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And their website layout is completely atrocious for PC. 

Also very early thoughts.
 
 
Aquatics
Swimming - similar to Paris, depending on how many relays we get - 18
Open water swimming - 2 woman
Diving - 2 women and a men in platform. - 3
Water Polo - 26, both teams should qualify easily
Artistic swimming - 8, no doubt here.
 
Archery - 1 men / 1 women in recurve, not good enough in the men's side of compound - 2
 
Athletics - similar to Paris, maybe one rellay more. - 60
 
Badminton - 1 women. No man, our best athlete here is still Pablo Abian (40 yo) who's been to 5 olympics already, He's still going strong but sadly I dont see him getting into LA and there's no one with potntial behind him. - 1
 
Basketball 3x3 - the women's team should be there - 4
Basketball - I don't see the male team qualifying this time, it will be one of the biggest misses for us. - 12
 
Boxing - i'll go for 4 male and 2 female.
 
Canoe Sprint - we should qualify in everything, I would say 15 doing the math.
Canoe Slalom - 2 woman, 2 men, no extra quota this time around - 4
 
Cycling
BMX Freestyle - 0
BMX Racing - 0
Mountain Bike - 1 man
Road - 4 in males, 2 in females - 6
Track - a male madison team and being lucky. - 2
 
Equestrian - I don't see any team making it. 2 in dressage, 1 in the other 2 events - 4
 
Fencing - 2 individual. No teams, they can't get it together when it matters.
 
Football - women with ease now that there are 16 teams. I don't see it for the men. 18
 
Golf - 2 man, 2 women
 
Gymnastics
Artistic - I dont see any teams this time around. 2 male, 2 female. - 4
Rhythmic - The team should be a medal contender, I don't see it for the individuals - 5
Trampoline - 1 male
 
Handball - we have lost so much star power in the women's team I dont see it gaining it back in time for LA- male should be there - 14
 
Hockey - both teams should be there. - 32
 
Judo - Around 7 i would say
 
Modern Pentathlon - 1 female for sure, maybe we can have a clutch male but I dont see it at this moment. - 1
 
Rowing - Men's 2- and 2x and women's 2x. A small chance of a women's skiff but I dont see it. - 6
Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints - 4, no doubt about it
 
Rugby Sevens - Maybe the boys can clutch a qualification after this good year they have. No chance for the girl, very dissaponiting last years. - 12
 
Sailing - everything but the men's kite - 13
 
Shooting - 2 male / 2 female in skeet being lucky. One of them probably fails so I settle go for 3.
 
Skateboarding- I'm confident in who good this sport is growing, I'm going with 8.
 
Sport Climbing - 1 male and 1 femanle in lead for sure. I'm confident in another qualification in speed. 3
 
Surfing - 2 female, one male. All basque,, probably  - 3
 
Table Tennis - one male, one female - 2
 
Taekwondo - at least 3. But I feel that we go worst every year so I wouldnt be surprise if ti less. Or more. It's very random. - 3
 
Tennis - 3 women, 4 men I would expect at least. But since people reject it.. who knows.... - 7
 
Triathlon - 2 man, 2 woman, the rellay should qualify. - 4
 
Beach Volleyball - 1 Women pair - 2
 
Volleyball - none. It's our worst sport, and even the women's team is getting better I don't see a chance. - 0
 
Weightlifting - probably 0, not that I care that much for this sport either way
 
Wrestling
Greco-Roman - no chance - 0
Freestyle - I don't see the iranian guy that got nationality qualifying, he's our best chance - 0
 
Cricket - 0, no chance.
 
Flag Football - Our women's team is decent, maybe with a bigger bracket we could have made it. - 0
 
Baseball - I hope they are at least in contention for the european quota. - 0
Softball - 0
 
Lacrosse - 0
 
Squash - we have a guy that's like 16 of the world, he could figth it but I don't see it. - 0
 
 
So if we add it all it's 323 if i did my maths well. I'm not being that optimistyc, just what I see happening. It will probably would end up being more. Obviosly way less than our Paris team (383), but because it went almost perfectly during the last qualification, specially in the team sports.
 
This time I don't see men's footbal and basket and women's handball in the games, but I see the guys rugby team. No chances at the new sports with only 6 countries taking part.
 
 
 

Also very early thoughts.
 
 
Aquatics
Swimming - similar to Paris, depending on how many relays we get - 18
Open water swimming - 2 woman
Diving - 2 women and a men in platform. - 3
Water Polo - 26, both teams should qualify easily
Artistic swimming - 8, no doubt here.
 
Archery - 1 men / 1 women in recurve, not good enough in the men's side of compound - 2
 
Athletics - similar to Paris, maybe one rellay more. - 60
 
Badminton - 1 women. No man, our best athlete here is still Pablo Abian (40 yo) who's been to 5 olympics already, He's still going strong but sadly I dont see him getting into LA and there's no one with potntial behind him. - 1
 
Basketball 3x3 - the women's team should be there - 4
Basketball - I don't see the male team qualifying this time, it will be one of the biggest misses for us. - 12
 
Boxing - i'll go for 4 male and 2 female.
 
Canoe Sprint - we should qualify in everything, I would say 15 doing the math.
Canoe Slalom - 2 woman, 2 men, no extra quota this time around - 4
 
Cycling
BMX Freestyle - 0
BMX Racing - 0
Mountain Bike - 1 man
Road - 4 in males, 2 in females - 6
Track - a male madison team and being lucky. - 2
 
Equestrian - I don't see any team making it. 2 in dressage, 1 in the other 2 events - 4
 
Fencing - 2 individual. No teams, they can't get it together when it matters.
 
Football - women with ease now that there are 16 teams. I don't see it for the men. 18
 
Golf - 2 man, 2 women
 
Gymnastics
Artistic - I dont see any teams this time around. 2 male, 2 female. - 4
Rhythmic - The team should be a medal contender, I don't see it for the individuals - 5
Trampoline - 1 male
 
Handball - we have lost so much star power in the women's team I dont see it gaining it back in time for LA- male should be there - 14
 
Hockey - both teams should be there. - 32
 
Judo - Around 7 i would say
 
Modern Pentathlon - 1 female for sure, maybe we can have a clutch male but I dont see it at this moment. - 1
 
Rowing - Men's 2- and 2x and women's 2x. A small chance of a women's skiff but I dont see it. - 6
Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints - 4, no doubt about it
 
Rugby Sevens - Maybe the boys can clutch a qualification after this good year they have. No chance for the girl, very dissaponiting last years. - 12
 
Sailing - everything but the men's kite - 13
 
Shooting - 2 male / 2 female in skeet being lucky. One of them probably fails so I settle go for 3.
 
Skateboarding- I'm confident in who good this sport is growing, I'm going with 8.
 
Sport Climbing - 1 male and 1 femanle in lead for sure. I'm confident in another qualification in speed. 3
 
Surfing - 2 female, one male. All basque,, probably  - 3
 
Table Tennis - one male, one female - 2
 
Taekwondo - at least 3. But I feel that we go worst every year so I wouldnt be surprise if ti less. Or more. It's very random. - 3
 
Tennis - 3 women, 4 men I would expect at least. But since people reject it.. who knows.... - 7
 
Triathlon - 2 man, 2 woman, the rellay should qualify. - 4
 
Beach Volleyball - 1 Women pair - 2
 
Volleyball - none. It's our worst sport, and even the women's team is getting better I don't see a chance. - 0
 
Weightlifting - probably 0, not that I care that much for this sport either way
 
Wrestling
Greco-Roman - no chance - 0
Freestyle - I don't see the iranian guy that got nationality qualifying, he's our best chance - 0
 
Cricket - 0, no chance.
 
Flag Football - Our women's team is decent, maybe with a bigger bracket we could have made it. - 0
 
Baseball - I hope they are at least in contention for the european quota. - 0
Softball - 0
 
Lacrosse - 0
 
Squash - we have a guy that's like 16 of the world, he could figth it but I don't see it. - 0
 
 
So if we add it all it's 323 if i did my maths well. I'm not being that optimistyc, just what I see happening. It will probably would end up being more. Obviosly way less than our Paris team (383), but because it went almost perfectly during the last qualification, specially in the team sports.
 
This time I don't see men's footbal and basket and women's handball in the games, but I see the guys rugby team. No chances at the new sports with only 6 countries taking part.
 
 
 

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drop it & qualify a Womans' 4x100m team!

Hugues Fabrice Zango has just announced that he’ll be retiring after the 2025 season 

LOL,coe got bodied

Anyone but the Lord

M8+ and W8+ are a flop with only a few countries competing throw the year and little entries at the Olympics. It would be a great idea to take them out of the games to create more quotas for other events.

I'm guessing that INTERPOL-Searched Diack's BFF is losinbg badly, cause they dont have no choice but to resort to biased headlines.
 
Oh, what a pitty.
 
 
 

I'm guessing that INTERPOL-Searched Diack's BFF is losinbg badly, cause they dont have no choice but to resort to biased headlines.
 
Oh, what a pitty.
 
 
 

I read somewhere it was going to be in March.

This is what I dont get. If criquet is going to be held 4.000 KM away from the Olympic Village, why reduce the tournament into a 6 team event? 
 
I get the reduced quotas for LA, but having a 10 team event in New York should be no problem. They should take advantage of having multiple host cities to manage athletes numbers better. Same thing for Softball, that is going to be host in another big city far away from LA....

I mean, there are plenty of Olympic sports and events that cater very specifically to North America, East Asia and (especially) Europe, I don't think it's a bad thing to have one sport that caters to the Indian subcontinent. Especially since that's more people than North America and Europe combined.
 
Also, IMO on the merrits cricket is definitively worthy of Olympic inclusion.

This is what I dont get. If criquet is going to be held 4.000 KM away from the Olympic Village, why reduce the tournament into a 6 team event? 
 
I get the reduced quotas for LA, but having a 10 team event in New York should be no problem. They should take advantage of having multiple host cities to manage athletes numbers better. Same thing for Softball, that is going to be host in another big city far away from LA....

This is what I dont get. If criquet is going to be held 4.000 KM away from the Olympic Village, why reduce the tournament into a 6 team event? 
 
I get the reduced quotas for LA, but having a 10 team event in New York should be no problem. They should take advantage of having multiple host cities to manage athletes numbers better. Same thing for Softball, that is going to be host in another big city far away from LA....

This is what I dont get. If criquet is going to be held 4.000 KM away from the Olympic Village, why reduce the tournament into a 6 team event? 
 
I get the reduced quotas for LA, but having a 10 team event in New York should be no problem. They should take advantage of having multiple host cities to manage athletes numbers better. Same thing for Softball, that is going to be host in another big city far away from LA....

Alvaro Martin, gold and bronze 2024 Olympics medalist suddenly retires at the age 30

Karate and Breakdancing where both equaly terrible

Karate and Breakdancing where both equaly terrible

- I would love for a Mountain Running event in the Mountain Bike course.

- Freestyle 1500m series are long and boring. I would remove the event and change it to a Open Waters short event, even maybe a relay? 4x200 should be a direct final with the best 8 teams.
 
- Mixed duet in Artistic Swimming should be in LA. And also Men's Rhytmic Gymnastics is so needed. Same for Women's Grecorroman. If sports can't have parity can't be in the olympics, that's my take.
 
- I wouldn't be mad if they changed Boxing for Kickboxing.
 
- Cricket and Baseball/Softball should be a 10 team tournament at least, and part of the core programme in the Olympics.
 
- Karate was the most boring event in Tokyo, is good out of the Olympic Programme. If another contact sport is wanted, Wushu is the correct option.
 
- I don't mind each host selecting some events, but to an extent. Maybe just events, and not whole sports? IDK. I live with fear of Brisbane choosing Netball and that weird version of Rugby only them play.
 
- Men's football should be down to 12 teams.
 
- I want that Sailing Off-Shore event they wanted for Paris back. Find a way to work around it, but it sounded amazing.
 
- I'm okay with Ligthweight-Rowing dissapearing. But they shound change it for Coastal Rowing instead.
 
- I want a long distance Canoe/Kayak event.
 
- 4x400 mixed in Athletics doesnt work. I would rather it change for a Medley Distance Relay or something among the lines. Also, Women's 400 Hurdles need higher hurdles, they are to low and it isnt a challenge for athletes anymore. It's just basically 400m 2.0.
 
- Out with Equestrian. It's 2024, no need to put animals through it. And why is the best event (cross country race) not an individual event?
 
 
That's all that I can think about.
 
 

It's not about 'math' it's about predictability - the men's basketball is every bit as uncompetitive as the synchro diving. Your issue seems not to be with predictable medals but predictable Chinese medals - predictable US ones are A-ok with you.
 
Screw that, it's just jingoism.

- I would love for a Mountain Running event in the Mountain Bike course.

- Freestyle 1500m series are long and boring. I would remove the event and change it to a Open Waters short event, even maybe a relay? 4x200 should be a direct final with the best 8 teams.
 
- Mixed duet in Artistic Swimming should be in LA. And also Men's Rhytmic Gymnastics is so needed. Same for Women's Grecorroman. If sports can't have parity can't be in the olympics, that's my take.
 
- I wouldn't be mad if they changed Boxing for Kickboxing.
 
- Cricket and Baseball/Softball should be a 10 team tournament at least, and part of the core programme in the Olympics.
 
- Karate was the most boring event in Tokyo, is good out of the Olympic Programme. If another contact sport is wanted, Wushu is the correct option.
 
- I don't mind each host selecting some events, but to an extent. Maybe just events, and not whole sports? IDK. I live with fear of Brisbane choosing Netball and that weird version of Rugby only them play.
 
- Men's football should be down to 12 teams.
 
- I want that Sailing Off-Shore event they wanted for Paris back. Find a way to work around it, but it sounded amazing.
 
- I'm okay with Ligthweight-Rowing dissapearing. But they shound change it for Coastal Rowing instead.
 
- I want a long distance Canoe/Kayak event.
 
- 4x400 mixed in Athletics doesnt work. I would rather it change for a Medley Distance Relay or something among the lines. Also, Women's 400 Hurdles need higher hurdles, they are to low and it isnt a challenge for athletes anymore. It's just basically 400m 2.0.
 
- Out with Equestrian. It's 2024, no need to put animals through it. And why is the best event (cross country race) not an individual event?
 
 
That's all that I can think about.
 
 

Football down to 12 teams or even eight. No one cares about it at Olympics. Although I love football, I don’t even know who won the medals as it’s basically a junior event. 
 
Karate no, most boring event I watched. 
to compare taekwondo with karate shows you have no clue. Actually I think taekwondo needs more quota as it is one of the most universal sports at Olympics. 16 per category is too little considering they merge categories for Olympics. Same for wrestling. 
 
Boxing out, too much corruption. They need a break. 
 
Penthatlon out. Without equestrian will be a joke event. 
 
cricket, I don’t need it, but let’s see how it works in LA. 
 
baseball: if the Major league doesn’t participate out, would mean out for softball as well. 
 
sports as fencing and gymnastics need a new qualification system as it favors too much the big nations/teams. 
 
artistic swimming out if there is no male event. Same applies unfortunatly to GR wrestling. And Rhytmic gymnastics. If we want equality then everywhere please. 
 
cyling track: too many events, cut it. 
 
I think squash deserves a chance. Breaking is gone good. Flag football is a joke. Padel will come in 2032 or 36, great to watch. 
 
and we need a different qualification system in general for Australia/NZL, too many free quotas. 
 

 

 
 

I noticed no one metioned it during/after the men's marathon, but Yaseen Abdulla  placed 33rd in his first ever competive marathon (time: 2:11:41).