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Complete Swedish team has been announced too... Quite disappointing to see them suddenly ignoring pretty much all non-Olympic events (except endurance). Also, quite shocking to see Sara Algotsson-Ostholt with Wega!! That's her London 2012 Olympic silver medal horse, but since then they literally entered only one true eventing competition (basically to get a qualification)! It should be great to see them again after all that time.

Time to watch first ever field hockey shootouts for me.

@OlympicIRL would enjoy that.

That's it. I already hate this WEG. Clarke Johnstone & Balmoral Sensation are the latest combination to drop out... Sammi Birch & Hunter Valley + Clarke Johnstone & Balmoral Sensation withdrawing is like literally picking my favorite combinations. Now only Selena O'Hanlon & Woody need to drop out to complete the perfect trifecta..

[hide] Knockout Round July 30th - August 5th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinals Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Play Offs #2 Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 31st 2018, h. 18:00 Italy 2 India July 31st 2018, h. 20:15 England 4 South Korea [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round July 30th - August 5th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinals Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Play Offs #1 Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 30th 2018, h. 18:00 Belgium 2 Spain July 30th 2018, h. 17:00 Argentina 2 New Zealand [/hide]

So, after being dead last (excluding Wanderer) for 19/21 stages, eventually I finish in front of cycling superfans like @heywoodu and @Gianlu33

So, Ireland has a chance to eliminate home Olympic champions. Probably not going to happen, but still.

Horvat podigao NR u motki na 5.71.

Alex Hua Tian & Don Geniro, who finished in a historic 8th position at Rio 2016, failed to fulfill the minimum eligibility standards for WEG after yet another cross-country elimination (this time at Campfire International in Ireland)... Who knows, maybe they'll reroute to Asian Games now for a sure gold. Alex however did reach the minimum standards aboard Vivendi, but he won't be aiming for top 10 with that one.

There will be active reserves in all disciplines, which could be put forward at any point of the competitions if necessary.

Alright, FIH needs to make sure there is not conflict between WC and AG in the future... Scandalous performance from the Asian teams.

Victory for Ireland.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's Finn Day 1 August 10th, 2018 Any Athlete from Australia Jorge Zarif Milan Vujasinović Tapio Nirkko Jonathan Lobert Giles Scott x Ed Wright Ioannis Mitakis Zsombor Berecz Nicholas Heiner x Peter-Jan Postma Josh Junior Andrew Maloney Max Salminen x Alican Kaynar Caleb Paine Any Other Athlete Men's 470 Day 1 August 10th, 2018 Mathew Belcher/William Ryan x David Bargehr/Lukas Mahr Zangjun Xu/Chao Wang Any Athletes from France Any Athletes from Germany Luke Patience/Chris Grube x Panagiotis Mantis/Pavlos Kagialis Giacomo Ferrari/Giulio Calabro Any Athletes from Japan Paul Snow-Hansen/Daniel Willcox Anton Dahlberg/Fredrik Bergstrom x Denis Cinar/Ates Cinar Stuart McNay/David Hughes Any Other Athlete Women's 470 Day 1 August 10th, 2018 Any Athlete from China Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz Any Athlete from Germany Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre x Amy Seabright/Anna Carpenter Gil Cohen/Noa Lasry Ai Kondo Yoshida/Miho Yoshioka Afrodite Zegers/Anneloes van Veen Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Irmina Mrozek-G. x Tina Mrak/Veronika Macarol x Any Athlete from Spain Linda Fahrni/Maja Siegenthaler Any Other Athlete Men's Laser Day 2 August 11th, 2018 Tim Burton x Mathew Wearn x Tonči Stipanović Pavlos Kontides Jean-Baptiste Bernaz Philipp Buhl Any Athlete from Great Britain Juan Ignacio Maegli Any Athlete from Italy Sam Meech x Thomas Saunders Stefano Peschiera Jesper Stalheim Christopher Barnard Any Other Athlete Women's Laser Radial Day 2 August 11th, 2018 Emma Plasschaert x Tatiana Drozdovskaya Brenda Bowskill Anne-Marie Rindom x Any Athlete from Finland Any Athlete from France Any Athlete from Germany Alison Young Maria Erdi Manami Doi Viktorija Andrulyte Marit Bouwmeester x Josefin Olsson Paige Railey Erika Reineke Dolores Moreira Any Other Athlete Men's 49er Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Any Athlete from Australia x Yago Lange/Klaus Lange Benjamin Bildstein/David Hussl Šime Fantela/Mihovil Fantela Any Athlete from Denmark Any Athlete from France Any Athlete from Germany Dylan Fletcher-Scott/Stuart Bithell x James Peters/Fynn Sterritt Logan Dunning Beck/Oscar Gunn Josh Porebski/Trent Rippey Any Athlete from Poland Jorge Lima/Jose Costa Any Athlete from Spain x Any Other Athlete Women's 49er FX Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Victoria Travascio/Maria Branz Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze Ida M. Baad Nielsen/Marie T. Olsen x Jena Mai Hansen/Katja S.-Iversen x Any Athlete from Germany Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey Odile van Aanholt/Marieke Jongens Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz Alexandra Maloney/Molly Meech x Ragna Agerup/Maia Agerup Helene Naess/Marie Rønningen Kimberly Lim/Cecilia Low Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo Any Athlete from Sweden Any Other Athlete Men's IKA Formula Kite Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Martin Dolenc Theo de Ramecourt Axel Mazella x Nicolas Parlier Florian Gruber Guy Bridge x Oliver Bridge x Maks Zakowski Denis Taradin Toni Vodišek Any Athlete from the United States Any Other Athlete Women's IKA Formula Kite Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Any Athlete from Australia Stine Jensen Leonie Meyer Steph Bridge Anais Mai Desjardin x Alexia Fancelli x Megumi Hirata Elena Kalinina Bibiana Magaji Daniela Moroz x Bilge Ozturk Any Other Athlete Men's RS:X Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Bing Ye Mengfan Gao Louis Giard x Thomas Goyard Pierre Le Coq x Kieran Holmes Martin Byron Kokkalanis Shahar Zubari Mattia Camboni Kiran Badloe Dorian van Rijsselberghe x Piotr Myszka Ivan Pastor Mateo Sanz Lanz Any Other Athlete Women's RS:X Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Peina Chen x Yunxiu Lu Ingrid Puusta Helene Noesmoen Charline Picon Any Athlete from Great Britain Hei Man Chan Noga Geller Flavia Tartaglini Lilian de Geus x Malgorzata Bialecka Zofia Noceti-Klepacka x Stefania Elfutina Marina Alabau Bianca Manchon Any Other Athlete Mixed Nacra 17 Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Santiago Lange/Cecilia Carranza Saroli Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin x Thomas Zajac/Barbara Matz Lin Cenholt/Christian Lubeck x Any Athlete from France Paul Kohlhoff/Alisa Stuhlemmer John Grimson/Anna Burnet Ben Saxton/Nicola Boniface Vittorio Biassaro/Maelie Farscari Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti x Gemma Jones/Jason Saunders Olivia Mackay/Micah Wilkinson Fernando Echevarri/Tara Pacheco Riley Gibbs/Louisa Chafee Any Other Athlete [/hide]

That's some heavy rain starting now.

Gooooold I think it's the first one for me since women's football euro or something.

Good read. Honestly, at times it looks like only Totallympics is against those pop-up mix events.

I guess Germany in team dressage, but even that's not so safe... Andrew Hoy in individual eventing, one can board the hypetrain and hope.

If Netherlands or Greece fail to make Olympics again, then things are flying here...

Don't forget about the opening ceremony getting delayed for 4 hours because the president is missing.

Also, I'm pretty sure Western Sahara will lose their participation rights now.

So, after banning Moroccan participation for 30 years, they put it back just like that because they can't find a host.

Heavy rain.

Archery: 0-1, slight chance in men's individual, but the sport is very unpredictable Artistic Swimming: 0, had a good team before Rio and yet the federation didn't even bother to send them to the qualification event... Athletics: 7-13, quite difficult to predict with the new system. but I guess somewhere in that area Badminton: 0-1, outside chance for Đurkinjak in singles Baseball: 0 Basketball: 0-16, chance in both men's indoor and 3x3 Beach Volleyball: 0 Boxing: 1-3, only men Canoeing - Slalom: 0-1, hopefully finally some luck for Marinić Canoeing - Sprint: 0-1, hopefully a comeback with Novaković Cycling - BMX: 0-1, Rantes definitely has a good chance, but very few quotas could be a problem Cycling - Mountain Bike: 0 Cycling - Road: 1 Cycling - Track: 0 Diving: 0-2, chances in men's and women's springboard Equestrian: 0-1, a chance in a very optimistic scenario. Paris Games should be a better chance for Karen Pavicic though Fencing: 0-1, system is very hard for the individual fencers, even if we have a talented junior. Field Hockey: 0 Football: 0-18, it will be hard, but maybe men's team will get inspired by senior performance in Russia Golf: 0 Gymnastics - Artistic: 2-4, with a new system a chance to have a couple of apparatus specialists. Gymnastics - Rhythmic: 0 Gymnastics - Trampoline: 0 Handball: 14-28, men's team should be in, women's in a very lucky scenario. Judo: 1-4 Karate: 0-2, one would be great with thin quotas. Modern Pentathlon: 0 Rowing: 3-7, two experienced crews are in, a couple of outsiders could be looking in, especially among women. Rugby Sevens: 0 Sailing: 6-11, Laser, Laser Radial, Finn, 49er, women's RS:X should be safe, good chance in 49er FX and men's RS:X, outside chance in 470 Shooting: 3-7, hopefully with participants in all three disciplines - shotgun, rifle, pistol Skateboarding: 0 Softball: 0 Sport Climbing: 0-1, in a very optimistic outcome there may be one Surfing: 0 Swimming: 2-4 Table Tennis: 1-4, a chance for men's team Taekwondo: 2-4 Tennis: around 5-7 Triathlon: 0 Volleyball: 0 Water Polo: 11, men's team Weightlifting: 1, I'm quite confident one will come up through reallocations, bans, doping reductions, reduced max quotas etc... Wrestling: 1-3 Total Sports: 15-27 Optimistic Total Athletes: 158 Realistic Total Athletes: 84 Pessimistic Total Athletes: 61