OlympicIRL

I think it’s almost certain now that Greece are going to be invited. But will FINA do the right thing now and allow Ireland and Switzerland to keep their places too? It would be exceptionally cruel to inform the teams they qualified and crush those dreams and all of those private moments of celebration the athletes will have shared with friends and family when the invite was received.

Currently, Ireland's Russell White is in the 55th and final Olympic qualification spot and has been defending that position for a while now. Hopefully he can make it over the line in Mexico next weekend to join Carolyn Hayes in Tokyo.

There's another race next week in Mexico which is the last chance for qualification points.

Yes, this was covered on one of the series of QI when Stephen Fry was still the host.

Yes, both Ireland and USA had 8 boxers in Rio 2016 but we never had more boxers than USA.

I think Kurt Walker is already through by ranking even though he is eliminated when tournament took place first time around.

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How many boxers are on the Ukrainian Olympic team thus far?

We now have 6 boxers qualified for the Olympics, more than I thought to be honest! Not betting on medals again this time but not impossible. Emmet Brennan still has a chance to make it too in the box offs.

Aidan Walsh joins his sister in qualifying for Tokyo, securing his ticket just 45 mins after Michaela did it! What a day for the siblings and their family

The fact that so many of these governing bodies don’t release official statements or explanations is creating so much confusion and controversy. What a farce it would be for them to invite Ireland and Switzerland and then to rescind the invitation. And if they haven’t explained to the Greek federation the reasons for their exclusion, that is really poor from their communications department. What is going on? That is what everyone wants to know, not least the athletes involved and only FINA can explain that.

Michaela Walsh has qualified to Tokyo! So glad for her Her brother has a chance to qualify later this afternoon.

Thanks a million for the quiz, it was a lot of fun

And the Japanese quota determines if qualifies?

Eeny meeny miny mo.... let's go for Leopold the Glorious who suffered an inglorious death on the Saleph river

I always thought I would take a gamble because it's not money and just points but at the same time I haven't a single clue about it. It could be any of them as far as I'm concerned . I think I will take my points . If I had any sort of grounding I would pick one but I don't. So final answer, taking the points

Right, the car is now on fire at the side of the track and I can either try to push it over the line in a hope of a win or retire gracefully lol.

Yep, i thought about nectar for A and necro for D as in relating to dead things. I was veering away from C.

Great question!

Yayyyyy!!! I did think about plankton but then I decided it had nothing to do with whales and sharks .

I am going to play. I think C is a con to make me think it sounds like electron, proton, neutron, etc because I have never heard of it. And I can't think what it relates to whales and sharks but hey-ho, let's go with that. B: final answer. I am dreading the backlash now if it does turn out to be anodes and cathodes

Ok, now one of the wheels has come off and I'm swerving into the gravel . I have never heard of nekton. Can I have a 50:50 please?

That is B: Thorin Oakenshield, final answer!

Woohoo!! I made it to the awesome music part

Yes, that is my final answer.