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Congratulations, i always knew that Spain would turn it around!

Hello friend, what were you saying? 

To be fair, I'm pretty sure that our girls weren't trying to win.
 
But it's imposible to lose if the rivals don't score a point, and Hunbgary played pretty bad their last minutes.

MacNeil, McIntosh and ... ? Will be interesting to see how many relays McIntosh will swim in Paris, given her packed schedule.

Medals were very evenly distributed, 8 nations each with 15 - 20 medals. Canada and Norway (and Switzerland) were rather disappointing.
Medal winners that are most likely to shine at the 2026 winter olympics (in my opinion):
Mao Shimada (women's figure skating)
Shin Ji-a (women's figure skating)
Angel Daleman (women's speed skating/short track)
Taja Bodlaj (women's ski jumping)
Ingvild Midtskogen (women's ski jumping)
Lee Chae-un (men's snowboard)
Eli Bouchard (men's snowboard)
Yura Murase (women's snowboard)
Lucia Georgalli (women's snowboard)
Hanna Karrer (women's snowboard)
Rise Kudo (women's snowboard)
Sara Shimizu (women's snowboard)
Alessandro Barbieri (men's snowboard)
Flora Tabanelli (women's ski freestyle)
Elizabeth Lemley (women's ski freestyle)
Porter Huff (men's ski freestyle)
Luke Harrold (men's ski freestyle)
Charlie Beatty (men's ski freestyle)
Yishan Liu (women's ski freestyle)
Zihan Chen (women's ski freestyle)
Finley Melville Ives (men's ski freestyle)
Jingru Yang (women's short track)
Jinzi Li (women's short track)
Anna Falkowska (women's short track)
Minji Kang (women's short track)
Xinzhe Zhang (men's short track)
 
German athletes who might have an impact at the 2026 winter olympics:
Muriel Mohr (women's ski freestyle)
Finn Sonnekalb (men's speed skating)

Medals were very evenly distributed, 8 nations each with 15 - 20 medals. Canada and Norway (and Switzerland) were rather disappointing.
Medal winners that are most likely to shine at the 2026 winter olympics (in my opinion):
Mao Shimada (women's figure skating)
Shin Ji-a (women's figure skating)
Angel Daleman (women's speed skating/short track)
Taja Bodlaj (women's ski jumping)
Ingvild Midtskogen (women's ski jumping)
Lee Chae-un (men's snowboard)
Eli Bouchard (men's snowboard)
Yura Murase (women's snowboard)
Lucia Georgalli (women's snowboard)
Hanna Karrer (women's snowboard)
Rise Kudo (women's snowboard)
Sara Shimizu (women's snowboard)
Alessandro Barbieri (men's snowboard)
Flora Tabanelli (women's ski freestyle)
Elizabeth Lemley (women's ski freestyle)
Porter Huff (men's ski freestyle)
Luke Harrold (men's ski freestyle)
Charlie Beatty (men's ski freestyle)
Yishan Liu (women's ski freestyle)
Zihan Chen (women's ski freestyle)
Finley Melville Ives (men's ski freestyle)
Jingru Yang (women's short track)
Jinzi Li (women's short track)
Anna Falkowska (women's short track)
Minji Kang (women's short track)
Xinzhe Zhang (men's short track)
 
German athletes who might have an impact at the 2026 winter olympics:
Muriel Mohr (women's ski freestyle)
Finn Sonnekalb (men's speed skating)

I think his speech got a lot of positive reviews:
 
 
Quite funny that he flew commercial, while all those people who desperately want to save the climate flew private, producing infinitely more CO2 ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentinas-milei-heads-davos-taking-seflies-criticizing-socialist-agenda-2024-01-16/
 

I think in handball Germany will finish 5th or 6th at the european championships and (if they qualify) it will be roughly the same in Paris. France, Denmark and Norway all have more quality, so normally Germany should beat them maybe 2-3 times out of 10. Spain and Sweden also have more quality in my opinion, but Germany might be able to beat them 3-4 times out of 10.
 
Men's basketball: The goal should be to win a medal. I think the US, Canada and maybe also France/Serbia should be favored over Germany.
Women's basketball: Not qualifying would be a disappointment and if they should qualify, then they should aim at making it ouf of the group.
Men's volleyball: The goal should be to make it out of the group.
Women's volleyball: Don't see any chance that they will qualify.
Men's football: Won't compete in Paris.
Women's football: I think it is pretty unlikely that they will qualify.
Men's hockey: The goal should be to win a minor medal (if they qualify).
Women's hockey: The goal should be to win a minor medal (if they qualify).
Men's/Women's water polo/rugby: Won't compete in Paris
Women's handball: The goal should be to qualify and then to make it out of the group.
Overall: The goal should be to win 2-3 medals in team sports.

Sadly i found out about this too late. My answers would have been:
1. JANUARY - Who will win the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship?
2. FEBRUARY - Who will win Men's Pursuit event at the 2024 Biathlon World Championships? (J. Boe)
3. MARCH - Who will win Ladies event in 2024 Figure Skating World Championships? (K. Sakamoto)
4. APRIL - Who will win Golf Masters Tournament in 2024? (J. Rahm)
5. MAY - Who will 2024 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship?
6. JUNE* - Who will win UEFA EURO 2024?
7. JULY* - Which NOC will win the most medals in total in Paris 2024 olympics?
8. AUGUST* - Which NOC will win the most gold medals in Paris 2024 olympics?
9. SEPTEMBER - Who will win Tennis Ladies Singles event in 2024 US Open? (C. Gauff)
10. OCTOBER - Who will win 2024 World Series (Baseball)?
11. NOVEMBER - Who will win ATP Finals in Singles event? (N. Djokovic)
12. DECEMBER - Who will win World Drivers' Championships in F1 2024 season?

Not a fan of some of the categories. Would like to see categories like "best athlete over 40" or "best athlete by continent".
 
Nominations:
Male:
1st choice: Djokovic
2nd choice: Marchand
3rd choice: Boe
4th choice: Odermatt
5th choice: Stolz
6th choice: Vingegaard
 
Female:
1st choice: Kipyegon
2nd choice: O'Callaghan
3rd choice: Biles
4th choice: Shiffrin
5th coice: Vu
 
Youth:
1st choice: McIntosh
2nd choice: Lebrun
3th choice: Zaire-Emery
4th choice: Lee Chae-un
5th choice: Brookes
6th choice: Qiyuan
 
Breakthrough:
1st choice: Haiyang
2nd choice: Stolz
3rd choice: Gauff
4th choice: Malinin
5th choice: Loutitt
6th choice: Tebogo
 
Comeback:
1st choice: Biles
2nd choice: Meilutyte
3rd choice: McEvoy
4th choice: Johnson-Thompson
 
Men's team:
1st choice: Germany basketball
2nd choice: Denmark handball
3rd choice: South Africa rugby
 
Women's team:
1st choice: Spain football
2nd choice: Australia women's 4 x 100 m free relay
3rd choice: Australia women's 4 x 200 m free relay
4th choice: France handball

Not a fan of some of the categories. Would like to see categories like "best athlete over 40" or "best athlete by continent".
 
Nominations:
Male:
1st choice: Djokovic
2nd choice: Marchand
3rd choice: Boe
4th choice: Odermatt
5th choice: Stolz
6th choice: Vingegaard
 
Female:
1st choice: Kipyegon
2nd choice: O'Callaghan
3rd choice: Biles
4th choice: Shiffrin
5th coice: Vu
 
Youth:
1st choice: McIntosh
2nd choice: Lebrun
3th choice: Zaire-Emery
4th choice: Lee Chae-un
5th choice: Brookes
6th choice: Qiyuan
 
Breakthrough:
1st choice: Haiyang
2nd choice: Stolz
3rd choice: Gauff
4th choice: Malinin
5th choice: Loutitt
6th choice: Tebogo
 
Comeback:
1st choice: Biles
2nd choice: Meilutyte
3rd choice: McEvoy
4th choice: Johnson-Thompson
 
Men's team:
1st choice: Germany basketball
2nd choice: Denmark handball
3rd choice: South Africa rugby
 
Women's team:
1st choice: Spain football
2nd choice: Australia women's 4 x 100 m free relay
3rd choice: Australia women's 4 x 200 m free relay
4th choice: France handball

Not a fan of some of the categories. Would like to see categories like "best athlete over 40" or "best athlete by continent".
 
Nominations:
Male:
1st choice: Djokovic
2nd choice: Marchand
3rd choice: Boe
4th choice: Odermatt
5th choice: Stolz
6th choice: Vingegaard
 
Female:
1st choice: Kipyegon
2nd choice: O'Callaghan
3rd choice: Biles
4th choice: Shiffrin
5th coice: Vu
 
Youth:
1st choice: McIntosh
2nd choice: Lebrun
3th choice: Zaire-Emery
4th choice: Lee Chae-un
5th choice: Brookes
6th choice: Qiyuan
 
Breakthrough:
1st choice: Haiyang
2nd choice: Stolz
3rd choice: Gauff
4th choice: Malinin
5th choice: Loutitt
6th choice: Tebogo
 
Comeback:
1st choice: Biles
2nd choice: Meilutyte
3rd choice: McEvoy
4th choice: Johnson-Thompson
 
Men's team:
1st choice: Germany basketball
2nd choice: Denmark handball
3rd choice: South Africa rugby
 
Women's team:
1st choice: Spain football
2nd choice: Australia women's 4 x 100 m free relay
3rd choice: Australia women's 4 x 200 m free relay
4th choice: France handball

Why is euro/dollar strong like that , this western system of scam is making the salary higher ,so they go to europe for the "easy  money" not because they love it but they go to Qatar cause they love it , not for money 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yes, i vividly remember all those discussions about human rights violations by China (Uyghurs), Myanmar (Rohingya), Turkey (Kurds) or Azerbaijan (Armenians).
Obviously you are happy playing in the sandbox with the other children, but once you grow up you will hopefully realize that people in power only care about their interests, no remotely powerful person (regardless of nationality) really gives a shit about human rights. Human rights are used as a tool to hide that is is only about power/money. If everyone would just concentrate on negotiations that focus on their interests, it would save us a lot of trouble/hypocrisy, but obviously the people in power don't want the rest of the population to realize this (because then they would be less willing to act against their own interest, just because it is "the right thing to do").

Nope, the reason why muslim countries are trash is the inferior intelligence of their population (high level of inbreeding) and the high level of religious observance. Europeans freed themselves from religion centuries ago. Now countries like Algeria can keep all those resources and yet they are still extremely poor, so maybe it is time to find a new scapegoat. If you want to stop being poor, you should get rid of relgious fanaticism. Muslim regions used to be much more competitive, but then they chose religion over enlightenment. Also you should look into how much europeans actually earned with their colonies and if you want to lead an honest discussion you should also mention the cost of everything that europeans built in those countries (infrastructure). You should also look at the GDP per capita of countries that were never colonized and ask yourself why the GDP per capita in those countries isn't higher than the GDP per capita in countries that were colonized.
https://bigthink.com/the-past/islam-rationality-modernity/

I think it would make you are more productive member of society if you would realize that this is just your opinion and that it will be very difficult (to say the least) for you to prove (if you can't prove X, then you can't treat X as a fact) that someone/something is awful. How would you measure/quantify the attribute "awful"?

and USA sent 200 planes of weapons+14 billions $ to kill more Palestinians 
Without this aid ,Palestinians could win this war days ago with only hands ....its always like that momi USA is here for the evil part 

Even my shoes have more knowledges than you ...arabs were in yemen and little part of KSA , they conquested 3 continents with only horses 
your country tried to do that in 1900's with submarines /all those machines of pollution , they smashed you ...they divided your small country with a wall 
 
 
had one of strongest navy in the mediterranee That was a pact wih ottoman , not colonisation because they are muslims 

You are an awful person
 

He admitted his error in the 200m IM (not touching with both hands in a turn), but he definitely denied the second fly kick after a turn in the 100m IM yesterday
 
and more in general, there are too many DQs...it looks that all swimmers can't swim anymore (those of swimswam know swimming very well, but they are also really biased towards Ceccon...it's not the first time they write bad comments about him )

VAR is definitely killing this sport 
 
it was supposed to be used just to catch some blatant cheaters using the fly kick more than once in the breaststroke races, but it's become a farce...
 
according to this tournament's judges, there are a lot of swimmers that can't swim and make turns (including multiple world champions like Thomas Ceccon) as if it was a 7-year young kids' competition 

Not sure what you mean with "supported". Canada and Australia are both pretty good in race walking and both are english-speaking countries as far as i know.

God told Milei to get into politics (according to Milei's own account), so obviously you are wrong.

but for Palestinians all the free people and real humans all around the world care about them , billions around the world care about them and pray for them everyday , ofc u will tell me what these prayers made for them , u will discover if u live some more years or when u die

Yes, no leader (muslim countries included) would have a problem if all people in the Gaza strip would be killed. The only thing they care about is not having to take in more refugees. Other muslim countries clearly don't give a shit about palestinians, otherwise the least thing they should do is to provide organizations like UNRWA with more money. Israeli leaders can do whatever they want as long as they don't make this the problem of anyone else (by creating a new wave of refugees).