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Technically Canada only beat one team in the Tokyo knockout stages (and two across the whole tournament), but at least that one team was the :P (The 2020 Olympic gold medal was a total fluke, but there are other tournaments where the team should have done better, like the 2012 Olympics. That’s soccer for you)

This relay could have an outside shot to win next year if Angus keeps improving and either Oleksiak or Ruck gets back to form.

Good thing for us his parents never bothered to become US citizens xD

Lol, rumors was they would represent . Guess that would have been too much a betrayal for Eteri’s daughter. (Davis is an American citizen, Smolkin has a green card and they both live in the US. Their link to Georgia is… one of Davis’ grandparenrs is from there.

I would put the 200m Butterfly to 2, the 200m IM to 3 and the 400m free 4th, but otherwise... ya. We are looking fairly Summer dependant in 2024.

Netball has no real interest in joining the Olympics, as evidenced by their complete lack of effort in developing the men’s game.

This is also in the context of 2018 (where there was, realistically, only one viable bid) and 2030 (where it is very difficult to find an interested bidder).

I think there is a real chance the Commonwealth games are done for tbh.

Not a rumour: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/300929971/victoria-axes-hosting-of-commonwealth-games-in-2026

Ya, apparently the main motivation for him getting French citizenship was to make it easier to live in France post-Brexit. He was already living in France for quite a few years.

qualified to the Olympics in the women's 3m synchro. had a their worse dive in the final round, and they narrowly missed out.

So, didn't realize that Gary Hunt, one of the great cliff diver of all times and a former competitor, was now competing for and attempting to go to the Olympics in the men's 10m synchro, hoping to make his Olympic debut at 40.

Beck wins the first world title, with some clever tactics at the end. also qualifies, and looks like notched the last spot.

Ya, and they don't even need to swim in the 800m or 1500m to be eligible - as long as they have the OQT in either they can just be a relay swimmer in the heats of the 4x200m relay, and then be eligible to compete in the 10km.

qualified. First Olympic appearance for Ukraine, first apparence representing Europe for Israel (and second Olympics in a row where they qualify in a team sport).

Really looks like everything is lining up for to host in 2030.

So… news from the EB. Some Milan 2026 events got changed at the request of the FIS. Cross Country Skiing: all men’s and women’s events contested over the same distance Alpine Skiing: the combined is now a team event (one downhiller and one slalom specialist) Nordic Combined: the team event is replaced by the team sprint (LH/2x7.5km) Ski Jumping: the men’s team event is replaced by the so-called super team event with two athletes per team. I hate the new ski jumping team event format. IMO the worst change the IOC has made to the Winter Olympics since I started following.

Well deserved Olympic qualification by . They built up a really good program this quad.

What kind of cheap ass solar panels does the UK use? Texas routinely gets over 40° in the summer and it’s the biggest solar power producer in the US.

Sad news out of the UK, a coup d’état has lead to the removal of Prime Minister Boris Johnson from parliament. My thoughts and prayers are with our British friends, I hope the King is able to restore democracy soon.

So why do you think the Biden administration is in danger of being illegally overthrown? That’s really concerning if true.

Well then, what happened to the staff running the US that makes you say there has been a coup? I live in the US and I’ve not noticed a change in government over the past week.

Did someone depose Biden when I wasn’t paying attention?

No, if France qualifies here they lose their host quota, and it gets re-allocated at the 2024 world surfing games.