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beat 8-6. This means the US advances to the final round where they will start with a 1-0 record. The winner of vs will join them, starting with a 0-1 record. The vs game tomorrow won't affect anything.

Correct. Nobody has been eliminated on the women’s side yet. The 16 women in round 4 are only guaranteed a top 24 finish, and if they make it to round 5 they are only guaranteed a top 12 finish. Making it all the way from the first round of the repechage is a really long road, however.

Hopefully surfing gets a tripartite spot per gender in 2024 now that they have a few more quotas. There are a lot of tripartite-eligible Central American countries who have strong surfers that may narrowly miss out on qualifying.

After the third round for the women, the following countries looking for an Olympic quota are still in: Portugal has two athletes and is looking for two quotas. Peru has two athletes, one of whom is already qualified from the Pan-am games (they are eligible for a quota here, though). One athlete from and one athlete from are not eligible for a quota. We are now starting the truly insane gauntlet that is the men's repêchage rounds.

Lol we did not deserve to be in the quarterfinals. At all. Thanks , y'all did all the work for us. I expect a shellacking from , but hockey is a funny game sometimes.

Lol all three qualifiers are eligible for the UQT. It's a good thing they have the UQT eh?

To be fair the universality tournament is nonsensical :P

was down five points late but came back to force overtime and ultimately won against .

I feel like the officiating overall has not been super great tbh.

They did get a lot of help from Canada, to be fair :P

is now officially eliminated, after going 2-0 day one. are in the quarterfinals.

I think you wrote the obituary of this 3x3 team a little too early.

SwimSwam is reporting that this is likely the fastest time a U15 swimmer has ever swam in the event. She also has the standard for the 1500m, and will try to get the standard for the 800m this week-end.

Woah, beat O.o The Poles did not play very well but still a little surprising that the Mongolians were able to take advantage.

Ya. I actually think the 3x3 idea itself is a cool idea, but the way the sport is organized right now is just a joke.

That actually seem like a pretty cool format. Not sure how well it works to have men and women climb the same boulder, but the idea of having the pair collaborate to solve the problem is really neat.

Now I understand why the Canadian team is reluctant to score.

It's a good thing there is no relegation this year, because this Canadian team could realistically finish last in their group...

I think surfing and skateboarding deserve a little more respect around these parts tbh. I get that they aren't everybody's cup of tea, but those are sports that managed to build long lasting and consistently high quality International competition circuits with no real support from NOCs or the IOC. Those are sports that are doing fine without the Olympics. I'm sure the Olympics will help them grow, but I think the IOC would be crazy to not include them. That's also how I feel about tennis and golf in the Olympics. Are the Olympics the apex of those sports? No. Is it better for the Olympics to have the PGA and the ATP/WTA as partners rather than as competitors? Absolutely.

To the players it isn't as important as the Stanley Cup, but the Olympics is by far the most important International tournament. To the general public, especially more casual fans? The Olympics is the biggest thing in ice hockey. Literally half of Canadians watched the 2010 finals, it's the most watched television event in the country's history. In fact six of the ten most watched television broadcast in Canadian history are Olympic ice hockey matches. Only one NHL game is in the top 10.

As a complete neutral who does not care about the "sanctity" of Eurovision one bit, I would love to see San Marino win just for the hilarity of a. Flo Rida being a Eurovision winner and b. because next year's Eurovision being hosted in San Marino. That being said, IMO France clearly had the best song.

Congrats for making your Olmypic debut in Curling!

Mexico is not eligible for tripartite places.

will face the for the final Olympic quota on offer. Quarterfinals are - and - . and are qualified for the semifinals. and are relegated. The relegation playoffs are - and - . The following teams are eliminated but qualified for the 2022 World Championships:

qualified for the 7th place playoff. is relegated, while and “qualified” for the relegation playoffs. is also guaranteed relegation in the other group.