Laraja

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No I hate it too. The Olympic program having relative consistency is really important to making the event prestigious imo.
 
Of course it has to evolve, but when an event is added it should be a long term decision imo.

I'm surprised NBC hasn't requested Americas Got Talent as an Olympic sport.

World Ranking updated as of October 9th, 2023

World Ranking updated as of October 9th, 2023

Done!

So IOC is gonna improve the number of quotas to 20k

The IOC did say earlier the host community would have a say.
 
With that being said 3 team sports does seem excessive. There is no need for baseball unless MLB releases its players

So IOC is gonna improve the number of quotas to 20k

@Laraja WT finally published the Grand Slam ranking , that's a bit different than our own calculation 
 
http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/view.html?nid=140508&mcd=K13

Olympic Rankings updated as of October 7th, 2023

I didn't follow these qualifications that much mostly because I was too busy with the Asian Games but also because I gave up on this time few months ago. it's a pity we missed the Olympics but when you do a dumb mistake you have to pay the price.
 
I think after the Olympic season (2021 year) 3 teams made a horrible mistake by appointing the very wrong coach. Iran, Canada and Slovenia. the other 2 realized it almost quickly and fixed it. Slovenia is safely qualified and Canada was/is about to qualify. but our federation insisted of supporting this dumb idiot ... (whatever bad word you want) guy who had a scorched-earth policy and just left nothing behind. it took 10-20 years for Iran to develop a team worthy of top-10 in the world but it took 2 years for this guy to destroy that completely. Iran is a 4th tier team in the world at the moment. just because he had some random good results in 2022 VNL (mostly because our reserve opposite all of a sudden played out of this world for few games) they decided to keep him (as a sign of supporting local coaches) hoping for another miracle like those few games which never happened.
 
they had to fire him after losing 10 out of 12 matches in 2023 VNL but they gave him another chance, again they had to fire him after struggling China B and losing 3-0  to Japan in a one-sided final at home during the Asian Champs, yet they didn't. now he is gone after his team being manhandled by likes of Ukraine and Czech rep ! 
 
one thing is for sure we will never have an Iranian coach, at least not anytime soon. and new coach has to start from zero.
 
PS: based on some interviews I believe our volleyball federation didn't understand the qualification rules correctly. they thought if Japan qualifies directly, Iran can grab the Asia quota no matter how many matches we lose. 

World Rankings updated as of October 6th, 2023

Yes; Swimming will not have  ,  and  (and presumably  )
Athletics is missing 3, and presumably one of those is  

I am so sad about Luizinho's performance. He couldn't compete in the first events because of his injury. And now, can't qualify.
 
He is going to miss the Olympics... fortunately we have a plenty of good names that can get medal, but for him it might be very painful 

Dominica will have at least five athletes (3 in athletics and 2 boxers). I say at least because the Olympic Comittee confirmed to me those 5, meanwhile Panam aquatics says Dominica will also compete in swimming.
 
So someone is wrong 

the reason is always the same, my friends... 
 
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138605/kazakhstan-weightlifting-doping-scandal

I am not sure, I think it is because of the mandatory rule to compete in this Worlds, to be eligible to participate in the Olympics. The same happened with a female brazilian athlete on the lightest weight

I am not sure, I think it is because of the mandatory rule to compete in this Worlds, to be eligible to participate in the Olympics. The same happened with a female brazilian athlete on the lightest weight

Because I have way too much time on my hands today, here are the 11 possible outcomes. Along with the chance each scenario has at happening (hope my math is correct).
 
Scenario 1 - 6.25% chance

AM1

AM2
 
Scenario 2 - 6.25% chance

AM1

AM2
 
Scenario 3 - 6.25% chance

AM1

AM2
 
Scenario 4 - 6.25% chance

AM1

AM2
 
Scenario 5 - 50% chance

AM2

AM1
 
Scenario 6 - 6.25% chance

:FRA AM2 :GER
:ESP :BRA :NGR :SEN
:AUS AM1 :JPN :HUN
 
Scenario 7 - 6.25% chance
:USA :BEL :NGR :SEN
:CHN :FRA AM2 :GER
:ESP :BRA :SRB :NZL
:AUS AM1 :JPN :HUN
 
Scenario 8 - 3.125% chance
:USA :BEL :NGR :SEN
:CHN :FRA AM2 :NZL
:ESP :BRA :JPN :GER
:AUS AM1 :SRB :HUN
 
Scenario 9 - 3.125% chance
:USA :BEL :NGR :SEN
:CHN :FRA AM2 :GER
:ESP :BRA :JPN :NZL
:AUS AM1 :SRB :HUN
 
Scenario 10 - 3.125% chance
:USA :BEL :JPN :NZL
:CHN :FRA AM2 :GER
:ESP :BRA :NGR :SEN
:AUS AM1 :SRB :HUN
 
Scenario 11 - 3.125% chance
:USA :BEL :JPN :GER
:CHN :FRA AM2 :NZL
:ESP :BRA :NGR :SEN
:AUS AM1 :SRB :HUN

Hey! you reminds my Spanish teacher at school! He was Chilean too 
 
Would you like to share the ideas that you already had? Then we could think in new perspectives! Maybe @LDOG@konig and @NMQ may give you a better perspective, once they are Argentinians.
 
I would suggest you try to introduce new disciplines, sometimes the children don't know the hall of sports that they could explore or even find out a hidden passion! Usually, the kids are stucked in Football, Basketball... and those disciplines that they are used to watch on TV or something like that.
 
For instance, I discovered the world of winter sports only at 14! I didn't even realized the possibility of having actual competitions in it until the moment I saw some events in Turim 2006. But, it may have happened because I am brazilian, and at that time we didn't have so many places to practice some kind of winter sports haha

Here are the restrictions for the draw
 
The four hosts will be immediately allocated to the tournament taking place in their country. USA and France can not be drawn in the same Tournament.
There must be a minimum of one and a maximum of two European teams in each Tournament. China and Japan cannot be drawn in the same Tournament. Australia and New Zealand cannot be drawn in the same Tournament. The two African teams must be drawn in the same Tournament to ensure that all Regions are represented at the Olympic Games. There must be a team from Americas in each Tournament.  
This restricts the draw quite a bit.
 
For example, must be in the same group as . From there the other two teams can be a combination of
       
 
 
's group can only be
AM1 AM1   AM2   AM2  
's group can only be
 
 
's group can only be
AM1   AM1   AM1 AM2  
 
Nigeria and Senegal are severely restricted with only two possible outcomes. France and Americas 2 will also be in the same tournament

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