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FISU with better shooting graphics than OBS or EBU Accurate and available graphics really do make a huge difference in viewing though. The shooting finals have been great so far.

I’ve mostly avoided spoilers (except yours ), but I’d prefer to leave my cone of silence so I can discuss the Games.

Anybody know where I can find a replay of yesterday’s judo/wushu finals? FISU.TV is being a little slow with the replay uploads (and Olympic Channel didn’t broadcast those sports).

and have to be just about tired of facing each other in archery medal matches

Their first ever medal at the World University Games!

It seems to play a bit better in the app too.

Ni bags a wushu medal (silver). I wasn’t sure the United States would get a medal. We have some athletes with a good level, but obviously the sport is very unknown in the US.

Gold for also squeaks ahead of

Double 4th for Yun with yet another gold in wushu. with a nice silver, but he was a little over scored in my opinion (which shouldn’t matter that much as I know almost nothing about wushu).

Wushu is basically unwatchable because of the slowdown/speed-up thing FISU.TV is doing. What a shame. I want to watch stuff, but I might as well just follow the results if this is the quality and of the coverage. Hopefully the replays are better (if they get published).

Beach soccer, in my opinion, is a great fit for multi-sport games. It’s fast-paced, can share a venue with other beach sports, and requires less quotas and competition days. I’d like to see it replace the standard football tournament in the near future. I’ve come to enjoy international softball as well. The WBSC need to continue to develop the men’s games and propose it for inclusion along with the traditional women’s event. Compound archery is tricky because of the quota situation. They could go 48 (recurve)/48 (compound) but the number of nations competing will almost certainly drop substantially. They could eliminate the gendered team events, but I’d imagine there’d be a good amount of opposition to that. Personally, I still think the competition format for compound archery needs some work. I’d prefer to see them use 3D targets with odd shapes and small scoring areas at different distances.

This is what I see as one of the biggest challenges for the sustainability of multi-sport games, especially the Commonwealth Games. Federations/organizers need to be more willing to compromise on capacity at venues. The cost of “modernizations” should also be kept within reason.

Imagine thinking either is entertaining

leads the medal table after a good day on the mat. with two gold medals as well. looking good too.

are world champions in men’s fistball once again. It’s the fourth consecutive title for them. It also guarantees them a quota for The World Games 2025. should get quotas as well, but it might depend on continental championships and other events. Also, if you get a chance to watch fistball in-person at some point, I highly recommend it. I had a great time at the venue in Birmingham last summer.

Ngoe Wase denies the hosts a gold medal. Close match (at least by technical score), unfortunately they count the broadcast after the first two weight categories

I guess Russian is the new language of the Francophone according to the scoring legend on the results document: https://jdf2023-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/JDF2023/WRE/2023-07-29/WREWFS53KG------------------------__C75A_1.1.pdf

gets the better of in women’s 53kg freestyle. Their odds of topping the medal table improve every time they do that.

wins the first gold medal of the Games. Go figure

Wrestling scheduling was a bit confusing, but finals are live and the atmosphere is terrific

Yeah, and they weren’t too impressed with all the withdrawals. The LOC Director provided some pointed remarks about Quebec, Wallonia, and France. Link: https://www.francsjeux.com/2023/07/28/with-these-games-we-mark-our-presence/94138

Women’s freestyle 55kg (wrestling) has a grand total of two entries in it Gold medal for or

Okay, but somebody should actually make that happen. Kabbadi is my favorite sport to watch during the Asian Games.

Okay, so our U12 national team might be deemed bullies here…

Fabian trying to cheer her up with an even more shocking series of poor shots