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And you betcha this will be the Olympic format in two years

Argentinians don't advertise their German heritage, for reasons :P

Normally all for continental representation but I feel like the old rule worked fine, especially with the very small field for Olympic team events.

Mboko will very likely be seeded at the US Open and will be Canadian # 1 next week :O

Sample size of one here, but I have a hard time taking it seriously.

Almost certainly the case. It isn't a mystery to anyone why Cricket was added to the Olympics, and just like how Swimming had an odd schedule in Beijing and Tokyo and Figure Skating had an odd schedule in Pyeongchang and in Beijing, it figures that Cricket would have a schedule that accommodates India.

This really puts in perspective to me just how nice the end of the combined is. The Boulder and Lead combined format just dragged on for ages (it was even worse w/ speed). These are much more watcheable finals (with a much better scoring system too).

If Mboko loses the semi final she will be 48th in the world next week, a new career best and a jump of 37 places from her current ranking (which is also her current career best). If she manages to win the tournament she will overtake Fernandez as Canadian number 1.

Lilly King has retired. Hopefully she becomes a full time shit stirrer on Twitter, we need more swimmers that are willing to stir drama.

missed it but finished fifth in the final. missing the final was also a much bigger story. won silver

Swimming is like the one sport where you do ocasionally see swimmers treat a heat as a warmup. May not be what happened in this case but swimmers competing in the heats without any intention of qualifying (and scratching if they do) absolutely happens every Worlds and Olympics.

lol limiting Olympic qualification to full members would be so fucked ip I’d be in favour of kicking out cricket just for that.

lol visit Dallas, you'll see bigger flags right on the drive (or train) from the airport xD

That's comendable.

I remember it well because I woke up extremely early to watch it. Was actually the first Olympic football match I’ve watched.

You’ll never guess which is the first women‘s football match both and played at the Olympics :P

And it was needed, Gaziev did not look good at all leading off.

Canada finishes 9th in the heats of the women’s 4x100m free and fifth in the men’s 4x100m free.

Molly Carlson has a massive miss on her final dive and finishes ninth, but Simone Leathead wins silver.

I’m not sure if it’s a hard and fast rule but it’s absolutely in the 2028 qualification system principles that qualification events shouldn’t be more than two years before the Olympics.

https://www.olympics.com/en/news/conmebol-copa-america-femenina-2025-full-schedule-all-results-scores-and-standings Actually insane for the two South American spots to be decided this early.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mosier

People always seem to forget about trans men's exitence in these discussions >.>

I'm happy with any host that isn't or, especially, . Either Budapest or Istanbul would be a really intriguing choice (despite the less than ideal political climate there). Madrid would be a great and safe choice. Any bid would also be great, but 2036 is a really unfortunate aniversary. And lets be honnest, they would probably want to host some events in because of the aniversary and... that's a can of worms I'd rather we not open right now. will host the Olympics sooner or later, won't be mad if that time is 2036. I'm still bitter about the absolute disaster that Dehli 2010 was, but they should be ready for the Olympics by the 2030s.

I do really recommend enjoying the heck out of Lacrosse (and at least watching the gold medal matches). Does it deserve to be in the Olympics? Nope! Is it a super entertaining sport to watch? Heck ya!