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Sporting Rivalries and Medals (26) 1- Medals will be awarded to more nations than at the 2012 Summer Games - with at least 86. [YES - 3] 2- The best-placed European NOC in the overall 2016 Summer Olympics medal table will be Russia. [NO - 4] 3- Brazil will achieve their best ever placement in the overall 2016 Summer Games medal table, finishing within the top 14. [YES - 2] 4- Finland will fail to win a medal for the first time in history. [NO - 2] 5- At least 4 countries will win their first olympic medal. [YES - 3] 6- Rio 2016 will be India's best ever performance in overall medals won (7 or more). [NO - 3] 7- Denmark will be placed higher than any other nordic country in the medal table (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden). [YES - 3] 8- Netherlands will win more silver medals than any other color. [YES - 2] 9- Maghreb countries (ALG, TUN, MAR, MTN, LBA) will win at least 5 medals total. [NO - 2] 10- Japan will finish ahead of South Korea in the medal table. [NO - 2] 11- Azerbaijan will finish ahead of Turkey in the medal table. [NO - 3] 12- Ethiopia will finish ahead of Kenya in the medal table. [NO - 3] 13- Cuba will finish ahead of Jamaica in the medal table. [NO - 3] 14- Germany will finish ahead of France in the medal table. [YES - 3] 15- Serbia will finish ahead of Croatia in the medal table. [YES - 3] 16- The youngest medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be younger than 16 years. [YES - 3] 17- Spain will win more than one medal in all team sports combined. [YES - 2] 18- Iran will achieve their first medal won by a woman. [NO - 2] 19- At least 15 different american nations will win medals. [NO - 3] 20- At least two nations that last won a medal in Atlanta 1996 or before, will medal again in Rio 2016. [NO - 3] 21- There will be at least one nation who will win 8 medals or more, but won't win a gold medal. [YES - 4] 22- Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Singapore will all win a medal. [NO - 4] 23- Like in London 2012, more silver medals than gold medals will be awarded. [NO - 3] 24- The top 5 in the overall medal table will change its order on the very final day of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [YES - 4] 25- Argentina will win at least one gold medal in Rio 2016. [YES - 3] 26- Lithuania alone will win more medals than Estonia and Latvia together. [YES - 3] Aquatics - Diving (2) 27- China will win all four Synchronised Diving events. [NO - 3] 28- Canada will medal in all four Women's events. [NO - 4] Aquatics - Swimming (9) 29- Australian athletes take at least 2 golds out of the following 4 events: Women's 50m FS, Women's 100m FS, Men's 50m FS, Men's 100m FS. [YES - 3] 30- A nation will win 2 or more medals in Marathon Swimming. [YES - 2] 31- A nation will medal in all six relays. [YES - 3] 32- Great Britain will finish in the top 5 of the pool events' medal table. [NO - 3] 33- There will be at least one false start in an individual final. [NO - 2] 34- Either Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) or Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) will defend his/her olympic title in 100m Breaststroke. [YES - 4] 35- A gap of one second or more between the gold and silver medal winners will be clocked in 3 or more individual finals, ranging from 50m to 200m events. [YES - 3] 36- At least 5 world records will be broken in Rio 2016. [NO - 3] 37- At least 3 of the following 5 NOCs will win a medal: Bahamas, Egypt, Iceland, Jamaica, Singapore. [NO - 3] Aquatics - Synchronized Swimming (1) 38- At least 4 different nations will finish the Synchronised Swimming competitions with any medal. [YES - 3] Aquatics - Water Polo (2) 39- The men's final will be played by two ex-yugoslav nations (CRO, MNE, SRB). [YES - 3] 40- In the knockout stage, any 4th placed team from the group stage will upset a group winner and qualify for the semifinal. [NO - 3] Archery (2) 41- At least one top 8 seed in Women's or Men's Individual Archery will suffer an early exit in the Round of 64. [NO - 3] 42- South Korea will win all the gold medals in Archery. [NO - 2] Athletics (12) 43- Usain Bolt (JAM) will repeat a gold medal treble once again. [YES - 4] 44- There will be at least one sweep of medals, athletes from one country taking gold, silver and bronze. [NO - 4] 45- At least 5 olympic records will be broken. [YES - 4] 46- At least two teams will be disqualified in the 4x100 finals (men and women combined). [NO - 4] 47- The Women's and Men's Olympic champion in High Jump will have cleared a height of at least 4.40m combined. [YES - 3] 48- All medals in both marathon events will be won by African nations. [YES - 4] 49- Poland will achieve a double gold in Hammer throw events. [YES - 10] 50- A non-european athlete will win gold in either Men's or Women's Javelin Throw. [NO - 4] 51- A former olympic champion, who is not currently a defending one, will become champion again in Rio 2016 (not counting relay events). [YES - 4] 52- The whole final in the Men's 400m comprises of athletes representing nations including red in their flag. [YES - 4] 53- The leader after the first five events in the Men's Decathlon will finish outside the top 3 on the following day. [NO - 6] 54- The gold medalist in Men's Discus Throw will throw 70.00m or more. [YES - 4] Badminton (2) 55- At least one set in any event will end with a score of 30-28 or higher. [NO - 2] 56- A non-asian country will win a gold medal. [NO - 4] Basketball (2) 57- The United States will win the gold medal in Women's as well as in Men's Basketball. [YES - 5] 58- The Men's final will end by a margin of at least 20 points. [YES - 4] Boxing (2) 59- Both Nicola Adams (GBR) and Katie Taylor (IRL) will return home with a medal. [YES - 3] 60- The whole Boxing program will result in at least 8 bouts decided before the end of the 3 reglamentary rounds. [YES - 3] Canoeing - Slalom (2) 61- At least one country will win 3 or more medals between all events. [YES - 4] 62- Two or more nations will be represented in all four slalom canoeing finals. [YES - 4] Canoeing - Sprint (2) 63- At least one athlete starting from an outer lane (1 or 8) will win a medal. [NO - 2] 64- Isaquias Queiroz (BRA) will delight the home crowd with either one gold medal or at least two medals of any colour. [NO - 2] Cycling - BMX (2) 65- There will be a crash (between two or more riders) in either the Men's or Women's Final. [YES - 3] 66- Australia will win at least one gold medal. [NO - 3] Cycling - Mountain Bike (2) 67- Nino Schurter (SUI) will complete his set of medals with a gold medal from Rio 2016, after previously winning bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012. [YES - 4] 68- Mauritius', Rwanda's or Lesotho's male rider(s) will finish ahead of at least one athlete coming from a nation represented by 3 riders (SUI, FRA, ESP, CZE, ITA). [NO - 3] Cycling - Road (2) 69- A group finish with at least 20 riders clocking the same time will decide the medals in Men's Road Race. [NO - 3] 70- Less than half the riders will finish in the Women's or Men's Road Race. [NO - 4] Cycling - Track (3) 71- Australia will win a gold medal in both Team Pursuit events. [NO - 4] 72- The world record in the Men's Team Pursuit will be broken. [YES - 2] 73- The winner of either the Men's or Women's Omnium will win at least 3 of the 6 events. [YES - 3] Equestrian (2) 74- At least 15 athletes will be eliminated or will retire during the cross-country stage of Eventing competition. [YES - 4] 75- Germany will win more medals than the Netherlands. [YES - 4] Fencing (2) 76- At least 2 countries will win at least 3 gold medals. [NO - 3] 77- There will be an overtime period in the Women's or Men's Individual Épée final. [NO - 3] Field Hockey (2) 78- India's Men will end their medal drought since 1980 with any medal won in Rio. [NO - 4] 79- The Women's Tournament will have medalists from three different continents. [YES - 3] Football (3) 80- At least 4 Football matches will be decided in a penalty shoot-out. [NO - 4] 81- Brazil will win their first Men's Olympic Football title. [YES - 4] 82- At least 8 red cards will be awarded in the Men's Tournament. [YES - 4] Golf (2) 83- The eventual winner in the Men's Tournament won't be placed among the top 5 after the first day of competition. [YES - 3] 84- USA will win a medal in both the Men's and Women's Tournaments. [YES - 2] Gymnastics - Artistic (3) 85- Romania will fail to win a medal in Artistic Gymnastics. [YES - 2] 86- Simone Biles will win at least four total medals. [NO - 2] 87- At least one finalist in both Men's Horizontal Bar and Men's Pommel Horse will fall during their routines. [NO - 3] Gymnastics - Rhythmic (1) 88- Both gold and silver medals will be won by ex-USSR countries. [YES - 3] Gymnastics - Trampoline (1) 89- China will win the gold medal in both Trampoline events. [NO - 3] Handball (2) 90- A non-european nation will win a medal (Men's or Women's). [YES - 2] 91- At least twice we will see at least 40 goals scored in the Men's Tournament. [YES - 4] Judo (2) 92- Teddy Riner (FRA) will be beaten. [NO - 5] 93- A nation will win it's first Judo Gold Medal. [YES - 7] Modern Pentathlon (2) 94- In either the Men's or Women's event, the athlete starting first in the Combined stage will win the gold medal. [NO - 3] 95- A non-european athlete in either the Women's or Men's Competition will win a medal. [YES - 4] Rowing (3) 96- Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) will reach her 6th Olympic final in Women's Single Sculls. [YES - 3] 97- More countries will win medals in Rowing compared to London 2012 (18 countries). [NO - 2] 98- Athletes from all 5 continents will win a medal. [NO - 3] Rugby Sevens (2) 99- All the medals in the Men's Tournament will be won by nations from Oceania. [NO - 4] 100- At least one match on the Women's side will end in a tie. [YES - 4] Sailing (2) 101- At least one boat will be guaranteed the gold medal before the final Medal Race. [YES - 3] 102- Brazilian Robert Scheidt will win his 6th consecutive olympic medal. [YES - 4] Shooting (3) 103- All 15 events will see at least one medal winner from an Asian country. [YES - 5] 104- There will be at least one new world record set in any event. [YES - 3] 105- At least one shooter will repeat their gold medal success from the 2012 Summer Games. [YES - 4] Table Tennis (2) 106- Chinese athletes will take all 4 gold medals. [YES - 4] 107- The Women's Team final will result in a 3-0 score. [NO - 3] Taekwondo (2) 108- At least one medalist athlete in this sport will be winning at the same time the first ever olympic medal for his/her country. [NO - 4] 109- At least one of the four invited athletes (Boui CAF, Ferrera HON, Louissant HAI, Rawal NEP) will advance into the quarterfinals. [YES - 3] Tennis (2) 110- Serena Williams will fail to win a gold medal (in all events). [NO - 4] 111- An unseeded player in the women's or men's singles competition will go as high reaching at least the semifinals. [YES - 4] Triathlon (2) 112- The Brownlee brothers will celebrate together on the podium. [YES - 2] 113- The eventual winners of both the Men's and Women's Races will not be among top 5 placed after the swimming and cycling stages. [YES - 4] Volleyball - Indoor (2) 114- No medal matches in either the Women's or the Men's Tournament will end with a 3-0 score. [YES - 4] 115- An african team will win a group stage match for the first time in history (either Men's or Women's). [NO - 4] Volleyball - Beach (2) 116- There will be an all-Brazilian final in Men's or Women's Beach Volleyball. [NO - 3] Weightlifting (2) 117- At least one leader after the Snatch part will have three invalid lifts in the Clean & Jerk. [NO - 3] 118- A medal will be won by an athlete starting from Group B. [NO - 4] Wrestling (2) 119- At least one gold medal match will end by a fall. [NO - 2] 120- Russia will win more Freestyle gold medals than Japan. [YES - 2]

Bielecki za wielki powrót po kontuzji oka, Szmal za wielokrotne ratowanie d*** w bramce, Majewski na piękny koniec kariery, Mateusiak albo Korzeniowski bo (chyba) najbardziej doświadczeni. Zakładając, że to będzie ktoś z dzisiejszych ślubowań, to stawiam na Bieleckiego lub Majewskiego.

Does it change anything? I mean his chances for gold are less than with the previous horse? Or he has two horses on more a less the same level?

@dcro I have a question for you as an expert. In eventing the team result is: A: Three best athletes out of five overall? B: Three best results from dressage, three from cross and three from jumping separately (which means that it may take results from all athletes in the team)?

Mi jeszcze żal siatkarek. Raz dlatego, że mam olbrzymi sentyment do tej drużyny (chociaż moje ulubione czasy czyli lata 2009-2010 już nie wrócą), dwa dlatego, że pierwsze dwa sety meczu z Rosjankami pokazały, że miały pomysł na ten mecz i jakby go wygrały, to by poszły za ciosem, jak w Ankarze cztery lata temu, ale zawiodła głowa (nie po raz pierwszy zresztą).

No one, I saw it already somewhere (but probably not on UIPM website). The one on Wikipedia is correct.

Jan Kuf European Champion, Kasza 2nd, De Luca 3rd. Almost all the world should regret, that Kasza won't start in Rio (Poland is the exception, because thanks to that we have our athlete in men's event).

Laura Asadauskaite won Euroepan Championships, as well as she did four years ago before London Olympics. Anyone has any doubts, who is going to win in Rio? Well, I do - Lena Schöneborn didn't start, as well as Földházi (foot injury during National Championships a few weeks ago), Kovács (qualified but resigned to start in the final due to back ache at the end of qualification), Clouvel (top French athletes didn't come), Rimsaite (started only in relays), Chen (she's not from Europe ). 2nd place for Gubaydullina, 3rd for Özyüksel

European Championships in Sofia We are after relays. Women: 1. Arol/Prasiantsova, 2. Kohlmann/Döring, 3. Alekszejev/Boros Men: 1. Lesun/Savkin, 2. Bilko/Polivka, 3. Stasiak/Świderski Mixed 1. Dianova/Kuf, 2. Rimsaite/Savkin 3. Bonessio/Franceschini

That's true. I talked with Oktawia Nowacka just after Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Rio in March. That's what she said "I didn't feel any danger. We were asked to use the anti-mosquito sprays and that's all but there wasn't many insects." It was March, end of summer, beginning of autumn. Now it's winter in Brazil so insects should be "sleeping".

Bartekova had to take voice in such a matter - she's IOC Athletes' Commission member, she is expected to give any advices by both sides - by athletes, to help them with her experience and position in the athletes' environment, and by the IOC, to influence colleague athletes not to resign from start in Rio.

Czykier nie musi - w biegach eliminacje i finał liczą się osobno, za to w skokach i rzutach dwie próby w tym samym konkursie nie. Dzisiaj natomiast minimum pierwsze zrobił Theiner (aczkolwiek on nie jedzie do Amsterdamu).

It's not about stupid journalists, it's about Rzeszutek and his coach who said that he has the quota. Also after our NOC made a list of qualified on 100 days before Olympics and they wrote that Rzeszutek is first reserve my colleague talked with Rzeszutek's coach and he still was sure that he is qualified.

We've received a confirmation - Paweł Spisak will start in Rio

This is the case of internal Swiss rules and they weren't fulfilled by enough riders in the country, that's why they resign, do I get it right?

One of Polish equestrian websites wrote, that one of eventing Western European athletes (they didn't write who exactly) will be withdrawn by his NF from Olympics and Spisak will take his place. Can You somehow confirm it?

W takich sytuacjach pozostaje tylko mi się cieszyć z mojej pomyłki

It was said, that some players of Honvéd are on the training camp of the NT, so the club came to Poznań with some reserves: Fejős Róbert, Kis Bálint, Irmes Pál, Klauzer Viktór (kapus), Nagy Mátyás, Farkas Krisztián, Dér Levente, Vincze Norbert, Gregor Benedek, Somogyi István, Vízvári Bence, Szilvasán Patrik, Tóth Koppány, Ercse Norbert. The result of today's game - 12:12.

Cztery lata temu Lanigan-O'Keeffe wskoczył w ostatniej chwili (niestety, kosztem Klekota, który korzystał z zanieczyszczonych odżywek), więc i dla Sebastiana jest cień nadziei.

W pięcioboju już raczej nie - realokację mają potwierdzoną Dogue i Zillekens (ten ostatni jest kontuzjowany, ale ponieważ Niemcy na fejsie się cieszyli, wnioskuję, że raczej pojedzie), a przed Stasiakiem jest jeszcze Nakonechnyi (choć tu może być różnie ze względu na jego zmianę barw narodowych z ukraińskich na łotewskie i może go MKOl w razie czego nie dopuścić). Lekkoatleci mogą jeszcze wskoczyć na MP lub ME, liczę też na drugą parę plażowiczek, coraz mniej wierzę w jeszcze jedną kwalifikację w boksie.

Köszi

On Saturday I go for a game of Polish-Hungarian Friendship in Poznań (Waterpolo Poznań-Budapesti Honvéd) which is held on the occasion of 60th anniversary of Posnanian demonstrations against communists in 1956, which appeared to be a preludium of Hungarian Revolution in October 1956. I'd like to ask you, as I think here are people who know this discipline better than me, which Hungarian National Team players are from Honvéd.

Whatever, Venckauskaite and Prentice out, Özyüksel and Isa Isaksen in. Who takes whose place is not so important. Today Czech federation confirmed place for Kodedova, so probably Coyle takes place of Kohlmann from ECH.

She's qualified as GB took French and Murray, so she took Prentice's place (Özyüksel took place of Vencakuskaite).

Russia: Lesun and Kustov in men's (Puchkarevskiy out, Staśkiewicz from Poland in); Rimsaite and Gubaydullina in women's (Buriak out, Coyle in, but probably it will be Kodedova after Germany might choose Schöneborn and Schleu, then Coyle will probably take place of Kohlmann from ECH)