Games of the XVIII Olympiad - roleplaying thread

by **Waisnor** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:26 am

Taking a break from all the winning

This would day wouldn't be so rewarding for Waisnorian fans at Olympics - this would be the first day since day 1 when Waisnorian delegation didn't win any medals. Thankfully, this wasn't all doom and gloom for Waisnorians since there were several good results in qualification rounds:

We're beginning with Victoria Pushchina, who already got herself on the radars of Waisnorian sports followers in table tennis. The deal is that Waisnor isn't particularly successful in table tennis, with good performances there being mostly exceptions to the rule. One of those exception was Nadezhda Shunina, who reached quarterfinals in 15th Olympic Games, leaving this as the high mark for Waisnorian table tennis players to beat. Up to the challenge was Victoria Pushchina, an up-and-coming player who got into the Olympic delegation thanks to her strong performances in last year's tournaments. And round after round, Victoria was raising her stakes, defeating an opponent after an opponent and coming closer to Shunina's record. The only one she had to defeat to equal it in round of 16 was Laila Wolff from Vetrahjart. And Pushchina already took good steps towards winning the match - even after a rough battle in the beginning of the first game, Pushchina took the lead with the score of 12-7. After this, Laila pushed further against Pushchina, but even with this slashing away most of the lead Pushchina had, Victoria held on to her victorious way, winning the 2nd game 14-12. Wolff continued doubling down on Waisnorian player, and for her, such labors got her results with player from Vetrahjart winning next two games with the score of 11-6 and 11-7. With that, the score was tied, and 5th round proved to be really intense, with Pushchina managed to get the lead once again and winning the round with the score of 12-10. In the deciding round of the game, Victoria held on to her tempo which she gained in the last round, which proved to be a winning strategy with 6th game being won by a Waisnorian with the score of 11-8, and with that, Victoria reached the results of Shunina 3 Olympics prior and equalled a record for Waisnorian table tennis players.

Moving over to boxing, where we find women's heavyweight tournament and Marina Kalashnikova, who represented Waisnor there. That's the first time we are touching upon boxing here, but Waisnorian fans look on boxing tournaments with high regards. Waisnorian athletes have been performing pretty well in boxing tournaments, with several medals being the proof of that. These Olympics for Waisnor would be a clean sheet start since most of the athletes who secured great results for Waisnor either finished their careers or progressed into regular Olympics, gaining results, or in case of Alexey Matyush, a bronze medal. And now, Marina Kalashnikova was one of the new boxers ready to make the splash. Her next opponent in the tournament in the round of 16 would be Hannah Roach from The Kytler Peninsulae. But in the beginning, Hannah seemed to have the upper hand with devastating blows and well-timed strikes on Kalashnikova, to which she barely managed to answer. And even though Marina had some strong counterattacks, Marina was definitely playing a second fiddle in this battle in the beginning. But thankfully, a time-out came, and during it, Kalashnikova's coach managed to get some nice strategy into her. Roach was still holding strong after the time-out, but now Marina was getting a lot more attacks and blows on her opponent. Slowly but surely, Marina was getting the initiative and bouncing back, becoming the leader of the fight and swaying the judges in her favour. As the time was running out, Roach was catching more punches than ever, and such strong performances were definitely getting into judges heads. When the time to announce the results came, such late bounce back proved to be the deciding factor as Kalashnikova won 3-2 and progressed to the next round.

Other Waisnorian results:
In men's 20km walk in athletics Stepan Losev finished 39th
In the same discipline among women, Klavdia Fedorchuk placed 57th and Larisa Motalygo finished 67th
Alexander Baranov placed 7th in men's 50m rifle 3 positions final in shooting
In women's tournament in the same discipline, Lyubov Volkova placed 33rd in the qualification
In men's 50m freestyle heats in swimming, Vladimir Kutsiy finished 22nd
Waisnor's women handball team won their first match in group stage, defeating Kalosia 27-25
Anna Gaidetskaya and Ekaterina Naidenko qualified to the final in women's lightweight double sculls in rowing, placing 3rd in their semifinal
In women's triathlon, Elizaveta Starzhenskaya placed 46th

Random Waisnorian tweets about Olympics:

by **Da Cunha** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:04 pm

THE 18TH SUMMER OLYMPICS DAY 6 LIVE STREAM
Started streaming 90 minutes ago ---------- 8,732 people watching
CANÁL GOLÑUČAVCA SÉSTRU

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[i]P: "...Aaand that's a neat landing to finish the routine, but not going to trouble the top scorers."

I: "Two more to go... But one of them is Pierrette, and she IS ahead before the final event. She's need to score substantially lower for this to be a gold for us."

P: "Up next is Gina Hanna, home crowd favourite, I have no doubt. She was magnificent on the uneven bars earlier today, with a good floor routine here, she could get on the podium."

The two sisters are both sitting in the sun, watching the gymnastics all-round final, chewing their nails in mirror images of each other.

P: "She's doing everything right, but it just doesn't seem particularly ambitious. This is... This is not it."

I: "A reminder to anyone new here that Hádça Phajsálavić, 16 years old and from Jovanísevo, is leading the individual women's all-round artistics final with... One and a half routines to go. She was best in the standing for the team all-around that earned them all silver. She's certain to get at least bronze, probably also silver by now."

P: "Hanna finishes, and she... She looks like someone who knows that wasn't quite enough, but maybe we'll see a miracle..."

The two go quiet, waiting for the scores.

P: "12.800! I mean, that's harsh. That's... That seems harsh. That puts Hanna 14th before the last routine. That's gotta be disappointing."

I: "And you can see that on her face as well. She had hoped for something more... Trust us Gina, our entire country felt like that about the gymnastics last time out!"

P: "Well, just Berta Pierrette to go. She needs... Uh..."

I: "13.850 and she's got gold, 13.833 is... Silver, so something along those lines."

P: "I don't like those odds. Pierrette has not been below 14 so far. Neither has Phajsálavić, but Pierrette really took the first two quite convincingly, and 3rd round was pretty good as well. Phajsálavić has come through in the later rounds to fight her way up the pack. And a lot of people have stumbled here on the floor routine, which helped as well. People like Sunstar and Stoiyan. Kaskarova had issues on the Beam. Romero, currently in 2nd, has been alternating average with sublime. Phajsálavić has been above average without leading anything."

I: "Pierrette is crossing for the first sequence."

P: "She still looks really good..."

The two sisters go quiet, eyes tracking across the screen they're watching for a while. Then, right as the silence grows awkward, they both start.

I: "A slight stumble there on the last landing!"

P: "And less ambitious, but not by much. I think she'll get it."

I: "Come on...."

P: "Scores are coming up in just a moment... It is... 13.800! Wow, that's... How? That's robbery. It's theft at broad daylight, that!"

I: "But it means GOLD! Gold for Hádça Phajsálavić by 0.044 points at the end. Romero gets 3rd, another 0.100 behind. What a round. Imagine how close it would've been had Sunstar not blown it!"

P: "Gold indeed. I don't believe it. Pierrette cannot believe it either, by the looks of it. Neither can Hádça, she's stunned, hand in her hair, looking at the scores, but she can celebrate, yes she can! 6th gold medal of the games for Da Cunha!"

I: "And as we promised with every gold medal, that means the two of us needs to take a dive in the pool!" She starts dragging her sister, protesting and still glued to the screen, towards the water.

---~~~~~~---
3 hours later

I: "And they cross the line! Ósman Matéavić and Áli Uramórjić win the medal race in dominant fashion, but that's not gonna be enough. I think... The maths for this event kind of hurts my brain."

P: "The boat from A Kea takes 2nd... They're probably gonna take 4th with that, but I don't see them getting higher. It's close further back. We need the Britonisea boat to drop low to be sure of it..."

I: "Drawkland is across in 4th... They're behind us, it doesn't matter, but it is looking good. Here comes Chromatika and Hopal, 5th and 6th! I think we might have it! I think we might have it!"

P: "It looks like a second gold medal for Da Cunha today! Men's Skiff gold is incoming, but let's just wait for confirmation! The UMS team crosses in 7th. Britonisea is fighting for 8th!"

I: "Zenic is just ahead... Lisander is... Well, let's not talk about that... It'll be... Zenic 8th... Britonisea 9th! And that is... Another gold medal, Phátima!"

P: "Sure is! Get in there! Ósman Matéavić and Áli Uramórjić take gold in what is probably their last games together as a duo. What a way to end it!"

??: "What a way to end what?"

The two sisters look up and over, lighting up. Well, one lights up in pleased surprise, the other lights up like a boiled tomato.

P: "Wait, how did you get in here?!"

??: "Your production team let me in."

P: "Well come on over! We just got gold in sailing!"

The guest from a few days prior, Callísto Vlásicq-Snodgrass, bronze winner in the judo, appears from the right, sitting down just behind Innozénza.

C: "Ooh, neat. I get so terribly seasick on small boats, I've never worked out how they do it with that kind of choppy water."

P: "Well, you're just here for our gold tradition! Have you put down your phone?"

C: "What?"

P: "Chat, should Callísto join us?"

C: "Hang on..?"

Beat.

P: "Chat says yes! Come on Zenzi, get her!"

C: "Whoa, hey, hold on!"

Phátima makes a run for the judoka, but misses entirely and bellyflops into the pool.[/]

[i]I: "And how did that go, Tima?"

Innozénza joins Callísto at the edge of the pool, looking down at the other streamer.

C: "So...?"

I: "Oh, we jump in the pool whenever we get a gold, whatever we happen to be wearing at the time."

C: "I thought you were basically doing this entire coverage in swimsuits anyway."

I: "Well right now, maybe... But two days ago, Tima had to jump in there in her PJ's with unicorns on them."

C: "Ooookay... Well... You're still here."

I: "Indeed I am. How astu-whoaaa!"

Callísto gives the younger of the sister a shove, sending her over the edge, but Innozénza has managed to grab onto the fighter, and they both drop into the pool.

P: "I swear if this makes me miss the medal ceremony and the anthem, I'll drown the pair of you!" Phátima grumbles as she reappears, having been landed on by two people.

by **Ko-oren** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:09 pm

Canoeing - sprint
Big expectations for Lavelle, Cueto, Miramontes, and Ohdezehten - the four who so often train together, close to their home towns, in the calm harbour of the city of Thelesra in the southeast. Enjoying the much awarded, mildly spicy, protein-rich Gahrugkothis kitchen (yes, check the Pan-Anaian FLAGS event) when they're done. Sure, the harbour has gotten busier with the navy in town, but there are enough nooks and inlets to get some training in and then they got the Ministry of Sport to claim a few zones for athletic use. For Nisato, 22 years old, it's a moment to turn heads and punch her ticket to international events, while for Dulbridge, 30, it's likely her last attempt at multiversal glory. Troncoso and Guimimin are also from the southeast but tend to be a tad behind the big four mentioned so far.

C-1 200 m

Final
1 Augusta Knecht (f)               48.095
2 Suevia Miramontes (f)            48.119
3 Ganiane Durjofan (f)             48.340
4 Eiselyn Dlithirithugun (f)       48.361
5 America Ohdezehten (f)           48.424
6 Adelard Rweukhin (m)             48.938
7 Xema Guimimin (f)                48.950
8 Luella Dulbridge (f)             49.327

Knecht does it! She claims a national title getting the better of the big names. Check out Durjofan in third, she's younger than Nisato and while she might not have gotten the same hype, she proves just how close everyone is near the top: she's ready for bigger and better things as well.

National Prelims
 1 Ganiane Durjofan (f)             48.065
 2 America Ohdezehten (f)           48.067
 3 Augusta Knecht (f)               48.076
 4 Eiselyn Dlithirithugun (f)       48.089
 5 Suevia Miramontes (f)            48.102
 6 Adelard Rweukhin (m)             48.130
   Luella Dulbridge (f)             48.130
 8 Xema Guimimin (f)                48.137
 9 Rikichi Nisato (m)               48.140
10 Takuji Sakisaka (m)              48.192
11 Rioc Lavelle (m)                 48.196
12 Ffedimid Dishikhathaden (f)      48.201
13 Ciljuth Nuituimin (m)            48.218
14 Lois Cueto (m)                   48.254
15 Leander Merhart (m)              48.255
16 Estevaina Troncoso (f)           48.303
17 Lhejuk Dahthothen (m)            48.382
18 Pehthuk Kogothen (m)             48.630
19 Wono Godjoten (m)                48.685
20 Margriete Gijajevuvan (f)        48.725
21 Catarina Medal (f)               48.824
22 Vosagwelas Matugun (m)           49.051
23 Ava Veersnip (f)                 49.303
24 Ava Voshirwaten (f)              49.993

C-1 1000 m

Final
1 Vosagwelas Matugun (m)         4:16.295
2 Ciljuth Nuituimin (m)          4:16.298
3 Ganiane Durjofan (f)           4:16.861
4 America Ohdezehten (f)         4:17.428
5 Estevaina Troncoso (f)         4:18.001
6 Xema Guimimin (f)              4:22.074
7 Suevia Miramontes (f)          4:22.973
8 Lhejuk Dahthothen (m)          4:24.907

The second event of the week is also going to a less famous name! Matugun and Nuituimin require a photo finish and by three-thousandths, the Seterbohdu giant wins it. Again, the bigger names show up in the top eight - that is, Cueto is having an absolute horror showing so far and Lavelle is not much better off - but all we can do is once again say how many great athletes we have.

National Prelims
 1 Suevia Miramontes (f)          4:15.907
 2 Xema Guimimin (f)              4:15.913
 3 Ganiane Durjofan (f)           4:15.967
 4 America Ohdezehten (f)         4:16.015
 5 Ciljuth Nuituimin (m)          4:16.055
 6 Estevaina Troncoso (f)         4:16.172
 7 Vosagwelas Matugun (m)         4:16.232
 8 Lhejuk Dahthothen (m)          4:16.329
 9 Rikichi Nisato (m)             4:16.380
10 Margriete Gijajevuvan (f)      4:16.593
11 Pehthuk Kogothen (m)           4:16.745
12 Eiselyn Dlithirithugun (f)     4:17.346
13 Ava Voshirwaten (f)            4:17.445
14 Augusta Knecht (f)             4:17.553
15 Ava Veersnip (f)               4:17.697
16 Takuji Sakisaka (m)            4:18.240
17 Ffedimid Dishikhathaden (f)    4:18.304
18 Wono Godjoten (m)              4:18.913
19 Leander Merhart (m)            4:20.110
20 Lois Cueto (m)                 4:20.336
21 Rioc Lavelle (m)               4:21.034
22 Adelard Rweukhin (m)           4:22.511
23 Luella Dulbridge (f)           4:23.967
24 Catarina Medal (f)             4:26.357

C-2 500 m

National Prelims
 1 Thorunohn-Gahrugkothis Olympic Academy       1:58.860
 2 Alahrenna-Ethena Olympic Academy             1:59.461
 3 Galadaur Olympic Academy                     1:59.942
 4 Ehnigo Olympic Academy                       2:00.184
 5 Poninoren Olympic Academy                    2:00.308
 6 Salamanti Olympic Academy                    2:01.846
 7 Libahigo Olympic Academy                     2:02.412
 8 Mahrkioren Olympic Academy                   2:03.337
 9 Majaroren Olympic Academy                    2:03.520
10 Ilohilwelutulo Olympic Academy               2:03.673
11 Aerellen Olympic Academy                     2:03.686
12 Subirenna Olympic Academy                    2:03.711

The team events are run under their Academy team name. Thorunohn-Gahrugkothis are the local favourites, from southeastern Ko-oren, and Galadaur, Ehnigo, and Poninoren are also among the usual suspects. Nisato, on the Alahrenna-Ethena team, is telling the old guard to watch out!

K-1 500 m

Final
1 Luella Dulbridge (f)           1:49.452
2 Suevia Miramontes (f)          1:50.275
3 Margriete Gijajevuvan (f)      1:50.364
4 Vosagwelas Matugun (m)         1:50.503
5 Lois Cueto (m)                 1:51.230
6 Augusta Knecht (f)             1:52.324
7 America Ohdezehten (f)         1:53.550
8 Rikichi Nisato (m)             1:53.819

The veteran wins one! Dulbridge! She keeps Miramontes almost a full second behind her in an event where Cueto finally shows up, and there is an interesting role for Gijajevuvan, who also deserves to medal at at least one event.

National Prelims
 1 Luella Dulbridge (f)           1:49.173
 2 Suevia Miramontes (f)          1:49.236
 3 Vosagwelas Matugun (m)         1:49.835
 4 Margriete Gijajevuvan (f)      1:50.365
 5 Augusta Knecht (f)             1:50.795
 6 Rikichi Nisato (m)             1:51.076
 7 Lois Cueto (m)                 1:52.984
 8 America Ohdezehten (f)         1:53.123
 9 Rioc Lavelle (m)               1:53.216
10 Wono Godjoten (m)              1:53.379
11 Xema Guimimin (f)              1:53.392
12 Catarina Medal (f)             1:53.841
13 Ava Veersnip (f)               1:53.865
14 Estevaina Troncoso (f)         1:54.416
15 Takuji Sakisaka (m)            1:54.823
16 Ganiane Durjofan (f)           1:54.828
17 Adelard Rweukhin (m)           1:55.082
18 Eiselyn Dlithirithugun (f)     1:55.358
19 Pehthuk Kogothen (m)           1:57.112
20 Ffedimid Dishikhathaden (f)    1:57.308
21 Ciljuth Nuituimin (m)          1:57.318
22 Leander Merhart (m)            1:57.760
23 Ava Voshirwaten (f)            1:57.804
24 Lhejuk Dahthothen (m)          2:03.978

K-1 1000 m

Final
1 Luella Dulbridge (f)           3:55.513
2 America Ohdezehten (f)         3:55.658
3 Augusta Knecht (f)             3:56.131
4 Vosagwelas Matugun (m)         3:57.253
5 Estevaina Troncoso (f)         3:58.471
6 Rioc Lavelle (m)               3:59.246
7 Lois Cueto (m)                 4:04.018
8 Suevia Miramontes (f)          4:04.806

And... it's Dulbridge bossing the kayak events! That's her second of the preliminaries with all four big names in the final. That's going above and beyond with pressure from the bigger names... and with all individual events taken care of, we certainly didn't get the names we expected but it's telling of the pressure of a final who turn into a diamond and who collapse in on themselves. And also... it's a busy week. Can you be at your best so often? Dulbridge can!

National Prelims
 1 America Ohdezehten (f)         3:55.541
 2 Estevaina Troncoso (f)         3:55.915
 3 Rioc Lavelle (m)               3:56.839
 4 Augusta Knecht (f)             3:57.886
 5 Suevia Miramontes (f)          3:57.929
 6 Luella Dulbridge (f)           3:59.622
 7 Lois Cueto (m)                 4:00.503
 8 Vosagwelas Matugun (m)         4:01.593
 9 Rikichi Nisato (m)             4:01.698
10 Margriete Gijajevuvan (f)      4:02.293
11 Xema Guimimin (f)              4:02.362
12 Catarina Medal (f)             4:02.471
13 Ganiane Durjofan (f)           4:02.620
14 Ciljuth Nuituimin (m)          4:03.112
15 Leander Merhart (m)            4:03.158
16 Ava Voshirwaten (f)            4:03.314
17 Pehthuk Kogothen (m)           4:04.077
18 Ava Veersnip (f)               4:04.415
19 Ffedimid Dishikhathaden (f)    4:05.555
20 Lhejuk Dahthothen (m)          4:05.593
21 Adelard Rweukhin (m)           4:07.108
22 Wono Godjoten (m)              4:10.967
23 Takuji Sakisaka (m)            4:27.148
 — Eiselyn Dlithirithugun (f)          DSQ

K-2 500 m

National Prelims
 1 Poninoren Olympic Academy                    1:42.388
 2 Ehnigo Olympic Academy                       1:43.946
 3 Thorunohn-Gahrugkothis Olympic Academy       1:44.145
 4 Libahigo Olympic Academy                     1:45.091
 5 Galadaur Olympic Academy                     1:45.474
 6 Mahrkioren Olympic Academy                   1:46.016
 7 Subirenna Olympic Academy                    1:46.721
 8 Salamanti Olympic Academy                    1:46.769
 9 Majaroren Olympic Academy                    1:47.379
10 Aerellen Olympic Academy                     1:47.459
11 Alahrenna-Ethena Olympic Academy             1:47.503
12 Ilohilwelutulo Olympic Academy               1:47.546

This one is Poninoren's by a fair distance. Normally a bit stronger in the Slalom than in the Sprint, but there are enough transferable skills with Gijajevuvan in charge of the duo.

K-4 500 m

National Prelims
 1 Ehnigo Olympic Academy                       1:34.680
 2 Libahigo Olympic Academy                     1:35.538
 3 Subirenna Olympic Academy                    1:36.249
 4 Poninoren Olympic Academy                    1:36.612
 5 Thorunohn-Gahrugkothis Olympic Academy       1:36.958
 6 Aerellen Olympic Academy                     1:37.048
 7 Mahrkioren Olympic Academy                   1:37.128
 8 Galadaur Olympic Academy                     1:37.292
 9 Majaroren Olympic Academy                    1:37.694
10 Alahrenna-Ethena Olympic Academy             1:37.800
11 Ilohilwelutulo Olympic Academy               1:37.899
12 Salamanti Olympic Academy                    1:38.678

Ehnigo, with Lavelle, after a grueling week with, well, more disappointments than celebrations, get back at the upsets in the end.

by **Sjovenia** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:19 pm

Silver for the "Speedy Four"

- Team Slaveška takes home silver at the Men's Quadruple Sculls

The men who have been affectionately dubbed "the speedy four" have put on an impressive display of skill at the XVIII Olympiad. Juro Levstek, Leo Smolej, Lukas Tratnik, and Evan Krajnik earned a podium finish with a final time of 5:39.26 just behind Team TER and just before Team DCU. Quadruple Sculls is no easy feat...the event requires all four men, each with two oars, to combine speed and coordination to propel the boat. The slightest miss alignment can affect not just speed but the balance as well! Levstek, Smolej, Tratnik, and Krajnik have proven their skill through years of training and competing to showcase their endurance, strength, and precise technique to secure their podium...

Stay tuned as we cover the highlights and recaps of Day 6 at the XVIII Olympic Games!

Kata Zadnik takes on "The Wall" with a 14 point score in Women's Bouldering. For Women's Lead, Zadnik earned 48 points for a 28 hold. With a total score of 62.1 she will unfortunately not make to qualifying. Zadnik was seen cheering on her fellow athletes in a show of excellent sportsmanship. She looks forward to next year's games!

In swimming, Natalia Župan secures a personal record breaking time of 2:08.31 for the Women's 200m backstroke. Her impressive time earned her first place in qualfying, outpacing Elise Christiansen by .13 milliseconds, a very close event! Despite delivering her best performance in the Olympic Games, she placed 8th with a time of 2:09.67 in the Semi-Finals. Paula Koštomaj, Natalia Župan, Julija Buzaski, and Andreja Golub placed second in Heat 2 of the Women's 4x200m relay with a final time of 7:52.82. The team of four women placed 8th in the final event.

Despite a jaw dropping performance from the young Oskar Kalan, Kalan placed with 6th in the finals with a top score of 89.01. Oskar had tweeted that he had a phenomenal time and looked forward to next years event. In the mean time he will be practicing bigger and better moves to win the hearts and minds and of the judges.

In Women's quadruple sculls, Ljudmila Kamenšek, Katrin Prašnikar, Anika Ravnjak, and Eva Trošt place first in Finals B grouping with a final time of 6:10.99. "There has to be something said for these athletes...their hard work, dedication, and skill has earned them first in Finals Group B for the Women but also Silver Medal for the Men's." the announcer said. "We know it runs in their blood, ancestrally Slaveškan's have braved the seas of Drejveška face the harsh winters and currents. These athletes are most certainly cut from a different cloth..."

In Round 16 of Men's Heavy Weight Boxing, Ivo Stojkovič faces off against Edwin Mangini with a 5-0 win. Let's patch in our correspondent who is with Ivo right now..."Ivo, what an amazing fight this was...I think this was your second or third match with a 5-0 streak. You've been pretty consistent, what's your secret?" the correspondent said to a sweaty and breathless Ivo. "Well it wouldn't be much of a secret if I told ya now would it?" Ivo said with a grin from ear to ear. "No uhm...Tonight we know my opponent has a powerful right hook so I just had to keep moving, stay on my toes, keep my wits about me, and work the jab to keep him at bay. The strategy was to tire him out and I'd say it worked. Through out the rounds I just had to keep looking for openings as the fight progressed. He's an incredible boxer, much love and much respect to Mangini." The announcer spoke up "Thanks again and congratulations on your win!"

In Golf, Adriano Sevšek hones in on his strategy as he ties for 12th in the leaderboards. "The Tee offs have been consistent with hard drives when needed, only a couple of minor mistakes due to wind but no major corrections needed on approach to the green and like a sharp shooter Sevšek sinks them in every time. We look forward to see what his strategy will be and how it will play out!" said the commentator.

Stay tuned tomorrow as we cover Women's Boxing Round 16, Football, and much more!

by **Chromatika** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 3:02 pm

KEY MOMENTS FROM THE XVIII OLYMPIAD
Days 5-6

LEE GA-YEONG

At least Lee Ga-Yeong made it. That's all that any Chromatik archery pundit could say up to this point. By Ji's defeat to Laurenz Gašper and David Earling's defeat at the hands of Rustam Ahmetov, only Lee made it to the Round of Sixteen in individual archery, and that was only after a Golden Arrow. A dismal turn from winning the Gold Medal in Men's Team and the Silver Medal in Women's Team, but then Chromatika has always suffered when it comes to individual talents.

For Lee, this was normal. She's dealt with controversy and competition all her life, and she knows how to deal with it. An orphan from age three, she has the mental fortitude to overcome any situation, and understands the position that she is in. If Lee pulls this off, it'll be a massive story in the land of Chromatik archery - otherwise, at least individually, this Olympics will be a failure.

Not that that will slow Lee down at all. She's just getting started, and the world will be on notice.

SANDIE HEART

Most Olympians don't peak late in their careers. Most of them are either wonderkids, or someone who works up to it in their mid to late twenties.

Sandie Heart is neither. She's thirty-one, she's only made it to the Olympics for the first time in her life, and she just finished in second place with a 15:40.85 rate. Who is she, and how did she get here?

Just three years ago, Heart was an Administrative Assistant to a Law Firm in Chromia. She picked up swimming to get in shape, and her fitness coach couldn't believe that she had never swum before professionally. Her specialty is long-distance, and though this may only be her only Olympics, she's made such a splash that will be remembered.

"I never dreamed this will happen," she admitted after the swim of her life, "But I'm a living example of the fact that you just never can count out your life changing at a moment's notice. Keep your eyes and your mind open, and see what will come your way."

FRANCINE GINOT

After the disaster that was Women's Individual Foil, the only way for Francine, Kim, and Jasmine to go forward was to redeem themselves in Women's Team Foil. So, they got their heads together, made sure that they'll be on the same page, and went to work.

An eight-point win over Crpostran was the beginning; seven points over Kelssek saw them hit the Quarterfinals; then, things got really tight.

When Francine Ginot took on Paula Osorio of Sargossa on the final set, it was tied 39-39. Ginot knew that her usually passive standard of play wouldn't work, so she really pressed it to the Sargossan. It did backfire from time to time, to the point where they were tied at 44, but it was that same aggression that Francine was able to get that point needed to reach the Semifinals.

That ended up being the hardest match, as the Chromatiks had less of a hard time against the Quebecois and Lisander. They had redeemed themselves - the first medal in Chromatik Women's Foil history.

VINCENT ENQUIST

How do you win a Gold Medal?

Go out to a 2.4 point lead? Check.
Grow the lead to 3.2? Check.
Have it only shrink to a 3.1? Check.
Have it grow to a 3.3? Check.
Have that second place shooter drop out? Check.
Shoot a ten to not only win the Gold Medal by three points, but set the Olympic Record? Check.

10.8. 10.3. 10.4. 10.1. 10.0. Yes, he faded at the end a bit, but that's when the nerves work against you. Truth is that he didn't fire less than a 10 for the final five bullets, and he was the proud owner of a Gold Medal.

by **Zenic** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 3:12 pm

"2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze. I'm liking this trend."

"I figured you would. It's a pretty solid start so far for a first timer AND there's still plenty of events that need to be played," replied Justo Felipe, the Emperor's Consul. "Men's Triathlon needs to happen. Sport Climbing just started recently. Both of our Windsurfers are still in contention. Men's Double sculls are finishing soon. Ms. Kohaku is still alive in the Women's Individual Archery. Not to forget, all the remaining track and field events. If we don't add anymore medals, it would be a crying shame."

"Medals are medals, Justo: we should be glad we won any at all, let alone have a chance for MORE," replied the Emperor. He was finishing up some paperwork that was basically a bunch of permits and grant requests from all fields of life as Justo looked through the latest edition of every major newspaper in the Empire. A request for further funding for underwater researching in the ocean, a request for more funding for the co-op farming initiatives in the East near Old Maiz, a grant to hunt........wendigos? "What in the hell?" Justo sat up and turned to the Emperor. "Either someone slipped you some very Not-Safe-For-Work material into your requests or someone is asking for something incredible."

"Incredible? No. Incredulous? Yes. Take a look," he said as he passed Justo the grant request. Justo took his time looking over the whole request. his mouth growing more and more agape the further he read. "You HAVE to approve this." The Emperor gave his Consul a look of disappointment. "No. I find the humor in the situation but there's no way that's getting funding." Justo threw his hands up in the air. "Come on. They're not even asking for that much. Surely, we can find a little spare change to help fund this?"

"If we fund this, then we have to fund everyone looking for sunken ancient cities, doppelgangers, Emperor's who are somehow still alive, and other crazy nonsense. I want to focus on catching up on all fronts: economics, infrastructure, sports, culture, stuff like that." Justo was annoyed but eventually relaxed. "Alas, you are indubitably correct. No such thing as magic so better to not entertain these sort of requests."

"I never said that," the Emperor replied. Justo looked at him with surprise. " I've met people who literally use magic to travel between countries or within their own countries. I've met elves and sentient electronics. I literally met some of them at the Opening Ceremony. Magic is absolutely real; we just don't have any in the Empire, as far as I am aware," the Emperor stated.

"But who knows? I could be wrong. Though I am pretty sure they check for that during the doping tests."

by **Diarcesia** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 6:02 pm

The remaining individual archers from Diarcesia had a fruitful day in the Round of 32. Laurenz Gašper and İkbal Teke convincingly beat their respective opponents, one of them belonging from Chromatika who won team archery gold.

With the growing popularity of the relatively-niche sport of Archery in Diarcesia, it has seen the number of spectators steadily grow over successive Olympics, thanks to its nail-biting format and elite sportsmanship and ability. Both have reasonable odds of getting past the Round of 16, but they may need to eventually face the Quebecois juggernauts Francois Hwang and Alanis Laurianitis if either wants to win a medal. Should they face off, the narrowest of margins would most likely spell the difference between a medal or no medal.

Edited from AI-generated image: Ingebjørg Merrill and Stanislava Jehlitska during the Women's Skiff Sailing finals

The same day saw a tough but also rewarding day from Ingebjørg Merrill and Stanislava Jehlitska, nicknamed the Flying Foxes, who maintained their composure amidst headwinds and secured silver in the skiff finals. They initially struggled in the first six races but rapidly improved and caught up to the competition with more consistently good scores for much of the rest.

by **StrayaRoos** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:57 pm

Archery - Caseran and Reau continue runs:
After upset victories in the Round of 64 for both of them, Tina Caseran and Nathan Reau won their Round of 32 matches and now progress to Finals day on Saturday, which will begin with the top 16 archers in each gender, and conclude with a new Olympic champion crowned in both. Reau beat Liventian Sebastian Booth 6-0 (26-23, 26-25, 30-22), with another aced final set, and Caseran won 6-2 (23-22, 26-23, 24-25, 27-22) against Zenican Wiltrud Uschi to book her spot in the final 16. Both archers are the lowest seeds left in their competitions.

Golf - Bale 3 under, in tie for 12th heading into Round 2: Eden Bale played out a decent first round in the Men’s Golf, posting a 3-under 68, enough to put him in a tie for 12th, 6 shots off the leader, Valanoran Hallvard Lohne

Weightlifting - Ynate wins gold:
Six days in, StrayaRoos has captured its first gold of the games, as Victor Ynate ascended to the top step of the podium in the Men’s +102kg Weightlifting, breaking the Olympic Record for Clean and Jerk and Total in the process. This is somehow the nation’s second medal in Weightlifting for the games, the only sport on dry land where Roosians have won multiple medals in a single Olympiad. After the event, Ynate spoke to Channel Eight and said:

“Yeah, I’m obviously thrilled about the medal and record, after coming so close last time, and the result reflects how hard I’ve trained these past four years.”

by **North Oharan Valley Union** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 12:13 am

Timestamp: 20 September 2024 - 08h13
Tags: Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Mission Olympica

A Deception in Four Chapters
Gymnasts can not replicate stunning qualifiers

The pressure was skyhigh in the Jane Bryson Memorial Arena and the nerves showed themselves in the legs and the handling of almost all of the twenty-four women that lined up for their Olympic final rotation. As both Kjos and Smuge had made it to the best six in the qualification, they were assigned to start at the vault. While most had clear hopes for Dzudite Smuge, who confirmed with a perfectly executed Yurchenko that would be the fourth best performance at the vault, the status of Monika Kjos was less sure. The 20-year old Dinsdaller athlete had shown both her very best as her worst throughout her time in Hamilton and it was questioned which version would make her appearance at the biggest stage of the sport.

One jump later, the conclusion was ‘the worst’. Her high-risk attempt got landed but only with two side steps and a very questionable technique. It did not go down well with the judges and any ambition carried for a top result for Kjos could immediately be discarded. This left us with Dzudite Smuge for the results. The AIGV starlet shot up the ranks with the analysts, especially after a third strong performance in the team final. The NT captain clearly had the ambition to challenge for the medals and opted for a difficult routine on the uneven bars. Taking on the Mo salto in those circumstances was downright risky but she cleared the element before in competition. Today, her release was near perfect and that is just not enough for such a difficult trick: Smuge caught the bar with one hand to avoid a nasty fall and even managed to return to her routine after a clumsy turn, but any sort of joy and rhythm had disappeared from her routine.

A 14.000 was a mild decision from the jury but still put Smuge in a difficult spot: if she wanted to challenge for the medals, only two impeccable routines would be enough. Her start at the balance beam seemed to confirm that this was possible: her leaps showed technical perfection and executing a triple salto like that got a roaring applause from the crowd. Just as Smuge seemed to have returned herself to the action, she mistimed her dismount. With one foot, she missed the end of the beam and what followed was more of a fall than a jump. No judge could save her now and you could sense the complete deception in her concluding salute, even if she kept a brave face. Dzudite Smuge was not the only top candidate to crumble on the beam: home favourite Furst had stunted on the vault but cracked under the pressure and Barkhastani Kazakova corrected a meagre vault with a stunning second apparatus, only to drop out of the medal race at the balance beam as well.

A disappointed Dzudite Smuge tried to put a brave face on.

It was a disheartened Dzudite Smuge who stepped onto the floor for her final exercise. The first thirteen exercises in Hamilton had all been at least decent and usually exceptional, but in this decisive moment, our leading lady dropped the baton. The result was an, although technically correct, uninspired final rotation with Smuge. One could see that she had stepped into the hall with medals on her mind. Fighting for a top ten spot might have been the honorable thing to do, but today we discovered that even Smuge, a gymnast many considered to be untouchable if not technically than at least mentally, has her limits. Even before she received the final conclusion, she broke down in tears by the side of the arena. That Monika Kjos, via three consistent exercises, had darted past her for the ninth and best Oharese finish seemed to be the last of Smuge’s interests. She left the Arena without spending a word to the press. In four days, Dzudite Smuge will have to resurface for her final on the floor. It is hard to imagine this defeated, disheartened gymnast back in full force by then. Then again, there are good reasons why friends (and foes) call her the most resilient of our team. Still, losing is a rare experience to Smuge, will she be able to recover from here?

Preben Helland & Ivar Overby * Beach Volley * So far, little good news came out of the Amphitheatre for our Oharese duo’s. While Repukatze and Holovenko looked dominant during their run in the preliminaries, they are now on the verge of elimination after two consecutive losses. Our male duo seemed to await the same faith but proved they were not done with this Olympic tournament yet when they pushed a duo from Katzeburg out of the way. An excellent redemption after falling short, as they did in the preliminaries, against Levie/Salo, the title candidates from Chromatika. That loss was quite the heartbreak: our Oharan duo got to 13-10 in the decisive set but took three consecutive aces from Aleksi Salo to eventually go under with 16-14. As a result, the confrontation with Logan Gale and Gary Vaughan from Drawkland could be decisive for the remainder of their tournament.

As most beach volleyball players in the Union, Helland and Overby started as indoor players, coming through the ranks of Smash Power Stora to the edge of the first team. Preben Helland made a handful of appearances there, while his mate Ivar Overby never got further than the second string. At the time, Overby started studying and considered calling it a day on volleyball, but Helland saw some talent in the two years younger blocker. They toured the beach series for a season and discovered that they not only connected well off the field but also in the sand. The start of a fairytale? Too easy to say that. After three fairly successful seasons, the duo drifted apart for a while, with Overby focussing on his engineering degree and Helland going through a rotation of other teammates. But once Ivar Overby completed his studies, they returned in the original formation and did so better than ever. Domestically, they have been the consistent factor at the top of the pyramid for nearly a decade. Especially the cunning from Preben Helland dragged them through many difficult moments and who knows, it might bring them to an Olympic quarterfinal.

Gacia Sasounian * Road Cycling * It is time for comically shaped helmets and carefully measured sock heights with the time trial on the agenda. No one in the valleys looked forward to that event as much as Gacia Sasounian, who admitted after the road race that she saw that event as a preparation rather than a target. With a 47th finish spot, the bioengineer from Michk definitely used her ride to put some extra effort in but after guiding Zvinele halfway up the demanding Lighthouse Observatory climb, she opted for her own pace. Not a major surprise, as Sasounian is known better for her skills against the clock than in a peloton. Taking up cycling as a competitive sport only at 24, much has been said about her lacking bike handling skills. Six years later, the rough edges have been polished off but any wins she achieved always come from long solos in which she outpaces the pack if they don’t cooperate well.

Gacia Sasounian in her favorite training terrain, the winding roads in the southern Luyhatsaki hill ranges.

That immediately leans into her best skill, one that she should be able to express on the nearly flat course around Schimpol: hitting the high watts, consistently, and keeping that up where all the others crack. It is rooted in her background. Sasounian is the first to admit she is not a people’s person so when she moved to Dzjevan for university, instead of going out drinking like some students, she released the pressure on the stationary bike in the basement of her students home. “At first I could only ride half an hour. But I improved. Bit by bit.” In as far that some roommate convinced her to partake in the nationals. She crashed twice, not used to the new bike, but still ended fifth and turned some heads. From that moment on, Sasounian got better material and discovered a new passion in this: setting up the bike by the millimeter and finding details to improve for that little bit more aerodynamics. Take the helmet, for example, which she designed herself for an improved windflow. Needless to say that Sasounian meticulously studied every turn on the course but how far will her preparation bring her?

Andros Bergmanis * Climbing * Yesterday, only two of our athletes performed in Schimpol but they exceeded all expectations. Anais Babajanian, just turned 23, stunned by solving all four bouldering problems: only Sargossa’s Carballo and Caitlin Joyce from Loch Dearg managed that same perfect record, but they required more attempts to do so. Compatriot Darchidze managed to reach the top only twice but showed her potential in the lead. The experienced outdoor climber seemed to start slowly but suddenly darted through the middle section. While Babajanian had only managed to secure the 28th hold, Darchidze moved up further, past the hard one at 33 that decimated the field and almost to the top. The final hold was not found but together with Kalosia’s Kastor, she got highest.

When the scores were added up, that summed up to two women in the top six and as such two comfortable qualifications for the next round. Nothing less is expected of national pride Andros Bergmanis. The 28-year old not only triumphed a record five times in the national championships, he is a known face across the regions. On the one hand because he combines an enthusing talk with good looks (he appeared in sportswear commercials and owns a shoe brand) but also as a spokesman for mental health in sports and beyond. It is fair to say that he has been a catalyst to further popularize the sport: some would say he is a synonym for climbing. It puts a new generation, such as 21-year old Adam Kononenko who joins him on the walls today, often in the shadows but they all consider him the reason they got into the sport. Expectations are high for Bergmanis and many believe that this first appearance should just be the start of an adventure all the way to the final.

Pictures are AI generated and should not be considered for scoring.

by **Panay Islands and Guimaras** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 12:39 am

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to..

(English translation: Olympic Recap)
Where we will cover the Panayense athletes' performance in one recap!

CLAUDIA REYES IS OUT OF THE GAMES
Claudia, who has been triumphant in the 32md round, was beaten badly by Kanmer's Stanislawa Chinhandar by decision. She tried her best to take her down, but no to avail. She hoped that she will win someday a gold medal

MURILLO DID HIS BEST, BUT NOT ENOUGH
Rolando Murillo did a good job at 50m freestyle, but not enough for his first attempt at the gold. "Well it's not out of luck, it wasn't really good.", says Murillo. "But I wanna hope that I'll go for gold someday in these Olympics."

SO CLOSE FOR A WIN AGAINST BANIJA
The 3x3 boys are hopefully win a game this time, against tough rivals Banija. At first they're doing well, even Tsushima did the impossible, a buzzer beater. But it wasn't too enough for the boys as the Banijans straight on to dominate the Panayenses

TOO CLOSE FOR A LOSS, BUT RECOVERED ANYWAY
As Mariana Divinagracia said "anything is possible to win this game". And the impossible happened against the Mandarans, where Lorena Ferrer did the winning shot that send the crowd wild.

ODILÓN'S GIRLS ARE OUT OF THE COMPETITON
The Filindos are just dominating Odilón's girls by a 20-point lead. Rosalina Estrella said that she and her teammates desperately trying to win, but no to avail. But she hoped that next Olympics, they'll do it this time winning the gold.

That's all for the Resumen Olímpico for day, goodbye!

by **The Kytler Peninsulae** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 12:51 am

This audio RP is from the start of NBO Radio 4's Breakfast show. The presenters are Keith Barnes and Paul Samuels, but this mostly takes the form of the news summary read by Sean Dangerfield.

KEITH BARNES: At 6am from the Zube studio of NBO Radio 4, welcome to Breakfast with Keith Barnes and William Clarke.

WILLIAM CLARKE: Very good morning to all. Obviously a lot to talk about with the news over the past 24 hours - we start as always with a summary of the news with Sean Dangerfield.

SEAN DANGERFIELD: Good morning. Clituleng Giisost has spent the night at St Margaret's Hospital in Zube following a scare on his flight home from the World Cup. The plane carrying the Prime Minister's delegation from the Eastfield Lodge portal yesterday had its arrival delayed following a medical emergency on the descent to Zube International Airport, which government sources later announced related to Giisost. Deputy Prime Minister Alice Mulholland-Pearce addressed the country from the hospital last night.

ALICE MULHOLLAND-PEARCE: The Prime Minister was immediately met on the runway at Zube International Airport after the landing, and transported to St Margaret's Hospital. The flight crew called to request this assistance during the descent, and - delayed the landing by flying slowly over the Komodo Channel until the arrival of the ambulance was confirmed. It is understood that his symptoms were consistent with an epileptic seizure, but further testing is required to determine the cause. Whilst the Prime Minister is in hospital, I will fulfil his duties as necessary.

SD: The NUP leader Jack Browning has issued his best wishes to Clituleng Giisost, but also called for fresh elections if his health is a long-term issue.

JACK BROWNING: There is no doubt that Mr. Giisost is one of the most personally popular leaders this country has ever had, and on behalf of the whole country I would like to wish him well in his recovery. If it turns out he is in any way incapacitated in the long term and needs to resign, I would call on his deputy to call a general election so that the country can make a decision for themselves on who should run the country in the absence of his undoubted personal mandate.

SD: The Kytlerian soccer team have postponed a public parade through central Zube while Clituleng Giisost remains in hospital. A spokesperson for SO-KP (Soccer Organisation of The Kytler Peninsulae) said the move was made out of respect for the man who effectively reintroduced the team to the international stage by ending the isolation, but that they do wish to give the public a chance to formally greet the team following their run to the World Cup octofinals.

Meanwhile, the struggles of the Kytlerian athletes at the ongoing Olympics are reportedly due to a compromised supply of RPDs. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two separate members of the team reported that their testing revealed that their RPD supplies were contaminated with illegal performance-enhancing substances, thus rendering them unusable for Olympic competition. Anti-doping agencies are reportedly investigating the issue. Dr. Nick Dennis of the Margaret Institute believes that Varnian extremists may be to blame.

DR. NICK DENNIS: Assuming there has indeed been a contamination issue with the RPD supply, one would first have to assume a motive, and then the ability to act on that motive, and realistically that points to extreme Varnian separatism as the cause because we know the deep anti-sport and particularly anti-international sport movement within those circles, and there have been concerns over their increasing sophistication in the past year as they have become increasingly well-funded by dark money from elsewhere in Rushmore.

SD: And some breaking news just in, relating to our top story on the health of the Prime Minister, we have just been informed that the Deputy Prime Minister is to make a statement at 7:30 this morning, so in about 90 minutes from now. No word as yet on the contents of this statement, but to repeat, the Deputy Prime Minister is to make a public statement at 7:30.

by **United Mandaran States** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 12:56 am

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Finally A Medal in Hamilton
20th September 2028

Hamilton (AMP) - Until Day 5, the delegation has received 3 medals in total. All of them was achieved in the events held in Schimpol. First in Swimming then in Canoeing. While the delegation seems to have no luck in winning any medal in Hamilton. Kristina Amalia said that some of the events in Hamilton are not finished yet like tennis or gymnastics and the delegation's medal gainer, Athletics has just started. Although she highlighted some sports that failed to achieve their medal target such as weightlifting. She also added that most of the country's medal contenders are largely held in Schimpol.

But that is change yesterday in Day 6 of the Summer Olympics. Gede Agung Puja surprise the sports fans in UMS after he successfully won a silver medal in shooting. His success is unexpected as Shooting is taking their participation for the first time this edition. "I think we are getting more relax because there is no pressure in achieving any medal target set by UMSOC," comment Jamaludin Kusuma, the head of the contingent. On the other hand, Gede Agung Puja himself said that he was very nervous as he advances further in the event. But in the end, he feels relieve that he can get the medal for the country.

Puja's nervousness can be seen in his score throughout the competition. He achieved a decent score in the first round with 414.3, slightly higher than the third position, Jason Doyle of Kelssek. In the second round, the competition increases into 3 shooters, Puja, Doyle and Valanoran shooter, Aleksander Liland. Their scores only thinly separated. Puja maintains his performance and improve little by little until he reaches the last round. But it seems so hard to beat Vincent Enquist as he had always led in each round. And Puja accepted the silver medal with joy.

Jamaludin Kusuma congratulate Puja in person. In the interview, he adds that this might be a sign to improve the sports further so new talent can shows up. He hopes that UMSOC especially the governing body, Mandaran Shooting (MS) could increase the domestic competition after this. On the other event, Rismawati Tisnandi was so close to qualify to final round. She was placed 9th in the women's 50m rifle three positions event, only 1 place lower than the qualifying quota. "She's definitely a potential," comment Jamaludin Kusuma. While the fans are waiting for maybe another surprise from the sports as there are still 5 events yet to be played.

Olympic Fun Fact of the Day

Despite its small event numbers and its unpopularity in the country, Artistic Swimming have continuously gain medal in each Olympics that had been participated by the former delegations of UMS. Except in the XV edition. In total, the sports have received 6 total medals with 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. 4 of which were won in the duets event, 2 each by men's and women's duet. While 2 others were won by women's team event where in XVI Summer Olympics, Pemecutan and Rarungan women's team won gold and silver respectively.

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First three events came out with nothing
19th September 2028
Gymnastics artistic making a huge entrance into the final with 7 events including a team event in men's category. Last edition, the discipline won 3 medals including 2 gold. Made Dwi Andika won two of them. But his performance this edition was quite subpar as he only qualifies to the all-around individual event, outside the team event. While Jonathan Yowana qualifies in 3 events and Duwaniyuha Kasamoha in 2 events. In women's category, only Dian Budi Hartati who qualifies in 2 events. Too bad, the men's team failed to perform at their best. Their overall score even the lowest from the preliminary round which makes them finished last. And in men's all-around individual, both Jonathan Yowana and Made Dwi Andika failed to impress. Despite improving his Floor and Pommel Horse, Yowana didn't perform well in the rest of the apparatuses especially in Parallel Bars where he got the highest score in the qualification. While Andika only has a better score in Horizontal Bars. The women's category was better. Dian Budi Hartati gets a higher score in 2 out of 4 apparatuses and a lower score in the other 2 than her qualification scores. The result help her to placed 4th with 0.500 points lower than the bronze medalist. The results are not quite accepted by the officials despite the contingent had never won in the all-around events.

Antari/Andreawati fight for the bronze
19th September 2028
It was an intense match between UMS' double pair and Afanc Straits' Xal's Sister. The pairs might have been facing each other numerous times especially in NSTT tournaments. And winning or defeating against them is like luck. Truthfully, Antari/Andreawati have the chance after winning the first set. But unfortunately, Elia/Fia were able to turn the table in the second set and made the UMS' pair struggling under their pressure. In the super tie-break, the intensity arises. Although in the end, Antari/Andreawati have to accept their loss. And now, they will focus on the bronze medal which will be contested against Madeline Jeffries and Kayla Howson from Hopal who was being defeated by Britonish double pair.

Weightlifting officials will evaluate the Olympics result after going home with no medal
19th September 2028
With the last two events in weightlifting finished, UMS is confirmed to have no medal from the sports. It is a big blow for the officials as the sports have been a medals gainer in the last two Olympics. "We've seen some improvement in one side but also a huge downgrade in the other. We will internally evaluate what we've been doing wrong. Especially with a lot of our athletes either gain injury or failed to lift the weights," comment Ngurah Nyoman Indrayana, the head of the contingent.

Critical position in Swimming
19th September 2028
Only a few events left, and it seems that the swimming contingent won't gain any medal again. "I think we have like 5 events left where our athletes participating. And it is a huge gamble to hope for a medal in all of them. I can only hope an additional 1 or 2 medals," said the contingent chief, Ngurah Agung Puja Astawa. As of now, the discipline got 2 medals which is a huge drop from 10 medals received in the last edition. Some of the failed events including the long-distance freestyle events (800m and 1500m) and the 400m individual medley events where all receive medals last edition.

Both skiffs failed while women's windsurfer qualify further
19th September 2028
In the first medal race of Sailing, UMS place one of their boats in both skiffs' events. The hope lies in Ginanti/Suputri as they won a medal before. But with their current position, a bronze is the mostly possible one. However, the truth tells otherwise. Finished at 8 in the medal race, they only placed 8th in the last standing. The same position also achieves by Bratayusa and Suartawa in the men's event. Despite finished 7th in the medal race, it was not enough for Bratayusa/Suartawa to improve their overall standing. On the other event, Putu Ayu Seniari success to qualify to quarterfinal after finished 8th in the end of the Race 16. This new rule for the windsurfer might help Seniari advance further. Let's just hope the wind will be sided with her.

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by **Britonisea** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 1:19 am

BVC SHORT - On Day six of the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Britonisea finishes just outside the top ten of the medal table with three golds and 14 overall medals - the nation is getting closer and closer to it's medal target of over 30 medals as we reached the 1/3 mark of the Games. As you all know, the number of medals that could be won are skewed so even though we are a third of the way through, that doesn't mean a third of the medals have been handed out. Some main highlights include Reiko Burger receiving a bronze medal in the 200m breastroke. This is Burger's third medal at a consecutive Games in that same event, completing three - receiving gold, silver and bronze in that event. It most definitely shows the strength that she has in the 200m breastroke. In a Games that it set to be the last for many recognisable Britons, it is unclear is Reiko will follow that trend or not by making these her last Games, but one thing is clear, she is very happy with her performance and another chance on the podium. In tennis, Lonus Varalin beats long-term rival and Briton Ricardo Toli in straight sets meaning that he moves to the semifinals. He plays against fellow countryman Xander Foyner-Evatee in a match that guarantees a Cenian player (part of Afanc Strait) will make it to the final. Afanc Strait seems to be doing well at the tennis and will be hoping they can finally get gold, but the usual rivalry between the Strait and Britonisea at the Olympics is burning hot as in the men's and women's doubles it's a Britonisea versus AFA situation and it could go either way. Jaguar Zenteanite and Zeke Newham are the defending champions in the men's doubles and so will be on their A-game in Electrum, especially after recent defeat at the Mercedinian Open. Weightlifting, in the absence of medals from the usual faces, have seen bronze go to Emil Porcher and Marceline Simms in the men's 102kg+ and 80kg+. This means that Britonisea has won a grand total of 3 weightlifting medals, an improvement on the last couple of Games and is something to celebrate.

by **Alezian Union** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 1:54 am

No Alezian expected breakthroughs in tennis this edition, especially considering that one, Sakhalin Nasheridze is out. And two, Irina Elinova as Alezia's top tennis player is currently not on her best conditions, just a plain cold, but an annoying one. Nevertheless, she successfully presevered in her semifinal match against Electrum's Favreau. Elinova didn't exactly expected anything in the match but somehow with her grit, she successfully overcame her cold and ACTUALLY defeated her opponent in an astounding score of 6-4, 6-3. It's shocking considering that EVERYONE in the sporting world knows how strong and capable Electrum is in that department. It seems that every day, we keep seeing Electrum's triumph in sports, and them being one of the host countries along with Liventia, it's practically an Alezian guarantee that Elinova would've lost, and went to the third place match.

But those guarantees are mistaken. She proved her skeptics wrong, and as always, did her play with that Alezian flair of spinning. She became famous for that, after all. But she couldn't find time to celebrate. She quickly recovered from her cold, but however, she is preparing to face her final match against Madelline Jeffries from Hopal. Alezians would surely love to hear "Oh, my Alezia!" played a second time on the podium... But even if Irina didn't win, that is still fine because it's quite a rarity for Alezia to get a tennis medal. After all, we're more of a badminton country (which is now nervously waiting for the third place match of the mixed doubles after Weigl/Mazarimmi lost to the Polkopian duo of Fomin and Ivanova, and now going to face YET ANOTHER Polkopian duo of Nistor and Kravchenko).

Also if you wonder why PI, the bald man (no, it's just his fashion choice), is practicing shooting, it's somewhat to manifest the success that will happen to current Alezian shooting athletes in the Olympics. This especially applies to the finals of the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions as in that round, there are 8 athletes. TWO of them are Alezian. Only time will tell whether this can give Alezia an advantage, or not that much.

by **Kanmer** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:17 am

A REVIEW OF THE LATEST EVENTS.

Alexey Saranin is the only Kanmerin archer that is still competing. Yesterday, in the round of 32, he defeated Arnáudo Arnáudavić from Da Cunha Islands, 6-4, advancing to the round of 16.
Interesting fact: While archery is the main job of Saranin, he also tried to enter the politics. He was born in the Imperial Capital Awenir and in January 2022, he participated in the elections of the Awenir City Magistrate as an independent candidate. He finished on a 4th place with 7,77% of votes. His constituency, expectedly, was won by a member of the governing party, Imperial National Rukh. The party of Enlightened Emperor, as always, won the elections by a wide margin.

Awenir City Magistrate.

Imperial National Rukh — 71 seat
National Front — 12 seats
Party of Order and Justice — 4 seats
Imperial Agrarian Party — 2 seats
Wir — 1 seat
Independents — 10 seats

Day 6 of the Olympic Games could be named as the most unlucky one. Athletes of the Pure Empire were four times close to the medal, but at the end, very sadly, no medals were won that day.
At first, athletic events are finally started and first medals were already won. In the men's 20 km walk, the best Kanmerin performance was showed by Dementiy Falyuhin. Falyuhin managed to beat the old Olympic record, set by Krytenian Evan Walker at the games of the last Olympiad, but still finished only on the 4th place, being only 2 seconds away from the medal. Or, it is better to say, that he finished on a whooping 4th place, as Falyuhin was never a contender for the medal, and no good results were expected from the walkers? Probably the second one. Falyuhin was not even the strongest walker from Kanmer, but he still finished on a 4th place among the 107 athletes, while Daniil Rentor finished 11th. The redaction of Ritsport congratulates Falyuhin and Rentor with their magnificent performance.

The same as Saranin, Mikalai Sannin is the only Kanmerin badminton player left. Yesterday, he managed to advance to the quarterfinals after defeating Mytanijan Emilo Raonić, making a comeback after losting a first set. The same happened in the match of the round of 32, when Sannin defeated Beadle Megalus from Diarcesia. The redaction of Ritsport hopes, that Sannin will continue his heroic campaign.

MIKALAI SANNIN'S CAMPAGIN.
R64: vs. Luca González (SRG) 2-0
R32: vs. Beadle Megalus (DCS) 2-1
R16: vs. Emilo Raonić (MYT) 2-0

Returning to the unlucky performances, the second one awaited the Pure Empire in the fencing. The team of Stefania Renkar, Swetlana Gensen and Eleanora Reinelok, that won bronze medal at the last Olympic Games, now also fought for the bronze medal in the repechage, but, sadly, failed to defend the the medal they wan last year, losing to the team of Quebec and Shingoryeo.
The two last athletes who were too close to the bronze medal, were judokas. Both Ryhor Gantarin, the bronze winner of the last games, and Ranmira Hintenkar, lost their matches for bronze yesterday.

Even the hockey team lost the crucial points today:

Men's hockey, matchday 4.
KANMER 1-1 Kelssek

Kanmer goals:
27' — Sebastian Awermeen

In this situation, it it probably better to remember another judoka who brought a silver medal home, Pawel Kagamin. After and intence preparation to the Games, Kagamin managed to improve his result from the last Games (when he won a bronze) and now, won a silver medal for the Pure Empire.

PAWEL KAGAMIN'S ROAD TO THE SILVER.
R32: vs. Brady Iguire (DRK) 10-0
R16: vs. Victor Carpentier (LEN) 1-0
QF: vs. Enzo Fiorilli (TER) 10-0
SF: vs. Gerry Jones (ETM) 10-0
F: vs. Bakytbek Abdrakhmanov (BKH) 0-10

But the main question is:

WHO IS THIS DRAGON IN THE EVERY PUBLICATION OF RITSPORT?.

This is Dwartiman, the Imperial Dragon. A legendary dragon that is considered the national animal of Kanmer. Several legends are known about him, and the most popular one will be posted in one of the future issues of Ritsport.

Suddenly, it was discovered that Dementiy Falyuhin, a 20 km walk participant, has an account on a Ritsport Website and, probably, is ready to communicate with the supporters. Could we expect a story of the 4th place run from him?

by **Quebec and Shingoryeo** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:26 am

Canoeing:

Is there a sport that could be any more practical to use in the wilderness than canoeing in Quebec and Shingoryeo? It should surprise nobody that canoeing, and in turn an equally-popular variation of it named kayaking, are an essential skill to have in a country like Quebec and Shingoryeo where the five Golden Lakes in the nation's centre are fed by five-thousand lakes and over fifty-thousand streams and rivers heading that way as well. Before the arrival of the railways and the roads were able to transcend across the nation's vast landscape, navigating the waterways were essential for people to travel and transport goods, especially from the nation's peripheries up north in Nord-Est, Yoseo-Manitoba or Abitibi-Agawa provinces where the rugged, mountainous terrain made waterways a more preferred option.

To this day and age this is somewhat a true case, especially in isolated, rural hamlets where the seasonal nature of winter roads or routine road floodings necessiate travel by waterways or even floatplanes. That said the extensive use of waterways to get to nearest town or even city is increasingly becoming out of fashion, especially with continued improvements in road networks, as well as growing ownership of floatplanes and alike to transport passengers by both the federally-run Shingoryeoite Aero-Medical Service [SAMS] and the individual municipalities. Still, the ability to canoe is still considered a good skill to have for those out in the rural communities with variance of canoes from expensive, customised canoes to those made by hand from the tree, and a positive, recreational activity for those living in the urban centres who would receive their exposure to the sport in local parks and recreation centres, suggesting that the access to the sport is, at least, easier and more affordable than ever-expensive rowing.

Of course, the usefulness of canoeing doesn't necessarily translate into the Quebecois canoeists' success in the Olympic stage. A 9-4-9 historic medal tally is by all means decent, especially when considering Team Quebec's inconsistencies where strong Olympics would also be equalled by medal-less finishes such as those in Orean and Prescott, but most do not exactly associate the Quebecois to be among the favourites in the sport where familiarity to the course does come at hand and there's a surprisingly high degree of parity in the sport across the multiverse.

Why is that? Strange as it sounds, it's really to do with the focus most Quebecois canoeists take, namely the practical nature of their craft for everyday purposes, as well as recreational purposes for when out in the country. People in northwestern Arrosia don't take up canoeing because they want to win Olympic medals. If anything, they are recruited to the sport by a matter of chance, or the availability of few but existent competitive canoeing clubs and collegiate teams. It is similar to another water-based sport in rowing in that aspect, though unlike rowing, a very organised sport that goes to next-level in terms of their rigidity, it is their usefulness that proves to be more lucrative than a chance to win Olympic medals, causing competitive canoeing a harder sell for prospective canoeists already familiar with their craft.

In any case, however, there is a decent number of Olympic hopefuls and even contenders sprinkled across the discipline. On the slalom events, 36-year old Gilles Cha'Akmongwi, 21-year old Hayley Soh and 26-year old Ojinjintka McInnis are considered medal contenders on both K-1 and extreme kayak events, even as their former strengths in C-1 have weakened with retirements of Jolbonopolis medalists Marc-Andre Gillett-Soles and Lee Crowchild-Brownlee. While slalom events have traditionally been among weaker of two sisters in Quebecois canoeing, the recent slate of results would suggest plenty to look forward to. As for sprint events, all three medalists in Laurence Bessette, Grace Ironside-McNeill and Marc-Edouard Goh would be making returns, the first two in canoe and Goh in kayak. There is relatively less enthusiasm for the discipline this time around, however, as improvements in records across the board, including from the traditional names, is expected to bring additional competition for the sprinters.

Tricolour Taegeuk: Days of Future Past

Future - Part 1: Juliette Oleksiak-Collinson [Athletics]
Future - Part 2: Abdullah Ibn Salam [Association Football]
Future - Part 3: Taras Sen [Rhythmic Gymnastics]
Future - Part 4: Princess Adelaide [Sailing]
Future - Part 5: Olivia Neubauerova [Basketball]
Future - Part 6: Serguei Borisenko [Shooting]
Future - Part 7: Song Yeo-Reum[Badminton]
Future - Part 8: Gilles Cha'Akmongwi [Canoeing]

Past - Part 1: Hannah James-Yim [Swimming]
Past - Part 2: Jin Chang-Wook [Volleyball]
Past - Part 3: Park Chae-Yeon [Archery]
Past - Part 4: Elodie Youngblood [Judo]

It was around one in the afternoon when Gilles Cha'Akmongwi called his wife, Lea Boudreau-Cha'Akmongwi, after he finished his men's K-1 slalom race that was being held in Redford National Forest, Madford. Having finished eighth in the twelve-athlete semifinals, Gilles started early in the hour-long race and now had some time to kill. With Gilles recording 82.48 seconds on the circuit, one that's only outdone by Kapomba Sibanda of Deadvlei back in the preliinaries, he was feeling fairly confident about his chances.

Now, with seven more kayakers still to go through before finding out his eventual fate, Gilles decided to call Lea who was back home in Quebec. 'Hey babe, did you see the tides?' Gilles asked Lea, as he was lying on top of a mat with blue towel covering his body. Relaxed and even trying his best not to take the results into account, Gilles wasn't noticing it so much, but his bald, elderly coach Dannick Regimbald was celebrating with the fans on the stands. 'Not too bad amirite?'

'Bloody not, shame on me!' Lea chuckled, as she was lying on the back of her couch back at their home in Lago Santangel, about two hours northeast of Montevicio. 'I was grabbing some tea right as you started your race, and by the time I came back you were well out of water!'

This part was half true. It was indeed true that Lea Boudreau had to grab some tea right as his race started, but she was still able to hear the True North Sports commentator, 2062 gold medalist Lee Crowchild-Brownlee, commenting on the pristine surroundings of Redford National Forest and how kayakers this early in the race seemed to lose focus due to how much wildlife they chose to look into.

Not that it mattered much for Gilles anyway, as he found himself on motion early picking up on right rhythm and speed, and just timed himself for the perfect day. Lea also noticed that, right as she came back to the living room with a cup of chamomile tea, only to see Gilles dashing through the obstacles with both the suave and the swagger needed for the medal contention.

Lea, who also grew up canoeing thanks to the isolated location of this place where she had lived since age eight, knew the sport hand-to-hand and while the 35-year old has seen better races from him in the past, including at the nationals and the Olympic trials, it was another thing to time the peak right when you needed it and Gilles seemed to have gotten it right at that moment.

A brief moment of silence, perhaps drowned out by the excitement, followed before she resumed. 'Do you think you got what it takes to win today, darling?' Lea asked. 'It's a bonanza of a race, I could tell you that. You know how nobody came close to the eighty-two back in the semis. Heck, not even Sibanda or Hallett's looked that sharp.' This part was true, with only the Deadvleiense and the Krytenian having outraced Gilles to the record. Furthermore, a light shower or two on the early morning had dropped everybody's record by no less than three seconds for the heat, making it very difficult to predict who's going to make it.

'Not sure,' Gilles answered, trying his best not to think too much about the race. Deep inside he knew that he had a good chance to secure no less than a bronze, but beyond that he didn't know. Sometimes it's just the luck of the draw playing into the hands of the kayakers, and he knew he's certainly deserved this after working hard for over twenty years of his life, but he didn't want to risk it either. 'I just wanna grab a nap right now, but no way there's going to be enough time for that.'

'No, certainly not,' she responded earnestly. The next two kayakers to go, after all, were also medal contenders with Polkopia's Ladan Lukic and of course, Sibanda, so he knew that there's a good chance either might be able to outrace him on a good turn of events. 'But you, mister, will get to sleep all you want when you fly back home after all this. Medal or not, this I ensure you!'

'God, yes. I can't wait to fly home so soon,' Gilles agreed, feeling slightly tired after all the talk about their anticipation and his competition. Anticipation, and their reception towards it, were something that Gilles and Lea never made amends with one another even after 20 years of dating. They had first met way back in Los Pueblos Collegiate, where she boarded as an at-distance student and Gilles drove to school from the National Laboratory site about 30 minutes away from the actual down. Since their schoolboy days they have been happily with each other, even to the point where he's refused offers to move east to study at the IRSEA all the way in Joongyeong.

Unfortunately, they had never seemed to get over their differences in how to receive anticipation. That's the only flaw they had as couple, and it's not the one that certainly wasn't the most ideal considering Gilles's career as a national team kayaker. Still, he listened to her knowing that Lea had meant from the best of her heart.

Besides, he also knew that her intuition was right more often than not. Indeed, her advice would come fruitful here, as Gilles went back to the sidelines and watched the rest of the slate race it out. As each kayaker would attempt their best to outlast the tricky waves of the circuit, he was able to feel more and more excited, until that very moment of joy would come at the end when he found out that Gilles Cha'Akmongwi, just a plain 35-year old Kayaker on what could be his last Olympic race, was going to walk off a gold medalist.

by **A Kea** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:39 am

Olympic Nights

by KTV

I: Good evening everyone, welcome back to another Olympic Nights.
A: Day 6 of the Games was successful for the Kean athletes in Electrum, as we received two more silver medals, raising our total tally to 7. The most important thing though is who got those medals and the message it shows.
I: Ardit Xhahu came to A Kea at 20, looking for a better life. Despite a rough start he made a name of himself in athletics and finally got Kean citizenship after marrying a local at 30. He first represented us in men's walk last year, placing 38th and 19th in 20 and 50 km respectively. Today he had the best race of his life, narrowly missing the gold and placing 2nd overall.What a way to start the athletics.

K: Ardit, 2nd place narrowly missing out gold by 0:01. How does this feel? Was the race as tight as we saw?
A: God yeah, the first six of us had only a 0:06 difference. It was anyone's game by the finish line. I don't feel I missed out the gold, I won the silver. This was the toughest and closest race I've ever had and coming 2nd when 6 athletes are basically going at the exact same pace is a huge achievement. I hope to have made my "adopted" country proud.
K: You definitely have, why "adopted" country though? You wore our colours and made our flag fly high, you're as Kean as any of us, if not more.
A: I don't know, I always hesitate, maybe it's because of the racism I've experienced? Or perhaps the social rejection? Don't get me wrong things are much better now but when I first came here it was rough. This country has offered me many opportunities that I wouldn't have ever achieved where I was born, I'm proud to call it my home and bring it a medal but I always hesitate to call myself a Kean because I know the flood of nationalistic comments that will appear all over social media, even though I feel like one.
K: Just ignore them, you've proven yourself and you've brought a big achievement to our country, what have they done? Aside from being pathetic online. Enjoy your success and don't let anyone drag you down, you're on top of the world.
A: Not exactly on top but 2nd best is still amazing. And thanks for the advice, it was important to hear this.

A: And as if that was not enough to make racists seethe, Fiona Abrahams Stefanou, a mixed race athlete that's half Kean because of her mom, has achieved Olympic success yet again. After her silver in women's over 82kg in weightlifitng, she has now finished 2nd once more earning the second silver of her career.

M: The first place was far away as Electrumite Tracy Whitlam broke almost every Olympic record in existence, but you managed to defend your silver from last year and made us all proud once again.
F: That was so stressful, especially after failing in my last attempt at clean and jerk for 163 I was scared the rest would surpass me. Thankfully that wasn't the case. Even if it was just for 1 kilo ahead of the 3rd, I brought my country another weightlifting medal, our 2nd ever.
M: You have said that you had many bad experiences when starting your athletic career, some of which almost made you quit. Do you feel vindicated by repeating the huge success you first achieved last year?
F: Isn't it obvious? To all the people that bullied me, that tried to diminish my abilities, that became a daily obstacle, that almost made me quit and almost cost me these amazing moments, that almost cost your own country these medals, well look at me now. I don't think there's more to say, and I don't want to waste more energy thinking about all that, what matters is now.
M: What matters is now but, what about the future, what are your next goals?
F: An Olympic gold, I'm very satisfied with these silvers but a gold is every athlete's wild dream so hopefully I'll make it next year.

A: In other news, Mariposa Evaggelou made it to the Round of 16 in archery, making it the furthest a Kean archer has ever got. Evristhenis Kalousis and Tasos Kekropas placed 4th in men's skiff, narrowly missing out on a medal.
I: Andrew Lakes and Vera Liapou finished 5th and 7th in their swimming finals. Brace yourselves for one more tomorrow as Andrew Lakes made it to the 50m freestyle final. Despite a loss to Quebec & Shingoreyo, our women's basketball team has qualified to the knockouts as one of the best 3rd placed teams, they are set to face Drawkland in the quarterfinals.
A: That's all for today, stay tuned for tomorrow and don't miss the Olympic events as the long anticipated athletics event begin.

by **Crpostran** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:04 am

[*]OOC Note: All images are from real-life events, credits to photographers & athletes. Using these for the time being as AI-image gen credits are over lol

. A big shoutout to Lisander for the pictograms! Viva la Crpostran!

by **Electrum** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:06 am

DAY 7 CUTOFF

by **Magnus Phoenicia** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:51 am

Rajesh Patel:

Good morning Magnus Phoenicia. I am Rajesh Patel, Co-Host of Breaking News, where for the duration of the Games of the XVIII Olympiad you can watch us every morning from 6am to 8am on Channel 00; or what it's better known as Purple & Gold.
I'll be updating the nation on all the special sporting moments that unfold at these Games. My co-hosts Teddie Everett and Tess Tickle have the honour of attending these events.
While they have the opportunity of absorbing every medal opportunity and interviewing our stunning athletes, their hard working coaches and dedicated families, I'll be stuck behind this desk as I drew the short straw.

As of this morning we have 2 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze. Any Olympic fan can see we are struggling at these Games. The pre-qualifiers brutally damaged the delegation brand especially in team sports. And we have sat in shock and sadness as fan favorites with a lot of potential were knocked out during heats. It's almost as if our swimmers have aquaphobia. With the latest funding data release, $19,000,000 was allocated to swimming, and so far three or four may have made it to the finals. The Swimming Federation of Magnus Phoenicia will have a lot of explaining to do as to why all that lovely money has failed to secure anything above 4th place. As for the Cycling Federation, it may be back to training wheels for these riders
The Olympic Committee has declared making it to 20 medals these Games will be a success due to the overwhelming talent that has descended on these Games.

Now to some good news…

Tess Tickles is all over over Hamilton, Electrum while Teddie Everett has the pleasure of attending several events in Schimpol, Liventia

Which is where we head this morning where Tess Tickles had the opportunity to speak with Juno Cartier. Our newest gold medalist winner in the 20km walk.

**Footage moves from Breaking News studio to Hamilton, Electrum**

Tess Tickles:

Welcome, Juno Cartier, and thank you for taking the time to speak with us this morning. First off congratulations for your gold medal win in the 20km walk. How are you feeling?

Juno Cartier:

I'm pumped! I still can't believe I won. I had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming.

Tess Tickles:

You're not dreaming. The whole nation could pinch you. But the fact would remain;
You are our newest gold medal winner. You made us proud. Not only that, you are our first female athlete to win gold in this event.

**Juno Cartier nods. **

Juno Cartier:

I remember watching the XIII Summer Olympics held in Republica; The Free Republics. Michelle Tyler won silver, it was actually amazing to watch. She was literally 3 seconds behind winning gold.

Tess Tickles:

You did one better than Michelle Tyler. You won gold for us sweetheart. How does it feel to be a gold medalist?

Juno Cartier:

It's still sinking in. Once the pain in my body subsides and the moment sinks in fully, it will hit home I won. So surreal…so unbelievable. I finally did it.

Tess Tickles:

This will be your third Olympic appearance?

Juno Cartier:

Correct. 3rd was obviously the lucky charm. I've worked so hard. I just couldn't seem to get to the podium before. There is always such amazing talent and every woman in the event works their butt off to be there.

Tess Tickles:

My researcher has been very busy prior to this interview and we have the statistics from your prior appearances.

XVII Olympiad - A very disappointing DNF.

XVI Olympiad - 15th Place with a time of 4 hours, 11 minutes, and 15 seconds.

What happened at the last Games?

Juno Cartier:

Mixture of injury, fatigue and illness. I woke up that morning with dizziness and nausea. I pushed on however. But couldn't get my water down. Which led to fatigue and muscle strains. I was found by the side of the road, dehydrated and wheezing like a 50 year chain smoking asmastic. It was not my best moment. Quite embarrassing that I ignored the warning signs as I was desperate to compete. The Olympics don't come around often. I didn't want to miss the chance.

Tess Tickles:

Obviously by winning gold yesterday, you didn't have any of the same issues?

Juno Cartier:

I have a clean bill of health. I have a great coach who watches out of my personal well being and a dedicated medical support group which includes a Hydration Specialist, who is on staff and who assiststed my needs and helped avoid dehydration issues with a personal well being program.

Tess Tickles:

What has your training schedule looked like in the lead-up to these Olympics?

Juno Cartier:

I grew up in a rural area of the province of Bonfire Valley in the state of Medii Aevi Hallows. From a young age I had to walk to school or to the local supermarket for bread and milk. I was conditioned from an early age to walking long distances, which obviously built up my endurance.

Tess Tickles:

There must be more to it than walking to the local shops for bread as a child.

Juno Cartier:

Yes I was joking. While I did grow up in a rural area, and I think my love of power walks grew from there.

This event is not as easy as people think. It's not some Sunday walk in the park. It takes a lot of
physical training, long paced walks that you keep improving on before mixing in tempo walks, to get your body and legs used to the speed needed. I swim twice a week to improve my lung capacity and hit the gym 4 times a week where my personal trainer, engaging in resistance training working my core and lower body and what seems endless reps of Squats, lunges, planks, pull-ups and push-ups.
I also encourage people to train in all weather extremes, whether hot, cold, humid, or dry. You need to get your body adjusting to different weathers to deal with the climates of different countries.

Tess Tickles:

That really does seem a lot of dedication and commitment. I must confess when I first heard about walking being an Olympic event, I didn't know what to expect. As I watched the event, I can see how gruelling it is. The pain is real.
Are you receiving any other support to improve your ability?

Juno Cartier:

Yes. I have the hydration specialist which I mentioned earlier. I also have a nutritionist.
She drums into me on a regular basis that nutrition is also crucial and to ensure I am getting enough recovery time between training and competitions. In the beginning, and I highly encourage it for anyone wanting to take this event, it is practice, practice, practice, heel to toe.
As you need to keep one foot on the ground at all times or you could find yourself disqualified. It also takes strong mental preparation, you need to go in with a can do attitude. It's a battle of body and mind. So there is also a sports psychologist on the payroll who I meet with on a regular basis. All athletes In the Olympic delegation are encouraged to seek their services. They do wonders for mental well being.

Tess Tickles:

How do you maintain your motivation and mental focus? A lot of other people would have given up and changed careers by now.

Juno Cartier:

It's challenging. I keep my goals in sight. My coach also created a Visualision board for me. So I can see daily what I need to do to achieve the ultimate goal of winning.
Having a strong support system of family and friends helps. If I am ever feeling mentally sluggish, they are quick to remind me that while I may not be performing the best at the Olympics, I am still winning national competitions and achieving the qualifications necessary to appear at the Olympics.

Tess Tickles:

There are not too many citizens who couldn't walk the distance that you have achieved. What does it mean to you personally to be representing Magnus Phoenicia on the world stage?

Juno Cartier:

It's an incredible honor. Representing my country is something I've dreamed about since I was a kid. I did want to focus on hurdles or the 1500m, but overtime I was encouraged that long distance walking was up my alley along with being a chess champion.

Tess Tickles:

How's the chess going for you?

Juno Cartier:

I'm a better walker than a chess player.

**Both laugh**

Tess Tickles:

What message do you have for your fans and supporters?

Juno Cartier:

Thank you! I appreciate all the support. Whether I medal or not my fans have always supported me in the good times and bad.

Yesterday was all about win or lose. I wanted to finish the race knowing I did my personal best. It just so happened, my personal best allowed me to finish first.
I love making my nation proud. I also want to encourage all sport fans to keep showing the love over in the VibrGold Olympic Social Media pages. All the athletes appreciate it, and it really encourages us to go out and push our capabilities beyond 100% especially when we are having a bad day. When we see love, it allows us to try one more step even if we are drained of energy. Keep showing love and keep motivating us.

Tess Tickles:

Thank you so much, Juno Cartier. Again congratulations on the gold medal. And good luck in your future endeavours.

by **North Oharan Valley Union** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 1:15 pm

Timestamp: 20 September 2024 - 21h15
Tags: Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Mission Olympica

Opening of the Athletics Tournament
Strong outing with four qualifications, but none for delegation stars Mikoyan and Powell

During the Olympics, our reporter Kristaps Rozentals shares his experiences in Hamilton and Schimpol in this live blog series

D7: 7h22 * Hotel
The past six days have brought a variety of emotions. We have witnessed the first two Olympic medals in the history of the North Oharan Valley Union and a string of athletes exceeding all expectations. But on the other half of the equation, we witnessed heartbreak when Dzudite Smuge could not confirm her qualification form and Ksenija Brenke hit a gate when trying to qualify for the canoeing final. In some sports we were surprised, such as skateboarding and shooting, while our fencers and volleyballers so far have not shown to be ready for international competition. But the Olympics enter a new phase today with the start of the athletics competition. Together with the, for our national delegation less relevant, swimming tournament, it is the beating heart of the Olympics. The dazzling preliminaries already had a warm atmosphere but now it is time for the real thing. Put on your deep red merchandise and scream your throats hoarse, for here come our star athletes!

D7: 9h32 * Athletics, Hamilton Multipurpose Venue
Hamilton awakens with a nearly endless string of 100m preliminaries. A clever planning choice: with nearly all the nations represented, the vast majority of the supporters already made their way to the MPV (which remains in dire need of a more catchy name) and ensure a festival-like atmosphere despite the early hour. Unfortunately, it failed to lift Oksana Lysenko to a next level: she was not expected to make the top three in her heat, but a 12.71 is below her standard. Her focus now needs to be on the 4x100m, where she did her bit in the preliminaries. Two heats later, it is the time for our national sprinting star Maral Kapoian. The flamboyant veteran dashes out of the starting blocks and already leads halfway. Only Waisnor’s Witkowska comes close but the duo can release the pressure in the last few meters as the second round awaits this evening. Nowhere near her PB but that 11.03 dates back from 2019 for the now 29-year old Kapoian. The thumbs up and the smile to the camera tell it all: this race was not about the time but about the position, so the mission is accomplished.

D7: 11h09 * Athletics, Hamilton Multipurpose Venue
No stunt for Ihor Hrytsyuk who leaves the ground with mixed feelings. During the preliminaries, the Cherpahorian shot putter perfectly timed his best day ever as he shattered his personal best to make it into the last thirty-two. Today, with the eyes of the world on him, the 25-year old construction worker can not confirm that performance. His first attempt is well shy of the desired twenty meters and afterwards, things only seem to go worse for a rather nervous Hrytsyuk. His second attempt lands further but as he took a full step outside of the shot put on the turn, it only adds an X to the scoresheet. With those around him gradually raising the bar, Hrytsyuk puts his most into a last attempt but it is a sloppy execution and he steps outside to cancel out the low 18m score. Before his arrival in Hamilton, we are sure that the KuSD athlete would have signed for just an appearance in the tournament proper but finishing thirtieth out of thirty-two leaves a slightly sour taste in the mouth and maybe the desire to come back for seconds.

D7: 12h26 * Athletics, Hamilton Multipurpose Venue
Yeznig Ghazaryan made it no secret, this is a man with a mission. During the week between the preliminaries and the Olympics, he conducted an interview with the press in which he claimed that Hamilton would mark a watershed in the hammer throw dominance: before was the era of Abelis but with his fierce rival surprisingly eliminated, he wants to start his period right here and right now. Big words but if you back them up with big performances, they gain force and an uncharacteristically focused Ghazaryan lives up to his mouth. Three correct throws in a row is already a rarity for him, but it is the quality that makes him stand out. With his second throw, a low 78, he became the fifth athlete of the group to reach the progression mark and qualify for the final. To challenge for gold, most spectators see four candidates: Drawkian Domenica, the sole one to cross 80 meters today, consistent duo Bajrovic and Grinevetsky and the loudly cheered home performer Vinh Vo. But with his performance today, Ghazaryan could be an outsider for bronze. The Luyhatsaki will fly solo in the final as teammate and close friend Parsegh Bamamian disappoints: the youngster blamed a minor illness in the last few days for his elimination.

D7: 13h47 * Athletics, Hamilton Multipurpose Venue
As the morning session starts to slow down from an Oharese point of view, our mind begins to wander to the events in Schimpol. Varvara Gamburyan is about to start her quarter final in table tennis any minute now and time trialists are rolling off the ramp at a high pace. But then the discus field catches our attention and how. Leyla Abzalova had been quite the wildcard to make the qualifications in the first place: the 23-year old administrative assistant had made it to the Olympics by a margin of just two centimeters and she had been the first to admit that it was about ‘the experience’ for her. But on her second throw, she shakes off the Olympic tagline that ‘participating is more important than winning’ or rather, she gives a new version of it to say that ‘participating in the final is more important’. Her 62m21 not only makes her jump up to third in the table, she also breaks a national record that had been in the table for sixteen years. Not bad for someone who some considered a ‘failed shot putter’. A stunning moment that shows how every athlete can grow above themselves in these circumstances.

D7: 14h23 * Cycling, Schimpol
Whilst trying to find a place to eat in the vicinity of the stadium, I cannot remove my eyes from the livestream that tracks the women’s time trial. With this many women on the road, it was hard to focus on Sasounian but her passage at the first intermediary point catches the eye: third position, only four seconds down on Polkopian leader Lera Panteleev. The sole bit of elevation on the course did not seem to break her pace as she zipped past the second clock. Fourth place for Sasounian there, with an eleven second gap on Buffone. The rider from Zenic clearly had brought her A game, but Sasounian managed to stay in the similar pace for the longest time. As the bioengineer from Michk approaches the finish, the camera motor picks her up but what they show feels a bit off: she is still pushing a huge gear but the rhythm starts to show its first flaws and it is clear that the last few kilometers are an ordeal. It shows in the final time as Sasounian took 25 seconds longer than the leader from Zenic. Fourth place so far, but some stars are still on the road: local hero Paxman, Krytenia’s Helen Moore and Ocilla Ochaates from the Kytler Peninsulae, to name a few. The medals are already out of reach but the top eight still is within reach. There is nothing she can do anymore but wait and watch the competition but a clearly knackered Sasounian can take pride in having left it all on the road.

D7: 19h52 * Athletics, Hamilton Multipurpose Venue
Back in the seats for the evening session with a few exciting runs on the continental mile. I have always wondered what continent they mean with that, but that is not the question today. Will Andrij Tymchuk confirm that he is in the form of his life? He is only twenty-two years old but the preliminaries have been breakout performances for the Cherpahorian and from the way he behaves at the starting line, you would say he has run in half a dozen of Olympics already. Our blonde middle distance starts calmly, near the back of the pack. The preliminaries clearly weeded out the weaker runners and they all stay close to one another, everyone afraid to waste strengths and ruin their chance for top six. But on the final lap, Tymchuk makes clever use of a move on the outside by Hiswanda from the Alezian Union. In his trail, he moves up to fifth and when the field opens up in the final straight, he can even overtake Perich and Edwards. That final kick, testament to his origins as a 400m runner, is so valuable in a tactical race like this and allows a theoretically slower athlete to defy the odds. No repechage for Tymchuk but an excellent semifinal appearance.

D7: 21h04 * Athletics, Hamilton Multipurpose Venue
In the meanwhile, Julia Powell performs in the high jump competition. The 21-year old up-and-coming star of the women’s field has it going for her. She improved her PR by one centimeter to qualify for the competition and seems to rush through the competition here as well. There was an unexpected wobble at 1m82 but it does not seem to affect her mood. As usual, the Kishniken Athletic Rovers jumper interacts joyously with the crowd and seems calm whilst the nerves are visible on some of her competitors. With the final height approaching, it almost seems like a walk in the park for Powell… Until she hits the bars with her heels on the first attempt. For the first time, we see hesitation in the eyes of the ‘Kishniken Pow-Go’ and a short, tense discussion with her coach. On a second try, she makes the height but there is little joy in her eyes. The handful of Oharese in the stands cheer but then do a closer reading of the rulebook and there it states clearly that only twelve jumpers (and ties) will return for the final. In this very high-quality field, the one mistake on the 1m97 eliminates her. Devastating for the supporters as they lose a candidate for a high finish but much more so for Powell, who sits a while on the bench with her hands over her eyes. We will see the youngster again in the Olympics, we feel, but not in Hamilton.

A shock for Julia Powell as the bar drops on her first attempt at 1m97.

D7: 21h18 * Athletics, Hamilton Multipurpose Venue
There is little time to lament the faith of Powell as our focus shifts to the trick where the first five kilometer heat takes place. As we have seen in other races today, it is a very strong field which leads to a slower, tactical race where barely anyone needs to drop out early. Quite surprising for her fans, we see Erato Mikoyan with very little initiative. Either she sits back long for a late surge or she opts for a high pace, but Mikoyan usually dictates the story of the race. It feels a bit easy to attribute it to homemade psychology but could this not be the backlash of her huge deception last week? Then, Mikoyan tried to string out the field on the 1500m, only to get overrun in the end and fall out. She looked devastated afterwards and the confident punch that got her the ‘Queen of the Mile’ nickname seems not to have returned yet. And that shows in the end: in the last two laps, she slowly slips back and when the all-out sprint starts, her surge is both too little and too late. Mikoyan can get past three opponents in the last 200 meters but misses the pace and space to get anywhere near top eight. The end to an underwhelming Olympics for one of our most ambitious athletes and after years of domestic dominance, this could be a turning point in her career.

D7: 22h20 * Athletics, Hamilton Multipurpose Venue
We wrap up with what we started with: the shortest dash by the fastest engines. With a single Oharese athlete in heat six in Maral Kapoian. The iconic sprinter, both for her fast times and her positive impact on our conservative community as an openly gay athlete, seems up for a rough task as 11.16 seems to be the minimum for direct qualification and most eyes are on Pietersen, Pavlaki and Seabrooke to make it through. The start from Kapoian is imperfect but she makes up ground fast in the middle area. And contrary to the morning, she keeps up the effort till the finish line. Left and right, favorites fall back but Maral Kapoian holds on to the line and wins her spot in the semis. One can see from the fistpump that she reached her targets now and a first quote with the press confirms this: “Now I just want to enjoy that semifinal.”

D7: 23h22 * Hotel
What is better than sitting in a nice hotel room, enjoying a cold one with your feet up? Sitting in a nice hotel room, enjoying a cold one with your feet up and watching our sports climbers rampage through the qualifying session. Fashion and sports icon Andros Bergmanis shows great form, despite a little struggle on the second boulder problem. In his two first attempts, he fails to get past the low zone before taking a minute to carefully study it. The clock only allows one more attempt but it is a perfect one as he hits the top with seconds to spare. With his confidence intact, he attacks the lead properly and gets to the second-last hold. But even the larger-than-life Bergmanis has to leave the spotlights tonight to 21-year old Kononenko. Many see him as the successor for the man who carried the sport domestically for nearly a decade although their characters could not be further apart. Getting a fun answer out of Kononenko is a drag for journalists and he often appears a bit irritated. But he is, in the first place, an exceptional climber and that shows: he is one of three to solve three problems (with Alezian Rizal Adi Hadad the only one to score a perfect record) before impressing on the lead. His attempt to reach the final hold there fails but with four out of four Oharese in the finals, it is clear that we are a climbing country, in all meanings of the word.

Davit Chkadua * Archery * Some of our Olympic athletes are familiar faces to the population, others are sympathetic newcomers and Chkadua is one of the latter. His dry humor in interviews, clear analysis of the sport for those at home and calmly celebrated success made him an overnight sensation. No one had foreseen an archer in the last sixteen, but he is making a Cinderella story one arrow at a time. In his round of sixteen, he meets another overperforming underdog. Strayan Reau narrowly made the cut but stunted with his elimination of second seed Oh Jong-Se: a shock in both StrayaRoos and Quebec & Shingoryeo. The archery tournament already had its fair bit of upsets, including the victory of Chkadua against Polkopian Orlov where he came back from 3-1. When Chkadua was asked how he did it, he simply replied “Ice in the veins” which became his ad hoc nickname. It is hard to predict anything in this competition, but there is no reason to call his elimination.

Azaria Kasabian * Shooting * From heaven to hell and back, these Olympics have been quite the whiplash for our oldest participant. The 41-year old veteran of the Luyhatsaki Defence Force seemed to break down after the trap event. In his last ten shots there, Kasabian recorded three misses that saw him drop from shared first to fourteenth in the blink of an eye. But the three rest days clearly did him well and we saw the focused version of our most famous shooter (well, until Builis decided to win silver) take on the skeet.

Can Azaria Kasabian complete the unlikely redemption arc?

Three consistent rounds kept him in the mix for the final spots but on his fourth round, Kasabian seemed to blunder with two consecutive misses. All over, at first sight, and a second deception, we nearly had closed the books… Until he managed a perfect score where almost everyone missed at least one target. As if written in a children’s book, he jumped from 17th to joined sixth, being given the chance to compete for that last final spot. At that point, Kasabian was on 39 consecutive scores and he would not relent. It took an unbelievably long shoot-off but in the end Quebecois Santiago Paolini had to budge. Today, Kasabian shoots for the medals a with a mathematical one-in-two chance, things are looking better than ever for him.

Varvara Gamburyan * Table Tennis * One in two odds are great but three in four are even better. Varvara Gamburyan will step to the table tomorrow for the first of two chances for an Olympic medal. On the other side, Victoria Pushchina from Waisnor. Neither of the women was anticipated to last as long as they did in the tournament, but now they can face off for a shot at eternal glory. The 29-year old player did her utmost to try and calm the anticipation around her figure in the nation, saying that Park Hye-Bin is the clear favorite for the title after her triumph over the highly rated Zara Pennington. But her husband, movie star Zemyon Baronak, clearly did not read the memo and proclaimed in Three is a crowd, a hit talk show on NRT2, that Gamburyan would after her return partake in the third season of Last Man Standing, a popular tv show in which twelve well-known stars get subjected to a military drill camp in the woods: if the hard missions don't eliminate a player, the televoting will.

Two unanticipated medal opportunities for upcoming reality star Gamburyan

Next to saying that he believed she had to win that, he confirmed that she should go for gold now. The admirable belief of a devoted partner but even from an objective vantage point, there is a case to make. Against Yim Soo-Yeong, Gamburyan dominated three sets on her road to 4-1. Yes, there have been narrow escapes: the thriller in the decisive set against Nihádavić was not suitable for the fainthearted and coming back from 2-0 and 3-2 versus Utothihgun was too close for comfort. But it shows resilience and the skill to forget the previous point and get fully invested in the next one again. Combine that with a fresh appearance in the quarters and you might have the right cocktail to qualify for the final. In the background, sports minister O’Reilly who pushed for table tennis to be an Oharese ‘focus sport’ (despite popular disagreement) must be watching Gamburyan stunts with a smile on her face.

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by **Da Cunha** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:02 pm

I: "Well, another good day at the Olympics for Da Cunha, all in all, even if we did not add to the gold medal total."

P: "We continue to sit pretty high in the medals table, mainly on account of the absolute mountains of bronze we've earned, so yeah, that's pretty neat. We'll be here tomorrow to watch along with everyone for the events of tomorrow. Crucially, we have the women's 100 meters going on, we've got some good chances in that, and there's a lot of other athletes in play as well. We have some more gymnastics, and we of course have the all important final match day of several of our beach volley pairs, so we will be watching that VERY closely."

I: "However, tonight we will talk about something else for the rest of the show, because we have a gold medal in the penthouse, one freshly won yesterday. Sadly, we couldn't get both of them in, nor could we fit his boat in so we could set it in the pool, but we did get the man himself. Everyone, it's Ósman Matéavić!!"

The sisters stand up to shake hands with a short, slightly barrel-shaped man with short, salt-and-pepper hair, a pencil moustache and very dark eyes. He grins a little awkwardly.

P: "First of all, Ósman, congratulations! A gold medal. Has it clicked yet that you actually won?"

O: "I mean, it's starting to. Took a little while, and you're always cautious in sailing, because people can protest results, appeal things, all that sort of stuff... But we were pretty sure we were good, because the race was smooth and honestly not that eventful, so there weren't anything to protest."

P: "Yeah, we saw it all, of course, and You and Áli, your sailing partner, really made it count when you needed to. Did you have a good feeling all the way through?"

O: "Most of it. You're always tense at the starts of races, especially medal races, but we caught a good piece of wind and got out ahead, and just never looked back."

P: "Not even to gauge where the competition was?"

O: "That's not really useful, because at some point, everyone is in and out and through each other, so keeping track takes too much concentration."

I: "I remember You two were among the first athletes to say this would be your last games. Are you still saying that after the gold medal?"

O: "Probably. I won't speak for Áli, but we were both pretty happy with how things had gone, even before the games. We're not getting younger, we have kids at home. It felt like the time had come."

I: "So that's not a no..."

O: "Hahahaha, oh no no no, let's not start on that. I'm not personally 200% decie, but it also just would not make sense to train up someone else with me for one games. It is far better for the association to find a new pair they can throw their weight behind after this. Me and Áli will manage."

I: "No, I guess that makes sense. Do you have any opinion on who might be a good duo to throw weight behind at this stage? Because obviously the better thing is for the national association to decide quickly to give maximum assessment opportunities and allow for the support to have the highest effect. After all..."

The end of the video devolves into a series of very obscure points on bureaucracy from this point.

by **Krytenia** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:31 pm

Moore smashes the clock

Prior to this Olympics, Krytenian cyclists had amassed an eye-watering thirty-six gold medals. It may come as a surprise, then, that only one of them has come in the road time trial, and that was a whole six decades ago. Andrew Cancellara may be in his eighties now, but he finally has company in that particular hall of champions; even he would surely raise an eyebrow at exactly how things transpired on the roads of Schimpol.

Going into the event, the woman you'd expect to trouble the medals would have been Gloria Glass. She won silver in the event four years ago, and came into the race high on confidence. Sadly for her, one of her tyres decided to come into the third time check low on air. All credit to the support team, who helped her enact a swift bike change, but the momentum was gone; Glass would eventually finish a lowly 42nd, almost two minutes outside the bronze medal winning time.

Hopes, then, rested on Krytenia's other competitor; Helen Moore. The Ousevale cyclist was no slouch herself at the last Games, finishing a creditable fifteenth, and if the pressure was on the twenty-six year old, it wasn't showing. Moore showed laser focus as she tore up the tarmac, singularly focused on her goal, her rhythm quick and metronomic. There were still others to come after her, including defending champion Ellena Montoya of Britonisea, but none of that mattered to Moore. The lead over the fastest in the clubhouse at that point, Zenic's Rosella Buffone, grew steadily at each time check. First four seconds, then nine, then thirteen, and with no sign of the Krytenian letting up her electric pace. As Moore crossed the line, twenty-one seconds in front, heads looked to see who, if anyone, could match her. Montoya was already cooked. Bronlyne Virhen, bronze medallist from the Afanc Strait, seemed too far behind to trouble more than a bronze - she'd eventually finish eighth. Ocilla Ochaates, too, failed to keep the pace, her challenge fading in the final kilometres and leaving Moore assured a silver. Only one cyclist remained on course; home hope Bethan Paxman. Despite the crowd cheering her on, there wasn't quite enough in the tank for the Liventian, and she couldn't trouble the medals.

For Moore, then, it's a second woman making history on two wheels for the nation, as our first road time trial champion is crowned the day after Melissa Wiegmann won Krytenia's first BMX freestyle gold medallist - indeed the first medallist of any colour in the event not named George Vydra. Just don't talk about the men's road race, where Jamie Richardson finished almost a full minute off the pace in seventeenth. Maybe next time, boys.

Big Em redeems with big W

To say Emile Robertson had some scores to settle in the men's over 100kg judo competition would be a bit of an understatement. The Emberton-based man mountain was livid after an uncharacteristic capitulation against Electrum's Gil Hackney in the round of sixteen four years ago, and he's been aching to take it out on someone. Anyone. Someone like Valanora's Jonas Sigvartsen, for instance. Thirty-one seconds and a signature ogoshi was all it took for Robertson to advance to round two, and woe betide anyone else who was in between him and reclaiming gold.

Sudirmanto, the Alezian judoka, at least provided a challenge. Robertson struggled to put his opponent on his back, but a waza-ari worthy sweep of the legs was enough to seal the Krytenian's place in the quarter-finals. Even at the age of thirty-two, his appetite for victory and front-foot style remains, as poor Anatol Asmarattin found out as his chances of gold were obliterated by the capital's finest. Just to add to the sweet taste of victory, the next quarter-final saw Angus Timberland - the person who had taken Hackney's place as Electrum's representative, downed comprehensively. Next victim, please.

Said victim was Banija's Booa Jajiija. Now, the word "victim" is perhaps a little unfair here, as Jajiija gave a decent account of himself, but to be honest Robertson just looked imperious throughout, as if playing with his food. The poor guy couldn't even secure a bronze, thanks to defeat to Timberland in the repechage final. Robertson, meanwhile, looked to complete his revenge tour in the gold medal match.

That, at least, was a contest; indeed, Robertson found himself on the back foot against Drawkland's Aaron Matheson for much of the bout. However, the Krytenian was not to be denied, and a well-executed seo nagi, though not enough for an ippon, sufficed to bring Robertson his second gold. No male judoka has won three golds - or gone back-to-back - at the Olympics; if Robertson wants to go again in four years time, I doubt there'll be anyone brave or foolhardy enough to stand in his way.

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by **Panay Islands and Guimaras** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:44 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to..

(English translation: Olympic Recap)
Where we will cover the Panayense athletes' performance in one recap!

GORRICETA AND DE LA CRUZ FAILS TO GET A MEDAL
Two besties Corazón Gorriceta and María de la Cruz both failing to get a medal in their first heats. It was their first Olympic tournament, but they hoping that they would win a medal soon

IM AND FUJIYOSHI BOTH DIDN'T GET TOO MUCH MEDAL, BUT THEY DID WELL
Nicolás Im and Mariano Fujiyoshi advances to the round of 16, but both beaten up by Squat Thundercrusher and Mark Keene both in split decision. They were happy to be in Olympics, but both said that they would win someday the gold or any medal they do.

GEO MATSUMURA GOES TO THE NEXT ROUND IN SEARCH OF A MEDAL
Geo Matsumura got a chance to knock Jennifer Johnsdaughter out for a win. "I was so happy about the win!", says Geo. "I hope this time it will be cool if I win a medal."

ARE THE PANAYENSE BOYS ARE DONE IN 3X3 BASKETBALL?
The Crpostranians didn't belive they've won against a great basketballing nation by a single point in OT. "Well, I didn't believe we lost again.", says Tsushima. "But I hope we wanted to win again next match and hopefully, go to the semis and win the gold."

THE PANAYENSE GIRLS ARE WINNING, BUT THE CHANCES OF GETTING THE GOLD ARE SLIM
Villamor's girls finally recorded a win against Kelssek, with just 2 points beat them well. But the chances of getting a medal or a gold are really slim. Would they turn these things around?

DIARCESIA GOT TOO CLOSE FOR A LOSS AGAINST THE PANAYENSES
The Panayenses showed what is done against the Diarcesians, but the Diarcesian how real handball is going. Because in the second half, the Diarcesians are going out to win against them. "Well, a game is a game.", says Jorgito Gonzales. "But hopefully we have the chance to win the game again."

That's all for this today's Resumen Olímpico, goodbye!

by **Chromatika** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:24 pm

KEY MOMENTS FROM THE XVIII OLYMPIAD
Day 7

Fourth place. A cruel necessity, a heartbreaking reality. A record that the Olympic record books will never remember, while the nation, and the athlete, will remember for what could have been. On Day 7 of these Olympics, three Chromatiks fell just short of the medal stand; instead of focusing on the triumphs, let us visit the heartbreaks and how they came to be.

NEVIN GILSTEAD

The 10,000M is a very specific race to run. For the majority of the race, you try to just stay within the pack while conserving energy. Then, you want to make your move at the end and see if it's enough to beat out the rest. For Nevin Gilstead, the twenty-three year old from Felswyr, it's that final chase that matters. Used to running at altitude, Gilstead's closing speed in the final 800M is legendary in Chromatik circles, having qualified for the Olympics in both the 5,000M and the 10,000M by the same strategy - to use that closing speed to catch everyone else.

This time, though, he wasn't fast enough. Or, perhaps, the gap was too large. He was in the front pack, but in eighth; by the time that he started to kick in the afterburners, it was too little, too late. He caught four of the runners, but couldn't catch the rest, finishing in fourth place by eight-hundredths of a second. It was his personal best - 26:44.85 - and a National Record - but it wasn't good enough for the podium.

"I have no regrets about how the race ended," Nevin said afterwards, "It was as we planned it to be - give kudos to the three in front of me for being able to put up with it and finish in the way that they did."

Can't really fault an athlete that beat the National Record by seventeen seconds. Nevin Gilstead will be back - and perhaps next time, it will be enough.

SONE MAGNUSSON

You're twenty-five. You've just gotten engaged - with a wedding next March to a beautiful bride - and you're cycling in your first Olympics, couple months after qualifying for your first Olympics. You've finally slain the ghosts of previous Olympic trials, where you either weren't fast enough, or you missed out due to some unfortunate injuries that occurred while training.

And you finish a heartbreaking fourteen hundredths of a second behind the Bronze Medalist to finish in fourth place.

That is what happened to Sone Magnusson, one of Chromatika's handful of hopefuls in Cycling. Magnusson, who overcame a handful of injuries in the last Olympics to continue cycling, finished behind Polkopia's Nikita Kalogrant to earn the fateful fourth place finish.

"It's a shame to fall short," he admitted afterwards, "But it's a testament to just how much I still have left to grow. My family gives me hope, my teammates give me strength, and the pride to continue to improve will propel me toward better showings in the future."

He'll be back.

ISABELLA SANDS

A Sands never gives up.

If Chromatik football has the Fillars, Chromatik rowing - specifically, Women's Coxless Fours - had the Sands. Isabella, Eva, Julliard, and Lyala - four sisters, united in their love of rowing - have represented Chromatika in now four separate Olympics. They've never made it to the Final until these Eighteenth Olympics, but came back every time, hoping to do better than the time before. They know what their presence means to the sport - it's another of those that don't get a lot of love, and won't until they show results - and they know that the time where all four of them can be together is nearing closer to an end every time one of these Olympics ends.

A Sands always gives her best.

The sacrifices that takes for four sisters to coordinate to be on the same team for so long is immense. They are, of course, sisters, but during the hours spent on the water or in the weight room, they are teammates. They push each other to do better, to be better, to become more than they think possible. They are their worst critics, always having the next benchmark, the next goal, the next thing to achieve. Their Coach, Marcus Brennard, has been quoted as saying that the Sands sisters are some of the most maniacally obsessed athletes he's ever had the privilege of working with. It's their best, or nothing at all.

A Sands never has an excuse.

Finally making it to the Final, the Sands never had a chance at the podium. Finishing nearly three seconds behind the medal pack, the entire field had struggled with the wind - making it so that Final B ran almost fifteen seconds faster. It was Isabella that gave the interview afterwards. She spoke to the unity between her sisters, she spoke to the challenge it has been to prepare for another Olympics, and she spoke to the honor it was to represent Chromatika once again. She did not - would not - could not - blame the wind or any other conditions.

A Sands never calls it quits.

When asked about returning, Isabella stated, "The job is not done." That job is to give Chromatika a medal in this event that the Sands have ruled for a decade now. Until then, the Sands sisters will keep trying, and keep putting their best stroke forward.

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