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Don't follow the junior ranks much, but at the Olympics trials there were a couple U20 women sprinters, Jorai Oppong-Nketiah and Alexia Jones, that look to have a lot of potential 

Christopher Morales-Williams
Laon Kim
Summer Mcintosh
Isabella Holmgren 
Charlotte Simoneau (weightlifting)
 
Just of the top of my head

Thought the same thing about Summer. Glad for everyone either way. 

Can't argue McIntosh and Katzberg

I was thinking they might go with Katzberg and Rogers and save McIntosh for LA28 opening ceremony. With Swimming moving to week 2 for that one, there wouldn't be any scheduling conflicts, and seeing she already went home. 

So they all picked up a bacterial infection from contaminated food at the hotel they were staying at. Cyclists and runners (Aaron brown, Michelle Harrison, Lauren gale, Zoe shear) all got it but they were able to quickly treat it with antibiotics and responded well. But the cycling team almost all debated on dropping out of the Olympics entirely but decided to compete since it’s the Olympics. They were surprised they even could complete there races the way they did. Evan Dunfee was apparently throwing up for 8 hours straight before his race. So his fifth place finish is even crazier.

What really impressed me was not just the total medals, but the breadth. 
 
We won medals in fencing, pole vault, boxing, hammer... stuff we never done before, or haven't done in forever. And even in a wide variety of stuff that we've had occasional successes in. 

And the nice thing is there is still room for improvement. Looking forward to LA28!

 

What really impressed me was not just the total medals, but the breadth. 
 
We won medals in fencing, pole vault, boxing, hammer... stuff we never done before, or haven't done in forever. And even in a wide variety of stuff that we've had occasional successes in. 

And the nice thing is there is still room for improvement. Looking forward to LA28!

 

What really impressed me was not just the total medals, but the breadth. 
 
We won medals in fencing, pole vault, boxing, hammer... stuff we never done before, or haven't done in forever. And even in a wide variety of stuff that we've had occasional successes in. 

And the nice thing is there is still room for improvement. Looking forward to LA28!

 

Sanford is baked in. Katzberg, Rogers and Mitton are good bets in athletics. Breaking and Vincent/Mackenzie in C2 as well. So that's at least six highly likelies. 

Then we have a lot of toss ups too. 3x3, men's basketball, C1, Arop, 4x100, a couple events in track cycling, etc... and a whole mess of minor threats. If the toss ups convert around 50% and one or two of the minor threats pay off, we're there. 

There will be disappointments too of course, but it tends to average out. 

 

Sanford is baked in. Katzberg, Rogers and Mitton are good bets in athletics. Breaking and Vincent/Mackenzie in C2 as well. So that's at least six highly likelies. 

Then we have a lot of toss ups too. 3x3, men's basketball, C1, Arop, 4x100, a couple events in track cycling, etc... and a whole mess of minor threats. If the toss ups convert around 50% and one or two of the minor threats pay off, we're there. 

There will be disappointments too of course, but it tends to average out. 

 

I said 27-28

It's more an indication that our conversion rate in the first half was probably at the high end... it tends to level out over time, so the second half may not be as kind

That's also assuming my projections are accurate, and not just an exercise in my willingness to be wrong publicly 
 

A big night in the pool puts us 1.8 medals ahead of my projections

A big night in the pool puts us 1.8 medals ahead of my projections

Thanks for the correction!

Still wild it's been that long

A big night in the pool puts us 1.8 medals ahead of my projections

A big night in the pool puts us 1.8 medals ahead of my projections

Serbia was out of the quarterfinals before the match even started, with Japan taking a set over US. 

Canada should have had gold and bronze in 2012, but they gave the bronze to the Chinese girl who fell. It was stupid. 
 
Cheryl Gibson and Becky Smith got silver and bronze in the 400 IM in Montreal 1976. I had to look up their names, but I remember seeing a double medal in Montreal. 

For some-reason I thought we did it in trampoline once, but evidently not. 

Only time I'm aware of is 1928 in the 100m for women thanks to Ethel Smith and Bobbie Rosenfeld of The Matchless Six

A time or two I've had to resort to watching from my office...

A time or two I've had to resort to watching from my office...