SalamAkhi

Yep

We lost this qualification in Pruszkow alone ... The last kilometer of the qualifications prevented the team from playing a medal in Tokyo

Denmark 3.46.58 In qualifications

New French Record, first time under 3.50 but probably no Olympics Nothing makes sense ... The men can play for a medal here and even in Tokyo but won't be qualified, whereas the women seem far away from the rest of the field but will make it to Japan

4.21.5 what is this time ffs ? We are not gonna make it into the first round At least Belgium was even a bit worse so we get the qualification

The postponement of the HK tournament will probably change the shape of this qualifier ... Japan though didn't seem imperial, as one could have expected them to be, given their (unfair) extra World Series experience and their roster. The fact that the qualifier will now take place AFTER the Olympics could even strengthen the chances of their opponents, since their main target will be done by HK and considering how the Japanese program have been erratic these past four years ... HK staying true to themselves, not very impressive but always in the last four, still lacking a tiny bit of something to get the win. Germany in the same vein : strong, physical, powerful, athletic ... you get it, not the most beautiful team but surely pragmatic ... well, German Could be the favorites this time. Chile and Uruguay my favorite sides, a fierce defense combined to a tonic attack, benefiting from their home support this time around. Tonga close to the Samoan model, solid team but they have not yet performed as we could expect them to ... And finally Uganda and Zimbabwe , two athletic squads but much like PNG they lack some control over essential matters, especially Uganda which nearly lose all their line-outs ... crucial in this game.

One hell of a final between Japan and Uruguay in Montevideo by the way ... 0-0 at HT, 0-0 at FT, 0-0 at the end of the first ET, and eventually Japan snatching the win away from the locals after more than 25 minutes of play

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1 vs 7 or 8, 2 v 7 or 8, 3 v 5 or 6 ...

Great exemple of overcorrection since épée is the adequate word But yes, complicated ... we need a great result (>20 over Estonia, so basically a final) and a great result from i nostri amici transalpini

Nope, 44 points is the deficit, so too much for this time (even considering the worst results). But a good leap forward

The dream is still alive

Many times I dreamt about being an international athlete, last time I remember was short track speed skating... So gutted when I woke up

Brace yourself, 4 Dutchmen in Berlin

I'm not a fan of the new Dutch domination (though it is limited to less events) but I'd prefer seeing them make a sweep rather than the British frauds Concerning Norway, well

The chance of this event (and the point that bothers me most with biathlon at the Olympics) is that it doesn't require any additional quota... With a good communication on how It could open the podium to more nations we could well see it at the Games in the future. But we know that 6 countries will battle for the podium in the end

Inherent to the principle of the race, short distances means shorter gaps Hooray Ok more nations can participate but get medals... It's clear that this race is taken seriously by the big nations when at championships, i.e not in concurrence with the mixed relay. Therefore the chances of Estonia and Kazakhstan are reduced to 0.1%. Plus there is already too much biathlon races at the Olympics

Earn the bronze*

Individual truly is the best format

1936 is very different in its construction and far less generic than many others... Some want to take into account the context rather than the motto itself, I'd say that except for Athens all of them are interchangeable, then I don't see why I should consider the political situation

It's a very good motto... For what it's worth = nothing Super duper generic

Doesn't answer my question but anyway Your position is pretty obvious by the way

Tell us how, I'd really want to know

Emil Hegle Jacquelin

She lacks speed at the start though