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Well, with all of these sport combined, you barely have more events that swimming.

No, not change each Olympics. Fencing having had that rotating team thing was already awful enough.
 
50m's just don't add much. So often we see somewhat the same people in most of the 50m races. It's already enough to have one distance for the odd strokes, no need to have two at all.
 
- A few freestyle distances (since that's the fastest way of swimming, so the most important one), maybe 100, 400, 1500 or something is fine
- Either 100 or 200 meter in the slow strokes, no need to have both
- One individual medley, 400m probably being the best option
- Men's and women's medley relay
- Men's and women's freestyle relay (not two of those, no need, so either 4x100 or 4x200)
 
For a grand total of 14 individual events (7 M, 7 W) and 4 relays (2 M, 2 W).
 
 
In case someone is inclined to see it's not realistic: duh, I am well aware this obviously won't happen  
 
 
 

Okey, Paris 2024 is officially over, so it's time to check my now regular statistic about the activity on the forum. As previously, only the official sports topics are counted, with replies until last nights Closing Ceremony, as i was adding them while watching  
 
We have another slight improvement compared with  Tokyo. The first week was cooking, but i noticed maybe a slight fatigue in the second week of the Games, as especially during the day sessions there weren't as much comments, as in the first 7-8 days.
 
Swimming returning finals to the evening propelled them to the biggest increase. Plus i think the swimming events in Paris were more interesting than those in Tokyo. But athletics was still king, though a bit lower number, than 3 years ago.
 
Rugby also made a big jump, but that was expected since it had 2 days without competition.
 
Biggest ones in red were Equestrian without the presence of @dcro , Track cycling and Rowing. Now for Rowing i figured, because in Tokyo it was early in the morning and practically for 2 hours we were watching only that . In Paris we had more sports surrounding it, so people were choosing something else. 
 
For track cycling i'm not sure about the big drop, as it had the same position as in Tokyo. Maybe the hourly schedule wasn't the best, as it overlapped a couple of days with athletics by the end of the session. Maybe that second week fatigue played a factor. 
 
If anyone finds some interesting patterns or observations, share through 
 

Are you actively trying to make the U.S. even less popular or do you just not realize how annoying you are? Even beatmen is less biased than you are.

Final update:
 
NOC points total top8 USA 1193 226 CHN 846 155 FRA 699 150 GBR 681 136 ITA 556 120 AUS 541 109 JPN 532 115 GER 491 117 NED 382 76 CAN 341 79 KOR 333 66 ESP 296 69 BRA 247 57 HUN 238 51 NZL 232 53 UKR 170 42 SUI 156 41 POL 149 39 BEL 145 33 UZB 138 28 SWE 127 27 IRI 115 21 KEN 112 21 NOR 112 26 TUR 108 27 DEN 105 24 ROU 103 22 CZE 99 25 IND 99 23 IRL 94 22 MEX 90 24 TPE 90 20 GRE 88 19 KAZ 86 20 BUL 79 16 CRO 79 17 CUB 78 15 ETH 78 20 SRB 75 19 AZE 73 17 JAM 73 20 COL 72 18 THA 70 14 GEO 68 12 AIN 68 15 AUT 66 14 EGY 65 18 RSA 59 12 ISR 58 11 POR 57 14 ECU 56 11 KGZ 54 10 PRK 51 9 ARM 49 11 LTU 49 13 SLO 46 10 PHI 45 8 TUN 41 9 INA 40 8 HKG 39 7 MGL 37 12 MDA 34 7 SVK 34 8 ARG 33 9 BRN 32 5 DOM 30 7 ALG 29 6 MAS 29 6 TJK 26 6 PER 25 6 MAR 24 5 NGR 24 9 FIN 23 9 BOT 20 4 CHI 20 4 EST 20 7 PUR 20 4 KOS 17 3 UGA 17 4 GRN 16 3 VEN 16 7 LCA 15 2 EOR 15 4 GUA 14 2 LAT 14 4 QAT 14 3 ALB 13 3 CIV 12 5 CYP 12 3 JOR 11 2 ZAM 11 3 SGP 10 2 DMA 8 1 PAK 8 1 FIJ 7 1 PAN 7 1 TTO 7 2 VIE 7 2 CPV 6 1 CRC 5 1 PAR 5 2 VIN 5 1 BER 4 1 BUR 4 1 IVB 4 1 KSA 4 1 LBN 4 1 PNG 4 1 SMR 4 1 SYR 4 1 ZIM 4 2 AND 3 1 BAH 3 1 IRQ 3 1 BAR 2 1 BIH 2 1 KIR 2 1 LBR 2 1 LES 2 1 NIG 2 1 UAE 2 1 ARU 1 1 CAY 1 1 121 NOCs (+ AIN and EOR) reaching at least a top 8 placement. 

because Americans don't dope?

and strongest countries are mainly favored by this.
 
also i dont find it so bad that some sports could have more male categories (wrestling, boxing) since there are some other that have exclusively females (artistic swimming, rhythmic gymnastics) so the balance stays in overall

Cmon Everybody is doing it, it’s not like Italy is not “buying”. 
I mean i dont like it, but that is the new normal, especially in wrestling and athletics. 
 
as someone said Albania bought at least the right one. 

Japan overtakes Australia

Not exactly. We think of China that way because...we know why. But looking at it wider....it is one of the oldest civilazations (yes, sportive too) and USA has many sins like atomic bomb or native people😉😉. Also with hiding their doping. No, it's not that simple as media are saying 😉😉. I just think we should look at it wider. Not be so biased. 

for me its a stupidity. But havent we see so many of them so far???

But why should IOC add Dance? It is an art form and not a sport. Calling it DanceSport doesn't make it a sport. Honestly, I would stop watching the Olympics if they ever add DanceSport as a whole sport with multiple events.

One of the previous posts mentioned that US also has solid gold medal chances in cycling in women's omnium.
 
 

I hope Swimming and Running is limited to 1 competitor or max 2 per event instead of limiting Weighlifting lol.
 
We know how this always goes.

Still not too sure that US will lose. US will probably lose when today ends but there are still basketball and volleyball tomorrow.
 
But yeah, just looking at lots of Silver and Bronzes its clear they are underperforming.

actually all 3 are Cubans!

Sometimes they do get overscored, but most of the time the scoring is warranted. 

Add it to the long list of problems with this Olympics.

Final two days of the Olympics and the battle for top spot on the medal table is as close as ever with both the United States and China tied with 33 medals each. The United States will have the most silvers so China needs to outright win more medals. Lets take a look at the remaining 52 events.
 
Artistic Swimming - 1 Event
China currently leads the women's duet by 9.5 points. While the sport has had a major judging overhaul, it would be quite shocking for China to miss out in gold.
 
Athletics - 10 Events
Unsurprisingly, this is the sport with the most remaining events. Fortunately for the United States they are having a great meet. I'd say they are favourites in women's 100m hurdles, and women's 4x400m relay while they have a chance in the men's 800m, men's 5000m, men's 4x400m relay, men's high jump, and women's 1500m. Unfortunately for China I don't see them with any chance for gold.
 
Basketball - 2 Events
The United States have teams in both finals and they are both the favourites to win.
 
Boxing - 4 Events
Of the four events, China has a boxer in the women's middleweight final. I'd classify her as the favourite, but Panama will also have a great chance at winning.
 
Breaking - 1 Event
The United States has the defending champion, but I hesitate to call him the favourite as the event is quite open. China also has a pretty strong breaker and could win gold too. This is one of the few events where China and the United States will be directly at odds for gold.
 
Canoeing - 3 Events
The United States is the favourite in the women's C1 200m. While China could medal in the event or the women's K1 500m it would be quite surprising for them to win gold.
 
Cycling - 4 Events
Jennifer Valente is the reigning world champion in the women's omnium and with a team pursuit gold medal she'll be looking to win a second gold medal.
 
Diving - 1 Event
China current leads the men's 10m platform after the preliminary round with a second athlete in 4th. While this may be their weaker event, relatively speaking it's hard not to call them the favourites.
 
Football - 1 Event
The United States is in the final of the women's tournament and will be the favourites to win it all.
 
Golf - 1 Event
Going into the final day, the United States is two off the lead while China is five off. Both will have a chance for gold here.
 
Gymnastics - 1 Event
While China has a team in the women's rhythmic group all-around final it would be very unlikely for them to win gold.
 
Handball - 2 Events
China and the United States didn't even qualify to this events let alone compete in the final.
 
Modern Pentathlon - 2 Events
Neither of them are in the men's final and it is quite unlikely either of them will reach the women's final.
 
Sport Climbing - 1 Event
The United States has a finalist in the women's combined. Gold would be difficult, but she does have a chance.
 
Table Tennis - 1 Event
China is the heavy favourite to win the women's team gold.
 
Taekwondo - 2 Events
Both nations will actually face each other in the men's +80kg. China is also competing in the women's +67kg. With that said, it is quite unlikely either nation will win gold.
 
Volleyball - 3 Events
The United States is in the women's indoor volleyball final. I feel Italy will be the favourite, but they will have a great chance at winning.
 
Water Polo - 2 Events
Neither China nor the United States are in the gold medal match in either event.
 
Weightlifting - 4 Events
China will be the favourites in the men's -102kg and women's +87kg only a fail lift will prevent them from winning gold.
 
Wrestling - 6 Events
The three events to be decided tomorrow don't have athletes representing either side. The final three events likely favours the United States. In the men's freestyle -65kg you have a world -70kg champion and in the men's freestyle -97kg the United States has Kyle Snyder who I also give a chance.
 
 
Here's the breakdown summary:
 
China
Favourites - 6
Chance - 2
 
United States
Favourites - 7
Chance - 11
 
Things look good on paper for the United States as China has relatively fewer chances over the next few days. In China's defense, their favourites are a lot more likely to pan out for them than the United States' so in the event of bad luck China still has a path to finish top of the table.

Can we appriciate how perfectly balanced Hungary is? Started the day with 3-3-3, ended it with 5-5-5.
 
One of our best days ever with 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. Pretty much saved our Olympic Games. We just need one gold medal in canoe sprint, and I would be fine with the overall outcome. 

The stadium is so overwhelmingly Dutch

Their attackers for the penalty shoot-out were worse.

Their attackers for the penalty shoot-out were worse.

Let's go !!
Spectacular defence by Rei Higuchi!!

Let's go !!
Spectacular defence by Rei Higuchi!!