De_Gambassi

Great stuff, thank you. Here is the Tokyo's scoring table for the sake of comparison. https://swimswam.com/ranking-nations-by-the-fina-scoring-system-at-the-tokyo-olympics/

Any chance you could (re)publish the rankings of the other weapons ? Thanks.

Here is the full list of the 54 japanese medals https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/sports/68bc9a23fe294799867c44d13e8bf7d6 By the magic of Google translate :

Paris 2024 qualification wise, it's probaly better for us to lose against Italy in the 4-5th playoff...

I was kinda hoping to see Manaudou there to close the french relay. We desperatly need someone with a better pedigree than Salvan. Maybe next year, we could switch Grousset for Metella if he's ever to come back at his best.

That's not exactly true. These games were set by the francophone organisation at the end of the 80's as first and foremost a cultural thing. never show much interest in them (there are zero media coverage here). We had our own political Commonwealth Games. But there was only one edition in 1960 which was very orignaly called "Jeux de la Communauté" (no translation needed I think )

WP is safe because it's part of FINA. If it had it's own federation (like some WP enthousiasts wish for), it would be the one to go.

We already have a woman skateborading qualification thread.

Indeed. People have forgoten that, but when Wrestling was cut, the second sport following whith the most votes to be excluded was Field Hockey.

Beaucoup de premières historiques durant ces mondiaux - Première médaille dans une épreuve olympique pour le plongeon - Première fois que la France remporte 4 titres en individuel dans le bassin - Première fois que la France remporte 4 titres dans des épreuves olympiques en natation - Meilleur résultat de l'histoire en championnat du monde pour les poloïstes Et aussi 4 unes de l'Equipe pour la natation !

You really have a deep problem with the country south of your coasts. Maybe you should start seeing someone or something.

Apparently, the Games costed 67 M€ to host, not a small amount for a country like RDC.

We are always talking about the exclusion of multiple sports from the Olympics like it's a nothing problem, but the reality for the last 20 years is that IOC seems incapable of cutting sports.

The only solutions that exist are radicals : e.g. splitting the summer OG, going for a more lose organisation like the European Championships, this kind of things.

I'm assuming Indian media rights have allready been sold for 2028 (if anyone can confirm) and in any case, IOC will bank the extra revenues, not LA 2028. From a Los Angeles point, there is little to nothing to gain, and there is a cricket stadium to built somewhere... Make little sense tbh. And the quotas issue makes it literraly impossible.

Is there any test left to be made from 2016 ?

86, j'ai été mauvaise langue...

Ouais, leurs articles sur les forces en présence sont bien foutus : Les concours : https://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?newsid=19376 Les courses : https://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?newsid=19377

C'est pas faux, l'athlé resterait une exception dans les sports individuels.

Actually, there might an even more accurate way of doing things ; counting how many different athletes/teams has won a medal in an olympic event during the olympic cycle (so not exactly the last WC medals table, nor the total medals one which counts the same athletes/teams over and over) Apparently, this is how the french national sport agency is estimating the country medals chances. This cycle, they found out 107 podiums, and they assume a 50% convertion rate during the olympics (so 53-54 medals overall). Here @Sindo, some works for you for your hollidays

That's fantastic ! I have an immense respect for these guys who are fighting their way to the top level of their sport for almost 10 years in a complete media blackout.

Les poloïstes qui battent les USA. Ils sont assurés de leur meilleur résultat en championnat du monde de leur histoire Feront-ils plus de 60 caractères dans l'Equipe cela dit ? Là, est la question.

C'est un phénomène qui risque de durer un peu... Aux récents Euros U23, les qualifiés homme sur les épreuves individuelles devaient être ~ 2 fois plus nombreux que leurs homologues féminines. C'est un problème très marqué en athlétisme récemment, mais c'est un peu commun à l'ensemble du sport français.

It isn't Tokyo 2020 Gracenote % off Totallympics % off 36 48 33 % 37 3 % 33 42 27 % 42 27 % 58 60 3 % 59 2 % 40 41 3 % 36 10 % 71 68 4 % 73 3 % 37 35 5 % 43 16 % 46 40 13 % 48 4 % 113 96 15 % 100 12 % 64 52 19 % 53 17 % 89 66 26 % 96 8 % Average off 14,89 % 10,17 %