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But Euro 2020 is not like that, it's a group in one stadium, and i'm sure that in United2026 there will be no jumps from canada one game to mexico next, or from new york to l.a

Euro 2020 went for something like it, that is a pretty good idea

how about 2 games , at the same time, at the same stadium?

NFL Coming back with 2 great teams (Chargers season ticket holder right here), new Soccer stadium, Lakers on the rise again, World Cup, OLYMPICS (with plenty of events coming up as tests) , I LOVE L.A But i do agree that things have to be done together, not just one city, kinda like what stockholm 2026 doing with sigulda, to not build a sledding track, it will be harder on fans, but easier on economy

I'm sorry but no, more billions of dollars in spending, more white elephant stadiums, more controversy, would they put the money in? Sure, but why? you don't have enough unused stadiums from South Africa? you will have plenty from russia, qatar. World Cup (and olympics) should be in places with proven sports culture, so yes, smaller countries will be blacklisted but it will curb spending that can shut that smaller country down. FIFA (and IOC) should have a list of approved locations where their travelling carnival can go to (you wont get white elephants in England, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil) This insane spending on events need to stop just to show who's bigger I see you are from L.A like me (where from btw?) We are very fortunate to live in a place with amazing sports infrastructure that no other place really have, let's enjoy what we have and bask in the glory of the upcoming sport goodness coming to USA

After driving this route million times it's hotter then hell. And very windy with the wind blowing desert sand all over you

Well i know that as far as LA2028 goes they were talking about baseball/softball in dodger stadium/angel stadium, but i think they just really wanted to say that to try to convince mlb to participate to convince ioc to keep baseball in the program

Are the 5 new sports automatically included from now on? Since I see the 5 are included in the venue plan for Paris and L.A.

Never watched the MLS Before. But.... ZLATAN!!!!!

So basically 2 American teams? that will be very tough, between USA, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (i know that it wont be MLB players, but still have talent)

I wasn't familiar with karate, so i looked it up on youtube, so umm, is Kata like synchronized dancing? why is it in the olympics? If thats in maybe they should've added pro wrestling, it's japan after all, Omega vs Okada for the gold

can we add skateboarding? reminds me of clueless..... or the old tony hawk games

Some update on Golf, Courtsey of NBC http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/03/19/olympic-golf-qualifying-2020-tokyo/

So... NOC's can get individual quota through mixed tournament in the continental games HOWEVER that doesn't necessarily means that they will participate in the mixed tournament during the olympics?

Also Fencing Fencing Tokyo 2020 Qualification System.pdf

Any chance that on the first message of the thread someone can put all the sports and link to each qualification document as it becomes available?

@heywoodu PC Games? Remember all the mixed events added to Tokyo 2020. By now every Olympics is a PC Event (when do men start doing synchornized swimming btw??)

Well i did enjoy the Olympics, just like every time. I did have multiple issues 1) Scheduling sucked, i know the blame from you goes to NBC but i dont believe it, hours and hours between events it just bad scheduling 2) The winds were just horrible, the Ski Jupming normal hill final was just horrible, all the Alpine Skiing rescheduling which i think really hurt Shiffrin's chances in slalom. The best for USA: 1) Chris Mazdzer 2) Women's Hockey 3) Cross Country Team 4) Men's Curling 5) Shaun White, Chloe Kim, Red Gerrard 6) Shiffrin's 2 medals Dissapointments - I would put shiffrin here as well, the slalom 4th place is very disappointing, besides i was hopeful for a downhill apperance, however i really put it on the winds and all the rescheduling - All Skating: Speed Skating is again very bad, just one bronze medal. Short Track one lucky silver medal, figure skating 2 bronze, and no medals for Nathan Chen - Elena Myers Taylor won silver, but i really hoped for a gold there Overall i hoped for about 10 golds and 20 total, but in reality it's way less then the 28 total of sochi and 37 of vancouver (even though we had 9 golds every time)

We can summarize the Olympics by now 9 Gold. 23 Total (well unless Diggins does something) and while there were many amazing surprises like Cross Country, womens Hockey or curling Golds, also some dissapointments come to mind. Another Skating Failure. Shiffrin in Slalom is another. No Cross medals, no golds in ski slopestyle, no medals in moguls or aerials. Overall because of diggins, shuster or womens Hockey i cannot say im overall dissapointed. But i was hoping for a better medal count.

And another failed skating olympics for USA. Short track silver and long track Bronze

LOL DAmn! thread is dead, ok i'll try to wake it up on the road to wrestlemania

is this also used to discuss pro wrestling?

What was up with Team Europe and Team North America?? that was so stupid, i get the idea behind it, but at least bring more teams in!

I think many players would've agreed to it for this year, i remember Ovechkin saying he is planning to play anyway, it's about country pride, and i'm sorry, the 8 team World Cup of Hockey is not an alternative!

The problem is that for basketball in the summer is fun with nba players but you don't have to stop the league (Like you would have for baseball) and it is not the main attraction. And if that will stop, i dont believe the damage will be severe. Winter however was more dependant on NHL since its really the only main stream team sport. So the IOC had to pay up. However i dont know how from here we go back to NHL participating. My feeling is that Beijing will also not have NHL players. Maybe next North American winter games if calgary gets 2026 or USA 2030