heywoodu

I believe in the Dutch forum the small European nations are not eligible but what the heck, feel free to choose them

You could go for the option I explained to Josh a couple posts earlier: choose one as your nation and keep the other as "second nation" unless someone else comes around to claim it

The big guy is missing after all

It might not be "exotic" enough but given your nationality there might be an exception

First I'd say everyone chooses 1 nation, but given the fact we don't have that many active users, it might be possible to choose 2 or 3. How about choosing a "1st priority" (and so on) when you choose multiple nations, so if someone else comes and really wants a nation you have, they can take it? Example, you post: 1. Tuvalu 2. Cook Islands 3. Vanuatu Shortly after, someone desperately wants to do Cook Islands (let's say for personal reasons), so this person is still allowed to take it Basically I think we shouldn't be too strict - after all it's just for fun and it's not like we have 150 active users - and on the other hand we also shouldn't have 5+ nations for one user. Of course when the Olympics are coming close and nations are still up for grabs, feel free to pick them up

After one and a half month on the new Totallympics, I must say it's going very well I think Of course it's still a huge shame so much was lost, but it is again as active as it was before and that's great to see

I found more This thread on the Dutch forum often has these GIF's made by the users there http://forum.fok.nl/topic/2291933

Van Rijthoven is sort of our last hope for now, the rest is so incredibly mentally weak. Haase is one of the most annoying players to watch...if he misses one point, he starts complaining to the umpire and doing all kind of weird stuff. I remember him at Rosmalen (I believe) a few years ago, someone was playing some music outside of the stadium and he didn't like it, so all of a sudden, he shouted: "AAAH TURN OFF THAT MUSIC!!!!!" This has become a famous meme on a Dutch forum ever since. Especially given that someone in the audience reacted with "Come on, start playing tennis."

Robin Haase should go to that ATP tournament, hoping that most top players are either at the Olympics or taking a rest

Personally on the Dutch forum I've chosen Bhutan, assuming they'll get at least one wildcard in the archery. I'll do the same here For all future Winter Olympics, I'm hereby already claiming Brazil

For many years during every Olympics we have a special thread on the main Dutch forum. In this thread, people choose one small or exotic nation and introduce them to the rest, support them during the Olympics and keep people updated on how they're doing. This way the small nations don't go through the Olympics without any kind of attention and we learn more about the lesser-known nations and athletes It's a bit hard to give exact criteria of which nations are eligible, obviously powerhouses like the USA, China, Russia etc are not. For starters, let's make these criteria: - Countries with more than 50 athletes in Rio are not eligible - Countries that reached the top-30 of the 2008 or 2012 Olympics are not eligible - Countries with a big medal favourite are "reserves", when all or most other countries are taken (for example Grenada with Kirani James or Fiji with their rugby team, if they even stay under 50 athletes which doesn't seem likely anyway) Many nations that have a bit more than 50 athletes or that have one or two medal candidates are up for debate of course. Imagine a user from Grenada here, he or she would be more than welcome to take Grenada even though they have a big medal favourite. Same thing goes if you have specific personal reasons for a certain country (apart from the obvious countries, those are just off-limits for this). Feel free to share your opinion on this or, in case you already like it, simply choose a nation Nation List Andorra - Jur (1st choice) Angola - JoshMartini007 (1st choice) Bahamas - tuniscof (2nd choice) Bangladesh - Benolympique (1st choice) Belize - mrv86 (1st choice) Bhutan - heywoodu Burundi - KhanBeaver Comores - bestmen (1st choice) Cook Islands - Wanderer (1st choice) Costa Rica - Agger Cote d'Ivoire - OlympicIRL (1st choice) DR Congo - amen09 (2nd choice) Ecuador - hckosice (1st choice) Eritrea - rybak (2nd choice) Gabon - IoNuTzZ (3rd choice) Guam - Jur (2nd choice) Guatemala - amen09 (3rd choice) Guinea-Bissau - vinipereira Honduras - Henry_Leon (2nd choice) Iceland - OIympicIRL (3rd choice) Kiribati - africaboy (2nd choice) Kosovo - tuniscof (1st choice) Laos - Griff88 (1st choice) Lebanon - carivan Liechtenstein - dcro (3rd choice) Luxembourg - IoNuTzZ (1st choice) Maldives - bestmen (2nd choice) Mauritania - Gianlu33 Mauritius - OlympicIRL (2nd choice) Micronesia - ahjfcshfghb Nauru - Crolympic Nepal - Wanderer (3rd choice) Nicaragua - hckosice (2nd choice) Oman - mrv86 (3rd choice) Palau - dcro (1st choice) Palestine - Malik (1st choice) Panama - Henry_Leon (1st choice) Papoa New Guinea - tuniscof (3rd choice) Paraguay - Pabloffo Rwanda - uk12points Saint Kitts and Nevis - IoNuTzZ (2nd choice) Saint Lucia - ofan Samoa - africaboy (1st choice) San Marino - Pavlo (1st choice) Sao Tome and Principe - mrv86 (2nd choice) Senegal - amen09 (1st choice) Seychelles - Wanderer (2nd choice) Somalia - rybak (3rd choice) Timor-Leste - Griff88 (2nd choice) Tonga - Jur (3rd choice) Turkmenistan - LDOG Tuvalu - rybak (1st choice) Zimbabwe - dcro (2nd choice) - Countries that have "1st choice" behind the username are not available anymore, just like countries that only have the username without "xx choice". Countries with "2nd choice" or "3rd choice" are still available to pick up as your first choice.

I think for many players the Olympics is a good chance to take a rest, just like in golf..

Now hold on a minute, I still think Felix has a more than decent chance to beat Schippers The bookmakers say Schippers has around 60-65% chance to win the gold, but honestly I don't agree with that. Mostly because the track in Beijing was so insanely fast, that crazy time there doesn't mean that much (of course it means something though) and because Felix has always shown to be at her absolute best when it matters most, basically for the past 10 years or so. It's nice that Schippers showed her best at World Champs, but the Olympics is a whole different level of pressure and where Felix has shown to not give a damn about that, Schippers first will have to prove that. Of course I agree that if nothing weird happens, Schippers, Felix and probably Thompson should win the three medals, but I don't think Schippers is such a huge favorite as people think she is. Bookmakers have odds of 4.50 for Schippers not winning a gold medal and personally I would bet some money on that if they would let me bet more than a crappy 5 euro. And about the 400m: I might see Semenya improve to 50.0 or something within the next few months, but getting to sub-49.5 doesn't seem like something I expect her to do (and I do expect Felix to do so).

Those times for one athlete are already crazy in itself, but to make things crazier: did you notice that she ran those three times back-to-back-to-back in only 4 hours at the S-A Championships? I really don't see her win 400m gold by the way if she keeps going like this (there's still a huge difference between a 50.half and a 49.half which will probably be the very least to win gold or even silver). Her 1500m would worry me a lot more than her 400m to be honest, as the Olympic 1500m final probably isn't gonna be a "speed race".

During the Youth Olympics in 2014 I had predicted Santana would go for a medal in the 100 free this year. Unfortunately it seems his development came to a bit of a halt since then (despite the semi-final in Beijing last year) so that's not gonna happen, but it's really good to see he will represent Brazil in the 4x100

Only 16 spots available in the entire Olympic competition yet there can be 3 per nation? Edit: Right, I guess not everyone competing at the test event is there to secure Olympic qualification, but a handful is there just to check out Rio or something.

Jacques Riparelli might easily be the sensation of the Olympics (On a serious note, it looks great!)

Thanks No, rugby and golf aren't counted (just like Kosovo and South Sudan aren't counted).

I sort of like Ducati, but Lorenzo is so damn boring... I'm afraid Viñales will go to Yamaha in his place, but I really, really hope he stays at Suzuki and keeps improving himself and the team..

You forgot the Netherlands and handball by the way

True, so in that case World League should stay. I like that one because it has different levels of competition and as far as I know, countries can be promoted and relegated or at least move to higher divisions (correct me if I'm wrong). But having World Cup, Olympics, Champions Trophy and World League (apart from continental stuff) just takes away the value of a major win. Nice, winning the Champions Trophy, but if you lose...meh, you'll get another chance for a major win next time.

Myanmar with athletes from 1999 and 2000, as always in every sport

I don't quite get what you're meaning with that last part They're the field hockey organization, so I suppose it's logical that they want to make their sport more popular as any sports federation would want? Personally I don't even see the need for a Global League or World League or Champions Trophy or whatever. We have the Olympics and we have the World Cup and that's enough.

Sneaky little tailwhip in that second video