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Where can I find Olympic full schedule including timings/country name also?

I really like this schedule here but it didn't include country names.

But official site here gives me full schedule but they didn't include timings.

Where can I find Olympic full schedule including timings/country name also like this: IMAGE ? Rizosome (talk) 04:17, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

I went to the official site that you linked. I clicked on an event. It gave me timings. Do you actually look at some of the things you post? Nanonic (talk) 18:03, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

What happens when athletes like Simone Biles withdraw from the Olympics? Is there a back-up?

I have a general question about any athlete's withdrawal from the Olympics (prompted specifically by the withdrawal of Simone Biles a day or two ago). When the athlete (such as Biles) withdraws, don't they have any "back-up" / "alternative" / "reserve" athletes on "stand-by"? Or is the team/country simply "one person short"? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:47, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Just to note that Biles has not announced her complete withdrawal, but said she would take things "a day at a time" e.g. [1] As far as I know, for any single event, or for the Games as a whole, the team would just be left with those athletes who previously qualified for participation. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:26, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

For individual events, if she does not compete, there would be no one to replace her; just as if any individual athlete dropped out of their event without competing. For team events, there are reserves/alternates who can fill in for her. See List of gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics, you will see under the "Team" heading for the Women's event, the U.S. has four reserve members. --Jayron32 17:14, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

A-ha. Thanks. So, those four "reserve" female gymnasts don't do any competition at all? Unless they are needed to replace another athlete (like Biles)? Is that how it works? They are just sitting there, on "stand by", if needed? And, otherwise, do not participate? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:22, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Although the reserves will likely not compete in the actual events, they will surely aid the competitors in ongoing training, train alongside them (in case they are called upon), help them by performing various competition-related support tasks, and keep up their morale through their company and encouragement. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.197.27.141 (talk) 19:58, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

In the Women's Team Event (if I'm reading this correctly) each national team has a maximum of four members, but three of those have to compete in each event (vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor). If one drops out, it means all three in the team have to compete in every event. But if two gymnasts drop out, the team would not be able to compete. All the gymnasts. whether team or individual, have to pass a qualifying event. As far as I can tell, there are no reserves. Alansplodge (talk) 21:02, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

To answer the OP's more general question, there are some reserve athletes for events, but they can only compete if the athlete withdrawing does so before the event starts. For example, Andy Murray dropped out of the tennis tournament and was replaced by an Australian doubles player, who would not normally have had a shot at entering the singles tournament due to his low ranking, as there was no highly-ranked singles tennis player on standby. But for other competitions, athletes may be on standby, and may or may not get to compete at all depending on whether or not there are withdrawals. Annie Guglia, who was an 11th hour addition to the field in women's skateboard because of a withdrawal, traveled to Tokyo without knowing whether she would get to compete at all. I guess that an athlete who has trained for years to make the Olympics will take that chance, which is exactly what Annie said to journalists after the competition. Xuxl (talk) 13:25, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

But in that example, the person taking up the extra place is the next in the ranking, not a reserve from the same nation as the athlete that dropped out. Alansplodge (talk) 18:34, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Yes, but the OP mentioned "any" athlete's withdrawal; I addressed the situation of individual athletes, which hadn't been covered in previous answers. Xuxl (talk) 23:19, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, all! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 01:39, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

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