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Day 5 (November 13) Results: Group A: Puerto Rico 2-5 Venezuela Mexico 8-6 Netherlands Group B: Australia 3-9 Japan Dominican Republic 6-1 Korea 3-6 Taiwan Day 6 (November 14) Results: Group A: Netherlands 0-11 Venezuela Puerto Rico 3-4 Panama United States 12-2 Mexico USA and Venezuela advance to the Super Round Group B: Cuba 4-8 South Korea Taiwan 2-1 Dominican Republic Day 7 (November 15) Results: Dominican Republic 0-5 Australia South Korea 3-6 Japan Day 8 (November 16) Results: Australia 3-4 Cuba Japan 3-1 Taiwan Dominican Republic 6-9

We could do a breakdown of Canada's medal chances by sport. Overall, I'd say Canada is in line to win a number of medals in the high 20's. Alpine Skiing: Not too familiar with this sport but we did win 3 medals in Olympic events at the last World Championships and skiers like James Crawford, Cameron Alexander and Valerie Grenier are capable of making podiums on the World Cup. 0-3 medals would be the likely range here. Biathlon: The program is declining. At this point, the better question is whether or not we can qualify both the men's and womens' relays. Bobsleigh: Another declining sport. The men's team is completely existent following Justin Kripps retirement. On the women's side, maybe 1 medal is possible. Cross-Country Skiing: Antoine Cyr would be the most likely candidate to medal in this sport. He was 10th in the overall world cup standings last year and it'll be interesting to see if he can improve on that. 0 medals is still likely though. Curling: 3 medals will be the expectation but Canada has underperformed greatly at the last 2 Olympics so who knows. Figure Skating: Possible medals in pairs, ice dance and the team event. If Russia is back, then the medal chances greatly decrease. Freestyle Skiing: As always, many medal contenders across almost all disciplines. Around 8 medals should be the expectation here. Ice Hockey: With the supposed return of NHL players to the Olympics, the expectation will be two gold medals or there'll be riots. Luge: Likely to be a young team sent to the games. Maybe a medal chance in 2030 but not here. Nordic Combined: I'll eat a sock if we qualify an athlete in Nordic Combined Short Track: Lot's of potential for medals here. The men's team has been on fire to start the season with William Dandjinou looking like the best skater on the planet right now. Women's team is not as strong but also has some potential for medals. The minimum should be 3 medals with 8-10 medals possible if everything goes right. Skeleton: Hallie Clarke is the reigning world champion but skeleton is pretty unpredictable so who knows. No chance on the men's side. Ski Jumping: For the first time in probably ages, a legitimate medal in ski jumping is realistic thanks to Alexandria Loutitt and Abigail Strate. A medal in ski jumping would currently be my biggest wish. Ski Mountaineering: No chance here. Snowboarding: As always, the slopestyle and big air events will provide the biggest chances of medals for Canada. Grondin in snowboard cross also looks like the current favourite. Maybe a chance in women's halfpipe as well. Some surprise medals in some other events are also possible. Speed Skating: The team is getting older but the top skaters are still capable of winning medals. Improving on the 5 medals won in Beijing should be a realistic expectation.

Day 4 (November 12) Results: Group A: Panama 3-9 United States Netherlands 20-8 Puerto Rico Group B: Australia 3-9 Japan Dominican Republic 6-1 Korea 3-6 Taiwan Standings

And yet another version is out . This time with some more noticeable changes. 20241031_MiCo2026 Comp Schedule Version 7.pdf Ice Hockey: Women's semifinals moved from the Rho Arena to the Santa Giulia Arena Women's gold medal game moved up to a 19:10 start time (was previous 20:10) Speed Skating: Most of the events have had their session cut by somewhere between 5 and 30 minutes. Start times remain the same Figure Skating: Looks like the order of events in team event is now: Ice Dance -> Pairs -> Women. Women were previously listed first. Alpine Skiing: Downhill portion of the team combined cut by 45 minutes 1st Run of the Giant Slalom and Slalom events cut by 30 minutes Ski Mountaineering: Sprint heats extended by 8 minutes. Finals session extended by 13 minutes Ski Jumping: All sessions shortened by 5 to 15 minutes

Detailed Competition schedule with start times is out 20241031_MiCo2026 Para Comp Schedule Version 4.pdf

Qualification for the 2026 World Baseball Classic has been announced. There'll be 2 qualification Pools and 4 teams in each with the top 2 teams in each pool advancing to the 2026 WBC. As a fan of international baseball, words cannot describe how disappointed I am. We are coming off arguably the greatest international baseball tournament in history in 2023 and we are cutting the number of teams in the qualification round from 12 to 8 teams . How do you expect to grow baseball like that? Teams like Argentina and Pakistan have been on the rise but now they won't have the chance to qualify. Taipei Qualification Pool (Feb. 21-25, 2025) Nicaragua South Africa Spain Taiwan Tucson Qualification Pool (Mar. 2-6, 2025) Brazil China Colombia Germany

Day 2 (November 10) Results: Venezuela 2-4 Panama Netherlands 2-12 United States Mexico 7-5 Puerto Rico Day 3 (November 11) Results: United States 3-5 Venezuela Panama 3-2 Mexico Standings

I think there's a real possibility we don't qualify a mens relay team for 2026. The women should be fine I think.

CANADA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST Continent - North America Population: 41.29 million Capital: Ottawa TISC Appearances 19 TISC Open Appearances 11 TISC Annual Appearances 8 National Records Overall Best Finish 1st National Record Points 172 pts National Record Average 4.85 PPJ National Record Points Streak 5 National Record Medal Streak 2 National Records Open Best Finish 2nd National Record Points 165 pts National Record Average 4.85 PPJ National Record Points Streak 5 National Records Annual Best Finish 1st National Record Points 172 pts National Record Average 4.78 PPJ National Record Points Streak 5 Overall Medals 2 1 1 TISC Annual 2020 TISC Annual 2021 TISC Open 2020 TISC Open 2016 Canada - List of All TISC Entries Edition Contest Host Artist - Song Rank Points Juror(s) #1 TISC Open 2013 Ireland Michael Bublé - Close Your Eyes 5th 150 pts Canada4thewin, olympicsfan97, juddy96, intoronto #2 TISC Annual 2014 Mexico Tegan and Sara - Closer 12th 85 pts ? #3 TISC Open 2014 Serbia Arcade Fire - Wake Up 14th 93 pts ? #4 TISC Annual 2015 Denmark Hedley - Crazy For You 18th 59 pts ? #5 TISC Open 2015 Ireland Did Not Participate - - - #6 TISC Annual 2016 Slovakia Alessia Cara - Wild Things 11th 105 pts intoronto, juddy96, #7 TISC Open 2016 Lithuania Bryan Adams - Run To You 3rd 135 pts Canada4thewin #8 TISC Annual 2017 Great Britain The Weekend - False Alarm 31st 29 pts intoronto #9 TISC Open 2017 Tunisia K.D. Lang - Hallelujah 7th 111 pts intoronto #10 TISC Annual 2018 Brazil Drake - Passionfruit 37th 25 pts intoronto #11 TISC Open 2018 United States The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon 23rd 55 pts intoronto #12 TISC Annual 2019 Mexico Did Not Participate - - - #13 TISC Open 2019 Denmark Bryan Adams - Here I Am 16th 74 pts intoronto #14 TISC Annual 2020 Croatia Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You 1st 151 pts intoronto #15 TISC Open 2020 Netherlands MAGIC! - Rude 2nd 165 pts intoronto #16 TISC Annual 2021 Poland The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 1st 172 pts intoronto #17 TISC Open 2021 Israel Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway 14th 82 pts intoronto #18 TISC Annual 2022 Hungary The Weeknd - Take My Breath 13th 94 pts intoronto #19 TISC Open 2022 Czech Republic Nikki Yanofsky - I Believe 23rd 69 pts intoronto #20 TISC Annual 2023 Spain Did Not Participate - - - #21 TISC Open 2023 United States Justin Bieber - Sorry 14th 85 pts intoronto #22 TISC Annual 2024 Italy Did Not Participate - - - #23 TISC Open 2024 Great Britain Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway 17th 83 pts Topicmaster1010 Most Successful Canadian Entry

Detailed final standings. Rows represent songs, columns represent juries. Rank Nation Points FRA SWE IRL GRE SLO NZL ITA MLT POL DEN USA TUR ARG CHN INA ESP GUA MEX NED ALB POR GBR IND CZE ROU CAN TUN LTU SRB CHI BUL MDA BRA HUN 1 Czech Republic 160 11 8 12 4 11 12 12 9 9 11 11 8 10 11 9 12 2 Sweden 157 7 2 12 12 3 10 11 6 6 8 7 12 9 8 10 10 12 12 3 Albania 116 10 9 1 11 4 4 9 11 10 11 11 12 6 7 4 France 113 4 8 12 12 10 12 7 4 4 9 2 7 11 1 10 5 Greece 112 1 6 9 10 5 9 1 10 10 9 4 12 5 6 5 10 6 United States 109 9 2 9 3 10 11 2 10 5 12 1 1 3 12 8 11 7 Argentina 106 12 3 11 6 1 9 2 12 8 10 2 4 5 6 7 7 1 8 Denmark 103 7 9 7 11 9 9 3 3 10 8 12 6 9 9 Ireland 96 1 5 7 7 4 8 11 8 6 7 9 1 8 8 4 2 10 Spain 94 4 9 11 11 7 11 5 1 9 7 5 11 3 11 Bulgaria 93 10 5 2 6 8 7 3 5 10 11 6 5 2 6 4 3 12 Guatemala 93 2 6 8 10 5 5 5 9 7 8 4 1 11 8 4 13 Poland 90 10 12 2 10 3 11 2 12 12 2 9 5 14 Hungary 89 11 11 7 9 4 5 8 10 7 7 1 9 15 China 88 1 5 1 1 11 3 11 1 4 1 5 3 3 4 7 10 4 7 6 16 Chile 87 3 4 7 5 10 7 10 7 1 1 11 11 2 3 5 17 Canada 83 10 10 1 4 9 2 8 8 6 4 8 2 8 3 18 Mexico 83 12 12 6 12 7 4 10 2 4 3 5 6 19 Netherlands 76 5 4 1 12 12 1 5 11 6 1 10 8 20 Brazil 72 5 4 3 6 5 10 6 2 1 8 5 3 2 10 2 21 Lithuania 67 3 3 5 8 6 5 6 9 7 11 4 22 Tunisia 63 8 6 1 6 8 5 9 4 3 2 11 23 India 62 7 6 8 8 3 4 2 6 6 12 24 Romania 61 2 8 11 7 5 1 6 9 9 3 25 Great Britain 58 6 7 5 3 10 11 2 5 9 26 Slovenia 58 2 8 2 12 12 9 12 1 27 Italy 45 2 4 1 7 6 10 4 9 2 28 Serbia 44 3 3 9 1 7 12 8 1 29 Moldova 32 9 6 3 2 8 4 30 New Zealand 31 4 3 8 7 4 2 3 31 Indonesia 31 6 8 2 2 1 12 32 Malta 29 5 4 3 3 7 7 33 Turkey 26 10 6 1 3 6 34 Portugal 25 12 2 3 2 1 5

Congratulations to on your medals! Thanks @Cinnamon Bun for organizing And thanks everyone for providing a great days worth of entertainment. It was a lot of fun. Already looking forward to the next edition!

Congrats on getting the Canadian medal

You couldn't have scripted a better finish to the contest

Canada in complete free fall this session

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I got 69 points for Mexico. Did you forget to 4 points from Indonesia or Portugal by any chance?

Meanwhile, here's some notable changes in the standings during the 3rd session. Poland, France and Greece all had big gains while Mexico, Denmark and Tunisia did not fare so well. Poland: +13 France: +13 Greece: +11 Spain: +4 Guatemala: +1 United States: -1 Argentina: -2 Bulgaria: -2 Canada: -4 Ireland: -4 Chile: -5 Mexico: -7 Denmark: -9 Tunisia: -12

Yeah, you're right. I found the error. Thanks

I'll help with the standings TOISC - GREAT BRITAIN 2024 - Juries Voted 25/34 1 Czech Republic 131 18 Denmark 58 2 Sweden 101 19 Netherlands 57 3 Greece 86 20 Brazil 54 4 Spain 80 20 China 54 5 Poland 76 22 Romania 52 6 United States 75 22 Tunisia 52 7 Argentina 74 22 Lithuania 52 8 Canada 72 25 Slovenia 45 9 Guatemala 70 26 Great Britain 42 10 Mexico 69 27 Serbia 35 10 France 69 28 Italy 30 12 Chile 68 29 Moldova 28 12 Bulgaria 68 30 New Zealand 26 14 Ireland 64 31 Malta 22 15 India 62 32 Turkey 20 16 Hungary 60 33 Indonesia 19 16 Albania 60 33 Portugal 19

Canada Greece 12 Great Britain 11 Hungary 10 Romania 9 Sweden 8 Ireland 7 Netherlands 6 Bulgaria 5 China 4 Turkey 3 Poland 2 United States 1 And that completes the results of the votes from the Canadian National Jury. Good luck to all the participants and have a great rest of the day!

Anyone want to guess the 12 points? Hint: Not an english song

Canada Great Britain 11 Hungary 10 Romania 9 Sweden 8 Ireland 7 Netherlands 6 Bulgaria 5 China 4 Turkey 3 Poland 2 United States 1

Greetings from Canada! On behalf of the Canadian delegation I would like to thank our hosts for organizing another fun TISC Grand Final Day. It's an honour to finally be able to join the TISC family! And what a great competition to start with. There were many great songs this year and it was hard to pick out just 12 songs to give points to. Without further ado, these are the results of the votes of the Canadian National Jury.... Canada Hungary 10 Romania 9 Sweden 8 Ireland 7 Netherlands 6 Bulgaria 5 China 4 Turkey 3 Poland 2 United States 1

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