JoshMartini007

3 DNS in one heat for the men's 4x100m relay.

Right now India should be the favourite to win more gold medals (though in Canada we go by total medals so we have third place on lock down :P). Friday's results will likely determine who will finish on top.

We are 1 nation short from tying the record of most nations to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games (39 nations). Though given the semifinalists in boxing we will break that record.

Quite happy for the women's team. Too bad they never qualify to the Olympics.

Quite a bad day for Canada. At this rate we may not even match our total from 2014.

Looks like Canada has regain its fear of winning gold. There are still a few sports that should help; boxing, diving, rhythmic gymnastics and wrestling should give us multiple golds. Athletics too.

The Pacific Nations are having a great games, combined they have won 14 medals which is better than the 8 they won in 2014. With the end of weightlifting they won't have too many more medal opportunities with Fiji in men's rugby sevens and Vanuatu in women's beach volleyball being their best chances. For Canada it looks like we'll have third place locked up in terms of total medals. Golds on the other hand may be a big battle.

Looks like we're down to a three person race with 4km to go.

So Canada is predicting 100 medals at the Commonwealth Games and I don’t really know where they think they’ll get 18 extra medals relative to 2014. Here’s a quick breakdown. Athletics 2014 Performance: 17 medals With so many events things can be quite variable until we start seeing the performance from our athletes. For many of them (and other nations) this will be their first major competition of the outdoor season which can only add to the potential wackiness. On paper we should be able to match 2014’s performance though I’m not seeing us winning much more than 20 medals. Badminton 2014 Performance: 1 medal Michelle Li will be our best chance at winning a medal at the games and she isn’t guaranteed either. No one else really has a chance. Basketball/Beach Volleyball vs. Judo 2014 Performance (Judo): 3 medals Judo was replaced by basketball and beach volleyball and while there are only four events Canada has a chance at winning a medal in all of them. Men’s basketball is the least likely medal, but I feel strongly that we’ll be able to counter the lost medals from judo. Boxing 2014 Performance: 3 medals Boxing may not be strong in Canada, but the nation will have an opportunity to better their 2014 performance. The additional women’s events are helpful and overall Canada received favourable draws, avoiding many of the top nations until the semi-finals in most of the events. Cycling 2014 Performance: 3 medals Canada has already won two medals and are huge favourites to win one more in women’s mountain biking. Winning more medals in track cycling will be difficult given the nations competing, but arguably Canada has outside chances in a couple of more events which will be helpful. Diving 2014 Performance: 7 medals Canada had a really good performance in 2014 and it will be hard to match it. The women are maxed out and may even underperform relatively so it will be up to the men to snag more than the single medal won in 2014. Gymnastics 2014 Performance: 15 medals This will likely be a source of gained medals for Canada, mostly due to the women’s artistic team. Based on qualification the men are on pace to match 2014 while the women are on pace to win 7 vs. the 3 they won in 2014. The rhythmic team is relatively weaker this time, but should be a medal threat in all events. Hockey 2014 Performance: 0 medals Neither team is likely to win a medal here. Lawn bowls 2014 Performance: 1 medal Ryan Bester was a silver medalist at the 2016 worlds in singles while Kelly McKerihen won bronze. Both will be a medal threat, but it’ll be unlikely for both of them to win something. Netball 2014 Performance: 0 medals Canada is not participating. Powerlifting 2014 Performance: 0 medals Canada is not participating Rugby sevens 2014 Performance: 0 medals The women’s event was added meaning Canada will have a great chance at medaling here. Of course there is the chance it may finish fourth. The men are not likely to pose a threat for a medal, but anything can happen in this sport. Shooting 2014 Performance: 3 medals This will likely be Canada’s worst performing sport relative to 2014. I don’t see any medals won in this sport, though to be fair I don’t really know the rankings for the Queen’s Prize. Squash 2014 Performance: 0 medals It is unlikely that Canada will win a medal here. Swimming 2014 Performance: 11 medals As much as our women’s swimming team is talked about now, they weren’t too bad in 2014 either. Many of our most likely medal were already in events that Canada won in 2014. After the first two days I don’t see us beating our total by more than 2-3. The issue is the men’s side which haven’t really grown and are now without Cochrane. I honestly thought 0 medals for the men was possible, but at least Thormeyer has prevented the shutout. Table tennis 2014 Performance: 1 medal With Singapore and to a lesser extent England likely to soak up all the medals I’m having trouble giving anyone more of an outside chance. A medal to match 2014 is possible, but I don’t see it. Triathlon 2014 Performance: 1 medal Canada already matched 2014’s performance. Our only other chance will be in the relay. We definitely have a chance there, but I wouldn’t classify us as a medal favourite. Weightlifting 2014 Performance: 4 medals We have already won 2 medals. The women have three more chances for medals, though they could always bomb out like what happened in the 48kg. The men are favoured to win one medal, but the others will be competitive should somebody underperform. Wrestling 2014 Performance: 12 medals The reduction in events means Canada will have to win medals in all events just to match 2014. On paper we should win medals in all events, but all it would take is a bad draw or an upset to prevent a sweep. Overall Canada should perform better than 2014, but breaking triple digits will be hard to do. It’s definitely possible, but it would be at their upper range. Realistically, low 90s would be an average performance, but I guess that isn’t as flashy for the media.

And just like in 2014 Australia sets a new world record in the women's 4x100m Canada can't compete with that...

Weightlifting Men's -56kg Games record for Malaysia in the total category

barely survived the C&J and are now guaranteed a medal.

after the snatch in -56kg weightlifting. is in 4th, but is 7kg away after only being able to lift his first weight. Not impossible, but it would take favourable results for him to win a medal. also broke the games record in snatch.

Congrats to Bermuda and Flora Duffy, I'm quite happy for her.

To be fair this is more to do with the athlete limitation opposed on nations. Despite boxing getting three more events 35 less athletes will compete in it. There is also a limit to how many boxers per nation can compete (I think it was 12 or 13 out of the 16 evens). Also 7 people will compete in the event so only one person will be guaranteed a medal.

The wrestling event has three different formats due to the low number of athletes 5 athletes: round robin (nordic) 6-7 athletes: group stage, then semifinal+final 8+ athletes: bracket with reprechage 6/12 events have less than 8 athletes. Not a very good showing and could put the sport at risk from appearing in future games (it is an optional sport)

I'm not against kata being in the Olympics, but if you are going to give the sport so few athlete quotas things need to be cut. Baseball/Softball is the same thing, they should have either made it an 8 team tournament or don't bother hosting it.

Yeah they should have dropped kata and made the kumite events have 16 athletes each.

Triathlon isn't too bad, to make space for mixed relay qualification we lose the continental and world qualification events, leaving world rankings as the only way to qualify (other than the mixed relay qualification event). It will also be a lot harder to qualify a third athlete to the games; all three must be in the top 30, oppose to being the first 8 nations to qualify three athletes.

Sorry, I misread it.

According to the document there won't be any "triple starters" they are quite clear that the maximum in an individual event is two.

Not always. If a nation qualified two individuals plus the mixed team and decide to select a third athlete that athlete won't be allowed to compete in the individual event.

In that giant chart where it shows the distribution of quotas

I also feel it's unfair that ISSF uses chronological priority. The 2018 American Championships happens before all of the World Cup events meaning the top nations (United States and Cuba to an extent) are competing for spots while for the other continents there will be less competition. I guess it's our fault to have the continental championship so early and having all of the quotas in the Pan American Games is unfair given our qualification system.

If I'm reading this right the mixed teams quotas will be decided during the qualification round of the World Championships. I guess that's to guarantee qualified nations (provided they achieve the MQS). Will nations which qualified 2 individuals use this to try to get a third person to compete in only the mixed event? They would be eligible to compete in the individual event under the double starter rule since they also need to achieve the MQS to be selected.