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This should have happened like two decades ago.

Extremely deserved. He was the last surfer to not qualify for the WSL this year, and he's had some good results when he's come in as an injury replacement this season.

Some irony: Humphries alleges that the abuse comes from Todd Hays, the Canadian coach. He previously coached the women’s US teams and apparently two athletes in the US filled harassment claims against him.

No. In running target the target moves, not the shooter.

Full story here.

Kaillie Humphries is leaving Canada and wants to compete for Team USA due to feeling unsafe in team Canada. She claims that she has been harassed and that her concerns have not been taken seriously.

Also the venue of the inaugural Olympic Judo tournament in 1964, which is what it was built for.

On current form the US is probably the most overrated team by the world rankings tbh.

Good to know I'm not the only biathlon fan that is less than enthusiastic about the Modern Pentathlon laser run.

It''s the laser gun run from Modern Pentathlon, minus the other three sports. I kind of dislike the laser gun run because it just doesn't have as much drama as biathlon (which is, as you know, basically the best sport).

This event is nonsense. There is just no through-line in the events selected, and there are some glaring omissions. On a personal level the only events included that I enjoy are BMX freestyle and Roller Freestyle. I guess Parkour, Breakdancing and 3x3 are “urban”, but what the heck is frisbee, watered down summer biathlon and *indoor rowing* doing here? How are those urban sports? Where is skateboarding or climbing? I’m just really skeptical of the concept. The X Games work because there is a clear throughline in the events that are selected. Nobody in the world is a fan of “urban” sports. It’s not that I dislike any of the events, I just don’t understand what they have in common. Edit: oh, and ya, the X Games are great and I think stealing a bunch of their events is the only good “fellow kids” thing the IOC has ever done.

Well, China will probably end up being the biggest victim of this nonsense qualification system. I'm happy that this nonsense backfired on FIBA. Edit: to clarify, I am not happy that China got robbed because I have anything against the Chinese team. I am happy China got robbed because this is clearly a worst case scenario for FIBA, and they deserve it after designing such a stupid and unfair qualification system.

From losing in the first round of qualification to winning the whole tournament. I can't believe it.

The men's final was actually really good, much better turnout of top talent than the women's competition. For what is essentially a pre-season competition it was a really good show.

Yes, and Azarenka has also won the Olympics in mixed doubles.

Still not as weird as the *outdoor* NHL game in Las Vegas.

I hated this qualification system when I saw it on paper and I continue to hate it as I see it in action. Oh and let me say, preemptively, that I hate how the OQTs are set up, too. The whole thing is just unfair and too luck dependent.

This is obviously a much better way to decide continental quotas than just getting China and Iran or Nigeria and Tunisia to play against each other.

And she started cycling less than two years ago... what a find.

The only thing I miss are Olympic bids being exciting. Last time I was excited for an Olympic bid was the 2016 race.

Gosh, never realized that you were still a teen. I remember being one of, if not the, youngest active member on GamesBids way back during the 2014 bidding process and now you’re telling me there are super active members here who are almost a decade younger than I am? That feels weird xD To at least another 5000 posts :D

Bianca! Tougher than expected but she got it done.

Probably better to retire when you still have your health. Going to be weird not seeing him win the big crystal globe this season.

France is qualified for either the Olympics or the OQT (a tournament with six teams and one Olympic quota on the line) depending on whether or not they finish in the top 2 among European teams.