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Where's Demi Lovato?

Bathroom break.

Don't know if this is the place to post this, but apparently at least one athlete is injured.

Fashion!

Santo Domingo beat Guadalajara and Medellín

The one thing I remember from that opening ceremony is this:

They're still fixing the mast, let's pray!

For 41 nations, this parade is taking too long...

Brazilian tv is showing a problem with the mast for one of the flags, which is falling. Hopefully they can fix it in time. I still remember a problem with the center structure used for the Tokyo segment in Rio closing ceremony, which took like 5 minutes to get off the field because of an issue with the wheels or something. It was nerve wrecking to watch it live.

Agree about the horses but...... let's just say they left their mark

This segment is a similar to Rio OC but I might be a little biased here.

Really digging the projections. And that was an original way of performing the national anthem (don't know if it was entirely successful).

Beautiful countdown

Not exactly an excuse, but some friends that are in Lima are saying that the weather is very cold right now, which is not a good match for summer sports (and I know this because I almost froze to death in one or two events in Rio).

Your male athlete was amazing, really strong SP.

I'm actually impressed by most venues I've seen so far. The Artistic Skating venue is probably the best one ever at the Pan American Games. Also nice broadcast/images.

[hide] Men's Tournament - Knockout Round July 21st - July 27th, 2019 12 Nations, Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Third Place Match  Date & Time (GMT +9)  Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 27th 2019, h. 17:00 Croatia 1 Hungary Final  Date & Time (GMT +9)  Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 27th 2019, h. 18:30 Spain 1 Italy [/hide]

Kahena Kunze joins her. It's the first time Brazil has two people as flag bearers, although other nations have done it before.

As usual, Brazil gets great scores in competitions no one cares about, but when it's time for the bigger events, half of the team is injured and the other half underperforms

I think the IOC doesn't allow for very original designs for Summer Olympic medals (but apparently this is not a rule for Winter Olympics). I heard some rumors that the Rio 2016 first design tried to incorporate wood to the medals but wasn't allowed, which for better or worse led to a fairly basic final design.

I could be wrong, but my bet is that they're "saving" Isaquias for Tokyo, which would be much more prestigious anyway.

I enjoyed the live blog. It was nice to know what happened today since I was at work.

Even though the women's volleyball competition will happen after the Olympic qualifiers, Brazil is sending a different team here, mostly with young players. I was sure a couple months ago that Peru would win a medal but not anymore. Even teams like Colombia seem to have a better level.