It is blatantly obvious indeed (200 back/fly could also help Curzan if she manages to qualify for both although that's less likely than Smith), but a schedule is based on.. like, whatever? It is also just luck of the draw in some sense.
Changing it afterwards for no apparent reason just seems strange though.
They did break their own WR by over 1.5 seconds and beat 2nd place USA by over 4 seconds. Have current world record holder in 200m freestyle in Mollie O 'Callaghan and 3rd fastest swimmer ever in Ariarne Titmus (also owns fastest relay split ever)
It's true but I still feel uncomfortable calling this relay a lock given the history. One thing they have going for them is the relay doesn't clash with the 100 free anymore.
Personally I don't think Oceania should even exist as a separate region but I don't think Asia would accept us merging with them and no other solution makes sense. I don't think many Australians outside the rhythmic gymnastics and artistic swimming communities would even notice if Australia didn't have those teams at the Olympics.
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1 minute ago, Mr. Cam said:
Well, are the Boomers going to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Men's Basketball???
Or, are the Opals going to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Women's Basketball???
Is that relevant enough for you?
It's not relevant because Australia has already won medals in basketball and this thread is about sports where a country has never won any medals. Apparently reading comprehension is HARD.
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4 minutes ago, Mr. Cam said:
Australia will NOT win a medal in Men's & ESPECIALLY in Women's basketball.
Australia has already won multiple medals in basketball so what's this got to do with a thread titled "A good chance for a medal in Paris in a sport or an event that your NOC had no olympic medal before"?
Just a quick note on the 4x100m relay, assuming GB qualify in Doha (I.e. not another Dsq please), they could push US very hard in the final. I think predicting them for silver is appropriate, but it wouldn’t shock me if they took down the US with a quarter of:
Richards
Dean
Guy / Scott
Whittle
Jacob is really improving as shown by his Euro SC PB, with Richards contesting for individual Gold, Dean being super reliable and with Jimmy or Duncan rounding the team off. Could be very fast, I’m interested to see if they can lay a glove on the Americans.
Guy won't be in the final and hopefully they can avoid using Burras cos that guy's like a random split generator.
The federations are responsible for running each sport at the Olympics so they'd have the documentation you're looking for. For example the competition regulations are here for aquatics.
Only decent chance of winning a medal in a different sport is probably football (women's) and a strong chance of a medal in a different event is the men's 800m free thanks to it being a new addition.
As a biased Canadian, I think Summer uses Fukuoka as inspiration to be ready for the 400m in Paris. Also, she won't be peaking for the nationals like this year, she will be peaking for Paris. I will never underestimate Ledecky or Titmus and they can come out hard, too (as they did in Fukuoka) but I see Summer taking her WR back in this race, setting the tone for her domination over the week. And if she wins the 400m, I see her helping Canada stay on the podium for the relay later that night. But that depends more on the state of Ruck (and to a lesser extent Oleksiak who always rises to the occasion).
Wouldn't be surprised to see Ruck get back close to her best now it looks like she's training at ASU.
@rafalgorka I think the only way Australia wins the men's 4x100 again is if McEvoy translates his 50 success into a 100 that's deep in the 47 zone and I don't see Ledecky beating McIntosh again.
The scheduling of the 4x400 heats and 400 final on the same day is really unfair for the smaller countries that can't rest their stars from the 4x400 heats.
5. Remove Swimming- Women’s 400m Freestyle, and change it with Swimming- Women’s 100m Butterfly. MacNeil’s dominance the past few years in this event (Whether short/long course), has really changed my opinion.
MacNeil is the favourite at this point but her win in Tokyo wasn't exactly dominant.
The requirement for teams to qualify relays at the 2024 World Aquatic Championships in Doha has been abandoned.
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Now, qualification will revert to a more traditional process in which the top three finishers at the July 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka will qualify instantly for Paris a year out from the Games.
The remaining 13 berths in each relay will then be decided by the best times set either at Fukuoka or Doha, meaning teams that miss the top three in Fukuoka can still qualify for Paris without sending their best swimmers to the Middle East.
Nations on the borderline of the top 16 will still have to calculate after Fukuoka whether they believe their top 16 effort in Japan is strong enough to resist challenges at the last-chance saloon in Doha but the top 12 or so teams will now feel much more confident that their summer 2023 efforts will get them to Paris.
No the numbers are capped and only 50% of the places are available to those who meet the entry standard.
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Athletes will be able to qualify in two ways for the Paris 2024 Games, with 50% of qualification places based on achieving the entry standard for an event within the qualification period, and the other 50% based on the World Athletics Ranking within the ranking period.
Leon Marchand (swimming, men's 200m and 400 IM at least)
men's Team Sprint and Harrie Lavreysen (Individual Sprint)
Karlos May Nasar (weightlifting, men's -89kg)
all the table tennis, weightlifting and diving competitions in which they compete
Summer McIntosh should be a heavy favourite to win the women's 400m Individual Medley.
United States, with a massive split by Caleb Dressel
Australia
Italy
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