JoshMartini007

When was the last time San Marino played against a non-European opponent?

Yeah, even at previous Olympics their qualification document was written in a way that it was technically possible for more than the maximum amount of athletes to qualify. They got burned in 2020 because of COVID. Already qualified athletes/nations did not compete at the World Cup so more athletes than expected qualified which is why only the finalists are now guaranteed to compete.

On average around 10/16 athletes compete in both individual and synchro events. France not being a diving nation might decrease the average though.

 with a PSO win over , that may be enough to avoid a potential clash with  or  in the playoff round. There's a good chance the Olympic qualifiers may be decided by the quarterfinalists rather than needing the 9-12 matches.

5 hours ago, heywoodu said:

So Slovakia should be safe for 2034 or whenever 96 teams is going to be a reality  (although knowing FIFA, that would probably only result in like 2 extra spots for Europe )

I wait for the day where FIFA goes crazy and announces a 192 team tournament, held across the world.

In a perfect world it'll be 34 athletes per individual/synchro combo.

Now if someone say competes in say the 3m springboard and 10m synchro then it becomes complicated.

Canada is in the hunt, but it won't take much to become the first nation outside qualification. If  recover in the technical finals, we may end up regretting   losing to  at the Pan American Games.

Ignore

The Italian federation probably forgot the rules have changed since 2020.

In a worst case scenario, no one else gets chosen, in the best case, the next 13 qualify (may decrease depending on which nations qualify in synchro)

JoshMartini007's Top Athletes of 2023 Awards (Part 1/3)

Nation	Name	Sport	Honorable Mentions
Afghanistan	Rashid Khan	Cricket	Sayed Rohullah Mosawi (Muaythai) Mohsen Rezaee (Taekwondo)
Albania	Zelimkhan Abakarov	Wrestling	Luiza Gega (Athletics) Eklent Kaci (Cue Sports) Matvei Petrov (Gymnastics) Alvin Karaqi (Karate)
American Samoa	Penei Sewell	American Football	Seva Jarrard (Surfing) Micah Masei (Swimming)
Andorra	Monica Doria	Canoeing	Joan Verdu (Alpine Skiing) Ireneu Esteve (Cross-Country Skiing)
Angola	Benilson Sanda	Canoeing	Rui Andrade (Auto Racing) Luana Gomes (Gymnastics) Francisco Andre (Sailing)
Antigua and Barbuda	Tiger Tyson	Sailing
Armenia	Artur Aleksanyan	Wrestling	Artur Davtyan (Gymnastics) Vahagn Davytan (Gymnastics) Samvel Gasparyan (Weightlifting) Varazdat Lalayan (Weightlifting) Malkhas Amoyan (Wrestling) Vazgen Tevanyan (Wrestling)
Aruba	Ethan Westera	Sailing	Kyra Hoevertsz (Artistic Swimming) Rob Timmermans (Karate) Philipine van Aanholt (Sailing)
Bahamas	Devynne Charlton	Athletics	Anthonique Strachan (Athletics) Rhema Otabor (Athletics) Lamar Taylor (Swimming)
Bahrain	Akhmed Tazhudinov	Wrestling	Birhanu Balew (Athletics) Kemi Adekoya (Athletics) Winfred Yavi (Athletics) Gor Minasyan (Weightlifting)
Bangladesh	Najmul Hossain Shanto	Cricket	Mohammad Ashikuzzaman (Archery) Mohammad Hakim Rubel (Archery) Imranur Rahman (Athletics)
Barbados	Sada Williams	Athletics	Hayley Matthews (Cricket) Amber Joseph (Cycling) Matthew Wright (Triathlon)
Belize	Brandon Jones	Athletics
Benin	Noelie Yarigo	Athletics
Bermuda	Conor White	Cycling	Kaden Hopkins (Cycling) Tyler Smith (Triathlon)
Bhutan	Lam Dorji	Archery	Sonam Penjor (Archery)
Bolivia	Conrrado Moscoso	Racquetball	Angelica Barrios (Racquetball) Carlos Keller (Racquetball)
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Lana Pudar	Swimming	Sanjin Pehlivanovic (Cue Sports) Lejla Njemcevic (Cycling) Larisa Ceric (Judo) Nedzad Husic (Taekwondo)
Botswana	Letsile Tebogo	Athletics	Bayapo Ndori (Athletics) Busang Kebinatshipi (Athletics) Leungo Scotch (Athletics) Tshepiso Masalela (Athletics)
British Virgin Islands	Kyron McMaster	Athletics	Adaejah Hodge (Athletics)
Brunei	Basma Lachkar	Wushu
Burkina Faso	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Athletics	Marthe Koala (Athletics) Awa Bamogo (Cycling) Faysal Sawadogo (Taekwondo)
Burundi	Rodrigue Kwizera	Athletics	Egide Ntakarutimana (Athletics) Francine Niyomukunzi (Athletics) Ange Niragira (Judo)
Cambodia	Margot Garabedian	Triathlon	Julie Mam (Taekwondo)
Cameroon	Andre Onana	Football	Mvogo Zacharie Serge (Boxing) Reine Ngoune (Boxing) Georgika Djengue (Judo) Richelle Soppi (Judo) Seidou Njimouluh (Sambo)
Cape Verde	Edy Tavares	Basketball	Bruno Fernandes (Boxing) Ivanusa Gomes (Boxing)
Cayman Islands	Jordan Crooks	Swimming
Central African Republic	Nadia Guimendego	Judo
Chad	Israel Madaye	Archery	Martine Hallas (Archery)
Comoros	Andy Barat	Canoeing	Mohamed Radjay (Boxing)
Congo Dem. Rep.	Chancel Mbemba	Football	Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (Boxing) Pita Kabeji (Boxing) Steve Kulenguluka (Boxing)
Congo Republic	Saheed Idowu	Table Tennis	Mpi Anauel Ngamissengue (Boxing)
Cook Islands	Wesley Roberts	Swimming	Alex Beddoes (Athletics) Andre George (Canoeing) Lanihei Connolly (Swimming)
Costa Rica	Leilani McGonagle	Surfing	Andrea Vargas (Athletics) Daniela Rojas (Athletics) Jennifer Kalmbach (Surfing) Lia Reyes Dias (Surfing) Nishy Lee Lindo (Taekwondo)
Cote d'Ivoire	Cheick Sallah Cisse	Taekwondo	Marie-Josee Ta Lou (Athletics) Zouleiha Dabonne (Judo) Ruth Gbagbi (Taekwondo) Nogona Bakayoko (Wrestling)
Cyprus	Pavlos Kontides	Sailing	Milan Trajkovic (Athletics) Olivia Fotopoulou (Athletics) Sokratis Pilakouris (Gymanstics) Eleonora Filippou (Muaythai) Denis Taradin (Sailing) Georgios Achilleos (Shooting)
Djibouti	Mohamed Ismail	Athletics	Djamal Abdi Direh (Athletics)
Dominica	Thea Lafond	Athletics
El Salvador	Marcelo Arevalo	Tennis	Uriel Canjura (Badminton) Jorge Merino (Karate) Ivonne Nochez (Roller Sports)
Equatorial Guinea	Emilio Nsue
Eritrea	Nazret Weldu	Athletics	Dawit Seare (Athletics) Dolshi Tesfu (Athletics) Samsom Amare (Athletics) Henok Mulueberhan (Cycling)
Eswatini	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Athletics
Ethiopia	Tigst Assefa	Athletics	Amane Beriso Shankule (Athletics) Deso Gelmisa (Athletics) Diribe Welteji (Athletics) Gudaf Tsegay (Athletics) Lamecha Girma (Athletics) Tamirat Tola (Athletics) Fikremariyam Leta (Boxing)
Fed State of Micronesia	Tasi Limtiaco	Swimming	Junjun Asebias (Wrestling)
Fiji	Reapi Ulunisau	Rugby	Yeshnil Karan (Athletics) Jone Davule (Boxing) Taniela Rainibogi (Weightlifting)

I wanted to honor the smaller nations with their own athlete of the year awards so I took it upon myself to research the performance of various nations in 2023. Unfortunately due to time constraints, this is a bit late, but I now have all my winners and some honorable mentions. I definitely do not have time to create a write-up for each nation, but if you have a specific one in mind I can do something. First off here is how the awards split by sport:

Athletics - 39

Wrestling - 12

Weightlifting - 10

Football - 8

Aquatics - 7

Cycling - 6

Judo - 6

Basketball - 4

Boxing - 4

Canoeing - 4

Karate - 4

Sailing - 4

Archery - 3

Cricket - 3

Rowing - 3

Taekwondo - 3

Table Tennis - 2

Tennis - 2

Wushu - 2

Alpine Skiing - 1

American Football - 1

Badminton - 1

Gymnastics - 1

Netball - 1

Racquetball - 1

Rugby - 1

Shooting - 1

Surfing - 1

Triathlon - 1

Total - 136

Unsurprisingly, athletics has a massive 39 winners, almost 29% of all nations I looked at. That's what happens in a sport with a massive worldwide participation. Wrestling and weightlifting break double digits while football leads the team sports. Only one winter sport (alpine skiing) is represented among the winners while six non-Olympic sports are represented with karate, cricket and wushu having multiple winners.

Ten sports that will be held at the 2024 Olympics (dancesport, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, golf, handball, modern pentathlon, roller sports, sport climbing and volleyball) did not have a single winner.

I'll probably split the winners across three posts over the following days. I look forward to the discussion of being wrong for selecting certain athletes .

Diving is a bit of a mess until we know who's selected in the synchro events (let's ignore when an athlete competes in both 3m & 10m events). For now, whoever makes the final will get a quota to compete at the Olympics. Anyone else will have to wait.

qualified in women's 10km open water swimming.

Yeah, Facundo not only has to deal with the singles side, but the doubles too. If Argentina decides to bring their top three doubles players then it's even harder for him to qualify. Brazil will likely get the quota.

Too bad that's not the case on the women's side.

 is in a bit of an island right now. Unlikely to defeat the other five European nations competing here, but at the same time, unlikely to lose to  

28 minutes ago, Benolympique said:

When will we know the duo and team qualified for the Olympic Games?

Next week

It's ridiculous that only three duets will end up qualifying.  will be threats to the team quota too so you may have to finish as high as sixth in the combined total in order to qualify.

243 for Canada. I feel a lot better about getting at least the duet quota.

Possibly a sign of things to come in the non-Olympic qualifying events.

While they are the favourites, it's a bit of a gamble to go all or nothing. Gone are the days where you could list the top 10 before the competition begins

Looks like Venezuela did end up benefiting from the schedule.

Latvia is playing a dangerous game. The IOC typically doesn't like it when governments interfere with sport governing bodies.

Realistically, this hurts Ostapenko the most since Russia/Belarus in tennis has been mostly unaffected. 

1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

Usually 7-8 golds are enough for top 10 in the medal table, but with Russia having almost no participation, the threshold could rise to 10 golds. 

Perhaps, but there's a considerable drop from the top 9. The tenth rank nation could have 10+ fewer total medals than the 9th rank. Unless they get lucky with golds they will struggle to break double digits.

I'm more impressed that only one person got disqualified after that many warnings.

Yeah, there are a few ways you can represent the results to show either Canada or Russia getting the bronze. The real test is in how well the rules are written.

Canada should get bronze, but I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up going to Russia.

7 hours ago, Adriano said:

Do not understand why this go this way with America. for me it's unfair. So only Europe has champs after, and quotas go nornally for the highest country. Happy for India and Montenegro 

If anything it's more fair as the continental qualifiers are now equal in terms of depleted talent rather than the Central & South America qualifier being relatively tougher than the European qualifier if they awarded quotas chronologically.