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Not a surprising outcome given the farcical format. Hopefully they improve things by the 2023 tournament.

I don’t get how people see this as a corrupt decision. The IOC went with the safest option, which is completely understandable given their current situation. Milan just had a good bid.

I don’t think anybody predicted that France and Romania would play to a scoreless draw.

I think it’s time to do some change in the coaching staff. If heads don’t roll after this I will be extremely disappointed. This was a disastrous tournaments, scoring four goals in four matches when you got to play Cameroon and New Zealand, really? Time to rebuild, and not around Sinclair.

Olympic biathlon in Antholz!

I feel this would have been more likely had the Calgary bid survived.

I’d be surprised if the France - Brazil match ended with 22 players on the field. It’s rough out there.

I don’t think you quite understand how good that is for Brazil xD This is really no different than having a Brazilian ref a Portugal / England game or whatever.

...how the heck is Mongolia the second seed?

I really like that their cross country venue is urban. Would provide for a great atmosphere.

I feel like I'm the only person here who would be pretty happy with either bid winning (either will be an improvement over Beijing IMO). Both bids have pretty big weaknesses, but I feel like they also both have some pretty big strengths too. If it wasn't for the venues for Alpine Skiing and the sliding sports I would be all in behind the Stockholm bid. But hosting the sliding sports in another country is just really weird and Milan's Alpine Skiing venues are way, way better than Åre. I'm honestly really torn on which bid I prefer.

This might be a stupid question, but do performances in combined events count for Olympic qualification in the individual event?

Félix Auger-Aliassime is already the GOAT when it comes to playing against Stefanos Tsitsipas xD

If France and Romania draw they are both qualified for the Olympics. Who is the genius that thought that having three groups and only letting four teams make the knockout stage was a good idea? At least you can’t accuse UEFA of sexism, their men’s Olympic qualification system is as terrible as their women’s.

I may only be an ignorant Canadian, but I did read the laws of the game cover to cover and I do not recall a section about style points.

I was being sarcastic. Qualification for women's European football teams is set up in a really terrible manner.

Isn’t the Olympic qualification system for European teams just perfectly fair?

Argentina will advance if Cameroon - New Zealand and Chile - Thailand both end in draws.

About that :P

Good to hear, this Italian team deserves the attention. They have been the surprise of the tournament for sure.

Thanks, but I’m not quite new ^^

Very excited for the table tennis competition.

First time Canada has ever defeated Hungary in Water Polo. So pretty huge for the Canadian program, despite this not being the Hungarian A team.

Goes to the world ranking. Same thing happens if Scotland or Wales finishes in the top 2, btw.

Getting matches. The tournament isn’t purely an Olympic qualifier, it’s also used as an opportunity for the national teams to play and gain ranking points.