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https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/05/Paris-2024_Olympic-Qualification-Ranking_08052024.pdf ranking olympic 8 may

And that’s a Canucks win!! 5-4 final over the Oilers, to start 1-0 in the series!

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CONOR GARLANDDDDDDDDD 39 SECONDS LATER HE SCORES, TO GIVE THE CANUCKS A 5-4 LEAD!!

Team Denmark Goaltenders: Frederik Dichow Nissen (HV71, ) Mathias Seldrup (Esbjerg Energy) William Rorth (Rodovre Mighty Bulls) Defencers: Anders Koch (Aalborg Pirates) Jesper Jensen Aabo (KAC Klagenfurt, ICEHL, ) Markus Lauridsen (Frankfurt Lowen, ) Matias Lassen (Malmo Redhawks, ) Nicholas B. Jensen (Fischtown Pinguins, ) Oliver Joakim Larsen (Mikkelin Jukurit, ) Oliver Lauridsen (TPS Turku, ) Phillip Bruggisser (Fischtown Pinguins, ) Forwards: Alexander True (Charlotte Checkers, AHL, ) Christian Wejse (Fischtown Pinguins, ) Felix Scheel (Fischtown Pinguins, ) Frederik Storm (Kolner Hair, ) Joachim Blichfeld (Växjo Lakers, ) Mathias From (Herning Blue Fox) Mikkel Aagaard (MoDo Hockey, ) Morten Poulsen (Herning Blue Fox) Nick Olesen (IK Oskarshamn, ) Niklas Andersen (Augsburger Panther, ) Oliver Kjaer (Esbjerg Energy) Oscar Fisker Molgaard (HV71, ) Patrick Russell (Linkoping HC, ) Phillip Schultz (Esbjerg Energy)

AND JUST LIKE THAT THE CANUCKS TIE IT UP AT 4-4 OFF A ZADOROV GOAL WITH 6:13 LEFT IN THE 3RD PERIOD!!!

JT Miller scores to get the game to within one goal with 10:22 left in the 3rd period, on a 4 on 4! 4-3 Oilers lead over the Canucks.

Brazilian Olympic Trials: Day 3 Men's 200m Butterfly (OQT: 1:55.78) 1. Nicolas Albiero - 1:55.52 (OQT) 2. Leonardo de Deus - 1:56.24 3. Luiz Altamir Melo - 1:58.43 Women's 100m Backstroke (OQT: 59.99) 1. Maria Pessanha - 1:01.66 2. Fernanda Goeij - 1:02.46 3. Alexia Assuncao - 1:02.62 Men's 200m Breaststroke (OQT: 2:09.68) 1. Guilherme Camossato - 2:12.20 2. Caio Pumputis - 2:12.29 3. Raphael Windmuller - 2:13.39 Women's 200m Individual Medley (OQT: 2:11.47) 1. Nathalia Almeida - 2:13.81 2. Gabrielle Roncatto - 2:14.73 3. Fernanda Celidonio - 2:14.85 Men's 100m Backstroke (OQT: 53.74) 1. Guilherme Basseto - 54.14 2. Gabriel Fantoni - 54.39 3. Pedro Motta - 55.28 Individual Qualifiers through Day 3 Nicolas Albiero - Men's 200m Butterfly Guilherme Costa - Men's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Maria Costa - Women's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Beatriz Dizotti - Women's 1500m Freestyle Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle

ELIAS LINDHOLM SCORES WITH 2:59 TO GO IN THE 2ND PERIOD!! Lindholm has been absolute money throughout the playoffs, after a mediocre regular season. Oilers now lead 4-2 over the Canucks. Still a lot of work to do.

I was shocked at Serbia and Slovenia qualifying, I was sure both were NQs but it is what it is I'm hoping for Greece, Austria, Georgia, and Malta to qualify (and especially Malta since everyone's writing them off)

Athletics Road to Paris 2024 Qualification Tracker (May 5th Update): New Entry Standards: Mariam Abdul-Rashid New Athletes via Rankings: Aurora Rynda, Brooke Overholt Change in rankings since last update are indicated in brackets Women: 100m (56 quotas): 13. Audrey Leduc - ES 39. Khamica Bingham (+1) 54. Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye (-3) 200m (48 quotas): 38. Jacqueline Madogo 400m (48 quotas): 40. Grace Konrad (+1) 41. Zoe Sherar (+1) 800m (48 quotas): 38. Jazz Shukla (-1) 48. Aurora Rynda (NEW) 1500m (45 quotas): 31. Lucia Stafford (-1) 38. Simone Plourde 5000m (42 quotas): 36. Julie-Anne Staehli (-2) 36. Briana Scott (-2) 100m Hurdles (40 quotas): 19. Mariam Abdul-Rashid - ES (+11) 28. Michelle Harrison (-1) 400m Hurdles (40 quotas): 24. Savannah Sutherland 32. Brooke Overholt (NEW) 3000m Steeplechase (36 quotas): 23. Regan Yee (-1) 27. Ceili McCabe (-2) 32. Grace Fetherstonhaugh (-5) Pole Vault (32 quotas): 5. Alysha Newman - ES 23. Anicka Newell Shot Put (32 quotas): 3. Sarah Mitton - ES Hammer Throw (32 quotas): 3. Camryn Rogers - ES 29. Kaila Butler (+1) Marathon (80 quotas): 35. Malindi Elmore - ES Men: 100m (56 quotas): 19. Brendon Rodney - ES 31. Aaron Brown (+6) 47. Andre de Grasse (+7) 200m (48 quotas): 6. Andre de Grasse - ES 9. Aaron Brown - ES (-1) 17. Brendon Rodney - ES (-1) 400m (48 quotas): 15. Christopher Morales-Williams - ES 800m (48 quotas): 2. Marco Arop - ES 1500m (45 quotas): 25. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot - ES (-1) 33. Kieran Lumb 5000m (42 quotas): 18. Mohammed Ahmed - ES 24. Benjamin Flanagan - ES 10000m (27 quotas): 6. Mohammed Ahmed - ES 3000m Steeplechase (36 quotas): 14. Jean-Simon Desgagnes Hammer Throw (32 quotas): 1. Ethan Katzberg - ES 14. Adam Keenan (-1) 19. Rowan Hamilton (-1) Marathon (80 quotas): 18. Cameron Levins - ES 65. Rory Linkletter - ES 20km Race Walk (48 quotas): 12. Evan Dunfee - ES Decathlon (24 quotas): 1. Pierce Lepage - ES 3. Damian Warner - ES So overall that's 43 individual qualifiers (18 men + 25 women) + another woman for the mixed race walk event + relay quotas. I'm going to guess an extra 2 women for the 4x100m, 3 women for the 4x400m and 2 men for the 4x100m. So that's roughly a team size of 51 athletes now.

And just like that it’s 4-1 Oilers over the Canucks with 6:36 left in the 2nd period. Welp.

DAKOTA JOSHUA GETS THE CANUCKS ON THE BOARD, 53 SECONDS INTO THE 2ND PERIOD!! Canucks cut the lead down to 2-1 Oilers in game one.

NOC reporting they got a universality quota in ILCA7. Link: http://bviolympics.org/vi-uk-ilca7-laser-sailor-thad-lettsome-secures-spot-at-paris-2024-olympic-games-becomes-first-bvi-sailor-at-olympics-since-1996/

No words 2-0 Oilers over Canucks in game 1, with 4:59 left in the 1st period.

Rodini and Cesarini are also quite short and slim but they won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the women's lightweight category. Unfortunately, they have had a constant problem with injuries since Tokyo, especially Cesarini. They missed many training sessions on last 3 years, so our staff started trying other variants, e.g. Rodini-Crosio or Crosio-Buttignon. At the European Championships the bronze was won by Rodini-Crosio but in Lucerna there will be a return to the golden team from Tokyo: Rodini-Cesarini. If they are healthy and in good shape, I hope to advance but beating Greece or France will be very difficult. A lot will depend on the track conditions: both of us don't like the wind in our faces. France has not started this year yet but it is an experienced team (Tarantola- Bove: silver medalists in Tokio) and will certainly will bet difficult conditions.

Yeah, there are 16 quotas in the LW2X but so many weak crews in there. I know some people will disagree because they think having diversity at the Olympics is more important than having the best teams qualify but it seems like Greece always ends up getting screwed by these qualification procedures For our girls, Fitsiou was actually competing in coastal rowing with much success and then switched to LW2X during the pandemic to try and qualify for Tokyo. She is already 28 yo so I imagine she will try to switch back to coastal rowing for 2028, but Kontou is only 18 yo so she has more of a future in rowing and also taller than Fitsiou (I think Kontou is about 170cm and Fitsiou about 165cm), so I expect Kontou will switch to an open category for 2028.

Unfortunately in LW2x there will be a massacre in Lucerne. There will be only 2 free places and 3 very strong crews from Europe: ITA, FRA, GRE + 1 strong AUS. Each of these crews can win a medal in Paris if they get there. However, due to stupid regulations weak Austria is already in Paris, becouse they got there through a poorly continental tournament. And in 2028 there will be no light weight anymore, only beach rowing

A lot of the Greek rowers have said they stopped or thought of stopping because in rowing they can't make money, and also sometimes they were in a boat with another rower who stopped and then they couldn't find another partner so they stopped too. We also have mostly women who study in the US but now there are a few male Greek rowers who started doing it too. The thing is a lot of these women go and say they want to return to the national team when they graduate, and then they never end up coming back. Or they compete in U23 regattas during the summer, sometimes with success, and sometimes with shockingly poor results (because they probably don't train as much in the US when they are at their universities as they did when they were with the national team full-time). Another issue is that the federation (with our controversial Italian coach) requires the athletes to spend most of the year at the Olympic rowing centre, which is near Athens but in a very isolated area, and most of our rowers are from northern Greece, so they are sent away from their families, usually when they are still in high school even, and they are on a strict training schedule and have no time to study or do anything else in their lives. Stefanos Ntouskos actually said before Tokyo that he would retire if he didn't win a medal, and go to university to become a doctor, as he was already 24 yo and had no income or education, and then he won Olympic gold and got some sponsors so he continued. Also another problem that we have, and maybe Italy has too, is that a lot of our young rowers who do well are not very tall like some of the Romanians are, so the good results at young ages can be misleading, but obviously we have some athletes who were originally lightweight rowers like Ntouskos and now Evangelia Anastasiadou who have proven that you don't have to be 190cm to have a good career in the open categories. Of course there are also many exceptions where we had tall rowers with good results at young ages who also vanished for various reasons.

As expected, Christopher Morales-Williams is expected to compete in the men’s 400m at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11) Almond Small is also entered in the men’s 100m.

The reserve rower replaced the starter in Tokyo itself due to a case of Covid: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_coxless_four I used to think that it was about too little money that the Italian Olympic Committee invests in rowing and that is why it is more profitable for some athletes to go to study in the USA and work there, instead of continuing their sports career in Italy. In the UK or the Netherlands, I haven't heard of any cases where someone went to study during the four-year period between the Games, or maybe I'm wrong? What's more, when I look at the Romanian team led by Italian coaches, I see greater stability and continuity in the squads there than in our country. In addition, Romania trains most of the time in Italy. I don't know what the problem is, but the frequent departures to study in the USA - mainly women - and the constant injuries are strange. Perhaps we should follow the example of Romania, which is not as rich a country as the UK, the Netherlands or Germany, but has great results in rowing. Maybe we should bring those coaches back to Italy and let them build such a system here? But it definitely invests more money.

I was also just saying in our national club, our girls dominated the U19 World Championships in 2022, we won gold in W1X, W2-, W2X, and now you are telling me we can't even find girls to try to qualify for a W2X?! None of those five golden girls will be in Paris... One of them is studying in the USA where she competes on the rowing team, another is going to USA after the summer to do the same, another has been training with our national team but wasn't selected for Lucerne (I imagine we will see her on the U23 national team this summer at least), and the other two have not rowed in over a year either for our national team or their clubs. It's such a shame how we are constantly losing these talented young rowers. Also the Greek Rowing Championships start tomorrow and finish on Sunday, I am not sure why they thought to organise it this weekend when it is so close to the Olympic qualification regatta, hopefully some of our athletes won't be too tired when they go to Lucerne...

I'm disappointed in our team. For the most part it was expected, I just didn't know what the crews would be for W1X and W2X. Well now I see that we are sending Fragkou in W1X and no one in W2X! I'm shocked that we are sending a M2-, who have shown they have no chance to qualify here, but not a W2X who I think would've had somewhat of a chance especially if the combination was Fragkou/Kyridou. We should have good chances in M2X, LM2X, and LW2X. Hopefully at least two of those boats can qualify, otherwise it would be kind of a failure in my opinion. W1X we maybe have an outside chance as some of the mail rivals like Puspure and Janzen seem out of form. M2- we have no chance, we are wasting our time, though it is a shame because Palaiopanos really seemed on track to make it to Paris. He won bronze in M2- at the 2019 World U23 Championships, gold in M2X at the 2021 World U23 Championships, then in 2022 competed in M2X with a different partner where he got 5th at the European Championships and 6th at the World Championships, but seems to have regressed since then. He is now 25 yo and this really should be his time to make the Olympics... So far we have only qualified in M1X and W2-, so it's been disappointing but this is our last chance to change it.