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[hide] Sporting Rivalries and Medals (15) 1- On Day 1, the first 5 Gold Medals will be awarded to athletes from 5 different countries. [NO - 6] 2- At least 27 countries will win a Medal, surpassing the Sochi 2014 Games' total. [YES - 3] 3- At least 2 events will not result in the common 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze Medal Podium finish. [NO - 4] 4- South Korea will finish in the top five on the medal table. [YES - 2] 5- Canada will finish ahead of the USA in the medal table. [YES - 3] 6- By total medals won, Norway & Germany will win more than Canada & the United States, who in turn will win more than Japan & South Korea. [YES - 6] 7- At least one nation will win their first ever Gold Medal at a Winter Olympics. [YES - 1] 8- Excluding DNFs, at least one irish athlete will finish ahead of a briton. [NO - 4] 9- A nation will win six or more medals without winning gold. [YES - 3] 10- Austria will finish ahead of Switzerland in the medal table. [NO - 2] 11- We will have at least 5 Gold Medal winners being less than 18 years young on that given day. [NO - 4] 12- At least 3 Torino 2006 medalists will win a Medal in PyeongChang. [YES - 1] 13- At least one medal event will be postponed to another day. [YES - 3] 14- More women than men will win medals for the nation that will rank 1st on the medal table. [YES - 4] 15- At least 3 nations will win 10 or more gold medals. [YES - 2] Alpine Skiing (5) 16- Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) will win at least 3 Gold Medals. [NO - 3] 17- Norway will win the most medals on the Men's side. [YES - 3] 18- At least 33% of the starters in Men's Slalom will not reach the finish on the first run. [NO - 3] 19- Naoki Yuasa (JPN) will finish both legs in the Men's Slalom. [NO - 1] 20- The podium of at least one event will feature only countries associated with the Alpine Region (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and/or Switzerland). [YES - 3] Biathlon (5) 21- Johannes Thingnes Boe (NOR) will win more medals than Martin Fourcade (FRA) during the whole 2018 Winter Olympics. [NO - 5] 22- Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) will win her third olympic Sprint title in a row. [NO - 3] 23- An athlete who finished 21st or worst in the Sprint will win a Pursuit medal. [NO - 4] 24- There will be a Gold Medalist in the individual races with 1 or more misses on the shooting range. [YES - 3] 25- The Ukrainian team will win more total medals than Italy. [YES - 4] Bobsleigh (2) 26- Germany will win at least 6 medals between all events. [NO - 3] 27- Humphries (CAN) will win her third gold medal in two-women's bobsleigh. [YES - 2] Cross-country Skiing (5) 28- On the Women's side, all 6 Gold Medals will go to Norway. [NO - 5] 29- Overall, medals will not go to more than 6 nations. [NO - 6] 30- Swiss athletes will win more total medals than Olympic Athletes from Russia. [YES - 4] 31- The Men's Sprint will see a medalist who finished 21st-30th in the Qualification. [NO - 3] 32- The athlete leading the Men's Skiathlon at half-point will eventually win it. [NO - 2] Curling (3) 33- Canada will defend its Gold Medals in both the Men's and Women's events. [YES - 3] 34- A team from Asia will medal in any Curling event. [YES - 3] 35- The italian men's team will win at least 2 games. [NO - 3] Figure Skating (3) 36- The north korean pair will finish ahead of their south korean counterpart. [NO - 3] 37- Spain will win its first ever medal in Figure Skating. [NO - 2] 38- No nation will win medals in both Men's and Women's Singles. [NO - 3] Freestyle Skiing (5) 39- Devin Logan (USA) will win both the Women's Slopestyle and the Women's Halfpipe. [NO - 5] 40- Dominique Ohaco (CHI) will achieve Chile's best ever Winter Olympic result - bettering 11th place in Men's Alpine Combined from 1998. [YES - 2] 41- Sweden will be represented in the Women's Ski Cross Final by at least 2 athletes. [NO - 2] 42- No athlete who was victorious at the 2018 Winter X Games will win a Gold Medal in Pyeongchang. [NO - 2] 43- South Korea will win at least 1 medal, while Australia will win at least 3. [NO - 3] Ice Hockey (5) 44- A team from Group B will defeat a team from Group A in the Quarterfinals of the Women's Tournament. [NO - 5] 45- At least one match in the Men's Tournament will finish scoreless in regular time (60 Minutes). [YES - 4] 46- The Women's Unified Korean Team will win a match. [NO - 3] 47- Russia will win the Gold Medal in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 8] 48- Sweden will finish ahead of Finland in the Men's Tournament. [YES - 3] Luge (2) 49- Germany will win all 4 Gold Medals. [NO - 5] 50- In at least one event the eventual winner won't be in first place after the first run. [YES - 4] Nordic Combined (2) 51- In both Individual events, the first-placed Athlete(s) after Ski Jumping will not win a Medal. [YES - 3] 52- Germany will sweep (win Gold, Silver and Bronze) at least one of the individual events. [NO - 3] Skeleton (2) 53- The margin of the Men's and Women's winners to the Silver Medalists combined will add up to at least 1 second. [NO - 2] 54- South Korea will win its first ever Gold Medal in Skeleton. [YES - 3] Ski Jumping (3) 55- Poland will win at least one gold medal. [YES - 4] 56- At least two athletes will win medals in both men's individual events. [NO - 4] 57- The podium in the Women's Normal Hill will feature at least 2 of the following athletes: Katharina Althaus (GER), Sara Takanashi (JPN), Maren Lundby (NOR). [YES - 5] Short Track Speed Skating (3) 58- In all individual events, at least 3 participants will be relegated or disqualified in the A-Finals. [NO - 4] 59- South Korea will win all 8 Gold Medals. [NO - 10] 60- Two different athletes will win a medal for Hungary. [NO - 3] Snowboarding (5) 61- Czech Republic will win at least one Gold Medal. [NO - 3] 62- There will be an athlete who will win at least 2 Gold Medals. [YES - 3] 63- The winner in the Men's Halfpipe will receive a higher score than the winner of the same event at the 2014 Winter Olympics (higher than 94,75). [YES - 2] 64- Both Snowboard Cross events (Men + Women) will be won by european athletes. [NO - 4] 65- In his sixth consecutive Winter Olympics, Jasey-Jay Anderson (CAN) will win a Medal. [NO - 5] Speed Skating (5) 66- There will be a clean sweep (to win Gold, Silver and Bronze) by the dutch in at least one event. [NO - 2] 67- At least 5 men will clock under 13 minutes in the Men's 10,000m. [YES - 4] 68- The Bronze Medal winning team in any Team Pursuit will clock a faster time than either of the Finalists. [NO - 2] 69- Four continents will win a medal. [YES - 5] 70- At least 2 athletes will win 2 or more individual Gold Medals. [YES - 2] [/hide]

Most favourites for medals had a bad start.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Cross-Country Skiing Women's 15km Skiathlon Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski Marit Bjoergen X Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng X Justyna Kowalczyk Charlotte Kalla X Stina Nilsson Nathalie von Siebenthal Jessica Diggins Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Men's Normal Hill Individual Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Stefan Kraft Markus Eisnbichler Richard Freitag X Andreas Wellinger X Junshiro Kobayashi Anders Fannemel Johan Andre Forfang Robert Johansson Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch X Piotr Zyla Any Athlete from Slovenia Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 30km Skiathlon Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Alex Harvey Matti Heikkinen Iivo Niskanen Maurice Manificat Alexey Poltoranin Hans Christer Holund Emil Iversen Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo X Martin Johnsrud Sundby X Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner Dario Cologna X Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Chiara Holzl Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Katharina Althaus X Juliane Seyfarth Carina Vogt Any Athlete from Italy Yuki Ito Sara Takanashi X Maren Lundby X Any Athlete from Slovenia Irina Avvakumova Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's Sprint Classic Day 4 February 13th, 2018 Ristomatti Hakola Iivo Niskanen Any Athlete from France Federico Pellegrino X Eirik Brandsdal Pal Golberg Emil Iversen Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo X Teodor Peterson X Oskar Svensson Alexander Bolshunov Gleb Retivykh Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Sprint Classic Day 4 February 13th, 2018 Krista Parmakoski Maiken Caspersen Falla X Kathrine Rolsted Harsem Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Heidi Weng Anna Dyvik Hanna Falk Stina Nilsson X Laurien van der Graaff Sadie Bjornsen Sophie Caldwell Jessica Diggins X Natalia Nepryaeva Any Other Athlete Nordic Combined Men's Normal Hill+10km Day 5 February 14th, 2018 Wilhelm Denifl Luka Klapfer Ilka Herola Eero Hirvonen Francois Braud Maxime Laheurte Eric Frenzel X Fabian Riessle Johannes Rydzek X Alessandro Pittin Akito Watabe X Espen Andersen Jarl Magnus Riiber Jan Schmid Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 10km Freestyle Day 6 February 15th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski Riitta-Liisa Roponen Marit Bjoergen X Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg X Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng Charlotte Kalla X Sadie Bjornsen Jessica Diggins Anastasia Sedova Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 15km Freestyle Day 7 February 16th, 2018 Alex Harvey Matti Heikkinen Maurice Manificat Andrew Musgrave Alexey Poltoranin Hans Christer Holund Johaness Hoesflot Klaebo X Simen Hegstad Krueger Martin Johnsrud Sundby X Calle Halfvarsson Marcus Hellner Dario Cologna X Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 4x5km Relay Day 8 February 17th, 2018 Finland X Germany Italy Norway X Sweden X Switzerland United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Large Hill Individual Day 8 February 17th, 2018 Stefan Kraft X Markus Eisnbichler Richard Freitag X Andreas Wellinger Junshiro Kobayashi Anders Fannemel Johan Andre Forfang Robert Johansson Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch X Piotr Zyla Any Athlete from Slovenia Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Men's 4x10km Relay Day 9 February 18th, 2018 Finland X France Germany Italy Kazakhstan Norway X Sweden X Switzerland Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Ski Jumping Men's Team Day 10 February 19th, 2018 Austria Czech Republic Finland Germany X Italy Japan Norway X Poland X Slovenia United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Large Hill+10km Day 10 February 19th, 2018 Wilhelm Denifl Luka Klapfer Ilka Herola Eero Hirvonen Francois Braud Maxime Laheurte Eric Frenzel Fabian Riessle Johannes Rydzek X Akito Watabe X Espen Andersen Jorgen Graabak Jan Schmid X Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's Team Sprint Day 11 February 21st, 2018 Finland Germany Italy Norway X Slovenia Sweden X Switzerland Any Olympic Athl. from Russia X Any Other Nation Cross-Country Skiing Men's Team Sprint Day 11 February 21st, 2018 Canada Estonia Finland France Germany Italy X Norway X Poland Sweden X Switzerland United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Nation Nordic Combined Men's Team (Large Hill + 4x5km Relay) Day 12 February 22nd, 2018 Austria Finland France Germany X Italy Japan X Norway X Poland United States Any Other Nation Cross-Country Skiing Men's 50km Mass Start Classic Day 13 February 24th, 2018 Sergei Dolidovich Alex Harvey X Matti Heikkinen X Iivo Niskanen Alexey Poltoranin Hans Christer Holund Johaness Hoesflot Klaebo Sjur Roethe Martin Johnsrud Sundby X Calle Halfvarsson Dario Cologna Alexander Bessmertnykh Sergey Ustiugov Any Other Athlete Cross-Country Skiing Women's 30km Mass Start Classic Day 14 February 25th, 2018 Theresa Stadlober Kerttu Niskanen Krista Parmakoski X Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Masako Ishida Marit Bjoergen X Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng X Justyna Kowalczyk Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla Nathalie von Siebenthal Any Athlete from United States Anastasia Sedova Any Other Athlete [/hide]

They're underestimating Russia.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1500m Day 1 February 10th, 2018 Charles Hamelin X Samuel Girard Shaoang Liu Saolin Sandor Liu Sjinkie Knegt Lim Hyuo Jun X Seo Yi-Ra Hwang Dae Heon X John Celski Any Other Athlete Luge Men's Singles Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Reinhard Egger Wolfgang Kindl X Samuel Edney Andi Langenhan Felix Loch X Johannes Ludwig Dominik Fischnaller Kevin Fischnaller Kristers Aparjods Semen Pavlichenko X Roman Repilov Tucker West Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Men's 5000m Day 2 February 11th, 2018 Bart Swings Ted-Jan Bloemen X Patrick Beckert X Moritz Geisreiter Nicola Tumolero Andrea Giovannini Sven Kramer X Jan Blokhuijsen Bob de Vries Peter Michael Sverre Lunde Pedersen Lee Seung-Hoo Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Women's 1500m Day 3 February 12th, 2018 Any Athlete from Canada Any Athlete from Germany Miho Takagi X Lotte van Beek Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wust X Heather Bergsma X Brittany Bowe Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Any Other Athlete Luge Women's Singles Day 4 February 13th, 2018 Alex Gough Kimberley McRae Dajana Eitberger Natalie Geisenberger X Tatjana Huefner X Raluca Stramaturaru Martina Kocher Summer Britcher Erin Hamlin X Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Figure Skating Mixed Pairs Day 5 February 15th, 2018 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya Harley Windsor Megan Duhamel Eric Radford Julianne Seguin Charlie Bilodeau Sui Wenjing Han Cong X Yu Xiaoyu Zhang Hao Vanessa James Morgan Cipres Aliona Savchenko Bruno Massot X Any Pair from Italy Any Pair from Italy Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov X Natalia Zabiiako Alexander Enbert Alexa Scimeca Knierim Chris Knierim Any Other Pair Any Other Pair Skeleton Men's Skeleton Day 6 February 16th, 2018 Any Athlete from Canada Christopher Grotheer Axel Jungk X Any Athlete from Great Britain Martins Dukurs X Tomass Dukurs Nikita Tregubov Alexander Tretiakov Sungbin Yun X Matt Antoine Any Other Athlete Skeleton Women's Skeleton Day 7 February 17th, 2018 Janine Flock Kim Meylemans Jane Channell Mirela Rahneva Elisabeth Vathje Tina Hermann X Jacqueline Loelling X Laura Deas Lizzy Yarnold X Kimberley Bos Elena Nikitina Any Athlete from United States Any Other Athlete Figure Skating Men's Singles Day 7 February 17th 2018 Patrick Chan Jin Boyang Moris Kvitelashvili Oleksii Bychenko Yuzuru Hanyu X Shoma Uno X Denis Ten Mikhail Kolyada Dmitri Aliev Javier Fernandez Nathan Chen X Adam Rippon Misha Ge Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Men's 500m Day 8 February 19th, 2018 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix X Mika Poutala Nico Ihle Any Athlete from Japan Kai Verbij Ronald Mulder Jan Smeekens X Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen X Any Athlete from South Korea Any Athlete from United States Any Other Athlete Bobsleigh Women's 2-Man Day 9 February 21st, 2018 Elfje Willemsen Kaillie Humphries X Alysia Rissling Mica McNeill Mariama Jamanka Anna Koehler Stephanie Schneider X Nadezhda Sergeeva Sabina Hafner Jamie Greubel Poser Elana Meyers Taylor X Any Other Athlete Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Day 9 February 21st, 2018 Any Athlete from Austria Any Athlete from Canada Jean-Frederic Chapuis X Terence Tchiknavorian Francois Place Arnaud Bovolenta Paul Eckert Victor Oehling Norberg Viktor Andersson X Marc Bischofberger X Alex Fiva Any Other Athlete Short Track Speed Skating Women's 1000m Day 10 February 22nd, 2018 Kim Boutin X Marianne St-Gelais Elise Christie X Arianna Fontana Yara van Kerkhof Suzanne Schulting Lee Yu-Bin Choi Min-Jeong X Shim Suk-Hee Any Other Athlete Figure Skating Women's Singles Day 11 February 23rd, 2018 Loena Hendrickx Gabrielle Daleman Kaetlyn Osmond X Carolina Kostner Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto Elisabet Tursynbayeva Evgenia Medvedeva X Maria Sotskova Alina Zagitova X Mirai Nagasu Bradie Tennell Any Other Athlete Freestyle Skiing Women's Ski Cross Day 11 February 23rd, 2018 Sami Kennedy-Sim Andrea Limbacher Kelsey Serwa Brittany Phelan Marielle Berger Sabbatel X Alizee Baron Debora Pixner Sandra Naeslund X Fanny Smith X Any Other Athlete Speed Skating Women's Mass Start Day 12 February 24th, 2018 Ivanie Blondin Any Athlete from China Elena Moeller Rigas Claudia Pechstein Francesca Lollobrigida X Francesca Bettrone Any Athlete from Japan X Irene Schouten Annouk van der Weijden Any Athlete from United States Any Other Athlete X Snowboarding Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Day 12 February 24th, 2018 Alexander Payer Andreas Prommegger X Benjamin Karl X Radoslav Yankov Jasey-Jay Anderson Sylvain Dufour Roland Fischnaller Edwin Coratti Mirko Felicetti Rok Marguc Lee Sang-Ho Nevin Galmarini X Andrey Sobolev Any Other Athlete Snowboarding Women's Parallel Giant Slalom Day 12 February 24th, 2018 Julia Dujmovits Claudia Riegler Ina Meschik Ester Ledecka X Ramona Hofmeister X Selina Jörg Carolin Langenhorst Gloria Kotnik Julie Zogg Ladina Jenny Ekaterina Tudegesheva Alena Zavarzina Any Other Athlete X Bobsleigh Men's Four-Man Day 13 February 25th, 2018 Benjamin Maier Justin Kripps Chris Spring Francesco Friedrich X Johannes Lochner X Nico Walther Oskars Kibermanis X Oskars Melbardis Yunjong Won Rico Peter Any Athlete from United States Any Other Athlete Curling Women's Tournament Day 13 February 25th, 2018 Canada X China Denmark Great Britain X Japan South Korea Sweden Switzerland X United States Any Olympic Athl. from Russia Curling Men's Tournament Day 13 February 25th, 2018 Canada X Denmark Great Britain Italy Japan Norway South Korea Sweden X Switzerland United States X [/hide]

BTW, have you guys seen what happened at this mixed doubles match?

I just want Halep to win. That's all.

Wow wow wow It's been quite some time I've seen a match this good. Terrific

lol

Super early predictions indeed, but let's see. I guess Brazil's situation can be compared only to Greece among the recent hosts: Greece Medals in Sydney: 13 (4 golds) Medals in Athens: 16 (6 golds) Medals in Beijing: 3 (no golds) Brazil: Medals in London: 17 (3 golds) Medals in Rio: 19 (7 golds) Medals in Tokyo: ??? If we're talking about total medals, Brazil and Greece didn't improve a lot at home compared to the previous edition, but had a very good result counting gold medals only. I expect a fall of those numbers for Tokyo, maybe not so big like Greece's, but right now I'm predicting 12 medals. (for this prediction, I won't predict the "colors", because it's too early for this) Sports that gaves us medals in almost every edition since 1996 Volleyball/Beach Volleyball: 2 to 3 medals should be reachable. Judo: 2 to 3 medals. I think we have a good chance at the new team event. Football: 1 medal, but now that we have a gold, will we care to send the best team? Sailing: 1 medal. Total: 5-8 medals Sports that occasionally gave us medals in the last two decades Athletics/Swimming: I think we can reach 2 medals from the two big sports combined, or at least 1 (Open water?). Canoeing: 1 medal should be possible if Isaquias mantains his level. Boxing/Taekwondo: 1 medal, but I could easily see Brazil getting none here. Equestrian/Gymnastics/Modern Pentathlon/Shooting: maybe 1 medal among these. Total: 2-5 medals The other sports (including the "new" ones) Basketball: the only other sport not previously mentioned in which we have medals. Pretty sure we won't return to the podium in Tokyo (we won't even qualify). Karate/Skateboarding/Surfing: If everything goes according to plan, we should get at least 2 medals among those. If not, at least 1 medal. Other sports: unless some new name rises, I don't think we will medal in a new sport (except for the ones included for the first time in Tokyo). Tennis should be a possibility, but Melo/Soares aren't great playing together. Total: 1-2 medals Pessimistic: 8 medals Optmistic: 15 medals Early prediction: 12 medals

Except that this thread is dedicated to Olympians only.

Yes, because is very easy to ask to the government: "could you please give us millions of dollars to build these ice facilities of sports nobody has ever heard from and that will cost additional millions to mantain?". I don't blame the countries who have tradition in the Winter Olympics, they're in their own right, but the idea that "summer" nations don't participate in a higher level simply because "they don't want" is a little too much.

You can't be seriously comparing the challenges faced by US athletes to the ones faced by brazilian athletes, as if I can travel to another state and have all the facilities needed to train, etc. You talk about how this is a "cultural" problem, but how can Brazil (or any other tropical country) create a culture of winter sports and general interest if they're so hard to practice? Even if we had some ice rinks and other facilities (not snow, of course, because you know...), you can't simply create a top level athlete from day to night - unless we buy them, which is not the right way to go. I'm not against the Winter Olympics, but in one way or the other, the climate HAS great influence in the results - just take a good look at the nations who will win a medal next month. The point here is that the Winter Olympics can't never be compared to the Summer version regarding reach. That doesn't mean it isn't fun or that they must be cancelled.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5271823/Cranberries-singer-Dolores-ORiordan-dies-London-hotel.html RIP

What a terrible day for the US players

(for better understanding, I will post the currency as US dollars and not brazilian reais) The whole budget for the Ministry of Sports in 2018 surpasses 300 million dollars, which is applied in many different ways. For instance, the portion going to athletes ("Bolsa Atleta") suffered a cut of 36% compared to last year - they will only receive about 25 million; the school/university sports will receive about 11 million; the budget for infrastructure was raised, though, which I don't think is a great thing since we have very corrupted politics - of this budget, about 45 million alone should go to the so called "Olympic legacy", including the Olympic Park and Deodoro facilities. Anyway, for the money received by the federations, we have the following (Football is not included because it doesn't receive money - its revenue is bigger than all the other sports COMBINED): 1) Volleyball - US$ 1.95 million 2) Judo - 1.94 mi 3) Sailing - 1.50 mi 4) Athletics - 1.36 mi 5) Gymnastics - 1.31 mi 6) Canoeing - 1.25 mi 7) Aquatics - 1.18 mi 8) Boxing - 1.16 mi 9) Shooting - 0.98 mi 10) Weightlifting - 0.96 mi 11) Wrestling - 0.89 mi 12) Modern Pentathlon - 0.87 mi 13) Tennis - 0.85 mi 14) Taekwondo - 0.84 mi 15) Equestrian - 0.83 mi 16) Handball -0.80 mi 17) Archery - 0.78 mi 18) Fencing - 0.75 mi 19) Cycling - 0.73 mi 20) Golf - 0.72 mi 21) Table Tennis - 0.72 mi 22) Badminton - 0.70 mi 23) Rugby - 0.70 mi 24) Rowing - 0.68 mi 25) Field Hockey - 0.68 mi 26) Triathlon - 0.67 mi 27) Basketball - 0.65 mi 28) Snow Sports - 0.50 mi 29) Ice Sports - 0.42 mi 30) Project 2020 (Baseball/Softball, Karate, Skating, Sport Climbing, Surfing) - 1.12 mi - meaning 0.22 mi for each federation As you can see, the budget is nothing compared to the bigger nations. On the positive side, all Olympic sports have a budget, even if some of them are quite low - for instance, the whole budget for the Winter Sports doesn't surpass 1 million. There's also a portion going to non-Olympic and Paralympic sports, but I don't have those numbers.

Because both tournaments happen at the same period and place, it is "easier" to call the Women's groups "C" and "D" to avoid any confusion. BTW, really unbalanced draw in Women's with China, USA, Brazil (all top 4 at last Paralympics) and Canada (current continental champions) in the same group.

Do I really have to say it?

First week (February 9th to February 18th) will happen during Carnaval time in Brazil, so I'm glad I will have a lot of free days to watch the Olympics

Gracenote updates its medals projections for PyeongChang.