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Absolutely disgusting that the officials are trying to sabotage Chinese swimmers by testing them multiple times a day. This means that Chinese swimmers won’t be able to be at 100 %. The chances of Chinese athletes being retarded enough to dope during the games are astronomically small. I don’t think that Chinese officials used the same tactic in 2008 or 2022.

You should look closer. Morocco is the 6th from the bottom with 7 golds.

Now he will look stupid if he doesn’t make the podium. Will he be part of the mixed medley relay alongside Shayna Jack?

You realize that Germany just a couple of days ago beat the same Brazilian team that thrashed Spain today? You should focus on talking about the (few) things you actually have a clue about. Makes you less of a laughing stock.

Nevermind … Absolutely pathetic performance by the German team. Korea constantly had open shots while Germany had almost no open shots. Really makes you question what they did in training all the time, they absolutely weren’t prepared. Let’s hope that they at least planned some nice sightseeing trips. Korea was the clearly better team with a clearly better coach, despite their physical limitations. Maybe they can use this win to reach the next round. At least this might help to turn handball into more of a global sport.

Surprising result for Brazil, makes Germany‘s recent results against them seem less bad.

Amazing, probably hasn’t happened too often even in other sports (shooting). Apart from equestrian there aren’t too many sports where women can challenge the best male athletes. I don’t know much about climbing, but maybe there the best female athletes are also able to challenge the best male athletes?

The current situation is really interesting. I am excited to see if Bach will step down in 2025 and who might replace him.

You mean Australia with Shayna Jack?

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's 20km Race Walk Day 1 August 1st 2024 AnyAustralian Athlete Caio Bonfim Evan Dunfee Li Yandong WangZhaozhao Zhang Jun Brian Pintado Christopher Linke Massimo Stano X Ryo Hamanishi Koki Ikeda X Yuta Koga Diego Garcia Carrera Alvaro Martin X Paul McGrath Perseus Karlstroem Any Other Athlete Women's 20km Race Walk Day 1 August 1st 2024 Jemima Montag X Viviane Lyra Liu Hong Ma Zhenxia Yang Jiayu Lorena Arenas Glenda Morejon Antonella Palmisano X Nanako Fujii Alegna Gonzalez Kimberly Garcia Leon X Evelyn Inga Laura Garcia-Caro Maria Perez Any Other Athlete Men's 10,000m Day 2 August 2nd 2024 Mohammed Ahmed Any Eriterian Athlete Berihu Aregawi X Selemon Barega Yomif Kejelcha X Benard Kibet Nicholas Kipkorir Daniel Mateiko Adriaan Wildschutt Joshua Cheptegei Jacob Kiplimo X Grant Fischer Any Other American Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's Shot Put Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Darlan Romani Filip Mihaljevic Tomas Stanek Leonardo Fabbri X Zane Weir Rajindra Campbell Bob Bertemes Jacko Gill Tom Walsh Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Ryan Crouser X Joe Kovacs X Payton Otterdahl Any Other Athlete Women's Triple Jump Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Leyanis Perez Hernandez X Lidagmis Povea Thea Lafond X Dariya Derkach Shanieka Ricketts Kimberly Williams Ana Peleteiro-Compaore X Tugba Danismaz Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk Tori Franklin Jasmine Moore Keturah Orji Any Other Athlete Mixed 4x400m Relay Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Bahamas Belgium Dominican Republic France Germany Great Britain X Ireland Jamaica Netherlands X Nigeria Poland Switzerland United States X Any Other Nations Women's 100m Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith Dina Asher-Smith Any Other British Athlete Tiana Clayton X Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson Rosemary Chukwuma Ewa Swoboda Julien Alfred X Melissa Jefferson Sha'Carri Richardson X Twanisha Terry Any Other Athlete Men's Decathlon Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Damian Warner X Johannes Erm Karel Tilga Makenson Gletty Niklas Kaul Leo Neugebauer X Lindon Victor Any Norwegian Athlete X Ayden Owens-Delerme Heath Baldwin Harrison Williams Zachery Ziemek Any Other Athlete Women's High Jump Day 4 August 4th 2024 Nicola Olyslagers X Eleanor Patterson Any German Athlete Morgan Lake Lamara Distin Maria Zodzik Angela Topic X Lia Apostolovski Iryna Gerashchenko Yuliia Levchenko Yaroslava Mahuchikh X Vashti Cunningham Rachel Glenn Any Other Athlete Men's Hammer Throw Day 4 August 4th 2024 Ethan Katzberg X Any Chilean Athlete Yann Chaussinand Merlin Hummel Any Greek Athlete Bence Halasz X Eivind Henriksen Pawel Fajdek Wojciech Nowicki Mykhaylo Kokhan X Daniel Haugh Rudy Winkler Any Other Athlete Men's 100m Day 4 August 4th 2024 Letsile Tebogo X Any Canadian Athlete Zharnel Hughes Lamont Marcell Jacobs Ackeem Blake Oblique Seville X Kishane Thompson Ferdinand Omanyala Emmanuel Matadi Favour Ashe Akani Simbine Kenneth Bednarek Fred Kerley Noah Lyles X Any Other Athlete Men's Pole Vault Day 5 August 5th 2024 Kurtis Marschall Thibaut Collet Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Emmanouil Karalis Claudio Michel Stecchi Menno Vloon Any Norwegian Athlete Ernest John Obiena X Piotr Lisek Armand Duplantis X Ersu Sasma Sam Kendricks X Christopher Nilsen Jacob Wooten Any Other Athlete Women's Discus Throw Day 5 August 5th 2024 Feng Bin X Sandra Elkasevic Yaime Perez X Any Other Cuban Athlete Shanice Craft Kristin Pudenz Marike Steinacker Daisy Osakue Jorinde Van Klinken Liliana Ca Irina Rodrigues Valarie Allman X Any Other Athlete Women's 5000m Day 5 August 5th 2024 Jessica Hull Medina Eisa Ejgayehu Taye Gudaf Tsegay X Nadia Battocletti Nozomi Tanaka Beatrice Chebet Faith Kipyegon X Laura Galvan Sifan Hassan X Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal Any American Athlete Joselyn Brea Any Other Athlete Women's 800m Day 5 August 5th 2024 Catriona Bisset Habitam Alemu Tsige Duguma Worknesh Mesele Renelle Lamote Phoebe Gill Keely Hodgkinson X Jemma Reekie X Natoya Goule-Toppin Mary Moraa X Prudence Sekgodiso Audrey Werro Halimah Nakaayi Nia Akins Any Other American Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's Hammer Throw Day 6 August 6th 2024 Hanna Skydan Camryn Rogers X Wang Zheng Zhao Jie Katrine Koch Jacobsen Silja Kosonen Krista Tervo Sara Fantini Zalina Marghieva Anita Wlodarczyk Bianca Florentina Ghelber Annette Echikunwoke X DeAnna Price X Any Other Athlete Men's Long Jump Day 6 August 6th 2024 Christopher Mitrevski Wang Jianan Filip Pravdica Radek Juska Miltiadis Tentoglou X Mattia Furlani X Tajay Gayle Carey McLeod Wayne Pinnock Yuki Hashioka Simon Ehammer X Lin Yu-Tang Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 1500m Day 6 August 6th 2024 Any Australian Athlete Azeddine Habz Josh Kerr Any Other British Athlete Andrew Coscoran Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot Timothy Cheruiyot X Samuel Tanner Jakob Ingebrigtsen X Narve Gilje Nordas Isaac Nader Mario Garcia Cole Hocker Yared Nuguse X Any Other Athlete Women's 3000m Steeplechase Day 6 August 6th 2024 Winfred Mutile Yavi X Sembo Almayew Lomi Muleta Alice Finot Any British Athlete Daisy Jepkemei Beatrice Chepkoech X Jackline Chepkoech Faith Cherotich Marwa Bouzayani Peruth Chemutai X Valerie Constein Any Other American Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's 200m Day 6 August 6th 2024 Audrey Leduc Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith Dina Asher-Smith X Daryll Neita Shericka Jackson Any Other Jamaican Athlete Thelma Davies Favour Ofili Julien Alfred X Brittany Brown Mckenzie Long Gabrielle Thomas X Any Other Athlete Mixed 35km Race Walk Team Day 7 August 7 2024 Australia Brazil China X Colombia France Germany Italy X Japan Mexico Spain X Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's Pole Vault Day 7 August 7th 2024 Nina Kennedy X Alysha Newman Amalie Svabikova Wilma Murto Molly Caudery X Aikaterini Stefanidi Roberta Bruni Eliza McCartney Tina Sutej Angelica Moser X Brynn King Katie Moon Bridget Williams Robeilys Peinado Any Other Athlete Men's Discus Throw Day 7 August 7th 2024 Matthew Denny X Lukas Weisshaidinger Any German Athlete Ralford Mullings Traves Smikle Roje Stona Mykolas Alekna X Andrius Gudzius Connor Bell Alex Rose Kristjan Ceh X Daniel Stahl Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 400m Day 7 August 7th 2024 Steven Gardiner Alexander Doom Bayapo Ndori Christopher Morales-Williams Charles Dobson X Matthew Hudson-Smith X Kirani James Any Jamaican Athlete Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen Christopher Bailey Quincy Hall X Michael Norman Any Other Athlete Men's 3000m Steeplechase Day 7 August 7th 2024 Samuel Firewu Lamecha Girma X Getnet Wale X Any French Athlete Avinash Mukund Sable Ryuji Miura Abraham Kibiwot Simon Kiprop Koech Amos Serem Soufiane El Bakkali X Geordie Beamish Daniel Arce Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui Any Other Athlete Women's Long Jump Day 8 August 8th 2024 Plamena Mitkova Marthe Koala Mikaelle Assani Malaika Mihambo X Larissa Iapichino Sumire Hata Ese Brume Agate De Sousa Alina Rotaru-Kottmann Milica Gardasevic Ivana Spanovic X Fatima Diame Tara Davis-Woodhall X Jasmine Moore Any Other Athlete Men's Javelin Throw Day 8 August 8th 2024 Jakub Vadlejch X Oliver Helander Teura'itera'i Tupaia Julian Weber X Anderson Peters Neeraj Chopra X Kishore Jena Edis Matusevicius Andrian Mardare Arshad Nadeem Alexandru Mihaita Novac Keshorn Walcott Curtis Thompson Any Other Athlete Men's 200m Day 8 August 8th 2024 Letsile Tebogo X Aaron Brown Aaron De Grasse Alexander Ogando Joshua Hartmann Zharnel Hughes Andrew Hudson Bryan Levell Joseph Fahnbulleh Any South African Athlete Tarsis Orogot Kenneth Bednarek X Erriyon Knighton Noah Lyles X Any Other Athlete Women's 400m Hurdles Day 8 August 8th 2024 Kemi Adekoya Hanne Claes Savannah Sutherland Any French Athlete Jessie Knight Ayomide Folorunso Rushell Clayton Janieve Russell Shiann Salmon Femke Bol X Any Ukranian Athlete Anna Cockrell X Jasmine Jones Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone X Any Other Athlete Men's 110m Hurdles Day 8 August 8th 2024 Wilhem Belocian Sasha Zhoya Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli X Orlando Bennett Rasheed Broadbell Hansle Parchment Shunsuke Izumiya Rachid Muratake Louis Francois Mendy Enrique Llopis Jason Joseph Freddie Crittenden Grant Holloway X Daniel Roberts X Any Other Athlete Women's 4x100m Relay Day 9 August 9th 2024 Australia Canada Cote D'Ivoire France Germany Great Britain X Italy Jamaica X Netherlands Poland United States X Any Other Nation Women's Shot Put Day 9 August 9th 2024 Sarah Mitton X Gong Lijiao Song Jiayuan Yemisi Ogunleye Danniel Thomas-Dodd Jorinde van Klinken Jessica Schilder X Maddison-Lee Wesche Jessica Inchude Fanny Roos Chase Jackson X Jaida Ross Raven Saunders Any Other Athlete Men's 4x100m Relay Day 9 August 9th 2024 Australia Canada China France Germany Great Britain Italy X Jamaica X Japan Nigeria South Africa United States X Any Other Nation Women's 400m Day 9 August 9th 2024 Salwa Eid Naser Sada Williams Cynthia Bolingo Marileidy Paulino Amber Anning Rhasidat Adekele X Nickisha Pryce X Stacey Ann Williams Lieke Klaver Natalia Kaczmarek X Aaliyah Butler Kendall Ellis Alexia Holmes Any Other Athlete Men's Triple Jump Day 9 August 9th 2024 Yasser Mohammed Triki Hugues Fabrice Zango Almir Do Santos Fang Yaoqing Zhu Yaming Lazaro Martinez Christian Napoles Thomas Gogois Emmanuel Ihejeme Andy Diaz Hernandez Jaydon Hibbert X Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun X Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete X Women's Heptathlon Day 9 August 9th 2024 Nafissatou Thiam X Noor Vidts Saga Vanninen Auriana Lazraq-Khlass Katarina Johnson-Thompson Xenia Krizsan Sofie Dokter Emma Oosterwegel Anouk Vetter X Adriana Sulek-Schubert Annika Kalin Taliyah Brooks Anna Hall X Chari Hawkins Any Other Athlete Women's 10,000m Day 9 August 9th 2024 Lauren Ryan Francine Niyomukunzi Rahel Daniel Tsigie Gebreselama Fotyen Tesfay Gudaf Tsegay Any British Athlete Beatrice Chebet X Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi Lilian Kasait Rengeruk X Sifan Hassan X Sarah Chelangat Joy Cheptoyek Weini Kelati Frezghi Any Other Athlete Men's 400m Hurdles Day 9 August 9th 2024 Alison Dos Santos X Kyron McMaster Rasmus Magi Wilfried Happio Alessandro Sibilio Roshawn Clarke Malik James-King Karsten Warholm X Abderrahman Samba Carl Bengstroem CJ Allen Trevor Bassitt Rai Benjamin X Any Other Athlete Men's Marathon Day 10 August 10th 2024 Bashir Abdi X Kenenisa Bekele Deresa Geleta Sisay Lemma Morhad Amdouni X Amanal Petros Gashau Ayale Eluid Kipchoge X Benson Kipruto Alexander Mutiso Abdi Nageeye Gabriel Gerald Geay Kaan Kigen Ozbilen Any Other Athlete Men's High Jump Day 10 August 10th 2024 Any Australian Athlete Donald Thomas Thomas Carmoy Luis Enrique Zayas Tobias Poyte Gianmarco Tamberi X Ryoichi Akamatsu Hamish Kerr X Norbert Kobielski Mutaz Essa Barshim X Woo Sanghyeok Oleh Doroshchuk Andrii Protsenko Shelby McEwen Any Other Athlete Men's 800m Day 10 August 10th 2024 Slimane Moula Djamel Sedjati X Any Athlete from Botswana Marco Arop Any French Athlete X Max Burgin Ben Pattison Koitatoi Kidali Wyclife Kinyamal Emmanuel Wanyonyi X Adrian Ben Bryce Hoppel Hobbs Kessler Brandon Miller Any Other Nation Women's Javelin Throw Day 10 August 10th 2024 Mackenzie Little X Kathryn Mitchell Victoria Hudson Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado Nikola Ogrodnikova Haruka Kitaguchi X Lina Muze-Serma Anete Sietina Tori Peeters Adriana Vilagos X Jo-Amne Van Dyk Maggie Malone Any Other Nation Women's 100m Hurdles Day 10 August 10th 2024 Devynne Charlton Cyrena Samba-Mayela X Ackera Nugent Any Other Jamaican Athlete Nadine Visser Tobi Amusan Pia Skrzyszowska Jasmine Camacho-Quinn X Ditaji Kambundji Alaysha Johnson Masai Russell X Grace Stark Any Other Athlete Men's 5000m Day 10 August 10th 2024 Stewart McSweyn Mohammed Ahmed Hagos Gebrhiwet Yomif Kejelcha X Addisu Yihune Jimmy Gressier Luis Grijalva Any British Athlete Jacob Krop Thierry Ndikumwenayo Jacob Kiplimo X Any Other Ugandian Athlete Grant Fisher Any Other Athlete X Women's 1500m Day 10 August 10th 2024 Linden Hall Jessica Hull X Birke Haylom Gudaf Tsegay X Diribe Welteji Laura Muir Ciara Mageean Nelly Chepchirchir Susan Lokayo Ejore Faith Kipyegon X Sifan Hassan Nikki Hiltz Emily Mackay Elle St. Pierre Any Other Athlete Men's 4x400m Relay Day 10 August 10th 2024 Belgium Botswana X Brazil France Germany Great Britain X Italy Japan Nigeria South Africa Spain Trinidad & Tobago United States X Any Other Nation Women's 4x400m Relay Day 10 August 10th 2024 Belgium Canada France Great Britain X Ireland Italy Jamaica Netherlands X Norway Poland Spain United States X Any Other Nation Women's Marathon Day 11 August 11th 2024 Eunice Chebichii Chumba Dolshi Tesfu Megertu Alemu Tigist Assefa X Amane Beriso Hitomi Niiya Hitomi Niiya Peres Jepchirchir X Sharon Lokedi Hellen Obiri Sifan Hassan X Magdalena Shauri Helen Bekele Stella Chesang Betsy Saina Any Other Athlete [/hide]

More than 40 medals doesn’t seem realistic for Germany, but maybe the German team will surprise me.

Don’t see the point. They have been caught before and nothing happened. They should use their money more wisely and test some athletes from small/irrelevant nations that they can easily ban without any backlash. For example: Crooks, Jaouadi, Tuncelli, Meilutyte, Schoenmaker

Expected medal table (individual events only) according to the entry times: Men: : 4/1/0 : 2/3/4 : 2/2/1 : 2/2/0 : 1/1/1 : 1/1/0 : 1/1/0 : 1/0/0 : 0/2/1 : 0/1/1 : 0/0/2 : 0/0/1 : 0/0/1 : 0/0/1 : 0/0/1 Number of nations: 15 Women: : 6/4/3 : 3/3/5 : 2/2/1 : 1/1/2 : 1/0/1 : 1/0/1 : 0/1/0 : 0/1/0 : 0/1/0 : 0/1/0 : 0/0/1 Number of nations: 11 Men + Women: : 8/7/7 : 5/5/6 : 5/2/2 : 3/2/1 : 2/2/0 : 1/1/1 : 1/1/0 : 1/1/0 : 1/0/1 : 1/0/1 : 0/2/1 : 0/1/1 : 0/1/1 : 0/1/0 : 0/1/0 : 0/1/0 : 0/0/2 : 0/0/1 : 0/0/1 : 0/0/1 : 0/0/1 Number of nations: 21 Nations that are expected to win at least one individual medal on both sides:

32 medals seems like a realistic expectation for Germany. Should definitely be the (by far) worst performance ever. I still don’t doubt that officials will somehow try to sell this as a success.

In Germany the term „from western Asia“ has become very popular to describe the usual suspects …

Glad that we have people like you to explain us what is really going on … I am sure people remember how the press reported about all those peaceful BLM protests and all those attempts of (supposed) Trump supporters who tried to start a civil war … Crazy how delusional some people are … Just look at who owns the biggest newspapers/TV channels and what percentage of journalists identify as republican/democratic and anyone with a brain will see how the reporting isn’t anywhere near „objective“. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/just-7-percent-of-journalists-are-republicans-thats-far-less-than-even-a-decade-ago/

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's 400m Freestyle Day 1 July 27th 2024 Samuel Short X Elijah Winnington X Felix Auboeck Lucas Henveaux Guilherme Costa Zhang Zhanshuo Oliver Klemet Lukas Martens X Kieran Bird Daniel Wiffen Marco De Tullio Danas Rapsys Kim Woomin Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's 400m Freestyle Day 1 July 27th 2024 Jamie Perkins Ariarne Titmus X Gabrielle Roncatto Maria Da Silva Costa Summer McIntosh X Li Bingjie Liu Yaxin Isabel Gose Simona Quadarella Erika Fairweather Katie Ledecky X Paige Madden Any Other Athlete Women's 4x100m Free Relay Day 1 July 27th 2024 Australia X Brazil Canada China X France Great Britain Hong Kong Italy Netherlands Poland Sweden United States X Any Other Nation Men's 4x100m Free Relay Day 1 July 27th 2024 Australia Brazil Canada China X France Germany Great Britain X Greece Hungary Israel Italy Spain United States X Any Other Nation Men's 400m Ind. Medley Day 2 July 28th 2024 Brendon Smith Leon Marchand X Max Litchfield Apostolos Papastamos Balazs Hollo Gabor Zombori Alberto Razzetti Tomoyuki Matsushita Daiya Seto Lewis Clareburt X Carson Foster X Chase Kalisz Any Other Athlete Women's 100m Butterfly Day 2 July 28th 2024 Emma McKeon Alexandria Perkins Lana Pudar Margaret Macneil X Yu Yiting Zhang Yufei Marie Wattel Angelina Kohler Mizuki Hirai Rikako Ikee Louise Hansson Torri Huske X Gretchen Walsh X Any Other Athlete Men's 100m Breaststroke Day 2 July 28th 2024 Evgenii Somov Sam Williamson Qin Haiyang X Sun Jiajun Melwin Imoudu Lucas Matzerath Adam Peaty X Nicolo Martinenghi X Ludovico Viberti Casper Corbeau Arno Kamminga Omer Ogretir Nic Fink Charlie Swanson Any Other Athlete Women's 400m Ind. Medley Day 3 July 29th 2024 Jenna Forrester Ella Ramsay Summer McIntosh X Freya Colbert Katie Shanahan Vivien Jackl X Anastasia Gorbenko Sara Franceschi Mio Narita Ageha Tanigawa Katie Grimes X Emma Weyant Any Other Athlete Men's 200m Freestyle Day 3 July 29th 2024 Maxmillian Giuliani Pan Zhanle Lukas Martens X Matthew Richards Duncan Scott X Katsuhiro Matsumoto Danas Rapsys David Popovici X Hwang Sunwoo Kim Woomin Chris Guiliano Luke Hobson Any Other Athlete Men's 100m Backstroke Day 3 July 29th 2024 Xu Jiayu Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Mewen Tomac Oliver Morgan Jonny Marshall Apostolos Christou Evangelos Makrygiannis Huber Kos Thomas Ceccon X Ksawery Masiuk Pieter Coetze Hugo Gonzalez Hunter Armstrong X Ryan Murphy X Any Other Athlete Women's 100m Breaststroke Day 3 July 29th 2024 Tang Qianting X Angharad Evans Mona McSharry Lisa Angiolini Benedetta Pilato Ruta Meilutyte X Kotryna Teterevkova Reona Aoki Satomi Suzuki Tes Schouten Tatjana Smith Sophie Hansson Lilly King X Emma Weber Any Other Athlete Women's 200m Freestyle Day 3 July 29th 2024 Mollie O'Callaghan X Ariarne Titmus X Maria Da Silva Costa Marie-Sophie Harvey Li Bingjie Yang Junxuan Barbora Seemanova Siobhan Haughey X Nikolett Padar Erika Fairweather Erin Gemmell Claire Weinstein Any Other Athlete Women's 100m Backstroke Day 4 July 30th 2024 Iona Anderson Kaylee McKeown X Kylie Masse X Ingrid Wilm Wan Letian Wang Xueer Beryl Gasteldello Emma Terebo Any British Athlete Danielle Hill Maaike De Waard Carmen Weiler Sastre Katharine Berkoff Regan Smith X Any Other Athlete Men's 800m Freestyle Day 4 July 30th 2024 Samuel Short X Elijah Winnington Guilherme Costa Sven Schwarz Florian Wellbrock Daniel Wiffen X Luca De Tullio Gregorio Paltrinieri Kim Woomin Ahmed Jaouadi Mykhailo Romanchuk Bobby Finke X Luke Whitlock Any Other Athlete Men's 4x200m Free Relay Day 4 July 30th 2024 Australia Brazil China X France Germany Great Britain X Greece Israel Italy Japan South Korea United States X Any Other Nation Women's 100m Freestyle Day 5 July 31st 2024 Shayna Jack Mollie O'Callaghan X Margaret Macneil Wu Qingfeng Yang Junxuan Any French Athlete Barbora Seemanova Anna Hopkin Siobhan Haughey X Marrit Steenbergen X Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjostrom Kate Douglass Gretchen Walsh Any Other Athlete Men's 200m Butterfly Day 5 July 31st 2024 Ilya Kharun X Leon Marchand X Richard Marton Kristof Milak X Giacomo Carini Alberto Razzetti Tomoru Honda Genki Terakado Krzysztof Chmielewski Noe Ponti Wang Kuan Hung Thomas Heilman Luca Urlando Any Other Athlete Women's 1500m Freestyle Day 5 July 31st 2024 Moesha Johnson Lani Pallister Beatriz Dizotti Gao Weizhong Li Bingjie X Anastasiia Kirpichnikova Isabel Gose Leonie Maertens Vivien Jackl Simona Quadarella X Eve Thomas Katie Grimes Katie Ledecky X Any Other Athlete Men's 200m Breaststroke Day 5 July 31st 2024 Zac Stubblety-Cook Joshua Yong Dong Zhihao Qin Haiyang X Matti Mattsson Leon Marchand X Yu Hanaguruma Ippei Watanabe Casper Corbeau Arno Kamminga Matt Fallon X Josh Matheny Any Other Athlete Men's 100m Freestyle Day 5 July 31st 2024 Kyle Chlamers Josh Liendo Jordan Crooks Pan Zhanle X Maxime Grousset X Matthew Richards Nandor Nemeth Alessandro Miressi David Popovici X Andrej Barna Jack Alexy Chris Guiliano Any Other Athlete Women's 200m Butterfly Day 6 August 1st 2024 Abbey Connor Elizabeth Dekkers X Lana Pudar Summer McIntosh X Chen Luying Zhang Yufei Helena Rosendahl Bach Keanna Macinnes Laura Stephens Hiroko Makino Airi Mitsui Alex Shackell Regan Smith X Any Other Athlete Men's 200m Backstroke Day 6 August 1st 2024 Bradley Woodward Xu Jiayu Mewen Tomac Apostolos Siskos Hubert Kos X Adam Telegdy Thomas Ceccon Pieter Coetze Lee Juho Hugo Gonzalez X Roman Mityukov Oleksandr Zheltiakov Keaton Jones Ryan Murphy X Any Other Athlete Women's 200m Breaststroke Day 6 August 1st 2024 Ella Ramsay Jenna Strauch Sydney Pickrem Ye Shiwen Thea Blomsterberg Mona McSharry Satomi Suzuki Kotryna Teterevkova Tes Schouten X Kaylene Corbett Tatjana Smith X Kate Douglass X Lilly King Any Other Athlete Women's 4x200m Free Relay Day 6 August 1st 2024 Australia X Brazil Canada China X France Great Britain Hungary Israel Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand United States X Any Other Nation Men's 50m Freestyle Day 7 August 2nd 2024 Cameron McEvoy Josh Liendo Maxime Grousset Florent Manaudou X Benjamin Proud X Kristian Gkolomeev Szebasztian Szabo Gabe Castano Bjoern Seeliger Dylan Carter Vladyslav Bukhov Caeleb Dressel X Chris Guiliano Any Other Athlete Women's 200m Backstroke Day 7 August 2nd 2024 Jaclyn Barclay Kaylee McKeown X Kylie Masse Liu Yaxin Peng Xuwei Emma Terebo Honey Osrin Katie Shanahan Anastasia Gorbenko Margherita Panziera Phoebe Bacon X Regan Smith X Any Other Athlete Men's 200m Ind. Medley Day 7 August 2nd 2024 Finlay Knox Wang Shun X Leon Marchand X Tom Dean Duncan Scott X Ron Polonsky Alberto Razzetti Daiya Seto Lewis Clareburt Hugo Gonzalez Shaine Casas Carson Foster Any Other Athlete Men's 100m Butterfly Day 8 August 3rd 2024 Matthew Temple Ilya Kharun Josh Liendo Maxime Grousset X Hubert Kos Kristof Milak Gal Cohen Groumi Katsuhiro Matsumoto Nyls Korstanje Jakub Majerski Noe Ponti X Caeleb Dressel X Thomas Heilman Any Other Athlete Women's 200m Ind. Medley Day 8 August 3rd 2024 Kaylee McKeown X Ella Ramsay Summer McIntosh Sydney Pickrem Yu Yiting Abbie Wood Anastasia Gorbenko Sara Franceschi Yui Ohashi Marrit Steenbergen Kate Douglass X Alex Walsh X Any Other Athlete Women's 800m Freestyle Day 8 August 3rd 2024 Lani Pallister X Ariarne Titmus X Maria Da Silva Costa Li Bingjie Anastasiia Kirpichnikova Isabel Gose Ajna Kesely Simona Quadarella Erika Fairweather Eve Thomas Katie Ledecky X Paige Madden Any Other Athlete Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Day 8 August 3rd 2024 Australia X Canada China X France Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Netherlands Poland Sweden United States X Any Other Nation Women's 50m Freestyle Day 9 August 4th 2024 Meg Harris Shayna Jack Taylor Ruck Wu Qingfeng Zhang Yufei Any French Athlete Meg Harris Anna Hopkin Katarzyna Wasick X Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjostrom X Simone Manuel Gretchen Walsh X Any Other Athlete Men's 1500m Freestyle Day 9 August 4th 2024 Samuel Short Fei Liwei David Aubry Sven Schwarz Florian Wellbrock Daniel Jervis David Betlehem Daniel Wiffen X Luca De Tullio Gregorio Paltrinieri Ahmed Jaouadi Mykhailo Romanchuk Bobby Finke X Any Other Athlete X Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Day 9 August 4th 2024 Australia Canada China X France Germany Great Britain X Italy Japan Netherlands Poland Spain United States X Any Other Nation Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Day 9 August 4th 2024 Australia X Canada China X France Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Netherlands Poland Sweden United States X Any Other Nation Women's 10km Open Water Day 10 August 8th 2024 Chelsea Gubecka Moesha Johnson Ana Marcela Cunha X Any French Athlete Leonie Beck X Arianna Bridi Lisa Pou Sharon Van Rouwendaal X Angelica Andre Maria De Valdes Mariah Denigan Katie Grimes Any Other Athlete Men's 10km Open Water Day 11 August 9th 2024 Kyle Lee Nicholas Sloman Logan Fontaine Marc-Antoine Olivier Oliver Klemet Florian Wellbrock X Hector Pardoe Tobias Robinson David Betlehem Kristof Rasovszky X Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri X Any Other Athlete [/hide]

I looked at how many individual top 8 seeds (qualification for the final) each nation has: Men: USA: 20 Australia: 10 France: 10 GB: 9 China: 8 Germany: 8 Italy: 7 Japan: 6 Hungary: 4 Canada: 4 Ukraine: 3 Netherlands: 3 Switzerland: 3 Greece: 3 Romania: 2 Ireland: 2 Spain: 2 South Korea: 2 Austria: 1 Lithuania: 1 Brazil: 1 Poland: 1 New Zealand: 1 Number of nations: 23 Women: USA: 25 Australia: 21 China: 15 Canada: 10 Germany: 4 Italy: 4 Netherlands: 4 GB: 4 Japan: 3 New Zealand: 3 France: 2 Hong Kong: 2 Sweden: 2 Israel: 2 South Africa: 2 Ireland: 2 Hungary: 1 Brazil: 1 Bosnia: 1 Poland: 1 Lithuania: 1 Denmark: 1 Czech Republic: 1 Number of nations: 23 Men + Women: USA: 45 Australia: 31 China: 23 Canada: 14 GB: 13 Germany: 12 France: 12 Italy: 11 Japan: 9 Netherlands: 7 Hungary: 5 Ireland: 4 New Zealand: 4 Ukraine: 3 Switzerland: 3 Greece: 3 Romania: 2 Spain: 2 South Korea: 2 Hong Kong: 2 Sweden: 2 Israel: 2 South Africa: 2 Brazil: 2 Poland: 2 Lithuania: 2 Austria: 1 Denmark: 1 Czech Republic: 1 Bosnia: 1 Number of nations: 30

Why can’t they use him in the 800 free relay prelims? GB could probably qualify for the final going 7:06.

Still don’t see how GB could win a medal. I don’t see them beating Canada or China, not to mention both. My ranking would be: Australia USA China Canada GB Hungary Germany Japan/Brazil

Was already waiting for your countdown to continue. Some notes about Germany: a) Salchow already swam 48.3 last year, so it wasn’t a one second improvement for him this year. b) Not sure how much of a boost Winkler will be (if he gets to compete), considering all the trouble and the fact that he is less than 0.2 seconds faster than Armbruster. I also think that Armbruster has to be used in some relay and I don’t think that he will be used in the mixed medley relay instead of Angelina Köhler. Other than that: I think it GB will use Scott on the free leg. I think it would be a big shock if neither the U.S. nor China would win gold. Behind them it could be a 4-way battle for bronze (Italy, GB, Australia, France). Personally I have the most question marks when it comes to France and Australia. My ranking would probably be: USA China GB Italy France Australia Germany Japan

I am a bit disappointed that Märtens won’t swim the 800 free. I think his chances there would have been better than in the 200 back. The 800 free heats are on the same day as the 200 free final, so maybe that was the reason. In the 800 free 7:38 or 7:39 might be enough for a medal (especially if Short isn’t in top shape). In the 200 back it will probably take at least 1:54:50 to medal, which is out of reach for Märtens. At least this way he can fully focus on the 200/400 free double. I also don’t quite get the reasoning why those swimmers who are already there (for relays) and are fast enough to make it out of heats aren’t allowed to swim individually.

I think swimming in college for the next 3 years will give him enough „excitement“. The level in the U.S. is crazy high and most of the top guys are still very young. It will be difficult for him to get around Alexy/Guilano in the 100 free and Heilman/Dressel in the 100 fly. His best shot for an individual spot might be to hope that Dressel dramatically declines (in the 100 fly) within the next 4 years. I think many people would rather win 1-3 relay golds/medals as a prelims swimmer in front of a „home crowd“ than not winning any medals while being allowed to swim individually (for Germany).

I don’t see them as gold medal contenders in the men’s medley relay given their weakness in the 100 fly. They are favorites for silver for me. Gold isn’t impossible, but rather unlikely in my opinion. Qin is the big question mark, he needs to be in top shape for them to challenge for gold. You might be right concerning their chance for gold in the mixed medley relay. Their lineup will probably be Xin-Tang-Zhang-Pan. On paper they are at least even with the U.S., although it is impossible to predict what Zhang will produce in Paris. I still would give the edge to the U.S., mainly because I think that King will be closer to Tang than expected. Overall I still think that Dressel will win more golds than Pan/Qin.

Is that a general rule or only if your old federation refuses to „allow“ the change of representation? I think in other sports the transition period is much shorter. The U.S. is super competitive, especially in the 100 free/fly, but obviously there is much more money in swimming for the U.S. (especially at home Olympics). He could probably go to college and therefore wouldn’t really need any financial support from the German federation. Maybe he won’t swim for Germany the next 3 years and then only compete for Germany in 2028 (assuming that he will be fast enough) if he again won’t make the American team.