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  1. JoshMartini007
    The semifinals for the Egyptian Open have been decided. Men Mostafa Asal vs. Karim Abdel Gawad Victor Crouin vs. Diego Elias Women Nouran Gohar vs. Hania El Hammamy Amina Orfi vs. Fayrouz Aboelkheir Unsurprisingly Egypt is doing well.
  2. JoshMartini007
    While I wouldn't expect the SEA Games to match the Olympic program, it is a bit weird seeing some events excluded relative to what's in. For example, they have women's 10m synchronized platform, but not the individual event. Similarly, in cycling there's team sprint, but no individual sprint (at least there's keirin)
  3. JoshMartini007
    The Olympic weights are chosen (they are the same as 2024) Official-Programme-of-the-Olympic-Games-Los-Angeles-2028.pdf
  4. JoshMartini007
    It's not about whether Cuba would be rich/poor. Communist nations spent more on sport in order to make their nation (and communism as a whole) appear strong. Once that disappeared, their strength dropped over the next decade.
  5. JoshMartini007
    True, but the sport budget would have been slashed decades ago.
  6. JoshMartini007
    Given what happened to most of the former communist nations, Cuba would likely be a lot weaker from a sporting perspective.
  7. JoshMartini007
    Nice to see Pan America doing well. Even if you subtract the United States we have 2G-4S-5B which is comparable to Europe who has 2G-5S-3B. Not sure how long we can keep up though...
  8. JoshMartini007
    Strategy is a big thing as the races get longer
  9. JoshMartini007
    Not to take anything away from them, but Canada has consistently been better than Australia in women's rugby union. Still, a strong win. Hopefully we can get one more win in our final two matches.
  10. JoshMartini007
    It'll be tough as only 6 teams will compete. Hopefully they'll create a more fair qualification system than 2020. World Cup, three continental qualifiers (Americas, Europe/Africa, Asia/Oceania) and a final qualifier.
  11. JoshMartini007
    The following won a qualifying spot to compete in the main draw. Men's draw Patrick Rooney Matias Knudsen Matthew Lai Ivan Perez Women's draw Lauren Baltayan Nardine Garas Marta Dominguez Toby Tse The round of 48 begins in a few hours
  12. JoshMartini007
    Honestly there isn't that much money in swimming and once the novelty runs out (and possibly someone dying) then I feel this experiment will die out.
  13. JoshMartini007
    Bookmaker odds are less about reality and more about feels. If betting people feel he's the favourite then he will have the best odds. In the end the bookmakers want to make a profit.
  14. JoshMartini007
    I'm not surprised about Bolivia's win over Brazil. Brazil hates playing in Bolivia (Moreso than the other South American nations) and with nothing to play for it was expected they wouldn't play at 100%. I think the other confederations are happy with the result
  15. JoshMartini007
    1st day of the men's qualifier saw most of the top seeds advance with the biggest upset being Matthew Lai defeating his compatriot Henry Leung. The women's qualifier saw similar results with the biggest upset being Malak Fathy defeating Emilai Soini
  16. JoshMartini007
    The Egyptian Open begins today. This is a Diamond Level event, the highest outside of the World Championships in the PSA Tour.
  17. JoshMartini007
    Another case of an executive team forgetting that running a sport federation is different than running a business
  18. JoshMartini007
    Not really, the athlete quota remains the same for the core sports. As for the extra sports they really only benefit a handful of nations. Over 90% of nations will see no benefit.
  19. JoshMartini007
    Given that the United States will be given host quotas and the additional team sports help us inflate our numbers we might set a record of the largest Canadian delegation with over 400 athletes.
  20. JoshMartini007
    I mean, you could do cross-country running in the snow (they are allowed to in the rules), but that gives me the "you can play chess on ice/snow" vibes.
  21. JoshMartini007
    Yeah, they basically need to create a new Olympic qualification tournament (or use the World Cup results)
  22. JoshMartini007
    To be fair, I don't think it was ever a qualification event. I'm positive some news agency in South America made the claim and everyone, including the author from Olympics.com just followed suit without bothering to check if it was true.
  23. JoshMartini007
    Looks like someone is following their own rules
  24. JoshMartini007
    To be fair, Rogge inherited an IOC whose predecessor expanded the Olympics from 27 disciplines to 40 during his reign
  25. JoshMartini007
    I still subscribe to the conspiracy theory that wrestling was safe as long as it conceded to the IOC's demands, but you are correct wrestling was voted out, but only because something had to go. Baseball/softball actually met the threshold to be removed. Hopefull Coventry makes it more transparent. At the very least, applicant cities should disclose which optional sports would be added if they were to be chosen.
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