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Monica Pimentel lost to the Uruguayan athlete, so no gold medal for Aruba this time.

Wait, has Argentina drastically improved in swimming? I don't follow smaller competitions in swimming, but at the world championships and at the Olympics, Brazilian athletes always get medals while Argentina never makes a strong impression (except for Grabich in 2015). I'd be truly surprised if in a head to head competition against the best swimmers from Argentina our swimmers managed to perform worse than the newcomers performed here against not so great athletes.

I'd say judo, swimming, gymnastics (especially rhythmic), table tennis, volleyball and beach volleyball. We could easily have 50+ gold medals on these sports if we brought our best athletes.

It looks like qualified in men's and women's trampoline, as well as rhythmic gymnastics. Poor will not be able to defend the title on men's trampoline.

Not gonna happen. Virtually no one knows about the South American Games in Brazil. The major TV networks ignored the event, and not even channels on cable TV are broadcasting. It's like it just never existed. Why would the federations care about a competition virtually no one cares about around here? Too bad, I know, but unfortunately I can't see things changing in the near future, unless we host the Games in 2026. Like @vinipereira said, this is mostly seen as a competition for lesser known or beginner athletes, and I have to say I also like it this way. If we send out best athletes, I believe the results will not be exciting. In gymnastics, for example, we sent our best gymnasts and so far we have 16 of 21 gold medals. Of course we have world class gymnasts from other nations (such as Tomás González from Chile and Jossimar Calvo from Colombia), but even they can't keep up with the Brazilian athletes. The best thing that happened was Dominici beating two Olympic finalists and earning gold, but this was the only good surprise of the whole competition, in my opinion.

They have stopped the transmission. But I discovered that the official page of the Organización Deportiva Suramericana on Facebook is streaming. Thanks for the reply.

Where can I watch the Table Tennis final, please?

It's insane to see Great Britain on the list of qualifiers. Portugal is also kind of a surprise (even though they won a bronze medal at the European Championships a long time ago) but Great Britain is just insaaaane. How much improvement in a short time! I'm amazed!

Rhythmic gymnastics is about the start and this might be Bolivia's best chance ever to win an international medal in rhythmic gymnastics, and their best chance since 1994 to win a medal in gymnastics. It will be hard and they will have to rely on mistakes from other gymnasts (especially the Brazilians and Lina Dussan, from Colombia, and even the girl from Argentina), but Abastoflor from Bolivia could realistically win a medal here if everything goes her way.

The Brazilian athlete who took bronze is 56 years old. Wow! I'm 34, so if I start now I still have 22 years to practice in this sport.

Nice achievement. Slovakia has come a long way since Ivana Kováčová and Mária Homolová. Mokošová is much better and it's possible for her to reach the all-around final at the World Championships.

I was looking for this topic so I could tag you and literally ask this question, and then I saw your comment. Certainly first gold medal ever for Mokošová, but what about Samuel Piasecky? He competed for over 10 years, so I guess there's a good chance he must have won gold at some point. EDIT: If the automatic translation is right, the article on Slovak Wikipedia about Piasecky states he won the gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2006 Maribor World Cup.

Como está o interesse por futebol nas cidades em que vocês moram? Por aqui o interesse está baixíssimo, mas Joinville não serve muito como parâmetro. Lembro que teve festa com fogos de artifício quando a Alemanha fez 7 a 1 na Copa de 2014. Como são vários descendentes de alemães por aqui, eles fizeram a festa pelo país dos pais e avós. Mas estou curioso, de verdade. Eu sempre odiei futebol, então meu interesse está como sempre esteve: zero. http://www.hypeness.com.br/2018/05/65-do-brasileiros-nao-tem-interesse-pela-copa-aponta-pesquisa/

Congratulations to Italy for their first gold medal ever at the Europeans. After so many world titles, finally an European title as well!

Are the Pan American Championships also considered for this kind of financial support, or only medals won at the Pan Am Games count?

Noooo. He's been South American champion many times. He deserved a medal here more than anyone else, probably. Too sad. Hope he still gets support. He's amazing.

The women's trampoline final was pretty good, but the men's final was a disaster. I can't believe Adorno lost a medal thanks to a silly mistake! At least Venezuela got a medal. They deserved one in gymnastics.

Mara Colombo seems to be a really nice person. She's crying and celebrating for winning a medal. How nice! Very beautiful moment. Got a tear in my eye here. Love her attitude.

Any streaming for the trampoline final? EDIT: Never mind. It's live now on TYC. Link for anyone interested: https://www.tycsportsplay.com/evento.php?11726-Juegos_Odesur__Gimnasia_Trampolin

Russia won both group all-around and team event. It's funny that every time I rant about how unfair this sport is, it involves Russia winning the gold medal when they did not deserve it. Such a shame.

I don't like the idea of mixing senior and junior scores in a "team". We already have a team event, and it is supposed to combine the 10 best scores from 3 or 4 senior individual gymnasts. This is how the team competition works. UEG wanted to change things and they have created a confusing, unwanted event.

Last year the team event combined the scores of senior individual gymnasts and junior group gymnasts. This year I have no idea about how the format works.

What a naive mistake to have the sixth hoop inside the competition area. They really lost their focus after many mistakes. Poor girls. At least they seem to take it lightly in the end, which is nice. Mistakes just happen, and you have to move on.

I'm hopeful for a gold medal on women's trampoline, but not much else. In three days rhythmic gymnastics will begin and we'll be back on track, I suppose.

LOL at Spain receiving 19.200 for their group routine. If there's a sport where hosting the event gives scandalous scores to a nation, this sport has to be rhythmic gymnastics.