JoshMartini007

I think you are overestimating the support the national federation gives to its athletes. Most of the time they are on their own. She will likely still retain her club coach and continue to train in Canada (or maybe move to the United States). There are two major reasons why an athlete changes nationality, they either had a huge disagreement with the old federation or the new nation has enticed them to switch sides. We don't know which one is the case for Sanchez, but she'll have the potential to be a big star in the Philippines if she can win golds at the Southeast Asian and Asian Games next year while in Canada it will be tough for her to get the spotlight. Yes she's giving up winning more relay medals, but she already has 2 Olympic and 6 World Championship medals so I don't think she will regret it. She also has a chance (albeit a very small one) to win an individual medal which again will be much bigger for the Philippines than Canada.

First day already saw a bit of an upset as Jamaica defeated Mexico 1-0. This will make it unlikely for Mexico to reach the semis and will thus exclude them from qualifying to the Olympics.

Clearly this is a long con to have the entire world under the British Empire

This is now our best every Aquatics World Championships based on the number of medals won. We still have a couple of chances in the women's 3m events

Canada loses to 1-1 (4-3 PSO) and is eliminated from Olympic qualification contention. And here I thought we would get eliminated by Mexico.

Caeli McKay 3rd after the semifinals. Good chance for a medal, but sadly the is pretty much a lock for 1st and 2nd

Canada women going to the final Edit: Oops wrong thread

Canada holds on to win 16-14 over and advances to the final and will play against the winner of or

China is 12 golds behind the United States does anyone think they can catch them? I think they will be just short, they pretty much need to sweep diving plus the United States can still win in women's water polo

Bronze in the relay gives us 11 medals, which ties our record at the World Championships with 2019, but we have a better medal distribution. And we still have diving to go...

What a final in the men's 4x100m medley

Yeah, I don't think the IOC will be satisfied...

New junior world record for McIntosh as she wins her fourth medal, second gold

Gold for in women's 50m breast

I forgot she was in the mixed relay. Yes, she was around a second faster than Wog, if she can repeat that we'll be in a good position for a medal.

14-10 win over and we are into the semis. Our opponent will be against the winner of and

At the 3x3 World Cup, Canada defeated 22-13 and will play in the quarterfinals later today.

I think Wog did well enough to be selected for the final. Nicol won't do much better (and is probably not mentally prepared to race), but they could slip in Angus if she showed improvement in training during the week though if she did, they probably would have tested her out in the heats. Canada really needs to improve their breaststroke swimmers for both the men's and women's, our medley relays suffer a great deal. The don't even have to be threatening for an individual medal. A woman who can consistently dip under 1:07 would make Canada a gold medal contender in the relay.

Do either country have any connections to the British Empire?

Also the women's water polo team will face the Netherlands in the cross-over match. Meanwhile one of France or New Zealand will go to the quarters because of the way the pools were constructed.

I can see them going either way with Wog or Angus. If Angus can show that she's capable of repeating her performance from the Canadian Trials then they should go with her. Perhaps they'll give Angus the spot in the heats and replace her if she fails to go sub 1:08.

I wonder if that means South Africa will take the African quota at the Olympics again because they finished 12th.

Yeah remember when sports had to show that their event had worldwide appeal before it got included in the Olympics?

Freestyle skiing and snowboarding need to be restructured together (and add PSG to alpine)

I guess you saw my message before I fixed it