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1. I'd say a 6
 
2. Surprises:
- Nina Christen not performing, but two other shooters stepping in her shoes to defend her medals from Tokyo. Especially Chiara Leone who only qualified at the last moment by winning the European Championships after forgetting her shooting equipment at home and her parents had to drive 14 hours to Croatia to deliver it to her.
- Julie Derron getting a perfect day to continue our amazing performances in the triathlon.
- The Men's gymnastics team reaching the finals again and even individually performing really well.
 
Heartbreaks:
- Zero medals in Mountain Bike only for the second olympics since it's introduction.
- All the fourth places. We had 9 (10 if you count losing the Judo bronze match), which is more than we got medals total. Especially the three fourth places in athletics hurt, since it's been so long since we've won a medal in athletics.
- The Equestrian jumping team missing out on the finals, while being named as one of the favourites. At least Steve Guerdat redeemed himself in the individual event.
- Hüberli/Brunner missing out on the Beachvolleyball finals after haven a match ball.
- Morgane Métraux absolutely failing in the last day of golf, after being in first place at the end of days 2 and 3.
 
3. Our olympic committee set a goal of 7 medals, which was achieved. I just wished it would have been one or two more golds instead of all the bronze.
 
4. Not sure. Possibly shooting and maybe Modern Pentathlon, since we finally had two competitors again, after many olympics without one.
 
5. I'm not knowledgable enough to answer this

1. I'd say a 6
 
2. Surprises:
- Nina Christen not performing, but two other shooters stepping in her shoes to defend her medals from Tokyo. Especially Chiara Leone who only qualified at the last moment by winning the European Championships after forgetting her shooting equipment at home and her parents had to drive 14 hours to Croatia to deliver it to her.
- Julie Derron getting a perfect day to continue our amazing performances in the triathlon.
- The Men's gymnastics team reaching the finals again and even individually performing really well.
 
Heartbreaks:
- Zero medals in Mountain Bike only for the second olympics since it's introduction.
- All the fourth places. We had 9 (10 if you count losing the Judo bronze match), which is more than we got medals total. Especially the three fourth places in athletics hurt, since it's been so long since we've won a medal in athletics.
- The Equestrian jumping team missing out on the finals, while being named as one of the favourites. At least Steve Guerdat redeemed himself in the individual event.
- Hüberli/Brunner missing out on the Beachvolleyball finals after haven a match ball.
- Morgane Métraux absolutely failing in the last day of golf, after being in first place at the end of days 2 and 3.
 
3. Our olympic committee set a goal of 7 medals, which was achieved. I just wished it would have been one or two more golds instead of all the bronze.
 
4. Not sure. Possibly shooting and maybe Modern Pentathlon, since we finally had two competitors again, after many olympics without one.
 
5. I'm not knowledgable enough to answer this

Mujinga Kambundji (Athletics) & Max Heinzer (Fencing)

116 (115?) Athletes
 
Badminton 1 - Beach Volleyball 6 - Fencing 3 - Golf 1 - Judo 2 - Canoe 3 - Karate 1 - Gymnastics Artistic 5 - Athletics 30 - Mountainbike 6 - Cycling Track 5 - Cycling BMX 4 - Cycling Road 5 - Equestrian 8 - Wrestling 1 - Rowing 9 - Swimming 7 - Sailing 6 - Sports Climbing 1 - Shooting 2 - Tennis 3 - Table Tennis 1 - Triathlon 4 - Diving 1
 
https://www.srf.ch/sport/tokyo-2020/letzte-selektionen-gesprochen-116-athletinnen-und-athleten-fuer-tokio-aufgeboten
 
They say 116, but calculating them all together I only get 115.

Actually  has gotten silver in this division back in 2014 and since then, they've always gotten bronze. So, while it's definitely a really good performance this year, they weren't the worst team before either.

has promotion in their own hands now. However, if  and  manage to get 3 points against  and  respectively, we could have a four way tie. That would be fun.

has promotion in their own hands now. However, if  and  manage to get 3 points against  and  respectively, we could have a four way tie. That would be fun.

Well, looks like  has also become a new member.
 
In 2018/early 2019 China has also played a bunch of friendlies against 3rd-7th tier Swiss clubs. They've only won 6 of the 27 games they played. 
Here's the results: https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.5/44c.cc0.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/China-Men-Unofficial-Results-1.pdf
 
I do think it was a mistake to allow China a free quota at the next Winter Olympics.

Well, looks like  has also become a new member.
 
In 2018/early 2019 China has also played a bunch of friendlies against 3rd-7th tier Swiss clubs. They've only won 6 of the 27 games they played. 
Here's the results: https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.5/44c.cc0.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/China-Men-Unofficial-Results-1.pdf
 
I do think it was a mistake to allow China a free quota at the next Winter Olympics.

https://twitter.com/NTofIceHockey/status/1176810068928540673?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^embeddedtimeline|twterm^profile%3ANTofIceHockey|twcon^timelinechrome&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalteamsoficehockey.com%2F
 
Apparently  are now IIHF members. Always happy to see more countries embrace ice hockey.

For Switzerland Schwingen is always called the national sport by the media. It does get some coverage in newspapers and in the national television. Every three years there's the most important tournament to crown the "Schwingerkönig", who gets an alive bull as a price. The next one is just in a couple of weeks and 350'000 spectators are expected.

In winter sports in general you will have less universality, since they are only practiced in a certain few countries. And while Women's ice hockey is mostly dominated by Canada and the USA, just this year Finland managed to get silver at the World Championships and only lost gold due to a controversial dicision. It is also growing with the World Championships being increased to 10 teams and the Olympics are talking about doing the same.
 
For skateboarding, while I don't know too much about the sport, I'm happy that it finally got added. Even if it's just for Tokyo. It has similairities with snowboarding in the Winter Olympics and I love watching those competitions, so I'm looking forward to it. Even if there is a huge problem in Switzerland with two associations fighting for being the official one. 

Thank you. I don't know how active I will be, as I'm usually more a person that likes to read others opinions than give their own. But we'll see.
And thanks to Sindo for quickly fixing the  flag after I brought up the issue to him.

Thank you. I don't know how active I will be, as I'm usually more a person that likes to read others opinions than give their own. But we'll see.
And thanks to Sindo for quickly fixing the  flag after I brought up the issue to him.