Swewi

Awesome, thanks 
 
Go Edin and Hasselborg! 

Swedish tv should be available with vpn too: https://www.svtplay.se/curling-em

Lindsey Vonn Will try to come back to the World cup team this winter!

Lindsey Vonn Will try to come back to the World cup team this winter!

Wow Anton Kjällberg having the week of his life, going to the final of the WTT Champions in Frankurt! 3-0 against Chuqin and convincing victory in the semi against Möregårdh who also showed good shape until this game, winning over F. Lebrun yesterday

Dramatic men´s quarter finals in european championship. Felix Lebrun elimnated after dominating first 2 sets. Lost 2 sets, and then a 3rd after having a match point in 6th set. And Duda won the final set 11-6.
 
In the all-swede quarter final Möregårdh dominated first two, before Källberg dominated the next 2, the 6th set went to 16 points before Möregårdh finally won. But they both play together tomorrow in the doubles final.

I assume this is one of the biggest surprises ever in this sport 
 
World #1  Wang Chuqin lost to 14 years old  Benyamin Faraji at the Asian Championships today.  China still survived the team match 3-1
(OK I know Wang is not playing well recently but still)
 
ps: it's unbelievable but Iran actually had a chance to do the impossible and beat China, Noshad was competitive in both of his matches against Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin.

Both teams rocking Swedish uniforms, and then there’s Wranå with a pink knitted headband and a white puffercoat jacket, I love it 

Swedish Trials for European Championship this week starting today.
Hasselborg vs. Wranå, best of 7 matches. Live stream here: https://www.curling.se/tavlingar-och-resultat/em-kval-damer/livestream
 
on the mens side Edin was selected based on ranking.

The most successful male alpine skiier Ingemar Stenmark today finished only 15cm from a medal at the World Masters Championship in pole vault for men 65+ (3.00m)

The most successful male alpine skiier Ingemar Stenmark today finished only 15cm from a medal at the World Masters Championship in pole vault for men 65+ (3.00m)

The most successful male alpine skiier Ingemar Stenmark today finished only 15cm from a medal at the World Masters Championship in pole vault for men 65+ (3.00m)

Cool to be invited a few days before because Sweden etc declines and then use the opportunity to win everything!

Imagine if talking to the referee was actually punished in football, we'd only have 3x3 left as format  

Ended up in a 3 months suspension from competition 

Combat sports:
Never less than 5 kg gap between Weight classes
 
Never allow Two bronzes. I like the idea of repechage round but just make the Two Winners of those games fight for one medal please.
 
All racket sports:
Should have a group stage/ranking round or repechage round (still only one bronze) to make the draw a bit less deciding.
 
Table tennis:
Change mixed doubles to mixed teams
Change teams to doubles
 
Shooting:
Remove team events
Remove gender divided classes  at least in air Rifle/pistol
 
Archery:
Remove team events
 
Athletics:
Change the mixed relay to a longer distance that does not already have a relay.
Remove repechage rounds.
 
Swimming:
Remove mixed relays or maybe just keep 4x100 Free if that would replace the regular 4x100 Free that would be removed. Only allow one change between heats and final.
Remove semifinals.
Remove 200m medley
Maybe add some 50m strokes
 
Canoe:
Add longer distances
Remove canoe slalom
Maybe more focus kajak than canoe
 
Flag football:
Do not add
 
Equestrian:
Remove dressage
Replace eventing with only the cross country part
 
Football:
Remove men or at least reduce the teams for men and increase for women.
 
Basketball:
Remove 3x3
 
Triathlon:
Could add a distance
 
Cycling:
 add short distance MtB
Maybe remove BMX
Remove track cycling
 
Modern pentathlon:
Make it a real modern event, maybe decathlon. 
 
surfing:
remove
 
Add sport:
Powerlifting (raw): combined and bench press

Weshe far over 20m?? How do they meassure?
 
And Ogunleye and a few other cheating pushing from the top of the back of the circle in the start of the rotation?

And pressed Kerr out a lane in last curve, just to let the american get the inside instead

This one is mainly on IOC and their policy of having everything huge, in exceptional and glittering venues. Such crap.
 
Canoe Slalom by nature is a sport you need literally some 200 meters of wild water you can find in every river in this planet. The olympic race in Atlanta (Lake Ocoee was still on river and it was/still is considered as the best canoe slalom olympic races ever held. Sydney in 2000 however stunned the world with a super modern artificial Penrith wild water venue and since then it went all wrong, IOC asked hosts to build similar expensive artificial venues beginning in Athens 2004.
 
If IOC stayed smart and so-green-ecologically thinking institution like they love to be presented, then they would have kept this sport where it belong on rivers, where you do not need anything expensive just a couple of gates and ropes for tying

Just like women. Or let the women have 16 teams. Those who actually cares about the olympics and especially has too few spots for Europe.

Agree. And its not that hard to do it in terms of the qualification process. 3 places for Europe, 2 North America, 2 South America, 2 Asia, 2 Africa and 1 Oceania. Its still pretty equal and balanced.

If they must have mixed relays I would prefer a new distance that doesn't already have a relay. Maybe 800m. Why is it that the 400 m runners deserves two?

4 x 200 needs to lose the semifinals. There arent enough strong teams for that. Make a direct final and that's it.

No, not change each Olympics. Fencing having had that rotating team thing was already awful enough.
 
50m's just don't add much. So often we see somewhat the same people in most of the 50m races. It's already enough to have one distance for the odd strokes, no need to have two at all.
 
- A few freestyle distances (since that's the fastest way of swimming, so the most important one), maybe 100, 400, 1500 or something is fine
- Either 100 or 200 meter in the slow strokes, no need to have both
- One individual medley, 400m probably being the best option
- Men's and women's medley relay
- Men's and women's freestyle relay (not two of those, no need, so either 4x100 or 4x200)
 
For a grand total of 14 individual events (7 M, 7 W) and 4 relays (2 M, 2 W).
 
 
In case someone is inclined to see it's not realistic: duh, I am well aware this obviously won't happen  
 
 
 

Sweden 4-4-3.
best since Sydney, first time 4 Golds since Athens and best ranking in medal standings (16th) since LA 1984 despite some horse jumping and handball failure