JoshMartini007

Only a matter of time before short course swimming is added. Just imagine, swimming during the entire Olympics

If Canada ever wants to make the jump into the top 10, expanding our sport strength sphere is key. Now we need to win multiple medals in more sports. The added sports for 2028 benefit us. Lacrosse should be two easy medals while we'll have a great chance in softball. If we can qualify in baseball we could sneak a medal. Flag football could be an option if we focus on it (let's see how we do at the World Championships later this month). Qualifying might be difficult as Mexico is pretty good.

Here's a comparison of how nations performed between 2020 and 2024. More Gold Medals +7 +6 +5 +5 +3 South Korea recovered well after a poor 2020 while France benefited greatly from being the host nation. The Netherlands and Uzbekistan see their increase investment in sport yield good results. Fewer Gold Medals -20 -8 -7 -5 -4 -3 -3 Obviously Russia was going to have the least amount of golds, even accounting for they did not win a single gold. Despite having similar amount of medals as 2020, Great Britain just couldn't convert them to gold this time. The same can be said for Brazil. Japan loses out in their host nation boost while economic troubles continues to hurt Cuba. More Total Medals +31 +13 +12 +8 +7 +6 +5 +5 France with the host boost saw a huge jump in total medals. Despite only getting 1 more gold medal compared to 2020, the United States wins an additional 13 medals. As with the gold medals, South Korea saw a nice increase in total medals as well. Uzbekistan and Australia saw nice increases. North Korea is only here because they did not participate in 2020. One can only imagine their increase had they attempted to qualify during the entire period as oppose to the second half. Fewer Total Medals -70 -13 -7 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 Russia got banned and lost out on almost all their medals. Again, Japan lost its host boost. Ukraine suffered from the war while the other nations face either economic issues or returned to the mean after a great 2020.

Honestly, I don't understand the vitriol breaking received. Some of the hate gave serious "old man" vibes of complaining. We have ice and water dancing at the Olympics. Would we have gotten the same had Latin or Classical dance been added instead? In the end this is a sport practiced around the world, it checked all the boxes for Olympic inclusion

If the IOC ever decides to fully add DanceSport to the Olympics I can see breaking returning as one of the styles.

Since we are at the end, here's my tier list based on the amount I watched of each discipline. Extensively Watched Athletics Swimming Canoe Slalom Well Watched Gymnastics Artistic Diving Cycling Track Archery Football Basketball 3x3 Beach Volleyball Rugby Sevens Basketball Breaking Decently Watched Skateboarding Volleyball Indoor Weightlifting Cycling Road Canoe Sprint Shooting Taekwondo Table Tennis Wrestling Judo Cycling BMX Freestyle Water Polo Equestrian Eventing Cycling Mountain Gymnastics Rhythmic Equestrian Dressage Barely Watched Handball Fencing Badminton Sailing Artistic Swimming Surfing Boxing Equestrian Jumping Tennis Rowing Gymnastics Trampoline Didn't Watched Cycling BMX Race Field Hockey Golf Modern Pentathlon Open Water Swimming Sport Climbing Triathlon Just to be clear, this does not accurately represent which are my favourite sports. Due to the time difference I did not watch the morning sessions which caused many morning sports to suffer. Canoe sprint is an exception as I watched recordings later in the day. Additionally, some sports benefited from being scheduled in between other events. Most notably, canoe slalom received a lot of watch time despite being a mid-tier sport for me because it was the most desirable thing to watch.

The biggest hurdle for esports is creating a unifying sports federation. The scene is way too fragmented plus you have the issue of video game companies wanting a say on how their games are represented. It's just not worth the headache at this point. We will also have to have a shift of acceptance towards "mind sports" like chess which is already a huge hurdle for some people.

I mean, she can lift at 90% of her capacity and still easily win gold. Another scenario: The Chinese rider intentionally crashes into the United States during the points race of the omnium to prevent her from winning gold. Or maybe the United States wins one of those golds, but somehow chokes the basketball game.

China takes a 1 gold lead over the United States going into the final day. 13 events remaining specifically: Athletics - Women's Marathon Basketball - Women's Tournament Cycling - Men's Keirin Cycling - Women's Individual Sprint Cycling - Women's Omnium Handball - Men's Tournament Modern Pentathlon - Women's Individual Volleyball - Women's Tournament Water Polo - Men's Tournament Weightlifting - Women's +81kg Wrestling - Men's Freestyle -65kg Wrestling - Men's Freestyle -97kg Wrestling - Women's Freestyle -76kg Of these events, here are the ones with either China or the United States still active China Athletics - Women's Marathon Cycling - Women's Omnium Modern Pentathlon - Women's Individual Weightlifting - Women's +81kg United States Athletics - Women's Marathon Basketball - Women's Tournament Cycling - Women's Omnium Volleyball - Women's Tournament Weightlifting - Women's +81kg Wrestling - Women's Freestyle -76kg China is heavily favoured to win the women's +81kg weightlifting, after that their gold medal chances become quite non-existent. Honestly, out of the three remaining events for them they have the best chance in women's marathon and that's pretty much near 0%. Will the United States find at least two more golds to win? The women's basketball will be their best chance for gold which counters the weightlifting medal China will win tomorrow. After that they have a trio of events; women's omnium, women's volleyball, and women's freestyle -76kg to win gold. Statistically, they should win at least one gold from the three, but there is a big enough chance that they could miss in all three.

What's with all the doom and gloom on the United States? They still have many opportunities over the day and tomorrow. China isn't making any mistakes so the United States needs to be up to the task in converting their opportunities.

China with the women's rhythmic group all-around gold. That puts them in a better position. Gotta see how the United States handles the athletic events.

I'd give it to one of our hammer throwers

It's not that surprising, China does have the second most medals so by chance they would be likely to finish ahead of us. We'd have to do a more deeper look to see if it's actually significant.

Unlike with 1984, I don't think people will put an asterisk on our performance here, but yeah, I imagine a few of our bronze medals may have been 4ths had Russia/Belarus fully participated.

Final two days of the Olympics and the battle for top spot on the medal table is as close as ever with both the United States and China tied with 33 medals each. The United States will have the most silvers so China needs to outright win more medals. Lets take a look at the remaining 52 events. Artistic Swimming - 1 Event China currently leads the women's duet by 9.5 points. While the sport has had a major judging overhaul, it would be quite shocking for China to miss out in gold. Athletics - 10 Events Unsurprisingly, this is the sport with the most remaining events. Fortunately for the United States they are having a great meet. I'd say they are favourites in women's 100m hurdles, and women's 4x400m relay while they have a chance in the men's 800m, men's 5000m, men's 4x400m relay, men's high jump, and women's 1500m. Unfortunately for China I don't see them with any chance for gold. Basketball - 2 Events The United States have teams in both finals and they are both the favourites to win. Boxing - 4 Events Of the four events, China has a boxer in the women's middleweight final. I'd classify her as the favourite, but Panama will also have a great chance at winning. Breaking - 1 Event The United States has the defending champion, but I hesitate to call him the favourite as the event is quite open. China also has a pretty strong breaker and could win gold too. This is one of the few events where China and the United States will be directly at odds for gold. Canoeing - 3 Events The United States is the favourite in the women's C1 200m. While China could medal in the event or the women's K1 500m it would be quite surprising for them to win gold. Cycling - 4 Events Jennifer Valente is the reigning world champion in the women's omnium and with a team pursuit gold medal she'll be looking to win a second gold medal. Diving - 1 Event China current leads the men's 10m platform after the preliminary round with a second athlete in 4th. While this may be their weaker event, relatively speaking it's hard not to call them the favourites. Football - 1 Event The United States is in the final of the women's tournament and will be the favourites to win it all. Golf - 1 Event Going into the final day, the United States is two off the lead while China is five off. Both will have a chance for gold here. Gymnastics - 1 Event While China has a team in the women's rhythmic group all-around final it would be very unlikely for them to win gold. Handball - 2 Events China and the United States didn't even qualify to this events let alone compete in the final. Modern Pentathlon - 2 Events Neither of them are in the men's final and it is quite unlikely either of them will reach the women's final. Sport Climbing - 1 Event The United States has a finalist in the women's combined. Gold would be difficult, but she does have a chance. Table Tennis - 1 Event China is the heavy favourite to win the women's team gold. Taekwondo - 2 Events Both nations will actually face each other in the men's +80kg. China is also competing in the women's +67kg. With that said, it is quite unlikely either nation will win gold. Volleyball - 3 Events The United States is in the women's indoor volleyball final. I feel Italy will be the favourite, but they will have a great chance at winning. Water Polo - 2 Events Neither China nor the United States are in the gold medal match in either event. Weightlifting - 4 Events China will be the favourites in the men's -102kg and women's +87kg only a fail lift will prevent them from winning gold. Wrestling - 6 Events The three events to be decided tomorrow don't have athletes representing either side. The final three events likely favours the United States. In the men's freestyle -65kg you have a world -70kg champion and in the men's freestyle -97kg the United States has Kyle Snyder who I also give a chance. Here's the breakdown summary: China Favourites - 6 Chance - 2 United States Favourites - 7 Chance - 11 Things look good on paper for the United States as China has relatively fewer chances over the next few days. In China's defense, their favourites are a lot more likely to pan out for them than the United States' so in the event of bad luck China still has a path to finish top of the table.

Yeah that would be like saying athletes which do not compete at every World Cup event do not care about the sport.

What's more youthful than young kids protesting?

Here's the situation with three days remaining, comparing to 2020. Sport 2020 2024 Athletics 6 3 Boxing - 1 Canoeing 2 - Cycling 2 - Diving 1 1 Fencing - 1 Football 1 - Gymnastics - 1 Judo 2 1 Rowing 2 1 Rugby Sevens - 1 Softball 1 - Swimming 6 8 Taekwondo - 1 Tennis - 1 Weightlifting 1 1 Total 24 21 We are three medals away from matching out total medal count of 2020 (which was a non-boycott record). Technically two medals since we are guaranteed one in beach volleyball. Cycling is going to let us down this time so we are going to rely on other sports. I'm hoping athletics and canoeing can bring it home, but we do have other opportunities. Here are our remaining chances (some better than others). Athletics - Men's 800m Athletics - Men's 4x100m Relay Athletics - Women's 4x400m Relay Athletics - Women's Shot Put Breaking - B-Boys Canoeing - Women's C1 200m Canoeing - Women's C2 500m Cycling - Women's Individual Sprint Diving - Men's 10m Platform Volleyball - Women's Beach Volleyball Wrestling - Women's Freestyle Events I also have a soft spot for women's duet artistic swimming, but that might be really pushing it.

Yeah, not looking good for we'll see if it was just a temporary tweak. Might be down to

No doubt there will be some adjustments from the wrestlers and we'll probably see athletes still cut a couple of kilos for each competition, but it will at least get rid of these extreme scenarios.

I agree with their logic. Wrestlers cutting down their weight so rapidly is very unhealthy and this isn't a small amount, she cut around 13%. Wrestlers should compete near their actual weight, so in her case, 57kg.

I know everyone likes to be doom and gloom, but we still have something like 15 chances (> 10%) remaining for medals. Let's give it a few more days before calling this the worst games ever

That was hard to watch. She was in so much pain. The North Korean did what she needed to do to win.

Another update, now that were just about the half-way point in terms of total medals to be awarded. Sport 2020 2024 Athletics 6 1 Boxing - 1 Canoeing 2 - Cycling 2 - Diving 1 1 Fencing - 1 Football 1 - Gymnastics - 1 Judo 2 1 Rowing 2 1 Rugby Sevens - 1 Softball 1 - Swimming 6 8 Tennis - 1 Weightlifting 1 - Total 24 17 I don't expect as many medals in the second half of the Olympics, but we are still on a good pace. We failed to match our 2020 performance in judo and rowing, but we exceeded our performance in swimming despite not winning any relay medals. The sports to look for going into the second half will be athletics, canoeing and cycling, but I expect we will have chances in a handful of other sports.