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Taiwan beat Japan 4-0 to win the Premier 12 . Monumental upset and one of the greatest moments in Taiwanese baseball history. People are going crazy on the streets back in Taiwan. Getting a bit emotional myself to be honest. This will hopefully do wonders for the sports development in Taiwan.

Doll is retired

Medal matches are set for Sunday: Bronze Medal Match: United States vs. Venezuela Gold Medal Match: Taiwan vs. Japan

D'accord

Earlier today, Taiwan beat the USA Of course it's far from the best US team but it's still a big deal for Taiwanese baseball

Canada Team Size Prediction for Winter Olympic Games 2026 Milano Cortina Ski Sports Alpine Skiing (13) - That's been the team size the last couple of Olympics so it's a safe bet again. Cross Country Skiing (10) - Not too familiar with the qualification system. Probably around 6 men and 4 women. Ski Jumping (5) - Loutitt, Strate and Maurer for sure on the women's side. Possibly a 4th will qualify. On the men's side, if Bowd-Clowes returns, then he should also qualify. Nordic Combined (0) - Been a nonexistent sport for a while. No athletes competing in the World Cup or Continental Cup. Freestyle Skiing (32) - Should qualify a team in mixed aerials which means a maximum team size of 32 athletes. Which athletes in which disciplines to be determined. Snowboarding (24) - Full teams in slopestyle and big air. Then somewhere between 1-4 athletes in the other disciplines. Biathlon (6) - Based on the Nations Cup last year, the men finished outside the top 20 and wouldn't qualify a relay team (and that's without Russia and Belarus). With Christian Gow's retirement, that makes things even more difficult. Women's relay should still qualify though. Ski Mountaineering (1) - Gonna be optimistic here and say that one athlete will qualify either through the World Rankings or continental quota. Skating Sports Speed Skating (16) - 7 to 8 men, 8 to 9 women. For now, I'll say 8 of each gender. Short Track Speed Skating (10) - Full team size. With the current skill level of the team, anything else would be a tragedy. Figure Skating (12) - Most likely 1 man (I hope) and 1 woman, then 2-3 pairs and 2-3 ice dance couples. For now, let's say 2 in pairs and 3 in ice dance. Sleigh Sports Luge (7) - 2 women + 1 entry in each of the other disciplines Skeleton (4) - 1 or 2 men + 2 or 3 women Bobsleigh (14) - 2 men's crews (in both events) and 3 women's crews (in both events) Team Sports Curling (12) - Full team or else you might as well burn the federation to the ground. Ice Hockey (48) - Both men's and women's teams already qualified Total Optimistic Prediction - (229) Total Pessimistic Prediction - (184) Total Realistic Prediction - (214)

With the World Cup season in most of the winter sports about to begin and qualification in some sports already underway, I think it's about time for this thread. Template ... Team Size Prediction for Winter Olympic Games 2026 Milano Cortina Ski Sports Alpine Skiing () - Cross Country Skiing () - Ski Jumping () - Nordic Combined () - Freestyle Skiing () - Snowboarding () - Biathlon () - Ski Mountaineering () - Skating Sports Speed Skating () - Short Track Speed Skating () - Figure Skating () - Sleigh Sports Luge () - Skeleton () - Bobsleigh () - Team Sports Curling () - Ice Hockey () - Total Optimistic Prediction - () Total Pessimistic Prediction - () Total Realistic Prediction - ()

Dubreuil kicks off the World cup with a silver medal in the 500m

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