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Thanks for your kind words. We will probably get just one medal (Sabina Voinea-BB) but it's a promising sign for the future.

It must be cheating just because the first 3 are americans, right?

They're too good (and clean) in rowing to care for something else

You mean fencing is different than motor sports?

This is the smartest post in the history of totallympics

What an eye candy to see traditional powerhouse Netherlands sweeping through. I wrote a letter to our federation asking to replace this Colamonici with a NL one

@Ogreman impressive work, congrats

Same here

Wanna feel the heat already?

Not a politically correct joke

double bagel

Luckiest possible draw for us: Begu vs Swiatek, Bogdan vs Paolini, Cristian vs Rybakina

From Romanian media: the 28 yo athlete Florentina Iusco (long jump/triple jump) has been suspended for 2 years. it's an interesting story: Iusco was tested positive on 23.04.2023 (furosemid) but our domestic anti-doping agency issued just a warning, considering the athlete was not responsible for taking this drug! WADA appealed against this sentence, and TAS ruled a 2-year ban for Iusco.

And the winner faces Szocs/Ionescu in the next round. I'm pretty content with this draw; could've been much worse

Can you provide a link, pls?

Yes, of course. I see your point regarding crew split-ups, but those kind of things don't happen in an Olympic year, and definitely not to a team unbeaten for 4 years.

Dunno what idiot sent those entries and what can be the purpose; maybe, in the old communist tradition, they thought of tricking their opponents I can tell you that our crews will be those that competed at last year's WC; you may believe me or not Who would break up a two times world champion crew and reigning Olympic champion? and why?

Gender equality in sport can be the dream of a healthy mind/soul?

I love Greece since childhood when my grandma used to read to me stories about the Olympian gods, so I'll always cheer for athletes

Romania : No locks, but some gold medal favorites I strongly believe in Rowing: double sculls women Rowing: 8+ women Canoeing: C1-1000 m: Catalin Chirila I have no sympathy for chemical romances, that's why I won't mention popovici

Team Romania Marius Țic Francesco Iudean Matei Luțescu Tudor Fulea Andrei Neamțu Andrei Prioteasa Andrei Țepeluș Nicolae Oanță Silvian Colodrovschi Vlad Georgescu Sebastian Oltean Levente Vancsik Mihai Drăgușin A young team (average 24 yo) that will enjoy every second of this adventure. The objective set by our wp federation is a place in the QF; it's gonna be very difficult to achieve, personally I think we can get max 1 win out of a group with Greece, Italy, USA, Croatia and Montenegro.

Old school cheaters - swimmers and new wave cheaters - rowers

This Turkish flood should be better looked at...to me it resembles very much the Chinese one

16 yo Robert Badea wins gold with new CR at 400 IM after also winning 200 IM yesterday. A new star is on the rise

Let him walk around the house and learn to strengthen his bladder, or sell him and get a parrot instead. On-topic: I will watch Olympics until my eyes hurt, bleed or pop out of my head Sports I'll watch: rowing, canoeing, wrestling, judo, fencing, athletics, artistic gymnastics, all team sports To avoid: breaking, sailing, skateboarding, rhythmic gymnastics, BMX racing