Marathon, race walking, and 10,000m team has been announced. https://www.instagram.com/p/C69G2rdgNOI/?igsh=MWtyOXRjNjhwcjRicQ==

Forgot about Louis Krieber Gagnon, who’s also still in the fight for the continental quota Way too complicated to try and figure out all of the scenarios, but I’ll just add that Julien Frascadore is about 310 points outside of a direct quota so if he can go somewhat far he might open up a spot for either Deguchi or Krieber Gagnon to go as well.

Gonna be an absolute dogfight in the women's 200 free and 100 breast tonight. Can't wait!

Jankovics with a PB and a 1:56 for McIntosh!!!!

1:07.23 for Shona Branton, and 1:07.29 for Sydney Pickrem! Edit: 1:07.12 for Kelsey Wog, and 1:07.32 for Alexanne LePage. So excited for the final

And a 1:07.05 statement swim for Sophie Angus!

1:11.47 for Shima Taghavi in the women’s 100m breaststroke! Another new Canadian 11-12 NAG, I’m assuming?

Isasi is also now into a team quota spot!

World Championships is on from May 19 to May 24 in Abu Dhabi. Most of the Canadians are competing for something, whether it’s for a spot on the Olympic team, top eight seeding for the Olympics, or a continental Olympic quota (and there’s still chances for one of them through ranking) Here’s what to watch for. In women’s 57kg, the hard fought battle for the Olympic quota (whoever qualifies is guaranteed first seed) between Christa Deguchi and Jessica Klimkait will finally come to an end. Right now Deguchi leads 4-1 in the selection criteria, having finished higher at the 2023 Worlds (2 points) and is currently leading the Olympic Ranking (2 points), while Klimkait finished higher at the 2022 Worlds (1 point). Deguchi leads Klimkait by 1140 points in the Olympic Ranking, and realistically while Klimkait can still catch Deguchi, she’ll need gold combined with a 5th place finish (or worse) or silver combined with a 32nd place finish. In men’s 100kg, same thing applies. Battle between Shady El-Nahas, and Kyle Reyes will be over after this event. El-Nahas currently leads 4-1 in Judo Canada’s selection criteria, having finished higher at the 2023 Worlds (2 points) and is currently 860 points ahead in the Olympic Ranking (2 points), while Reyes finished higher at the 2022 Worlds (2 points). Scenarios for Reyes overtaking El-Nahas is if Reyes finishes 1st and El-Nahas 3rd (or worse) or Reyes finishes 2nd and El-Nahas 7th (or worse). Top eight seeding is mathematically confirmed (I believe), El-Nahas is 4th in the Olympic Ranking and 1320 points ahead of #9 Fonseca. In men’s 73kg, Arthur Margelidon will look to get himself a top eight seeding for the Olympics. He’s #9 in the current Olympic Ranking, but it’s really tight from him to #6, only 280 points separate all of them. In men’s 81kg, Francois Gauthier- Drapeau will look to maintain his top eight seeding, he’s #5 in the Olympic Ranking and 700 points ahead of #9 Zhubanazar, so seems safe but you never know. Also, for the continental Olympic quota it’ll be between Julien Frascadore (men’s 66kg) and Kelly Deguchi (women’s 52kg). It’s simple, whoever finishes higher qualifies for the Olympics. Other names entered include Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (women’s 63kg), Louis Krieber Gagnon in men’s 90kg, and Ana Portuondo Laura Isasi in women’s +78kg.

2nd for Erin Brooks at the WSL Sydney Surf Pro Challenger Series! Still don’t understand how she didn’t qualify for the Olympics…

On May 15, at the Meeting Savona, Jerome Blake is entered in the men’s 100m. On May 18, at the LA Grand Prix, Mo Ahmed in the men’s 5000m, and the long awaited return to competition for Alysha Newman in women’s pole vault, after suffering an injury late in the indoor season. On May 19, the Rabat Diamond League, where we’ll be seeing Sarah Mitton in women’s shot put, and Andre DeGrasse in the men’s 100m. Might be some names that are missing, full entry lists aren’t out yet for a lot of events.

Tomorrow will be an exciting day. Potential for 7 new Olympic quotas. 2 in the men’s 100m backstroke, 2 in the women’s 100m breaststroke, 2 in the women’s 200m freestyle (I’m saying this because it seems pretty likely that McIntosh and MSH will qualify), and 1 in the men’s 400m individual medley.

I know she was focussing more on the 100m but I’m still surprised.

Looks like Taylor Ruck scratched out of the 200m freestyle heats

Pretty meh day? All the qualifiers today are virtualy guaranteed to swim in other events.

Olympic Qualifiers After Day 1 (4 athletes) Finlay Knox - Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Maggie MacNeil - Women’s 100m Butterfly Mary-Sophie Harvey - Women’s 100m Butterfly Summer McIntosh - Women’s 400m Freestyle

We'll have to wait a year or two for Dawson but he's coming!

Want to maximize the amount of qualifiers on the Canadian team, not really pleased with Knox touching first

Also a new PB for him

Finlay Knox 1:00.66 in the men’s 100m breastroke, and likely gets a spot on the men’s 4x100m medley relay for the Olympics.

Smith was too!

56.61 Maggie 57.31 MSH 57.89 Smith All under the OQT

56.61 for Maggie MacNeil in the women’s 100m butterfly! MSH also qualifies for the Olympics with 57.31!

Time to watch MacNeil in her specialty event