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Emerging cheaters themselves. It will be an interesting test for the new AIBA.

What a surprise! And what a day for

Will there be any rewards?

Just more of the same today. Russians getting overscored beyond belief. Yeah, they deserved their pairs clean sweep, but throwing positive GOE for obvious mistakes again and again is just pathetic.

Bermuda is down and out, while Trinidad and Tobago is about to get blown away by the Canadian navy. What a disappointing qualifier in terms of universality... Hope to see some continental restrictions next time around (like there are in rowing).

At least now you realize the enormity of Olympian's ignorance.

Baden-Württemberg is Eastern Europe?

That's basically like not knowing where Mississippi river is.

How about just ensuring that each song which received maximum 12 points from any of the jury members must be included in the final points distribution? In this case it would mean throwing out Spain, Germany getting 2 points and Poland being promoted to 1 point. Basically a favorite song would be guaranteed to get a point of two, if not otherwise represented. It should work well even with larger juries. J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 TOT IRL 9 8 8 11 2 38 NZL 8 1 5 12 3 29 CRO 1 9 12 7 29 LTU 10 6 4 20 BRA 10 2 2 5 19 TUN 11 5 3 19 NED 7 12 19 CHN 9 9 18 SVK 7 10 17 ALG 10 7 17 ESP 7 9 16 GER 2 12 14 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 TOT CRO 12 12 GER 12 12 NED 12 12 NZL 12 12 POL 12 12

Well, we just got reduced to the World Qualifier for the first time since 2004...

North American qualifier will turn out to be Canada vs Canada, so I think Mongolia is fine too.

(women) and (men) are your further qualifiers.

To be fair, Sri Lanka can be challenged by Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan. Meanwhile, if Korea wins the women's repechage, then Mongolia will be getting a free, no strings attached Olympic quota...

[hide] Women's Tournament - Knockout RoundJanuary 21th - January 25th, 20208 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Third Place Match Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 25th 2020, h. 17:30 Hungary 2 Netherlands Final Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 25th 2020, h. 19:00 Spain 2 Russia [/hide]

That's just weird, since right now I am willing to predict two Danish medals in dressage alone.

New Gracenote predictions are out. @heywoodu Now they predict 41 (!) medals for the Netherlands. It's like they are the hosts or something.

You are not that old though? Usually the old people cheer for the old athletes.

Brezina I just can't believe that someone as experienced as him can have such an amateurish meltdown. Well, medal for Georgia after all.

Looks like Kvitelashvili will get robbed of a bronze medal by 0.03 points. Robbed by a Russian, of course.

I can't find anything that confirms South African free ticket. Literally not a single thing on SA water polo sites, and you'd think that would be a big deal...

Hungary qualified with a match to spare.

I like the theme for rhytm dances this year. Plenty of film music (The Blues Brothers, Chicago, Grease etc). I'm guessing the theme is quickstep.

Looks like Mack van den Eerenbeemt didn't use his historic Pan Am success at all to launch his Olympic campaign. di

[hide] Men's Tournament - Knockout Round January 20th - January 26th, 2020 12 Nations, Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 24th 2020, h. 17:30 Montenegro 2 Hungary January 24th 2020, h. 19:00 Spain 2 Croatia [/hide]

So it counts for nothing because niche fans were not able to see it live? Come on... I'm sure that none of the participants feel that way at all.