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Topicmaster1010's 2023 WBC Power Rankings: Part 1
 
With one week to go, I thought now would be a good time to rank and do a mini-preview for each team in the WBC especially for those of you how aren't too familiar with baseball.
 
Tier 5: The Teams that are just happy to be here
 
20.  China
WBC History: 2006 - 15th, 2009 - 11th, 2013 - 13th, 2017 - 16th
2023 Schedule: 3/9 - @ Japan, 3/10 - vs. Czech Republic, 3/11 - @ Australia, 3/12 - Off, 3/13 - vs. South Korea
Notable Absences: I literally have no idea
Players to Watch: I literally have no idea. Alan Carter I guess?
 
The fact of the matter is that nobody knows anything the Chinese team or any of its players. It's national league hasn't been active since 2019 because of COVID and they recently lost 16-0 to a Japanese amateur team. I honestly don't even know how they've managed to qualify to every single WBC so far. They do however, have a few heritage players that could be interesting including current LA Angels minor league player Alan Carter and former NPB players Yusuke Masago.
 
19.  Czech Republic
WBC History: Debut
2023 Schedule: 3/9 - Off, 3/10 - @ China, 3/11 - @ Japan, 3/12 - @ South Korea, 3/13 - vs. Australia
Notable Absences: No idea
Players to Watch: Marek Chlup, Martin Schneider, Martin Cervenka
 
You got to give credit to the Czechs. Unlike other European nations, they are fielding a team of homegrown players (with the exception of 2) and beat a tough Spanish team with those players to qualify for this tournament. Most of those players currently play in the Czech Extraliga where a lot of them work separate part time jobs to go along with playing baseball. Unfortunately, this results in them having a weaker team than most teams in this tournament. They do have many exciting players to watch though. Marek Chlup has been lighting it up in the NCAA so far and made a game saving throw in the qualifiers to help the Czechs win. Martin Schneider is one of two players who can both hit and throw well. You can expect him to be there best pitcher for this tournament. Martin Cervenka is probably the most notable Czech player of all time being the only player to play in the minor leagues and Boris Vecerka recently signed a contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.
 
18.  Great Britain
WBC History: Debut
2023 Schedule: 3/11 - @ United States, 3/12 - @ Canada, 3/13 - vs. Colombia, 3/14 - @ Mexico, 3/15 - Off
Notable Absences: Jazz Chisholm, Ian Lewis, 
Players to Watch: Harry Ford, Trayce Thompson
 
This will be one of the more interesting teams to watch in the tournament. They consist of mostly American and Bahamian players who have British ancestors and play all over the world including the MLB, Mexico, Taiwan and independent leagues in the US. Ultimately this team only has a handful of good players lacking depth at every position, especially on the pitching side. Harry Ford will be the most exciting player to watch for the Brits. The Seattle Mariners prospect is currently the 49th ranked prospect in the MLB. Trayce Thompson (brother of Klay Thompson for any basketball fans reading this) is their most experienced hitter and he had a great season last year with the LA Dodgers. Both Thompson and Ford will be expected to be the focal point of the offense. Lucius Fox is also another young player to watch out for.
 
17.  Australia
WBC History: 2006 - 13th, 2009 - 12th, 2013 - 16th, 2017 - 9th
2023 Schedule: 3/9 - @ South Korea, 3/10 - Off, 3/11 - vs. China, 3/12 - vs. Japan, 3/13 - @ Czech Republic
Notable Absences: Liam Hendriks, Curtis Mead
Players to Watch: Aaron Whitefield, Tim Atherton
 
I was heavily debating whether or not to put Great Britain or Australia ahead of the other but ultimately, even though Great Britain has the best player between the two, Australia has the better depth and they are in an easier pool. However, they will be without their best pitcher in Liam Hendriks (undergoing cancer treatment) and their best hitter in Curtis Mead (shoulder injury I believe). Their current roster all come from the Australian Baseball League and minor league baseball. Aaron Whitefield is the one player who had MLB experience but he didn't do well when he played there. He will still be expected to be a key part of their offense though.
 
16.  Nicaragua
WBC History: Debut
2023 Schedule: 3/11 - @ Puerto Rico, 3/12 - @ Israel, 3/13 - vs. Domincan Republic, 3/14 - @ Venezuela, 3/15 - Off
Notable Absences: Mark Vientos
Players to Watch: Jonathan Loaisiga, Erasmo Ramirez, Carlos Rodriguez, Dwight Britton, Alex Blandino, Cheslor Cuthbert
 
On paper, Nicaragua's team isn't that terrible especially compared to the 4 teams below them in these rankings. The problem is that they are in the Pool of Death with 4 other really good teams and most people has them at least a tier below the other 4 teams in the pool. Their strength is on the pitching side. Jonathan Loaisiga is currently the best Nicaraguan baseball player and when healthy, is one of the better relief pitchers in baseball. Expect him to be used for 9th innings. Erasmo Ramirez is also a very good relief pitcher and Carlos Rodriguez is one of the top prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers system. On offense, they will be lead by the likes of former major leaguer Cheslor Cuthbert and Dwight Britton, who had a great qualifying tournament. Alex Blandino, an American of Nicaraguan heritage will also play a big part in the team. Unfortunately another Nicaraguan American, Mark Vientos, was unable to play in this tournament and also would have been a big part of the offense.

Topicmaster1010's 2023 WBC Power Rankings: Part 1
 
With one week to go, I thought now would be a good time to rank and do a mini-preview for each team in the WBC especially for those of you how aren't too familiar with baseball.
 
Tier 5: The Teams that are just happy to be here
 
20.  China
WBC History: 2006 - 15th, 2009 - 11th, 2013 - 13th, 2017 - 16th
2023 Schedule: 3/9 - @ Japan, 3/10 - vs. Czech Republic, 3/11 - @ Australia, 3/12 - Off, 3/13 - vs. South Korea
Notable Absences: I literally have no idea
Players to Watch: I literally have no idea. Alan Carter I guess?
 
The fact of the matter is that nobody knows anything the Chinese team or any of its players. It's national league hasn't been active since 2019 because of COVID and they recently lost 16-0 to a Japanese amateur team. I honestly don't even know how they've managed to qualify to every single WBC so far. They do however, have a few heritage players that could be interesting including current LA Angels minor league player Alan Carter and former NPB players Yusuke Masago.
 
19.  Czech Republic
WBC History: Debut
2023 Schedule: 3/9 - Off, 3/10 - @ China, 3/11 - @ Japan, 3/12 - @ South Korea, 3/13 - vs. Australia
Notable Absences: No idea
Players to Watch: Marek Chlup, Martin Schneider, Martin Cervenka
 
You got to give credit to the Czechs. Unlike other European nations, they are fielding a team of homegrown players (with the exception of 2) and beat a tough Spanish team with those players to qualify for this tournament. Most of those players currently play in the Czech Extraliga where a lot of them work separate part time jobs to go along with playing baseball. Unfortunately, this results in them having a weaker team than most teams in this tournament. They do have many exciting players to watch though. Marek Chlup has been lighting it up in the NCAA so far and made a game saving throw in the qualifiers to help the Czechs win. Martin Schneider is one of two players who can both hit and throw well. You can expect him to be there best pitcher for this tournament. Martin Cervenka is probably the most notable Czech player of all time being the only player to play in the minor leagues and Boris Vecerka recently signed a contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.
 
18.  Great Britain
WBC History: Debut
2023 Schedule: 3/11 - @ United States, 3/12 - @ Canada, 3/13 - vs. Colombia, 3/14 - @ Mexico, 3/15 - Off
Notable Absences: Jazz Chisholm, Ian Lewis, 
Players to Watch: Harry Ford, Trayce Thompson
 
This will be one of the more interesting teams to watch in the tournament. They consist of mostly American and Bahamian players who have British ancestors and play all over the world including the MLB, Mexico, Taiwan and independent leagues in the US. Ultimately this team only has a handful of good players lacking depth at every position, especially on the pitching side. Harry Ford will be the most exciting player to watch for the Brits. The Seattle Mariners prospect is currently the 49th ranked prospect in the MLB. Trayce Thompson (brother of Klay Thompson for any basketball fans reading this) is their most experienced hitter and he had a great season last year with the LA Dodgers. Both Thompson and Ford will be expected to be the focal point of the offense. Lucius Fox is also another young player to watch out for.
 
17.  Australia
WBC History: 2006 - 13th, 2009 - 12th, 2013 - 16th, 2017 - 9th
2023 Schedule: 3/9 - @ South Korea, 3/10 - Off, 3/11 - vs. China, 3/12 - vs. Japan, 3/13 - @ Czech Republic
Notable Absences: Liam Hendriks, Curtis Mead
Players to Watch: Aaron Whitefield, Tim Atherton
 
I was heavily debating whether or not to put Great Britain or Australia ahead of the other but ultimately, even though Great Britain has the best player between the two, Australia has the better depth and they are in an easier pool. However, they will be without their best pitcher in Liam Hendriks (undergoing cancer treatment) and their best hitter in Curtis Mead (shoulder injury I believe). Their current roster all come from the Australian Baseball League and minor league baseball. Aaron Whitefield is the one player who had MLB experience but he didn't do well when he played there. He will still be expected to be a key part of their offense though.
 
16.  Nicaragua
WBC History: Debut
2023 Schedule: 3/11 - @ Puerto Rico, 3/12 - @ Israel, 3/13 - vs. Domincan Republic, 3/14 - @ Venezuela, 3/15 - Off
Notable Absences: Mark Vientos
Players to Watch: Jonathan Loaisiga, Erasmo Ramirez, Carlos Rodriguez, Dwight Britton, Alex Blandino, Cheslor Cuthbert
 
On paper, Nicaragua's team isn't that terrible especially compared to the 4 teams below them in these rankings. The problem is that they are in the Pool of Death with 4 other really good teams and most people has them at least a tier below the other 4 teams in the pool. Their strength is on the pitching side. Jonathan Loaisiga is currently the best Nicaraguan baseball player and when healthy, is one of the better relief pitchers in baseball. Expect him to be used for 9th innings. Erasmo Ramirez is also a very good relief pitcher and Carlos Rodriguez is one of the top prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers system. On offense, they will be lead by the likes of former major leaguer Cheslor Cuthbert and Dwight Britton, who had a great qualifying tournament. Alex Blandino, an American of Nicaraguan heritage will also play a big part in the team. Unfortunately another Nicaraguan American, Mark Vientos, was unable to play in this tournament and also would have been a big part of the offense.

Can't believe this incredible hockey match was 13 years ago:
 

Nela Lopušanová celebrated yesterday her 15th birthday, and she decided to celebrate it in style, in the evening she played in our Seniors Extraliga against Košice and she collected 19 points in that match She literally scored yesterday 10 goals and added 9 goal assists ! So at her birthday she scored More points than her age She literally led her women´s national top tier league team to destroy Košice 24-1. This league is simply too easy for her 
 
Don´t say me it is normal. Someone really have to update the game options, she really is playing on rookie-easy mode
 
Reddit is explosing again
 

 
After the match her teammates rewarded her with a cake in the face
 
Happy birthday daughter of god !
 
 
 
 
 

No Seiya Suzuki for due to injury.

Did not happen 3 years. A Goalie scored a goal.
 
Linus Ullmark scored the 3rd gpoal of the Bruins against Vancouver
 

No way this can confuse anyone
 

So much looking forward to race!!!
 
And... It seems like finding someone to prepare my skis won't be a problem as this time FIS will provide a "neutral support" for small teams with specialized staff preparing our skis 😱😍 *(just heard it from Jaque)
 
Vamos!!! 🚀🚀

Our very own @brunamoura has arrived in Slovenia today, where she'll make her comeback after surviving the car crash on the way to the Olympics a year ago. Bit of a tense morning, because she had to go by a transfer arranged through GetTransfer, again, just like she was more or less forced to do last year due to the circumstances (this time the Brazilian van was full with the rest of the Brazilian athletes and a few non-Brazilians, so there was no space anymore). The reason for that being a tense thing of course being how it went so very wrong last year, so stepping into a hired taxi van was understandably a bit of a....tense moment.
 
Luckily this time, as logic would of course expect, nothing happened and she arrived safely in Slovenia, all good!  
 
Next up: try to find someone to wax the ski's these days, light trainings to keep the shape and get the energy level to competition level and then on Wednesday, it's the big moment...the 5k freestyle! Vamos  

World Aquatics has released the first events where athletes can achieve the OQT. See qualification page here. More will be added later. Currently the first opportunity will be at the 2023 Baltic States Championships

And you would be correct.

Respect to all of you that are watching light into the night!
 
My prediction is that a Kelce brother will win the Superbowl 

@Sindo Here are some qualification event dates for events we currently have list as TBD in 2023
 
Asian Mountain Bike Championships Oct. 26-28 2023 Panchkula Asian BMX Racing Championships Jul. 16 2023 Tagaytay City Group F&G Eventing Equestrian Qualifier Jun. 1-4 2023 Millstreet Men's Field Hockey Oceania Cup Aug. 10-13 2023 Whangarei Women's Field Hockey Oceania Cup Aug. 10-13 2023 Whangarei OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier Aug. 27-Sept. 9 2023 TBC Asian Men Rugby 7s Olympic Qualification Tournament Nov. 18-19 2023 TBC Asian Women Rugby 7s Olympic Qualification Tournament Nov. 18-19 2023 TBC African Shooting Championships Oct. 1-10 2023 Cairo

Let´s Go West Coast !

it's true only for Italy, Israel and, partially, the Netherlands...
 
and even if this tournament has its own rules and features that might differ from any other major competition (Olympics included), it's not that ITA and/or NED can't field a good team with players born in our Countries.
 
all the Latin American and Asian teams are made of players with really tight connections with their respective Countries (actually, most of them being born in those Nations, where they also learned their basic skills before moving to the Promise Land, aka the USA).
 
Mexico might look different with a few players born in the USA, but you should know that's an insignificant detail, as they are true Mexicans even if they are born North of the border.
 
it's always easy to fall on prejudice when people doesn't know how things really are...

TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC 
 
Manager:
Pavel Chadim
 
Pitchers:
Jeff Barto (Trebic Nuclears, Extraliga, )
Filip Čapka (Draci Brno, Extraliga, )
Tomáš Duffek (Eagles Praha, Extraliga, )
Lukáš Ercoli (Hroši Brno, Extraliga, )
Lukáš Hlouch (Hroši Brno, Extraliga, )
Michal Kovala (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, NCAA, )
David Mergans (Draci Brno, Extraliga, ) 
Marek Minařik (Tempo Praha, Extraliga, )
Jan Novák (Sokol Hluboká, Extraliga, ) 
Dan Padyšák (Charleston Southern Buccaneers, NCAA, )
Ondřej Satoria (Arrows Ostrava, Extraliga, )
Jan Tomek (Regensburg Legionaire, Bundesliga, )
Boris Večerka (Hroši Brno, Extraliga, )
 
Catchers:
Martin Červenka (Eagles Praha, Extraliga, )
Dan Vavruša (Heidenheim Heidekoepfe, Bundesliga, )
 
Infielders:
 Willie Escala (Sussex County Miners, Frontier League, )
Jakub Grepl (Arrows Ostrava, Extraliga, )
Jakub Hajtmar (Draci Brno, Extraliga, )
Jakub Kubica (Arrows Ostrava, Extraliga, )
Vojtěch Menšik (Hrosi Brno, )
Martin Mužik (Sokol Hluboká, Extraliga, )
Milan Prokop (Draci Brno, Extraliga, )
 Eric Sogard (Unattached, )
Petr Zýma (Eagles Praha, Extraliga, )
 
Outfielders:
Marek Chlup (NGU Crusaders, NCAA, )
Arnošt Dubový (Draci Brno, Extraliga, )
Marek Krejčiřik (Hroši Brno, Extraliga, )
Matej Menšik (Technika Brno, Extraliga, )
Filip Smola (Tempo Praha, Extraliga, )
 
Pitcher/Hitter:
Martin Schneider (Draci Brno, Extraliga, )

Dang, no Jose Ramirez or Emmanuel Clase 
 
Also lol at Robin Cano and Nelson Cruz being on the roster.
 
Aside from that, what an amazing Dominican team!

TEAM MEXICO
 
Manager:
Benji Gil
 
Pitchers:
Erubiel Armenta (Jersey Shore BlueClaws - PHI A+, SAL, )
Javier Assad (Chicago Cubs, MLB, )
Luis Cessa (Cincinnati Reds, MLB, )
Jesús Cruz (Lehigh Valley IronPigs - PHI AAA, IL, )
Giovanny Gallegos (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, )
Adrián Martínez (Oakland Athletics, MLB, )
Gerardo Reyes (Salt Lake Bees - LAA AAA, PCL, )
Wilmer Rios (Acereros de Monclova, LMB, )
JoJo Romero (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, )
 Jake Sanchez (El Paso Chihuahuas - SD AAA, PCL, )
 Patrick Sandoval (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, )
Julio Urías (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, )
José Urquidy (Houston Astros, MLB, )
César Vargas (Orix Buffaloes, NPB, )
 Taijuan Walker (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, )
Samuel Zazueta (Toros de Tijuana, LMB, )
 
Catchers:
Austin Barnes (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, )
Alejandro Kirk (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, )
 
Infielders:
Jonathan Aranda (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, )
Isaac Paredes (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, )
Rowdy Tellez (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, )
Alan Trejo (Colorado Rockies, MLB, )
Luis Urías (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, )
Roberto Valenzuela (Sultanes de Monterrey, LMB, )
 
Outfielders:
Randy Arozarena (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, )
José Cardona (Sultanes de Monterrey, LMB, )
Jarren Duran (Boston Red Sox, MLB, )
Joey Meneses (Washington Nationals, MLB, )
 Alek Thomas (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, )
 Alex Verdugo (Boston Red Sox, MLB, )

Nela Lopušanová experienced last night her debut in the National Team.
 
lost to host country 6-7.
 
and Nela ? well, she scored a hattrick The first ever under 18 girl to score a hattrick in NT, first ever U18 girl to score in her NT debut (not even speaking about 3 goals lol ), not sure how many girls did it abroad, but I guess it should not be so much, one thing is sure, she is the first 14 years old girl to score a hattrick in her first Seniors international match. And it was against Hungary 8th of last years Top division Women´s WCh.
 
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Update on the programme.

Tough one for Team . MLB vetern Choi Ji-man has rejected the opportunity to play at WBC 2023 and has been replaced by outfielder Choi Ji-hoon of the SSG Landers.

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.

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/

There you have:
 
 https://swimswam.com/swimswams-top-100-for-2023-womens-10-1/