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Not exactly what you're looking for, but I will be blogging about the USA throughout the games. Search for Wesley Wells on medium.com

I have started this new national thread with Sindo's permission because the other one had a lot of clutter with no clear direction, and I wanted to have control since I am the most regular United States poster on here.

I saw that article, and I've also seen several rebuttals to it from other black people who have been talking about how the game has smoothed tensions in volatile areas.

I don't actually play Pokémon Go, but I think it's a great concept. It gets people outside and exercising and also makes them interact with others. It's been amazing in the USA, especially with some of the racial tensions we have going on here.

Just now reading this, but he signed with Golden State (which pains me as an Oklahoma City fan who was at game 6 of the Western Conference Finals).

There has been some attempt to open a USA National Thread, but if someone helps me with all the formatting, I have the information contained in an Excel spreadsheet, and I would be happy to transfer it over here if given some formatting and template help. If anyone is interested in helping me and would like to see my spreadsheet, you can send me a PM with your email address.

I just saw this. I work with spreadsheets all the time in my work, so I'll look at these more closely this evening.

[hide] Women's Tournament - Preliminary Round August 6th - August 14th, 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 6th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Japan 2 3 South Korea August 6th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 0 Cameroon August 6th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 1 3 Argentina August 8th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Japan 3 1 Cameroon August 8th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 2 3 South Korea August 8th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 1 Argentina August 10th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 3 1 Cameroon August 10th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro South Korea 3 2 Argentina August 10th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 2 Japan August 12th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 3 0 Cameroon August 12th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 1 3 Japan August 12th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 2 South Korea August 14th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro South Korea 3 0 Cameroon August 14th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Japan 3 2 Argentina August 14th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 0 Russia Women's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 6th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro China 3 1 Netherlands August 6th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 1 Puerto Rico August 6th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Serbia 3 2 Italy August 8th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro China 2 3 Italy August 8th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 1 Netherlands August 8th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Serbia 3 2 Puerto Rico August 10th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro China 2 3 Puerto Rico August 10th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Italy 3 1 Netherlands August 10th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 1 Serbia August 12th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro China 2 3 Serbia August 12th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 1 Italy August 12th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Netherlands 1 3 Puerto Rico August 14th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Serbia 3 1 Netherlands August 14th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Italy 2 3 Puerto Rico August 14th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 1 China Men's Tournament - Preliminary Round August 7th - August 15th, 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 7th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Italy 3 1 France August 7th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 1 Mexico August 7th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 0 Canada August 9th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro France 2 3 Mexico August 9th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Italy 1 3 United States August 9th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 0 Canada August 11th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Canada 2 3 France August 11th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Italy 3 1 Mexico August 11th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1 3 United States August 13th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 1 France August 13th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Canada 3 2 Mexico August 13th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 2 Italy August 15th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro United States 3 0 Mexico August 15th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Italy 3 1 Canada August 15th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 1 France Men's Tournament - Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 7th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Poland 2 3 Egypt August 7th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 1 3 Cuba August 7th 2016, h. 22:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 3 2 Iran August 9th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 2 3 Argentina August 9th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Poland 2 3 Iran August 9th 2016, h. 20:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Cuba 3 1 Egypt August 11th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Iran 2 3 Cuba August 11th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 2 3 Egypt August 11th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Poland 3 1 Argentina August 13th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Iran 2 3 Egypt August 13th 2016, h. 11:35, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 2 3 Cuba August 13th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 2 3 Poland August 15th 2016, h. 09:30, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Argentina 2 3 Egypt August 15th 2016, h. 15:00, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Russia 2 3 Iran August 15th 2016, h. 17:05, Ginasio do Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro Poland 3 2 Cuba [/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 2 0 South Africa August 3rd 2016, h. 16:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3 2 China August 6th 2016, h. 19:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro South Africa 0 2 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 1 3 Brazil August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia China 1 1 Sweden Group F Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 2 1 Australia August 3rd 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Zimbabwe 0 4 Germany August 6th 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 3 0 Zimbabwe August 6th 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Germany 3 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 3 1 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 2 1 Colombia August 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 3 1 France August 6th 2016, h. 20:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte Colombia 3 1 New Zealand August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus Colombia 0 2 United States August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador New Zealand 0 2 France [/hide]

I didn't understand that when I was making my picks. It's not just ambiguous, it's literally describing two different outcomes. If you mean that one of the two needs to happen for the condition to be fulfilled, then it should be as simple as changing "and/or" to just read "or"

Athletics is the event I am most looking forward to as there are 15 athletes from my university that qualified (some in countries other than the USA) including two that I know personally (Jarrion Lawson - long jump and Lexi Weeks - pole vault)!

Anything listed as an and/or needs to be changed to either an "and" or an "or" as those describe two different outcomes.

Sporting Rivalries and Medals (26) 1- Medals will be awarded to more nations than at the 2012 Summer Games with at least 86. [YES - 6] 2- The best-placed European NOC in the overall 2016 Summer Olympics medal table will be Russia. [NO - 2] 3- Brazil will achieve their best-ever placement in the overall 2016 Summer Games medal table, finishing within the top 14. [YES - 4] 4- Finland will fail to win a medal for the first time in history. [NO - 3] 5- At least four countries will win their first Olympic medal. [YES - 4] 6- Rio 2016 will be India's best ever performance in overall medals won (seven or more). [NO - 2] 7- Denmark will be placed higher than any other Nordic country in the medal table (FIN, ISL, NOR, SWE). [YES - 3] 8- Netherlands will win more silver medals than gold medals or bronze medals. [NO - 2] 9- Maghreb countries (ALG, TUN, MAR, MTN, LBA) will win at least five medals total. [YES - 3] 10- Japan will finish ahead of South Korea in the medal table. [NO - 2] 11- Azerbaijan will finish ahead of Turkey in the medal table. [NO - 1] 12- Ethiopia will finish ahead of Kenya in the medal table. [YES - 2] 13- Cuba will finish ahead of Jamaica in the medal table. [YES - 2] 14- Germany will finish ahead of France in the medal table. [YES - 2] 15- Serbia will finish ahead of Croatia in the medal table. [YES - 2] 16- The youngest medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be younger than 16 years old. [YES - 4] 17- Spain will win more than one medal in all team sports combined. [YES - 5] 18- Iran will achieve their first medal won by a woman. [NO - 3] 19- At least 15 different American nations will win medals. [YES - 2] 20- At least two nations that last won a medal in Atlanta 1996 or before will medal again in Rio 2016. [NO - 2] 21- There will be at least one nation who will win eight medals or more but won't win a gold medal. [YES - 3] 22- Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Singapore will all win a medal. [YES - 2] 23- Like in London 2012, more silver medals than gold medals will be awarded. [NO - 4] 24- The top five in the overall medal table will change its order on the final day of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [NO - 8] 25- Argentina will win at least one gold medal in Rio 2016. [YES - 4] 26- Lithuania will win more medals than Estonia and Latvia combined. [NO - 3] Aquatics - Diving (2) 27- China will win all four Synchronized Diving events. [NO - 2] 28- Canada will medal in all four Women's Diving events. [NO - 2] Aquatics - Swimming (9) 29- Australian athletes will take at least two golds out of the following four events: Women's 50m FS, Women's 100m FS, Men's 50m FS, Men's 100m FS. [NO - 4] 30- A nation will win two or more medals in Marathon Swimming. [YES - 2] 31- A nation will medal in all six Swimming relays. [YES - 7] 32- Great Britain will finish in the top five of the pool events' medal table. [NO - 3] 33- There will be at least one false start in an individual Swimming final. [YES - 2] 34- Either Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) or Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) will defend his/her Olympic title in 100m Breaststroke. [NO - 4] 35- A gap of one second or more between the gold and silver medal winners will be clocked in three or more individual finals, ranging from 50m to 200m events. [NO - 3] 36- At least five Swimming world records will be broken in Rio 2016. [YES - 8] 37- At least three of the following five NOCs will win a Swimming medal: Bahamas, Egypt, Iceland, Jamaica, Singapore. [YES - 5] Aquatics - Synchronized Swimming (1) 38- At least four different nations will finish the Synchronized Swimming competitions with any medal. [YES - 2] Aquatics - Water Polo (2) 39- The men's Water Polo final will be played by two ex-Yugoslav nations (CRO, MNE, SRB). [NO - 6] 40- In the Water Polo knockout stage, any fourth placed team from the group stage will upset a group winner and qualify for the semifinal. [YES - 4] Archery (2) 41- At least one top eight seed in Women's or Men's Individual Archery will suffer an early exit in the Round of 64. [YES - 5] 42- South Korea will win all the gold medals in Archery. [NO - 5] Athletics (12) 43- Usain Bolt (JAM) will repeat a gold medal treble once again. [NO - 8] 44- There will be at least one sweep of medals in Athletics: athletes from one country taking gold, silver and bronze. [YES - 5] 45- At least five Olympic records will be broken. [YES - 5] 46- At least two teams will be disqualified in the 4x100 finals (men and women combined). [NO - 4] 47- The Women's and Men's Olympic champion in High Jump will clear a height of at least 4.40m combined. [YES - 6] 48- All medals in both marathon events will be won by African nations. [NO - 2] 49- Poland will achieve a double gold in Hammer throw events. [NO - 1] 50- A non-European athlete will win gold in either Men's or Women's Javelin Throw. [YES - 3] 51- A former Olympic champion (who is not currently a defending one) will become champion again in Rio 2016 (not counting relay events). [YES - 2] 52- The whole final in the Men's 400m will be comprised of athletes representing nations including red in their flag. [NO - 3] 53- The leader after the first five events in the Men's Decathlon will finish outside the top three on the following day. [NO - 3] 54- The gold medalist in Men's Discus Throw will throw 70.00m or more. [YES - 6] Badminton (2) 55- At least one set in any event will end with a score of 30-28 or higher. [YES - 2] 56- A non-Asian country will win a gold medal. [NO - 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. [YES - 8] Boxing (2) 59- Both Nicola Adams (GBR) and Katie Taylor (IRL) will return home with a medal. [NO - 3] 60- The whole Boxing program will result in at least eight bouts decided before the end of the 3 reglamentary rounds. [YES - 4] Canoeing - Slalom (2) 61- At least one country will win three or more medals between all events. [YES - 2] 62- Two or more nations will be represented in all four slalom canoeing finals. [YES - 2] Canoeing - Sprint (2) 63- At least one athlete starting from an outer lane (1 or 8) will win a medal. [YES - 2] 64- Isaquias Queiroz (BRA) will delight the home crowd with either one gold medal or at least two medals of any color. [NO - 2] Cycling - BMX (2) 65- There will be a crash (between two or more riders) in either the Men's or Women's Final. [NO - 2] 66- Australia will win at least one gold medal. [NO - 2] 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. [NO - 5] 68- Mauritius', Rwanda's or Lesotho's male rider(s) will finish ahead of at least one athlete coming from a nation represented by three riders (SUI, FRA, ESP, CZE, ITA). [YES - 4] 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 - 3] 70- Less than half the riders will finish in the Women's or Men's Road Race. [NO - 7] Cycling - Track (3) 71- Australia will win a gold medal in both Team Pursuit events. [YES - 4] 72- The world record in the Men's Team Pursuit will be broken. [YES - 5] 73- The winner in either the Men's or Women's Omnium will win at least three of the six events. [YES - 5] Equestrian (2) 74- At least 15 athletes will be eliminated or will retire during the cross-country stage of Eventing competition. [NO - 3] 75- Germany will win more Equestrian medals than the Netherlands. [NO - 2] Fencing (2) 76- At least two countries will win at least three gold medals in Fencing. [NO - 3] 77- There will be an overtime period in the Women's or Men's Individual Épée final. [YES - 2] Field Hockey (2) 78- India's Men will end their Field Hockey medal drought lasting since 1980 by winning any medal in Rio. [NO - 4] 79- The Women's Field Hockey Tournament will have medalists from three different continents. [YES - 2] Football (3) 80- At least four Football matches will be decided in a penalty shoot-out. [YES - 1] 81- Brazil will win their first Men's Olympic Football title. [NO - 3] 82- At least eight red cards will be awarded in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 4] Golf (2) 83- The eventual winner in the Men's Tournament won't be placed among the top five after the first day of competition. [NO - 2] 84- USA will win a medal in both the Men's and Women's Tournaments. [YES - 5] Gymnastics - Artistic (3) 85- Romania will fail to win a medal in Artistic Gymnastics. [YES - 3] 86- Simone Biles will win at least four total medals. [YES - 4] 87- At least one finalist in both Men's Horizontal Bar and Men's Pommel Horse will fall during their routines. [YES - 5] Gymnastics - Rhythmic (1) 88- Both gold and silver medals will be won by ex-USSR countries. [YES - 2] Gymnastics - Trampoline (1) 89- China will win the gold medal in both Trampoline events. [NO - 1] Handball (2) 90- A non-European nation will win a medal (Men's or Women's). [YES - 1] 91- We will see at least 40 goals scored in the Men's Tournament at least twice. [YES - 2] Judo (2) 92- Teddy Riner (FRA) will be beaten. [NO - 1] 93- A nation will win its first Judo Gold Medal. [YES - 3] Modern Pentathlon (2) 94- In either the Men's or Women's Modern Pentathlon 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 Modern Pentathlon Competition will win a medal. [YES - 2] Rowing (3) 96- Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) will reach her sixth Olympic final in Women's Single Sculls. [YES - 4] 97- More countries will win medals in Rowing compared to London 2012 (18 countries). [NO - 3] 98- Athletes from all five continents will win a Rowing medal. [YES - 2] Rugby Sevens (2) 99- All the medals in the Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament will be won by nations from Oceania. [NO - 2] 100- At least one Rugby Sevens match on the Women's side will end in a tie. [YES - 3] Sailing (2) 101- At least one boat will be guaranteed the gold medal before the final Medal Race. [YES - 5] 102- Brazilian Robert Scheidt will win his sixth consecutive Olympic medal. [YES - 1] Shooting (3) 103- All 15 Shooting events will see at least one medal winner from an Asian country. [NO - 2] 104- There will be at least one new world record set in any Shooting event. [YES - 1] 105- At least one shooter will repeat their gold medal success from the 2012 Summer Games. [YES - 8] Table Tennis (2) 106- Chinese athletes will take all four gold medals in Table Tennis. [NO - 3] 107- The Women's Team Table Tennis final will result in a 3-0 score. [NO - 2] Taekwondo (2) 108- At least one medalist in Taekwondo will win the first ever Olympic medal for his/her country. [NO - 3] 109- At least one of the four invited athletes (Boui CAF, Ferrera HON, Louissant HAI, Rawal NEP) will advance into the quarterfinals. [NO - 2] 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 - 6] Triathlon (2) 112- The Brownlee brothers will celebrate together on the podium. [NO - 2] 113- The eventual winners of both the Men's and Women's Races will not be among top five placed after the swimming and cycling stages. [NO - 3] Volleyball - Indoor (2) 114- No medal matches in either the Women's or the Men's Volleyball Tournament will end with a 3-0 score. [YES - 3] 115- An African team will win a Volleyball group stage match for the first time in history (either Men's or Women's). [YES - 2] Volleyball - Beach (2) 116- There will be an all-Brazilian final in Men's or Women's Beach Volleyball. [NO - 7] 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. [YES - 2] 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]