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Day 10 (August 5, 2024)
 
Artistic Gymnastics- Men’s Parallel Bars
Gold-  Zhou Jingyuan
Silver-  Lukas Dauser
Bronze-  Carlos Yulo
 
Artistic Gymnastics- Women’s Floor
Gold-  Simone Biles
Silver-  Jessica Gadirova
Bronze-  Jordan Chiles
 
Artistic Gymnastics- Women’s Balance Beam
Gold- Simone Biles
Silver-  Urara Ashikawa
Bronze-  Rebecca Andrade
 
Artistic Gymnastics- Men’s Horizontal Bar
Gold-  Daiki Hashimoto
Silver-  Felix Dolci
Bronze-  Tin Srbić
 
Athletics- Men’s Pole Vault
Gold-  Mondo Duplantis (obviously)
Silver-  Ernest Obiena
Bronze-  KC Lightfoot
 
Athletics- Women’s Discus Throw
Gold-  Valerie Allman
Silver-  Sandra Perkovic
Bronze-  Feng Bin
 
Disappointing 6th for reigning World Champion Laulauga Tausaga, but not totally unexpected given her recent form. Jorinde Van Klinken replicates her 4th from Worlds. 
 
Athletics- Women’s 5,000m
Gold-  Gudaf Tsegay
Silver-  Faith Kipyegon
Bronze-  Beatrice Chebet
 
My predictions are so incredibly boring, so decided to pick Tsegay instead of Kipyegon 
 
First (of many) gold for Ethiopia at Paris!
 
Athletics- Women’s 800m
Gold-  Mary Moraa
Silver-  Athing Mu
Bronze-  Keely Hodgkinson
 
First gold for Kenya at Paris! Moraa and Mu both clock times under 1:54.70. 
 
Badminton- Men’s Singles
Gold-  Li Shifeng
Silver-  Viktor Axelsen
Bronze-  Kunvalut Vitidsarn
 
First medal for Thailand. 
 
Badminton- Women’s Singles
Gold-  An Se-Young
Silver-  Akane Yamaguchi
Bronze-  Chen Yufei
 
3x3 Basketball- Men’s Tournament
Gold-  Serbia
Silver-  United States
Bronze-  Belgium
 
4th for  Latvia. 
 
3x3 Basketball- Women’s Tournament
Gold-  Canada
Silver-  France
Bronze-  United States
 
Canoe Slalom- Men’s Kayak Cross
Gold-  Joseph Clarke
Silver-  Mario Leitner
Bronze-  Martin Dougoud
 
Canoe Slalom- Women’s Kayak Cross
Gold-  Jessica Fox
Silver-  Eva Terčelj
Bronze-  Viktoriia Us
 
No British or German athletes on the podium, and same for Stefanie Horn. 
 
Shooting- Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Gold-  Clement Bessaguet
Silver-  Li Yuehong
Bronze-  Christian Reitz
 
Shooting- Mixed Team Skeet
Gold-  Diana Bacossi/Gabriele Rossetti
Silver-  Amber Ruter/Ben Llewellin
Bronze-  Efthimios Mitas/Emmanouela Katzouraki
 
Track Cycling- Women’s Team Sprint
Gold-  Germany (Pauline Grabosch/Emma Hinze/Lea Friedrich)
Silver-  Great Britain (Lauren Bell/Sophie Capewell/Emma Finucane)
Bronze-  China (Bao Shanju/Guo Yufang/Yuan Liying)
 
Triathlon- Mixed Team Relay
Gold-  France
Silver-  Great Britain
Bronze-  Germany
 
Medal Table After Day 10
 25-22-30– 77
 24-10-15– 49
 12-12-9– 33
 10-14-11– 35
 10-12-14– 36
 10-9-11– 30
 10-5-6– 21
 9-7-7– 23
 9-3-5– 17
 7-8-8– 23
 5-8-7– 20
 5-2-2– 9
 4-4-5– 13
 4-2-3– 9
 3-3-1– 7
 3-2-1– 6
 3-2-1– 6
 3-1-1– 5
 2-5-3– 10
 2-3-3– 8
 2-3-2– 7
 2-2-1– 5
 2-1-4– 7
 2-0-2– 4
 1-3-4– 8
 1-3-2– 6
 1-3-1– 5
 1-2-4– 7
 1-1-2– 4
 1-1-1– 3
 1-1-1– 3
 1-1-0– 2
 1-0-1– 2
 1-0-1– 2
 1-0-1– 2
 1-0-0– 1
 1-0-0– 1
 1-0-0– 1
 1-0-0– 1
 0-2-4– 6
 0-2-3– 5
 0-2-1– 3
 0-2-1– 3
 0-1-3– 4
 0-1-2– 3
 0-1-2– 3
 0-1-2– 3
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-1-0– 1
 0-0-3– 3
 0-0-3– 3
 0-0-2– 2
 0-0-2– 2
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 
@rafalgorka some news. Sinkovic brothers are switching back to men’s pairs for Paris. May change up your predictions. 

@rafalgorka edited my previous post a couple of hours ago with the women’s 54kg boxing bronze medalists, and made a change to men’s golf, just letting you know 

Mon 05.08 Day 10
 
166. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - M Parallel Bars
 
1. Zou Jingyuan CHN
2. Lukas Dauser GER
3. Kazuma Kaya JPN
 
Brilliant competition between top two and all the gymnastics world keeps saying it'a pity two gold medals can't be given.
 
167. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - W Floor (but notice: there is probably W Beam on day 10 as well)
 
1. Simone Biles USA
2. Rebeca Andrade BRA
3. Alice D'Amato ITA
 
5th gold for Biles, 5th silver for Andrade. Is it possible in the real world? I think I need to check my women's gymnastics predictions again.
 
168. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - M Horizontal Bar
 
1. Daiki Hashimoto JPN
2. Zhang Boheng CHN
3. Milad Kalimi KAZ
 
Hashimoto gets revenge for Ind AA here.
 
169. ATHLETICS - M Pole Vault
 
1. Armand Duplantis SWE
2. Ernest John Obiena PHI
3. Thibaut Collet FRA
 
Duplantis with WR by 0,01 cm. First French medal in athletics.
 
170. ATHLETICS - W Discus Throw
 
1. Valarie Allman USA
2. Bin Feng CHN
3. Laulauga Tausaga USA
 
Gold for Tokyo olympic champ.
 
171. ATHLETICS - W 5000m
 
1. Faith Kipyegon KEN
2. Gudaf Tsegay ETH
3. Sifan Hassan NED
 
Kipyegon, who else? Easy win for her.
 
172. ATHLETICS - W 800m
 
1. Athing Mu USA
2. Keely Hodgkinson GBR
3. Mary Moraa KEN
 
Hodgkinson leads at 780m. But gold for USA.
 
173. BADMINTON - W Singles
 
1. An Se-young KOR
2. Chen Yufei CHN
3. Carolina Marin ESP
 
Se-young vs Marin semi is just awesome.
 
174. BADMINTON - M Singles
 
1. Li Shifeng CHN
2. Kodai Naraoka JPN
3. Kunlavut Vitidsam THA
 
Gold for Asian Games champ.
 
175. BASKETBALL 3x3 - M Tournament
 
1. Serbia
2. United States
3. Latvia
 
US trying hard for 2023 World Cup revenge but fails just short.
 
176. BASKETBALL 3x3 - W Tournament
 
1. United States
2. China
3. France
 
One of these USA vs CHN intensive battles.
 
177. CANOE SLALOM - M Kayak Cross
 
1. Martin Dougoud SUI
2. David Llorente ESP
3. Joseph Clarke GBR
 
First Swiss gold in Paris.
 
178. CANOE SLALOM - W Kayak Cross
 
1. Kimberley Woods GBR
2. Eva Tercelj SLO
3. Maialen Chourraut ESP
 
Win for 2023 word champ.
 
179. SHOOTING - M 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
 
1. Li Yuehong CHN
2. Clement Bessaguet FRA
3. Christian Reitz GER
 
Great competitions, awesome scores by top athletes.
 
180. SHOOTING - Mixed Team Skeet
 
1. Italy
2. United States
3. Egypt
 
First medal for Egypt in Paris.
 
181. TRACK CYCLING - W Team Sprint
 
1. Germany
2. China
3. Great Britain
 
Poland 6th.
 
182. TRIATHLON - Mixed Team Relay
 
1. France
2. Great Britain
3. Germany
 
USA 4th.

I updated the work already done by @Wumoand @esube to day 4 and added a way to see the number of events by half hour and by day ! I let the pdf and excel files here!
2024 Olympic Schedule to day 4.xlsx ilovepdf_merged (2).pdf

SAILING
 
M Skiff 49er
W Skiff 49er FX
Mixed Multihull Nacra 17
 
ARCHERY
 
M Ind
W Ind
CHA will participate in Mixed Event as well
 

Did some research and found out that it’ll be streamed on the Asia Rugby YouTube channel 
 
https://www.youtube.com/c/asiarugbylive

I haven’t found any yet

I can do 3-4 days!

And one last spam from me this CET morning.
 
I would really like to come back to this project.
This kind of schedule layout is extremely useful for me during olympic time.
 
But 16 days is too much for me.
 
Maybe if we could find 8 users here (2 days for one user) we could make a great updated version of it.

We can update it once a month or sth.
 
We can even make versions for particular NOCs.
 
E.g. POL version with Polish athletes starts highlighted.
 
???
 
I can do days 1-2.

So, from my interpretation, a country could grab 4 quotas only if it had four players or more inside TOP 15. But, I talked here and looks you are correct.
 
In this case, I have fixed it. Not only  earns a quota as much as  at women's side. According to last update  and  lose one quota respectively.

Care to compare?
 
How does Team Canada's FULL Olympic roster compare to my proposed
FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Team USA Roster?
 
 
1. Brittney Griner     No: 15 POS:         C HGT: 6-9 Current Age: 32
2. Azura Stevens*                                C HGT: 6-6 Current Age: 27
3. Aliyah Boston       No: 16 POS:         C HGT: 6-5 Current Age: 21  2023 ROY
4. Shakira Austin      No: 12 POS:    PF/C HGT: 6-5 Current Age: 22
5. NaLyssa Smith*    No:14 POS:         SF HGT: 6-3 Current Age: 23
6. Napheesa Collier  No:11 POS:          SF HGT: 6-1 Current Age: 27 2019 ROY
7. Alyssa Thomas                POS:          SF HGT: 6-2 Current Age: 31
8. Rhyne Howard     No: 10 POS:   SG/SF, HGT: 6-2 Current Age: 23 2022 ROY
9. Diamond Miller                POS:         SG, HGT: 6-3 Current Age: 23
10. Jackie Young*               POS:          SG HGT: 6-0 Current Age: 26
11. Jewell Loyd        No:   4 POS:        SG HGT: 5-10 Current Age: 29 2015 ROY
12. Allisha Gray                   POS:           G HGT: 5-10 Current Age: 29 2017 ROY
 
My proposed 2024 Olympic Basketball Tournament Roster: Team USA
 
1. Brittney Griner      No: 15 POS: C           HGT: 6-9 Current Age: 32 Paris 24 & out
2. Aliyah Boston       No: 16 POS: C           HGT: 6-5 Current Age: 21  2023 ROY
3. Shakira Austin      No: 12 POS: PF/C     HGT: 6-5 Current Age: 22
4. A'ja Wilson            No:   9 POS: PF         HGT: 6-5 Current Age: 26
5. Breanna Stewart  No: 10 POS: F/PF      HGT: 6-4 Current Age: 28
6. NaLyssa Smith*    No:14 POS: SF          HGT: 6-3 Current Age: 23
8. Rhyne Howard     No: 10 POS: SG/SF,   HGT: 6-2 Current Age: 23 2022 ROY
9. Jackie Young*                 POS: SG          HGT: 6-0 Current Age: 26
10. Caitlin Clark       No:  11 POS: SG/PG    HGT: 5-11 Current Age: 21
11. Chelsea Gray       No:  8 POS: PG          HGT: 5-11 Current Age: 30 Paris 24 & out
12. Kelsey Plum         No:  5 POS: PG          HGT: 5-8 Current Age: 28
 
Mr. Josh, do you remember what happened to your Canadian GLUE factory horse
team the last time they tried to run with Team USA?
 
 
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/3009/Canada-USA
 
That's what it looks like for a basketball team that was sent to the GLUE Factory.
 

mixed Nacra 17

Gold: John Gimson & Anna Burnet
Silver: Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti
Bronze: Gianluigi Ugolini & Maria Giubilei

Olympic Quota Place: Lukas Haberl & Tanja Frank

men's 49er

Gold: Lucas Rual & Emile Amoros
Silver: Dominik Buksak & Szymon Wierbicki
Bronze: Benjamin Bildstein & David Hussl (actually, 4th in the Final Result behind Isaac McHardie & William McKenzie)

Olympic Quota Place: Robert Dickson & Sean Waddilove

women's 49er FX

Gold: Helene Næss & Marie Rønningen
Silver: Jana Germani & Giorgia Bertuzzi
Bronze: Tamara Echegoyen & Paula Barcelò

Olympic Quota Place: Jana Germani & Giorgia Bertuzzi

We are down to 70 unqualified nations remaining. I've updated all nations and sports, adding/removing potential events. Let me know if I missed anything. Since most nations remaining are tripartite eligible (everyone except ) many of the predicted options rely on winning one of those quotas. Here's the breakdown by how many nations have a chance in each sport.
 
Athletics - 63
Swimming - 61
Judo - 40
Boxing - 22
Weightlifting - 22
Taekwondo - 20
Shooting - 13
Canoeing - 11
Badminton - 10
Rowing - 8
Sailing - 8
Table Tennis - 8
Archery - 7
Tennis - 7
Wrestling - 7
Gymnastics - 5
Fencing - 4
Football - 4
Surfing - 4
Cycling - 3
Handball - 3
Basketball - 2
Equestrian - 2
Rugby Sevens - 2
Triathlon - 2
Artistic Swimming - 1
Golf - 1
Volleyball - 1
Water Polo - 1
Breaking - 0
Diving - 0
Field Hockey - 0
Modern Pentathlon - 0
Skateboarding - 0
Sport Climbing - 0
 
Unsurprisingly, athletics and swimming tops the list. Judo being third was expected. It is the easiest sport for a nation to qualify after athletics/swimming. Shooting being a bit low on the list despite having so many tripartite quotas likely means either many quotas will be reallocated or ISSF may change the rules and allow nations with no ranking points to be given the quota. Boxing, taekwondo and weightlifting are popular sports with some nations having a chance to qualify normally. Unfortunately a large set of nations will be left with nothing. On the low end six sports do not have any nations with a chance to qualify, most of which have tripartite quotas that will likely go unrewarded.

What are CAN chances here, what do you think? 3 out of 4 is a great opportunity. Hope you don’t finish 4th ehh 😎

@hckošice @phelps You were right guys! Hockey rulez 💪😎

So, here is the background story behind the current saga. Take some popcorn 
 
For many people around the world, when it comes to Bulgaria and football, they associate us with the 1994 World Cup run to the 1/2. Those players are without a doubt the most famous Bulgarian generation, as many of them also played in some of the biggest clubs in Europe. If you are a foreigner, you would rightfully think, that these people should be heralded for this achievement, which will never be duplicated. And for a large part of the older generations they still are.
 
But for the generations, that came after them and for the ones, that have been brewing in our football world, opinions couldn't be more opposite. The people who were once deemed "untouchable" by the whole nation are now some of the most hated people, on the level of politicians.. It's a Walter White TV-esq transformation. 
 
The "heroes" of the 1994 World Cup have been ruling the Bulgarian Football Union for 18 years now. After their careers ended in the early 2000s, on the heels of their popularity they made a campaign to take control of Bulgarian football, bring a more youth oriented mindset and get rid of the old model. And of course they won the Union election in 2005. 
 
But as the years went along, much progress wasn't being seen in the National team, in the youth ones, or the clubs themselves. The trajectory was actually going downhill. So probably over a decade has passed of nothing happening and around 2016-17 talks and anger started appearing, that it was time for a change. But it was largely amongst fans and journalists, not many people directly involved in football were taking it seriously. But more years passed and things got worse and worse and more people started talking, which has led the BFU to become like a dictatorship..
 
So the BFU has elections every 4 years to elect a President, who then proposes a board of 10-12 or how many people, i don't know... Safe to say, that these elections go as fair, as State elections in Russia. All clubs, who are members of the BFU can vote (if they can prove they are active). Previously there was a points system, teams from the First division got a X amount of point for their vote, the ones from the Second got Y and so forth. But the 1994 guys changed to the system to be more "democratic", so every club has 1 vote. Now if you are Levski Sofia or CSKA with combined 60 titles, or a club with a budget of 15 million, you get the same power in deciding how the Bulgarian football is going to be run, with a 5th division team from a village of 600 people. And in an Union comprising 300-400 clubs, even if the top 40-50 "professional" ones all voted together, it won't matter in the end. Because you know how easily regional clubs can be persuaded, when their whole existence depends on the BFU. 
 
This is only one thing, that the 1994 guys have made to assure they stay in power. They have repeatedly said, that they won't leave, they see no fault in them whatsoever, they have done their job in "paying the bills" and it's not their fault we came to be one of the worst teams in Europe. Everyone's opinion doesn't bother them one bit and they won't vacate the BFU, because they were "elected".
 
I'll continue with the latest so called elections next, but in some time, as work came up.  There is still more story leading up to the Hungary game.
 
 

That is a nice feature, but overall I dislike the new design. The old one was completely fine, one of the best sports app UIs in my opinion. They removed a bunch of features, like cup standings and medal stats on the athletes' pages or the ability to follow an entire national team, not just individuals. Also why does the Predictor Challenge need to open separately in a browser now?

Sunday downhill cancelled as well

The  government says YES to WOG 2030 in Sweden. 

This is 1000% the fault of the Bulgarian Football Union. I'm travelling now, but will tell the whole story later today, so everyone can read this circus.

will be playing their home matches against  &  in Hungary at Pancho Arena, Felcsut. 
Hungarian Government & Football Federation has taken full responsibility for security & organisations of these matches which will be open to spectators. 

have qualified their first athletes in rugby sevens (men’s tournament) at the Rugby Sevens Oceanian Championships!