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  1. JoshMartini007
    Not really, he's just been on record saying that he doesn't care for the Olympics. Honestly, with no cash prize or even ranking points plus the rule that forces them to compete multiple Davis/Fed Cup matches there isn't much of an appeal for some players.
  2. JoshMartini007
    Not surprising, he was one of the tennis players against the Olympics.
  3. JoshMartini007
    How about water polo?
  4. JoshMartini007
    Yeah, field hockey tends to be a bit more strict. Though I imagine there will be a few more sports that won't give the host quota should someone like Qatar host the Olympics.
  5. JoshMartini007
    Technically FIBA (and other federations) decide whether or not the host gets the quota to compete. In FIBA's case they tend to delay their decision.
  6. JoshMartini007
    Some nations have additional standards for athletes
  7. JoshMartini007
    The simple answer is to increase athlete quotas and have the Olympics be hosted across 2-3 metro areas in a nation.
  8. JoshMartini007
    The extra quotas that were used in 2020 will not be used in 2024 so any additional quotas from new sports will come at the expense of something else. Any sports that aren't balanced better watch out...
  9. JoshMartini007
    I think the bigger issue is that 10 athletes per event is laughable, you really do need at least 16 athletes. That's 128 athletes among the current events. You can have 2-4 sports with that many athletes.
  10. JoshMartini007
    No, the World Cup Final and World Championships are different events.
  11. JoshMartini007
    Removed Burundi (Athletics) Czech Republic (Shooting) Burundi qualified in the men's marathon while the Czech Republic qualified in men's skeet, removing one of the more surprising unqualified nations.
  12. JoshMartini007
    Another perfect run by Vincent Hancock in men's skeet
  13. JoshMartini007
    No, an athlete can not compete in an event unless the nation has already qualified to it. A road race athlete can not compete in the omnium unless the nation has already qualified in it. In cycling there are two types of quotas, athlete quotas and event quotas. A nation must have both in order to compete.
  14. JoshMartini007
    Yes, but only if they already qualified a quota to compete in the event. So in theory Algeria could win the continental quota in the individual sprint and then use their road athlete to compete in the keirin (since all nations which qualified in individual sprint will be allowed to compete in the keirin). Of course, nations tend to use that transferable athlete quota in the endurance events, for example using five athletes instead of four across the team pursuit and Madison events or three athletes instead of two between the Madison and Omnium.
  15. JoshMartini007
    I doubt Burkina Faso will defeat the Netherlands or Italy, even defeating South Africa would be a huge victory for them.
  16. JoshMartini007
    Yeah, Namibia and Burkina Faso should be left with the continental quotas once the rankings are published, though it could be possible that Algeria or Eritrea decide not to spend a lot of money trying to get points at events around the world.
  17. JoshMartini007
    Removed Algeria (Cycling) Kazakhstan (Athletics) In terms of the main site, I will remove Kazakhstan once I make the update for athletics and swimming (likely some time next week). Given the results from the African Cycling Championships, Burkina Faso has a great chance at qualifying once the nations ranking is published. I also agree that Malta has a chance at qualifying in shooting.
  18. JoshMartini007
    Like all team sports, baseball is very expensive in terms of traveling costs and given that it won't be in the next Olympics, there's no point in heavily investing in a less popular sport.
  19. JoshMartini007
    Looks like Italy won the shoot-off, they now have 1 shot.
  20. JoshMartini007
    Looks like missing more than two targets will eliminate you from the final. Maybe even two misses might be too much.
  21. JoshMartini007
    For the men Eritrea and likely Algeria will both qualify to the Olympics through the nation ranking, so we'll need to know more of the rankings to know who will likely qualify in the end. For the women Eritrea had an outside chance of qualifying through the rankings, but I wouldn't be surprised if they now decide to reallocate funds for training rather than costly travel for points.
  22. JoshMartini007
    She had a (relatively) poor second day, 45/50 is just too big of a hole to fall in.
  23. JoshMartini007
    There can still be some element of strategy, the men could act as pacers and block the wind for them.
  24. JoshMartini007
    Not again, they did the same thing in 2016
  25. JoshMartini007
    They had to qualify in order to compete at the Olympics so there was obviously some stress involved just to be there.
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