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Game of the day. defeats 18-16 in an OT thriller. Mansfield, with Australia up 15-14, had a chance to put the game away after Netherlands committed their 10th foul, which gave them 2 free throws and possession. She missed both of them, and scored one, to put Australia up 16-14. Boonstra ties the game up with 5 seconds left, and Wilson misses a two for the win off the top of the backboard. Netherlands start with position in OT, and Boonstra comes up clutch yet again and sinks in the 2 just one possession in for the win!

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

Klimkait wins gold in women’s -57kg at the Dusanube Grand Slam!

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.

Individual All Around Quota

5th in women’s foil for Jessica Guo at the Hong Kong World Cup!

men's Individual Foil ( Hong Kong) Gold: Guillaume Bianchi Silver: Takahiro Shikine Bronze: Tommaso Marini & Carlos Llavador Semifinals Bianchi b. Marini 15-3 Shikine b. Llavador 15-14 Final Bianchi b. Shikine 15-10 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/147?tab=results

women's Individual Foil ( Hong Kong) Gold: Maia Mei Weintraub Silver: Elena Tangherlini Bronze: Arianna Errigo & Jacqueline Dubrovich Semifinals Weintraub b. Errigo 15-13 Tangherlini b. Dubrovich 15-7 Final Weintraub b. Tangherlini 15-11 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/122?tab=results

live streaming (with English commentary)

some news from Instagram (Timetable and Starting Lists) https://www.instagram.com/p/C6bcI69PNwn/

The very least they could have done is making a slightly different timetable. The one on Sunday is just crazy: Timetable | Bahamas 24 | World Athletics Relay If some women have bad luck, they have to run two 400 metre heats in like ten minutes or so.

Compared to last month’s qualifying tournament, with the disappointing loss in the semi-finals, the Dutch team brought in Zoe Slagter, the superstar of the team that won last years under 23 World Championships.

My top 10 before the show are: Letonija litvanija grčka belgija 01. Croatia 02. Ukraine 03. Netherlands 04. Italy 05. Austria 06. Lithuania 07. Slovenia 08. Latvia 09. Belgium 10. Spain (my guilty pleasure) And bottom top 5 on my list are Estonia Iceland Australia Moldova Finland And of course I dont count Israel as participant this year

Greinacher gives Germany the win in OT off a buzzer-beater, defeating a very gritty team 18-17 Brazil was 8-14 down at one point, great fight by them.

I tougth could not qualify in team events, and they are in the K2 entry list

Olympic Refugee Team for Paris WOMEN 800m: Perina Lokure Nakang 1500m: Farida Abaroge MEN 100m: Dorian Keletela 800m: Musa Suliman 5000m: Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed Marathon: Tachlowini Gabriyesos Long jump: Mohammad Amin Alsalami https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/olympic-refugee-team-selected-for-paris-2024-games

https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/2024-icf-preliminary-startlist.pdf Entry List TQO EUROPE

Olympiacos really should've won Game 3, the referees made some questionable decisions but also Olympiacos had chances and blew several leads at the end of the game and first overtime period that seemed quite certain. Let's see what happens in Game 5...

Ben Preisner, who withdrew early on in his race at the Hamburg Marathon last weekend, will attempt to qualify for the last time at the Copenhagen Marathon. Since it’s an elite marathon, his performance will be worth more points, as it has a much stronger field. He might not even need to reach the standard, as if he can go 2:09.45, he’ll be well placed to qualify through the Road To Paris.

Anyone have a link for tomorrow's UAE Athletics Grand Prix event in Dubai? I can't find any online presence which is pretty poor for a Bronze level Continental Tour event.

Decision game next week after won Greeks Teams in Game 4 (2) Olympiacos Piraeus 92 - 58 FC Barcelona (2) (2) Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 88 - 95 Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2)

No mistake - GB women cannot compete at the European Continental qualifier because Penny Healey won the individual quota at last year's European Games. The women's team will be competing for the team quota at the European Championships which take place next week.

Impressive Olympiacos won 4-2 away!! Fiorentina (3-2) won but 2nd leg will be tough

yess

Qualified Olympic Games 2024

takes the quota for the group all-around

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

il fioretto maschile azzurro perde Daniele Garozzo https://www.oasport.it/2024/04/scherma-daniele-garozzo-si-ritira-il-mio-cuore-si-e-infortunato-vinse-loro-nel-fioretto-alle-olimpiadi-2016/ onore a una grande carriera ma in vista di Parigi non è poi così una cattiva notizia

We have elections in the UK, this Thursday, so if you are a politics nut like me, I thought I would give a little rundown of what to look out for. Blackpool South By-Election Called after the conservative MP was caught being bribed, the seat will most likely be taken by labour. The reform result will be interesting (if it is high that is bad news for the Tories, as vote splitting of the right could hand a lot of seats of Labour at the general election. Local council elections These elections are only in England, and in 107/153 total councils, with the majority electing just 1/3 of the councillors. These elections were last held in 2021 when the conservatives were having a "vaccine boost", so we could see some large swings in some areas. Although local issues play a part, the general voting trends will likely show how each party is performing. Keep an eye out for the projected national share of votes, which shows how the country would have voted if this was a general election. The conservatives and labour are both defending around 900 seats each, with the Liberal democrats on 405 and Greens on 118. The conservatives are expected to lose around 400 and all the other parties to make gains. In terms of actual councils Labour are defending 45, the Conservatives 18 and the Lib Dems 10. The councils to keep an eye on are - Adur (CON loss) - Bolton (LAB gain) - Brentwood (LDM gain) - Bristol (GREEN gain) - Cannock Chase (LAB gain) - Dorset (CON loss / LDM gain) - Dudley (CON loss) - Gloucester (CON loss) - Hartlepool (LAB gain) - Hyndburn (LAB gain) - Milton Keynes (CON loss) - Portsmouth (LDM gain) - Redditch (CON loss) - Rushmore (CON loss) - Solihull (CON loss) - Tunbridge Wells (LDM gain) - Wokingham (LDM gain) London Assembly election Labour will look to take control of the London Assembly, they need to gain 2 seats to have a majority, but it is certainly not a formality. Mayors 11 regional mayors will be elected with labour defending 6, conservatives 2 and 3 being new positions. Realistically labour could sweep all 11 but Tees Valley will be on a knife edge (47% each on Opinion polls) Police and Crime Commissioners The conservatives are defending 30 seats, labour 8 and Plaid Cymru 1. These elections will now be first past the post compared to supplementary vote which could mean the anti tory vote is split. You would expect labour gains but the scale is quite unknown Overall these elections are a litmus test for the parties, but I wouldn't expect many political shockwaves from them, and the bigger vote will likely be held later in the year.

Beijing World Cup Women's Solo Free: Xu 240.3021 Cui Xu 206.7833 Steenbeek Xu 198.0792 now it’s fixed

Emma Coburn (athletics) Competes in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6fF97uL_1g/?igsh=MThxcGMxb2Nhc3RrNg==

This whole thing is just so weird. Teams that can field an excellent men's or women's 4x400m and an excellent mixed 4x400m, but don't have the depth for extra runners, are just fucked by a gazillion 4x400m races being pushed into a few hours on two days.

the new (paid) archery+ platform, I fear

it was heats and repechage originally, I think. Clearly repechage was too big a word for World Athletics to deal with, hence the change.

A little over two months later and the other Dutch figure skating legend, the aforementioned Sjoukje Dijkstra, has passed away today, aged 82.

They had 29 in Tokyo, so whilst an increase, it's not that crazy. The jump from 10 in Rio to 29 in Tokyo was much bigger. But let's be honest here - the IOC is always going to support this because it makes them look good, so to speak. It's at least 50% pure politics.