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vs is a must-see. I may tune in for vs as well. And vs ofc.

I can't imagine a flagbearer more appropriate than Werth. It's not only that her medals would justify it, but also very much her personality. She is perfect for it.

True, but it is horrible even for the pre-Olympic website standards.

Except you can't mix canoe and kayak spots.....

Largest Monegasque team since Seoul 1988.

Croatia - 59 (7 Athletics - 2 Boxing - 1 Canoeing Slalom - 2 Canoeing Sprint - 1 Cycling - 2 Gymnastics Artistic - 3 Judo - 1 Karate - 3 Rowing - 4 Sailing - 4 Shooting - 2 Swimming - 3 Table Tennis - 4 Taekwondo - 6 Tennis - 12 Water Polo - 2 Wrestling)

Looks like it came from Sweden. So +1, -1 Link

Josip Rumac received a reallocation for the men's road race. Someone must have withdrawn (Croatia ended up as the first reserve in the nations rankings). So our cycling is saved after all.

Mora da je netko otpao, a mi smo bili prvi ispod crte (po običaju).

Aachen Quarantine has started (for dressage).

Late withdrawal for Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z. Gutted for her, but pleased for Tamie Smith, who should have been in the team to begin with (and should have been brought to the team directly instead of Doug Payne as well...).

Probably means they are still widely using it out of competition... Yay...

I don't think so. These late doping offenses (after the entries deadline), usually result with their nations not being allowed to name substitutes. Sort of a punishment for entering dopers to begin with.

Ah yes. Forgot Marin Ranteš. Bronze medalist at the BMX Worlds this year, not going to the Olympics because 9 quotas. Legitimate medal chance gone. Surely he would be going if he were Canadian...

1. Canoeing and table tennis (men) 2. Archery. Both athletes lost their decisive match against some dead-average opponents...

As a rule of thumb, 3 athletes should be counted until the very moment a substitution is made (if indeed it happens).

A nice reminder.

Technically (and officially), it should be 5 in equestrian, but it seems the NOCs are very eager to count all those P athletes.

I can imagine Mauritania withdrawing after World Athletics said: "100 m or nothing!"... That's just below the belt at any time, let alone during a pandemic...

Costa Rica declined a quota?

Canadian eventing is admittedly at a low point right now, but Jessica Phoenix & Pavarotti is such an odd selection. Pavarotti is an excellent horse for the 3* events (Guadalajara 2011, Toronto 2015), but he never really found his groove at 4*/5* events (a statement backed up by the fact that Phoenix competed on different horses in 2012/2016, even though she won individual Pan Am medals on Pavarotti in 2011/2015). And now they go to the Olympics at advanced age?? I can't fathom it. Karl Slezak is perhaps a little iffy (rider fall at Kentucky this spring), but both Hawley Bennett-Awad and Lisa Marie Ferguson would have been more sensible choices. A clean jumper (with Tryon 2018 being a major blip), but always far away from the optimum time.

5 ... 58 it is! Exactly 100 off my optimistic prediction.

For me she is the best* choice. Olympics are not a dressage competition. She will be a worthy trail-blazer. *Next to Spisak, who is however more unpredictable. With some luck, he could score Top 10, but then again, he may not complete...

W trap wrestling, taekwondo taekwondo

M marathon. W 200 m, W marathon boxing?