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Today was terrible indeed. In women's only our 5th best pair remains (4th if we only count the teams here); in Men's, only our 2nd and 4th best pairs. I seriously believe we won't win a single medal this time

3/4 brazilian women's pairs advance to Round of 16. Pity for Maria Elisa/Carol who are our third best pair. Ágatha/Duda and Ana Patrícia/Rebeca closer to Olympic qualification. Kinda shocked by Ludwig's elimination, although Kozuch is not really on her level. Sweat/Walsh Jennings early elimination is also a little surprising, but not that much when we see their poor results in the preliminary round.

[hide] Knockout Round June 22nd - July 7th, 2019 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Third Place Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 6th 2019, h. 17:00 England 2 1 Sweden Final Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 7th 2019, h. 17:00 United States 2 0 Netherlands [/hide]

Copa America is being hosted by Argentina and Colombia next year. This will be a good opportunity for Messi to win a title with Argentina.

Well, after the next year's edition, we should only have Copa America each 4 years, unless CONMEBOL changes its mind again - which wouldn't surprise me one bit

[hide] Knockout Round July 5th - July 19th, 2019 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Round of 16 Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 5th 2019, h. 18:00 Morocco 1 0 Benin July 5th 2019, h. 21:00 Uganda 1 3 Senegal July 6th 2019, h. 18:00 Nigeria 0 1 Cameroon July 6th 2019, h. 21:00 Egypt 1 0 South Africa July 7th 2019, h. 18:00 Madagascar 2 2 Congo DR July 7th 2019, h. 21:00 Algeria 2 0 Guinea July 8th 2019, h. 18:00 Mali 1 2 Cote d'Ivoire July 8th 2019, h. 21:00 Ghana 1 1 Tunisia [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round June 29th - July 7th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final Semifinals Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 2nd 2019, h. 19:30 (GMT-7) Haiti 1 2 Mexico July 3rd 2019, h. 20:30 (GMT-5) Jamaica 0 1 United States [/hide]

Pretty much what I think, but I'm not sure about Boxing. 2 in Canoeing and 3 in Skateboarding might be too optimistic. I'd say 1 and 2, respectively, for a total around 17.

18/18, which is now our record. Should end tomorrow as Pedro/Vitor will face Mol/Sorum.

Brazil haven't lost a single match yet (14) but of course this should end soon as our pairs have yet to face the better teams.

+12 for a total of 484 athletes.

Darlan Romani new South American record in Men's Shot Put.

[hide] Knockout RoundJune 27th - July 7th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Semifinals Date & Time (GMT -3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 2nd 2019, h. 21:30 Brazil 0 0 Argentina July 3rd 2019, h. 21:30 Chile 2 0 Peru [/hide]

[hide] Knockout RoundJune 22nd - July 7th, 2019 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 2nd 2019, h. 21:00 England 1 2 United States July 3rd 2019, h. 21:00 Netherlands 1 1 Sweden [/hide]

Yes, but most likely Brazil will face in the semifinal a team searching for the same things (Paraguay). Not that easy.

WTF!!??

It was bound to happen. And we actually lost 7 athletes initially, but our committee somehow managed to "save" 2 athletes in the process. Pity for the other 5, even though they didn't have any realistic chance of winning a medal.

Me neither (to be fair, I've heard of Carol Horta before, as she won a bronze in Toronto with another partner). We have 5 pairs in each gender competing for the 2 Olympic spots, 4 of which are competing at World Championships. So of course the tour is much more important than Pan Ams, which don't give points for Tokyo qualification.

Our committee announced 472 athletes for the Games, a little less than predicted since the number in Athletics was reduced by 5 (thanks to some mix-up with the organizing committee) and Bia Haddad withdrew from the Tennis competition (she was our best chance of a medal in this sport). We can still qualify a team in Men's Rugby but that's unlikely given the pool composition of the qualifying tournament.

I only counted 243 Based on this, they refused all the quotas in Equestrian, Tennis and Triathlon + other sports in which they'll go with much less athletes than qualified (Diving, Shooting).

Chile announced its team with 303 athletes.

[hide] Knockout Round June 29th - July 7th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final Quarterfinals Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 29th 2019, h. 19:00 (GMT-5) Haiti 2 1 Canada June 29th 2019, h. 22:00 (GMT-5) Mexico 2 1 Costa Rica June 30th 2019, h. 17:30 (GMT-4) Jamaica 0 1 Panama June 30th 2019, h. 20:30 (GMT-4) United States 3 0 Curaçao [/hide]

[hide] Knockout RoundJune 27th - July 07th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT -3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 27th 2019, h. 21:30 Brazil 2 0 Paraguay June 28th 2019, h. 16:00 Venezuela 1 2 Argentina June 28th 2019, h. 20:00 Colombia 1 0 Chile June 29th 2019, h. 16:00 Uruguay 3 0 Peru [/hide]

[hide] Knockout RoundJune 22nd - July 7th, 2019 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 27th 2019, h. 21:00 Norway 1 2 England June 28th 2019, h. 21:00 France 1 2 United States June 29th 2019, h. 15:00 Italy 1 1 Netherlands June 29th 2019, h. 18:30 Germany 1 0 Sweden [/hide]

Tradition, I guess? Which is of course idiotic considering the schedule clashing with Swimming. Well, at least this way we can give some attention to the team sports.