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has the last quota.

bailed out , who is now qualified after a terrible 1-5 start.

I was being sarcastic - it makes no sense for Russia to help a Romanian dope.

You mean the Russian government isn’t facilitating the doping of Russian-born Romanian athletes? :O

Women’s wrestling in Canada is in a pretty rough spot right now.

Ya that kid was pretty good.

Fun fact: Omar Salim's father, Gergely Salim, competed for Denmark at the 1992 Olympics (in the Taekwondo demonstration event). Omar is also an American citizen.

Wrestling needs more showcase for it’s stars. Flo Wrestling organized basically pro-boxing style cards during the pandemic (for lack of other things to broadcast). That kind of model may be worth considering between major tournaments as a way of attracting eyeballs. Wrestling needs more opportunities for it’s stars to fight each other in a way that can attract eyeballs.

This is a disgraceful decision by the NHL.

Why have any qualification event at all, lets just pick random people to compete in each event. Much more equitable that way.

Some small consolation prize.

By millimetres. That was a close one.

Not a surprise, and not a surprise that this is the sport and weight class where this happens. This will be a big story in the US given that trans women competing in sports is apparently the most important political issue of the decade in America. Nevermind the pandemic.

The IWF and the Boxing taskforce are competing to see who can run the worst qualification system. Every time I think one of them does something so stupid that they can’t be topped, they get topped.

Against a three woman German team…

Canada is in real trou le right now.

I keep trying to find an Irish or Italian ancestor but no luck I got my second passport the hard way (naturalization).

I thought I had read that in the Inside the Games story, but it doesn't seem to be there anymore. Looks like I may have been wrong.

Backdated from the 2019 Worlds. The ban doesn't apply to the Olympics though. For 2020 it will have limited effects, but it may wreck havoc with their 2024 qualification.

Iran will be fine for 2020, but it will be really hard for them to qualify people for 2024.

At this point the World Relays should just not be offering direct spots to the Olympics and all remaining spots should be decided by ranking.

I'm going to answer this as a tier list: Mixed events that are must watch for me: Badminton mixed doubles Table tennis mixed doubles Tennis mixed doubles Triathlon mixed relay Mixed events that I am not upset are in the Olympics: Archery mixed team Sailing mixed multihull The three shooting mixed team events Mixed events I don't believe should be in the Olympics: Athletics mixed 4x400m relay Judo mixed team event (the format is simply unfair) Swimming mixed 4x100m medley relay I am against the athletics and swimming mixed relays because they are essentially redundant (wouldn't be opposed to mixed relays that are markedly different from the same-gendered relays). I think the mixed judo team event has a fatally flawed format that has no place in a serious competition like the Olympics (too few weight classes and a very unfair mechanism to resolve 3-3 ties).

In mixed doubles the imbalance is not a bug, it’s a feature. A lot of the strategy revolves around it.

That was expected, California is growing slower than the country as a whole. IMO the biggest shocks are Alabama, Minnesota and Rhode Island not losing a rep.

It would be better with 12 teams. But a lot of summer Olympic events could use more competitors.