Games of the XVII Olympiad - RP Thread

by **Da Cunha** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:04 pm

THE DAILY MUHETZIN OLYMPIC REPORT
Live from our people on the ground in Jolbonopolis and New Oxford-Whitehaven

CUNHANEÇU TEAMS MAKE WINNING STARTS

Da Cunha did not have a huge amount of athletes or teams active for what has been dubbed officially as "Day 0" of the Olympics, the pre-opening ceremony opening rounds of certain competitions. None of the New Oxfored-based groupings were in action, most sitting out on an early bye, a few not meant to do anything yet regardless. However, in Jolbonopolis, the men's football and basketball teams each made winning starts to their maiden olympic campaigns.

At the Orel Center in Jolbonopolis, the first win of the day came from the basketball team, which beat the team of Mytanija 81-77. Man of the Match was veteran power forward Ánte Béjbel, who scored 24 points and had 8 assists, while starting center Ádnan Giézić grabbed 12 rebounds in a dominant performance in the paint. At the final buzzer, the Da Cunha team celebrated a first olympic victory which they had been forced to fight hard for, having trailed narrowly for most of the first half of the game, the midway score being 36-34. An early 3 pointer from Béjbel to begin the 3rd quarter, after which the two teams traded leads until Da Cunha managed to grab and hold a 4 point lead to the end. The victory puts Da Cunha in 2nd place in Group 5 behind Darkmania.

Slightly later in the day at the Reneegrad stadium in Joongyeong, Da Cunha's men's football team overcame a horror start to also escape with a narrow win in their opening match, beating the team fielded by Pemecutan. Da Cunha went down 2-0 within 20 minutes, first surrendering an easy header on a corner after 8 minutes, and then after 17, defender Élvis Hairudínović played a sloppy backpass right into the path of a Pemecutan striker, who slotted in a second goal behind a furious Vílem Dçínović between the posts.

Innozént Lipováča pulled a goal back after 38 minutes, making the score 2-1 at halftime. A sputtering, miscommunicating defense was overhauled with a double substition during the break, and after 58 minutes, this paid off when sub Ómad Bálić was first onto a loose ball following a clearance, sending a daisy cutter along the grass and into the bottom corner to tie the game. Da Cunha kept pressuring for a winner, often playing with fire in almost allowing Pemecutan several counterattacks, but with 6 minutes to go, the approach paid off when János Xolhánin finished off a nice team back-and-forth by firing in from close range to reach the game's final score. A nervy game had yielded the desired result, and though the play on the field was poor for extended periods of time, Xolhánin said after the game that "We won, God be praised, and we take that. It is important to be able to win when we don't play well also. We will go back to rest now and then we will have some more days to get used to the cold temperatures and the pitches here. It should improve things a lot."

MIXED RESULTS FOR DA CUNHA'S ARCHERS

Aside from the two men's teams, only Da Cunha's archers were in action today, with mixed results. 3 of 6 athletes made it through to the medal rounds individually, but both the men's and women's teams failed to advance. The mixed team did make it through, but as one of the last qualifiers.

In the men's archery, Da Cunha's first olympian, Nastáxo Bórvan, seemed unable to live up to the pressure and finished a disappointing 85th out of 105, only marginally beaten by Arnáudo Arnáudavić, who was 81st. With the men's team eliminated, that means both Bórvan and Arnáudavić are now basically eliminated from the competition before the opening ceremony, even. The only qualifier was Savério Bálić, who qualified with a middle of the pack outing at the targets.

The women's side saw both Huséjna Caramemmédović and Cassíma Mutimíravić-Pjánić qualify (in 21st and 41st, respectively), but with 3rd woman Dervíxa Hairudínović finishing a dismal 97th out of 106, that consigned the women's team to also fail to make it through. Team success were available, though, as Caramemmédović and Bálić's joint scores was enough to qualify the mixed team archery competition.

OLYMPICS IN THE ISLANDS: NATIONALISTS COMPLAIN ABOUT OPENING CEREMONY UNIFORM

There had been a lot of discussion about the late reveal of the uniform for the opening ceremony in recent weeks. When the reveal was finally made today, several right-wing nationalists expressed disappointment in the uniform. Key & Crescent Party chairman Muslihiddína Brávnja spoke to reporters outside of parliament, saying: "It's good to know where we have the government, that's all I'm going to say. When strangers come to our land to tour our pristine beaches and seas, we're supposed to ignore the way they dress because they're 'not from here' and 'would be embarassed by our norms', but as soon as we go abroad, our official delegations bend over backwards to 'not cause a fuss'. All I'm saying is that if this is what we do for these Olympics... If we are ever hosts of this thing, and our rules are not respected, I will be rolling in the grave."

After several hours of refusing to comment, uniform designer Márcus Nímzović published a statement on social media rejecting Ms. Brávnja's claims: "Everything was made with the athletes in mind. Compared to here, summers get kinda cold in Québe compared to in Da Cunha. It was necessary to keep our team in tip top shape. We took as much inspiration as we could from traditional dress, but the emphasis has to be on sporting prowess rather than tradition. This is a competition, not a nostalgia show."

The Muhetzin has reached out to Mr. Nímzović following his comments, and the designer responded over text message: "Look, it's not like our swimmers are going to compete in the nude either, is it? Sports have things you need to follow. There are rules. I've seen Ms. Brávnja's interview, and franly, her accusations are ridiculous. I don't wear a shirt at home, I wear what basically everyone wears, what Brávnja wears. I'll be honest, it seems like someone who just wants attention."

The Muhetzin's editors have also reached out to the Da Cunha Olympic Delegation, who have not returned our ouvertures.

by **Britonisea** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:17 pm

Sports
Brityunik Vefecosoin Cairkovoin
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Day 0

XVII Summer Olympiad: Let the Games begin! Your guide to watching the Games...

A rugby training ground somewhere in Britonisea: As Rugby Sevens got underway at the Games, here's your guide to all-things Olympics on BVC...

The BVC Olympics Hub has finally launched after the fantastic Olympic Ceremony ahead of Day One at the Games which will see the first thirteen gold medals handed out...

Day Zero didn't see any of the Olympic action on the main channel but there were some things to celebrate for Team Britonisea as it works towards its ambitious medal target. To quickly cover what went ahead, the men's Rugby Sevens went ahead with Britonisea leading Group A after beating the Empire of Kanmer 31-14. The large points difference means that Britonisea slots ahead of other Group A winners, HMS Onslaught and Valanora but things are bound to be shaken up when Natanian and Nosts start playing their matches. Britonisea's Aron Semon and Jorge Stahr in the men's and Tess Williams and Nancy Drakes in the women's placed in the top 64 of the ranking round in archery meaning they are still in contention for medals, but none out of the four placed anywhere in the top 20 so it looks unlikely an archery medal will be heading Britonisea's way. Despite the nation's best efforts, it qualified in neither the Men's nor Women's team finals but somehow sneaked in to the mixed team so Britonish archers will be hoping to maybe get within the mix during the final. Women's Indoor Volleyball saw a battle of the ABENites as Estogium played Britonisea - unexpectedly beating them in what was an intense match. Britonisea's women tried to hold off Estogium in the fourth set, but were no match for what seemed like a pumped-up Rwhittonite team who now are second in Group 2. Tomorrow will see a lot more action, including the likes of Jake Fuentes and Ivor Watkins in action in the hope of qualifying for the team and individual finals, tennis begins - this time a little earlier than the previous Games as the women take centre stage there. How can you watch it all? Well, the BVC is the Britonish home of the Olympic Games!

BVC Olympics Hub
Finally, live!

There's a fresh design to the BVC Olympics Hub ahead of these Games while three programmes have been recommissioned for the Games of the XVII Olympiad. Sunrise: Live From The Strait will be hosted by Helena Huang and Teddy Cornivus live from Afanc Strait - the hosts of last year's sunrise shows. With Afanc Strait being more than a few hours ahead of us in a similar timezone to Electrum, one will have to wake up nice and early to catch some of the action at the Games with Helena and Teddy (either together or separately) will be bringing you the latest from Afanc Strait. Afanc Strait will be hosting the racquet sports, which is likely to be featured during Sunrise: Live from The Strait, alongside the cycling and sports which might not get as much air time during the main show which we will get to... Sunrise: Live From The Strait will also include local news updates meaning you don't have to keep switching in and out from the action - just sit back, grab a coffee and stay on BVC One! Live At The Games will be returning for the third time in a row and while five hosts will be going down to four, there are some recognisable faces that are part of the production. Adriano Acosta, Alex Hampstead, Lisa Kaur all will be returning with the former two presenting the show together while Kaur will present alongside Julien Zagarino - who's made a name for himself presenting shows for football and rugby in the nation. Zagarino, however, similarly to the rest of the Live At The Games hosts has a real depth of knowledge when it comes to Olympic sports which will only enhance viewer experience. During Live At The Games, there will be a whole host of former ABEN Olympians who will be able to provide expert opinions and commentary, alongside our usual commentary team. Live At The Games on BVC One will be a mixture of studio content and live events - but to watch uninterrupted coverage of sports - check out the Hub... the BVC Olympics Sports Hub, that is!! Finally, Today At The Games will see the face of the show Nicky Samuels presenting alongside someone new...again... Mark Bryan who says he is here to stay! Today At The Games will be a 90-minute show at the end of each day at the Games to round up Britonish performance at the Games, focusing mostly on where Britonisea wins medals (which we are sure will happen...well, hopefully!) or where we've just missed out. Today At The Games will be live from Jolbonopolis. While this year there is no fourth commission as in the Games of the XV and XVI Olympiad, we will strive to make sure that viewers will know the backstory behind our athletes so there will be plenty of coverage of the stories and journeys of many of the Britonish Olympians which will be played during our live shows and also available on the BVC Olympics Sports Hub.

Promotional BVC Advert for the Games: BVC released a 1-minute advert for the Games of the XVII Olympiad with this being the final frame and official artwork for the Games on the channel¹. The advert sees a Britonish Olympian running through a made-up city which takes inspiration from Jolbonopolis and Afanc Strait, during the night, on his way to the Olympic Stadium.

Good luck to all Britonish athletes over the next seventeen days - let the Games begin!

¹ Artwork used a couple of AI generated, edited together by me with additional graphics added too.

by **Toluiwa** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:56 pm

T.N.T
~ Televisi Nasional Toluiwa ~
Sports
Year 2025

Summer Olympic : The Preparation, The Surprise and The Hope

Jolbonopolis, Toluiwa Olympic Committee (TOC) finally test their luck in international sports stage by sending the country's best athletes into the stage of Olympic. The country had seen their neighbors competing in the said competition. From the big country, Pemecutan into the small nation of Rarungan. "If Rarungan dare to compete in it, why don't we?" said TOC President, Kamal Abdul Yahya, a few months ago. Many preparation was made after that. Athletes are selected based on their performance in the latest The Mandaran Games, a multi-sport event entered by the member of The Mandaran Council. But with less than 200 athletes compete, the fans questioning the Committee readiness to enter such a big event. "I realize that the fans compare our delegation with Rarungani delegation in the previous edition of Summer Olympics. But we can assure you that the athletes selected are from the best. And we only entered events that we believe can be won by the athletes. Our specialties sports," explain Kamal Abdul Yahya. He understand that the fans questions the country's absence in many team sports especially basketball and volleyball. But he believe that the athletes level is not there yet.

The fans disappointment however was paid off after Toluiwan football team won their opening match against Krytenia. The team is drawn into Group 4 which consist of Kanmer, Anglo-Saxe Coburg, Krytenia and the host, Quebec and Shingoryeo. Coming to the Olympic with its full forces, Toluiwan football team was able to secured a full points after scoring 2 goals to Krytenia. It was an unbelievable result as Krytenia can be said as one of the top football nation. Well, everything can happened in the match. However, the win has increase the team's confidence as they look up for the second match against the host, Quebec and Shingoryeo.

Later the evening, the opening ceremony was held. Jolbonopolis opening ceremony displayed a beautiful history of the city and the region as a whole. Toluiwan delegation in Jolbonopolis parade after the delegation of The Licentian Isles. Which then followed by The Valhallan Union delegation. The Toluiwan delegation is lead by Fitria Hamdani, an athletics athlete. Fitria is Toluiwan short track specialist. She will be competing in 100m and 200m events including the relay events. Fitria was success to help Toluiwan won 3 medals in the latest The Mandaran Games. She won gold in 100m and a bronze in 200m. Together with her team, she won another bronze medal in 4x100 m relay event.

In the next day, the attention will turn into Afanc Strait. Some of Toluiwan athletes will start their events. Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Equestrian, and Table Tennis respectively. Shockingly, both Toluiwan men's single in Badminton are drawn into the same group. Hopefully, one of them can win the group and advance further. Aside from Badminton, Equestrian might become the national attention. The sports have growing to become a specialty to Toluiwa. The entry to Olympics equestrian events also displayed how good is Toluiwan horse breed. The country is known for their good quality of horses. All of tomorrow events will be broadcasted live by TNT, Toluiwan national broadcaster and the Summer Olympics official broadcaster in Toluiwa.

by **A Kea** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:47 am

KTV

The impressive opening ceremony in Jolbonopolis has reached a higher viewership than any previous one in the Kean national channel, reaching a peak rate of 72%.
KTV has organized a detailed plan to broadcast as many events as possible, split between our three tv channels. With some less appealing or interesting to the average viewer being streamed in our web tv instead. One of those events from Day 0 to not make it to our main Tv channels was the Archery qualifying round. Despite being represented by 6 athletes, it was decided to broadcast the individual games of our athletes in the round of 64 and further. That being said, we successfully qualified 4 of our 6 competitors. Dimos Evzona and Mikhail Evristheni both qualified to the Round of 64 rather comfortably as 25th and 38th respectively. Unfortunately Kirkor Kevorkian couldn't repeat his result of 4 years ago and narrowly missed out, finishing 66th. On the positive side, his Olympic experience isn't over, as the sum of our men's points was enough to secure a, borderline, qualification to a further round of the men's team event. As for the women, our women's team might have failed to proceed to a further round for a second Olympiad in a row, but we once again have Danai Moore and Mariposa Evaggelou carrying the Kean colours in the Round of 64, with Mariposa having improved her qualifying performance once again (53rd in her first Olympics, 46th in her second, and 33rd now). Our mixed team has once again qualified, after barely squeezing in as 16th.

Our men's football team had a successful opening game, winning 1-0 over Liventia. Despite no team having a clear advantage for the biggest part of the game, Leon Stamatakis managed to score at the 67th minute, catching Liventian defence by surprise, and eventually winning the game.

As for the last sport with Kean involvement, water polo was also a success. Our women's team had a tough time against the Empire of Kanmer but emerged victorious with a score of 7-6. Despite finding themselves losing with a score of 4-6 after the 3rd quarter, our women's team managed to defend and block every attempt of Kanmer and score 3 goals, which was enough to get them the victory.

Day 1 events to look forward to include our women's fencing epée athletes trying their luck in the individual round, men's artistic gymnastics all around qualifications, where you can see our 5 representatives, and a bunch of other hopefuls from all over the globe, try their best for a spot in the final, rowing heats, where most of our athletes, including XVI Olympiad gold medalists Christine Salvakou & Speranza Isidorou, will compete for a direct spot in the quarter finals, many swimming events, including 400m freestyle where Johnny Kontostavlos will try to defend his bronze of 4 years ago, our biggest boxing delegation ever attempting to make it to the round of 16, as well as team sports like volleyball, water polo and football.

by **The Valhallan Union** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 5:56 am

Scout Log, 324.2.
Sector Report and Reconnaissance Envoy
"To Behold, Lie, and Go"

Section Chief Maw'yikki, ya-el.

My landing was a bumpy one. The coupling for my anti-gravity servo malfunctioned and only evasive action saved me from serious injury when approaching an area thick with a native strain of rigid non-intelligent photosynthesisers. I will endeavour to understand and log the biological details before I leave. Forunately, I was able to put my craft down before the cloaking systems also failed, and secured the craft without detection. Inspection of the affected coupling shows a significant amount of shrapnel was encountered on my way through the comet's tail, and extensive fabrication of parts will be required. I set the printer working before I left but the atmosphere here is so light on carbon compounds that I fear it may be several axial rotations before I am able to install replacement parts.

In the meantime, I will endeavour to understand my location.

The dominant species appear to be bipedal in appearance. I have frequently shifted to assimilate with bipedal primitives on other planets, so this was not a problem. Observations of a small social group were enough for me to create the information I needed to extrapolate, and I headed into their settlement to attempt to discover more. On transformation I discovered they were warm-blooded, which was a nice surprise.

A small misunderstanding with some members of a dominant group led me to the conclusion that facial hair is not usually exhibited by the offspring-carriers of this species, and once safely around a corner I corrected my appearance. The language transliterator appeared to work satisfactorily, although this is an ugly language with nonsensical rules that I will not enjoy filing a full report on.

Initially, both the extrapolator and transliterator struggled due to a high density of appearances and languages from many different groups of creatures. It would appear that I have arrived at the same time as some sort of cross-cultural event, the basis of which appears to be combat and competition. Coloured fabrics abound, and I had to extract myself from a group who were engaging in some tuneful, if loud, co-ordinated shouting. If nothing else, this species appears to be capable at organisation, even if they do not have the psychic abilities that we do, relyping instead on physical signals, language, and primitive markmaking to be understood by each other. I have to admit, some of the gestures made with their prehensile and opposable limbs are quite fun, and I will enjoy introducing those to the team back home.

Nonetheless, the existance of the above shows this species has not yet achieved a global state of harmony, choosing instead to operate under a tribal system that do not share all the same customs or languages as their neighbours. This seems preposterous to me. No wonder they have not ventured far beyond this planet of theirs. Some of them even choose to believe that words can have gender. Imagine.

Upon realising I would need to assimilate with a tribe in order to blend in better, I chose to think on something one of the dominant group said when they spotted my facial hair, choosing to label me a 'Valhallan'. Although I rectified the hair, the 'Valhallans' interested me, so I took steps to seek them out.

I initially found some in an open space, where the point of the activity appeared to be to propel projectiles through a primitive tension machine towards an objective on the other side of the field. It would seem to me that the real skill would be in coming as close as possible to missing but still being successful, but here, the beings who achieved the most average results of all were celebrated highest. How curious. The game is perhaps derived from a military origin, but nobody was injured at the end of it.

Upon the conclusion of the event I lingered near the 'Valhallan' group in an attempt to work my way into their trust circle, but the extrapolator must have picked up on some token or badge that marked me out as a person of enquiry, as before too long I was ushered into a room alongside other beings who held the same role in society, and was held in audience around those who had just undertaken the exercise outside. The room was grey, uninteresting, and to my sensibilities, thoroughly depressing to be in.

The other beings of enquiry were interrogating those at the front, which seems to be a curious custom. Having just watched the same beings undertaking their acitivity, why do we now need to ask questions about what we all saw. We were all there, were we not?

In order to blend in better, I decided to make an enquiry of my own, and made myself taller, as appears to be the custom when one wants to do that.

I enquired of the 'Valhallans' at the front of the room, on a raised platform no less, how successful they thought they'd been when nobody was killed at the end of the event.

They appeared not to understand me, but talked instead of exerting themselves to the best of their abilities in future events.

Further studies are required.

In the Name of Our Guardian, Maw'esper, ya-el, Eater of Planets and Emperor of the Stars, May his Light Guide you Ever Onwards,
Agent Maw'kaea, ga-wel

by **Valanora** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:05 am

The Olympiad, a place for congression and celebration on a scale that is truly hard to fathom, and a place where those representing the Eternal Empire in their respective sports have had a mixed bag of success and failure. Despite the scale of the competition, it is often a competition that is bypassed back in the Empire for extensive media coverage, making its importance to the average sportsfan in Valanora seem perhaps insignificant compared to the scale of it and how other nations and cultures value it far more. It is a question of why that is the case, when it seems like a natural competition that plenty within the Empire would have some interest in with events as varied as the people who make up the Empire itself. Honestly, the answer is one that is not simple and in the end it might simply be down to a cultural difference, especially the way that sport developed in the Empire as compared to many other nations, where team sports are valued far more than sports where individuals take the spotlight.

That being said, do not be so hasty to dismiss Vanorian chances of earning medals in those individual events or events where there is a smaller team, as there are a few sports and disciplines that have more than a little bit of a following here in the Empire and lend themselves to producing well talented competitors. First and foremost is the obvious one, that of course being archery, which is perhaps the sport where the Vanorian contingent has the best chance of grabbing medals. Archery has a very long history in the Eternal Empire, going back to before the foundation of the Inner and Outer Kingdoms and even the first real cities, as hunting animals was one of the ways that the early elves fed themselves. Hunting lead to better bows and then it eventually made it into warfare as hunting skills turned into tools of war, until it then passed back into hunting and hobby. Regional tournaments happen regularly within the Empire, the champions of those then competing in an event leading up to the Olympics to see who earns the right to represent the Empire. Based on the qualifying rounds, this group of individuals are indeed at the top of their game and their is very high hope that several medals can be won from the varied archery events.

Another set of events that might go the Vanorian way is those in fencing, which has been one of the strengths of Vanorian delegations in the past and where some of the unexpected medals originally came, causing a small following to form within the Empire. Fencing also has history in the Empire, as dueling was and still is a common hobby among the noble houses and the elite of the nation. That has lead to some seeing those who have been chosen to represent the Empire in those events as a bit snooty and elitist, but it is hard to deny them their pride given the skill with which they perform their craft. When you spend years honing your abilities to try to achieve your massive potential, especially if one does come from an origin of privilege, then a bit of ego is probably justified. Nonetheless there has never been any documented cases of where any of those in past delegations having any sort of standoffs with the rest of the delegation, more just coming off as mildly aloof. If they can earn the delegation a few medals, a bit of aloofness is easily tolerable.

Then of course, there is what those back in the Empire will focus on a lot and will unfairly judge whether the Olympics themselves are a success or failure for the delegation from the empire, the various team sports. While some of those are less important than others, like Rugby or Volleyball, they are still part of the national psyche that sees team sports as the epitome of sporting competition and as a way to showcase your strength as a society and nation. Football and Basketball have good players to them, but it is not the full national teams and the playing field in them has such a high amount of parity that getting to the knockout stages themselves is a huge achievement. While the nation does have two gold medals in Women's football in their past, it does not mean that success is at all ensured nor does the five World Cup titles. While the team definitely will have their chances, the competition is going to be extremely tough and those back in the Empire need to brace themselves for the various teams to perhaps finish outside of a podium finish.

Which brings us of course as to what the goals are for the delegation in this Olympiad and how it might compare to that of those in the past. Prior editions might have seen the VSC be satisfied with a medal haul of eight total medals with at least one gold medal to their name, as a way of showing that Vanorians can compete even in events that are not popular within her boarders at an elite level. However the surprising haul and success that the nation had during the last Winter Olympiad has seemingly shifted the goal posts as to what would be a success, with the goal now of getting double digit medals and multiple golds. The early displays in the archery field does give a lot of hope to this coming to fruition and does show a lot of ambition by the VSC. With those lofty goals as well as those talented individuals who have been sent to represent the Empire, perhaps it might even catch a bit more media attention and put into more focus of the public eye, all of which could be a good thing for future delegations and potential athletes to come.

by **Pemecutan** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:46 am

Wraspati Pon Wuku Uye, Pawukon 1785

Day 0, A Good Start

Jolbonopolis - The Summer Olympics is finally here. The first day or Day 0 have just finished yesterday which ended with a spectacular opening ceremonies from our hosts. There were only a few sports starting its events yesterday. Most of them are in team sports. From Jolbonopolis, Pemecutan delegation made a good start in some events. From indoor volleyball, Pemecutanian women's team success to acquire a victory when they were facing The Valhallan Union. The team is drawn into Group 1 together with Graintfjall, Saterun, The Valhallan Union and Team Diarcesian. Despite the team hadn't played for a long time with the absent of VWE and IVF WorldLeague, the team was able to show a great performance. Down in the second set, the team work hard to lead the match in the third set after a tight fight. Gaining more confidence, the team lead far in the fourth set and finally ended the match with 25-16 to secure their victory. With the win, Pemecutan currently seating at the second place below Saterun who won their match in 3-0 against Team Diarcesian.

In men's basketball, Pemecutan is drawn in a group with A Kea, the host, Quebec and Shingoryeo, Natanians and Nots and Sargossa. And in the first match, they met Sargossa. The match was heavily tight. Sargossa lead the in the first quarter but Pemecutan able to turn the position in the second quarter. The third quarter saw a back-and-forth lead between the two, although Pemecutan finally able to lead the quarter with only 2 points difference. Sargossan team try their luck and chase the points gap. But Pemecutan success to blocks Sargossan shoots several times which frustrated them. Pemecutan finally ended the match with 88 points to 82 against Sargossa. The result makes them placed second in their group after Quebec and Shingoryeo who defeats Natanians and Nots with a larger point.

The success in volleyball and basketball however was not continued by their football team. Entering the Olympics with the U-21 team, Pemecutan loose 2-3 against The Da Cunha Islands. The loss was quite disappointed by the fact that most of the players are playing abroad. "The boys were overwhelmed with the atmosphere. They seem to be not ready. The team hardly had any trial match, and they have to face a world class competition. It is a huge thing for them. Hope they can overcome the situation in the next match," said Chandra Adiguna, the team's manager.

While in Archery, Pemecutan only advancing in individual event. Gede Artha Wiguna become the only men athlete to advance after he finished 35th in the Ranking Round. But it was a very unlucky deal for Rico Yulianto. Finishing 65th and 2 points short against Alezian Union archer, Khadarim Daffazan, he has to bury again his dream to advance further. On the other hand, newcomer Krisna Arifin was only able to score 639 points which makes him finished 76th overall. In women's event, Diah Ayu Panjali and Dwi Restu Gianti success to advance further. Panjali finished 42nd while Gianti placed 63rd. These 3 athletes are a regular knockout placement in the Olympics although they are hardly gone further. Too bad, Artha Wiguna and Panjali failed to advance for the mixed team events just like in the last edition. However, it is understandable because they scored lower points than they were in the last edition.

Afanc Strait - Back to Afanc Strait. Pemecutan delegation only playing in one event yesterday. The event was women's water polo. Drawn together with Vilitan Union, Archalit and Team Diarcesian, Pemecutan faced Team Diarcesian in the first match day. The match was very tight as both teams were chasing each other to score more goals. Eventually, Pemecutan win the match with 1 more goal. Despite winning, Pemecutan position is not secure yet as none other match was held within the group.

In Day 1 today, the attention of the supporters are splits as both hosts held many important events for Pemecutan. In Jolbonopolis, there are Canoeing, Gymnastics, Rowing and Surfing. In Surfing, Olympic gold medalist, Putu Oka Sulaksana compete to defend his gold medal. While we all know that Canoeing is the country's second largest medal gainer. And Rowing and Gymnastics are also Pemecutan regular medal gainer. Although in Gymnastics, Pemecutan had only won medals in trampoline and rhythmic events.

On the other hand, in Afanc Straits, Swimming will be the highlight as the discipline will deliver some medal events today. However, the attention would be fall on the Men's 100m breaststroke where former gold medalist, Made Yuliantara will once again try his luck in this Olympic. Another important event would be Men's light welterweight of Boxing. In the event, Jandiyuha Targaroha will try his luck. With the change in Boxing's class event, Targaroha who usually enter in lightweight event have to gain more mass to be able to enter a class that is closer to his original weight class. "This would be a new experience to me," he said during his practice.

There are 13 medals events held today. Will Pemecutan able to win their first medal today? Let's find out live from GOR channel (GBC), YuhaSport (YRTN) and Saluran Olahraga (SBS).

by **Waisnor** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:33 am

First National Channel commentary of the Olympic opening ceremony

"Good evening, everybody! Well... here we are once again! For the next 2+ weeks we are going to Quebec and Shingoryeo and Ceni to watch the 17th Summer NS Olympics! And it all starts here - in the Jolbonopolis Coliseum with the stunning opening ceremony! And I'm not wrong with me saying "stunning" - it's an opening ceremony, of course they are going to pull out all the guns there! So, let's not sit around and babble - take your popcorn, get your drinks and sit down for the feast for the eyes!"

Start of Time

"And we start with the tribute to the nature of the host country, which is actually not that much seen in other ceremonies of regular Olympics. Moreover, just seeing the nation showcasing their nature as it is is just very nice to see."

"Now there are the indigenous dances and culture! You can tell that I love when countries with big indigenous cultures showcase them in their opening ceremonies, and this time is no exception. These parts for me are the highlights of the ceremony. Possibly, I already watched my favourite part of the show, but still, all could happen in the future, maybe there will be something that will just blow my head!"

Start of City

"For those who don't know, and I guess that a lot of you don't know this, this is Florent Boitano, reading the Treaty of Jolbonopolis, one of the most important documents in the history of this nation, following with the building of the city itself. Gonna tell you that it looks really good with all this coordination and the work with props."

"Continuing with the bit, and we see the further buildings of the city by the different groups of people. And you know what? This sequence has some resemblance to the section displaying the Industrial Revolution from London 2012 games, which were actually my first games as a commentator! Good times..."

Start of Life

"This sequence of flag football play has an actually nice dichotomy of the marching bands along with the energetic play. Kinda gives an artistic feel to all this, but after all, what is a proper Olympics ceremony but not an elaborate theatrical play displaying the best of the nation? It so, then why not show it like this?"

"Now this really pleases my ears - the sheer diversity of the styles displayed here: folk music, rock, club anthems... I love this! Especially since my perfect idea for a Waisnorian Olympics opening ceremony would also greatly feature music of all kinds, so I kinda get to see my dreams come true. And also, some of these songs are really catchy, especially "Osoto-Gari"!"

"The music just doesn't stop - not that I didn't want for it to stop! You know, "Dazy Breeze" and "If I Should Stay" are definitely going in my playlist - they are just so good for me. And we finish off the music section with "O The Greatest Mystery Of All", apparently, a soundtrack for the extremely popular TV series "The Tiger and the Lark". Considering we as Waisnorians love some good TV, this sparks an interest in the series for me."

"And here is the big part - the Parade of Nations! We'll see all participating countries, along with some you may know from WorldVision like Pemecutan and Britonisea. But that's not all - our good friends from WMCA, Alezian Union is also there! So, if Waisnorian athletes gets eliminated from the competition, you know for who to cheer)"

"Aaaaaaand WAISNOR IS HERE! Here they are - our boys and girls who will represent the white, blue and yellow flag in these Games for the Multiverse to see! More than 150 athletes will get their shot at the eternal glory! Just want to say this - I, at the behalf of probably the entire nation, wish to our team nothing but good luck!"

"Okay, we want through flag raisings, speeches, oaths and all that. Now, the final part is left - the lighting of the Olympic Flame! The big excitement, the intrigue of who will light the flame, how it will look... this just kills me!"

"And finally, we see those who will light the flame - young, but promising athletes from all around the country, which again reminds me of London 2012, but that's not to nitpick, lighting up this beautiful looking flame. This ceremony, all of it was leading up to this very moment..."

"AND THERE IT IS! The Olympic Flame is lighted, and that means only one thing - these Olympic Games are officially and symbolically on the road! There are many things that will await us - joy, sadness, excitement, maybe even anger, but we can bet on one fight - we won't be bored these next 17 days. This ceremony will be followed up by news on our channel, but Olympics will continue on Third Sports channel with the coverage right after. Overall, goodbye everybody, I hope you'll enjoy these Olympics, and good luck to Waisnor!"

WAISNORIAN RESULTS:
In ranking round of men's individual tournament in archery Valery Golostenov finished 88th
In the same tournament in women's division Lyubov Vakulich qualified for the next round finishing 23rd, while Valentyna Vasilenko placed 95th and Tatyana Sablukova placed 103rd

by **Scornerse** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:08 pm

Scornerse, Day 0

Archery was a bittersweet event today for Scornerse's olympic team. All competing archers in both the Men's and Women's categories managed to make it to into the top 64 knockout phase, with The women due to compete on Day 2 and the men on day 3. Ovidio Waters, finishing 8, will face Adrÿan Lösperg of Darkmania. Marcelino Brown, will finishing 13, will face Joel Inglis of the The Licentian Isles and Cesar Huff, finishing 15, will face Janko Novak of Macbon.

The Bitterness in the sweetness comes from the women's side. Estela Peck and Amelia Singh finished in 5 and 6 and will respectively face Margaret Ruden of St Kristofian Democracy and Kestrel James of the host nation, Afanc Strait. However, scheduling conflicts will unfortunately cost Scornerse's place for a third women's archer, along with plenty of other events in which Scornerse's best athletes would have otherwise had an opportunity to compete. It is, overall, a severe and more likely than not fatal blow struck to the nations' chances at winning this Olympics before it's even started.

Moving on to less sad news, Scornerse's Men's Basketball team had their first game today, competing in group 1, containing Banija, Britonisea, The Licentian Isles and the nation they faced, the Vilitan Union. Scornerse would go on to lose 73-82, barely staving off a double digit loss at the end of the game. On the next Matchday, they'll be playing The Licentian Isles, coming off their upset 1 point win over Britonisea. A loss then would be devastating for the team's chances, as they'd have to beat both Britonisea and Banija to have a chance to make it to the knockout stage.

In football there wasn't much in the way of success either, as Scornerse's Men's football team would fall to Kelssek in a 5-4 match with perhaps suspect defense on both sides. The only saving grace here being that the football team is not due to play until Day 6, giving them about a week to regroup and perhaps even get to watch their upcoming opponents from Banija. Continuing the pattern of losses, Scornerse's Men's Rugby Team as well would fall Valanora 17–19, but seeing as they will be playing against the Empire of Kanmer next day, they'll have far less time to regroup.All in all its been a disappointing day for Scornerse in all categories in one form or another, though with the wide variety of upcoming events, there is hope that there will be more to speak positively of come tomorrow.

by **Krytenia** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:26 pm

Medal Hopes - Afanc Strait
It's the first day of medal competition, and cycling is, as always, on the menu. For once, though, it's not the road race kicking things off, as in a break in tradition, both the men's and women's time trials will be capturing the nations attention. The ultimate test of talent, athleticism, and determination, the "TT" pits cyclist against the clock, with only their own thoughts - and occasionally overtaking a slower competitor - for company. As an added wrinkle, there's the return of the Kytlerians to the two-wheeled events. Our boys and girls will have their work cut out for them. Liam Warner and Gloria Glass both return from four years ago, and though neither troubled the medals - Warner coming in fourteenth and Glass barely scraping the top twenty - the Whitehaven course's lack of elevation in comparison to last time could work in their favour.

In New Oxford, meanwhile, there's one woman looking for, at the very least, a hat-trick. Avidia's own Polly Gennaro is now in her fourth Olympics competing in the 48kg judo event; she was nineteen when she rocked up for her first games in Orean, and the infamous underperformance of Krytenia's judoka in Liventia has proved the fire in her belly ever since. Now thirty-one, and with two bronze medals in the closet, Gennaro is looking to make the final of the event at last. For most of us, though, a third bronze would at least feel like job done.

Medal Hopes - Jolbonopolis
If there's one person who knows his way around an Olympic village, it's James Makone. The former biathlete, now concentrating solely on rifle shooting, simply is the Olympic Games for this generation of Krytenian viewers. Now thirty-six, his aim has only improved with age, and he teams up with Kate Mellor to contend the first shooting medal of the games in the team rifle competition. If anything, it shows the development of the sport in the nation that we're talking about medal contenders in shooting on the first day.

From guns to swords, and a sport that's bound to fill any venue in Quebec and Shingoryeo - fencing. Truth be told, the opening day's fare at the JEC isn't Krytenia's strongest pair of suits - they're to come on the following two days - but that's not to say Escrime Emberton haven't come prepared. Stephen Kidd - nicknamed "Buccaneer" by his peers - is now on his third go around in the men's sabre, whilst another three-time Olympian, Jin Hyun-Ok of Diorville, is looking to do for women's épée what Deon Jones did for the men in the Twin Cities. Don't be surprised if there's plenty of support for our fencers either; the Quebecois have always had a soft spot for our swordsmen and women - when they're not duelling their own, of course.

Still waters run deep?
Let's be honest here, Krytenia's performance on Lake Redmond four years ago was nothing short of a disasterclass. This time, there'll be nowhere to hide - not least because the National Regatta Centre is in a city park adjacent to Jolbonopolis' main entertainment district. Our rowing team, though, has been quite cagey about their chances, downplaying the famed rivalry with the Licentian Isles and insisting their target is merely to improve on last time. We at KBS expect that to last roughly until the first time the two cyan-oared boats line up against each other in anger.

Something Different
Motorsports aren't contested at the Olympics, but there is a place to get your fix of horsepower. One horsepower, to be precise. Whitehaven's picturesque arboretum provides the backdrop to this years equestrian events, with the eventing competition getting underway on Day One. It'll be another couple of days until the medals are handed out, but the dressage event that kicks things off is always an interesting watch. As a nice change of pace from swimmers thrashing through the water, cyclists ripping up the tarmac, or "Quebecois synchronised dance-stabbing", dressage is all about poise, precision, and technique, before things get more hectic tomorrow in the cross-country.

Watch all the action from Jolbonopolis and the Afanc Strait at home with up to sixteen dedicated live streams plus highlights on KBS Interactive, or on the go from your device at kbs.kt/smartview or on the SmartView app.

by **Archalit** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 5:26 pm

Featuring:

Archalitians Advance in Archery
Volleyball Madness in Archalit
Tight Battle in Pirate vs Pirate Football Match

Archalitians Advance in Archery
Written By Akia Terrell
07/15/2033_(ARC)

On Day 0 in the 17th Olympics, Archalitian Archers lined up to fight against over 100 other athletes for just 64 spots in the seeded knockouts. After a cancelled Black Arrow Classic, the Archalitians were lacking international experience and weren't sure about how they were gonna perform. According to Rampyari Khakurel, it was a "competitive light-year from anything you could find in Archalit." With these obstacles, it was tough to imagine the Archers making a big move in this Olympics.

In a huge advance, all six Archalitians, featuring three on the men's side and three on the women's side, advanced in a spectacular first international showing. The strongest performer, Myriil Presxisys, came out with a 673 points over 72 arrows, placing him in 14th place overall. This sudden move has had people wondering: will the Archalitian archery team actually show up and perform in the team events? "There's a good chance, I think, we'll make it, but it'll take more international showings to do well," quoted Ibrahim Ibn Al-Hasan when asked this question.

Volleyball Madness in Archalit
Written By Iida Akko
07/15/2033_(ARC)

After a remarkable volleyball season from both the men's and women's domestic tournaments, Archalitians have been craving to get a glimpse at these teams in the Olympiad. However, there is a lot of competition in the way before the team can do something recognizable, and even make do on their promises to "win the Olympics."

In the men's group, Archalit is pit against Semarland, Afanc Strait, the Valhallan Union, and Krytenia. While these teams aren't necessarily small or even particularly bad teams, our own national team's captain Jakob Steadman outright denied the possibility of the team losing, arguing that he's "never seen volleyball play in these nations at our quality." Arguably, he is probably right, as while these national teams are certainly capable, the Archalitian volleyball team seems ahead of them in terms of skills, physical abilities, and of course, endurance.

The women's group features Sargossa, Semarland again, and Brookstation. Whereas the Brookstation and Semarland teams are working off of a dream, Sargossa has a fantastic women's volleyball program. Their team has chances to pull off much more than berth into the knockouts. The fact that these two teams, they being team Archalit and team Sargossa, are meeting so soon, will hopefully prove to be an intense showdown matchup.

Tight Battle in Pirate vs Pirate Football Match
Written By Kahale Kekumu
07/15/2033_(ARC)

Our wonderful corsairs came onto the pitch to play their first game back in quite a long time. This time, it was against the HMS Onslaught crew, which means that yes, the Pirates did in fact come face-to-face against other Pirates. These guys are quite the team too despite having so few people that some started both Rugby and Football.

Despite the rapid and elegant attacks by our forwards, the crew of HMS Onslaught held on and continued to maintain their defense for the full first half. Fortunately, our defenders excellently held down our own fort and, for a time, the game remained at 0-0.

Coming into the closing half, a disastrous goal by Hamilton of the HMS Onslaught crew spiraled into a hopeless struggle for the remainder of the game. Despite Lyndon Nightmare coming very close to scoring as usual, the game was over so soon and Archalit couldn't find the equalizer. The Archalitians had to concede the game to the rival Pirates and have walked away down a game going into day 1 of the Olympics.

General Bulletins

Men's Rugby team takes exciting win against Sargossa
Hazy Marbula: "Just a few more days and we will start seeing medals"
Swimming GOAT Zephyrinus Vatatzes gearing up for 400m freestyle
Duke Sondas denies retirement rumors at HMS Onslaught game, says he "may step down as captain"

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 5:30 pm

Here is the Day 1 Cutoff.

The next cutoff will be in ~24 hours time.

by **Magnus Phoenicia** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:22 pm

Jenni Z is a 24 year old popular live streamer and blogger on VibrGold. The largest and most epic social media platform in Magnus Phoenicia.
Jenni Z specialises in pop culture, make up tutorials and karaoke.

Jenni Z was born and raised in the Magnus Phoenician state of St Mary, known for its bustling fishing industry which injects millions into the community, the New Bethlehem Lighthouse Museum, Edwina Abbott Abstract Art Museum and the best fish and chips in the Empire.

"Good evening fam. It's that exciting moment once more when the passionate sports enthusiasts of Magnus Phoenicia lose themselves in the frenzy of the Olympic Games. If fans haven't embarked on a journey to New Oxford-Whitehaven; Afanc Strait, or Jolbonopolis; Quebec and Shingoryeo, cheering on our team adorned in the vibrant hues of gold, purple, and red, then you'll come across countless individuals, just like my father, comfortably settled on the couch, fixated on the screen. They indulge in a delightful combination of popcorn and pretzels, accompanied by their beloved alcoholic beverages or soda pip.

I'm not a sports hater, I'm just not a fan of anything that will sweat off my makeup. However I will be watching and I encourage all my viewers to definitely tune into the Sports Climbing events. A dear friend and big gifter of mine on this app, Adem Muratović; will be competitive in the Combined event and the new event that focuses on Speed.
So please show him some love as he has shown a lot of love on my stream and is one of my top gifters."

"I will be discussing later in my stream the top 5 gaudy colour lipsticks one should avoid, unless they aspire to be a circus clown.
But first 3 days ago I set my Millennial and Gen Z fam a challenge. The challenge was to send me an idea for a sports discipline or event which can be added to the current Olympic sport line up. I encouraged creativity or cheekiness.
The challenge was to pay respect to the Olympic Games, which we all adore as Magnus Phoenicians love kicking ass. I have read all your responses and selected my top 5. I'll include your username so others can favourite you and check your streams if you go live on VibrGold."

"Drum Rolls please…"

*Jenni Z taps wildly on an empty strawberry ice cream container which she fashioned into a Drum.*

Number 5:
Sport: Boxing
Event: Virtual Reality Boxing- Combined Weight Classes
Submitted by: @ArtyParty
Description:
VR Boxing avoids all the blood, head trauma and dorky headgear. While not missing out during a bout, all the blows,weaving, jabs, gloves, uppercuts and TKO'S.
Spectators can watch on big screens as boxers stay in their corners with their VR gear, sparring with their opponent. And imagine, no weigh in, so no fear that the McDonald's you ate the night before will push you out of your weight class.

Number 4:
Sport: Athletics
Event: Yippee Yippee Bush Bush 100m, 200m or 800m
Submitted by: Kylie_Smiles
Description:
Each athlete must call out Yippee Yippee Bush Bush from the starting line before the Starter fires the starting Pistol.
Once the races begins, racers will run to the finishing line where before the first person crosses, an official will advise if it's a 100m, 200m or 800m race.
If the race is longer than 100m, they will be required to turn around and run back towards the original starting line which has now become the new finishing line. If the race becomes an 800m race, athletes may be required to run back and forth a number of times to find the correct finishing line.

Number 3:
Sport: Athletics
Event: High Striker
Submitted by: TikTok_Hitchcox69
Description:
High Striker is a perfect addition to compete alongside shot put, javelin, discus and hammer throw. It would mix sports with an aura of carnival fun.
On one end of the lever is a puck while the other end is struck with a mallet.
To win the gold medal, an athlete would need to use enough force to drive the puck all the way up to ring that bell. Officials will be in hand to ensure the high Striker has not been tampered with and fixed making hitting the bell unachievable.
It would definitely be a family friendly event where fans could cheer from the stands to build up the confidence of the athlete without throwing them off there game. Maybe they could even throw in a stuff toy for the athlete who reaches the gold position to encourage competitors to try harder.

Number 2:
Sport: Cycling
Event: Exercise Bike Stationary Race
Submitted by:@ $$Deb$$
Description:
500km for men and 280km.
To avoid collisions, running over pedestrians and holding up traffic this event is a perfect fit for any velodrome.
a group of competitors eagerly await the sound of the siren. They line up in perfect formation, ready to show off their peddling skills. As the siren blares, they take off like lightning bolts, each one determined to outdo the other. But what's truly remarkable about this event is that it's not just about winning - it's about inspiring others to get active and healthy. By having everyone in a straight line, there's no need to worry about hurt feelings or unfair advantages.
This is an event which can inspire the unhealthy to get off their asses and hit the gym.
And while exercising they are unaware they are training for the Olympics. It's win-win.

Number 1:
Sport: Equestrian:
Event: Roller Sport Artistic Long Program
Submitted by: @MrTinkles007
Description:
Get ready to witness a spectacular display of artistry and athleticism! In this competition, riders and horses alike will be donning roller skates and performing a 3-minute routine set to music. But that's not all - both rider and horse must also have matching creative looks to really wow the judges. The routine will require the rider to perform both mounted and unmounted, with the latter showcasing their skills alongside their trusty steed. Judges will be keeping a keen eye on creativity, difficulty, timing, and execution, so every move counts.

"There you have it fam, the top 5 sporting disciplines which I felt were the most fun and inventive.
What are your thoughts? Share them now before I move on to the lipstick tutorial."

by **Sargossa** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:49 am

Some months ago.

It was a large, open-plan office. In it a dozen or so bureaucrats, employees of the Interior Ministry, siphoned through stacks of papers. Digitisation had yet to be fully embraced by the bloated bureaucratic juggernaut that was the Sargossan state apparatus. But one particular paper pusher had stopped pushing paper, instead he was staring intently a one sheet he had taken out of a file. After a moment he replaced it within the file, before taking another file from the pile and studying the top sheet intently. Eventually he called over his supervisor.

‘Yes? What is it?’

‘Señor Vazquez, I wonder if you could take a look at these. We’ve had a batch come through. Citizenship applications, but none of them scan quite right. These…’ He gestured to one small stack. ‘These are all Quebecois nationals. Admittedly they all have a Sargossan parent, but even with that they’re lacking the appropriate accompanying paperwork. Just a signed letter of reference from the office of Sir. Serguei Nazaroff.’

‘And the Quebecois ambassador’s word isn’t good enough for you, Carlos?’

‘Well… what about these?’ He gestured to a second pile. ‘These were forwarded from the embassy in Esca. I can see no grounds for citizenship at all. Take this one for example, Velizar Krstić. I can’t even find any evidence that he’s even ever set foot on Sargossan soil, let alone be eligible for a passport. And they’ve all arrived with this mark and this three letter code, JDI. Do you know what it means?’

‘I certainly do Carlos. It means we ask no questions. That mark is the seal of the Office of the President. That code is simple, it means just do it. So just do it. Stamp them up and send them through.’

‘But… there’s protocols. Paperwork...’

‘Must we really have the chat again Carlos? Must we? Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die. Be thankful, it wasn’t that long ago that those at the top held us quite literally to those words.’

‘But…’

‘Carlos. Just do it.’

* * * * * * * * * * *

SSM | Sargossan State Media

International Edition - Olympics

Three Hundred Up

Blanco Borrayo reports from Jolbonopolis;

Four years ago there was a hope, because we’re all a fan of round numbers, that Sargossa’s historic Olympic medal tally would hit the big three hundred. That delegation fell just shy, their 39 medals bringing the overall total up to 298. Only the most pessimistic of pessimists wouldn’t expect to see that mark hit at some point in either Jolbonopolis, New Oxford or Whitehaven. As it turns out, Team Sargossa hit the three hundred mark on day one. And hitting the mark was how it was achieved, as over at Fort Joobong, Salvador Alguacil and Alejandra Luque put on a gold medal performance in the 10m Air Rifle Team event. They trailed the Polarian team of Haessler and Helmutsdottir until the final end of the first qualification stage, where a score of 208.7 (their worst of the contest) saw the duo advance to the next stage in first place. Where more consistent shooting saw them finish second and move forward to contest the gold medal contest. There, in front of a packed crowd at the Western Shooting Centre, Alguacil and Luque held their respective nerves to down the Afanc team of Alex Nelson and Zoe Wade and get the nation on the medal table with a glorious gold.

The second medal of the day may have been bronze but it earned far more column inches than the gold. For there had been murmurs of discontentment among some critics heading into this tournament. Accusations that the Sport Ministry had been cutting corners when it came to fast tracking talent. That instead of investing in grassroots development, they’d been dishing out passports to those with the barest link to the nation, or no discernible link at all. Provided they had some sporting ability to offer, of course. One such source of critique was fencer Anne-Marie Desbarats. Quebecois born and raised, Anne-Marie missed out on a place in the host nation’s delegation, albeit in a discipline where competition is particularly fierce. Consequently, just a few months before the Olympics she found herself the holder of a Sargossan passport and eligible for a place in Team Sargossa. Unsurprisingly, given her father was himself a two-time Olympian, Anne-Marie comfortably made the grade. Asia Andrade, Sargossa’s Head of Women’s Fencing and a former bronze medallist herself, refused to be drawn into the debate. Simply pointing out that as Anne-Marie’s mother is Sargossan, fast-tracked or not, she meets the citizenship criteria.

It certainly made for an interesting atmosphere in Hall 1 of the Jolbonopolis Exhibition Centre, as the daughter of a two-time Quebecois Olympian faced a current Quebecois Olympian in the quarter final of the women’s épée competition. Harriet Min-Kotsonis definitely had the crowd on her side but it was Anne-Marie Desbarats who emerged victorious after an enthralling tussle. The mental toll may have been a little too much, as she lost her semi-final to Krytenia’s Tonya Rhodes shortly afterwards. But Anne-Marie bounced back to defeat Emilia Barrios of Archalit in the bronze medal match. The victory may not have silenced the critics, but it did win Anne-Marie Desbarats plenty of new fans back in Sargossa.

While Desbarats at least has Sargossan blood running through her veins, the same cannot be said of two of Sargossa’s competitors over in the pool in Ceni. Andrea Krsmanovic is the niece of the nation’s Head of Elite Aquatics Jovana Krsmanovic. Which technically makes her fully a Mytanar, but she’s at least been training in Jucaro. Whereas Bojan Ignjatović never seems to have set foot on Sargossan soil before gaining his passport. Neither of them were able to make much of an impact as both men’s and women’s freestyle relay teams crashed out in their respective heats. Although both competitors will be hoping to make amends in their individual events. Freestyle has never been a strength of Sargossa’s swimmers, so it was encouraging to see both Miguela Apolinar and Adelaida Sambrano make the final of the women’s 400m event, where they finished a creditable sixth and an agonising fourth respectively. Which contrasts with the 100m butterfly, in which Sargossa were expected to contend. But neither Novia Villareal nor Núria Samano emerged from the semi-finals. On the men’s side a medal chance shines bright, with both Mario De Noia and Adolpho Avila set to contest the final of the 100m breaststroke.

The pool is a venue where success is expected, and pressure is consequently high. But it’s always nice, particularly in these early stages, to celebrate unexpected successes and athletes who are enjoying their time in the spotlight. The last time the nation experienced any success at badminton was way back at the Fifth Summer Games in Kelssek. Nowadays mere match victories are something to be celebrated. Something both women’s doubles teams managed in Ceni. With Jessenia Daza and Conchita Ramo overturning a first set thrashing to beat Toluiwan duo Erika Budiono and Indira Rahmayanti in Group 4. While Eufémia Verdejo and Adriana Seta overcame Banijan opposition in Group 8. There was also a rare victory for the men’s handball team, 34-24 against Brookstation. Regina Cambeiro advanced to the first round proper of the women’s table tennis. And, in rowing, where not finishing dead last is considered a terrific success, the women’s quadruple sculls team not only didn’t finish last, they finished third to advance to the quarter final. Take a bow María Rodríguez, Brisa Saavedra, Julia Prats and Valentina Cadaval.

And isn’t that what the Olympics is really about? Finding heroes in the most unlikely of places.

by **Pemecutan** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:31 am

Saniscara Kliwon Wuku Uye, Pawukon 1785

Day 1, Two Types of Surprise

Afanc Strait - In the continuation of XVII Summer Olympic, Pemecutan swimming delegation faced a huge disappointment. The incident happened in Women's 4x100m freestyle relay. In the final round, Pemecutanian team was confidence to win a medal after they scored the best overall time in the heats round beforehand. But the hope was taken away from them. A commotion was happening after the swim as the judges spots something wrong during the heated battle. And a hard decision was made and it was to disqualified Pemecutan team from the event. A footage video was then displayed which indicated the reason of the disqualification. From the video, it can be seen that the third swimmer, Komang Kumala Dewi had jump into the pool before the second swimmer, Made Yuliani touch the wall. That false start had caused the disqualification of the team. Kumala Dewi looks sad after knowing this. She was still in tears when the reporters trying to interview the team. However, Soramila Nehupadan, the first swimmer, defend her. In Nehupadan's statement, she believes that Kumala Dewi didn't do it on purpose. It was a result of a high tension between the finalists. "We would never blamed her for what happened," Nehupadan closed her statement.

The footage video have been viral back home in Pemecutan. And it received mixed reviews. Some defend Kumala Dewi and believe that she was not aware of it. While some accused her for being unprofessional for making the false start.

On the other events, Pemecutan have not lucky enough in today's swimming. The team failed to win any medal from the two events that they reached final today. But the bright side is, there are two other events where they can hope for a medal. One is from men's 100m breaststroke where Made Yuliantara success to qualify for final. And the other final place is acquire by Widya Adnyani in women's 100m butterfly event. This is Widya's first final appearance in her Olympic history.

Jolbonopolis - While in Jolbonopolis, a slightly difference surprise happened. Pemecutanian men's gymnastic artistic team success to qualify in a number of events. The most surprising one would be Agus Jaya Birawa results. Truthfully, he is not a favorite to qualify for individual all-around as in previous Olympic, Made Dwi Andika and Jonathan Yowana who were qualified. But Birawa surprised everyone by gaining an overall points of 89.067 which placed him second amongst the whole gymnasts. Yowana himself has to satisfied become the third within the team. However, to everyone's surprise, 4 out of 5 Pemecutanian gymnasts were placed amongst the top 24 which lead them to qualify for the team all-around event for the first time. These 4 gymnasts also surprisingly qualify for other individual apparatuses events. An increase from previously 2 gymnasts.

The gymnastic coach also praise Hendri Gunawan for his performance in vault apparatus. In the last Olympic, Gunawan scored the lowest point in vault apparatus with only 11.800. And today, he showed his best and scored the highest vault points amongst his friend with 15.267. The points also bring him to qualify for the vault final event.

In Day 2, 3 medal events will be the focus of Pemecutanian sports fans. One in Canoeing and 2 in Swimming. In Canoeing, Putu Weda Adnyani will try her luck after advancing to semifinal in Women's slalom K-1 event. In Swimming, we have Made Yuliantara in 100m breaststroke and Widya Adnyani in 100m butterfly. Another possible interesting medal event would be in Judo. But the sports have only produce one medal for Pemecutan which is in women's 78kg event. While in Day 2, the medal events for Judo are men's 66kg and women's 52kg. Nevertheless, all events competed by Pemecutanian athletes will be broadcasted live by the 3 official broadcasters.

Honorable Mention

Gina Mahendrawati/Made Yuliani/Komang Kumala Dewi/Soramila Nehupadan — Finalist Women's 4x100m freestyle relay (Aquatic - Swimming)
Herman Gatra/Kadek Dwipa Mahayana/Satya Nugraha/Yudha Putrawan — Finalist Men's 4x100m freestyle relay (Aquatic - Swimming)
Indra Erawan — 4th placement Men's Time Trial (Cycling - Road)

by **Da Cunha** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:42 am

OOC: Working on better selection of news stories, but was unsure of the timing for the cutoff because I cannot find the official forum time of day, so there we go. Let's blame it on journalistic confusion due to unexpected royal visits.

THE DAILY MUHETZIN OLYMPIC REPORT
Live from our people on the ground in Jolbonopolis and New Oxford-Whitehaven

HER MOST SERENE MAJESTY ATTENDS OPENING CEREMONY
Reporting by royal correspondent Semirámis Vanútavić

The Arch-Emira's court spring a major surprise on the general royal press corps a few hours before the opening ceremony when they mae it official that Her Most Serene Majesty Arch-Emire Sabahéta the Tenth would be making her first official trip abroad an attendance at the Olympic opening ceremony. Following the passing early last summer of Her Serene Highness Alíla the Fifth and the ascension, much earlier than expected, of Her Most Serene Majesty to the throne, the court has been very quiet about plans of any kind, a decision interpreted by most to be meant to shield the Arch-Emira from too much attention in her grief. At her crowning and subsequently at her 16th birthday earlier this year, however, Her Most Serene Majesty expressed a desire for a return to normalcy for the court.

However, it was nevertheless a shock to most reporters, as no indication of any travel had been apparent. So, it was left to assembled Da Cunha sports journalists to frantically come up with appropriate comments when Her Most Serene Majesty, in her royal uniform but also wearing a coat to shield from the relatively cooler weather in Jolbonopolis, took a seat in the box reserved for dignitaries. From here she watched the festivities, themed around the Start of City and Start of Life, witnessed the lighting of the Olympic Torch, and witnessed the march-in of Her Most Serene Islands' olympic delegation. While her expression and mannerisms did not betray any opinion on the recent days' controversy over the perceived 'Bowing to foreign customs' in the Olympic uniforms of Da Cunha, it was clear among the athletes, coaches and staff that her presence was a welcome surprise and a strong show of support for them.

Flagbearer Ganimédes Háptić said afterwards: "It was... I mean, it's overwhelming. I'm glad I'm not performing tomorrow, because... Wow, I need a day to calm down. So many people here, just for this. And the Arch-Emira, too, I... It's an honor that she comes to wish us all luck as her first trip out of the isles since last year, it really is. Everyone was talking about behind me, I could hear them all. It means so much for all of us, especially after the year she's had. I... We're of a quite similar age, and her losing her mother last year, you know, I cannot imagine how it must have been. It's honestly so great to see her here. Glory to God, praise be to God she's here. Thank you, Your Majesty."

BIG EMOTIONAL SWINGS IN THE SWIMMING POOLS - ZÉCQIĆ CAPTURES FIRST OLYMPIC MEDAL
Reporting by Álan-Muhámad Tuzjánavić

The swimming pools saw history early on for Da Cunha, as swimmer Góran Zécqić became the first man from Da Cunha to win an Olympic medal, taking bronze in the 400m Freestyle. After qualifying with the 5th best time from the heats, Zécqić improved by more than a second in the final to finish 3rd in a close contest where every single swimmer was within a second of the winner, home hero Kit Kenning. Krytenian Robert Mitcham took silver, only 9 hundreds ahead of Zécqić. Speaking after the podium ceremony, a teary-eyed Zécqić said to the cameras: "I just want to thank my mother for always believing in me. It's taken a long time, but this... I mean, how could it be better than this? Just... I would've loved to be higher up, but in such a close final, being on one of those steps at all is... Yeah, what can I say? What can I... I'm honestly speechless!"

It was a welcome exception to an otherwise disappointing day, which saw underperforming in the Women's 400m Freestyle from dark horse Eléna Mírcavić the low point. There was also a more expected exit for Tamira Tuadbájavić in the same discipline, who was nonetheless only 3 seconds after her much more vaunted compatriot. Nabíla Tíhić almost produced a shock advancement out of the heats in the women's 100m Butterfly, but had to settle for a joint 21st place, while the women's 4x100m Freestyle relay team could only manage 18th place.

DA CUNHA DIVERS BELLY-FLOP, BUT WATER POLO RESULTS ENCOURAGING
Reporting by Callísto Pjánić

Elsewhere in the aquatics center, synchronized divers Ahméta Xinadbájević and Mutimíra Cózmić were nowhere near a medal at any point of their performance in the 3m Springboard, finishing a disappointing 24th out of 31, having shown little else other than that they could only really be synchronized when performing simple aerobatics.

However, in the water polo, the men's team took a 9-4 win over Brookstation in their initial match, led by 7 goals from veteran team captain Aliréza Bráncović, who showed why, even at age 37, he is still a force to be reckoned with in the pool. He was characteristically calm after the win. When asked if this was a step to something bigger, the center forward answered: "Hold on, it's still only one game. This is a great building block to get to the knockout rounds, but at this kind of tournament, every game is a final of its own. We played well, but we need to get a better spread in production for our next games if we don't want to get found out."

The win puts Da Cunha in 2nd place out of 4 in their group.

BROADLY A WINNING DAY AT THE BADMINTON
Reporting by Radogóst Simúnavić

Most of Da Cunha's badminton players won their opening group matches on day 1 at the olympics. Even Míkal Mujezínavić, who was the lone entrant to lose his singles match, made up for it by winning his first match in the doubles. In fact, the only athlete who did not win at all was Bránca Zulphicárević, who was blown out of her first doubles match alongside partner Uránja Plácalo. Plácalo had earlier won her single's match.

Every other badminton player won at least one match, with Da Cunha's entrants in the singles all victorious apart from Mujezínavić, and the men's doubles and women's doubles teams broadly succesful. The mixed doubles pairing of Hadçiália Brózigić and Múslihiddin Móstarić was defeated, but both had won in their gendered doubles matches earlier in the day as well.

National Badminton Union President Mávra Grazána seemed pleased, though, as she stressed in a single short remark at the end of the day: "Ideally this sort of thing should improve, but we know we're not medal favourites in any of these, so I'm happy if we can get as much development as possible."

Not a ringing endorsement, but there you are.

ROUNDUP OF THE REST

In the rest of the day's action, there was not a lot of success for Da Cunha's entrants. The cycling entrants achieved respectable mid-table finishes, as expected in the time trials, while in the boxing, the results went 50/50 for and against the Cunhanese entrants who competed, while a significant portion also have byes for the first round.

The best result outside of Zécqić's bronze was from Muníra Čáuxević, who took 12th place in the Equestian Eventing, and from Xéherzada Gánić, who progressed to the final round of women's K-1 slalom in 3rd place. Medals are not awarded in either discipline yet, though. In judo, table tennis and tennis, of all the Cunhanese who were in action today, only Tamím Manzúravić (Men's Table Tennis) managed to progress out of the first round, providing stark reading for the sporting association heads. While there are still remaining athletes in all disciplines, a bad first day is not a good sell to sponsors and bureaucrats at home who finance these smaller sports.

In Jolbonopolis, the women's basketball team could not emulate the men's Day 0 performance as they were blown out with nary a whimper in their opening game. In the men's gymnastics, none of Da Cunha's athletes qualified for anything, while the fencers in action failed to make it further than the fourth round, short of any medaling chances, though these results were mostly respectable and reflective of pre-olympic expectations.

In the initial heats of the rowing, every Da Cunha entrant managed to progress aside from the women's double sculls pair of Uránja Gírmić and Aslicán Pradónzi, who face long odds in the repechage. The last sport with Cunhanese involvement was the volleyball, but none of Da Cunha's much hyped beach volley teams were in action, and the men's indoor team fell to a 3-1 defeat in their opening match.

So after one day, Da Cunha sits with a bronze medal secured and history made, and with some opportunities. Yet, as expected, these early days of the Olympics are not rife with our best athletes. With Her Most Serene Majesty Sabahéta the Tenth seemingly remaining in Quebec for now, let us hope her presence spurs on our athletes to excel and be ever faster, higher and stronger.

by **Waisnor** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:10 am

First day, and already pretty close

Waisnor has already began their Olympics journey in Quebec and Shingoryeo and Ceni, and they already have some results - some bad, some good and some even surprising. Most of all, Waisnor was pretty close to grabbing their first medal on day 1 already, but it seems they'll have to wait a bit longer:

The athlete who achieved this in question was Ivan Losev, representing Waisnor in men's street in skateboarding. In couple of last Olympics, Trofimovich was the biggest Waisnorian star in skateboarding, showing some outstanding results and a great level of artistry in his performances. So it would only be natural for him to inspire some new skateboarders, one of which would be Losev. He began his career relatively early, just 2 years before these Olympics, be he was already showing a good deal of finesse in his tricks and looked pretty promising. He was gaining prowess over these 2 years, becoming more and more prominent in Waisnorian skateboarding scene, and finally, he was called in Olympic team to repserent Waisnor at these Olympics. And these was one thing that was certain for him - he was going to show everything he could do there.
His level of performance was already seen at the first run in the first round, getting himself a good 8.2 points, putting himself in a good spot for the time being, and 2nd run only improved these numbers with 8.6 points. By this point it was clear - Losev was a force to be reckoned with. Time came for the tricks, and there Ivan was showing himself to be incredibly consistent, hitting out the good numbers in 8.7 - 9 points range, all but guaranteeing himself the spot in the final based on his 4 best attempts. And possibly because of it his two last tricks were somewhat messy - 5th trick still got a good rank of 8 points, but it was still a drop from previous results, and a pretty big one. The real troubles would come in the last trick, where the incomplete performance of the trick would get him only 6.3 points, much worse than all other attempts of the first round. But still, this low score didn't affect him that much, because by combining his 4 best attempts he got 35.1 points and placed 7th in the first round, getting himself a place in the final and a shot for the medals.
The final began for Losev very good as he got the best score in his performance of 9.2 points, which was also better than anybody else in the final, topping the charts for a bit. This definitely gave a hope for Waisnorians that they would leave with a medal already, but it wasn't so simple. Ivan needed to continue striking good enough points, and he had a problem with that. He seemed unable to keep up the consistent good work, as he dropped to 8.1 points for 2nd run, then rising up to 8.8 points for 1st trick, then falling again to 8 points for the 2nd one. And if this inconsistency wasn't enough, after the 2nd run his performance just fell apart - for the 3rd run he got only 6.9 points and he was unable to complete both 4th and 5th tricks, possibly because he got himself something too hard for the time being. After finishing up his routine, which was severely tainted by last 2 unsuccessful runs, his total of 4 best attempts was 34.1 points, 1 full point worse than in qualification, which placed Losev 6th, just 0.4 points behind bronze. But in all, Ivan was satisfied by his performance, maybe even surprised he did it this far, considering his apparent problems, which he said he would deal with before appearing at next Olympics, spot from which he seemingly already secured.

The second success story of the day 1 came for the place Waisnor certainly didn't expect - badminton. The thing is that Waisnor is pretty weak in this disciplines, barely sending anyone in the real Olympics and only now sending someone in NS Olympics to compete. The one we're talking about is the women's representative in singles, Raisa Nikitina. Considered one of the biggest, if not the only big badminton player in Waisnor, she is still considered somewhat mediocre by world standarts, barely getting a chance to shine in her own right. But Nikitina thought that her chance was at this Olympics, where her first challenge was to face a fairly strong opponent - Emilia Shinka of Kanmer.
Emilia is considered to be a pretty good badminton player, and the expectation was that she would easily defeat Raisa. And the first set seemed to confirm these ideas - Emilia was simply blowing Raisa out of the water, not even giving her a chance to fight back. Shinka played aggresively and dominantly, tirelessly obliterating any chance Nikitina might have had at coming away with a victory. All in all, first set ended with Emilia winning 21-8 and seeminglt confirming her victory there, after all, it's not like she's going to lose to Raisa after such a thorough beatdown in the first set. But Raisa came out of this set with a different idea - it she wanted to take victory for herself, she'll need to fight hard, as Shinka certainly wasn't going to give her a victory that easily. And so, the second set began, and unlike in the first one, Emilia actually had some troubles there - she seemed to take off some attention off of moves Raisa did, and Nikitina used this to perfection. Even though she was losing at the beginning, Raisa bounced off and clutched the second set for her, winning 21-18 and giving herself a shot at victory. The third and final set was a fierce battle between Emilia and Raisa to see who will win this duel - both players took the initiative in their own hands from time to time, but only to lose it once the second player got accustomed to their habits. But finally, Nikitina once again clutched the win in the set, getting a 21-19 score for the third set and taking the overall victory. After that, Raisa was incredibly happy with how she managed to overcome such odds to come out on top and hoped that her good performance would continue.

OTHER WAISNORIAN RESULTS:
Compatriot of Raisa in badminton, Andrey Gomoda, lost in men's singles match against Michael Shoelps of Estogium
In swimming, both Waisnorians - Svetlana Fedotova in 100m butterfly and Dmitry Taras in 100m breaststroke - placed 17th, 1 place behing a place in the semifinals
In men's heavyweight boxing competition's round of 32, Oleg Kostenevich lost to Temuri Botkoveli of Archalit
In the same category among women, Alexandra Martinovich came out victorious from a fight with Mélanie Troulous from Kelssek
Both Waisnorian representatives in judo were defeated in preliminary rounds by athletes from Krytenia - Anatoly Pozharsky by Kyle Danson in men's 60kg category and Evgenia Samokhval by Polly Gennaro in women's 48kg
Table tennis also saw two representatives of Waisnor knocked out already - in men's singles, Dmitry Korolyuk was defeated by Bikutwala Ssemukina from Banija, and in women's singles Faina Markushevskaya lost to Conrandine Schwarz of Anglo-Saxe Coburg
The only female Waisnorian tennis player at these Games, Polina Leshchenko, already finished her run losing to Kim Bong-Cha of Magnus Phoenicia
In canoening women's K-1 slalom heats, Svetlana Shitova finished 24th
Ludmila Brusentsova lost her first match in women's individual épée tournament in fencing to Mávra Sabahétavić of Da Cunha
In men's individual all-around qualification in gymnastics, Kirill Kornilov placed 105th
Double sculls in rowing were good for Waisnor - both Valentin Subbotin/Maxim Lunko and Sofia Pavlyuchek/Oksana Bunina qualified to the next round, while Lilia Kirpichenok placed 5th in her heat in women's single sculls

Waisnorian culture bits: First National, aka THE Channel
First National Channel, main channel of Waisnorian Broadcasting Corporation and for all intents and purposes main channel of Waisnor began operating on February 1st, 2000, replacing Waisnorian Television, which was in state of crisis at the time. The few shows that survived the switch would be transported to FNC and continued their run, with new programs followibg such as "Action Plan", widely considered as the first successful scripted TV production of Waisnor. Some Western shows were also picked with "X-Files" being the main draw for new viewers.
All in all, first years were going smoothly, albeit with a growing threat from NTV, who were picking up viewers at the time. Early 2000's would be a time when Waisnorian channels were left scrambling for the telenovelas, and First National would pick up some Mexican and Argentinian made telenovelas, but they also would make something domestic, especially "Life As It Is", first Waisnorian-made telenovela. 2003 would also bring big spending to establish the Russian feed of the network after Russian became an official language.
As the NTV was gaining a reputation of the "edgy network", when the Riot 2000's were in full swing, First National seemed to be fighing a losing battle, with 2004-2007 period being totally dominated in ratings race by NTV. At that moment First National was seen as the network for the elderly and widely criticized and having lost touch with the people. 2007 saw a return to form for FNC, who gained rights to several high rated shows such as Lost and CSI, along with domestic production "Get To The Truth", which helped First National to get on par with NTV. But what truly set FNC apart was "The Great Leader and Teacher", the immensely popular historial series which not only bringed incredible ratings to First National, but also kickstarted the Golden Age of Waisnorian TV, or "Waisnorian Peak TV" era.
"The Great Leader and Teacher" would be the flagship show of the network for several years until it's end in 2016, and the positions would be reinforced by buying rights to shows like Breaking Bad and Doctor Who and producing shows such as "Kalinovsky", which began the tradition of historical mini-series on Waisnorian TV. "Kalinovsky" is considered as the peak of FNC in general with every episode getting enormous ratings, easily claiming the top spot for each week. After that the battle between FNC and NTV for ratings would be more even, with First National defending itself with new TV series such as "Grodno Secrets", widely recognised to be a best procedural from Waisnor, in 2015, "Dormitory" in 2016, "Keep Yourself" in 2017, and "Wonders", bringing supernatural elements to FNC-producers prime-time content, in 2019. Their latest success is "Contract", looking at the life of Waisnorian army men and exploring through them the events such as Russian invasion of Ukraine and Fatimanian Crisis of 2021.

by **Kanmer** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:09 pm

The finish of Wital Rinpada.

Let the fight begin! The first day of the 17th Summer Olympic games is passed. The Imperial team repeated it's result from the day 0. It could be called "stability", cause in terms of medals, Imperial delegation successfully avoided getting a lesser amount than in the day 0. It is still 0 medals. But the main problem is, unlike the day 0, fight for the medals has already began. 13 sets and 41 medal were contested.
Unfortunately, we failed to got any of them. Let's begin with swimming. Imperial swimmers did not perform very well. Strong athlete Hanna Asmindena failed to qualify for the semifinals of 400m women freestyle. Pawel Palikar was the only one of 57 swimmers who did not finished his run in 100m men breaststroke. Hanna Asmindena again, Anastasia Gersen, Marina Kirsen and Walentina Girsoda were disqualified from the women 4 x 100m freestyle relay. Only men 4 × 100m freestyle relay team, consisted of Terentiy Yus, Hardzey Kerasin, Georgiy Dwasen and Karpakrat Hrik was only two steps away from the finals, finishing in the 10th place. But okay, swimming never was a strong side of Kanmerin sport.

Almost the same fate waited for our badminton players. They won all matches except one in pairs, but completely failed in the individual competitions, losing all four matches there. Probably, they did not understood the message of an Emperor very well. The Emperor enjoys solitude and working alone, single-handedly, and when he played badminton a week ago, he played individual matches, so first of all, the success in the individual competition is expected. Editorial board of Ritsport thinks that the Enlightened Emperor should play badminton once more to energize Sannin, Shinka and others.

Now moving to beter things. Unexpectedly, Imperial cyclists ran a very decent time trial races. Especially Wital Rinpada. He started strongly, at some stages in the beginning he was even on the first place, and by the half of the race, was second. Then the fatigue came and he finished third. But it was the time trial race, when cyclists start at different times and go by themselves. Rinpada started 23rd, and there was 31 athlete who finished later. Two of them have shown better time than Rinpada, so at the end he moved down to the 5th place. But it is still a wonderful performance from the athlete who was never expected to be a contestant for medals. The editorial board of Ritsport send their congratulations to Wital. Rinpada's women counterpart, Kira Surde, also had very decent performance, finishing 10th of the 53 cyclists.

Meanwhile, Imperial men's hockey team achieved its first victory.

Men's hockey, matchday 1.
KANMER 2-0 Nathanians and Nosts
Kanmer goals:
16' — Anatol Sodar
34' — Yury Kasen

Now moving to the second great moment of the day, the gymnastic competition. It was truly the day of the strongest Imperial gymnast, Wasil Wirpalin. He finished 3rd (among 140 athletes) in the total all-around qualification, qualifying to his first final. On the way to this, he also entered the finals of pommel horse, vault and horizontal bars. Together with it, the whole Kanmerin gymnastic team performed very well, taking the 3rd place in the team qualification and also advancing to the final. In the current moment Wirpalin is probably in the best position among all Olympic athletes of Kanmer, as he have not the one, but whooping 5 chances to win the medal. The results of the Mark Mada and Hardzey Kirlinden are also worth mentioning. The first athlete qualified to the final of rings, being 2nd in this discipline and the second one finished 15th in the all-around competition, also advancing to the final.

Artistic gymnastics. Men's competition.
All-around ranking:

3. Wasil Wirpalin - 88.667
Pommel horse - 3rd
Vault - 11th
Horizontal bars - 5th

15. Hardzey Kirlinden - 87.867

44. Ihar Genkelin - 86.133

45. Mark Mada - 86.067
Rings - 2nd

63. Dzenis Meiden - 84.400

Third good moment of the day was, as expected from the judo star Mikita Korinder. Although it could've been a way greater. Korinder advanced to the semifinal of the men's 60kg judo competition, but then was unfortunately eliminated. Then he had a chance to win the bronze medal, but again, stopped in the one step away from it, being defeated by Ethan Byrn from Afanc Strait.

Meanwhile, boxers of the Empire mostly failed to repeat the way that Korinder did, but the results are still interesting. There is even one defeat that will make the Empire happy. It's author is Kalodka XIII. He is a descendant of the penultimate Grandmaster of the Ralsalin Order (the predecessor state of Kanmer Empire), Kalodka. Grandmaster Kalodka was an awful and incapable ruler. As he just came to the power at the end of 1775, he failed to hold it and the Order collapsed into many principalities. Kalodka managed to hold power only in the central one, Awenir, and on 14 July 1777 he was dethroned by our Leader, the Enlightened Emperor Damian I Rinmein, who united the Order again (and becoming its last Grandmaster before transforming it into an Empire of Kanmer on 31 August 1778). Now, returning to the sports, Kalodka XIII, expectedly, lost in the first round of the light heavyweight competition to the Taip Pavlovic from Brookstation. Almost every citizen of Empire was glad to see the fail of the awful ruler's descendant.

On the other side, there was a 17-year old heavyweight boxer Hristafor Girwan, from whom, just like from Kalodka, no succsesses were expected. Nicknamed "The Fat Boy", he cut off his fears and showed a true triumph of will and spirit, defeating Julián Gonzalo, an athlete from Sargossa. Who knows, maybe he could advance further.
Meanwhile, his father, 41-year old Petr Girwan, failed to repeat the success of his son and lost to the Britonisean athlete Myles Raley. But again, he also was never expected to perform well.

The fourth great success of the the day, and the most sensational one, came from the rowers. In men's single sculls, Alexander Renlodka not only managed to win his heat, but also showed the best time among the 30 athletes. The second achievement did not give any bonuses for the Empire, but it's still very honorable achievement, cause rowing, again, is not so popular sport in Kanmer, not even saying that Renlodka is also an athlete who was never expected to fight for the first place. Many congratulations to him.

FLASHBACK.

2023 Imperial Shooting Tournament

Men's 10m air pistol finals, 5 July 2023

1 Makar Senrensen             97   97   97   96   99   98    584  QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPICS
2 Todar Rinrensen             97   96   97   99   97   98    584  QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPICS
3 Mihal Kansen                97   97   96   98   97   98    583
4 Petr Kirinsen               97   97   97   99   96   97    583
5 Damian Randelin             99   97   98   97   97   95    583
6 Jan Munedorin               98   98   97   94   97   98    582
7 Wasil Minsoda               97   96   96   99   98   96    582
8 Nichipar Mindorin           97   96   96   98   97   97    581
9 Alexander Komein            96   97   97   96   98   96    580
10 Anton Eikin                95   97   98   96   94   98    578
11 Daniil Udwin               96   97   96   95   96   96    576
12 Zmitser Insen              97   94   98   95   96   94    574
13 Dementiy Wirk              96   96   95   95   97   94    573
14 Sergey Barada              95   98   95   94   96   94    572
15 Leanid Lodsen              94   95   95   96   96   95    571
16 Kanstantsin Shindor        93   94   96   96   95   96    570
17 Pilip Kalok                96   96   93   93   97   94    569
18 Florian Dwir               97   96   96   94   92   94    569
19 Pawel Desmar               92   97   96   94   95   94    568
20 Ihar Marowar               95   94   94   95   94   95    567
21 Jan Desor                  93   95   95   94   95   94    566
22 Platon Swinein             94   93   96   94   93   94    564
23 Anatol Todarer             94   92   92   93   96   95    562
24 Bogdan Panliner            96   94   94   93   92   93    562

Shooting always was one of the most loved sports in the Kanmer. Probably only football and biathlon are more popular. As was earlier mentioned, almost everyone in the Empire knows how to handle guns. It is also an entirely professional sport, unlike some niche, amateur sports like surfing. You know, it's hard to surf in the cold waters of Baltic Sea (however it did not stop Mihal Tender to qualify to the Round of 48 today).
As shooting is the professional and one of the most popular sports in the Kanmer, there is a massive competition in it, starting from the championships of parishes and principalities all the way up to annual Imperial Tournament.
As always, the Imperial Tournament this year was fierce and intence, and even more intence than usual, because there was a fight not only for medals and national honor, but also for the Olympic qualification and the chance to achieve success at the international level. Senrensen and Rinrensen won the first ever Imperial Olympic qualification and are ready to represent the Empire. But this was achieved only after an intence fight with their opponents. Kansen, Kirinsen and Randelin were so close to the Quebec and Shingoryeo. Maybe they will be lucky next year.

Tomorrow will be probably one of the most nervous days throughout all the Olympics. Not only Rinrensen and Senrensen would take part in the 10m air pistol competition, but also our Harugwahandir Baris Korin will try to get a medal in the individual epee. Stay strong and hopeful.

1 day passed, 16 to go...

by **A Kea** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:40 pm

KTV

Day 1 of the Olympics was a bit of a rollecoaster for Keans. We did have numerous success, but also some significant upsets.
Starting with swimming, where bronze medalist of the previous Olympiad Johnny Kontostavlos did manage to qualify to his 3rd Olympic final in the 400m freestyle event, though bordelining his way to the final as 8th. There, despite hoping to return to the podium, and despite improving his personal best that gave him the bronze, by 0:00:07, he only finished 6th, tied with Cliff Collins of Magnus Phoenicia. As he said after the final "I might be dissappointed because I really wanted to win another medal, but I know I did my best, there were no mishaps or mistakes. The competition was simply much tighter this time around, I'm proud to have competed amongst the world best athletes and have achieved yet another spot in an Olympic final. The scheduling might have also affected me due to having also competed in the 100m breaststroke and the 4x100 heats but I don't think it is to blame. My next goal is to make it to the 200m individual medley final, as I did in the previous Olympiad and hopefully add a couple more Olympic finals to my track record in the other disciplines I compete in, like the 200m freestyle event that starts tomorrow."

Mihalis Sanatas made A Kea proud after winning a bronze in men's light heavyweight four years ago, this time around though he was unexpectedly wiped out in the very first round. He blamed this defeat on putting practicing aside to help the Kean Boxing Federation improve its infrastructure and help scout young talents from all over the island. In that sense, he was successful since out of the 5 Kean boxers that competed today, 3 managed to win and are through to the next round (Christopher Fourlis, Dorothea Orfanou and Vicky Tsourapa). Mihalis has nothing to be shameful of, despite his loss he has already managed to put boxing in the map, and as long as our team's results stay as positive as today, the impact of his bronze will remain visible. He remains hopeful of returning to victories in the next Olympiad and hopes to see one (if not multiple) of the youngsters repeat his success.

Unbeforeseen success in gymnastics, that our women's team is hoping to replicate tomorrow. Georg Kvartsikhvili, a debutee, managed to do what no Kean gymnast ever did before. He has qualified to the individual all-around final, finishing 21st with a combined score of 87,400. Despite the elimination of our remaining gymnasts, and the men's team (which improved their final result from 22nd to 14th mainly thanks to Georg's qualification) from the all-around final, we will still see Irfan Hazman in the rings final, where he qualified as 1st out of all gymnasts. There he will be joined by none other than Georg whose qualification makes it the first time two Kean gymnasts are in the same individual final.

Shooting being a success for A Kea for the 3rd Olympiad running. This time in the 10m air rifle team event, Demitres Yokas joined by Anna Pamvaki, a duo formed after Anna's acceptance into the Olympic team, managed to repeat previous Kean successes in shooting, the sport with our best track record at the Olympics. After qualifying as 4th from the 1st round, the shooters had to compete again in the qualification round 2. This was the first time either of them qualified to a further round, since Anna is a debutee and Demitres failed to qualify in both events (men's 10m air rifle and mixed 10m air rifle with Efstathia Pombi) in his first participation four years ago. In a thrilling event, and despite a great 1st shot and last, the bad outcomes of the middle ones almost cost them the bronze medal game, since their score of 415,5 was a tie with the 5th placed team of Zain Hussein and Violet Dawson from Magnus Phoenicia. Thankfully the Kean shooters, having the better individual shot, made it to the bronze medal final. There they faced John Matthews and Alexandra Mueller from the Kytler Peninsulae. That final was a rollecoaster of emotions, with no clear winner until the 11th shot, where the Keans managed to finally take a lead of 4 points. Kytler's athletes tried their best and threatened ours but in the end, the Keans prevailed with the final shot that was better than the opponents' by just 0,1. This thrilling game ended with the very first Kean medal in this Olympiad and the 4th in shooting overall.

Other important events include: Rowing domination with direct qualification to the Quarter Finals in 5 of the 6 disciplines our athletes competed in. Men's double sculls have to qualify in the repechage. Judoka George Mavyiotis having an impressive route to the bronze medal game, which he unfortunately lost. An amazing judo debut for our nation regardless. Cyclist Hristos Maragos finishing 8th in the men's tiam trial, his best result and first time ever a Kean cyclist finished in the top 10 of their discipline. Sisters Markella and Spiridoula Kasti win their first beach volley game. Monika Eteokleous being the only Kean table tennis player to qualify from the preliminaries, Djiva Trudeau and John Staverton, who both received a bye, win their first game and move forward to the round of 16 in the mixed doubles.

by **Liventia** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:07 pm

OLYMPIC BITES — DAY 1
Agony for relay quartet; Foley makes Liventian Olympic history
Whitehaven, CENI— It wouldn't have escaped most people that Liventia has sent a relatively small delegation to the ongoing Olympic Games, focussed mainly on sports in which the country has never won medals in before, with its traditional strong sports not represented this year with few exceptions.

One of those is swimming, in which Marco Petersen, Daniel Atkins, Pierre-Antoine Delarue, and Jake Barker were returning silver medallists in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay. After a strong morning swim to clock the fifth-best time and qualify for the final, things went disastrously wrong.

With Delarue a good head in front of his nearest challenger Harvey Yates from hosts Afanc Strait, the 29-year-old was ruled to have not properly touched the wall on the turn at 650m. While Barker continued with the last lap without knowing, Delarue clearly did, emerging from the pool distraught and shaking his head.

When Barker touched home in second place for what should have been a second straight silver medal in the event, he looked up to find three despondent faces staring back at him – and for good reason. The disqualification was officially confirmed, and Liventia's swimming medal hopes went down the pool drain with it.

There was an immediate return for the Liventia Olympic Association's plan of focussing resources on the usually under-funded sports, however, as Anthony Foley made history as the first Liventian medallist – and, indeed, Olympic champion – in skateboarding.

The men's street skateboarder had only put together the second-best qualifying score behind teammate Bob Price, but improved from a 35.8 to a 36.0 in the final, while a poor first run from Price plus two falls on his first two tricks ended his medal hopes.

Afterwards, Foley dedicated his medal to Frank Nelson, the Liventian skateboarder who was found dead in his room at the Republica Games. Nelson finished 37th at that Games' street event before being found unresponsive; his death was later confirmed as an overdose of anti-depressants mixed with alcohol.

"Frank would've been overjoyed to see this," the 28-year-old Foley, who spent time in his younger days training with Nelson, said. "It feels amazing to be the first Liventian to do this, and to do it for him."

by **Britonisea** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:00 pm

OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT (SECTIONS OF EPISODE)

Today At The Games
Games of the XVII Olympiad
Day One

Today At The Games will be presented by Nicky Samuels for the third time in a row alongside Mark Bryan. As much as Britons do enjoy watching the Olympics, especially during the day while they are in the office, on weekdays, Today At The Games has proven to be quite the hit with it being the most watched programme of the day, every day of the Games, as many Britons tune in after dinner to catch up on all the Olympics content they might have missed out on. With the Games being held in nations that are timezones apart, it can feel pretty hard to navigate when one day begins and ends but this show helps provide Britons with that pause. Nicky Samuels is a very popular television personality and now, alongside the hosts of Sunrise, is the main face of the Olympics - a familiar face to bring those viewers in. This year, she is joined by a man for the first time in the shape of Mark Bryan who, while he isn't as well known, is still a recognisable face, especially to sports fans who watch pay-to-view sporting channels. This will be Bryan's first programme on main television, but it has been said that he will have no problems gelling with Samuels.

The studio of Today At The Games is in Joblonopolis, Quebec & Shingoryeo.

Day One at the Games has proven to be a fantastic day for Team Britonisea with a total of four medals won - one of which was a gold medal in cycling. Cycling was pretty successful as Britonisea managed to gain another medal in the sport too, but also scored some major wins elsewhere too. Gymnastics was an event that Britons were going to be focused on, especially when concerning Ivor Watkins. However, Watkins didn't seem to live up to the hype of these Games and was completely wiped from the competition which sent shockwaves throughout the nation. Jake Fuentes, a potential successor to Watkins in future Games to come, did manage to qualify for a couple of events leaving him still in medal contention. Aaliyah de Leon, fourth place in the tennis Women's Singles also fell at the first hurdle too despite her stellar performance rising up the rankings in the NSTT. Definitely some mixed results in there for the nation. The below transcript is the first 10-15 minutes of the programme...

As the final frame of the Britonish Olympics promotional video played, the title card for Today At The Games flashed up onto the screen before we highlights of the Opening Ceremony started to play, slowly going through the most memorable moments of it including the very beginning, the Start of Time segment, glimpses of the Start of City segment and its most poignant section of the Great Fire of Jolbonopolis before we moved onto the Start of Life. There were then shots of the different delegations coming into the stadium including Electrum - last year's co-host, who came in first, the Britonish delegation, before ending on the mammoth team from Quebec & Shingoryeo. Shots of the cauldron filled the screen before we could hear the hosts who were standing in the middle of a gorgeous, spacious television studio. The hosts stepped forward as the camera wheeled closer to them.

Nicky Samuels: What an amazing Opening Ceremony that was, wasn't it? Truly spectacular. Good evening everybody - boy, have I missed you all. It's another Olympic Games, the seventeenth edition in fact and we're back in Quebec & Shingoryeo! I am Nicky Samuels and this year, I'd love for you all to give the warmest of welcomes to Mark Bryan!

Mark Bryan: Thank you Nicky! What a nice little welcome indeed. It's great being on the show with you Nicky - you've been doing such a great job hosting Today At The Games - day in, day out, keeping the nation up to date with the latest goings on in the Olympics. I'm only here to help you out and keep this show running!

Nicky Samuels: Oh stop it, you're making me blush! It's certainly a pleasure having you here with me, Mark, but we've got to get on with the show. So many things have been going on today in Afanc Strait and Quebec & Shingoryeo - the host nations of these Games.

Mark Bryan: And this year, unlike in the past couple, Britonisea will be participating as its own Olympic delegation which will mean that not only will we be able to focus more on Britonish performances, but there has been quite a large increase in the number of Britons at these Games.

Nicky Samuels: Yes, up from 301 entrants to 468 entrants this time around. We will be seeing some Estogians, of course, and we will keep you up to date with those wider ABEN results too. Now, I am sure that many of you already know this and I am so sorry if I'm spoiling it for you but I simply can't keep it in anymo-

Mark Bryan: We've won gooooooooold!

Nicky Samuels: Bloody hell, he's only been here five minutes! But he's correct - the Britonish delegation has started off pretty well and we indeed have won a gold medal.

Mark Bryan: *stroking his chin with sheepish accent* But how did we win it, you're probably asking? Well, you'll just have to keep watching won't ya! In fact, here's what's coming up in today's show!

"Time's ticking: The Olympic Time Trials sees Britons racing against the clock for gold"

"Badminton begins: Britonisea's best Badminton players start their Olympic campaign..."

"Fearless fencers: Narster and goes for gold in the Men's Sabre after his gold medal match defeat at the XV Games..."

"Britonisea's Boxing Boys: Wins all around for our boxers in Round of 32 matches in Men's Boxing...

"Judoka Joy: Sophia Hammond and Steffan Carey take to the stage to fight for Britonisea's 7th ever judo medal..."

Mark Bryan: ...and there's so much more to touch upon! How are we going to fit it all into 90 minutes?

Nicky Samuels: Just watch and learn, Mark, I've done it many, many times. Now before we go in deep - I know what you're like, Mark! - let's take a quick look at the Medal Table and see where things stand, shall we?

Mark Bryan: Well, right up there you can see that Quebec & Shingoryeo was the most successful nation of the day in terms of gold medals, with two of their medals coming from judo, followed by co-hosts Afanc Strait who have the most medals at 5.

Nicky Samuels: Archalit, who tennis fans might recognise from the tennis circuit is in third place did pretty well for their first day with two gold medals - they seem to be in for a great Games followed by little ol' Britonisea! Now, we must remember, it's only Day 1 and things will most definitely change but it's a good start.

Mark Bryan: How did we win those four medals? Well, let's get started with the Cycling Time Trials...

After Bryan said that, a VT played with an overview about the Time Trials, the aim of the game and the Britonish lineup for the Games...

Edit 1: Added medal table picture

by **Krytenia** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:47 pm

A piste offering

One day in, and Krytenia's fencers are already making waves in Jolbonopolis.

In the men's individual sabre, Stephen Kidd was expected to lead the charge, but it was Milo Robinson who got the ball rolling. As the only Krytenian taking part in round one, he took early points against Talon Toldreyn of the Afanc Strait, and never relinquished the lead. Brookstation's Jason Dreher was similarly dispatched in the second round, where Kidd put down a marker of his own against Archalit fencer Pramod Samant. Sadly, Stuart Ackermann didn't make it three out of three, and Robinson would fall to Timokh Raltsen of Kanmer in the last thirty-two, but Kidd would not be cowed.

The Stanton fencer had little trouble against Guybrush Triefgut of Kriegersien, whilst an emphatic victory over the Vilitan Cove's Mai Loijoi secured a quarter-final spot. A 15-7 thrashing of Euheni Asminder had the crowd baying, as a final against Quebecois Yi Doo-Heon seemed inevitable - but it was not to be. Jake Narster of Britonisea proved too strong for the Krytenian, leaving Kidd to battle David Bævre for the bronze.

"Battle", as it turned out, was too strong a word. Kidd took out his frustrations on his Vanorian opponent, conceding just five points on his way to a crushing victory and a trip to the podium.

For the women, meanwhile, hopes of an épée medal were expected to lie with Jin Hyun-Ok, but they were to be quickly dashed as she went out in round three, beaten in a low-scoring affair by Lena Nergaard of Valanora. Thankfully for the Krytenians, though, it was a case of "next woman up". With Alison Rizzoli losing her opening bout, it was left to Tonya Rhodes, the lowest ranked of the Krytenian trio, to carry the metaphorical flag. Rhodes had pulled together a string of impressive wins to make it into the fourth round, and there Markella Laskari of A Kea would also succumb to the Bromham fencer. She then - alongside Sargossa's Anne-Marie Desbarats - silenced the home crowd as each defeated the two remaining home fencers to meet in the semi-final.

Desbarats had no answer to the Krytenian in their last-four encounter, leaving Rhodes to face...none other than the fencer who had taken Jin out earlier in the competition, Lena Nergaard. For the second time in the tournament, the Vanor proved too strong for her Krytenian opponent, winning a deserved gold and leaving Rhodes with a silver medal which, to be fair, was quite unexpected. It's also the nation's first women's épée medal, as our athletes continue their explorations of new sporting frontiers of four years ago.

A heart of Glass

Krytenia's cycling heritage is dripping in success, and this Olympic Games is already proving to be no exception, as the nation opened their account on the first day's action in Whitehaven. With a route taking in the city's picturesque seafront, it wasn't just the views that were breathtaking, as Gloria Glass claimed second place in the women's time trial.

Drawn to run thirty-seventh, Glass got into a rhythm early, gaining six seconds on Joanne Ramsey, the Kytlerian cyclist who led when Glass started her run, at the first time check. The gap continued to increase as Glass' run went on, with the Krytenian looking to absolutely smoke the field and pacing herself excellently. Crossing the line - and with only sixteen runners left to complete - Glass' lead ended up at nearly twenty-five seconds. Sadly for Ramsey, a few of the late runners were a tad too quick to keep her in the medals, with bronze eventually going to Bronlyne Virhen of Diarcesia. Glass' time, though, looked almost untouchable.

Key word there: almost. Britonisea's Ellena Montoya set off out of the gate like a cheetah with its backside on fire, and never let up. She was, quite simply, the class of the field and thoroughly deserving of a dominant gold medal, over half a minute up on Glass and a full fifty-five seconds ahead of Virhen. Glass, though, will be more than happy with her well-earned silver and defeat only to an absolute cycling machine.

Sadly, neither of Krytenia's men could emulate Glass, with Alex Edmonds our best performer in nineteenth, a full three minutes away from medal contention.

Mitcham going swimmingly

This will go down as one of Krytenia's most successful opening days - despite the lack of a gold. With medals already in the bag in fencing, cycling, judo, and diving, the nation ended the evening celebrating its first medal of the games in the swimming pool.

Having won his 400m freestyle heat comfortably, and made it into the final as third fastest overall, Robert Mitcham took to the blocks hopeful of gaining some sort of medal. The race itself proved to be a competitive, if somewhat cagey, affair. The eight-length distance usually sees at least one swimmer, and often two or three, try to pull out a lead either in the opening or middle of the race; that simply didn't happen this time, with all eight swimmers almost in a line coming off the final turn. It would come down to who had the most left in the tank in those last fifty metres - and as it turned out, that was home swimmer Kit Kenning. Mitcham, however, wasn't letting Kenning have it all his own way, keeping pace until the end and claiming silver, with the field separated in the end by less than a second.

Elsewhere, medal chances for tomorrow already look promising with Olivia Naylor and Deanna Klein both booking their places in the women's 100m butterfly final, Naylor going fastest of all in her semi-final. With 200m fly gold in the bag from four years ago, the eighteen-year-old wouldn't say no to repeating the feat in the shorter event tomorrow evening.

Inspired to try swimming? Information on how to get involved is available at kbs.kt/sportforall

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by **Scornerse** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:59 pm

Scornerse, Day 1

The first full day of events would see more promise for Team Scornerse, but it would be premature to describe any of it as success.

The Aquatics portion of the olympics so far has not been particularly productive for Scornerse's hopes of getting up high on the medal bords. In Men's 400m freestyle swimming, Teofilo Cummings ends up finishing in 17th, over 2 seconds behind the 8th place of Johnny Kontostavlos of the nation of A Kea. Milo Fox, for his part, would do much worse, finishing in 56th, more than 9 seconds behind a qualifying position. Things wouldn't be any better in Men's 100m breaststroke, where Babak Patrick finished 24th at .58 behind Um Nkumu of Archalit, who'd go on to win the gold medal. For his party, Xerxes Brooks tied for 37th with Johnny Kontostavlos of A Kea, who competed in both events. In Men's 4 × 100m freestyle relay, the team of Ekin Mathis, Ryo Johns, Manuel Aguilar and Silvano Horn would only get 23rd, more than 3 seconds behind the qualifying 8th place Magnus Phoenicia team that'd go on to win a bronze.

The Women's swimming section saw marginally less failure. in Women's 400m freestyle, Queta Case finished just under 3 seconds behind the qualifying time of Miguela Apolinar of Sargossa. in Women's 100m butterfly, the former medalist Reina Cervantes finished 2nd in time, just .02 seconds behind Novia Villareal of Saragossa, though her teammate, Lorena Bullock performed much worse, notching a time worth 42nd place. However, when the semifinals came around, Reina Cervantes failed to get a qualifying 8th place or better finish in time, preventing her from securing a medal this olympics. Women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay, wouldn't see any success either, with the team of Anastasia Blevins, Adiel Hubbard, Reina Cervantes and Rosalinda Welsh only managing to secure a very low 21st finish, at over 5 seconds behind the Mytanija team, in 8th place, who ended up being the ones to take gold in the event. The Women's synchronized 3m springboard diving team of Ximena Daniels and Bailey Herrera git 10th in a medal event, continuing the Scornerse drought in the water. Men's Water polo, however, contained a ray of sunshine, as the first match day saw Scornerse beat Nueva Orinoquia in a hard fought match, the only event of the day in the water that could truly be considered to be a success for Scornerse.

Men's Badminton continued the unfortunate though all together consistent pattern of disappointing results. Benjamin Lawson lost to Aleksi Marttila of the Alezian Union, putting up coming up significantly short in the first set at 21-14, however managing to make it more of a game in the second set by requiring his opponent to reach 23. Bill Powell however, would be less succesful in mitigating his loss, falling 21-14 in both sets to Lindon Wolfe of Electrum. In doubles, at least, Bill Powell and Benjamin Lawson's efforts combined allowed them to push Treon Turner and Ramel Bishop of Semarland to three sets, exchanging 21-13 scores, but in the third set their opponents reached 21 after their having reached only 11. The saving grace for the men, however, is that this is only the first match day, and they'll have an opportunity to win later on, perhaps using the momentum of their closer loss as a team...

The women, however, would be more succesful. While in singles, Matilde Hahn fell to Hadçiália Brózigić of Da Cunha in 3 sets after having narrowly won the first set, and in doubles Adelina Erickson and Luella Curtis faced a similar fate against Joanne McRae and Francine Petria of Brookstation, The team of Gessica Joseph and Matilde Hahn would pull out Scornerse's first badminton win at the olympics over Evelyn Noordlich and Layna Sandhurst of Kelssek, closing them out in 2 sets with a dominating 21 - 10 opening set and a closer 21 - 18 concluding set. In Mixed doubles sawBill Powell and Matilde Hahn lose in two sets by large margins to Amandeep Dhillon and Lady Mimosa Dhliwayo of Magnus Phoenicia. But Gessica Joseph carried on her winning ways, playing along side Benjamin Lawson to defeat Danko Darkovic and Andela Pejakovski of Mytanija.

Entering the Scornersean speciality, combat sports, with boxing, no Scornersean women competed today, but in a round that served as a de facto prelminary round, multiple Scornersean men did box today. in Men's flyweight, Olindo Thomas secured a dominating victory over Pol Barrios of Nueva Orinoquia, winning a unanimous decision. Moises Hoover in the Men's light welterweight division, wouldn't be so lucky, only securing the support of one judge for his performance against Kojo Kofi of Archalit. In Men's light heavyweight boxing, Barnabas Cantu won Scornerse's second unanimous decision, against Tammy Obresonn of Saterun, though Scoernse's boxers in Men's heavyweight and Men's super heavyweight, Alvin Lara and Jing Woodward, respectively, go down in unanimous defeats to Tay Soon and Pellegrino Marine, both from Electrum.

However as has been consistently the case so far, when a medal is up for grabs, Team Scornerse has fallen short, as has been in the case in cycling. In Men's road time trial cycling, Darien Cortez finished 17th and Edgardo Wallace 21st. In the Women's event, Natalia Montesfinish even lower at 30th and Zurine Gould finished third from last at 59th. Pivoting to horse riding, specifically Dressage, Guillermo Boyle tied with Irham Rahman of Toluiwa at 20th, while Cierra Contreras and Biddy Warnerfinish near at the bottom at 54th and 57th.

Group Stage teamsports continue to be the main focal point of a glimmer of hope, as Scornerse gets a men's handball victory over Estogium and a men's hockey tie with Kelssek. Whether or not this may translate the further wins or even a medal later on is difficult to say, but to avoid defeat is the first step in accomplishing that. This further reflected in Socernse's Rugby sevens team, which appears to haveturned this around, first beating MS Onslaught in a massive 5-31 victory and a closer Empire of Kanmer win at 19-17. Yet, 3 more games still remain in their group before the knock out stage.

The last successes in medal events of the day were in table tennis, Olegario Murray, Roderigo Boone and Arsenio Hendrix all make it out of the preliminary round after beating the Danÿel Gërdom, Davin Solomon and Níhad Balíntić of Darkmania, Britonisea and Da Cunha respectively. Olegario Murray and Roderigo Boone, in particular, should they make it through their next two rounds, would end up facing off against eachother.

In Men's 60kg Judo, Wayne Beltran managed to beat Leon Gatt of Electrum, only to lose in the next round to Jimmie Eriksson of Team Diarcesian. Aside from that in medal events, be it Canoeing, Fencing, gymanstics, rowing shooting or Men's volleyball, Scornerse notched defeats. However for the most party in teamsports, Volleyball included despite the 3 sweep sweep by Liventia, Scornerse retains some medal hopes.

by **Valanora** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:00 pm

It was a day of contrasting emotions for Vanorians in fencing, as there was both heartbreak as well as triumph in equal measures. Stiff competition saw many of the would be medal contenders eliminated before the semifinal stages but in both the Women's individual épée as well as the Men's individual sabre, there was a representative from the Empire in the thick of the competition looking to make both their individual dreams as well as the growing hopes of a nation come true if they could continue the magnificent form that had allowed them to enter into the fateful round in the first place. David Bævre had been in sensational form after an early difficult exchange with Tanner Lasos and was looking extremely confident going into the semifinal round. That confidence was broken as David was unable to keep up with Yi Doo-Heon of the host nation and was soundly bested in the round, with the loss of confidence spilling over into the bronze medal match where he looked completely outdone by his foe from Krytenia. Tears were seen staining his cheeks as he left the competition area, having come so close to achieving a personal dream of medaling in the Olympiad but to fall short in such a spectacular fashion has to be especially crushing, not knowing if you ever will have the opportunity to represent at the games much less be in contention for a medal.

Lena Nergaard however would be singing a different tune, as the young woman out of Quel'Thalas could hardly put a foot wrong during her bouts, looking both mentally and physically sharp from the word go. Her strikes were true and she seemed to be in perfect synergy with the air of the competition around her, scoring victories left, right, and center. Tonya Rhodes looked like she might try to have a second occurrence on the day of a Krytenian upsetting of a Vanorian dream, but Lena was not deterred and powered through a tense affair with a worthy competitor to take the gold. It is the first gold and the first medal for the Vanorian delegation in the games, but hopefully far from the last with the VSC looking to have an impressive haul to bring back to the Empire at the conclusion of the Games. In a show of companionship, she was said to have found David Bævre in the Vanorian camp and consoled him after learning of his shortcomings in his own attempt at medaling.

"I was so thrilled to be able to get this victory and medal, it feels so vindicating for the years of training trying to get to this positon. All the time and effort you put into getting to this level where you are able to not only qualify to represent the Empire but then to be in the medal rounds. Obviously I was able to put it all together and get the gold, making my family and trainers proud, but then I heard about what happened to David. Had to go put an arm around him and cheer him up, he did so well to be able to get into the medal rounds. It sucks that it did not come good for him this time but there is a lot to be proud of to have gotten that far and he should not have his head hung low. Most of all trained together through the years to get here and he deserves all the recognition for being in that position in the first place and this gold medal is as much as his as it is mine. First of many, for the Empire!" Lena said in a brief interview following her win, looking to increase morale across the delegation as the next set of events are put to the docket to be contested.

by **The Kytler Peninsulae** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:09 pm

When it came to potential places for Kytlerian success, the opening day had all eyes on the cycling time trials. All four Kytlerian representatives (two men, two women) were seen as medal contenders, but none were able to deliver; the men were particularly off the pace, Dennis Dalgas IV finishing 30th and almost three minutes off the podium, with Ethan Ellington further back still in 33rd. The Olympics, ultimately, are just too unpredictable to rely on anything.

But there was a Kytlerian on the right end of that variance, in a sport that nobody looks to for Kytlerian success. Enter the gymnastics, and specifically, Kevin Rock.

The standout figure of a men's team entered more in hope than expectation - there wasn't a women's team at all, with Kytlerian gymnastics clubs increasingly afraid to even coach girls at a high level (or at all) amidst a cultural microscope on the sport's body-policing practices - Rock was still not expected to threaten a place in either the all-around or apparatus finals. Expectations were spectacularly not met, as the 22-year-old from Ranford secured the joint-eighth highest overall total across the six apparatus and cruised to one of the 24 places in the all-around final. His highlight came in the floor, where his 15.733 score topped everyone else by a full four-tenths of a point, and he also made the floor and rings finals.

"I knew that I could do special things but did not truly expect them all to come off on the biggest stage, I thought I'd take these risks just because I might do something amazing and there was not much to lose, right? Nobody expected anything of me except myself so there was no danger for things going wrong except if I fell and hurt myself, and that's what the medical facilities and all the other safety measures are for. I felt safe to take chances, and apart from the parallel bars where I had a minor slip that kept my score down, those chances... well a lot of them paid off. The floor I knew I could do well on but I did not expect this at all."

The closest approach to a medal also came from a lower-profile source in the form of a sport that produced tragedy on Kytlerian soil back in the Games of the IX Olympiad, namely shooting. John Matthews and Alexandra Mueller squeaked into the final eight of the mixed 10m air rifle, then came third in the second phase to set up a shoot-off for bronze against Anna Pamvaki and Demitres Yokes of A Kea - but while they briefly led in that contest, they were ultimately pegged back and left marooned in fourth. Still, this was hardly expected either. "I can't believe we got the chance to feel this gutted," Matthews told NBO afterwards. "We knew the margins were fine in this sport, but just making the final eight was our goal, and obviously we almost didn't do that, but then we had an amazing run in that second phase and got this shot at a medal, we're still young and can go again in four years, but wow, what a strange feeling this is right now."

Quentin Delestre was another near-miss, briefly threatening to crash the party in the men's street skateboarding with a stunning first trick but unable to quite back it up enough. Still, after just barely sneaking into the final, he was happy enough with his efforts. "The aim was to see if I could get into the final, which I did, and then see if I could pull off one really cool thing there, which again I did. Just really sketchy the rest of the final, but after my bail in the second run (of the qualifying) I was very happy to have that not be costly, and to get to show my skills to everyone watching in Rushmore and beyond, getting the sport on the map is what we're all about here and there was a real buzz about the place when I pulled off that grind in the final. Always going to remember that one, even without a medal."

There was a similarly close call in another, more traditional flip-filled sport, divers Alice Barnett and Alisha Simms finishing fifth in the women's synchronised 3m springboard. "We probably needed a couple more dives with a higher tariff for us to really have a shot of getting onto the podium the way it went, but I think we executed all our dives well and we're delighted to be this high," Simms said. "We'll have to try and work on the twisting dives in particular, those have been the hardest ones for us to really get right."

There were sporadic other signs of promise from Kytlerian athletes in other events; Max Heimlich topped his heat in surfing shortboard qualifying, the women's quadruple sculls team managed likewise (and four more Kytlerian boats made it through to the quarter-finals without a need for a repechage), Karen de Vos and Oscar de la Cruz both cruised through their respective canoe slalom heats, and the men's rugby sevens team are unbeaten - albeit somehow with two draws - through three contests. But no medals yet, and until the first one comes, there'll always be some kind of question mark as to where the Kytlerians will get one.

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