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In 2016 the Brazilian finished fourth and Liu Hong won the race at the Race Walking World Championships. Hong was eventually disqualified for doping. Let's see what happens in a few years from today.

According to this link (in Portuguese), Brasil gave up the Olympic quota in women's K1.

Ignoring a couple of users goes a long way in keeping my sanity when I post here.

He only mentioned he would like teams to have a fixed order (2 men, 2 women, or 2 women, 2 men). This would certainly help understand who is ahead with real medal chances. The way this event is organized nowadays, potential viewers at home will be at loss. We are fans of sports and most of us consider this event a joke the way it is. Guess how casual viewers will feel...

What does it have to do with the comment about the 4x400? I think phelps has a really good point here.

Sure, the US has won the mixed 4x400.

I've developed a severe case of Azerbaijanitis. Every time I see a naturalized athlete competing for Azerbaijan, I immediately get sick in the stomach.

Another gold medal for Slovenia. They are on fire! Amazing competition for them!

It is. But do you want me to predict everyone who will probably get a quota? I'll try my best. Women's artistic gymnastics: Team (4 quotas): USA RUS CHN JPN GBR CAN FRA ITA GER NED BRA BEL Individual: AUS UKR ROU ARG HUN SUI MEX ESP KOR PRK SWE POR CRO SLO CZE POL INA UZB TPE EGY Men's artistic gymnastics: Team (4 quotas): RUS CHN JPN USA GBR UKR BRA SUI FRA GER NED ITA Individual: ESP KOR CAN TUR KAZ TPE HUN BLR ROU PHI ARM BEL

About what?

Yes, but the team competition is still restricted to 4 persons. So, it makes sense to have all-arounders 1-2 and the best combination in 2 apparatus (women's, or 3 in men's), instead of 3 or 4 all-arounders.

Do you mean ? has two medals in athletics in 1993 and 1995. I can't see such old results being modified. EDIT: gold medal in weightlifting is also from 1993.

Great information! Now, at least, we can rest assured that all of the the post-Soviet states have won gold medals at the World Championships in any sport. I was in doubt about and , but they all got gold medals too ( in athletics, in weightlifting, in wrestling and archery),

Gold medal for at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships. Not sure if this was their first ever gold medal, but it's still worth a shot.

What's the deal with the Andorran lady? I remember she won a medal at the World Cup. Is this important? I guess it is, but I'm not sure how seriously the competition is taken by canoeists.

Sometimes it makes sense for the team competition not to choose gymnasts who placed 3rd or 4th in the all-around. Maybe those who finished 3rd have nothing good to add to the team, or no chance to earn medals in individual apparatus, so it makes sense not to select them. I expect the 2020 team to be composed of gymnasts who place 1st and 2nd in the all-around competition, and two wildly different gymnasts with good chances of individual medals.

VERY surprising results. First, Sunisa Lee almost beat Biles. I thought no one would come close to Biles until she retired, but look at what we got here? Second, Skinner came back very strong, and no one expected that. Wong and Hurd, who were no brainers for the team, finished very low and probably will not be selected. Chiles and Thomas, two great gymnasts who I thought would also be part of the team, finished in very low positions. I'm curious about who will be on the team. If these results are to be taken seriously (and, well, they are), the team will have unexpected names like Lee, Carey and Skinner.

I honestly thought you were joking, and now I'm even more baffled to know you are not.

What about skateboarding?

I'm surprised no one tried to force Parkour into this.

Nice! A medal for Portugal!

According to the document, countries which qualified one gymnast can try to qualify a second gymnast through the World Cup series. What the hell is FIG even thinking?

At the time, getting rid of a score for artistry was the best option. It's not that artistic deductions were eliminated, but they are much less severe now. For example, gymnasts are supposed to link elements using dance steps, but now the Code of Points has become a rush for high difficulty with no attention to choreography anymore. Russia and Japan are the worst offenders, in my opinion (though Japan had a nice 5 balls routine today, I must admit), with skill after skill after skill, and no choreography linking these skills. But a specific score for artistry allowed much bigger differences between groups, and personal taste (of the judges) played a big role. Now, not so much anymore. Problem is that Russia is not deducted enough for lack of choreography, but I've come to the conclusion that as long as VIner-Usmanova lives, Russia will never be deducted for anything.

Not really. Of course Italians were furious, but looking at the detailed scores it is not a surprise to see China in second. I was even more surprised with Russia earning gold (despite very visible flaws in their routines) than China getting boosted by hosting the game and making it to the podium. Italy was nice, but as you can see here their routines severely lacked difficulty compared to China and, especially, Belarus, who should have been the champions. The fact that China failed to reach the podium in World or Olympic competitions is not surprising considering they completely changed the composition of the group. They had to deal with injury in 2009 and missed the World Championships, and the next batch of girls were good but of course not on the same level as the girls from 2008. Spain won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and they will probably not even qualify for the 2020 Olympics (unless a miracle happens) because the new group of girls is not nearly as talented as the 2016 team. Unnecessary controversy here.