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Yeah, the website was down yesterday for most of the users because of an issue with the "registrar". We needed to confirm the identity of the owner but the e-mail connected to the account was from the old webmaster and I had to wait they confirmed the new e-mail which took a while. Some connections were working normally, and some are still unable to access now, but in a few hours everything should be fine. Sorry for that, but better now than during the Olympics

Thank God Totallympics is back. For a moment with that "domain suspended" page i thought @Sindo 's HQ was being raided by the authorities.

didn't start in Olympic qualification tournament... because Ryanair airlines that they were travelling with confiscated team's bows due potential danger threat lol

Brazilian Olympic Trials: Day 1 Women's 400m Freestyle (OQT: 4:07.90) 1. Maria Costa - 4:06.11 (OQT) 2. Gabrielle Roncatto - 4:09.00* 3. Leticia Romao - 4:10.64 *Roncatto qualifies for Paris with two swimmers being unable to beat her OQT from 2024 World Championships Men's 100m Breaststroke (OQT: 59.49) 1. Caio Pumputis - 1:00.81 2. Joao Gomes Junior - 1:01.03 3. Raphael Windmuller - 1:01.34 Women's 100m Butterfly (OQT: 57.92) 1. Daynara Paula - 1:00.00 2. Celine Bispo - 1:00.06 3. Beatriz Bezerra - 1:00.14 Men's 400m Freestyle (OQT: 3:46.78) 1. Guilherme Costa - 3:46.90* 2. Stephan Steverink - 3:47.48 3. Eduardo Moraes - 3:51.51 *Costa qualifies for Paris with two swimmers being unable to beat his OQT from 2023 World Championships Individual Qualifiers through Day 1 Guilherme Costa - Men's 400m Freestyle Maria Costa - Women's 400m Freestyle Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle

Qualified Athletics Relay 4 x 100 M Men's

So proud of our girls! They all did the job but wow, big shout out to Rhasidat and Sharlene for an incredible 2 races on the space of 90 mins or so

Mixed 4x400 Repechage Start lists: Heat 1: Heat 2: Heat 3:

HOLY SHIT. What a surprise WOMEN’S 4x100m RELAY IS GOING TO PARIS!!! Great leg by Audrey Leduc, really curious to see what the split was

Mixed 4x400m day 1 qualifiers:

And last year UWW immediately moved tournament from Poland when russians were not able to compete there - "defending the rights of athletes". Now we see that they defend athletes from certain states only.

That is awfully a lot. Looks like this whole idea got out of control a bit…

As it stands, these are the top nations by time that haven’t qualified yet Women’s 4x100m Spain - 42.85 China - 43.03 Men’s 4x100m: Brazil - 38.19 Trinidad & Tobago - 38.30 Women’s 4x400m: Cuba - 3:26.08 Nigeria - 3:27.29 Men’s 4x400m: France - 2:58.45 Zambia - 2:59.12 Mixed 4x400m: Czech Republic - 3:11.98 Italy - 3:13.56

Qualified Individual Women’s

Mawdsley is so impressive in relays, she elevates her performance to another level!

Hold on india!!!

Qualified

I waited for official result ) did it!

defeat 19-15 to grab the Olympic quota

defeat 19-16 to qualify for the Olympics

2024 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials: Day 1 Preview *Image Source Maggie MacNeil is set to take on her signature 100m butterfly event Unfortunately, psych sheets aren't out yet but I need to start doing these if I want to finish in time before trials begin. Men's 400m Freestyle The men’s 400m freestyle will be the event that kicks off Canadian Trials. This is an event that has stalled since Ryan Cochrane retired but there is reason for optimism thanks to a pair of swimmers breaking the 3:50 mark. The first of which is Lorne Wigginton. Wigginton emerged as one of Canada’s top prospects last year. There is actually a chance he doesn’t end of swimming this event since it comes one day before his signature 400 IM event at the Olympics. If he does, he’s definitely a contender to not only win but get under the OQT. He finished 3rd at last year’s Canadian trials in 3:54.73 before smashing his PB by over 4 seconds in the heats of the World Junior Championships in 3:50.72. He would then take it down to 3:49.05 in the final. This year, his times have been a bit slower though (since moving from USC to Toronto HPC). His most recent performances have been a 3:58.07 at the US Open, 3:50.91 at 2024 Worlds and 3:53.40 at the Canadian Open. However, I’m sure he can get back down in the high 3:40s with a good taper. Someone who is trending in the right direction though is Alexander Axon. The Ohio State swimmer had a solid NCAA season finishing 3rd in the 500yd freestyle at the Big Ten Championships. After going 3:55.07 at last year’s Trials, he’s brought down his PB 4 times most recently at the Canadian Open where he dipped under the 3:50 mark for the first time in 3:49.33. Of course, we can’t forget about last year’s Trials winner Eric Brown. We haven’t seen him race too much this year but his results are trending in the right direction. His most recent long course result was 3:53.14 at the 2023 US Open which is over a second faster than he was at the 2022 edition. Jeremy Bagshaw does have the 2nd fastest PB in the field at 3:48.82 but that was back in 2017 and I would be shocked if he was in contention here. This will also likely be the first event for 15 year old phenom Laon Kim. While the OQT is well out of reach for him at the moment, he’ll be looking to build off the NAG of 3:56.79 he set at last years trials. He’ll have a better shot at the 200m freestyle. Also looking to build off their PBs this season will be Timothe Barbeau, Jordi Vilchez and Patrick Hussey. Predicted Qualifiers: None Despite the improvements from the top swimmers, I don’t see anyone breaking the OQT. I think Axon has a good chance of getting under the consideration time but the OQT might be just out of reach. Women's 400m Freestyle There will be different races going on at once here. The first will be Summer McIntosh against the clock. The 2nd will be the battle for a potential 2nd qualification spot. It was last year at the 2023 Trials that Summer McIntosh broke the 400m freestyle World record in 3:56.08. The record has since been broken by Ariarne Titmus but she has still consistently gone sub 4 minutes every time she has swum the event at competitions. We can expect her to get under the OQT with ease. In fact, even her 400m split from her 800m freestyle swim in February of 4:03.63 would still have been over 4 seconds under the OQT. More interesting is the battle for 2nd place. Ella Jansen is currently the 2nd seed with her time of 4:07.18 from last March at the TYR Pro Swim Series. On paper, she’s by far the 2nd fastest swimmer in the race but she has shown some inconsistency as of late. She was 4:08.81 at last years Canadian trials before going 4:12.77 in the heats at the 2023 World Championships. She bounced back a bit at the World Junior Championships in 4:09.48 (on the same day as a 200m IM double) but then went 4:17.01 at the 2024 World Championships. She did go 4:11.54 recently at the Canadian Open though so she seems to be heading in the right direction. She also has the advantage of having already achieved the OQT during the qualification period. Remember that Swimming Canada does accept OQT times from outside trials for swimmers that place in the top 2. The other contenders for the 2nd spot will likely be Mabel Zavaros and Julie Brousseau. Zavaros has a PB of 4:10.96 from last years trials but she has only one result this year of 4:15.25 at the Canadian Open. However, given her trajectory from last year and her ability to perform in high level meets, it’s fair to say that she will be a factor in this race. Julie Brousseau meanwhile has emerged as one of the top Canadian swimming prospects. While she has a bigger chance to make the team in the 200m freestyle, she could be a factor here. She was 4:14.10 at last years Canadian Trials before dropping 3 seconds at World Juniors to finish in a time of 4:11.38. She would later bring it down to 4:11.32 at the Pan Am Games. In 2024 her best has been a 4:14.59 at the Winter Ontario Championships but it’s still 4 seconds than she was last year at this time so she could be in for another big time drop at Olympic Trials. The rest of the field is a bit of a ways behind. Katrina Bellio has been 4:11.06 but hasn’t recorded a long course time this year. Emma O’Croinin has been as fast as 4:08.11 but that was some time ago. The other swimmers on the top 10 list are all still quite aways from the pace and haven’t improved on their PBs yet this season. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Summer McIntosh 2. Ella Jansen Summer winning is pretty straight forward. I still think Jansen will beat out the other competitors and her getting the OQT in the qualification period will play to her advantage. Women's 100m Butterfly This has the potential to be a fun race. Not surprisingly, Maggie Mac Neil comes in as the top seed for this event. The 2020 Olympic Champion is seeded at 56.45 from the 2023 World Championships but has been as fast as 55.59. This season she has shown that she can consistently put up 57 second clockings at in season meets most recently going 57.24 at the Canadian Open. We can expect her to qualify for the Olympics with ease. Katerine Savard comes in with the next fastest time. The now 30 year old has been a mainstay on the Canadian Team for over a decade now and is looking to qualify for her 4th Olympics. Her time of 57.86 from last years trials is under the OQT so as long as she finishes in the top 2, she’ll be off to Paris. However, her results since Trials haven’t been as good. Her fastest time since then is a 58.18 from the 2023 World Championships. She went 58.73 at the 2024 World Championships and most recently went 59.57 at the Eastern Canadian Championships. Also looking to snatch an Olympic spot is Mary-Sophie Harvey. The 24 year old is swimming better than she ever has setting PB’s in multiple events including the 100m butterfly where she went 58.05 last month at the Canadian Open. She didn’t swim this at last years Trials but she has mentioned that she does intend to this year. Also looking to get an Olympic spot is Rebecca Smith. She took most of last year off to focus her nursing degree. So far this season, she’s posted times of 58.72 at the Canadian Championships, 59.50 at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet, 59.54 at the Western Canadian Championships and most recently a 59.49 at the Canadian Open. She also had a 58.28 split on the bronze winning medley relay at 2024 Worlds. Still a ways off the OQT but with I believe she can get close with a full taper. Kamryn Cannings could also have something to say in this race. She had a nice freshman season at Liberty University winning the Atlantic Sun Championship title in the 100 yard butterfly. After going 58.67 at Canadian Trials last year, she went 59.15 at the Canadian Championships and most recently, 1:00.18 at the TYR Pro Swim Series in San Antonio. Another big time drop could be possible. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Maggie Mac Neil 2. Mary-Sophie Harvey Harvey is swimming lights out right now and I’m picking her to keep up her momentum here. Men's 100m Breaststroke I’m just going to cut straight to the chase here, I don’t see anyone getting under the OQT. As you can see by the entry times, no one is even in the same atmosphere. James Dergousoff has won the 100m breaststroke title at Canadian trials each of the last two years. After going 1:01.27 to win 2023 trials, he’s improved on that time most recently going 1:00.77 at the 2024 World Championships. *Note: As of writing this, I’m seeing reports that Dergousoff isn’t actually on the psych sheets. Not sure if it’s a late entry or not but it’s something worth monitoring. Finlay Knox comes in as the 2nd seed. This will likely be the 1st event for the 2024 World Champion in the 200m IM. It remains to be seen whether or not he’ll actually swim this event but if he does, he has a good chance of winning as his PB is only 0.14 seconds behind that of Dergousoff. He set that time recently at the Canadian Open bringing it down by 0.38 seconds from March 2023. Gabe Mastromatteo hasn’t quite lived up to the hype he had as a teenager but his results have been trending the right direction. Last year at Canadian trials he went 1:00.96, his fastest time since 2020 Olympic Trials and then followed that up with a 1:01.39 at the Pan American Games. Brayden Taivassalo has been having a great year. He’s a better 200m breaststroker but could also make some noise in this event. He finished 2nd at the Big 12 Championships in the NCAA this year. He hasn’t raced long course in 2024 but his best time is from the 2023 Canadian Trials at 1:01.10. Justice Migneault and Apollo Hess will also look to get in the mix. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Finlay Knox (relay only) Going with the guy with the best trajectory here. Let me know if you guys have any feedback or discussion points surrounding any of the swimmers mentioned/not mentioned!

Women's 4x400m day 1 qualifiers:

Adeleke outstanding. Really impressive leg from Yeargin as well.

Adeleke's second race (49.48) faster than the first (49.64).

Wow. Our women are incredible

Women’s 4x400m quotas for and

Women's 4x100m Repechage Heat 1: Heat 2: Heat 3:

Polish commentator just said, that they cheer for Canadians in each event, besides men's and women's hammer throw

Another bold prediction, soon on Bahamas will be darkness

Yessss! Olympic qualification for the Italian relay

Women's 4x100m day 1 qualifiers:

Announcer: Canada, multiple fourth places finishes in relays at major events.... we already know

Just throwing something wild out there, but this could be solved by....you know....eliminating the mixed relay. *commence running away from World Athletics

Plus either Guinea will qualify for the first time since 1968, or Indonesia for the first time since 1956.

vs will be the AFC-CAF playoff on 9 May

Refugee Olympic Team (36 Quotas) https://olympics.com/en/news/ioc-refugee-olympic-team-paris-2024-announced-formed-of-36-athletes Farida Abaroge (female, Ethiopia, France, athletics) Omid Ahmadisafa (male, Iran, Germany, boxing) Yahya Al Ghotany (male, Syria, Jordan, taekwondo) Mohammad Amin Alsalami (male, Syria, Germany, athletics) Amir Ansari (male, Afghanistan, Sweden, road cycling) Sibghatullah Arab (male, Afghanistan, Germany, judo) Matin Balsini (male, Iran, Great Britain, swimming) Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi (female, Iran, Germany, judo) Edilio Francisco Centeno Nieves (male, Venezuela, Mexico, shooting sport) Muna Dahouk (female, Syria, Netherlands, judo) Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed (male, Sudan, Israel, athletics) Saeid Fazloula (male, Iran, Germany, canoe sprint) Tachlowini Gabriyesos (male, Eritrea, Israel, athletics) Eyeru Gebru (female, Ethiopia, France, road cycling) Yekta Jamali Galeh (female, Iran, Germany, weightlifting) Fernando Dayán Jorge Enríquez (male, Cuba, USA, canoe sprint) Dorian Keletela (male, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, athletics) Adnan Khankan (male, Syria, Germany, judo) Perina Lokure (female, South Sudan, Kenya, athletics) Iman Mahdavi (male, Iran, Italy, freestyle wrestling) Farzad Mansouri (male, Afghanistan, Great Britain, taekwondo) Alaa Maso (male, Syria, Germany, swimming) Kasra Mehdipournejad (male, Iran, Germany, taekwondo) Cindy Ngamba (female, Cameroon, Great Britain, boxing) Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi (female, Iran, Netherlands, taekwondo) Mohammad Rashnonezhad (male, Iran, Netherlands, judo) Amir Rezanejad (male, Iran, Germany, canoe slalom) Ramiro Mora Romero (male, Cuba, Great Britain, weightlifting) Nigara Shaheen (female, Afghanistan, Canada, judo) Luna Solomon (female, Eritrea, Switzerland, shooting sport) Saman Soltani (female, Iran, Austria, canoe sprint) Musa Suliman (male, Sudan, Switzerland, athletics) Manizha Talash (female, Afghanistan, Spain, breaking) Hadi Tiranvalipour (male, Iran, Italy, taekwondo) Jamal Valizadeh (male, Iran, France, Greco-Roman wrestling) Dorsa Yavarivafa (female, Iran, Great Britain, badminton)

According to one of our sports media, the reason for Bosniuk's sudden disappearing from the Olympic ranking is due to a breach of game manipulation. In other other words, match-fixing. "BWF can confirm that Danylo Bosniuk of Ukraine has been provisionally suspended under BWF rules in relation to potential breaches of the Competition Manipulation Prevention Code. As this is an ongoing investigation, it will not be commented on further, the association writes to TV 2 Sport. According to TV 2 Sports' information, it is not directly about match-fixing in the form of betting on own his matches, but that Bosniuk has generally played on badminton matches, which is strictly prohibited". The full article is linked. Unfortunately only in Danish: https://sport.tv2.dk/badminton/2024-04-29-ukrainer-fjernet-fra-alle-ranglister-mister-ogsaa-sin-ol-plads

First Dutch sprint canoeing quota since 1992.

Entry List Tournament Qualification South East Asia Olympic Men's Women's Tournament Qualification Oceania Olympic Men's Women's Tournament Qualification South Asia Olympic Men's Women's

2024 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials: Day 2 Preview Image sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 An epic showdown awaits in the women's 100m breaststroke Day 2 of Canadian trials may very well be the most exciting day on the program. Chances of qualifiers in every event plus two of the races I'm most looking forward to with the women's 200m freestyle and women's 100m breaststroke. Men's 400m Individual Medley Despite the difficult OQT, it’s very possible that Canada will have a representative in this event in Paris. Lorne Wigginton made waves last year when he went 4:16.14 at Canadian Trials to qualify for his first senior team. He would then smash that time at Worlds by almost 3 seconds in 4:13.75 to just miss the final. Finally, he wound bring that time down again by almost a second to win bronze at the World Junior Championships in 4:12.81. He most recently went 4:14.54 at the 2024 World Championships, a decent time 3 months from Olympic Trials. Also breaking out last year was Collyn Gagne. Like Wigginton, he also set a PB of 4:17.44 at 2023 Canadian Trials to qualify for his first senior team. He would set another PB at World Championships of 4:16.08 at World Chamionships and also had a good time of 4:17.05 at the Pan American Games to win the silver medal. More recently, he went 4:18.74 at the 2024 World Championships. He’ll still have to drop a bit of time to reach Olympic Qualification territory though. The breakout swimmer of this year could very well be Tristan Jankovics. In 2023, he had times of 4:17.40 at the Canadian Championships and 4:17.70 at the US Open. He hasn’t swum a long course time in 2024 yet but had a good NCAA season finishing 4th in the 400 yard IM at the Big Ten Championships and 8th at the NCAA championships. Eric Brown will also try to improve on his 4:18.90 PB he set at the 2023 US Open. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Lorne Wigginton Women's 200m Freestyle This event has all the makings of a bloodbath. There are 10-12 women who all have realistic chances of qualifying for the 4x200m freestyle relay. I am going to cover all the top 10 athletes because they all have a legitimate shot at making the relay. Buckle up, this is going to be a long preview. If there’s any guarantees, it’s that Summer McIntosh should win with ease. The World Junior record holder has the fastest entry time by over 3 seconds. She first broke the 1:54 barrier for the first time last year at Canadian trials to win in 1:54.13. Then she lowered that mark to 1:53.65 to win bronze at the 2023 World Championships. This year, she has already been 1:54.21 at the Canadian Open, her 4th fastest time ever and one of the fastest in season 200m freestyle performances ever. Expect her to easily get under the OQT and perhaps even challenge the 1:53 barrier if she decides to go all out. The clear favourite for 2nd place is Mary-Sophie Harvey. She has improved in this event so much this year. After setting a PB of 1:57.70 at the 2023 US Open, she’s lowered that to 1:57.26 at the Quebec Cup, 1:57.06 at the Camille Muffat Meeting and finally 1:56.76 at the Canadian Open in which she negative that race. She’ll be a favourite to get an individual and relay spot. After that, the entry list gets a bit messy with a whole bunch of 1:58s. Rebecca Smith comes in with the next fastest time. Her time of 1:58.08 comes from the 2024 World Championship where she was able to advance to the semifinal. She also has recorded a 1:58.68 from the Canadian Championships along with some other 1:59 performances. Based on her 1:55 split from the 2020 Olympics along with her 1:57.43 PB, we all know she’s capable of much better times. This event will also be another great chance for Ella Jansen to get herself on the Olympic Team. Her best time of 1:58.09 comes from the Mare Nostrum tour last year. However, she struggled at Worlds where the Canadian coaches opted not to use her in the relay finals at both the 2023 and 2024 editions. She also had a showing of 1:59.12 from the World Junior Championships. This year her best result is 1:58.88 from the Canadian Open so she is trending in the right direction. Someone who did have a good showing a the World Junior Championships was Julie Brousseau. After going 1:59.05 at 2023 Canadian Trials, she brought that down to 1:58.60 at the Ontario Summer Championships before delivering a silver medal swim of 1:58.10 at World Juniors. This year, she was just off that time in 1:58.40 at the Canadian Open. This is her best chance of making the Olympic Team so she’s right on track to drop her PB down even further. Brooklyn Douthwright had a solid showing last year to make her first world championship team. Despite only going 2:01.16 at Canadian trials, she improved on that mark considerably at the Mare Nostrum going 1:58.58 at the Mare Nostrum tour before splitting 1:58.25 on the 4x200m freestyle relay at 2023 World Championships. Last year she was the runner up at the NCAA yards version of this event but this year she didn’t make the final so hopefully that’s not a sign of regression. Last year, Emma O’Croinin had her best season since 2019 when she won 3 world junior medals and one world championship medal. Her 1:58.94 from Canadian trials qualified her for the world championship team where she went on to have a 1:58.10 in the relay prelims. She recently went 1:59.48 at the Canadian Open. Katerine Savard has been a long time relay contributer for Canada and she has a career best time of 1:57.13. However, she has yet to break the 1:59 barrier since the start of 2023 with her best time in that span being 1:59.44 at the 2023 Canadian trials. She’s failed to break 2 minutes in the other events she’s swam in. I think she’ll have a better shot of being on the 4x100m freestyle relay. But she usually saves her best swims for Canadian trials so you never know. Penny Oleksiak will be the hardest swimmer to predict here. Although she’s been as fast as 1:54.70, her times since she got injured have not been close to that time. However, after she went 2:03.27 in March at the Pro Swim Series, she followed that up with a 1:59.75 swim at the Canadian Open so she’s definitely trending the right direction. At her trajectory, she has a great chance of finishing in the top 6. Julia Strojnowska will also be looking to build off the 2:00.45 PB swim that she set at the Western Canadian Championships this year. There’s two other swimmers not in the top 10 list that I think are also worth mentioning. Taylor Ruck, like Oleksiak is capable of going 1:54 when at her best. But since her injury, she hasn’t swum the 200m freestyle all that often with her only notable result being a 1:59.59 split on the 4x200m freestyle relay at 2024 World Championships. However, we can’t judge her form on this race since she spent the first part of the race catching up to the lead teams before dying on the last 50m. If she does swim this race, you would imagine she’ll also be a factor. Then there’s Sienna Angove. Her best time is recorded as 2:00.50 but based on her 1:58.26 split at the 2024 World Championships, she should be capable of a much faster time than that. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Summer McIntosh (I am predicting she won’t swim this individually) 2. Mary-Sophie Harvey (individual + relay) 3. Julie Brousseau (individual + relay) 4. Penny Oleksiak (relay) 5. Rebecca Smith (relay) 6. Ella Jansen (relay) You can never count Penny out in an Olympic year. Men's 100m Backstroke Blake Tierney heads into the men’s 100m backstroke as the top seed. He had his first 54 second outing at the 2023 Canadian Trials in 54.49 before lowering that to 54.13 at the Canadian Championships. However, he had a breakthrough meet at the 2024 World Championships where he lead off the medley relay in times of 53.98 and 53.65 with the later getting him under the OQT. At the Canadian Open, he went 55.41 which is right around his previous in season times. Javier Acevedo is a veteran on the Canadian men’s team. While many thought his 2020 Olympic selection was questionable, he’s had a big resurgence in his times since then and now is firmly in position to make another Olympic team. This event is his best chance of getting an individual swim. Last year at Canadian trials, he clocked his best time (53.83) since 2017. While he hasn’t swam under 54 seconds since then, he tends to swim his best on home soil so the OQT should be in his sights. Raben Dommann is another swimmer that’s improved since last years trials. After swimming 55.06, he clocked 54.71 at the Canadian championships and then had a 55.09 relay leadoff at the Pan American Games. Recently he went 55.16 at the Canadian Open. If there is a swimmer who’s capable of a breakout at Olympic trials, it’s Aiden Norman. The 2006 born swimmer is ranked 2nd in Canada this season with his time of 54.77 at the World Junior Championships. He recently swam 55.13 at the Provincial Championships and 55.13 at the Fran Crippen Memorial Meet. If we compare that to his times from last year at this point in time, he could be on track for a 54-low swim. A couple of other names to monitor. Hugh McNeill did set PB in this event recently at the U-Sports Championships at 55.34. This could be a good sign for his 200m backstroke where he has the best chance to qualify for the Olympics. Cole Pratt was on track to become a world class backstroker back in 2021 before a shoulder injury in the ISL set him back. It showed last year when he only went 58.01 at Canadian trials and 59.21 at the Mare Nostrum. However, this year he’s already been as fast as 55.54 at the Canadian Open. Could be a sign of good things to come. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Blake Tierney 2. Javier Acevedo Women's 100m Breaststroke This has all the potential to be the best race of the meet. It was just a year ago that Canadian swim fans were desperate for a breaststroker and since then, 5 women have gone under 1:08. We had a sneak preview at the Canadian Open with Shona Branton beating out Kelsey Wog, Alexanne Lepage, and Sophie Angus. I’m not sure if anyone expected Alexanne Lepage to come into Olympic trials as the top seed. She was only 1:09.66 at trials last year and 1:09.07 at the Canadian Championships. Then she came out of nowhere to win gold at the World Junior Championships in 1:06.58 knocking more than 2 seconds off her previous PB. She also went 1:07.60 in the semifinal as well. This year, she has been as fast as 1:07.72. Another swimmer that’s made significant improvements is Shona Branton. After being only 1:08.77 at Canadian trials last year, she broke the 1:08 barrier for the first time at the Summer Ontario Championships going 1:07.95. Her breakout meet happened at the Euro Meet this year in January first going 1:07.10 in the heats and then 1:06.59 in the final to finish 0.01 below Lepage’s PB. She also had an impressive showing at the U-SPORTS championships where she beat Lepage in the individual event before splitting 1:06.24 on the medley relay. She recently went 1:07.40 at the Canadian Open to beat a very talented field of swimmers. Sophie Angus has won each of the last two Canadian titles in this event. She won in times of 1:07.60 and 1:07.47. After lowering her PB to 1:07.34 at the World Aquatics Championships, she had established a monster PB of 1:06.66 at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. However, her most impressive swims have arguably come in the medley relays. Since the beginning of 2023, she has always been in the 1:06 range with her best times being 1:06.21 and 1:06.24 from the 2023 and 2024 World Championships. Although her entry time is a ways behind, it would be unwise to count Kelsey Wog out of the picture. She still has the fastest PB in the field at 1:06.44 and recently set a short course PB at 1:04.22. She’s recently been 1:07.35 at the Western Canadian Championships and 1:07.52 at the Canadian Open to just finish behind Branton. Despite being 26 years old, Sydney Pickrem might be swimming the best she ever has now. Although her entry time is only 1:07.84, she recorded the fastest breakstroke split in her career at the 2024 World Championships in 1:06.14 showing she can swim in the 1:06 range. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Shona Branton 2. Sophie Angus Branton has been swimming the best of any sprint breaststroker this season and Angus has shown she can get it done in the high pressure events.

3/5 teams qualified, all on first try. Two medals. I'd call that successful.

Well, should be the goods news @Gianlu33 was hoping for

Apparently Michael Roth is in for Floyd but the rest of the lineup is the same for the mixed relay. I would have not made that specific change and relied on someone to do the double.

Amazing stuff, first time in years under 43 seconds for this relay.

Omar Elaraby takes Men's quota

ICF: But they are individuals! They just so happen to be in the same boat at the same time going towards the same place.

Opening Heats for World Athletics Relays (Top two qualify for Paris, and the final where preferred Olympic lanes and prize money will be awarded) Men’s 4x100m: Women’s 4x100m: Mixed 4x400m: Women’s 4x400m: Men’s 4x400m:

19-12 win over Kenya to start off the tournament. Not exactly the best of wins, the Canadians were quite sloppy and well off their best, but props to Kenya for making it a game. Hopefully they can reset and find their form in their matches against Australia and Netherlands tomorrow, that performance won’t cut it against teams of their caliber.

takes the quota for the group all-around

announced their marathon team for Paris earlier today Men Eluid Kipchoge Benson Kipruto Alexander Mutiso Reserve: Timothy Kiplagat https://www.instagram.com/p/C6a819UIlA7/?igsh=MXJrM3Q1dHFpN2JyNA== Women Peres Jepchirchir Hellen Obiri Brigid Kosgei Reserve: Sharon Lokedi https://www.instagram.com/p/C6a819UIlA7/?igsh=MXJrM3Q1dHFpN2JyNA== Stacked.

It is a direct qualification based on scores from the two events. Scores are just based on standing in each event. The ranking was used to decide qualification to the OQS (along with some extra slots for continental leaders, host leaders, and universality)