JoshMartini007

Yeah, unless something changes, I feel we've reached our peak. Things like Summer McIntosh's individual performance and medals in the optional sports (lacrosse is basically 2 guaranteed medals plus we could win something in softball and flag football) will mask the decline somewhat in 2028, but eventually our sporting state will be in full view.

Nice

Any chance she'll stay as ?

Lia Monica Fontaine won silver in the women's vault. It's her first year at the senior level so hopefully we'll see more of her.

Such beautiful pictures. Looks like Guatemala did a good job with the venues. I wonder if they'll try to host the Central American & Caribbean Games again. Maybe even the Pan American Games, but right now it seems to have a bit of competition.

I guess that ends 's bid for the 2036 Summer Olympics

Football is the most played sport around the world and the level of play continues to increase. The amount of nations competing here is similar to what it was in 1982 when we increased to 24 teams.

I guess the IOC realized it's not an easy thing to take on. Do you still have the team together or have many of them "retired" Hopefully someone on the team saved as much as possible from 2024 so we don't have too many gaps. Here's hoping you guys get a decent deal.

Yeah, as the Olympics are heading to become more regional based rather than city based, multiple parades will likely be needed. From a TV perspective it would make sense to focus on the main venue and then show a big shot of the other venue once all the athletes have entered like we saw with the surfers in 2024. I hope they do something in 2028 to show off the canoe slalom and softball players

Pan American Championships Men's Singles Hugo Calderano Kanak Jha Nicolas Burgos Horacio Cifuentes Women's Singles Adriana Diaz Bruna Takahashi Mo Zhang Lily Zhang Men's Doubles Leonardo Iizuka/Guilherme Teodoro Nicolas Burgos/Gustavo Gomez Horacio Cifuentes/Santiago Lorenzo Rogello Castro/Marcos Madrid Women's Doubles Lucia Cordero/Hidalynn Zapata Arantxa Cossio/Clio Barcenas Daniela Ortega/Paulina Vega Adriana Diaz/Brianna Burgos Mixed Doubles Hugo Calderano/Bruna Takahashi Steven Moreno/Brianna Burgos Jishan Liang/Jessica Reyes Lai Marcos Madrid/Clio Barcenas Team events start tomorrow

After the end of this qualification window, 20 tickets remain. 15 will go to UEFA nations, 3 to CONCACAF nations and 2 from the inter-confederation play-offs. Let's take a look at the status of everyone. UEFA Group A is guaranteed to make the second round thanks to its performance from the Nations League, but will look to qualify outright in November. They'll have what should be an easy match against then facing off against who grabbed a shocking 2-0 win in their first meeting. Can they repeat that performance again? Before that they'll have to face who is still in the mix. That match is more critical for Slovakia as Northern Ireland could fall on to its Nations League performance and reach the second round regardless of these results. Group B is guaranteed to make the second round and is the big favourite to qualify directly. is in a good position to make the next round, but their match against will be critical. A draw is all they need, but a loss gives the opportunity to steal second place on the final day. has a chance to finish second in the group, but even if they don't they'll likely qualify to the second round thanks to their Nations League performance. Group C and are guaranteed to make the second round. The direct qualifier will likely be decided on the final day as the two teams face off against each other. Denmark currently has the better goal differential so it'll probably be up to Scotland to push for the win. Group D is guaranteed to make the second round thanks to its performance from the Nations League, but would need everything to go against them to make at least top 2 in the group. The match between France and is very important to decide the group winner. If Ukraine fails to win then their final match against will decide who makes it to round 2. is technically alive, but would require everything to go their way, including scoring double digit goals in their last two games to reach the second round. Group E is guaranteed to finish top 2 in the group. While they may have to wait until their final match against to qualify, they are in a very good position. At this point they would have to lose by 6 goals or more to not qualify, assuming they defeat . Georgia still has a chance to make the second round, but needs a lot to go their way. Group F is guaranteed to finish top 2 in the group and is the huge favourite to finish top and qualify directly. Second place is more open with in the driver's seat as they face both and . If Hungary gets a single win then it forces Ireland/Armenia to get a result against Portugal. Of course, it is entirely possible for Hungary to only get 0 or 1 point in the final two games. Group G is guaranteed to finish top 2. Their match against may qualify them with a win, but even a loss would still put them in a good position thanks to have 13 higher goal differential over Poland. Poland is in a very good position for at least second in the group. They would have to loss both of their final games (which includes Malta) while would have to defeat Malta and make up the goal differential. Group H Lots to play for in this group as three nations fight for the top 2. plays both and meaning those two matches will have huge implications on who qualifies. Bosnia likely needs to win both matches to finish first as Austria and Romania have much easier opponents. A single victory will allow them to reach the second round. Despite being in third, Romania will likely make the second round regardless due to the Nations League performance. Speaking of Nations League performances, has a chance at advancing to the second round if things go their way (including Romania finishing in top 2). Group I and are guaranteed to finish in the top 2. The two face off in the final match, but unless Italy beats by 10 goals the goal differential might be too much. Speaking of Moldova, they also have a chance to advance to the second round via Nations League performance if other results go their way. Group J is in an excellent position to win the group, all they need is a single victory against the bottom two teams. is currently guaranteed to make the second round via Nations League performance. They have two remaining matches, including against on the final day. There's a goal differential, but it's definitely coverable. If Wales does manage to win and move into second place, North Macedonia would then be in a good position to still make the second round via Nations League performance. Group K is already qualified to the World Cup. Second place is between and . Albania has a 1 point advantage which means Serbia needs to get a result against England to have a chance. It might even have to be a victory as goal differential isn't on Serbia's side. Group L is guaranteed to finish top 2 and only needs a single point to qualify to the World Cup. is currently guaranteed to make the second round via Nations League performance, but with Gibraltar as their final opponent, they should finish in second. Should they somehow fail then would need a result against Croatia to sneak into second. CONCACAF Group A This is a very chaotic group, with all four nations still well alive. play for their final two matches. Given 4/8 matches so far were draws, any win would be a massive boost. Due to being slightly behind El Salvador will need to grab at least 1 win and a draw. Group B leads the group, but has already faced off against bottom level Bermuda. This likely means they will need to defeat on the final day, which they failed to do last time. is also relevant and may make the World Cup directly if they can grab the win over Jamaica. Group C leads the group, but may need a result against rivals to qualify directly to the World Cup. may make it interesting if they can score the upset against Costa Rica, but would need to have things go their way to win the group. Inter-confederation Playoffs So far 2/6 teams have qualified, (ranked: 77th) and (ranked: 150th) The African representative will be between (ranked: 52nd), (ranked: 60th), (ranked: 79th), and (ranked: 45th) The Asian representative will be between (ranked: 58th) and (ranked: 67th) CONCACAF will have 2 representatives with 11 nations having a chance to be here. The two highest ranked nations will receive a bye and will get to compete directly for the quota while the other four nations will have to face each other first. New Caledonia will obviously not be getting a bye while Bolivia will either need to greatly improve their ranking or hope Gabon and two low ranked CONCACAF nations qualify to the playoffs. Looking at the CONCACAF options, (ranked: 29th), (ranked: 47th), (ranked: 65th), or (ranked: 69th) might be seeded should they qualify to the playoffs, while the others would not and we would then likely see Africa and Asia as the two seeded teams.

Looks like archery and shooting are finally returning to the games. I imagine badminton, cricket, field hockey, table tennis and wrestling will return after missing 2026.

Don't worry they'll likely make the second round via Nation's League performance and then proceed to upset someone from Pot 1.

got fourth in the women's team title

A 410kg in the -110kg event wouldn't even have medaled, but is good enough for bronze in the +110kg

It'd be nice to see another continent moving up in curling.

At minimum, nations who do this should be banned from hosting events for a number of years.

1st place automatically advances to the OQE, 2nd to 4th will play for the remaining two places with 2nd and 3rd getting at least two opportunities to qualify.

They are currently expanding the stadium to have enough seats. Here's what it'll look like.

After Draw 3 Men 3-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-3 Women 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-2 0-3

Looks like only secured qualification today. faces bottom nation , but still needs to win to guarantee to finish ahead of who faces is pretty much qualified, not only do they need to lose to to have any chance of missing out, would have to beat and close an 8-goal differential gap. Over in Asia, and tied 0-0 while defeated 3-2

I mean we do have athlete limits per event (whether it's 1, 2 , or 3) and I'm fine with that. We don't need to see 30 table tennis players from China or 50 marathon runners from Kenya competing, even if they are the best. I do agree that an athlete should not be prevented from competing because someone else is competing in a different event. 10 athletes per event makes continental quotas a bit more difficult. In a perfect world, I'd like to see the top 10 qualify, 5 continental quotas and then a host/tripartite quota for a total of 16 per event.

I don't think there's an easy solution. You could try going by previous performances, but then you might get situations where an athlete who doesn't compete very often getting put into a lower group.

might win a C&J medal from Group B

Maude Charron takes silver in the women's -63kg, behind Ri Suk