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At least on paper, are the countries I'd say have the biggest chance of a medal. China and Italy lost many points on beam, as well as Brazil. Great Britain was heavily helped by the judges.

I'm in tears. The worst president I have witnessed in my life will finally be booted out of office. The race should not have been this close, but I am just relieved we will not have to stomach this despicable human being as our president for 4 more years.

Just now, Adriano said:

In Poland big cities votes for centre/left. Small villages and poor regions for right.

My monthly income is bigger than 97% of the Brazilians, and I will never, ever vote for any right-wing politician in my life.

And I'm not rich by any means. It's just that everybody else is just too poor.

4 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Ah yes, those magical last minute electronic vote swings from the always-last-to-declare leftist strongholds. They’re becoming quite the global phenomenon.  

Mind you that there has been an orchestrated "operation" setting roadblocks all around the nation, HALF of these in the Northeastern Region, in order to discourage Northeastern inhabitants to vote.

I really, really hate Bolsonaro's government. 

Bolsonaro's lead is extremely slim, thankfully. Once the votes from the big cities in the Northeastern Region are added to the sum, he'll hopefully be considerably behind Lula.

 is safe for the team final.

I'm really upset with the performances today.  lost an easy gold medal on vault, Flávia Saraiva is probably hurt and now we'll have no chances of a team medal, a second all-around medal and maybe a medal on floor.

We still have Rebeca in the all-around, floor, bars and maybe beam, but this is definitely not the way I thought this would be.

6 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Canada got a 159, hoping that's enough to make the final. They are currently in third, but there are still a bunch of good nations remaining.

 are the teams I believe will outscore Canada, while  could also pose a threat.

But, to be honest, I think Canada is safe.

My Twitter bubble of Brazilian fans is full of crazy, aggressive and frustrated people throwing angry remarks about this loss. To be honest, I feel less and less inclined to cheer for Brazil in most sports because, well, it's easy to dislike this kind of people. 

After hosting the 2018 edition, I expected Bolivia to properly make use of the gyms, stadiums and facilities to improve their level, but... 3 bronze medals, all in boxing, and now I'm really worried about the state of sports in the country.

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Any chances for ? I'm not seeing it unless they can luck out in wrestling?

Men's triple jump, maybe?

Edit: Oh, great, so Miguel van Assen is apparently not competing here. Bummer.
 

Yeees, first medal ever for !

 

5 hours ago, phelps said:

maybe Judo is aiming to become the new boxing, with O‘zbekiston Respublikasi collecting (undeserved) medal after (undeserved) medal... 

Judo, swimming and volleyball are the only sports I used to care about besides artistic and rhythmic gymnastics (and, occasionally, table tennis, tennis and archery), but it's been hard following judo lately. Most of the decisions seem to be so unfair and biased that it almost feels like I'm watching judges making political decisions rather than decisions based on the actual bouts.

I almost feel bad for Japan. Some of the most intense defenses I've seen in my life. Fukudome is a fighter, no question about it. But I'm happy for this Brazilian team, of course. I can't see they beating Italy again, but you never know.

On 10/6/2022 at 9:05 PM, vinipereira said:

@thiago_simoes some comments on the women's gymnastics competition?

Everything was more or less according to what I expected. We had a "mixed" team, with Carolyne, Júlia and Christal from our A team, and Beatriz, Thais and Lu Maia from our B team. Only Carolyne and Júlia got individual medals. I expected medals for Thais on bars and Lu Maia on beam too, especially because the level of the competition was not high at all, but the B team only proved why they are the B team and got no medals.

 was robbed. Unbelievable. Turoboyev should have received a third shido penalty. This gold medal for  is a shame.

5 hours ago, vinipereira said:

Yeah, and the number also includes 5 Relay medals. A great feat, nonetheless.

Every medal deserves some kind of acknowledgement, but literally half of the medals were on team/relay events, so I don't really think this is so impressive. I believe Caio Souza could earn 5 individual medals too, what would put him in an even position with Giovana.

Wait, no round of 16? Just another set of pool matches?

I have little to no interest in volleyball nowadays, and this system takes all the fun from the event, in my opinion.

Best thing about the Games so far has been the gold medal for . Artistic gymnastics will begin tomorrow, but I'm mostly ignoring it. I'm mildly interested in what the Paraguayan girls can do, since it's extremely rare to see any Paraguayan competing in gymnastics -- first time I saw it was this year, and I've been an avid fan since 1997.

Also, does Curaçao have any chance of getting a medal?

Brazil in fifth in my favorite sport. I could never imagine this would happen some day, and so, so close to a groundbreaking medal. I'm really happy and I was emotional through the whole competition. What a rollercoaster ride!

A bronze medal for Brazil and a gold medal for Italy! I'm somewhat relieved I didn't jinx anyone this time!

2 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Not me  Brazil getting third and almost making the final was something i fully expected they could do at the beginning of the WC. Too many years of watching volleyball to know never to underestimate Brazil.

Brazilian fans on Twitter and Brazilian media really hate this coach and very few people had any faith in this team.

The fact that this team is currently having a hard time against Slovenia at the beginning of the first set is enough proof that people are right not to expect anything from them.

Really, even being among the top 4 is way more than anyone expected from this Brazilian team.

Now I'll root for the two teams with the color green on the flag to win their matches. 

10 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

@thiago_simoes I wonder what are your thoughts on gymnastics events here.

I voted on Chechi on rings and Kanaeva in the all-around.
 
No one can beat Chechi's elegance and control. Csollány would have been my second choice. Azaryan would have been my third choice, even though he's from a totally different time and even his namesake skill is not used anymore. But he was decidedly elegant and strong for his time.

On the women's side, it's quite shocking that no Olympic champion has really captivated me. I voted on Kanaeva mostly because she has two titles, but my favorite has got to be Marina Lobatch. Lori Fung would have been my third choice.

On 8/21/2022 at 2:31 PM, Ted said:

Jarman's vault win over Davtyan was shockingly unfair.

Half of the problem is thanks to FIG's stupid rules. The highest execution score wins the tie breaks in every apparatus, except vault. On vault, the highest scoring single vault decides who wins the tie break, but the problem is that the lowest scoring vault wins the tie break too. If the rules were solid, and if the execution score on both vaults decided the winner, Davtyan would have won  -- as he should have.

3 hours ago, phelps said:

I'm OK with everything you wrote, except for the Briton being better than Bartolini...not in this world, at least...

Bartolini needs to substantially increase his difficulty score. Execution is important, but one cannot rely on execution alone, or else the risk of walking away without a medal is too big.

That being said, I am a little worried about the fact that the judges are trying hard to make Jake Jarman happen at all costs. He's got big skills and high difficulty, but his execution is definitely not great and he's never penalized enough for his mistakes. This has been happening at every single event. It's baffling.