't think it's related to this re-testing though. Will keep you informed.

No, Softball is a sport of its own, very similar to baseball, but with some differences (the size of the ball, the pitching technique). There is both men's softball and women's baseball, but they have never been in the olympics.

The main issue is whether to give a direct quota to Europe or not, with Africa is not even a debatable... no.

Both of you, moderate your language and aggresiveness or your next posts will disappear from this thread.

I asked some journalists on twitter and none of them gave me an answer and I don't think they understand the motive very well themselves. The only source of this is Rossi himself, who seems to be very sure of it.

I don't see any problem with any of those sports being added, my only issue is the limited quota all of them will have. Especially the case of karate and climbing. I just hope that for Baseball and Softball they don't give continental quotas. Just make a world qualifier and have the best 5 teams qualify (maybe the world baseball classic?).

Carroll did well, but in the last set he couldn't make a serve without fault to save his life...

We call them "questions" but they don't have to be phrased as such if you don't wish so just affirmative sentences is enough as long as they are propositions with two possible truth values (true or false, in this case, "yes" or "no"). Simple bivalent logic

One more thing: There are two categories you guys can make suggestions for. First, there is the "Sporting Rivalries and Medals" category, which covers general aspects of the Games and/or rivalries between specific countries. Second, there are the Individual sports categories, which are bets about each sport in particular.

This is an idea I had in mind lately about the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio 2016. Everybody who’s interested in taking part, be welcome. This contest is just for fun, thus unofficial, so there are no Points to earn concerning the Prediction Contests General Standings. This idea was permitted by Sindo. The Olympic Bet Contest was already held 4 years ago for the London Olympics. It consisted of a series of questions asked to the users about the Games which they had to answer for Yes or No while placing a "bet" of a certain number of points in each answer at the same time. These are some examples: 1. At least 90 different NOC's will win at least one medal in London 2012. [YES/NO - X] 15. Slovakia will be placed above the Czech Republic in the Overall Medal Table. [YES/NO - X] or for specific sports: Aquatics - Water Polo (1)37. All three participating ex-Yugoslav Teams (CRO, MNE, SER) will reach the Semifinals. [YES/NO - X] My intention is to recreate this contest for the upcoming Games, so I'll need your help. This thread will be used for you people to make suggestions for possible questions to be featured in the contest. You can see here the questions (and the overall format) that were used for the 2012 contest, so you can get an idea of what are we looking for. This time however, due to the addition of two new sports, the contest will be expanded to 120 questions and 400 points for each user to distribute among them. The Selection Committee, composed of me and Quasit, will then pick by the end of June/early July the best 120 suggestions which will be used for the contest. Please, I'd also like to ask you to not make more than -let's say- 25 suggestions per user. We count with your help! Cheers, LDOG.

Men's Pan American Junior Championship 7th Place Match: Guyana 4 - 2 Puerto Rico 5th Place Match: Mexico 2 - 4 Trinidad and Tobago Bronze Medal Match: United States 1 - 4 Chile Gold Medal Match: Argentina 5 - 0 Canada ARGENTINA 11th Title (out of 11 editions) 62 goals scored, 0 received

lol Australia every year the same, they never improve. I'm so angry they got easy schedule for world league this year while we got F***ed with it.

Panamerican Junior Championship 5-8 Semifinals: Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Puerto Rico Mexico 3 - 2 Guyana Semifinals Argentina 10 - 0 United States Canada 3 - 1 Chile & qualify for the Junior World Cup.

Field Hockey at the Summer Olympic Games 2016 Competition Details City Rio de Janeiro Dates August 6th - August 19th, 2016 Venue Olympic Hockey Centre Website Official Website Men's Tournament Women's Tournament Group A Group B Group A Group B Australia Argentina China Argentina Belgium Canada Germany Australia Brazil Germany Netherlands Great Britain Great Britain India New Zealand India New Zealand Ireland South Korea Japan Spain Netherlands Spain United States Official Schedule Day 1 Saturday, August 6th, 2016 Day 1 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 Argentina vs Netherlands Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 11:00 - 12:45 India vs Ireland Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 12:30 - 14:15 Belgium vs Great Britain Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 13:30 - 15:15 Australia vs New Zealand Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 17:00 - 18:45 Argentina vs United States Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 18:00 - 19:45 Canada vs Germany Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 19:30 - 21:15 Spain vs Brazil Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 20:30 - 22:15 Great Britain vs Australia Women's Preliminary Round, Group B Day 2 Sunday, August 7th, 2016 Day 2 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 New Zealand vs South Korea Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 11:00 - 12:45 Japan vs India Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 12:30 - 14:15 Netherlands vs Spain Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 13:30 - 15:15 China vs Germany Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 17:00 - 18:45 Great Britain vs New Zealand Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 18:00 - 19:45 Netherlands vs Ireland Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 19:30 - 21:15 Brazil vs Belgium Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 20:30 - 22:15 Australia vs Spain Men's Preliminary Round, Group A Day 3 Monday, August 8th, 2016 Day 3 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 Australia vs United States Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 11:00 - 12:45 Germany vs India Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 12:30 - 14:15 Canada vs Argentina Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 13:30 - 15:15 New Zealand vs Germany Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 17:00 - 18:45 Netherlands vs South Korea Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 18:00 - 19:45 India vs Great Britain Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 19:30 - 21:15 Spain vs China Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 20:30 - 22:15 Argentina vs Japan Women's Preliminary Round, Group B Day 4 Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 Day 4 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 New Zealand vs Spain Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 11:00 - 12:45 Argentina vs India Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 12:30 - 14:15 Germany vs Ireland Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 13:30 - 15:15 Netherlands vs Canada Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 18:00 - 19:45 Brazil vs Great Britain Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 20:30 - 22:15 Belgium vs Australia Men's Preliminary Round, Group A Day 5 Wednesday, August 10th, 2016 Day 5 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 Spain vs New Zealand Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 11:00 - 12:45 India vs Australia Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 12:30 - 14:15 Germany vs South Korea Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 13:30 - 15:15 Great Britain vs Argentina Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 17:00 - 18:45 United States vs Japan Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 18:00 - 19:45 China vs Netherlands Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 19:30 - 21:15 New Zealand vs Brazil Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 20:30 - 22:15 Great Britain vs Australia Men's Preliminary Round, Group A Day 6 Thursday, August 11th, 2016 Day 6 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 Netherlands vs India Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 11:00 - 12:45 Ireland vs Canada Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 12:30 - 14:15 Argentina vs Germany Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 13:30 - 15:15 Spain vs Belgium Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 17:00 - 18:45 Germany vs Spain Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 18:00 - 19:45 Australia vs Argentina Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 19:30 - 21:15 United States vs India Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 20:30 - 22:15 Japan vs Great Britain Women's Preliminary Round, Group B Day 7 Friday, August 12th, 2016 Day 7 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 South Korea vs China Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 11:00 - 12:45 New Zealand vs Netherlands Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 12:30 - 14:15 India vs Canada Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 13:30 - 15:15 Germany vs Netherlands Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 17:00 - 18:45 Great Britain vs Spain Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 18:00 - 19:45 Belgium vs New Zealand Men's Preliminary Round, Group A 19:30 - 21:15 Ireland vs Argentina Men's Preliminary Round, Group B 20:30 - 22:15 Australia vs Brazil Men's Preliminary Round, Group A Day 8 Saturday, August 13th, 2016 Day 8 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 Argentina vs India Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 12:30 - 14:15 Netherlands vs Germany Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 17:00 - 18:45 South Korea vs Spain Women's Preliminary Round, Group A 18:00 - 19:45 Great Britain vs United States Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 19:30 - 21:15 Australia vs Japan Women's Preliminary Round, Group B 20:30 - 22:15 China vs New Zealand Women's Preliminary Round, Group A Day 9 Sunday, August 14th, 2016 Day 9 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 TBD vs TBD Men's Quarterfinal 1 12:30 - 14:15 TBD vs TBD Men's Quarterfinal 2 18:00 - 19:45 TBD vs TBD Men's Quarterfinal 3 20:30 - 22:15 TBD vs TBD Men's Quarterfinal 4 Day 10 Monday, August 15th, 2016 Day 10 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 11:45 TBD vs TBD Women's Quarterfinal 1 12:30 - 14:15 TBD vs TBD Women's Quarterfinal 2 18:00 - 19:45 TBD vs TBD Women's Quarterfinal 3 20:30 - 22:15 TBD vs TBD Women's Quarterfinal 4 Day 11 Tuesday, August 16th, 2016 Day 11 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 12:00 - 13:45 TBD vs TBD Men's Semifinal 1 17:00 - 18:45 TBD vs TBD Men's Semifinal 2 Day 12 Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 Day 12 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 12:00 - 13:45 TBD vs TBD Women's Semifinal 1 17:00 - 18:45 TBD vs TBD Women's Semifinal 2 Day 13 Thursday, August 18th, 2016 Day 13 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 12:00 - 13:45 TBD vs TBD Men's Bronze Medal Match 17:00 - 18:45 TBD vs TBD Men's Gold Medal Match Day 14 Friday, August 19th, 2016 Day 14 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 12:00 - 13:45 TBD vs TBD Women's Bronze Medal Match 17:00 - 18:45 TBD vs TBD Women's Gold Medal Match

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I know dude, I meant to say, for the seeding will they use ranking at the end of may or ranking at the end of July?

I have another question: I know qualification ranking closes now, but, will this ranking also be used for seeding at the olympics? or that will be done with the very last ranking before Rio?

Panamerican Junior Championship Quarterfinals results: Argentina 12 - 0 Guyana Mexico 2 - 3 United States Chile 11 - 0 Puerto Rico Canada 3 - 2 Trinidad and Tobago Semifinals (winners go to world cup): Argentina - United States Chile - Canada

And Fencing In individual sports we can only qualify through rankings, when there is a qualifier tournament it's always a failure. 0 ability to handle pressure.

0 in taekwondo, 0 in canoeing, 0 in rowing.... fantastic 2016.

They took world rankings of team sports.... and only male it seems. Now it makes sense. But still, we have a like a million world titles in male Polo and Roller Hockey, so even worse: they only took "popular" sports.

It's "being the best at", not the most popular, right? Then it's wrong, because Argentina has been much more succesful at Polo, Field Hockey and Boxing than it has been at football

Didn't know. Then I expect 1 quota now.

It's not about optimism, just logic. None of them were semifinals first place therefore I have no reason to expect them to take top 2 spots. Obviously performance can change from one day to another, but my provisional expectations are this.