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Is there any reason for that? In Brazil it's not uncommon to find Japanese drinks in a number of select stores. Not really surprising, since the largest Japanese population outside Japan lives in Brazil. I'm especially fond of Calpis. This thing is delicious!

I thought "ovo" was a word exclusive to the Portuguese language. You learn something new every day... And the pictures are really great. Congrats!

I want them all! Especially the watermelon, tamarind and guava variations. There are local brands in Brazil that market unusual flavors like pineapple and tangerine too. There's even a brand that created a soda made of leaves from a Brazilian plant called chapéu de couro, a rather bizarre choice for a soda variation. The funny thing is that this drink, called Mineirinho, is somewhat popular in the state of Rio de Janeiro. @heywoodu, have you drunk Mineirinho?

What are these? They look like Swiss rolls but they were baked in a very different way from what I'd expect them to be served (like we do in Brazil). By the way, we call Swiss rolls in Brazil "rocambole".

I tried to focus on medals. If we add "first time in the final" there would be a lot more to discuss.

If Slovakia's idea of selling beer is having naked men on TV, I feel like moving there.

What's the best selling beverage (preferentially non-alcoholic) unique to your country? In Brazil we all drink guaraná, and even Fanta decided to create their own soda version of the drink.

I love Metroid Prime, even though it's not really a first-person shooter per se. Same thing with Deus Ex. Half-Life was good, though. I have to admit.

It was certainly different from what I would expect. Too bad I absolutely hate first-person shooters and I would never consider playing this game.

We've had so many "firsts" in gymnastics this year! Let me review some of them: World Championships Acrobatic gymnastics - first gold medal for Aerobic gymnastics - first medal for Artistic gymnastics - first medal for , first women's medal for , first gold medal for Trampoline - first medal for , first gold medal for Youth Olympics First world medal in gymnastics for First YOG medals in gymnastics for , , and Iran, of course World Cup series Aerobic gymnastics - first medal for Artistic gymnastics - first ever medals for , , (and only the second time that and earned medals, also a respectable fourth place for ) Rhythmic gymnastics - first medal for (also a respectable fourth place for ) European Championships First ever gold medal for in rhythmic gymnastics after being world champions numerous times.

First gold medal ever for Sweden!

I don't understand trampoline. Like, at all. It's confusing and most scores make little sense to me. But one thing is for sure: Russians are overscored in any gymnastics discipline.

Fernando finished fourth, which is great. Maybe in a few years he will be awarded a medal.

That was exciting! Maybe Fernando was a bit "conservative" in snatch... I mean, he equaled his Pan American record, so conservative is not a very good word, but why not trying to break it? 201 kg should have been his second attempt and 204 kg his third attempt. But I'm okay with the results. We can't expect much from him. It's nice to watch this sport, I have to admit.

I don't expect much from Fernando, so it will be nice to measure the competition. When I read it out loud, it sounds awful, I know.

Funny thing is that Albegov is somewhat famous in... erm... gay "communities". There are many pictures of him on Tumblr, if you know what I mean. Or so I was told.

How long until the men's competition starts? I will watch this sport for the first time today, so I'm excited. I've seen videos here and there, but following a live competition will be the fist time.

Medals for Argentina and Mexico! What a year for gymnastics in Latin America! Three World Championships medals for Mexico (artistic, aerobics and trampoline), one for Brazil (artistic) and one for Argentina (trampoline). If only Colombia had won a medal, this would have been the perfect year for us. But I'm quite happy, alright! I would never have dreamed Latin America would do so well this year! AMAZING!

Argentina qualified in fourth for the men's double mini final! Vamos, América Latina!

This is probably Mexico's best year ever in gymnastics: one bronze medal at the Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships, one bronze medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, fourth place at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup and now a gymnast reaches the semi-finals at the Trampoline World Championships. I'm really impressed!

He finished fourth in snatch, and for a country with no medals in this sport, big or small, any medal would give him a lot of headlines. Of course a total medal would be amazing, but even a small medal would be great for him by now. His entry weight is 440 kg, I think, but I'm not sure he was able to lift this much this year.

I don't really follow this sport because, well, Brazil sucks in weightlifting. But Fernando Reis will compete in the +109 kg division and he recently gave an interview where he said he had the third best result this year and he was hopeful for a medal here (he finished fourth last year). Does he have any chance even for a small medal? Things can change a lot over the course of one year in this sport, so... Just curious.

Where can I find the results for the South American Championships? Nothing on Consanat's website, or the Peruvian Federation, or on Wikipedia...

No gold medals for Japan. Who would expect that?

Finally an individual medal for Mikulak! He's the unluckiest gymnast I have ever seen (Zachari Hrimeche is quite unlucky as well) so it's good that he finally had some luck.