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ITA ahead of SLO by only 2 points on ranking. SRB is behind ITA by 20 points.

preliminary team

[hide] *"Double-the-points" distributed as follow: Each user will have 5 during the Group stage. Each user will have to mark their matches with "Double-the-points" with an "*". Group Stage June 14th - June 26th, 2024 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st-and 2-placed Nations from each Group + the four best 3rd-placed Nations from all the Groups will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 14th 2024, h. 21:00 * Germany 2 0 Scotland June 15th 2024, h. 15:00 Hungary 1 2 Switzerland June 19th 2024, h. 18:00 Germany 2 0 Hungary June 19th 2024, h. 21:00 Scotland 1 0 Switzerland June 23rd 2024, h. 21:00 Switzerland 1 2 Germany June 23rd 2024, h. 21:00 Scotland 1 1 Hungary Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 15th 2024, h. 18:00* Spain 3 0 Croatia June 15th 2024, h. 21:00 Italy 2 0 Albania June 19th 2024, h. 15:00 Croatia 1 1 Albania June 20th 2024, h. 21:00 Spain 2 1 Italy June 24th 2024, h. 21:00 Albania 1 4 Spain June 24th 2024, h. 21:00 Croatia 1 2 Italy Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2024, h. 18:00 Slovenia 0 1 Denmark June 16th 2024, h. 21:00* Serbia 1 3 England June 20th 2024, h. 15:00 Slovenia 1 2 Serbia June 20th 2024, h. 18:00 Denmark 0 1 England June 25th 2024, h. 21:00 England 2 0 Slovenia June 25th 2024, h. 21:00 Denmark 1 0 Serbia Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2024, h. 15:00 Poland 1 1 Netherlands June 17th 2024, h. 21:00* Austria 0 3 France June 21st 2024, h. 18:00 Poland 2 0 Austria June 21st 2024, h. 21:00 Netherlands 1 3 France June 25th 2024, h. 18:00 Netherlands 2 0 Austria June 25th 2024, h. 18:00 France 2 0 Poland Group E Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 17th 2024, h. 15:00 Romania 1 1 Ukraine June 17th 2024, h. 18:00 Belgium 2 0 Slovakia June 21st 2024, h. 15:00 Slovakia 0 1 Ukraine June 21st 2024, h. 21:00 Belgium 2 0 Romania June 26th 2024, h. 18:00 Slovakia 1 2 Romania June 26th 2024, h. 18:00 Ukraine 2 2 Belgium Group F Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 18th 2024, h. 18:00* Turkey 2 0 Georgia June 18th 2024, h. 21:00 Portugal 1 0 Czechia June 22nd 2024, h. 15:00 Georgia 1 2 Czechia June 22nd 2024, h. 18:00 Turkey 2 1 Portugal June 26th 2024, h. 21:00 Georgia 0 3 Portugal June 26th 2024, h. 21:00 Czechia 1 1 Turkey Finalists Place 1st 2nd Nation France England [/hide]

I'am not sure. No confirmation from Samoa in the document. So C1 is still can be reallocated.

Not sure where exactly to put this, but has the OBS intro been leaked yet?

50 days away!!

the trials are now,after the first day and the start of preliminary of the second we have 2 new qualifairs aviv barzelay in 200 backstrock women with 2:09.63 adam maraana in the 100 backstrock with 53.60 also he will be the third ever israeli arab (from my understanding he is half arab from his father side but its still progress) in the olympics and first in swimming and since 76 link to results אתר איגוד השחייה | תחרויות | תחרות קריטריון אולימפי טריילז "ארנה" קיץ (isr.org.il)

Which of these?

Olympic roster has just been announced by coach Karch Kiraly Setters: Jordyn Poulter, Lauren Carlini Outside Hitters: Avery Skinner, Jordan Larson, Kathryn Plummer, Kelsey Cook Opposites: Annie Drews, Jordan Thompson Middle Blockers: Chiaka Ogbogu, Dana Rettke, Haleigh Washington Liberos: Justine Wong-Orantes Khalia Lanier (OH), Ali Frantti (OH), Micha Hancock (S), Anna Hall (MB), and Morgan Hentz (L) have also been shortlisted as the potential alternate.

Team Update (05.06.2024) So Team Lithuania is now composed of: 41 Athletes in 13 sports (31 events). (25M+16W) Athletics = 4 athletes / 4 events Ieva Gumbs - Women's Discus Throw Mykolas Alekna - Men's Discus Throw Andrius Gudžius - Men's Discus Throw Edis Matusevičius - Men's Javelin Throw In comparison to 2021: decrease by 8 athletes, decrease by 8 events Basketball = 4 athletes / 1 event Evaldas Džiaugys - Men's 3x3 Gintautas Matulis - Men's 3x3 Aurelijus Pukelis - Men's 3x3 Šarūnas Vingelis - Men's 3x3 In comparison to 2021: increase by 4 athletes, increase by 1 event Breakdancing = 1 athlete / 1 event Dominika Banevič - B-Girl Debut sport Canoeing = 5 athletes / 2 events Mindaugas Maldonis - K2 - 500m; K4 - 500m Andrej Olijnik - K2 - 500m Simonas Maldonis - K4 - 500m Ignas Navakauskas - K2 - 500 m Artūras Seja - K2 - 500m In comparison to 2021: increase by 4 athletes, increase by 1 event Cycling = 3 athletes / 4 events Rasa Leleivytė - Women's Road Race Olivija Baleišytė - Women's Track - Omnium Vasilijus Lendel - Men's Track - Sprint; Men's Track - Keirin In comparison to 2021: decrease by 2 athletes, decrease by 2 events Equestrian = 2 athletes / 2 events Aistis Vitkauskas - Individual Eventing Justina Vanagaitė - Individual Dressage Debut in the sport! Gymnastics = 1 athlete / 1 event Robert Tvorogal - Men's Artistic In comparison to 2021: no change Rowing = 8 athletes / 5 events Viktorija Senkutė - W1x Dovilė Rimkutė - W2x Donata Karalienė - W2x Ieva Adomavičiūtė - W2- Kamilė Kralikaitė - W2- Giedrius Bieliauskas - M1x Dovydas Stankūnas - M2- Domantas Stankūnas - M2- In comparison to 2021: decrease by 1 athlete, increase by 1 event Modern pentathlon = 1 athlete / 1 event Laura Asadauskaitė - Women's pentathlon In comparison to 2021: decrease by 2 athletes, decrease by 1 event Sailing = 2 athletes / 2 events Rytis Jasiūnas - Men's iQFoil Viktorija Andrulytė - Women's ILCA6 In comparison to 2021: no change Swimming = 7 athletes / 6 events Aleksas Savickas - Men's 200m Breaststroke Danas Rapšys - Men's 200m Freestyle, Men's 400m Freestyle, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Kotryna Teterevkova - Women's 100m Breaststroke, Women's 200m Breaststroke Rūta Meilutytė - Women's 100m Breaststroke TBA - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay TBA - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay TBA - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay In comparison to 2021: increase by 1 athlete, decrease by 2 events Volleyball = 2 athletes / 1 event Ainė Raupelytė - Women's Beach Volleyball Monika Paulikienė - Women's Beach Volleyball Debut in the sport! Wrestling = 1 athlete / 1 event Mindaugas Venckaitis - Men's Greco-Roman - 97kg In comparison to 2021: no change So will debut in 3 sports (breakdancing, equestrian, volleyball)!, in comparison to 2021: decrease by 1 athlete, increase by 1 sport, decrease by 6 events and failed to qualify in 3 sports: shooting (first time since 1996), judo (first time since 1992), weightlifting (first time since 2016) The only remaining opportunities for qualification: Basketball - 12 athletes Athletics - up to 16 athletes Swimming - up to 2 athletes Volleyball - 2 athletes Modern pentathlon - 2 athletes Most realistic chances - 1 more spot in women's modern pentathlon + few more in Athletics, which will mean we surpass our Tokyo numbers. Sports that Lithuania competed in the past, but won't participate in 2024: badminton, boxing, football, judo, shooting, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting.

Floods force slalom changes in Prague The Troja river has reached heights which has made the usual slalom course unrecognizable. As a result, organisers have scrapped Thursday’s competition, and will abbreviate the kayak and canoe competitions. On Friday there will only be one heat of the men’s and women’s kayak, with the top ten in each heat qualifying directly for the final. It will be the same format for the canoe on Saturday. The kayak cross competition on Sunday, which also doubles as the final Olympic qualifier, will be run as usual, but will also introduce a repechage round. It will be a similar format when kayak cross makes its Olympic debut in Paris. Athletes from 38 nations will be competing in the kayak cross in Prague. There will be three Olympic quotas up for grabs in both the men’s and women’s events, and only athletes who have not yet earned their country an Olympic quota will be eligible to compete. The kayak cross Olympic qualifiers will be held on Sunday afternoon.

I don't expect as many withdrawals as Tokyo Games. Hard to reach singles entry who is below 100 in ranking. Also in doubles, players will surely consider the fact whether they choose the option of high ranked doubles player and high ranked singles player will together if they never played doubles together .......

Any other non-Americans watching NCAAs? If so how? I'm currently watching an Ace Stream but it's not great.

Italy won the UEFA European Men Under-17 Championship for the first time !!!! 3 - 0 Federico Coletta 7' Francesco Camarda 16' Francesco Camarda 50'

Russians announced their squad for the Olympic games in Paris including 12 people. They did it before the qualification dedaline so the rankings are not finalized and it is to early to predict possible quotas transfer to ceretain athleyes. So we have an update of the list of possible reallocations. Let me remid that the surnames and reasons are not my own but were officially sent to the IOC by Ukrainian authorities. Sports Athlete(s) Discipline Possible Reallocation NOC Reasons to reallocate Judo TASOEV Inal M100+ ? ? Participation in pro-war event featuring Z-symbols and propaganda Pro-war activities in social networks Judo KANIKOVSKIY Matvey M100 ? ? Participation in pro-war event featuring Z-symbols and propaganda Judo IGOLNIKOV Mikhail M90 ? ? Participation in pro-war event featuring Z-symbols and propaganda Judo ARBUZOV Timur M81 ? ? Judo LAVRENTEV Danil M73 ? ? Participation in pro-war event featuring Z-symbols and propaganda Judo CHOPANOV Murad M66 ? ? Judo ABDULAEV Ramazan M60 ? ? Judo STARTSEVA Elis W78+ ? ? Participation in pro-war event featuring Z-symbols and propaganda Judo TAIMAZOVA Madina W70 ? ? Participation in pro-war event featuring Z-symbols and propaganda Photos with Z Propaganda event involving children from the occupied territories of Ukraine Judo LILUASHVILI Dali W63 ? ? Participation in pro-war event featuring Z-symbols and propaganda Judo KURBONMAMADOVA Daria W57 ? ? Judo GILIAZOVA Sabina W48 ? ? Source documents, NOC of Ukraine: https://noc-ukr.org/news/24760/ (English text at the bottom of the page) These data will be added to the first post of the thread.

Probably nobody care about it now, at summer, but Natalia Maliszewska is now allowed to training again on ice and to compete in international events after her ban when she didn't come on time to three antidoping controls in 2022 and 2023. https://www.instagram.com/p/C71xrahK3Wp/

Following 30 swimmers will compete in Belgrade at upcoming European Championships

will send the biggest ever delegation to European Championships, which includes 96 athletes. I'm hoping that some, of not qualified yet to Paris athletes, will do it here.

Double sculls

With Ganna and Pogacar as well, definitely going to be an exciting contest in Paris. The men's time trial has been a really exciting contest over the past decade.

has announced their Olympic roster. https://www.instagram.com/p/C71-gcwOuzv/?igsh=M2I4OW0wZjlyN2ls Cameron Brink Hailey Van Lith Rhyne Howard Cierra Burdick I would’ve picked Hull over Burdick, but with US’s depth in 3x3 basketball her absence is hardly surprising.

Freeriding is now officially an FIS discipline (interestingly, freeriding will be the first FIS discipline that has events for both skiing and snowboarding). I think it's pretty clear they will push for it to join the Olympics.

That's the way to make continental games very relevant, and thus bigger - lean into the fraternal relationship with the IOC - it also provides a useful pathway to the IOCs ambitions with Olympic Qualifier Series and the like.

men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold: Li Yuehong Silver: Christian Reitz Bronze: Clement Bessaguet Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19925

celebrating as Monika Paulikienė & Ainė Raupelytė makes history and becomes first Lithuanian volleyball team to qualify for Olympics!!