NearPup

having it's own Olympic team will be a dream come true :D

Ya know, Canada can just make this happen by giving the the Haudenosaunee a square kilometre of land in the middle of nowhere and letting them declare sovreignty over it (and nudging the rest of the world to accept them as an independent nation).

One of the world feed commentator seemed so disappointment there wouldn't be a swim-off in the 800m free xD

It will be better when it's in the Olympics :D

I am once again asking the IOC to add the team sprint in the Olympic program.

They have improved a lot, will be exciting to see what they can do this summer.

Hard to tell, as far as I know nobody can find their selection criteria. South Africa does have a history of rejecting continental team quota, Tokyo was sort of an exception to that.

All Canada needs to do is wait for to decline the quota :P (Do we know what's up with whether or not South Africa will accept the quota?)

Happy Valentine's Day to all my fellow divorcé(e)s out there xD

I’m parodying one of our dear user who always comes up with creative reasons for why Olympics would be cancelled or boycotted.

That's because Australians are invading Westerner Canada resort towns at the moment, and we just want them to go back home and stop stealing jobs from the traditional demographic that takes low paying jobs out West, Atlantic Canadians. We need to build a wall on our Western border to keep the wallabies out, and we'll get the kiwis to pay for it. Go to a ski resort in Banff, Canmore, Kelowna or Kamloops and all you hear are Australian accents. Cafes there sell foreign atrocities like flat whites and "brekkie sandwitches" and you're liable to have a conversation about how Australia beat India in the Cricket world cup on the chairlift (I really did have a conversation about the last Cricket world cup final with someone from Brisbane on a chairlift in Kelowna two weeks ago xD ) ...more seriously I'm not sure where you see animosity towards Australian here.

Mild take: continental championships should never offer any world ranking points (unless the ranking system is some form of Elo-like system where points are awarded based strength of opposition and not by final ranking)

I don't see anything terribly wrong with using QSAC for athletics and still having the existing Gabba for the ceremonies and cricket (because lets be honnest, cricket is going to be at the 2032 games :P ) I kind of like the idea of "The Olympic Stadium" not needing to be the venue for athletics.

I hear it is also likely that the United Kingdom will boycot the games due to Australia considering becoming a Republic.

So yes, removing the best event in swimming (that also has a ton of history behind it, and produced some of the best Olympic moments period) to replace it with a pale imitation. It's not like there isn't a ton of fat to cut elsewhere in swimming if we need to do that (and dear god we do need to get rid of the mixed medley relay)

Are we really going to cut the best swimming event? We should get rid of literally any other event on the program (except the individual 100m free) before the 4x100m relay.

I’m guessing if Russia is banned the spot will go to the highest ranked unqualified team in the world ranking?

Rūta Meilutytė is the first reserve for the women's 100m breaststroke O.o

and qualify, misses out at home

If you are at this point I think you want to find a way to get this game to OT. (Incidentally, "smallest number of OT periods in wins" should be the first tie breaking criteria after head to head)

This crowd is fantastic. Their team is really struggling, but there is still somewhat of a chance.

I'm very happy Ilya Kharun's parents just never bothered to become naturalized US citizens xD

No, if beats by exactly seven points and scores at least 73 points then is out. (I have no confidence my math / understanding of the rules is correct)

Ya, because it's maybe the most famous upset in International football history (certainly the biggest upset in a World Cup final).

Funny thing for a German to say to a Hungarian