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Voted for Rio, the only one I've attended But I have good memories from Athens and Beijing, the first Games where I followed all days.

It was kinda unnecessary for Brazil to send the best swimmers, we would get first place at the medal table either way. Also unecessary to send Isaquias Queiroz without training only to get a bronze medal. Some questionable decisions from our commitee here, but in the end I hope we can improve a little our results at the Pan Ams compared to 2019.

Brazil can't win gold, it was 0-3 the last three important finals. I guess we already know the color of the medal for the next Olympics...

[hide] Knockout Round October 11th- October 15th, 2022 Third-Place Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 15th 2022, h. 16:00 Italy 3 1 United States Final Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 15th 2022, h. 20:00 Brazil 3 2 Serbia [/hide]

For all the great organization and venues here, I must say that the Athletics "stadium" is a little disappointing.

That's great. I don't think Brazilian medalists will earn any money from this.

Brazil is one match away to be world champion for the first time... or to get a third consecutive silver medal in world competitions (after the Olympics and VNL).

Brazil had to change the entire team (almost, as Gabi was never replaced?) after the second set. Thankfully, the players were ready even though some of them barely played at this championship. We should have an european final but who knows...

[hide] Knockout Round October 11th- October 15th, 2022 4 Nations, The Winners of each Semifinal will qualify for the Final. The Losers of each Semifinal will play the Third-Place Match. Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 12th 2022, h. 20:30 Serbia 3 0 United States October 13th 2022, h. 20:00 Italy 3 1 Brazil [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round October 11th- October 15th, 2022 8 Nations, The Winners of each Quarterfinals will qualify for the Semifinals. Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 11th 2022, h. 17:00 Italy 3 0 China October 11th 2022, h. 17:30 United States 3 0 Turkey October 11th 2022, h. 20:00 Brazil 3 1 Japan October 11th 2022, h. 20:30 Serbia 3 0 Poland [/hide]

And if I recall correctly they wanted to host the Pan Am Games. Improbable now with the current political climate.

I didn't know Padel was a sport here and it's probably the first time ever I'm watching it

So USA is just not caring about these second round matches anymore, right?

So Poland is 90% qualified, right? I can't see them losing to Germany.

BRAZIL "A VISITA" The Visit Silva

Netherlands took some inspiration from Poland, and in the end still got 1 point. Match vs Brazil tomorrow should be interesting. Now I'm mostly waiting Italy vs China on Saturday, this match will probably define the QF.

@thiago_simoes some comments on the women's gymnastics competition?

Finally some success for Brazil in Fencing with two team golds tonight.

In 2018 we lost both Men's 4x100 relays but we had a youth team then. Now Brazil had mostly the best athletes available (except for Olympic medalists Fratus and Scheffer), although many people think it would be better to send younger athletes to gain experience.

Yeah, and the number also includes 5 Relay medals. A great feat, nonetheless.

Swimmer Giovanna Diamante won 10 medals here (8 gold, 2 silver), which makes her the biggest medalist ever in a single edition.

Brazil won 58 medals in Swimming (34 gold medals out of 42 events) Now that Swimming is over, in the next days I expect Colombia to get closer to Brazil in the medal count.

Imagine if USA faces Serbia in QF, that would be interesting. But I think they still can win vs Turkey and face an "easier" opponent later. had everything to achieve a historic result but now will probably lose all matches of second round

At Brazil's headquarters in Asunción there's a big medal count. Each day (usually at night) there's a celebration where the medalists are presented and the count is updated.

Some time today Colombia tied Brazil in golds (20) only to Brazil win +12 more in the next hours (mostly from Swimming, of course). This schedule is packed!