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The video can't be showed in my region, but Win Sports is also streaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9qWcKmyv7I

Probably they couldn't arrive on time? But unlike 3x3 (which was simply given a walkover), the Handball match is currently rescheduled for July 30th - probably because this tournament will qualify for the Pan American Games and it would be terrible to lose a match for a reason like that...

Joanna Maranhão (Swimming) announced her retirement today. Probably our best female pool swimmer, she finished 5th in 400m individual medley in Athens 2004, the best placement obtained by a Brazilian woman swimmer at all times. Having won multiple Pan and South American Games medals (+ participation in 4 Olympic Games), she is also known for her social work, having inspired a law (against child sexual assault) with her name in Brazil.

A new host with only one year to go I hope everything turns out okay.

I don't know if this was commented here before, but the schedule indicates that we will have a new format in Basketball. Preliminary round goes from July 26th to August 3rd (9 days), with 4 matches per day all in the same arena. That would indicate 3 groups of 4 teams for each tournament, instead of the usual 2 groups of 6. If this happens, I wonder if they will use the same system of Women's Football with the two best 3rd placed teams qualifying to the quarterfinals

Updated with Field Hockey quotas + Modern Pentathlon (each nation competing at Central American and Caribbean Games qualified one athlete per individual event) + Women's Handball +14 +14 +14

I think a playoff will be necessary between Canada and Brazil for the last spot. Of course Canada will win like 10-0, but technically they're not qualified yet

[hide] Men's Tournament Knockout Round July 22nd - July 28th, 2018 16 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 28th 2018, h. 20:30 Croatia 2 Italy Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 28th 2018, h. 22:15 Serbia 1 Spain [/hide]

https://www.usada.org/jack-casey-accepts-doping-sanction/ I think it is the 5th case for american swimmers in less than a year.

Ricardinho (Volleyball), considered one of the best setters of all time, has announced his retirement last week. Among the titles, he was Olympic champion in 2004 (+silver in 2012) and world champion in 2002 and 2006.

[hide] Women's Tournament Knockout Round July 23rd - July 27th, 2018 8 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 27th 2018, h. 20:30 Hungary 1 Spain Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 27th 2018, h. 22:15 Netherlands 3 Greece [/hide]

[hide] Men's Tournament Knockout Round July 22nd - July 28th, 2018 16 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 26th 2018, h. 20:30 Serbia 1 Croatia July 26th 2018, h. 22:00 Spain 2 Italy [/hide]

Another kinda surprising result was Colombia being eliminated in women's football (and last in their group). I thought they could win the whole thing. Really bad year for this team.

What a debacle for Cuba!

[hide] Women's Tournament Knockout Round July 23rd - July 27th, 2018 8 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 25th 2018, h. 17:00 Netherlands 5 Hungary July 25th 2018, h. 18:30 Greece 1 Spain [/hide]

[hide] Men's Tournament Knockout Round July 22nd - July 28th, 2018 16 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 24th 2018, h. 17:00 Serbia 4 Hungary July 24th 2018, h. 18:30 Spain 1 Greece July 24th 2018, h. 20:30 Croatia 4 Montenegro July 24th 2018, h. 22:00 Italy 2 Russia [/hide]

[hide] Women's Tournament Knockout Round July 23rd - July 27th, 2018 8 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2018, h. 17:00 Greece 2 Russia July 23rd 2018, h. 18:30 Italy 1 Hungary July 23rd 2018, h. 20:30 Netherlands 14 Germany July 23rd 2018, h. 22:00 France 16 Spain [/hide]

[hide] Men's Tournament Knockout Round July 22nd - July 20th, 2018 16 Nations, Placement Matches, Quarterfinals Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Play-Offs Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2018, h. 17:00 Hungary 3 Netherlands July 22nd 2018, h. 18:30 Germany 7 Greece July 22nd 2018, h. 20:30 Montenegro 4 Romania July 22nd 2018, h. 22:00 France 4 Russia [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary Round July 21st - July 29th, 2018 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 2nd and the 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Play-Offs Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2018, h. 11:00 China 1 Italy July 22nd 2018, h. 17:00 Netherlands 4 South Korea July 27th 2018, h. 18:00 China 2 Netherlands July 27th 2018, h. 20:00 South Korea 0 Italy July 29th 2018, h. 11:00 South Korea 0 China July 29th 2018, h. 13:00 Netherlands 3 Italy Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2018, h. 14:00 England 3 India July 21st 2018, h. 18:00 United States 2 Ireland July 25th 2018, h. 20:00 United States 1 England July 26th 2018, h. 14:00 India 1 Ireland July 29th 2018, h. 17:00 India 3 United States July 29th 2018, h. 19:00 England 1 Ireland Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2018, h. 11:00 Germany 2 South Africa July 22nd 2018, h. 13:00 Argentina 1 Spain July 25th 2018, h. 18:00 Germany 1 Argentina July 26th 2018, h. 12:00 Spain 2 South Africa July 28th 2018, h. 12:00 Spain 0 Germany July 28th 2018, h. 14:00 Argentina 2 South Africa Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2018, h. 20:00 Australia 2 Japan July 22nd 2018, h. 20:00 New Zealand 1 Belgium July 24th 2018, h. 12:00 Japan 1 New Zealand July 24th 2018, h. 14:00 Australia 2 Belgium July 28th 2018, h. 18:00 Japan 1 Belgium July 28th 2018, h. 20:00 New Zealand 1 Australia [/hide]

It would be great if the idea of these Games could be revived at the near future, and I don't think the costs would be that higher if they pick existing venues in Canada or USA.

I know @heywoodu was joking, but he made me remember that once we had a Winter Pan American Games in 1990. But of course USA and Canada won all the medals and the idea has not been revived since - there was only 1 sport anyway (alpine skiing) I wonder if today participation would increase and maybe Brazil could win a medal at something (at least Mexico or Colombia would probably win a bronze medal in Ice Hockey considering a participation of Canada and USA with some Z teams)

I was gonna do a "hips don't lie" joke, but... nevermind. She's great.

Okay, this segment is REALLY similar to Rio's "different tribes" portion. I think there is cleary some inspiration going on here.