JoshMartini007

Not sure if this was the change, but the universality quota banning athletes under the age of 30 from attending a third Olympics caught my eye. While I understand not wanting a single low ranking athlete dominate a swimming quota for multiple Olympics, but why lift the rule once the athlete turns 30? At that point the rule only affects a small handful of athletes in their mid to late 20s. Regardless, it's a dumb rule to have.

Is that due to an age restriction thing? The Pan Am Games is in late 2023 so the difference of training time isn't that great.

How high will England win by against Slovakia or even Croatia? Both were division 3 teams...

Hopefully at least one of fails to qualify or else the competition for F/G qualifier will be very low again. Maybe will pull it off this time.

Not too sure about dressage. Assuming remains banned, the team quota opens up. is probably the favourite, but have a chance or maybe , not sure the status of their team. Individual wise there are a bunch of options so Israel has a lot of work if it wants to qualify. For jumping I'd classify Israel as the favourite to pick up the team quota, especially if there's no

Yeah, I was looking at that possibility too. Depending on how the qualifiers go the final quota may only have three eligible teams competing; a Middle Eastern/African, a South American and the Eurasian qualifiers.

and are the odd teams out, but will be the favourite going into the Nations Cup. Huge opportunity for the lesser Group A/B teams to qualify later on, especially if Belgium/Switzerland take the 2022 Nations Cup quota.

Looks to be a European sweep for the quotas. Looking at the upcoming Nations Cup, the two non-qualified European teams in the final here will compete (unless Sweden fails to qualify or Ireland gets an elimination during their final regional stop) so no doubt they will be the favourites to qualify though Brazil/Canada will have a chance. Worst case scenario is if some other team from a different continent qualifies as maybe one of Brazil/Canada/United States may need the 2023 Nations Cup quota to qualify should the Pan American Games go horribly.

At some point they need to implement some kind of drop the highest & lowest scores format. A rogue judge shouldn't have that much power

Yeah, not the greatest situation. Canada is within a fence of third place and the same for Brazil to fourth place, so we need two nations ranked 3rd-7th to have a relatively poor performance (or Brazil/Canada have a perfect performance) to qualify. The only good news is removing five European nations (plus hosts France) makes qualifying via the Nations Cup a lot more reasonable, only a couple of top European teams will remain at that point. The downside is the United States failed to qualify to it'll be up to Brazil and Canada to qualify.

Canada with an outside chance. Would be quite surprising if we qualified here instead of the Pan American Games. Heck, we may sneak the 2022 Nations Cup quota if we can repeat this performance.

Canada Day 11 & Overall Review Day 11 saw Canada win 1 medal (1 silver) to close off the Commonwealth Games. Here's how we did for each sport. Badminton Michelle Li lost the final against P. V. Sindhu to win silver, preventing us from finishing the sport without a medal. Diving The mixed synchronized events were held today with Canada failing to win a medal. Typically, our divers don't practice together for these events so it's tough for us to do well. OVERALL Canada did well at these games despite missing a few key athletes. We won 26 gold medals and 92 overall medals which places us in line with recent previous performances. Here's how we did for each sport relative to 2018 Sport 2018 (Total) 2022 (Total) Athletics 13 7 Badminton 0 1 Basketball 1 4 Beach Volleyball 2 2 Boxing 6 4 Cricket N/A 0 Cycling 3 5 Diving 6 6 Field Hockey 0 0 Gymnastics 13 13 Judo N/A 8 Lawn bowls 1 0 Netball 0 0 Powerlifting 0 0 Rugby Sevens 0 0 Shooting 1 N/A Squash 0 1 Swimming 20 20 Table Tennis 0 0 Triathlon 1 1 Weightlifting 5 8 Wrestling 10 12 In general, we matched or slightly improved from our performance in 2018 with the notable exception being in athletics where we lost six medals. Boxing and lawn bowls saw a slight decrease. Canada also had a net benefit from dropping shooting and replacing it with judo as we went from 1 medal to 8, making it the biggest reason why we finished third and India finished fourth on the table.

Canada Day 10 Review Day 10 saw Canada win 7 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze). Overall, Canada had an okay day. Here's how we did for each sport. Athletics Canada won two gold medals. Evan Dunfee won the 10,000m race walk while our women's 4x400m relay team won after the disqualification from England. In the end, Canada finishes the sport with 7 medals, about half as many as what we had in 2018 so this was a relatively poor performance. Yes we are missing some of our top athletes, but so many of our athletes competing here just missed out on the podium. Badminton Michelle Li won her semifinal match against Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour which means Canada will be guaranteed a medal on the final day. Her opponent will be P. V. Sindhu of India. Beach Volleyball The women won gold while the men won silver. On paper Australia was our only competition so finishing in the top two was expected so I am glad our teams performed up to those expectations. Boxing Tammara Thibeault won gold in the women's middleweight to give Canada its fourth medal in boxing. While this is less than the six won in 2018, Canada sent a smaller team and this was my expectation. Cycling The road race was today. Our top performing cyclists were Pier Andre Cote (13th) and Maggie Coles-Lyster (5th) in the men's and women's race respectively. Both athletes were in it until the end so overall I am happy with their performances. Diving Canada won a silver and bronze in the men's 10m platform and women's 3m springboard respectively. Maybe it was my high expectations for our divers, but I feel they haven't been doing as well as they could. With that said, we have now matched our total from 2018. Field Hockey Canada women won the 5th place match against Scotland 3-1, capping off a good performance by the team. Hopefully this gives them the confidence to qualify to the Olympics.

Canada Day 9 Review Day 9 saw Canada win 17 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 9 bronze). Overall, Canada had a pretty good day. We have now surpassed our medal total from 2018 so that's a huge positive. Here's how we did for each sport. Athletics We won three medals thanks to our hammer throw team, led by Camryn Rogers winning gold in the women's event. As for the other events, we drew just short in the men's and women's 200m and men's 3000m steeplechase. I was hoping for a bit more, but in the end you have to remember that we are missing a lot of key athletes. Badminton Michelle Li won her quarterfinal match against Northern Ireland and will face India in the semis. Unfortunately, our women's doubles team lost out to the Australian pair. Beach Volleyball Both teams won their semifinal match with the men defeating England and the women winning against New Zealand. The teams now have a double header against Australia to determine the gold medal. Boxing 3/4 boxers lost today, giving us three bronze medals. Our lone victor was Tammara Thibeault in the women's middleweight. She faces off against Mozambique's Rady Gramane in the final. Diving Not the greatest day for us. We only won a single bronze medal in the women's 3m synchronized springboard. A poor final dive in the women's 10m synchronized platform cost us a medal. Field Hockey Our men's team lost the seventh place match against Pakistan and finished 8th. While I acknowledge that our men's team is in rebuilding mode, I had hope that they would perform a bit better. Gymnastics The apparatus finals were today and Canada came away with four medals, two silvers and two bronze from the combined performances of Carmel Kallemaa (hoop, clubs, ribbon) and Suzanna Shahbazian (ball). This concludes gymnastics where Canada finished with 13 medals, the same as we did in 2018. Squash Our men's doubles team lost their quarterfinal match against England. The match was always going to be tough to win, but we did our best. All of our teams have been eliminated. Table Tennis Our final team has been eliminated. Our women's doubles team lost in the round of 16. Canada will not medal in table tennis, though to be fair it was always going to be difficult to do so. Wrestling Following up the performance from yesterday, all six of our wrestlers won a medal meaning Canada went 12/12 in wrestling. We won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.

After missing the first two throws in the hammer and risking elimination, Rogers throws a massive 74.08m

Canada 0/3 in boxing semifinals, only one more athlete remaining.

England sweep in the men's 3m springboard

Looks like Canada will go 12/12 in medals for wrestling.

It's a bit of a shame as on paper Rwanda would have a much better chance for their first ever medal if their opponent was England, but with the way we are playing they could beat us tomorrow regardless.

having a good men's wrestling performance. At worst their wrestlers will finish 5th.

Currently 36 nations have at least one medal. Throw in the five which are guaranteed a medal in boxing ( ) and that brings us up to 41 nations, just two short of the 43 nations that won in 2018. There's still a bunch of opportunities for nations to win medals in athletics plus Rwanda and Vanuatu have chances in beach volleyball.

Canada Day 8 Review Day 8 saw Canada win 8 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze). The number of medaling events was relatively low again in anticipation for the weekend. Overall, Canada had an okay day. Here's how we did for each sport. Athletics No medals on the track for the second day in a row, but to be fair there weren't a lot of events concluding. The good news is we made it to the finals in almost all of the events we were competing in today. I'm hoping for a bit of a medal rush over the next two days as 29 events will be decided. Badminton Michelle Li and our women's doubles team won their round of 16 matches while the men's doubles team lost their match. This was to be expected. Beach Volleyball Both of our teams won their quarterfinal matches with the men defeating Cyprus and the women winning against Sri Lanka. The semifinals are tomorrow where the men and women face off against England and New Zealand respectively. Diving Canada won two medals, a gold in the women's 1m springboard and a silver in the men's 3m synchronized springboard. Overall it was an expected day. Gymnastics The rhythmic individual all-around final was today. We had a chance for a medal, but sadly our two competitors finished 6th and 8th. The apparatus finals are tomorrow and I am hopeful we can win some medals. Lawn Bowls Ryan Bester and our men's triple team lost their quarterfinal matches and are eliminated. This concludes lawn bowls for Canada where we finish with no medals. Squash Our men's doubles have kept our hopes alive as they defeated Wales to advance to the quarterfinals where they will face England. Table Tennis Today was a bit of a bloodbath for our table tennis team. All three of our mixed doubles teams lost their round of 16 match as did our two men's doubles teams. Only one of our women's doubles won their round of 32 match while our remaining singles players have all been eliminated with Mo Zhang losing in the quarterfinals and Eugene Wang and Jeremy Hazin losing in the round of 16. Wrestling Six events were in contention today and Canada won a medal in all of the events. The breakdown was 1 gold, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes. I was hoping for at least two gold medals today, but I can't complain with winning six overall medals.

wins silver in women's triple jump

Is Canada really going to win 6 medals in wrestling today, but none are gold? We only have one more chance

Canada Day 7 Review Day 7 saw Canada win 2 medals (1 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze). Overall the schedule was very light and for the most part the events that did finish weren't Canada's strongest. Still not a good day. Here's how we did for each sport. Athletics No medals won today. Another quite day on the track with the biggest highlight being Camryn Rogers winning the women's hammer throw qualification round. Badminton Our mixed doubles pair was eliminated and Brian Yang withdrew in the men's singles. On the other side, Michelle Li and our men's doubles advanced thanks to a walkover. Beach Volleyball The men's team defeated Gambia to finish first in the group. Our quarterfinal opponent will be against Cyprus tomorrow. Boxing Feujio lost his super heavyweight quarterfinal match to Nigeria. This leaves four boxers remaining, all of which are guaranteed a medal. Cycling We were mostly a non-factor in the time trial events with our best performers in the men's and women's events being Pier Andre Cote (13th) and Alison Jackson (11th) respectively. Diving First day of diving saw Canada finish with one bronze in the women's 10m platform. I was hoping for at least a silver medal, but the English women will be tough to beat. I expect a bunch of medals in diving, but the first day events is probably our weakest day. Field Hockey The men suffered another devastating loss, this time to England where they lost 12-1. Luckily our goal differential prevented us from finishing last in the group and we will play Pakistan for 7th place. Gymnastics Canada's second medal came in the rhythmic team all-around event where we won gold. We are also in a great position for the individual events as we qualified in all of them in at least third place. Lawn Bowls Ryan Bester split his two remaining group matches to finish second in the group and advance to the quarterfinals. He will face Scotland's McLean tomorrow. Squash The doubles tournaments continue. Our men's doubles defeated Uganda in the round of 32 and will face Wales next. After receiving a bye in the round of 32, our women's doubles lost in the round of 16 to Malaysia. Our final mixed doubles pair had to play two matches where they won against Trinidad and Tobago, but lost to Scotland in the round of 16. Table Tennis A lot happened today. Our two para-players lost their final group stage matches and will not advance to the semis. All three of our mixed doubles team won their round of 32 matches. Additionally, both of our men's doubles team won their round of 32 matches. In the women's singles Morin and Fu lost their round of 32 matches while Zhang won hers.