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is in!

Not in my case, but my family does not do Santa either, just "Reyes Magos", which is basically the same thing but in January 6th. I do have some friends in Catalonia that celebrate the Tió though. And in the Basque Country they also have their own version of Santa. It is called the Olentzero if you want to check it out. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and the rest of this wonderful community! 😊

North-Americans think they deserve special treatment. Nothing new . Hopefully, IOC will not allow that. If you want to compete at the Olympics, get your own NOC.

It was fairly popular in Spain too!

At first, when I saw Julieta Venegas as the Mexican entry I thought that my 12 points were going to be to , but then I really liked both and songs and it was not easy to choose one. By the way, I was disappointed when I was searching the Slovenian song in Spotify to add it to my main playlist and realized that it was not there . Reserves:

Spain Calling! SLO - 12 Points ARG - 11 Points MEX - 10 Points GER - 9 Points SRB - 8 Points NED - 7 Points GBR - 6 Points HUN - 5 Points SVK - 4 Points MLT - 3 Points INA - 2 Points BRA - 1 Points Thanks @Olympian1010 for hosting the edition! I have been busy these past few weeks and did not follow the thread closely, but l will try to catch up and read/listen to the opening ceremony as soon as I can.

Any guesses for 12 points?

Spain Calling! ARG - 11 Points MEX - 10 Points GER - 9 Points SRB - 8 Points NED - 7 Points GBR - 6 Points HUN - 5 Points SVK - 4 Points MLT - 3 Points INA - 2 Points BRA - 1 Points

¡Buenas noches desde España! Como siempre, es un placer compartir una edición más de TISC con todos vosotros. ¡Mucha suerte a todos los participantes! Good night from Spain! As always, it is a real pleasure to share another TISC edition with all of you. Good luck! Spain Calling! MEX - 10 Points GER - 9 Points SRB - 8 Points NED - 7 Points GBR - 6 Points HUN - 5 Points SVK - 4 Points MLT - 3 Points INA - 2 Points BRA - 1 Points

According to our medía, will host 60% of the games including the final in Madrid.

It seems that inmigration from Cuba and Venezuela is paying off for the Spanish team. I just checked and most of the players were born there or were born/raised in Spain but have family in these countries.

ESPAÑA After a long selection process, Mecano has been selected as the Spanish representative for the Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2023. The band, formed by Ana Torroja (main voice), Nacho Cano and José María Cano, became the most popular music group in the country in the 1980s. The song Barco a Venus, was released in 1983 as the first single of their second album, and it is about the dangers of drug addiction. Mecano - Barco a Venus Lyrics (Spanish): Lyrics (English): I hope you like it! Initially, I was planning to send "Hijo de la Luna", "La Fuerza del Destino" or "Mujer contra mujer", more successful pop songs of Mecano, but I decided that it would be nice to send a different music style and the techno-pop of this song is very identifiable with the 1980s. My other option was Hombres G, but I will save them for a future edition .

In Spain is the opposite. From 1992 onwards, all the flagbearers finished at least top8, and from 2008 all made it to the podium with the exception of Mireia Belmonte in Tokyo (she finished 4th).

Carolina Marín (badminton) and Marcus Walz (canoeing) for . I would prefer Maialen Chorraut over Carolina, but she competes the next day.

is in! Last year I sent a song from the late 1960s, so this time I will probably pick something from the 1980s. I have 2 groups in mind, but I will have to take some time to check their songs and pick one that represents the spirit of these years (La Movida), the political and cultural openness after Franco's dictatorship. The most popular songs of this decade were hits in Spanish and Latin American markets, but I highly doubt they will perform well in the international scene.

games are broadcasted by our public TV. With a VPN you can watch all the Spanish games (+ semis and final) in https://www.rtve.es/play/deportes/

Even though sailing is the top Olympic sport for Spain, it doesn't get much time on TV. I remember that in 2012 Alabau won gold in windsurf and the only race live on TV was the medal race when she had already secured the gold medal. On the other hand, I think they showed some group stage races of the Elliot6m team because it was easy to follow, as well as all the eliminatory races.

We also had the 3-woman crew match racing event in 2012 (Elliot 6m) and it was pretty fun to watch.

Our leader in women's foil got injured in the last World Cup of the season and the reserve is a very mediocre fencer, so we basically have no chance against Germany this year. On the other hand, let's see if we can make it to Round of 8 in men's epee. Our best fencer, Yulen Pereira, also got injured in the last World Cup and has been performing very poorly since then, but at least he can participate and the other 3 fencers are not bad either.

Valencia and Changzhou will host the OQTs.

Valencia and Lahore will host the OQTs.

wins! The only nation, apart from , that has won this competition more than once

leading the medal table after 2 days!

That seems a very nice trip! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I think that Extremadura is one of the hidden gems of Spain. It doesn't have nearly as many visitors as Andalucía or Catalunya (probably because it doesn't have a coast) but it has amazing landscapes and historic cities from Roman and Medieval times.

TEAM SPAIN 306 athletes - 26 sports Athletics - 46 Rugby7 - 26 (2 teams) Fencing - 24 Beach Handball - 24 (2 teams) Beach Soccer - 24 (2 teams) Canoe Sprint - 21 Taekwondo - 16 Artistic Swimming - 13 Shooting - 12 Canoe Slalom - 11 Boxing - 11 Padel - 8 Badminton - 8 3x3 Basketball - 8 (2 teams) Judo - 8 (1 team) Diving - 7 Archery - 6 Cycling Mountain Bike - 6 Triathlon - 6 Modern Pentathlon - 5 Karate - 5 Table Tennis - 4 Muaythai - 4 Kickboxing - 3 Cycling BMX freestyle - 2 Breaking - 2 No representation: Sport climbing, teqball and ski jumping