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yes, it's the top 4 overall and then the best from every Continent (Asia and Oceania are to be considered a single entity, even if Oceania actually doesn't count anything in Fencing)
 
p.s. to qualify as a continental quota, a team must be within the top 16 of the world ranking
 
the tournaments counting for the Olympic qualification are the world championships (with major points), the continental championships (already contested...for Europe it was the EGs in Poland one month ago) and 5 selected world cup tournaments
 
in most weapons there are 4 world cup tournaments left (the season should start in November, the OQP will end next April), women's Foil has only 3 events left, if I remember well
 
the world cup points are 64 for a win, 52 for the second place, 40 for bronze, 36 for 4th place, 32/30/28/26 for places from 5th through 8th and 26 to 18 (down one by one) from 9th through 16th place, 8 for all the teams not making the top 16, 0 if you get black carded (DSQ) in a tournament and/or if you don't participate
 
 (and all the other European teams) have to hope than the 3 European "big names" make the top 4 of the ranking at the end of the OQP to earn the continental spot...it highly likely that's gonna happen, therefore good luck for the battle vs  and  (they're still the favourites to take the European quota imho, even if they missed out badly at the world champs -that's why they're so low in the standings)

This is insane, Smirnova is sitting on the piste. The competition is haulted on the red piste for 20 minutes now... FIE are a bunch of fucking clowns. IOC should take notice, this is the kind of drama you don't want at the Olympic Games. For the love of God, DO NOT LET RUSSIANS COMPETE. We don't need this in Paris. 

Absolutely no idea. My knowledge of this sport is Two guys wearing white cosmonaut clothes fencing together until one of them scores 15 points or lead after 3 periods. Nobody never know who scores including the referee until the lights reveals that and athletes loves to straighten and fix their weapon after every hit, some with hands and some by standing on it... + the dark screen around the piste help well to have a nap
 
and Tulen is in Slovak a seal
 
 

I finally decided to attend Krakow too. And much better than Katowice. They inform about European Games much more, Padel in main square and atmosphere during women rugby much better. Its pitty that i had not more time, women rugby and comments from fans were big fun :-D

I finally decided to attend Krakow too. And much better than Katowice. They inform about European Games much more, Padel in main square and atmosphere during women rugby much better. Its pitty that i had not more time, women rugby and comments from fans were big fun :-D

I finally decided to attend Krakow too. And much better than Katowice. They inform about European Games much more, Padel in main square and atmosphere during women rugby much better. Its pitty that i had not more time, women rugby and comments from fans were big fun :-D

Team format needs to go 

So far the results system doesn't seem to be terrible? Although I've only used it to see results of Tuesday so far, since I'm still trying to watch things
 
Now I thought "Alright, they spoiled the beach handball pool results for me, but let's check out the two finals!" and was welcomed by this:
 

 
Jesus christ, damn idiots  
 
Never mind. I spent hours making my program for these Games the past weeks, only to end up being able to watch basically nothing with any sort of tension due to the incompetence of these organizations  

Bydgoszcz is in a complete different part of the country so it's not really the case of the same people (non)-attending. Like I said before the two reasons are:
 
a) lack of promotion, I didn't realize athletics will be held in Chorzów until few days before EG and I live less than 20 kms from Chorzów itself
b) EG started in the last week of school when most adults are still working and before the actual holiday period in Poland.
 
PS. It doesn't help Chorzów will host the Skolimowska Memorial on July 16th. I suspect there will be more people for that meeting than EG three weeks prior.

I am in bere now. But there is nearly nobody :-(

Shooting (rifle and pistol) is still the worst traditional Olympic discipline. Even when I watched us winning a gold medal yesterday I couldn't get excited because it's literally just watching numbers appear on a screen. I know that it can be improved with some graphics, but it would still just be a TV graphic, because irl it's an incredibly boring precision game. Skeet and trap are at least visually pleasing and appear more "physical". Even darts seem more of an actual physical sport than air rifle and air pistol. 
 
I don't know, I just don't get how this sport has 15 Olympic events. Way too much for a sport that's both visually unappealing and has low attendance even at the Summer Games. I would strip it down to 1-1 male and female rifle and pistol events and keep the 5 shotgun events. So basically drop the 6 air pistol/rifle events, down to 9 Olympic events instead of the current 15. Anything would be better than this, even E-sports. 

I am in bere now. But there is nearly nobody :-(

Bigger Chance to wave us in the camera then, the Totallympics banner is ready ?

I am in bere now. But there is nearly nobody :-(

I am in bere now. But there is nearly nobody :-(

How bad? I am going to Chorzow only with t-shirt and shorts :-D 

I thought the cat is behind the doors and then I realized it were just screams from the Karate stream on the other tab

it is hard to make some enthusiastic noises the morning after you lost to Moldova

I hate it too and do not understand. We have around 6 team competition during season. It Is the one of the most attractive competition and they will  replace it by this shit?

What did we do to you? :-D

I hate it too and do not understand. We have around 6 team competition during season. It Is the one of the most attractive competition and they will  replace it by this shit?

In less than 15 hours Team A will face team B in the Beach Handball tournament followed right after by team C facing team D
 
Let the games start.

A win in a major tournament and it is not hockey well done babes
 
 

6. And we can exclude France. So if you get QF, there is big chance to qualify

This is hilarious