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When was/is the official deadline? Will other nations also change their entries in your opinion? Was the chinese guy a medal contender and is there any nation that could profit from it, but didnt enter an athlete in this event so far?

1) Medal chances for Velagic? 2) Possible to win medals in weightlifting without doping? 3) Are athletes tested while they are banned? I think at least top 8 in all events at the olympics should be tested and if there are more than X doping cases in a certain sport, then this sport should be banned for the next olympic games. I know that this is unfair for all clean athletes, but doping is also unfair for clean athletes, so we have to decide between one of those two things, there will never be a perfectly fair solution. All athletes, federations and nations have to understand that we cant continue like this and in my opinion no cheater should ever again be allowed to compete at olympic games and all cheaters should have to pay back all the prize money and all the money that other athletes lost thanks to their cheating. At the moment it looks like this: Either you dont cheat and never win anything, because there are enough people who are willing to cheat and cant really lose anything by doing it, or you cheat yourself and basically cant lose anything. In the worst case you wont be able to compete for 2 years, but thats not really a big punishment, because you wouldnt have earned much anyway during those 2 years without doping. We have to punish athletes, nations and federations, not just one of them, otherwise cheaters will always find a way. I think it would be great if all nations would sign a "declaration" that no athlete was caught for doping will be funded in the future. If countries like China, Kazakhstan or Russia keep funding their athletes after they got caught, then those athletes dont risk much by doping and its obvious that those nations have no problem with doping.

[hide] Men's Tournament - Preliminary Round August 6th - August 12th, 2016 12 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Men's Tournament - Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Belgium 1 Great Britain August 6th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia 4 New Zealand August 6th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Spain 4 Brazil August 7th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain 3 New Zealand August 7th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 5 Belgium August 7th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia 3 Spain August 9th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand 1 Spain August 9th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 5 Great Britain August 9th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Belgium 2 Australia August 10th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand 4 Brazil August 10th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain 1 Australia August 11th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Spain 2 Belgium August 12th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain 2 Spain August 12th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Belgium 2 New Zealand August 12th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia 7 Brazil Men's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 2 Netherlands August 6th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India 2 Ireland August 6th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Canada 3 Germany August 7th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands 3 Ireland August 8th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany 1 India August 8th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Canada 3 Argentina August 9th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 1 India August 9th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany 3 Ireland August 9th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands 4 Canada August 11th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands 2 India August 11th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Ireland 1 Canada August 11th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 1 Germany August 12th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India 2 Canada August 12th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany 1 Netherlands August 12th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Ireland 2 Argentina Women's Tournament - Preliminary Round August 6th - August 13th, 2016 12 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Women's Tournament - Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 7th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand 1 South Korea August 7th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands 4 Spain August 7th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro China 1 Germany August 8th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand 1 Germany August 8th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands 3 South Korea August 8th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Spain 2 China August 10th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Spain 2 New Zealand August 10th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany 2 South Korea August 10th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro China 3 Netherlands August 11th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Germany 2 Spain August 12th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro South Korea 1 China August 12th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro New Zealand 2 Netherlands August 13th 2016, h. 12:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands 3 Germany August 13th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro South Korea 1 Spain August 13th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro China 2 New Zealand Women's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 1 United States August 6th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain 1 Australia August 7th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Japan 1 India August 8th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia 1 United States August 8th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India 3 Great Britain August 8th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 4 Japan August 10th 2016, h. 11:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro India 5 Australia August 10th 2016, h. 13:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain 1 Argentina August 10th 2016, h. 17:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 Japan August 11th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia 1 Argentina August 11th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro United States 4 India August 11th 2016, h. 20:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Japan 3 Great Britain August 13th 2016, h. 10:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 5 India August 13th 2016, h. 18:00, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Great Britain 1 United States August 13th 2016, h. 19:30, Olympic Hockey Center, Rio de Janeiro Australia 3 Japan [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary Round August 3rd - August 9th, 2016 12 Nations, 3 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 2 best 3rd ranked Nations between all Groups will qualify for Quarterfinals Group E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Sweden 6 0 South Africa August 3rd 2016, h. 16:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 1 China August 6th 2016, h. 19:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro South Africa 0 4 China August 6th 2016, h. 22:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2 1 Sweden August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus South Africa 0 7 Brazil August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia China 1 2 Sweden Group F Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 1 2 Australia August 3rd 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Zimbabwe 0 6 Germany August 6th 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 4 0 Zimbabwe August 6th 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Germany 1 1 Australia August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador Germany 2 1 Canada August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia Australia 6 0 Zimbabwe Group G Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 19:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 4 0 New Zealand August 3rd 2016, h. 22:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte France 3 0 Colombia August 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 2 1 France August 6th 2016, h. 20:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte Colombia 1 0 New Zealand August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus Colombia 0 5 United States August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador New Zealand 0 4 France [/hide]

Cuba, Jamaica and so on? 47: Lets say the winning height in mens high jump is 2.35m, but then the olympic champion continues and clears 2.42m and the womens high jump champion clears 2.00m and then stops, would the answer be yes? 51: Merritt won gold in mens 400m in 2008. Lets say he doesnt win gold in mens 400m this time, but wins gold in mens 200m, would the answer still be yes?

Could you please name the american nations/define what exactly american nations are (question 19)? About question 24: Lets say before the last day France is 5th in medal table and Germany is 4th in medal table and at the end France is 4th and Germany is 5th, while the top 3 remain in the same order as before the last day. Would the answer still be yes? Is it enough if two nations in top 5 swap positions?

Thanks! What about mens football (and archery) ... ? Could you please name the american nations/define what exactly american nations are (question 19)? About question 24: Lets say before the last day France is 5th in medal table and Germany is 4th in medal table and at the end France is 4th and Germany is 5th, while the top 3 remain in the same order as before the last day. Would the answer still be yes? Is it enough if two nations in top 5 swap positions?

[hide] Sporting Rivalries and Medals (26) 1- Medals will be awarded to more nations than at the 2012 Summer Games - with at least 86. [YES - 1] 2- The best-placed European NOC in the overall 2016 Summer Olympics medal table will be Russia. [NO - 1] 3- Brazil will achieve their best ever placement in the overall 2016 Summer Games medal table, finishing within the top 14. [YES - 1] 4- Finland will fail to win a medal for the first time in history. [NO - 1] 5- At least 4 countries will win their first olympic medal. [YES - 1] San Marino womens trap Malta mens double trap Bosnia mens 800m Mali mens taekwondo -80kg Fiji mens rugby Kosovo womens judo -52kg Malaysia badminton mens singles Bermuda womens triathlon 6- Rio 2016 will be India's best ever performance in overall medals won (7 or more). [NO - 1] Archery mens singles Archery womens singles Archery womens team Badminton womens singles Field hockey mens Artistic gymnastics womens vault Boxing mens -56kg Shooting mens 50m rifle 3 positions Shooting mens 50m pistol Shooting mens 10m air pistol 7- Denmark will be placed higher than any other nordic country in the medal table (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden). [NO - 1] 8- Netherlands will win more silver medals than any other color. [YES - 1] 9- Maghreb countries (ALG, TUN, MAR, MTN, LBA) will win at least 5 medals total. [YES - 1] 10- Japan will finish ahead of South Korea in the medal table. [YES - 10] 11- Azerbaijan will finish ahead of Turkey in the medal table. [YES - 1] 12- Ethiopia will finish ahead of Kenya in the medal table. [NO - 10] 13- Cuba will finish ahead of Jamaica in the medal table. [YES - 1] 14- Germany will finish ahead of France in the medal table. [NO - 1] 15- Serbia will finish ahead of Croatia in the medal table. [NO - 1] 16- The youngest medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be younger than 16 years. [YES - 10] Ai Yanhan Ren Xi Mima Ito 17- Spain will win more than one medal in all team sports combined. [NO - 1] 18- Iran will achieve their first medal won by a woman. [YES - 1] Womens taekwondo -57kg Womens 10m air rifle 19- At least 15 different american nations will win medals. [NO - 10] USA Bahamas Cuba Jamaica Canada Brazil Ecuador Argentina Grenada Mexico Colombia Chile: Mens artistic gymnastics floor Panama: Mens 200m Trinidad and Tobago: Mens 4x100m, womens 4x100m, mens javelin throw Guatemala: Mens 20/50km race walking, mens double trap 20- At least two nations that last won a medal in Atlanta 1996 or before, will medal again in Rio 2016. [YES - 1] Burundi Ivory Coast Lebanon Philippines 21- There will be at least one nation who will win 8 medals or more, but won't win a gold medal. [NO - 1] 22- Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Singapore will all win a medal. [NO - 10] 23- Like in London 2012, more silver medals than gold medals will be awarded. [YES - 1] 24- The top 5 in the overall medal table will change its order on the very final day of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [YES - 1] 25- Argentina will win at least one gold medal in Rio 2016. [NO - 1] 26- Lithuania alone will win more medals than Estonia and Latvia together.[NO - 1] Aquatics - Diving (2) 27- China will win all four Synchronised Diving events. [YES - 10] 28- Canada will medal in all four Women's events. [NO - 10] Aquatics - Swimming (9) 29- Australian athletes take at least 2 golds out of the following 4 events: Women's 50m FS, Women's 100m FS, Men's 50m FS, Men's 100m FS. [YES - 10] 30- A nation will win 2 or more medals in Marathon Swimming. [YES - 1] 31- A nation will medal in all six relays. [YES - 10] 32- Great Britain will finish in the top 5 of the pool events' medal table. [NO - 1] 33- There will be at least one false start in an individual final. [NO - 1] 34- Either Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) or Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) will defend his/her olympic title in 100m Breaststroke. [YES - 1] 35- A gap of one second or more between the gold and silver medal winners will be clocked in 3 or more individual finals, ranging from 50m to 200m events. [NO - 1] 36- At least 5 world records will be broken in Rio 2016. [YES - 1] 37- At least 3 of the following 5 NOCs will win a medal: Bahamas, Egypt, Iceland, Jamaica, Singapore. [NO - 10] Aquatics - Synchronized Swimming (1) 38- At least 4 different nations will finish the Synchronised Swimming competitions with any medal. [YES - 1] Aquatics - Water Polo (2) 39- The men's final will be played by two ex-yugoslav nations (CRO, MNE, SRB). [YES - 1] 40- In the knockout stage, any 4th placed team from the group stage will upset a group winner and qualify for the semifinal. [YES - 1] Archery (2) 41- At least one top 8 seed in Women's or Men's Individual Archery will suffer an early exit in the Round of 64. [YES - 1] 42- South Korea will win all the gold medals in Archery. [YES - 1] Athletics (12) 43- Usain Bolt (JAM) will repeat a gold medal treble once again. [YES - 1] 44- There will be at least one sweep of medals, athletes from one country taking gold, silver and bronze. [YES - 1] 45- At least 5 olympic records will be broken. [YES - 1] Mens 400/1500/3000m SC/50km race walking Womens 800/5000/10000/100m hurdles/3000m SC/4x100m/hammer throw 46- At least two teams will be disqualified in the 4x100 finals (men and women combined). [YES - 1] 47- The Women's and Men's Olympic champion in High Jump will have cleared a height of at least 4.40m combined. [NO - 1] 48- All medals in both marathon events will be won by African nations. [NO - 1] 49- Poland will achieve a double gold in Hammer throw events. [YES - 10] 50- A non-european athlete will win gold in either Men's or Women's Javelin Throw. [NO - 1] 51- A former olympic champion, who is not currently a defending one, will become champion again in Rio 2016 (not counting relay events). [NO - 1] Kiprop Merritt 52- The whole final in the Men's 400m comprises of athletes representing nations including red in their flag. [NO - 10] 53- The leader after the first five events in the Men's Decathlon will finish outside the top 3 on the following day. [NO - 10] 54- The gold medalist in Men's Discus Throw will throw 70.00m or more. [NO - 10] Badminton (2) 55- At least one set in any event will end with a score of 30-28 or higher. [YES - 1] 56- A non-asian country will win a gold medal. [YES - 1] Basketball (2) 57- The United States will win the gold medal in Women's as well as in Men's Basketball. [YES - 10] 58- The Men's final will end by a margin of at least 20 points. [NO - 1] Boxing (2) 59- Both Nicola Adams (GBR) and Katie Taylor (IRL) will return home with a medal. [YES - 10] 60- The whole Boxing program will result in at least 8 bouts decided before the end of the 3 reglamentary rounds. [NO - 1] Canoeing - Slalom (2) 61- At least one country will win 3 or more medals between all events. [YES - 1] 62- Two or more nations will be represented in all four slalom canoeing finals. [YES - 1] Canoeing - Sprint (2) 63- At least one athlete starting from an outer lane (1 or 8) will win a medal. [YES - 1] 64- Isaquias Queiroz (BRA) will delight the home crowd with either one gold medal or at least two medals of any colour. [YES - 1] Cycling - BMX (2) 65- There will be a crash (between two or more riders) in either the Men's or Women's Final. [YES - 1] 66- Australia will win at least one gold medal. [NO - 1] Cycling - Mountain Bike (2) 67- Nino Schurter (SUI) will complete his set of medals with a gold medal from Rio 2016, after previously winning bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012. [YES - 1] 68- Mauritius', Rwanda's or Lesotho's male rider(s) will finish ahead of at least one athlete coming from a nation represented by 3 riders (SUI, FRA, ESP, CZE, ITA). [NO - 1] Cycling - Road (2) 69- A group finish with at least 20 riders clocking the same time will decide the medals in Men's Road Race. [NO - 10] 70- Less than half the riders will finish in the Women's or Men's Road Race. [NO - 1] Cycling - Track (3) 71- Australia will win a gold medal in both Team Pursuit events. [NO - 10] 72- The world record in the Men's Team Pursuit will be broken. [YES - 1] 73- The winner of either the Men's or Women's Omnium will win at least 3 of the 6 events. [NO - 1] Equestrian (2) 74- At least 15 athletes will be eliminated or will retire during the cross-country stage of Eventing competition. [YES - 1] 75- Germany will win more medals than the Netherlands. [YES - 10] Fencing (2) 76- At least 2 countries will win at least 3 gold medals. [NO - 1] 77- There will be an overtime period in the Women's or Men's Individual Épée final. [YES - 1] Field Hockey (2) 78- India's Men will end their medal drought since 1980 with any medal won in Rio. [NO - 1] 79- The Women's Tournament will have medalists from three different continents. [YES - 1] Football (3) 80- At least 4 Football matches will be decided in a penalty shoot-out. [NO - 1] 81- Brazil will win their first Men's Olympic Football title. [YES - 1] 82- At least 8 red cards will be awarded in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 1] Golf (2) 83- The eventual winner in the Men's Tournament won't be placed among the top 5 after the first day of competition. [NO - 1] 84- USA will win a medal in both the Men's and Women's Tournaments. [YES - 1] Gymnastics - Artistic (3) 85- Romania will fail to win a medal in Artistic Gymnastics. [NO - 1] 86- Simone Biles will win at least four total medals. [YES - 10] 87- At least one finalist in both Men's Horizontal Bar and Men's Pommel Horse will fall during their routines. [YES - 1] Gymnastics - Rhythmic (1) 88- Both gold and silver medals will be won by ex-USSR countries. [YES - 10] Gymnastics - Trampoline (1) 89- China will win the gold medal in both Trampoline events. [YES - 1] Handball (2) 90- A non-european nation will win a medal (Men's or Women's). [NO - 1] 91- At least twice we will see at least 40 goals scored in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 10] Judo (2) 92- Teddy Riner (FRA) will be beaten. [NO - 10] 93- A nation will win it's first Judo Gold Medal. [YES - 1] Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Israel, Canada, Bulgaria, Sweden, Tajikistan, Czech Republic, Egypt, Tunisia, Argentina, Portugal, GB, Colombia Modern Pentathlon (2) 94- In either the Men's or Women's event, the athlete starting first in the Combined stage will win the gold medal. [YES - 1] 95- A non-european athlete in either the Women's or Men's Competition will win a medal. [NO - 1] Rowing (3) 96- Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) will reach her 6th Olympic final in Women's Single Sculls. [YES - 1] 97- More countries will win medals in Rowing compared to London 2012 (18 countries). [NO - 1] 98- Athletes from all 5 continents will win a medal. [YES- 1] Rugby Sevens (2) 99- All the medals in the Men's Tournament will be won by nations from Oceania. [NO - 1] 100- At least one match on the Women's side will end in a tie. [YES - 1] Sailing (2) 101- At least one boat will be guaranteed the gold medal before the final Medal Race. [YES - 10] 102- Brazilian Robert Scheidt will win his 6th consecutive olympic medal. [NO - 1] Shooting (3) 103- All 15 events will see at least one medal winner from an Asian country. [NO - 10] 104- There will be at least one new world record set in any event. [YES - 1] 105- At least one shooter will repeat their gold medal success from the 2012 Summer Games. [YES - 10] Table Tennis (2) 106- Chinese athletes will take all 4 gold medals. [YES - 10] 107- The Women's Team final will result in a 3-0 score. [NO - 1] Taekwondo (2) 108- At least one medalist athlete in this sport will be winning at the same time the first ever olympic medal for his/her country. [YES - 1] Belgium Azerbaijan Moldova Uzbekistan Ivory Coast Sweden Portugal Netherlands Mali 109- At least one of the four invited athletes (Boui CAF, Ferrera HON, Louissant HAI, Rawal NEP) will advance into the quarterfinals. [NO - 1] Tennis (2) 110- Serena Williams will fail to win a gold medal (in all events). [NO - 10] 111- An unseeded player in the women's or men's singles competition will go as high reaching at least the semifinals. [NO - 1] Triathlon (2) 112- The Brownlee brothers will celebrate together on the podium. [YES - 10] 113- The eventual winners of both the Men's and Women's Races will not be among top 5 placed after the swimming and cycling stages. [NO - 10] Volleyball - Indoor (2) 114- No medal matches in either the Women's or the Men's Tournament will end with a 3-0 score. [YES - 1] 115- An african team will win a group stage match for the first time in history (either Men's or Women's). [NO - 10] Volleyball - Beach (2) 116- There will be an all-Brazilian final in Men's or Women's Beach Volleyball. [NO - 1] Weightlifting (2) 117- At least one leader after the Snatch part will have three invalid lifts in the Clean & Jerk. [NO - 1] 118- A medal will be won by an athlete starting from Group B. [NO - 1] Wrestling (2) 119- At least one gold medal match will end by a fall. [YES - 1] 120- Russia will win more Freestyle gold medals than Japan. [YES - 1] [/hide]

I think according to the prediction by the Associated Press Germany would win 49 medals and 10 of them in gold. 49 medals in total would be a decent result for us, but 10 golds would be very disappointing. Here are some of the most interesting predictions from a german perspective: Athletics: 8 medals in total and only one gold would be very disappointing for me. No medal for Robert Harting, but a medal for his brother? No medal for Schwanitz? Boxing: One bronze in boxing would sadly be a decent result for us, but i think Harutyunyan is much more likely to win a medal than Pfeifer. Canoeing sprint: Only 4 medals in total would be a shocking result for us, 2 golds would be decent. Silver for us in mens k2 200m seems pretty unlikely, on the other hand we should win more than 0 medals in mens c2 1000m/mens k1 1000m/mens k4 1000m/womens k4 500m. Track cycling: 5 medals would be ok for us, but only 1 gold would be disappointing. Vogel gets beaten by James in womens keirin? Silver in womens team sprint and no medal for Russia? Diving: Silver in mens 3m synchronized but no medal in mens 10m synchronized? Equestrian: No medal for Sprehe, but bronze for Peters? Seriously? Silver and bronze in individual jumpin? Yeah ... Gold for Michael CHUNG in individual eventing? Artistic gymnastics: No medal for Germany in HORIZONTAL bar, but bronze for Nile Wilson? Judo: No medal at all for Germany? Very unlikely. Shooting: Only 2 medal in total and none of them in gold would be a very bad result for us. Football: No medal for us? I think thats not very likely. Swimming: 4 medals in total and 1 gold would be a perfect result for us, but its very unlikely that Biedermann will win silver and that Yang wont win a medal at all. Reichert for sure wont win a medal in mens open water swimming ... Table tennis: 2 medals would be a decent result for us, but its pretty unlikely that Ovtcharov will win silver. Taekwondo: 2 medal would be an amazing result for us, but silver for Tuncat would be a huge surprise. Tennis: Bronze for Kerber would be a pretty expected result, but silver for Stosur seems extremely unlikely to me. Weightlifting: 2 medals for us ... seriously? Bronze in mens -77kg? Haha ... haha ... seriously? Where is canoeing slalom? I have no problem with the fact that they are clearly overestimating most american athletes, but i have a problem with the following things: They dont even know the name of some athletes (Michael Chung) and even forgot a sport (canoeing slalom). They clearly dont know what they are talking about. On the one hand US wins medals in womens individual archery, womens 50m rifle 3 positions or womens single sculls, on the other hand they dont win a medal in mens 1500m (Centrowitz) and only bronze womens quadruple sculls, where they are the current world champion?

Petzschner (mens doubles) is out due to illness, Kohlschreiber will probably play with Zverev now, if ITF allows it.

Bastian Schweinsteiger retired from the german national team.

Gabius (mens marathon) and Petzschner (mens doubles tennis) out due to injury/illness, german team down to 424 athletes (without reserves).

Quick question: I dont want to read the introduction for all the prediction contests and i dont have time to predict right now. Which contest has the earliest deadline/when?

Most countries didnt compete with their best teams? Its funny that we always get our best results when european championships are no qualification event for junior world championships ...

I really dont get it. How can they ban russian athletics, but not russian weightlifting/wrestling or swimming? How can they say that russian athletes who were caught before are not allowed to compete, but athletes from all other nations who were caught before are allowed to compete? This just doesnt make any sense. I think this is actually pretty unfair for russian track and field athletes and even someone like Efimova. There is no doubt that Efimova shouldnt be allowed to compete, but why are other cheaters like Gatlin, Ohuruogu, Yang, Park or Gomes allowed to compete, although they were also caught before and therefore arent much different than Efimova? The same rules should apply to everyone.

Not surprised at all, i called it last year already, but lets wait for the B sample ... What about Yego ... ? Is he still considered clean? At least one opponent less for Röhler and Vetter, but maybe someone else will destroy his PB to win gold or Yego will suddenly throw 90m again, i think the guy from Latvia could also be the one to take the gold away ...

Do you think that there is really less doping in wrestling, boxing or less cheating by the judges in fencing/boxing/gymnastics?

Are you serious? That would be like making an IQ test, everyone with an IQ of 10 or bigger will be allowed to compete ... No one (or at least almost no one) would be stupid enough to get caught one day before the start of the competition, athletes (normally) dope much earlier (a couple of months before the start of their competition).

I dont know how many fans each sport actually has, but why not simply look at the amount of money in each sport? Snowboard (for example X games), golf (masters and ryder cup) or rugby (world cup) attract thousands of people and stars in those sports can earn good money, on the other hand even the best athletes in sports like canoeing or modern pentathlon probably cant even earn their living with it. Shaun White or Tiger Woods have earned millions of dollars in their life already, i am sure that this is impossible in about 3/4 of all other olympic sports.

Expected decision, Bach is just disgusting, Putin obviously has full contol over him. It has been proven that there is a state-run doping system in Russia, what else do they have to do to get banned? Nothing will ever change, the message is that you can dope as much as you want, but we knew that before (Efimova, Gatlin). This is a huge blow for clean sport and those clowns who just want to earn as much money as possible are destroying sport. They should just allow russian athletics in Rio, there really isnt a difference between russian athletics and most other sports in Russia. The most disgusting thing for me is that Stepanova wont be allowed to compete in Rio and the explanation is just plain stupid. She isnt allowed to compete, because she was part of the system and left it about 2 years ago, but most of the athletes who are still part of the system are allowed to compete? No one can be stupid enough to think that this explanation is in any way logic. I think i will only follow basketball, hockey, football, mens handball, sailing and maybe some other minor sports in Rio, where there are only very few age/nationality/doping/gender cheaters, but for sure no athletics, swimming or cycling.

They will probably be allowed to compete in every other sport, Bach is just a clown. Why not allow them to also compete in athletics? Where is the big difference between athletics and most other sports in Russia?

I think golf, rugby or snowboard have a much bigger fanbase than sports like modern pentathlon, canoeing or luge ... or did i miss the point?

Its correct that we shouldnt call him a cheater before B sample also is positive, its unfair for the athlete, although i would say that about 99% of the B samples are also positive. I think its ok to say something like "His A sample was positive and if the B sample is also positive, then ...", we definitely should be allowed to mention that his A sample was positive, before we know the result of his B sample. Interesting question: Do you think that its possible that romanian federation knew about the positive A sample, but still wanted to give him the chance to compete at the junior world championships, in case that his B sample is negative? What are the rules? Should someone with a positive A sample be forbidden to compete before we know the result of the B sample?

I really dont see the problem here, our serbian friend didnt say anything wrong (sorry, i cant "understand" his name ...). Our romanian friend said that he "supposedly" tested positive, but i think there is no doubt that he tested positive (A-sample) and our serbian friend didnt say anything else. His A-sample was positive, we still have to wait for the B-sample. If he really tested positive before the start of the junior world championships and romanian federation knew about it, then they never should have allowed him to compete there, i completely agree with our serbian friend about this, he stole a medal from someone else and that should not have been allowed.

Narsingh Yadav (wrestling), dont know about the reallocation of his quota place ... http://www.reuters.com/article/us-doping-wrestling-india-yadav-idUSKCN10407B