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One pick for each day of the Games similar to this contest would be fun. I could make up a slate of picks closer to the time.

W
 
Świątek - Collins
Ferro - Noskova
Svitolina - Tomova
Siniakova - Kudermetova
Ostapenko - Martic
Tauson - Azarenka 
Navarro - Cocciaretto
Gracheva - Vondrousova

Rybakina - Bucsa
Osorio - Paolini
Kalinina - Kalinskaya
Stephens - Kasatkina
Zheng - Boulter 
Raducanu - Cirstea
Zhu - Zarazua
Burel - Pegula
 
Sakkari - Avanesyan
Kostyuk - Mertens
Wozniacki - Timofeeva
Korneeva - L Fruhvirtova
Garcia - Saville
Putintseva - Potapova
Fernandez - Parks
Jeanjean - Gauff
 
Jabeur - Andreeva
Rakhimova - Parry
Alexandrova - Hunter
Korpatsch - Krejcikova
Samsonova - Podoroska
Badosa - Vekic
Tsurenko - Masarova
B Fruhvirtova - Sabalenka
 
But this is W tennis so I will be surprised if I am more than 65% correct heh
 
probably much much more seeded players out in Rd1
 
hardest guess: Garcia vs Osaka
 
the biggest predicted surprise: L Fruhvirtova beating Haddad Maia but obviously it may not happen at all but some other high seeded players may be out early (Ostapenko vs Birrell???

I know noone cares but still here are my 2nd rd brackets 😜
 
M
 
Djokovic - Popyrin
Hanfmann - Etcheverry
Mannarino - Shevchenko
O’Connell - Shelton
Fritz - Carballes Baena
Marozsan - Cerundolo
Mussetti - Duckworth
Thompson - Tsitsipas
 
Sinner - de Jong
Kubler - Wolf
Tiafoe - Machac
Kovacevic - Khachanov
de Minaur - Arnaldi 
Kotov - Cobolli 
Korda - Harris 
Eubanks - Rublev
 
Rune - Djere 
Fils - Griekspoor 
Humbert - Zhang
Shapovalov - Hurkacz 
Dimitrov - Ofner
Marterer - Davidovich Fokina
Auger-Aliassime - Muller
Kypson - Medvedev
 
Zverev - Kwon
Michelsen - Lehecka
Norrie - Lajovic
Purcell - Ruud
Paul - Giron
Kecmanovic - Hijikata
Bublik - McDonald 
Sonego - Alcaraz
 
But probably more seeded players will be out in Rd1
 
The hardest prediction for me: Auger-Aliassime vs Thiem
 
 

Austrian TV reported about a broken leg (open fracture), which means that we lost him for the season  

You just won’t get a soupe here until Paris crosses the line. She is too busy until then 😉

German commentator (and co-commentator Marco Büchel) are angry about there being two downhills both here and in Kitzbühel. Both because it might be too tough on the athletes, but also because it devalues the classics: there should be one Streif winner, one Lauberhorn winner, it becomes less special if there's more of them.

First time in forever that my eternal hope for Clarey is definitely not going to work out anymore
 
Paris would be awesome, or a good old Winnerhofer, but yeah, unlikely

bad news from Today's races...
 
 Nadine Fest heavily crashed in Altenmarkt and injured herself.
a full dignosis is not available yet, even though a shoulder injury was evident before she was carried to the hospital with the helicopter.
 
 Alexis Pinturault also crashed after a jump in Wengen and needed to be carried to the hospital by helicopter, too.
ACL and possibly a wrist injury is the first response for him, which means his season is over.
https://olympics.com/en/news/alexis-pinturault-suffers-heavy-crash-wengen-super-g

Renata Zarazúa qualifies for her second Grand Slam  

Last year's AO Junior champion Alina Korneeva (whom I told to look out for  ) has qualified for her first GS Main Draw. She saved 2 MP in Q2 and breezed over Anna Bondar in the final Q round just now.

The Jordanian hope goes down in three to Omar Jasika 2-6 6-1 6-2

Aaand Wengen delivers!
 
Odermatt… just wow! You may like him or not but… just wow
 
Sarrazin brilliant . Proved he wasn’t just one-race lucky rider … hope he won’t get injured soon because he is riding like 120% percent
 
Kilde only 3rd… and he had the lucky train on the way… so it might have been his best chance this weekend lol
 
nice to see innerhofer back after this nasty Bormio fall

I've seen an article that claims he's the first player from Jordan to have any world ranking.

WOW ! Abdallah Shelbayh from Jordan defeated Next GEN Champion last year Hamad Medjedovic from Serbia in 3 sets and qualifies to final Rd of qualifiers 

I'd happily take your "How i'd like it to happen" picks 

Draws are out!!!
 
My predictions
 
How it's gonna be:
 
M
 
N Djkokovic SRB - S Tsitsipas GRE
J Sinner ITA - A de Minaur AUS
H Hurkacz POL - D Medvedev BLRUS
A Zverev GER - C Alcaraz ESP
 
N Djokovic SRB - J Sinner ITA
D Medvedev BLRUS - C Alcaraz ESP
 
N Djokovic SRB - D Medvedev BLRUS
 
N Djokovic SRB
 
W
 
I Świątek POL - V Azarenka BLRUS
E Rybakina KAZ - J Pegula USA
M Sakkari GRE - C Gauff USA
M Andreeva BLRUS - A Sabalenka BLRUS
 
I Świątek POL - E Rybakina KAZ
C Gauff USA - A Sabalenka BLRUS
 
E Rybakina KAZ - A Sabalenka BLRUS
 
A Sabalenka BLRUS
 
How i'd like it to happen:
 
M
 
N Djokovic SRB - S Tsitsipas GRE
J Sinner ITA - A de Minaur AUS
H Hurkacz POL - D Medvedev BLRUS
A Zverev GER - C Alcaraz ESP
 
N Djokovic SRB - J Sinner ITA
H Hurkacz POL - C Alcaraz ESP
 
J Sinner ITA - C Alcaraz ESP
 
C Alcaraz ESP

W
 
I Świątek POL - M Vondrousova CZE
E Rybakina KAZ - J Pegula USA
C Wozniacki DEN - C Gauff USA
M Andreeva BLRUS - A Sabalenka BLRUS
 
I Świątek POL - E Rybakina KAZ
C Gauff USA - M Andreeva BLRUS
 
I Świątek POL - M Andreeva BLRUS
 
I Świątek POL

New World Record of Attendance in a handball match in the opening day of Euros : 53586

PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC HOUSES
 
 Dutch Olympic House
 
Link: https://teamnl.org/huis
 
Address:  Parc de la Villete, 211 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: €27.50
 
Czech Olympic House
 
Link: https://www.olympijskytym.cz/article/stante-se-soucasti-olympiady-hledame-dobrovolniky-do-ceskeho-domu-na-hrach-v-parizi
 
Address: La Villette - Nation's Park
 
Entrance Fee: TBA
 
 
Belgium Olympic House
 
Link: https://lottobelgiumhouse.be/en/tickets
 
Address:  Salons Hoche, 9 Av. Hoche, 75008 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: From €15/Day
 
 
Brazil Olympic House
 
Link: TBA
 
Address:  Parc de la Villette, 211 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: Free
 
 Canada Olympic House
 
Link: https://house.olympic.ca/
 
Address: La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, 30 Av. Corentin Cariou, 75019 Paris
 
Entrance Fee:  TBA
 
 
Swiss Olympic House 
 
Link: https://www.houseofswitzerland.org/fr/events/maison-suisse-france-2024
 
Address:  Hôtel de Besenval, 142 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: TBA
 
 
Denmark Olympic House
 
Link:  TBA
 
Address:  TBA
 
Entrance Fee:  TBA 
 
 
 
 Ireland Olympic House
 
Link: TBA
 
Address:  O’Sullivan’s By The Mill, 92 Bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris
 
Entrance Fee:  TBA
 
 
 France Olympic House
 
Link: https://lavillette.com/programmation/club-france_e1918#
 
Address:  Parc de la Villette, 211 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris
 
Entrance Fee:  TBA
 
 
 UK Olympic House
 
Link: https://www.teamgb.com/team-gb-house/0cf3zpU0DNI5hDR3vAe4G
 
Address:  Pavillon d'Armenonville, 11 All. de Longchamp, 75016 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: From £150
 
 
Germany Olympic House
 
Link: https://www.teamdeutschland.de/paris-2024/deutsches-haus
 
Address: Stade Jean-Bouin, 17 All. Charles Brennus, 75016 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: €20/day 
 
 
 India Olympic House
 
Link: TBA
 
Address: TBA
 
Entrance Fee: TBA
 
 
 Italy Olympic House
 
Link: TBA
 
Address:  Pré Catelan, Bois de Boulogne, 75016 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: TBA
 
 
 New Zealand Olympic House
 
Link: TBA
 
Address: TBA
 
Entrance Fee: TBA
 
 
 
 Pride Olympic House
 
Link: TBA
 
Address:  Parc de La Villette, 211 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: TBA
 
 
Slovenia Olympic House  
 
Link: TBA
 
Address:  Parc de La Villette, 211 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris
 
Entrance Fee: TBA
 
 
Slovakia Olympic House 
 
Link: TBA
 
Address:  TBA
 
Entrance Fee:  TBA
 
 
 Sweden Olympic House
 
Link: TBA
 
Address: MOB Hotel, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Paris
 
Entrance Fee: TBA
 
 
 USA Olympic House
 
Link: https://hospitalitytravelpackagesusa.paris2024.org/discover/
 
Address: Palais Brongniart, 16 Pl. de la Bourse, 75002 Paris
 
Entrance Fee:  TBA
 
 
 Poland Olympic House
 
Link:  TBA
 
Address:  231 Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris
 
Entrance Fee:  TBA 
 
 
For more detailed information, visit: https://www.houseparty.blog/paris-2024-houses-by-country
 
 
Last update: 11th January 2024

OLYMPIC HOUSE MAP
 
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RiHU9vUQj2NU5yyb6
 
Here is a link for all those who want to travel around the Olympic Houses. Within a time, I will be adding there addresses of other Olympic Houses and other venues, such as places of some sponsors that are opened for public, before there used to be Samsung House, Alibaba House, etc. 
 
Last update: 11th January 2024

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javelin throw final athletics 
boxing 50 kg final
badminton men’s double 
shooting 50 m 3p women’s 
men’s hockey 
 
global 
swimming 50 m FS
swimming 4*100 relay
Athletics 100 m
TT men’s single 
archwry mens single

For those who are travelling to Paris. It has always been a great activity to select a free day and take an Olympic House Tour or just visit some during the games at any time. In the Olympic Houses we can meet athletes, experience the country's customs, food, alcohol, history, sports etc. Let's share here information about Olympic Houses. I suppose there might be around 40 Olympic Houses as for the first time in the history should be Polish Olympic House and maybe even China Olympic House. I will keep one post pinned to the top with information about each country's Olympic house, especially address, entrance fee and other important information. 

Small comparison Tokyo vs Paris predictions
 
Europe
 
ALB 9-6
AND 2-6
ARM 17-19
AUT 73-79
AZE 44-43
BEL 123-168
BIH 7-6
BUL 42-39
CRO 60-74
CYP 15-16
CZE 109-94
DEN 104-116
EST 33-22
FIN 45-62
FRA 380-540 hosts
GEO 33-30
GER 392-403
GBR 375-330
GRE 75-62
HUN 172-185
ISL 4-11
IRL 120-107
ISR 89-85
ITA 366-367
KOS 11-9
LAT 32-37
LIE 5-3
LTU 42-61
LUX 12-13
MLT 6-5
MDA 20-22
MON 6-7
MNE 34-33
NED 267-207
MKD 8-4
NOR 93-103
POL 206-210
POR 92-77
ROU 102-96
SMR 5-6
SRB 87-111
SVK 41-28
SLO 53-80
ESP 328-365
SWE 133-119
SUI 113-120
TUR 105-90
UKR 149-124
 
Many NOC stay more or less the same, but there are some quite big changes.

My biggest hope is that Poland will have 0 doping issues in Paris though. Noone does anything stupid this time. 0 is my fav number here

Tried to count it for Poland myself…
 
I am worried that rugby W team will not qualify… that’s -12
 
i don’t see we can qualify in diving… that’s -3. Or maybe one individual - that would be -2
 
i don’t know much about rhythmic gymnastics but I don’t see it happen either… -1
 
i think we qualify 3 athletes in sports climbing - Ola Mirosław is already in and I think we get one more girl and one more boy in speed - that’s +1
 
50 quotas in athletics is a lot but I think it may be even more although we won’t be that strong like in Tokyo for sure, we were so lucky in Tokyo that things like that just can’t happen twice . I think we qualify a lot of relays and we send everyone who is in by world rankings . One possible drama is whether our heptathlete goes (Ada Sułek who is pregnant now but she is already qualified) . Heads (CEOs) of our Athletics Team don’t like her because she critized them heavily in Eugene WCH so as I know Polish reality now they will want her to prove that she’s in good form before the Olympics and they won’t send her if she’s not… but other will go without any extra tests… 
 
so I say it’s rather 60 quota in athletics +10 but there will be surely 2 or 3 injuries so it’s +7 in the end . But only 2 medals in athletics this time and I won’t be surprised if there is no gold 
 
overall around 195-200
 
 

They don't reject quotas. It was a thing of the past. Like Tokyo both hockey and Water Polo teams will be there.