Ted

1. HASHIMOTO
2. KOVTUN
3. RICHARD

So it will be ,  and fighting for the second quota. Very unexpected.
 
It should be funny if Cuba qualifies.

Ah miss good cuban olympic womens team

With their performance thus far this week, Canada has shot up to #10 in the ranking. Would still much rather they clinch their spot here though.  

You will see many many posters of Melanie de Jesus Dos Santos all around Paris next year I believe…

Our first ever team medal.

defeated  3-2 in a thrilling contest 
after  dominating the first two sets 25-14 & 25-10 !!! three consecutive sets to  25-23, 25-23 & 15-13  to claim a historical win and good boost for the race between them and  as whom would be the best African team in ranking at the end of qualification period

defeat  3-1!
 
Big win to put us at 2-0. 

Day 3, Mon, 29.07
 
28. ARCHERY - M Team
29. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - M Team
30. CANOE SLALOM - M C1
31. DIVING - M Synchro 10m Platform
32. EQUESTRIAN - Eventing Team
33. EQUESTRIAN - Eventing Individual
34. FENCING - M Foil Ind
35. FENCING - W Sabre Ind
36. JUDO - W -57kg
37. JUDO - M -73kg
38. MOUNTAIN BIKE - M Cross-country
39. SHOOTING - M Air Rifle
40. SHOOTING - W Air Rifle
41. SWIMMING - W 400m IM
42. SWIMMING - M 200m Free
43. SWIMMING - M 100m Back
44. SWIMMING - W 100m Breast
45. SWIMMING - W 200m Free

Day 2, Sun 28.07
 
15. ARCHERY - W Team
 
1. Korea Rep.
2. Germany
3. China
 
Korea back to where they belong.
 
16. CANOE SLALOM - W K1
 
1. Jessica Fox AUS
2. Klaudia Zwolińska POL
3. Eliska Mintalova SVK
 
First Polish medal in Paris. Jessica Fox is well ahead of the rest, but Klaudia gets her silver with a small time differences between other 5 athletes.
 
17. FENCING - M Epee Ind
 
1. Mate Tamas Koch HUN
2. Davide Di Veroli ITA
3. Romain Cannone FRA
 
First gold for Hungary, 2023 WCH results once again.
 
18. FENCING - W Foil Ind
 
1. Alice Volpi ITA
2. Lee Kiefer USA
3. Arianna Errigo ITA
 
Volpi gets a first gold in Italy but after much closer contest in the final vs Kiefer than expected.
 
19. JUDO - W -52kg
 
1. Uta Abe JPN
2. Amandine Buchard FRA
3. Diyora Keldiyorova UZB
3. Distria Krasniqi KOS
 
Uta Abe defends her olympic crown quite easily.
 
20. JUDO - M -66kg
 
1. Hifumi Abe JPN
2. Denis Vieru MDA
3. Walide Khyar FRA
3. An Ba-ul KOR
 
Abe family gets two golds one day yet again.
 
21. MOUNTAIN BIKE - W Cross-country
 
1. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot FRA
2. Puck Pieterse NED
3. Mona Mitterwallner AUT
 
Ferrand-Prevot gets gold only after great final lap for her.
 
22. SHOOTING - M Air Pistol
 
1. Damir Mikec SRB
2. Zhan Boweng CHN
3. Ismail Keles TUR
 
WCH 2023 1-2 reversed this time.
 
23. SHOOTING - W Air Pistol
 
1. Jiang Ranxin CHN
2. Anna Korakaki GRE
3. Olena Kostevych UKR
 
A first medal for Ukraine here!!! Klaudia Breś sadly 6th.
 
24. SKATEBOARDING - W Street
 
1. Rayssa Leal BRA
2. Momji Nisihiya JPN
3. Chloe Covell AUS
 
Brazil gets gold for one of their nicest athletes these days.
 
25. SWIMMING - M 400m IM
 
1. Leon Marchand FRA
2. Carson Foster USA
3. Daiya Seto JPN
 
French go mad as Marchand gets his 1st gold here.
 
26. SWIMMING - W 100m Fly
 
1. Torri Huske USA
2. Zhang Yufei CHN
3. Margaret Macneil CAN
 
All 3 medalists within 0.1 sec here. Last stroke is decisive, that's butterfly you know...
 
27. SWIMMING - M 100m Breast
 
1. Qin Haiyang CHN
2. Nicolo Martinenghi ITA
3. Arno Kamminga NED
 
Chinese well ahead.

My medal table after Day 2 (27 events)
 
4-2-2---8
4-1-3---8
4-1-2---7
4-1-1---6
2-6-1---9
1-4-3---8
1-0-1---2
1-0-1---2
1-0-1---2
1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1
1-0-0---1
0-2-1---3
0-2-1---3
0-1-1---2
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-1-0---1
0-0-2---2
0-0-2---2
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
0-0-1---1
 
 

I think you mean the 2010 Commonwealth Games in respect to India. I bring this up because that was a long time ago now, and it'll be even longer come 2036.  I don't think many would have expected China to host the Olympics in 1982 (same time difference).  I'm not saying this in support of an Indian bid, I'm just pointing out that 2010 is pretty much irrelevant now.  
 
I love Cape Town and it would be incredible to see the Games there, but I agree that it might not be ready yet. I still want Istanbul to host, it's such an incredible city at a cultural crossroads.  
 
Poland is interesting, and there's no obvious outsider reason it shouldn't host, but I'll leave its real motivations and finances to people who know better. Budapest is lovely and have done a great job in recent years with Aquatics and Athletics. 2036 might be time to return to the Far East, but having a similar timezone as Brisbane 32 might not make Europeans or Americans happy. If it's Qatar we riot. 
 
Of course, unofficially, where the Winter Games will be in 2030 and 2032 will also influence these decisions. It'll be interesting to see.  

The only ones out of the ones revealed who would realistically be able to host and make a profit are ,  and maybe , the rest would have to be prepared to make a loss. Wonder what's gonna happen to the  bid Sadiq Khan said we were preparing. 

Not Hungary? One of the largest nations (sports-wise) to never host the Olympics.

To me, Mexico would also come quite quickly after LA and Qatar.. well.. please no.

Poland will host the 2027 Men's World Championships. So that's basically the third time we will host WCH in a 13 year span. I suppose nobody wants to spend money on volleyball anymore

B-Girl Medalists
Gold- “B-Girl Nicka” aka Dominika Banevič
Silver-  “B-Girl Ayumi” aka Ayumi Fukushima
Bronze-  “B-Girl Syssy” aka Sya Dembele
 
B-Boy Medalists
Gold-  “B-Boy Victor” aka Victor Montalvo
Silver-  “B-Boy Phil Wizard” aka Philip Kim
Bronze-  “B-Boy Shigekix” aka Nakarai Shigeyuki

Connor Howe with a 1.42,34 in the 1,500 this early in the season (granted its was in Calgary, but should bode well for the upcoming season).

Martina Sablikova won today (9th of July 2023) Women´s L´etape du Tour de France
 
Always wanted to write something in the speed skating thread. So here I am

All of my predictions are made under the assumption that Russia won’t be competing.
 
Day 1  (July 27, 2024)
 
Diving- Women’s 3m Synchronized Springboard 
Gold- Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani
Silver-  Sarah Bacon/Kassidy Cook
Bronze-  Pamela Ware/Mia Valee
 
Fencing- Women’s Individual Epee
Gold-  Marie Florence Candassamy
Silver-  Sun Yiwen
Bronze-  Song Se-ra
 
Fencing- Men’s Individual Sabre
Gold-  Áron Szilágyi
Silver-  Sandro Bazade
Bronze-  Eli Dershwitz
 
If there’s a surprise medalist here, I’m going with  Szabo. 
 
Judo- Women’s -48kg
Gold-  Natsumi Tsunoda
Silver-  Milica Nikolić
Bronze-  Shirine Boukli
Bronze-  Abiba Azuzhakynova
 
Judo- Men’s -60kg
Gold- Naohiso Takato
Silver-  Francisco Garrigos
Bronze-  Lee Ha-rim
Bronze-  Dilshot Khalmatov (Surprise medalist)
 
Road Cycling- Men’s Time Trial
Gold-  Remco Evenepoel
Silver-  Filippo Ganna
Bronze-  Josh Tarling
 
Road Cycling- Women’s Time Trial
Gold-  Chloe Dygert
Silver-  Marlen Reusser
Bronze-  Ellen Van Dijk
 
Rugby Sevens- Men’s Tournament
Gold-  New Zealand
Silver-  Fiji
Bronze-  Australia

Shooting- Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle
Gold-  China
Silver-  Korea
Bronze-  India
 
Skatebording- Men’s Street
Gold-  Nyjah Huston
Silver-  Aurelien Giraud
Bronze-  Yuto Horigome
 
Swimming- Men’s 400m Freestyle
Gold-  Sam Short
Silver-  Ahmed Hafnaoui
Bronze-  Lukas Märtens
 
Swimming- Women’s 400m Freestyle
 
Let’s try this again. 
 
Gold-  Summer McIntosh
Silver-  Ariarne Titmus
Bronze-  Katie Ledecky
 
Swimming- Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
 
Gold-  Australia
Silver-  United States
Bronze-  Canada
 
Assuming Ruck and Oleksiak are fully healthy. 
 
Swimming- Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
 
Gold-  United States, with a massive split by Caleb Dressel
Silver-  Australia
Bronze-  Italy
 
Medal Table After Day 1
 3-2-2– 7
 2-2-1– 5
 2-1-0– 3
 2-0-1– 3
 1-1-1– 3
 1-0-2– 3
 1-0-0– 1
 1-0-0– 1
 1-0-0– 1
 0-1-2– 3
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1

Day 2 (July 28, 2024)
 
Archery- Women’s Team
Gold-  South Korea
Silver-  Germany 
Bronze-  Japan
 
Canoe Slalom- Women’s K1
Gold-  Ricarda Funk
Silver-  Jessica Fox
Bronze-  Mallory Franklin
 
Former Olympic Champion Chourraut finishes in fourth.
 
Fencing- Men’s Individual Epee
Gold- Gergely Siklósi
Silver-  Davide Di Veroli
Bronze-  Romaine Cannone
 
Fencing- Women’s Foil
Gold-  Alice Volpi
Silver-  Lee Kiefer
Bronze-  Arriana Errigo
 
Judo- Women’s -52kg
Gold-  Uta Abe
Silver-  Distria Krasniqi
Bronze-  Diyora Keldiyorova
Bronze-  Amandine Buchard
 
Judo- Men’s -66kg
Gold-  Hifumi Abe
Silver-  Yondoperenlein Baskhüü
Bronze-  An Ba-ul
Bronze-  Varga Margvelashvili
 
Mountain Biking- Women’s Cross Country
Gold-  Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
Silver-  Puck Pieterse
Bronze-  Alessandra Keller
 
Shooting- Men’s 10m Air Pistol
Gold-   Zhang Bowen
Silver-  Damir Milic
Bronze-  Ismail Keles
 
Shooting- Women’s 10m Air Pistol
Gold-  Ranxin Xiang
Silver-  Anna Korakaki
Bronze-  Klaudia Breś
 
Skateboarding- Women’s Street
Gold-  Rayssa Leal
Silver-  Momiji Nishiya
Bronze-  Chloe Covell
 
Swimming- Men’s 400m Individual Medley
Gold-  Leon Marchand
Silver-  Chase Kalisz
Bronze-  Carson Foster
 
Swimming- Women’s 100m Butterfly
Gold-  Maggie MacNeil
Silver-  Torri Huske
Bronze-  Zhang Yufei
 
MacNeil always performs at major Championships, which is why I have her defending her Olympic gold. Coincidentally, this would be the same podium as last year, only change being Huske for second ahead of Yufei. 
 
Swimming- Men’s 100m Breastroke
Gold-  Adam Peaty
Silver-  Qin Haiyang
Bronze-  Nic Fink
 
Assuming Peaty is healthy, he should take this one. Wouldn’t count out Haiyang though. 
 

Medal Table After Day 2
 4-2-1– 7
 4-1-2– 7
 3-5-4– 12
 3-1-3– 7
 2-3-2– 7
 2-0-2– 4
 2-0-0– 2
 1-2-2– 5
 1-1-3– 5
 1-1-1– 3
 1-0-2– 3
 1-0-0– 1
 1-0-0– 1
 1-0-0– 1
 0-2-0– 2
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1

Thanks everyone for joining the thread. Feel free to make your complete predictions like @Josh 
but when you want to do it in certain sports only, that would be great as well!!!

Disappointed   This isn't what we expected, but all know that this Italy isn't a "TOP team", we are good behind the "Top teams"
 
 

They will get this easily and so will China and probably Japan, with the last spot being decided between Netherlands and Canada.

They do. The best ranked team from a continent not yet qualified will qualify for Tokyo. They have priority over the other teams in the World ranking.