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TEAM CANADA Manager: Ernie Whitt Pitchers: Andrew Albers (Unattached, ) Philippe Aumont (Unattached, ) John Axford (Unattached, ) Matt Brash (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Mitch Bratt (Down East Wood Ducks - TEX A, CL, ) Trevor Brigden (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Indigo Diaz (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders - NYY AAA, IL, ) R.J. Freure (Lincoln Saltdogs, AAPB, ) Adam Loewen (Unattached, ) Scott Mathieson (Unattached, ) Nick Pivetta (Boston Red Sox, MLB, ) Evan Rutckyj (Melbourne Aces, ABL, ) Cal Quantrill (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Noah Skirrow (Lehigh Valley IronPigs - PHI AAA, IL, ) Cade Smith (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Curtis Taylor (Iowa Cubs - CHC AAA, IL, ) Rob Zastryzny (Indianapolis Indians - PIT AAA, IL, ) Catchers: Kellin Deglan (Unattached, ) Bo Naylor (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Andy Yerzy (Unattached, ) Infielders: Freddie Freeman (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Edouard Julien (Minnesota Twins, MLB, ) Otto Lopez (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, ) Damiano Palmegiani (Vancouver Canadians - TOR A+, NWL, ) Abraham Toro (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, ) Jared Young (Iowa Cubs - CHC AAA, IL, ) Outfielders: Owen Caissie (South Bend Cubs - CHC A+, ML, ) Denzel Clarke (Oakland Athletics, MLB, ) Tyler O'Neill (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Jacob Robson (Melbourne Aces, ABL, )

TEAM UNITED STATES Manager: Mark DeRosa Pitchers: Jason Adam (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Daniel Bard (Colorado Rockies, MLB, ) David Bednar (Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, ) Nestor Cortés Jr. (New York Yankees, MLB, ) Kendall Graveman (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Merrill Kelly (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, ) Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Lance Lynn (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Miles Mikolas (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Adam Ottavino (New York Mets, MLB, ) Ryan Pressly (Houston Astros, MLB, ) Brooks Raley (New York Mets, MLB, ) Brady Singer (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Adam Wainwright (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Devin Williams (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, ) Catchers: Kyle Higashioka (New York Yankees, MLB, ) J.T. Realmuto (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Will Smith (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Infielders: Pete Alonso (New York Mets, MLB, ) Tim Anderson (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Nolan Arenado (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Paul Goldschmidt (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Trea Turner (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Outfielders: Mookie Betts (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Jeff McNeil (New York Mets, MLB, ) Cedric Mullins (Baltimore Orioles, MLB, ) Kyle Schwarber (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Mike Trout (c) (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, ) Kyle Tucker (Houston Astros, MLB, )

TEAM TAIWAN Manager: Lin Yueh-Ping Pitchers: Chen Kuan-Wei (Wei Chuan Dragons, CPBL, ) Chen Kuan-Yu (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Chen Shih-Peng (Fubon Guardians, CPBL, ) Chen Yu-Hsun (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Chiang Shao-Ching (Fubon Guardians, CPBL, ) Hu Chih-Wei (Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, CPBL, ) Huang Tzu-Peng (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Lee Chen-Chang (C.C) (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Lu Yen-Ching (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Sung Chia-Hao (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, NPB, ) Teng Kai-Wei (Richmond Flying Squirrels - SF AA, EL, ) Tseng Jen-Ho (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Tseng Chun-Yueh (Fubon Guardians, CPBL, ) Wang Wei-Chung (Wei Chuan Dragons, CPBL, ) Catchers: Giljegiljaw Kungkuan (Wei Chuan Dragons, CPBL, ) Kao Yu-Chieh (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Lin Dai-An (Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, CPBL, ) Infielders: Chang Yu-Cheng (Unattached, ) Cheng Tsung-Che (Bradenton Marauders - PIT A, FSL, ) Chiang Kun-Yu (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Fan Kuo-Chen (Fubon Guardians, CPBL, ) Lin Li (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Lin Tzu-Wei (Auckland Tuatara, ABL, ) Wang Wei Chen (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Wu Nien-Ting (Saitama Seibu Lions, NPB, ) Outfielders: Chen Chen-Wei (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Chen Chieh-Hsien (Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, CPBL, ) Cheng Chin (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Kuo Tien-Hsin (Wei Chuan Dragons, CPBL, ) Wang Po-Jung (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, NPB, )

I have more bad news. Also no Nick Vespi for Italy as well. Doesn't surprise me that the pirates would do something like this despite their team not being competitive. Their owner doesn't have a heart. Not surprised about Correa. His health has been a talking point all off-season. Dominican starting rotation also starting to be a concern as Luis Castillo, Wandy Peralta, and Luis Severino all didn't get permission to play and now it doesn't look like Framber Valdez will play either. Taiwan will also be without one of their best pitchers, Chang Yi, due to shoulder inflammation.

If anyone was wondering what happened to Markus Thormeyer this past year https://swimswam.com/two-time-canadian-olympian-markus-thormeyer-gets-doping-ban-after-sharing-a-water-bottle/

Final rosters will be finalized on February 7th and MLB Network will have a roster reveal show on February 9th at 7:00 pm (19:00) EST

You can find a breakdown for Canada here.

Yeah, these rankings are definitely been a lot better than last year. Hoping to see a certain Canadian at #1 in the women's rankings!

Josh Johnson also hurt. Disaster of a game

No need to worry. It'll be Bengals vs. 49ers.

So for those who missed it, I simulated every quota for the upcoming olympics which you can find here. @Josh I believe you wanted a breakdown for the Canadian team and I will do that below. Team Size: 300 # of Sports Qualified In: 36 Archery (2): As is tradition, Canada is currently projected to qualify one athlete in each gender. Eric Peters and Stephanie Barrett are currently the highest ranked Canadian archers. Peters would qualify through the reallocated mixed team quotas and Barrett would qualify through the Pan-American games. Athletics (51): This is roughly around the number which Canada usually qualifies in athletics. Here's a breakdown of all the athletes below: Men (24): Mohammed Ahmed - 5000m, 10000m (Achieved Entry Standard in both events) Marco Arop - 800m (Achieved Entry Standard) Jerome Blake - 100m, Men's 200m (Achieved Entry Standard in both events) Aaron Brown - 200m (Achieved Entry Standard in 200m, 10th in 100m World Rankings) Andre de Grasse - 100m (29th in World Rankings) Jean-Simon Desgagnes - 3000m Steeplechase (27th in World Rankings) Evan Dunfee- 20km Race Walk (15th in World Rankings) John Gay - 3000m Steeplechase (23rd in World Rankings) Rowan Hamilton - Hammer Throw (23rd in World Rankings) Trevor Hofbauer - Marathon (264th in World Rankings) Adam Keenan - Hammer Throw (18th in World Rankings) Pierce Lepage - Decathlon (Achieved Entry Standard) Cameron Levins - Marathon (Achieved Entry Standard) Rory Linkletter - Marathon (258th in World Rankings) Django Lovett - High Jump (4th in World Rankings) Brandon McBride - 800m (41st in World Rankings) Malik Metivier - 400m Hurdles (42nd in World Rankings) William Paulson - 1500m (41st in World Rankings) Charles Philibert-Thiboutot - 1500m, 5000m (34th in 1500m World Rankings, 55th in 5000m World Rankings) Cameron Proceviat - 1500m (49th in World Rankings) Brendon Rodney - 200m (32nd in World Rankings) Ryan Smeeton - 3000m Steeplechase (39th in World Rankings) Benjamin Thorne - 20km Race Walk (50th in World Rankings) Damian Warner - Decathlon (Achieved Entry Standard) Women (24): Khamica Bingham - 100m (58th in World Rankings) Lindsey Butterworth - 800m (23rd in World Rankings) Kyra Constantine - 400m (40th in World Rankings) Gabriela Debues-Stafford - 1500m (Achieved Entry Standard) Malindi Elmore - Marathon (Achieved Entry Standard) Crystal Emmanuel - 100m (78th in World Rankings) Lauren Gale - 200m, 400m (59th in 200m World Rankings, 55th in 400m World Rankings) Elizabeth Gleadle - Javelin Throw (10th in World Rankings) Michelle Harrison - 100m Hurdles (Achieved Entry Standard) Natalia Hawthorn - 1500m (65th in World Rankings) Madeleine Kelly - 800m (36th in World Rankings) Ceili McCabe - 3000m Steeplechase (37th in World Rankings) Natassha McDonald - 200m, 400m (64th in 200m World Rankings, 47th in 400m World Rankings) Sarah Mitton - Shot Put (Achieved Entry Standard) Christabel Nettey - Long Jump (16th in World Rankings) Anicka Newell - Pole Vault (33rd in World Rankings) Alysha Newman - Pole Vault (26th in World Rankings) Camryn Rogers - Hammer Throw (Achieved Entry Standard) Leslie Sexton - Marathon (169th in World Rankings) Jazz Shukla - 800m (49th in World Rankings) Lucia Stafford - 1500m (43rd in World Rankings) Jillian Weir - Hammer Throw (10th in World Rankings) Natasha Wodak - Marathon (Achieved Entry Standard) Regan Yee- 3000m Steeplechase (35th in World Rankings) +3 additional relay athletes for the Men's 4x100m, Women's 4x100m, and Women's 4x400m relays Obviously, if healthy, De Grasse will also be entered in the 200m event. Ethan Katzberg just missed the hammer throw qualification by one spot in the world rankings. Badminton (8): Just like in Tokyo, the simulation has Canada qualifying one athlete in every discipline. Brian Yang and Michelle Li are currently ranked 21st and 14th in their respective singles events and both would qualify through the world rankings easily. In the doubles events, Canad benefits from being the best badminton nation in the Americas and they only earned their quotas in men's and mixed doubles because of the need to have a representative from the Americas. Simulated pairs are Adam Dong/Nyl Yakura in men's doubles, Rachel Honderich/Kristen Tsai in women's doubles, and Ty Lindeman/Josephine Wu in mixed doubles. Basketball (12): Women's team should have no problem qualifying. Unfortunately, the men do not qualify in the simulation because Argentina is still ranked as the 2nd best nation from the Americas. Personally, I'm optimistic that the men can get the job done this time. By biggest qualification wish is for them to qualify. 3x3 Basketball (4): After a stellar season, the women's 3x3 basketball team is predicted to qualify for the games. Boxing (3): Women's 54kg - Scarlett Delgado Women's 60kg - Charlie Cavanagh Women's 66kg - Tammara Thibeault Wyatt Sanford just barely missed qualifying. Breaking (1): Phil Wizard is predicted to be the lone breakdancer qualifying for Canada. I used the world championships to simulate breakdancing but couldn't find a world ranking. I believe another Canadian just missed qualifying in the men's event. Canoe Slalom (2): Florence Maheu (Women's K1) and Lois Betteridge (Women's C1) qualify as the winners of the Americas continental qualification events. No men qualify this time. Canoe Sprint (14): Canada earns quotas in both K4 and C2 events for both genders meaning they'll have at least one boat in every event. I also have Canada earning extra quotas in Women's K1 and C1. BMX (1): 1 athlete in the women's racing event. Molly Simpson is projected to earn the Americas quota. Mountain Biking (2): Through the nations rankings, Canada is projected to earn one quota in both the men's and women's events. Carter Woods and Emily Batty were the top ranked Canadians. Road Cycling (3): Through the nations rankings, Canada is projected to qualify 1 man and two women. Based on individual rankings, the quotas would go to Michael Woods, Alison Jackson, and Simone Boilard. Track Cycling (15): Through the nations rankings, Canada is projected to qualify full sprint teams for both men and women as well as 5 men's distance and 4 women's distance cyclists. This means that Canada would have entries in all the events. Diving (6): I used the most recent world championships for the diving simulation so the athletes are the same ones. Bryden Hattie in the men's 3m springboard, Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Rylan Wiens in the 10m events, Mia Vallee and Margo Erlam in the women's 3m events and Caeli McKay in the women's 10m platform. Equestrian (9): Full team in each discipline. Hopefully there won't be any disasters like last time. Fencing (8): First of all, there's a full team in both men's and women's foil. While not in the top 4, both teams qualify as the best remaining team in the Americas. There's also an additional two athletes that qualify through world rankings. Fares Arfa qualifies in the men's sabre and Gabriella Page qualifies in the women's sabre as the best ranked athletes from the Americas not in the team event. Football (18): Qualification for the women's team. Just got to beat Jamaica to get back to the Olympics. Golf (4): As is always the case, 2 per gender qualify through the world rankings. As of the time I did the simulation, the qualified golfers would be Corey Conners (34th), Mackenzie Hughes (46th), Brooke Henderson (7th), and Maude-Aimee Leblanc (146th). Artistic Gymnastics (10): Women's team already qualified. Based on the results of the 2022 World Championships, I have the men qualifying at the 2023 World Championships. Hopefully that happens. Trampoline (2): One in each gender (Jeremy Chartier and Sarah Milette) Judo (7): Mens -73kg - Arthur Margelidon (6th in World Rankings) Men's -81kg - Francois Gauthier Drapeau (15th in World Rankings) Men's -100kg - Shady Elnahas (6th in World Rankings) Women's -52kg - Kelly Deguchi (Continental Quota) Women's -57kg - Christa Deguchi (1st in World Rankings) Women's -63kg - Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (2nd in World Rankings) Women's -78kg - Coralie Godbout (Team Event Quota) Now I was informed today that I there was an olympic ranking that I missed where as I used the world rankings for these quotas . Not sure how big of a difference it makes. The only big difference I noticed was that Kyle Reyes was ranked ahead of Elnahas in the Men's -100kg event but either of them could take the quota and then there is of course, the battle in the women's -57kg class as well. Rowing (28): Quotas in men's single sculls, men's double sculls, men's eight, women's single sculls, women's pair, women's double sculls, women's eight and women's lightweight double sculls. Rugby Sevens (12): Still have the women's team qualifying despite their decline. However, they just sneak in earning a quota in the final qualification event. Men's team has no like as the United States didn't qualify through the rugby sevens series. The US will play a big factor into whether or not our teams qualify. Sailing (7): Quotas in men's dinghy (Fillah Karim), men's skiff (Arie Moffat), women's kite (Nataliya Leshko), women's dinghy (Sarah Douglas), and women's skiff (Georgia Lewin-Iafrance). The dinghy and women's skiff quotas were earned through the 2023 world championships while the other quotas were earned through the North American/Caribbean qualification event. Skateboarding (7): Now this was very interesting. The breakdown is one athlete in men's street and 3 athletes in each of the park events. There were not that many park competitions this year so the numbers could be more inflated because of that. I would expect the number to be less than 7. Sport Climbing (1): Alannah Yip finds herself returning to the games through the Americas qualifier in the women's combined boulder and lead event. Surfing (2): I used results from both the world surfing series and the world championships to make a simulation. Strong showings in the world championships from Sanoa Dempfle-Olin and Erin Brooks help them qualify in this simulation. Swimming (23): The following swimmers achieved an olympic qualifying time in 2022 (or open water quota): Men: Hau-Li Fan - 10km Open Water Finlay Knox - 200m IM Joshua Liendo - 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly Women: Mary-Sophie Harvey - 200m IM Maggie Mac Neil - 100m Butterfly Kylie Masse - 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke Summer McIntosh - 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke, 200m Butterfly, 200m IM, 400m IM Penny Oleksiak - 100m Freestyle Taylor Ruck - 200m Freestyle Katerine Savard - 100m Butterfly Ingrid Wilm - 100m Backstroke Kelsey Wog - 200m Breaststroke Additional Relay Athletes: Javier Acevedo, Sophie Angus, Jeremy Bagshaw, Stephen Calkins, James Dergousoff, Ruslan Gaziev, Ella Jansen, Yuri Kisil, Rachel Nicol, Rebecca Smith, Adam Wu Summer probably isn't going to swim all 6 events that opens the door for another female swimmer in an individual event. Notably, there are some big name IM swimmers like Sydney Pickrem, Tessa Cieplucha or even Bailey Andison that aren't listed. That would probably be a combination of the tough entry standards + Summer taking up two of the four IM spots. Table Tennis (2): 1 in each gender. Eugene Wang and Mo Zhang both qualify through the Americas events. Taekwondo (3): Men's +80kg - Marc-Andre Bergeron (Pan America Tournament) Women's -57kg - Skylar Park (5th in Olympic Rankings) Women's -67kg - Ashley Kraayeveld (Pan America Tournament) Canada also just missed a quota in the Men's -58kg event. Tennis (6): Felix Auger-Alissime (6th) and Denis Shapovalov (18th) qualify in men's singles. Leylah Fernandez (40th), Bianca Andreescu (46th), and Rebecca Marino (63rd) qualify in women's singles. Gabriella Dabrowski joins the team for the doubles event. Triathlon (4): Charles Paquet (51st) and Jeremy Briand (70th) qualify through the men's olympic rankings. Emy Legault (20th) qualifies through the women's olympic rankings and Amelie Kretz receives a reallocated quota place. This would mean that Canada would be able to enter a mixed relay team. Beach Volleyball (4): No teams in men's again. For the women, the teams were Brandie/Bukovec and Pavan/Melissa when I was gathering the data but the teams have reformed now. Either way, I still think we'll qualify two women's teams since there's also the McNamara sisters who could also qualify. Water Polo (12): Women's team. Assuming the United States qualifies through the World Championships, Canada should be able to take the Americas quota. Weightlifting (1): With quotas reduced significantly, only Maude Charron is able to qualify in the women's 59kg event. Maybe Boady Santavy could qualify too. Wrestling (6): Men's 97kg Freestyle - Nishan Randhawa (Americas Qualification Tournament) Men's 125kg Freestyle - Amarveer Dhesi (Americas Qualification Tournament) *Very close to qualifying another men's quota in an event I can't remember Women's 50kg Freestyle - Madison Parks (Americas Qualification Tournament) Women's 62kg Freestyle - Ana Godinez Gonzalez (2023 World Championships) Women's 68kg Freestyle - Linda Morais (2023 World Championships) Women's 76kg Freestyle - Justina di Stasio (Americas Qualification Tournament) Sports not qualified in: Artistic Swimming: This is a bit of a shocker but that's because we decided not to participate in many of the events at the world championships. I would expect Canada to at least qualify a duet since the US beat us at the team event during the World Championships. Field Hockey: Unfortunately, both teams were too low in the world rankings to qualify in this simulation. Maybe we'll qualify a team, maybe we won't. Could go either way. Indoor Volleyball: Men's team is on the decline. Women's team is on the rise but still not high enough in the world rankings. Could qualify, maybe not. Who knows. Handball: No way. Modern Pentathlon: Probably not. Shooting: Maybe we'll qualify an athlete.

Team Brazil *I didn't have time to cover taekwondo and wrestling so I'll try to finish the breakdown when I have time and add some more info for other sports. Archery: Marcus D'Almeida in the men's event and a women's team. D'Almeida is 5th in the world rankings and I have him qualifying through 2023 World Championships. Women's team is 11th in world rankings and I have them qualifying in the final tournament. Athletics: Men: Felipe Bardi - 100m (26th in World Rankings) Caio Bonfim - 20km Race Walk (Achieved Entry Standard) Thiago Braz - Pole Vault (Achieved Entry Standard) Erik Cardoso - 100m (44th in World Rankings) Lucas Carvalho - 400m (38th in World Rankings) Gabriel Constantino - 110m Hurdles (Achieved Entry Standard) Matheus Correa - 20km Race Walk (43rd in World Rankings) Renan Correa - 200m (Achieved Entry Standard) Luiz Mauricio da Silva - Javelin Throw (28th in World Rankings) Mateus de Sa - Triple Jump (34th in World Rankings) Daniel do Nascimento - Marathon (Achieved Entry Standard) Rodrigo do Nascimento - 100m (75th in World Rankings) Alison dos Santos - 400m Hurdles (Achieved Entry Standard) Almir dos Santos - Triple Jump (8th in World Rankings) William Dourado - Shot Put (34th in World Rankings) Fernando Ferreira - High Jump (13th in World Rankings) Jose Marcio Leao da Silva - Marathon (268th in World Rankings) Alexsandro Melo - Triple Jump (22nd in World Rankings) Welington Morais - Shot Put (21st in World Rankings) Thiago Moura - High Jump (11th in World Rankings) Paul0 Roberto Paula - Marathon (262nd in World Rankings) Rafael Pereira - 110m Hurdles (Achieved Entry Standard) Eduardo Rodrigues - 110m Hurdles (Achieved Entry Standard) Lucas Rodrigues da Silva - 200m (29th in World Rankings) Darlan Romani - Shot Put (Achieved Entry Standard) Allan Wolski - Hammer Throw (36th in World Rankings) Women: Livia Avancini - Shot Put (28th in World Rankings) Ketiley Batista - 100m Hurdles (53rd in World Rankings) Ana Carolina Azevedo - 200m (63rd in World Rankings) Vitoria Cristina Rosa - 100m, 200m (Achieved Entry Standard in both) Chayenne da Silva - 400m Hurdles (36th in World Rankings) Izabela da Silva - Discus Throw (11th in World Rankings) Tatiane Raquel da Silva - 3000m Steeplechase (23rd in World Rankings) Andressa de Morais - Discus Throw (22nd in World Rankings) Simone Ferraz - 3000m Steeplechase (39th in World Rankings) Gabriele Sousa dos Santos - Triple Jump (22nd in World Rankings) Mariana Grasielly Marcelino - Hammer Throw (40th in World Rankings) Vivane Lyra - 20km Race Walk (16th in World Rankings) Tiffani Marinho - 400m (39th in World Rankings) Fernanda Martins - Discus Throw (23rd in World Rankings) Valdileia Martins - High Jump (32nd in World Rankings) Leticia Oro Melo - Long Jump (Achieved Entry Standard) Jucilene Sales de Lima - Javelin Throw (22nd in World Rankings) Ana Carolina Silva - Shot Put (32nd in World Rankings) +additional athletes in the men's 4x100m relay Badminton Ygor Coelho (49th) in men's singles and Juliana Vieira (70th) in women's singles. Boxing Men's 57kg - Luiz do Nascimento Men's 80kg - Keno Machado Men's 92kg - Abner Teixeira Women's 57kg - Beatriz Ferreira Women's 60kg - Beatriz Soares Women's 66kg - Viviane Pereira I redid the boxing quotas so this is closer to the 7 quotas that you predicted Canoe Slalom Pedro Goncalves in men's Kayak (qualified through continental qualifier) and Ana Satila in women's canoe (through the world championships). I'm guessing they'll be entered in other events too. Canoe Sprint Full team in the men's canoeing events (3 athletes) BMX One per gender in the racing events through the nation rankings. Mountain Biking Two men and 1 woman through nation's rankings Road Cycling 1 woman qualifies through the nation's rankings. Diving Rafael Fogaca (Men's 3m Springboard), Isaac Souza (Men's 10m Platform), Kawan Pereira (Men's 10m Platform), Luana Lira (Women's 3m Springboard), Ingrid Oliveira (Women's 10m Platform). All qualify through either 2023 or 2024 World Championships. Equestrian Full team in each event. Fencing Gulherme Toldo (ranked 22nd) in men's Foil and Mariana Pistoia (ranked 75th) in Women's Foil. Football Teams in both genders. Artistic Gymnastics Full team in both genders. Both should qualify through 2023 World Championships. Rhythmic Gymnastics Entry in the team event (through the 2023 World Championships) and then an additional continental qualifier in the individual event. Trampoline 1 woman qualifying through the world cup series Handball I have the women's team getting the Americas quota. Judo Men's -60kg - Eric Takabatake (Continental Quota) Men's -66kg - Willian Lina (12th in World Rankings) Men's -73kg - Daniel Cargnin (5th in World Rankings) Men's -81kg - Guilherme Schmidt (4th in World Rankings) Men's -90kg - Rafael Macedo (11th in World Rankings) Men's -100kg - Rafael Buzacarini (17th in World Rankings) Men's +100kg - Rafael Silva (9th in World Rankings) Women's -48kg - Amanda Lima (25th in World Rankings) Women's -52kg - Larissa Pimenta (13th in World Rankings) Women's -57kg - Rafaela Silva (6th in World Rankings) Women's -63kg - Ketlyn Quadros (5th in World Rankings) Women's -70kg - Maria Portela (10th in World Rankings) Women's -78kg - Mayra Aguiar (1st in World Rankings) Women's +78kg - Beatriz Souza (3rd in World Rankings) Modern Pentathlon 2 men and 1 woman Rugby Sevens Women's team through South American qualifiers Sailing Men's Windsurfing, Men's Kite, Women's Windsurfing, Women's Kite, Women's Skiff, Mixed Dinghy, and Mixed Multihull. Shooting Philipe Chateaubrian - 10m Air Pistol (2022 CAT) Emerson Duarte - 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Final Qualification Event) Geovana Meyer - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (2024 CAT) Ana Souza Lima - 25m Pistol (2024 CAT) Skateboarding 3 athletes in every event. I expect there'll be a lot of internal competition so I won't list the athletes. Surfing 3 men and 2 women Swimming The following swimmers achieved an Olympic Qualifying Time in 2022: Guilherme Costa - Men's 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle Beatriz Dizotti - Women's 1500m Freestyle Bruno Fratus - Men's 50m Freestyle Matheus Gonche - Men's 100m Butterfly Giovanna Tomanik Diamante - Women's 100m Butterfly Olympic Selection Time: Stephanie Balduccini - Women's 200m Freestyle Jhennifer Conceicao - Women's 100m Breaststroke Leonardo De Deus - Men's 200m Butterfly Gabrielle Roncato - Women's 400m Freestyle Felipe Souza - Men's 100m Freestyle Open Water Swimmers Ana Marcela Cunha Viviane Jungblut +additional relay athletes for qualifying in every relay Table Tennis Men's team qualifies through the pan-american qualifiers. Brazil gets two women to qualify in women's singles through the pan-american qualifiers. Taekwondo Men's -58kg - Paulo Melo (Pan America Tournament) Men's -68kg - Edival Pontes (2nd in Olympic Rankings) Men's +80kg - Icaro Martins Soares (3rd in Olympic Rankings) Women's -49kg - Valeria Santos (Pan America Tournament) Women's -57kg - Sandy Macedo (Pan America Tournament) Women's -67kg - Milea Titoneli (4th in Olympic Rankings) Women's +67kg - Gabriele Siqueira (Pan America Tournament) Tennis Thiago Monteiro (71st) in men's singles. Rafael Matos joins him in men's doubles. Beatriz Haddad Maia (15th) in women's singles. Luisa Stefani also joins for doubles. Triathlon Manoel Messias (7th) and Miguel Hidalgo (28th) in the men's event. Luisa Baptista (15th) and Vittoria Lopes (16th) in the women's event. This of course, means that they would be able to field a mixed relay team. Volleyball Teams in both genders Beach Volleyball 2 teams in both genders. Weightlifting Women's 49kg - Rosa Figueiredo Women's 81kg - Laura Nascimento Amaro Wrestling Men's 74kg Freestyle - Cesar Bordeaux Rego Alvan (Americas Qualification Tournament) Men's 67kg Greco-Roman - Kenedy Moraes Pedrosa (Americas Qualification Tournament) Men's 77kg Greco-Roman - Joilson de Brito Ramos Junior (Americas Qualification Tournament) Men's 130kg Greco-Roman - Eduard Soghonyan (Americas Qualification Tournament) Women's 50kg Freestyle - Kamila Barbosa (Final Qualification Tournament) Women's 57kg Freestyle - Giullia Penalber (2023 World Championships) Women's 62kg Freestyle - Iais Nunes (2023 World Championships)

TEAM CUBA Manager: Armando Johnson Pitchers: Frank Abel Álvarez (Chunichi Dragons, NPB, ) Ronald Bolaños (Omaha Storm Chasers - KC AAA, IL, ) Naykel Cruz (Piratas de Campeche, LMB, ) Roenis Elias (Iowa Cubs - CHC AAA, IL, ) Onelki García (Leones de Yucatán, LMB, ) Elian Leyva (Leones de Yucatán, LMB, ) Raidel Martínez (Chunichi Dragons, NPB, ) Liván Moinelo (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, NPB, ) Yeudis Reyes (Indios de Guantánamo, SNB, ) Jose Ramon Rodriguez (Toros de Camagüey, SNB, ) Yariel Rodríguez (Chunichi Dragons, NPB, ) Miguel Romero (Las Vegas Aviators - OAK AAA, PCL, ) Carlos Juan Viera (Saraperos de Saltillo, LMB, ) Yoennis Yera (Olmecas de Tabasco, LMB, ) Catchers: Ariel Martínez (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, NPB, ) Andrys Perez (Cocodrilos de Matanzas, SNB, ) Lorenzo Quintana (Unattached, ) Infielders: Erisbel Arruebarrena (Cocodrilos de Matanzas, SNB, ) Dayán García (Cazadores de Artemisa, SNB, ) Yurisbel Gracial (Unattached, ) Andy Ibáñez (Toledo Mud Hens - DET AAA, IL, ) Luis Mateo (Elefantes de Cienfuegos, SNB, ) Yoán Moncada (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Yadil Mujica (Cocodrilos de Matanzas, SNB, ) Outfielders: Yoenis Céspedes (Unattached, ) Alfredo Despaigne (Unattached, ) Yadir Drake (Leones de Yucatán, LMB, ) Yoelkis Guibert (Avispas de Santiago de Cuba, SNB, ) Luis Robert (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Roel Santos (Olmecas de Tabasco, LMB, )

Unfortunately, one of the flaws of this tournament compared with other prestigious international tournaments is that there's a lot of players that don't take it seriously (especially Americans) and that teams can block players from participating that have recently been hurt. So far, the following notable players have decommitted from playing because of the reasons above. Curtis Mead Josh Naylor Yoan Lopez Jazz Chisholm Trey Mancini Roberto Osuna Nick Martinez Ronald Acuna Ronald Acuna is definitely the biggest name on here. Huge loss for the tournament and for Venezuela's chances of winning.

Enjoy! Team Poland Simulation Results Archery: Women's - Sylwia Zyzanska (65th in World Rankings) Athletics: Men: Mateusz Borkowski - 800m (57th in World Rankings) Konrad Bukowiecki - Shot Put (Achieved Entry Standard) Damian Czykier - 110m Hurdles (Achieved Entry Standard) Patryk Dobek - 800m (Achieved Entry Standard) Pawel Fajdek - Hammer Throw (Achieved Entry Standard) Michal Haratyk - Shot Put (16th in World Rankings) Norber Kobielski - High Jump (12th in World Rankings) Kacper Lewalski - 800m (61st in World Rankings) Piotr Lisek - Pole Vault (19th in World Rankings) Wojciech Nowicki - Hammer Throw (Achieved Entry Standard) Karol Zalewski - 400m (31st in World Rankings) Michal Rozmys - 1500m (Achieved Entry Standard) Robert Sobera - Pole Vault (43rd in World Rankings) Oskar Stachnik - Discus Throw (31st in World Rankings) Jakub Szymanski - 110m Hurdles (36th in World Rankings) Robert Urbanek - Discus Throw (28th in World Rankings) Marcin Wrotynski - Hammer Throw (25th in World Rankings) Women: Monika Andrzejczak - Marathon (272nd in World Rankings) Adrianna Czapla - 800m (43rd in World Rankings) Sofia Ennaoui - 1500m (Achieved Entry Standard) Nikola Horowska - 200m (33rd in World Rankings) Katarzyna Jankowska - Marathon (279th in World Rankings) Natalia Kaczmarek - 400m (Achieved Entry Standard) Klaudia Kardasz - Shot Put (36th in World Rankings) Anna Kielbasinska - 400m (Achieved Entry Standard) Alicja Konieczek - 3000m Steeplechase (34th in World Rankings) Malwina Kopron - Hammer Throw (Achieved Entry Standard) Paulina Ligarska - Heptathlon (15th in World Rankings) Eliza Megger - 1500m (52nd in World Rankings) Izabela Paskiewicz - Marathon (161stin World Rankings) Ewa Rozanska - Hammer Throw (16th in World Rankings) Angelika Sarna - 800m (45th in World Rankings) Klaudia Siciarz - 100m Hurdles (33rd in World Rankings) Pia Skrzyszowska - 100m Hurdles (Achieved Entry Standard) Magdalena Stefanowicz - 100m (86th in World Rankings) Justyna Swiety-Ersetic - 400m (Achieved Entry Standard) Adrianna Sulek - Heptathlon (Achieved Entry Standard) Ewa Swoboda - 100m (Achieved Entry Standard) Anna Wielgosz - 800m (22nd in World Rankings) Anita Wlodarczyk - Hammer Throw (Achieved Entry Standard) Klaudia Wojtunik - 100m Hurdles (48th in World Rankings) Daria Zabawska - Discus Throw (30th in World Rankings) Katarzyna Zdzieblo - 20km Race Walk (Achieved Entry Standard) + qualification in all 5 relays so there's some additional relay athletes Boxing (I redid the boxing simulation so Poland lost a quota): Aneta Rygielska - Women's 60kg Elzbieta Wojcik - Women's 66kg Lidia Fidura - Women's 75kg Canoe Slalom Athletes in all canoe and kayak disciplines. Current Simulation has Michal Pasiut (Men's Kayak), Grzegorz Hedwig (Men's Canoe), Klaudia Zwolinska (Women's Kayak), Aleksandra Stach (Women's Canoe) Canoe Sprint Quotas in Men's K-4 500m, Men's C-2 500m, Women's K-4 500m, Women's C-2 500m. So that means that Poland should have at least a boat in every event. Also an extra quota added in the Women's C-1 200m. Mountain Biking One in each gender (Bartlomiej Wawak and Paula Gorycka) Road Cycling 1 man + 3 women Track Cycling Full team in men's sprint (3), women's sprint (3), men's distance (4) and women's distance (4) events. Plus an extra quota earned from the women's omnium. *All cycling quotas qualified through the nations rankings Diving One athlete in the men's 10m Platform (Robert Lukaszewicz) Equestrian Eventing + jumping teams qualified through Group C qualification events. Fencing Women's Team Epee (Top 4), Men's and Women's Team Foil (Top ranked team in Europe outside the top 4) Golf Adrian Meronk in the men's event (48th in the world rankings) Judo Women's -52kg - Aleksandra Kaleta (16th in World Rankings) Women's -57kg - Julia Kowalczyk (18th in World Rankings) Women's -63kg - Angelika Szymanska (8th in World Rankings) Women's -70kg - Katarzya Sobierajska (Continental Quota) Women's -78kg - Beata Pacut-Kloczko (8th in World Rankings) Modern Pentathlon 2 men + 1 woman. We have Lukasz Gutkowski (European Championships) and Daniel Lawrynowicz (35th in World Rankings) in the men's event and Natalia Dominiak (30th in World Rankings) for the women. Rowing Men's Single Sculls, Men's Pair, Men's Double Sculls, Men's Four, Men's Quadruple Sculls, and Women's Lightweight Double Sculls. Sailing Quotas in men's windsurfing, men's kite, men's skiff, women's windsurfing, women's kite, women's dinghy, women's skiff, and mixed dinghy. Shooting Kacper Baksalary - Men's Skeet (Reallocated Quota) Tomasz Bartnik - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (2022 World Championships) Klaudia Bres - Women's 25m Pistol (2022 European Championships) Oskar Miliwek - Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (2024 European Championship) Maciej Kowalewicz - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (2023 World Championships) Julia Piotrowska - Women's 10m Air Rifle (2022 World Championships) Aneta Stankiewicz - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Reallocated Quota) Joana Wawrzonowska - Women's 25m Pistol (2023 World Championships) Sport Climbing 1 in men's speed, 2 in women's speed. Marcin Dzineski has the men's quota and is qualified through the olympic qualifier series. The Kalucka's are currently the two top ranked Polish climbers in women's speed so they qualify through the world championships and european qualifier. Swimming The following achieved an Olympic Qualification Time: Laura Bernat - Women's 200m Backstroke Pawel Juraszek - Men's 50m Freestyle Krzysztof Chmielewski - Men's 200m Butterfly Jakub Majerski - Men's 100m Butterfly Ksawery Masiuk - Men's 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke Paulina Peda - Women's 100m Backstroke Kasia Wasick - Women's 50m Freestyle + Olympic selection time for David Wiekiera in the men's 200m breaststroke + addition relay quotas for Men's 4x100m Freestyle, Men's 4x100m Medley, Women's 4x200m Freestyle, Women's 4x100m Medley, and Mixed 4x100m Medley Table Tennis 2 men (Jakub Dyjas & Maciej Kubik) and 1 woman (Natalia Bajor). All qualify through world rankings. Taekwondo Women's -57kg - Patrycja Adamkiewicz (Europe Continental Event) Women's +67kg - Aleksandra Kowalczuk (Europe Continental Event) Tennis Hubert Hurkacz (10th in World Rankings) Kamil Majchrzak (77th in World Rankings) Iga Swiatek (1st in World Rankings) Magda Linette (48th in World Rankings) +1 additional women's athlete for doubles Triathlon Women's - Paulina Klimas (50th in World Rankings) Indoor Volleyball Both men's and women's teams Beach Volleyball Bryl/Losiak for men (6th ranked team) Wrestling Men's 86kg Freestyle - Sebastian Jezieranski (Europe Qualification Tournament) Men's 67kg Greco-Roman - Mateusz Bernatek (Europe Qualification Tournament) Women's 50kg Freestyle - Anna Lukasiak (2023 World Championships) Women's 57kg Freestyle - Anhelina Lysak (2023 World Championships)

We have a winner! I would also be willing to giving @phelps a bonus point for guessing a different record that equals 76

Hint #2: This is a freestyle skiing record

Oh shoot, completely forgot about that!!! You are correct but it isn't the record I had in mind Hint: The athlete who owns the record is still active

The new number is: 76

Most gold medals by a nation at one winter olympics?

Okay, let's do this! Athletics: Miltiadis Tentoglou (Men's High Jump) - Achieved Entry Standard Emmanouil Karalis (Men's Pole Vault) - 23rd in World Rankings Christos Frantzeskakis (Men's Hammer Throw) - Achieved Entry Standard Michail Anastasakis (Men's Hammer Throw) - 31st in World Rankings Tatiana Gusin (Women's High Jump) - 27th in World Rankings Aikaterina Stefanidi (Women's Pole Vault) - Achieved Entry Standard Spyridoula Karydi (Women's Triple Jump) - 32nd in World Rankings Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (Women's Discus Throw) - 25th in World Rankings Stamatis Scarvelis (Women's Hammer Throw) - 21st in World Rankings Elina Tzengko (Women's Javelin Throw) - Achieved Entry Standard Antigoni Ntrismpioti (Women's 20km Race Walk) - Achieved Entry Standard Sailing (calculated using world rankings): Men's iQFOiL - Leonidas Tsortanidis Men's ILCA 7 - Adonis Bougiouris Women's ILCA 6 - Vasileia Karachaliou Mixed Nacra17 - Iordanis Paschalidis (and whoever their partner is) Swimming The following athletes achieved an olympic qualifying time in 2022: Kristian Gkolomeev - Men's 50m Freestyle Apostolos Christou - Men's 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke Anna Ntountounaki - Women's 100m Butterfly + 4 athletes from qualifying for two relays (Men's medley + Mixed medley)

I was unaware of this. Thank you guys for letting me know! I will fix the team sizes.

Most receiving yards in an NFL game?

I'll see what I can do. Maybe I'll do a breakdown of a few countries that are represented a lot on this forum or I can do a breakdown by sport. For the countries you mentioned, Belize has universality quotas in athletics and the men's K-1 1000m in canoe sprint. Tanzania has two swimming universality quotas, 3 quotas in men's marathon, 1 quota in the women's marathon and a judo universality quota in the men's -66kg. Oman has universality quotas in the 3 universality quotas in athletics, swimming and shooting (Women's 10m air pistol). I was not able to assign universality quotas in athletics or swimming to specific events. I just made sure that the NOC had an athlete who had a result in an eligible event. Otherwise it probably would have taken me an extra 12 hours to finish . However, in the meantime, I can definitely list the quotas for the team sports and how they qualified in my simulation Men's Basketball: Host: 2023 FIBA World Cup (Americas): 2023 FIBA World Cup (Europe): 2023 FIBA World Cup (Africa): 2023 FIBA World Cup (Asia): 2023 FIBA World Cup (Oceania): Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: Women's Basketball Host: 2022 FIBA World Cup: Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: Men's 3x3 Basketball Ranking List: Universality-driven OQT 1: Universality-driven OQT 2: Olympic Qualifying Tournament: Women's 3x3 Basketball Ranking List: Universality-driven OQT 1: Universality-driven OQT 2: Olympic Qualifying Tournament: Men's Field Hockey: Host: 2023 African Hockey Road to Paris: 2023 Pan American Games: 2022 Asian Games: 2023 EuroHockey Championship: 2023 Oceania Cup: Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: Women's Field Hockey: Host: 2023 African Hockey Road to Paris: 2023 Pan American Games: 2022 Asian Games: 2023 EuroHockey Championship: 2023 Oceania Cup: Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: Men's Football: Host: AFC: CAF: CONCACAF: CONMEBOL: OFC: UEFA: AFC/CAF Playoff: Women's Football: Host: AFC: CAF: CONCACAF: CONMEBOL: OFC: UEFA: Men's Handball: Host: 2023 IHF World Championship: Asia Qualification: Africa Qualification: Europe Qualification: Americas Qualification: Qualification Tournaments: Women's Handball: Host: 2023 IHF World Championship: Asia Qualification: Africa Qualification: Europe Qualification: Americas Qualification: Qualification Tournaments: Men's Rugby Sevens: Host: 2022/23 Rugby Sevens World Series: African Tournament: Asian Tournament: European Tournament: North American Tournament: Oceanian Tournament: South American Tournament: Final Repechage Tournament: Women's Rugby Sevens: Host: 2022/23 Rugby Sevens World Series: African Tournament: Asian Tournament: European Tournament: North American Tournament: Oceanian Tournament (Reallocated): None South American Tournament: Final Repechage Tournament: Men's Volleyball: Host: Qualification Tournaments: World Rankings: Women's Volleyball: Host: Qualification Tournaments: World Rankings: Men's Water Polo: Host: 2023 FINA World Championships: Americas Qualification: Africa Qualification: Asia Qualification: Europe Qualification: Oceania Qualification: Final Qualification: Women's Water Polo: Host: 2023 FINA World Championships: Americas Qualification: Africa Qualification: Asia Qualification: Europe Qualification: Oceania Qualification: Final Qualification: All the sports were simulated using world rankings except for handball and water polo which I couldn't find any so I used the World Championships. The one exception I made is that China got the asian women's water polo quota despite not being at World Championships because I think they're still the best Asian team. Handball is a big question mark because they were simulated using 2021 championships so there's a chance there'll be a lot of changes in the next simulation. Men's football is also a big question mark because I used the senior men's rankings to do the simulation and it probably isn't accurate for the junior teams. For example, Belgium probably won't end up qualifying. And then of course, there's the question of what South Africa will do with some of their quotas. For example, will they still accept their water polo quotas this time?

Yeah, I saw some Slovak guy on reddit mention these stats and it absolutely blew my mind! I think she has a higher PPG rate than some current NHLers had when they played in the same U16 league. Truly a special player.