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I really can't imagine Russia, err sorry, the athletes that are totally not from Russia, boycotting these Olympics unless something truly wild happens.

Is “The team formally known as the Russian Curling Federation team” acceptable?

Apparently Korea’s first ever win against Canada at the men’s worlds. Canada scored 4 points in the 8th and stole 2 in the 9th to take a one point lead, but it just wasn’t enough.

With a steal of *5*...

The way Dallas county does things is very good. But it is also seemingly one of the best run election systems in the US. So I can’t speak for elsewhere.

I can only speak for how it works in Dallas county, which is the only place where I've voted in the US: the voting machine prints a human readable ballot receipt. The voter reads the receipt and then feeds it into a tabulation machine that counts the ballots. The results displayed on election night are what the tabulation machine spits out (which is why Dallas county has almost complete results available within a few minutes of polls closing). The paper ballots are then used for auditing and recount purposes. It's really hard to talk about how Americans votes because every state does is differently, and even within a state every county does it differently too.

I wonder if Yuzuru Hanyu will cause an International incident at the 2022 Olympics when his fans will throw hundreds of Xi Jinping plushes on the ice.

Glad to see Andreescu appears to be back in form after a looooong injury layoff.

Praise be to this forum, one of the few places that got it right immediately xD

Both options were bad, the bid logo was bad. Whatever.

So I checked and 2021 is by far the closest we've ever been to having three non-European teams in the men's handball world championship. Argentina ruined it by finishing 11th.

She should just get Belgian citizenship, qualify the extra spot for them and compete. The Dutch NOC legitimately seems to be one of the worst NOC to represent, tbh. The internal qualification criteria tend to be insane.

I am quite frustrated at how vaguely the qualification system is written tbh.

Japan gets their third spot and the US are eligible to earn a third spot with nothing to spare - both accumulated 13 points. The US maintained eligibility for a third spot by 0.21 points... that was a close call.

I know there is a whole other group left, but unless some absolutely insane things happen this is basically done. Women's singles quotas, assuming there isn't any meltdown of historical proportion: 3 quotas: 2 quotas: 1 quota: Countries that can earn an extra spot: The USA needs Karen Chen to finish third or better to be able to earn a third spot.

van Zundert is now guaranteed a top 16. Hopefully it’s enough for her no fun allowed NOC to accept the dang quota.

I would be pretty angry if I was the second or third French dance team tbh.

Ice Dancing quota simulation after the rhythm dance: 3 Pairs: 1 Pair: Countries who can qualify a second pair:

I’m actually pretty sure Czechia has already locked in qualification in both men’s and women’s singles.

We can still get on the results sheet :D

I remember when people joked that PCS stood for Patrick Chan Score :P I think Sui and Han can skate better than they did today, they had a really bad preparation for these worlds, and the fact they got so close is a good sign for the Olympics imo. And they will certainly be the sentimental favorites.

The best Canadian pair is no longer behind both American pairs, at least that's some honour restored xD

The US is unlikely to be able to challenge for a third pair now. Still, at least the US is now guaranteed two spots.

Italy is now guaranteed two pairs spots at the Olympics. Edit: oh, and Canada is also guaranteed two pairs spot at this point.

Correct. I just can’t do math before I have my morning coffee.