JoshMartini007

Yeah, it looks like Chile will have a similar performance relative to 2018. That's not a terrible thing when you consider Brazil came to play here and won over 100 more medals relative to 2018. A result like that essentially pushes everyone down so staying the same can be seen as an improvement.

Another three nations with their first quotas!!!

have qualified their first athlete to the Olympics

There's still the family issue, it won't be an easy decision if she decides to drop to 52kg.

63kg is just as tough while her sister is in 52kg, she doesn't really have many options.

Medal Table (After Day 13) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Brazil 130 94 81 305 2 Colombia 72 76 91 239 3 Argentina 52 59 74 185 4 Chile 35 29 59 123 5 Venezuela 30 42 57 129 6 Ecuador 23 20 30 73 7 Peru 19 17 36 72 8 Paraguay 7 21 14 42 9 Uruguay 6 14 17 37 10 Aruba 3 3 0 6 11 Panama 2 1 7 10 12 Bolivia 0 1 5 6 13 Guyana 0 1 2 3 14 Curacao 0 1 0 1

Glad to see the men's side showing some life. Hopefully the can develop in time for the Olympics.

Funding cuts make it difficult to field a team. It also doesn't help that their rugby sevens team has dropped in quality recently with both Jamaica and Mexico overtaking Guyana as the best teams outside of Canada/USA.

Looks like they figured out three teams from Oceania could finish in the top 4 at the women's world series so they made a similar rule as the North American qualifier and thus they won't allow a free quota to Papua New Guinea or Samoa.

Venezuela still has almost twice as many medals as Ecuador so it's not as bad as it looks. They are just struggling for golds while Ecuador has made the most of their chances. You are correct that Venezuela has dropped off. They are clearly a step below the top three nations now and depending on how funding continues post-2023 Pan American Games they may be competing with Chile for the foreseeable future.

Even from a quotas perspective it wouldn't be too difficult to keep the individual event. Obviously all nations which competed in the team event would compete in the individual event and then you only need a few more to round out the event. I personally have a soft spot for the elimination race and would love to see it at the Olympics one day.

has earned its first quota. Ignoring as they are suspended, now holds the title of "most surprising Olympic non-qualifier" with over 150 more athletes and 4 more medals from 2020 than the next highest non-qualifying nation ( who will likely get a quota here I imagine).

Medal Table (After Day 12) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Brazil 119 87 68 274 2 Colombia 64 71 85 220 3 Argentina 42 48 67 157 4 Chile 31 24 49 104 5 Venezuela 23 35 54 112 6 Ecuador 22 16 25 63 7 Peru 15 16 30 61 8 Paraguay 6 16 12 34 9 Uruguay 6 14 16 36 10 Aruba 3 3 0 6 11 Panama 2 1 5 8 12 Guyana 0 1 2 3 13 Curacao 0 1 0 1 14 Bolivia 0 0 3 3

Medal Table (After Day 11) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Brazil 103 75 60 238 2 Colombia 53 62 76 191 3 Argentina 36 45 60 141 4 Chile 30 21 46 97 5 Venezuela 21 29 47 97 6 Ecuador 16 10 20 46 7 Peru 13 13 27 53 8 Paraguay 6 15 11 32 9 Uruguay 6 13 14 33 10 Aruba 3 3 0 6 11 Panama 2 1 5 8 12 Guyana 0 1 2 3 13 Curacao 0 1 0 1 14 Bolivia 0 0 3 3

Not sure, from a strategic point of view it would make sense for the South American nations not eligible for the CAC Games to make this one of their eligible competitions, but that probably doesn't help us since the highest ranked nations will also compete at the CAC Games. In my mind and were probably confident enough that they would win here to use this as one of their competitions, the others may have hedged their bets and went with the CAC Games and the 2023 PABCON Championships, but we probably won't know for sure until they publish the qualifiers.

No, he's competing at the World Championships

Any chances for ? I'm not seeing it unless they can luck out in wrestling?

Medal Table (After Day 10) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Brazil 89 64 52 205 2 Colombia 43 53 62 158 3 Argentina 26 36 50 112 4 Chile 26 18 35 79 5 Venezuela 17 21 42 80 6 Ecuador 12 6 16 34 7 Peru 10 12 24 46 8 Uruguay 6 8 11 25 9 Paraguay 5 15 10 30 10 Aruba 2 3 0 5 11 Panama 1 1 4 6 12 Bolivia 0 0 3 3 13 Guyana 0 0 2 2

So close for They should be the favourites against any team, but a bad game can kill their chances.

Wonder what happens if both Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago men's teams qualify through the CAC Games since there won't be any more teams at the Pan Am Cup. Probably to the highest ranked nation via the world rankings (which would currently go to Peru). Of course, T&T finishing top two isn't guaranteed. Cuba tends to show up to the CAC Games.

Medal Table (After Day 9) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Brazil 82 59 45 186 2 Colombia 41 51 59 151 3 Chile 24 14 35 73 4 Argentina 22 35 41 98 5 Venezuela 15 18 38 71 6 Ecuador 11 5 13 29 7 Peru 9 11 24 44 8 Uruguay 6 6 11 23 9 Paraguay 5 15 8 28 10 Aruba 2 3 0 5 11 Panama 1 1 4 6 12 Bolivia 0 0 3 3 13 Guyana 0 0 2 2

Medal Table (After Day 7) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Brazil 77 56 40 173 2 Colombia 40 47 52 139 3 Chile 21 11 32 64 4 Argentina 17 31 36 84 5 Venezuela 14 18 30 62 6 Ecuador 10 5 9 24 7 Peru 8 10 21 39 8 Uruguay 6 6 7 19 9 Paraguay 5 12 6 23 10 Aruba 1 3 0 4 11 Panama 1 1 3 5

Canada up to 14th in the world rankings. We'd need to go up at least 3 more spots (4 if Russia gets unbanned) in order to be in a decent position to qualify to the Olympics.

Canada's judo team is currently in the "has a good team, but few medal favourites" stage which can be thrilling and frustrating.

Medal Table (After Day 6) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Brazil 71 54 38 163 2 Colombia 37 42 47 126 3 Chile 16 8 26 50 4 Venezuela 14 17 29 60 5 Argentina 13 28 35 76 6 Ecuador 10 5 9 24 7 Peru 8 9 19 36 8 Uruguay 6 6 7 19 9 Paraguay 5 9 6 20 10 Aruba 1 3 0 4 11 Panama 1 1 2 4