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At least the pre-qualification match will be a formality. But her group is really rough. Was this draw seeded at all? xD

Not an injury, but Charlote Dujardin will miss the Olympics due to an "error in judgement" that is being investigated by the FEI. No details are available, but it sure sounds like animal abuse allegations.

To quote Letterkenny: Céline Dion is a national treasure! She's an angel! We love her like we love our own mothers!

Pistol and riffle shooting really doesn’t get much if any attention in North America. Ginny Trasher got a few minutes on NBC when she won the very first gold medal in 2016, and that was exceptional.

I don’t know who Salukvadze is xD

Donald Trump is the oldest major party nominee in US history. Good that at least one party isn’t nominating a senile old man.

Almost certainly. The delegates who are going to make the decision are overwhelmingly Biden loyalists.

Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris.

and in the same men's mixed group and and in the same women's mixed group

If they have David Gueta making the mix we riot.

Only way to overtake Athens 2004's parade of nations is to have Daft Punk DJ Paris'.

Didn't realize until reading the team Canada article today that Daniel Gu is the son of Luan Jujie. That's really cool! I remember seeing a story about Daniel going to the Beijing Olympics as a spectator and being really surprised at how famous his mom was in China. Neat that he's going to go to the Olympics himself as well.

The Kennedys are well known for rolling nat 1s pretty regularly. Unrelated, I have been to both the spot where Oswald stood and where Kennedy was shot, since I used to live in Dallas. The assassination permanently fucked up trafic in Dallas, because Kennedy got killed right before one of the worst on-ramp in the entire metro area, which now can't be replaced or altered since it's where a president got shot and is thus a somewhat important historical site. I always hated driving in that area.

Maybe the only genuine bit of comedy to come out of this - the assassin attempted to join his high school rifle shooting team but was rejected for being a terrible shot.

I'll be using Peacock for all my IOC streaming needs (since I live in the states), but I'll certainly be tuning into the CBC stream when I expect Canadians to do well (yay VPNs) :3

I need to buy a TV xD

I hope CONEMBOL won't organize this tournament anymore xD The organizers of this tournament are completely different from the organizers of the 2026 World Cup. There is no reasons to be concerned this will happen again, this simply a case of CONMEBOL being incompetent.

The whole format in singles with 13 groups is just really weird in general.

Unfortunetly this confirms that rowing will be 1500m in LA.

https://x.com/iocmedia/status/1811720478697881848

That's really cool ^^

I assume so, we know about the change because the women’s US coach discussed it (and the French coach confirmed it).

Pretty big update on substitutions: unlike tournaments prior to Tokyo, substitute athletes are allowed to be substituted in and out of the roster on a match per match basis. Which means that even if there is a minor injury or illness a player from the main roster can be substituted for one match then returned. Any player that is on the roster for any match is eligible for a medal. Previously if a player was replaced by a substitute they could not come back for the entire tournament. ...honestly at this point they might as well count the traveling alternates as part of the roster, like they started doing for ice hockey.

It's been the case since Tokyo (you can go check the result vs the quotas from there).

and NOCs competing hard for title of worst NOC, looks like is winning it this time.