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  1. THE LOGO The Radio is symbol of TAISC 2024 This year marks the centenary of the beginning of radio broadcasts in Italy (October 6th, 1924) In Italy, which on a technological level was the homeland of radio, use of radio transmissions was permitted only for military purposes, and a 1910 law prohibited its use by civilians. Only in 1924, a late compared to the rest of the world, began the commercial broadcasts. For the logo the radio chosen is Radio Cubo ts522, this model is designed in 1962 by architects Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper and marketed since 1964 by Brionvega, an Italian company (active from 1945 to 1994) specialized in the consumer electronics sectors. Examples of this radio are permanently exhibited at the MOMA in New York and at the modern art museums of La Jolla, Osaka and Sao Paulo. Key dates of italian radio history In August 1924 the Italian Radio Union (URI) was born, it held the government concession to broadcast and there was only one radio station. January 1928 - URI becomes EIAR (Italian Auditing Body). Italian radio becomes a means of mass communication December 13th, 1931 the first radio commentary of the football match was broadcast (Italy vs Hungary) After the end of the war in 1944, Rai (Radio Audizioni Italiane) was born and the radio entered the homes of the majority of Italians. In 1950 the reform of the radio system established the creation of three networks In 1951 the first edition of the Sanremo Festival was broadcast live In 1976 did the RAI monopoly lapse thanks to a ruling by the Constitutional Court and the broadcasters already active in Italy (around 400), so-called "pirate radio" will then become "free radio" In the 1980s, private national radio stations began to emerge, many of which are still active today Italian committee: Henry_Leon @Pablita @Gianlu33 @SteveParker Big thanks at @vinipereira the author of the logo Eugenio Finardi - La Radio (1976-written by: Lucio Fabbri, Eugenio Finardi)
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  2. I cant believe what just happened. made it to the final and secured a team spot in Paris 🥹🥹🥹🥹. I shed a lot of happy tears for them.
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  3. Hi everyone!!!! 👋 Tomorrow I'll go to Paris 2024 Volunteer Convention. I was selected to be a volunteer for both Olympics and Paralympics ! I think it can be interesting for you, if I'll post photos from tomorrow's event 😁
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  4. TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand for the National anthem of Italy “Il canto degli Italiani” The Kolors Stan Walker Smash Into Pieces and now the english version of Italodisco: Before the greetings, I have to thanks: team italia, for the support, suggestions and for trusting me with some choices @Pablita @Gianlu33 @SteveParker for help and technical support @Sindo and @OlympicIRL for the magnificent logo @vinipereira I would like to thank all the participants of this edition and who have made it possible this event year-by-year. See you in autumn for the Open contest. Bye
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  5. With two days left, here’s what the Olympic quota bracket is looking like. Stupid emoji limit isn’t letting me add any more, this will be updated within 15 minutes. Men’s 51kg (4 OQPs) Yuberjen Martinez v. Tomoya Tsuboi Alejandro Claro v. Luis Delgado Rudolf Garboyan v. Nijat Huseynov Huthaifa Eshish v. Roscoe Hill Theophilus Allotey v. Kim In-Kyu Ramon Quiroga v. Juanma Lopez De Jesus Rogen Ladon v. Kiaran MacDonald Saken Bibossinov v. Azar Makhmetov Men’s 57kg (4 OQPs) Makhmud Sabyrkhan v. Caleb Tirado Asror Vokhidov v. Umid Rustamov Lyu Ping v. Pedro Manuel Gomes Yilmar Gonzalez v. Tryagain Ndevelo Carlo Paalam v. Sukur Owezow Soulaimane Samghouli v. Jude Gallagher Luiz Oliveira v. Artyush Gomtsyan Owain Harris-Allan v. Lucas Fernandez Men’s 63.5kg (4 OQPs) Saparmyrat Odayew v. Jesus Cova Alexandru Paraschiv v. Obada Al-Kasbeh Ruslan Abdullaev v. Aleksej Sendrik Shion Nishiyama v. Bakhodur Usmonov Men’s 71kg (4 OQPs) Milos Bartl v. Wanderson De Oliveira Rami Mofid Kiwan v. Syrgak Abdyzhapar Uulu Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev v. Alexander Rangel Zeyad Ishaish v. Jorge Cuellar Bayramdurdy Nurmuhammedow v. Aslanbek Shymbergenov Gurgen Madoyan v. Sarkhan Aliyev Omari Jones v. Moslem Maghsoudi Nishant Dev v. Christos Karaitis Men’s 80kg (4 OQPs) Kelyn Cassidy v. Rafayel Hovhannisyan Nurbek Oralbay v. Aliaksei Alfiorau Andrej Csemez v. Kim Jin-Jea Kaan Aykutsun v. Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu Juan Ortiz v. Taj Kagho Turabek Khabibullaev v. Yojerlin Cesar Mindaugas Gedminas v. Pylyp Akilov Meysam Gheshlaghi v. Gradus Kraus Men’s 92kg (4 OQPs) Lazizbek Mullojonov v. Giorgi Kushitashvili Enmanuel Reyes v. Sadam Magomedov Jamar Talley v. Aibek Oralbay Mateusz Bereznicki v. Patrick Brown Men’s +92kg (4 OQPs) Danis Latypov v. Diego Lenzi Dusan Veletic v. Nelvie Tiafack Omar Shiha v. Danabieke Bayikewuzi Alexis Barriere v. Djamili Aboudoi Moindze Women’s 50kg (4 OQPs) Alua Balkibekova v. Jung Joo-Hyung Maxi Klotzer v. Guo Yi-Xuan Daina Moorehouse v. Sabina Bobokulova Aldana Lopez v. Rinka Kinoshita Hanan Nassar v. Zlatislava Chukanova Aira Villegas v. Sofie Rosshaug Ruhafzo Haqnazarova v. Natalia Kuczewska Susan Aguas v. Ingrit Valencia Women’s 54kg (4 OQPs) Scarlett Delgado v. Sara Cirkovic Jutamas Jitpong v. Shera Mae Patricio Sirine Charaabi v. Im Ae-Ji Islem Ferchichi v. Vo Thi Kim Anh Women’s 57kg (2 OQPs) Nesthy Petecio v. Maud Van Der Toorn Esra Yildiz v. Elise Glynn Julia Szeremeta v. Sitora Turdibekova Alyssa Mendoza v. Jin Hye-Jeong Women’s 60kg (3 OQPs) Chelsea Heijnen and Donjeta Sadiku have already booked their tickets to Paris. Winner of the third place bout between Miroslava Jedinakova and Alessia Mesiano will join them. Women’s 66kg (4 OQPs) Navbakhor Khamidova v. Maria Moronta Anastasiia Chernokolenko v. Chen Nien-Chin Angela Carini v. Ivanusa Moreira Grainne Walsh v. Aneta Rygielska Women’s 75kg (4 OQPs) Cindy Ngamba v. Valentina Khalzova Aziza Zokirova v. Chantelle Reid Sunniva Hofstad v. Love Holgersson Patricia Mbata v. Elzbieta Wojcik Total By Country 8: 7: 5: 4: 3: 2: 1:
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  6. My personal votes and thoughts - - 12 (One of the clearest winner picks for me. Great vocals, visuals, arrangement. Plus, the Maori segments are beautiful. @Wanderer) - 11 (This was the only other song considered for my 12 points. It caught my attention quickly as well. It stood out from everything else, and the lyrics were interesting @Vektor) - 10 (I think we might have some overlapping taste @Vic Liu. I liked the "throwback" nature of this song, and the lyrics/video were fun.) - 9 (Just a fun, catchy, lively song. A nice ode to one's homeland @kungshamra71) - 8 (I like the risk you took with this @hckošice. It has a great message and stood out from many of the other entires.) - 7 (This is similar to some music I listen to more frequently. There was just something about it that keep me thinking about it @Wumo) - 6 (A nice dance/party track. It got points for the integration of Maltese @Glen) - 5 (Eley has a really good vocal. The song is a great pop track @Werloc) - 4 (Retro in a way that was fun and stuck out @Henry_Leon @Gianlu33 @Pablita) - 3 (Definitely an artist with a lot of promise @Hipooo) - 2 (This originally feel outside my points, but creeped it's way back in. The vocal is nice and lyrics are interesting enough @Benolympique @Bohemia) - 1 (This got me to move, and it was fun, so finally some points for you @konig) - R1 (Catchy, but just under the line for points @mrv86) - R2 (This almost snuck into the points. I'll be interested to see how she does at Eurovision @NikolaB) - R3 (Great vocal, a nice country vibe. I just couldn't find room for it in my points @Fer GUA) - R4 (I couldn't find the translated lyrics, and that hurt your chances for points @justony. The song was interesting, but I couldn't undertsand the message.)
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  7. ITALY Ireland 12 Guatemala 11 Moldova 10 Spain 9 Germany 8 Brazil 7 Portugal 6 Netherlands 5 Lithuania 4 Mexico 3 Albania 2 Malta 1 the winner: The Kolors - Italodisco
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  8. Apologies to @Henry_Leon for not being there yesterday for the show. I was traveling home from my vacation and was only able to get caught up now. What an amazing show it was. Huge congratulations to our hosts and deserving champions on their 3rd TISC victory!! @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita Well done to our other medalists @Wanderer and @Belle for a great result Finally I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who voted for my entry at this contest. Really glad you enjoyed it @catgamer@NikolaB@Cobi@Vic Liu@justony@Hipooo@maestro@Makedonas@Ruslan@Belle@Bohemia@Benolympique@vinipereira@Cinnamon Bun Thanks so much to @dcro and @Glen for awarding your silver medal to the Irish song and to @Wumo and the Italian jury @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita for awarding your 12 points to Ireland this year Thanks as always for everyone for continuing to participate and make this show interesting and entertaining for us all
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  9. Hi Group, I wasn't sure where best to post so thought I would chuck it in here. I'm new to this forum from the mighty GB. I just wanted to say how much I rate this page and was blown away by the work that has gone into making it what it is today. I have a love for virtually all summer Olympic sports and have been checking in regularly to see how the shape up for Paris is looking. If there is anything I can do to help out let me know.
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  10. Now that it's all over, I'd like to offer my congratulations to @Gianlu33,@Henry_Leon, @Pablita, @SteveParker on their win , but also to @Wandererand @Belle on their medals . Extending my congratulations to @Henry_Leon, who run the contest smoothly throughout and hosted a great show this weekend . Thank you to those who voted for our song, @Roamingrover86, @OlympicIRL, @Wumo, @IoNuTzZ, @Wanderer, @vinipereira . Unfortunately my song choice proved to be completely unsuccessful and the result is rather awful, but it is what it is. We can only aim at better results from here. A huge thank you to our teammates @Belle, @Wanderer, @NikolaB, @Ionoutz24 . You gifted us the team event gold, as I think our song contributed just 7 points out of the 466. Below you can see my personal ballot. 1st 12 pts Netherlands 2nd 11 pts Spain 3rd 10 pts Indonesia 4th 9 pts Ireland 5th 8 pts United States 6th 7 pts Chile 7th 6 pts France 8th 5 pts Croatia 9th 4 pts India 10th 3 pts Portugal 11th 2 pts Brazil 12th 1 pts Czechia Res1 Great Britain Res2 New Zealand Res3 Sweden As a general comment, we were two jury members this time, however we voted 22 different songs. Brazil and Portugal were the only songs that got points from both of us. This was my 6th TISC. I haven't voted for the winning song twice and both times it was Italy. This was the first time that I didn't give points to any of the eventual medallists. New Zealand and Sweden were both among my reserves. I have never been as sure that a song is going to win, as I was with the Dutch entry this time. I'm very surprised it only got 10th place. As a whole, this was another fun experience and the fight for gold was thoroughly enjoyable. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you again in the next open contest this autumn!
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  11. You mean Universality tripartite point for participation. Nice of you
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  12. Hello all! I'm Book. A long time fan of the Olympics but only recently started lurking on this forum, looking for qualification updates. Thought I'd pop in and start talking now, seems like a fun crowd. I'm from the US, born in Los Angeles and spent most of my life in Oregon, now living in Massachusetts. My first memories of sports was at a rec center built as part of a parks initiative of the 1984 games. After getting the Olympic bug in 2008 I convinced my parents to drive me up to Vancouver in 2010 where we stayed in Canada just long enough to see the first two heats of 2 man bobsleigh. I was luckily able to get some tickets to Football, Athletics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, and Modern Pentathlon for Paris, so my Olympic hype is at an all time high right now. Looking for some sport climbing tickets still. On the forum I hope to be a resident expert on US Track and Field trials and LA 2028 planning, anything Olympics on the US west coast I'll chat to anyone about.
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  13. TEAM CHALLENGE Team VOLLY Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Volly was the mascotte of Men's Volleyball World Championship 2010 A blue and white swallow with the number 10, a volleyball in his hand and red knee pads. Volly also returned for the men's world championship co-hosted by Italy/Bulgary 2018 Team CORTY Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Corty, the red squirrel, was the mascot of the Cortina 2021 Alpine Skiing World Championships Corty is a character who draws inspiration from the tradition and history of Cortina d'Ampezzo, the small rodent is in fact one of the animals that inhabit the woods of the Dolomites. Team PINOCCHIO Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Italia '80 was the first UEFA (European) tournament to present a mascot, while they were already used for the World Cup and Olympics. The puppet created by Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio, was chosen and was represented with a balloon under his arm, a tricolor nose and a sailor's cap on his head with the writing Europa 80. The mascot was not initially given an official name because it was believed that the rights to Pinocchio belonged to Disney. When the Collodi Foundation confirmed that the copyright on the book had expired 50 years ago, the organizing committee renamed the official mascot. Team DIVA09 Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Was the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. Frogs symbolize vitality and energy, and also have the ability to adapt to different environments, especially aquatic ones. It is always on the move, just like any athlete. Team BUMSI Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bumsi was the mascotte of Biathlon World Championships 2020 Rasen-Antholz (Rasun-Anterselva). "Bum" has its own meaning, it reproduces with a language the two actions of the biathlon: “bum” (shooting shots); “si” is the phonetic of sci (Italian for SKI) symbolizing cross-country skis. Team NEVE & GLIZ Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 The two mascotte of Winter Olympic 2016 They both represent the characteristics of the Winter Games, including "Snow and Ice". Neve ("Snow" in Italian) is a humanized female snowball that wears red and represents "softness, friendship and elegance." Gliz (a shortened form of Ghiaccio, "Ice" in Italian) is a humanized male ice cube who wears blue and represents "enthusiasm and joy." Team CIAO Rank # Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ciao is the mascot adopted for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. It represents the stylized figure of a footballer, made up of cubes colored with the national colours, who had a football instead of a head. The mascot immediately divided the public and critics, but unexpectedly it had a great success, it was reproduced in different forms, many gadgets, posters and puppets representing it, a resounding commercial success.
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  14. Does not smell like a fixed draw for me
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  15. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule More detailed schedule than I had seen previously, with exact starting times for events such as athletics and swimming finals and final matches in combat sports. As well, the gymnastics apparatus finals have been assigned to their various days
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  16. Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2024 Gran Final The venue: Forum (Assago-Milano) Forum di Milano is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan. Was completed in 1990, has covered area of more than 40,000 square metres, with a central arena that can host up to 15,800 spectators, and is primarily used for basketball, tennis, live concerts and entertainment. The arena is the home ground of basketball team EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. The Area Multisport includes an Ice-skating rink of 1800 square metres, a covered 25 metre swimming pool, the Beach Forum an open-air with a 50 metres swimming pool; squash, padel and five-a-side pitches, bowling, gyms and a dance floor. Forum is served by the Green line of the Metro M2 (underground), is only seven stops away from the centre of Milan (M2 Assago Milanofiori – Forum). The structure is easily accessible also by cars thanks to its location, close to the motorway junction (A7 - Milano-Genova) and the western ring road (A50). The Forum hosted many basketball’s Italian Cup finals and many international sport competition: 1988 Davis cup Final, Italy-Sweden 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 2003 IIHF Continental Cup Superfinal of ice hockey 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships 2014 EuroLeague Final Four 2014 FIVB Women's World Championship (Third round, Fnals) 2014 FIVB Men's World Championship (Second round, one Pool) 2018 World Figure Skating Championships Some group phase matches of FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Forum Ice-Skating will be the figure skating and short track venue during the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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  17. TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony mention Fair-Play : (last in the ranking) Slovakia but to make last place less bitter he also wins a pack of Italian Easter sweets: dove, chocolate egg, Easter lamb, Neapolitan pastiera @hckošice
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  18. YYYYEEEESSSSS! Thanks Hippo! Now Im sure Slovakia wont catch me anymore in the ranking
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  19. Lunch break, time to recount and thanks to all who voted for me (you´ll find your tag bellow) :
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  20. TAISC 2024 - Opening Ceremony Welcome back in the third and last part of the Ceremony where we unveil Scoreboard 2024 GRAND FINAL SCOREBOARD 35 JURIES 1 Albania 0 19 Italy 0 2 Argentina 0 20 Kazakhstan 0 3 Brazil 0 21 Lithuania 0 4 Bulgaria 0 22 Malta 0 5 Chile 0 23 Mexico 0 6 China 0 24 Moldova 0 7 Croatia 0 25 Netherlands 0 8 Czech Republic 0 26 New Zealand 0 9 Denmark 0 27 Poland 0 10 France 0 28 Portugal 0 11 Germany 0 29 Romania 0 12 Great Britain 0 30 Serbia 0 13 Greece 0 31 Slovakia 0 14 Guatemala 0 32 Slovenia 0 15 Hungary 0 33 Spain 0 16 India 0 34 Sweden 0 17 Indonesia 0 35 United States 0 18 Ireland 0 First call: Albania for those who missed the logo unveiled or TEAM Challenge Competition Remember also the: Order of Vote Host Time GMT+1 Local Time First Quarter 1 10:45 10:45 Albania 2 10:55 10:55 Croatia 3 11:10 11:10 Germany 4 11:25 11:25 Serbia 5 11:35 07:35 Chile 6 11:45 17:45 Indonesia 7 12:00 12:00 Spain 8 12:10 12:10 Slovakia Second Quarter 9 13:20 17:50 India 10 13:30 14:30 Moldova 11 13:45 14:45 Bulgaria 12 13:55 20:55 China 13 14:05 14:05 Slovenia 14 14:15 14:15 Czech Republic 15 14:30 15:30 Greece 16 14:40 19:40 Kazakhstan 17 14:50 14:50 Hungary Half Time Third Quarter 18 16:50 9:50 Mexico 19 17:05 17:05 Poland 20 17:15 17:15 Netherlands 21 17:30 10:30 Guatemala 22 17:40 13:40 Argentina 23 17:55 16:55 Ireland 24 18:05 18:05 Sweden 25 18:20 10:20 (PDT) 13.20 (EDT) United States 26 18:35 18:35 France 27 18:50 18:50 Denmark Fourth Quarter 28 20:00 21:00 Romania 29 20:15 8:15 (Sunday) New Zealand 30 20:25 21:25 Lituania 31 20:40 20:40 Malta 32 20:55 16:55 Brazil 33 21:10 20:10 Great Britain 34 21:20 20:20 Portugal 35 21:30 21:30 Italy See you tomorrow at 10.30 CET (GMT+1) for the GRAND FINAL of TAISC 2024 I wish everyone good luck. Thank you and good (European) evening. Nabucco/Va Pensiero _Giuseppe Verdi --------------------------------------- The End
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  21. TAISC 2024 - Opening Ceremony Welcome back for part two. Now will have the parade of 35 nations participant at TAISC 2024 ,, that will be accompanied by music of two great Italian composers from movie soundtracks: Once Upon a Time in the West (OST) by Ennio Morricone Albania Alban Skenderaj Argentina Emmanuel Horvilleur Brazil Chady Bulgaria Grafa & The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices Chile Karla Grunewaldt China Leah Dou Croatia Silente Czech Republic janetykavka Denmark Eee Gee France Jain Germany Purple Disco Machine, Kungs ft. Julian Perretta Great Britain The Libertines Greece Παιδί Τραύμα Guatemala Gaby Moreno Hungary Azahriah India Jasleen Royal ft Arijit Singh Indonesia Mahalini Ireland Picture This ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Is Beautiful (OST) by Nicola Piovani ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazakhstan Kalifarniya Lituania ELEY Malta Aidan Mexico Riva Taylor & Los Rumberos Moldova Kapushon Netherlands SERA New Zealand Stan Walker Poland Gibbs Portugal Soraia Ramos Romania wrs Serbia Teya Dora Slovakia Kali Slovenia Masayah Spain La La Love You & Samuraï Sweden Smash Into Pieces United States Billie Eilish Italy The Kolors
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  22. Don’t mind me just scrolling through the thread trying to figure out who is winning
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  23. Hello, I'm back here hope you've been well in these, let's say, 4 years
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  24. Probably last for the tournament - with the streaming starting tomorrow not sure my unofficial results service will be needed
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  25. Probably my last results of the tournament: Men's 71Kg - Christos Karaitis def. Ladislav Horvath Men's 92Kg - Mateusz Bereznicki def. Joseph Kostur Men's 92Kg - Sadam Magomedov def. Tyron Kofi Amo Men's 63.5Kg - Aleksej Sendrik def. Stelios Kirsanidis
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  26. Medal for Pia Skrgzhgzhshhtdhxhowska
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  27. Finally have the time to react to this contest. Thanks again to all those who gave points to Portugal, i'm always happy to share a bit of my land's music to you and the fact that some of you liked a song from my hometown is even better! Also I wonder if the 15th place is some top record for Portugal? In any case, congrats to Italy for the win, although it was not one of my favorite songs at all (it was 22 on my top list) but i have a peculiar musical taste Some comments about the points i gave: - 12 Loved the melody and i like chinese language in songs so this as a topper to me - 11 I found out about Jain thanks to TISC many years ago, and i became a fan thanks to that. I stopped following her songs some time ago so when i heard her voice and learned she had this new stuff, i knew this was gonna be one of my top 3. - 10 Such a powerful sound! - 9 The type of spanish music i like. It gave me so much vibes from early 2000s spanish music, which brings many happy memories from my teenage years there. - 8 This traditional songs are always gonna get points from me, 100% - 7 I could see this one in Eurovision - 6 As more as I hear this one, the better it gets. One of my favorites right now actually - 5 , - 4, Nothing to say about this ones, just sounded nice - 3 , Don't find it particularly special but the message of the lyrics is really great so had to have points - 2 Nothing to say again, just sounded nice - 1 I love this song, the artist, and the amazing message it gaves (just like the movie), but I usually try to never give any points to famous singers/songs, unless they are so good that it is impossible for me to do so, which is why I had reserved my "1 point" to this one. I really liked this edition though! Can't wait for the next one! Thanks to everyone who shared with all of us a bit of your country's music!
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  28. TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony TAISC 2024 bronze: Sweden Smash Into Pieces @Belle TAISC 2024 Silver: New Zealand Stan Walker @Wanderer TAISC 2024 Gold: Italy The Kolors @Pablita @Gianlu33 @SteveParker Henry_Leon
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  29. Congrats Well done & Thanks for the votes @OlympicIRL @dezbee2008 @Olympian1010 @Wanderer and @Cinnamon Bun Great entries and music choices and my favorites of this edition. Thanks for sharing See you in fall and what I learned today... never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never ever Hiphop From other side, if we turn the ranking upside down, Slovakia finally won that gold ! Ciao
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  30. a bit off topic, but had to mention it... Regardless of this result, I am still the most happy guy on this forum tonight since my HC Košice just kicked out the hated arch-rival Slovan Bratislava express-pronto in 4 games 4-0 in the Ice Hockey league Quarterfinal play-offs So that´s for that and now back to TISC and exciting 34th place
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  31. Hey all, Currently following the Grand Final from Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania.
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  32. Halftime show presented by -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ItaloDiSco ♪♫ ♪♫ ♪♫ For the break something to listen
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  34. Buon giorno, Italia. Indonesia here. Here are the results of the Indonesian jury. INDONESIA Mexico 10 Denmark 9 Spain 8 France 7 Czech Republic 6 New Zealand 5 Guatemala 4 India 3 Croatia 2 Romania 1
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  35. spoiler to prevent heart attacks all nations will receive points some nations ................................................later
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  36. Here is the 7:30 AM, all my family sleeping except.......the argentinian jury
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  37. TEAM CHALLENGE Will be an automatic draw will decide the composition of the 7 teams. For the draw the nations will be divided in 5 pots, based the all time ranking medals and participations. > pot 1 >> pot 2 >>> pot3 >>>> pot4 >>>>> pot 5 France Brazil China Argentina Albania Germany Czech Republic Hungary Bulgaria Chile Great Britain Denmark Malta Croatia Guatemala Ireland Lituania Mexico Greece Indonesia Italy Serbia New Zealand India Kazakhstan Netherlands Spain Romania Poland Moldova Sweden United States Slovakia Slovenia Portugal the draw:
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  38. M92+kg Bracket 3 My pick- Fernando Arzola (2) , Other contenders- Danabieke Bayikewuzi (4) , Omar Shiha (12) . This one should be fairly clear cut. Arzola has an awkward opening fight against Diarga Balde (16) before facing his main rival for the quota Danabieke Bayikewuzi. He beat Bayikewuzi comfortably at worlds last year. Meanwhile Omar Shiha just has to come through against Mohamed Firisse (30) , Muhammad Abroridinov (27) and probably Thomas Mboua (28) . Shiha occasionally springs a surprise but this is very much Arzola's to lose. Bracket 4 My pick- Davit Chaloyan (6) , Other contenders- Djamili Aboudou Moindze (7) , Yordan Hernandez (9) . This is a close one. Davit Chaloyan has a very simple path to a qualifying fight with just Gerlon Congo (18) in his path. Djamili Aboudou Moindze has a tougher route needing to beat Yordan Hernandez and one of Iman Ramazenpour (25) or Keddy Agnes (19) . Chaloyan beat Aboudou Moindze when they met in 2022 although their recent form is pretty similar. This one could go either way. W51kg Bracket 1 My pick- Alua Balkibekova (6) , Other Contenders- Maxi Kloetzer (15) , Anush Grigoryan (16) . The draw has really opened up for Alua Balkibekova who gets picked ahead of Nazym Kyzaibay . She has a bye before likely facing Aylin Jamez (27) followed by Anush Grigoryan or the unknown Jung Joo-Hyung (20) . Maxi Kloetzer should await in a qualifying fight with her toughest test being either against Rita Soares (25) or Guo Yi Xuan (23) neither of which should cause her any trouble. Bracket 2 My pick- Thi Tham Nguyen (1) , Other Contenders- Sabina Bobokulova (3) , Daina Moorehouse (4) , Rinka Kinoshita (8), Aldana Florencia Lopez (12) , Savannah Stubley (13) . By far the toughest bracket and a difficult one to call Thi Tham Nguyen meets Daina Moorehouse in what should be one of the most interesting fights in the division. The winner gets rewarded with a fight against Tayonis Cedeno (19) before another mouthwatering matchup with Sabina Bobokulova who recently won Strandja beating Asian champion Wu Yu and world champion Nikhat Zareen albeit both on questionable split decisions. I have no idea which of Nguyen, Moorehouse or Bobokulova will come through. The other side of the draw isn't easy either Aldana Florencia Lopez has a rematch from panam games with Ingrid Gomez (17) while Rinka Kinoshita who moves down from bantamweight to replace the presumably injured Tsukimi Namiki has a straightforward fight against Nicole Durikova before another interesting fight against Savannah Stubley who regains her spot as the top British flyweight. Its unlikely that Stubley, Kinoshita or Lopez will beat whoever comes through the top half but it still should be a quality decider. Bracket 3 My pick- Tetiana Kob (5) , Other contenders- Zlatislava Chukanova (10) , Aira Villegas (11) . The draw has been fairly kind to the uber experienced former European champion Tetiana Kob. Her first fight against Zlatislava Chukanova may prove her toughest fight with Nina Radovanovic (14) likely waiting in effectively a semi final. Aira Villegas meanwhile has to navigate fights against Mckenzie Wright (22) and probably Sofie Rosshaug (21). She comes into the tournament in good form with a couple of impressive wins at the BOXAM tournament in Spain in January but is still unlikely to beat Kob. Bracket 4 My pick- Natalia Kuczewska (7) , Other contenders- Ingrit Valencia Victoria (2), Pihla Kaivo-Oja (9) . An interesting youth vs experience battle in the fourth bracket. Multi-time world medallist Ingrit Valencia Victoria gets a favourable but far from guaranteed draw which sees her face Antonia Giannakopoulou (28) before a battle with the inconsistent Pihla Kaivo-Oja. Susan Aguas (18) provides the penultimate test before a qualifying fight against Natalia Kuczewska who faces a whole lot of nothing on her side of the bracket. Kuczewska is very inexperienced but has produced some impressive wins of late and absolutely is capable of beating Valencia. I am going to back the underdog here. W57kg Only the top two to qualify here so just 2 brackets instead of 4. It is strange that there are 2 quotas here and 4 at the second one. They could just have added the host quota that France didn't need here instead of at the second qualifying tournament. Additionally, with the exception of Tokyo silver medallist Nesthy Petecio all of the top boxers in the world have already qualified so the field isn't very strong here. Bracket 1 My pick- Nesthy Petecio (1) , Other contenders- Jennifer Fernandez (2) , Elis Glynn (3) , Xu Zichun (5) , Maud Van der Toorn (7) . Unfortunately a very uneven draw between the top and bottom brackets. The top half of this bracket sees Nesthy Petecio have a couple of straightforward fights against Andela Brankovic (25) and Claudia Nechita (15) before a "semi final" against the winner of Jennifer Fernandez an 2022 60kg youth world champion Maud Van der Toorn. The bottom half of the top bracket sees a couple of intersting fights with 60kg Olympian Esra Yildiz (10) facing former bantamweight Bojana Gojkovic (8) with the winner meeting Preedakmon Tintabthai (18) . Elise Glynn will have an interesting fight against Xu Zichun provided Xu can beat Nikolina Cacic (14) . Petecio should be a level above all of her opposition here. Bracket 2 My pick- Julia Szerezmeta (4) , Other contenders- Vilma Viitanenen (6) , Satsuki Yoshizawa (9) , Marie Al-Ahmadieh (12) , Alyssa Mendoza (13) . The second half of this draw is much weaker than the first but still some interesting fights. Julia Szerezmeta should at least reach a "semi final" with just the young Anastasia Molochko (11) in her path. There she will likely meet Vilma Viitanen provided Viitanen can beat Sitora Turdibekova (17) and Szabina Szucs (19) . The bottom half of this bracket sees an interesting early fight between Satsuki Yoshizawa and Alyssa Mendoza before a likely "semi final" for the winner against Marie Al-Ahmadieh provided she can navigate the awkward Olga Papadatou (16) . On paper this will come down to the Szeremeta vs Viitanen fight which Szeremeta took on a split decision at Europeans but any of Yoshizawa, Al-Ahmadieh or Mendoza could pose a threat in the qualifying matchup.
    7 points
  39. Right, let's have a go at predicting these. The lack of a stream and some tough Irish draws have dampened my excitement for this competition considerably but sure look. I'll post an updated rankings for the top 30 per weightclass who are competing here and I'll include where I rank each boxer in my analysis. This is the first big test of their accuracy as well. Draws here are unseeded like the other qualifying competitions and the competition ends in every weightclass once qualification has been decided so with the exception of W57kg and W60kg there are effectively four separate competitions for a quota spot in each weightclass. Obviously majority of countries are here but some exceptions include Mongolia, North Korea and DR Congo. Also going to have to do this in multiple parts based on which weightclasses start on day one because doing these in one night is tough. (Also the 75 emoji limit is giving me trouble) M51kg Bracket 1 My pick- Tomoya Tsuboi (3) , Other contenders- Yuberjen Martinez (6) , Alejandro Claro (12) , Ari Bonilla (13) . I'm not the biggest fan of Tomoya Tsuboi's style but he should start as the favourite for the quota here against a very Americas heavy bracket. He has a straightforward first fight before a likely clash of styles with the front foot Yuberjen Martinez provided Martinez beat Keymberth Gonzalez (32) . The other side of the bracket sees a couple of potentially intriguing (quarter finals) with Alejandro Claro Fis likely meeting Omid Ahmadisafa (22) who has a couple of impressive wins on his resume and 2022 youth world champion Ari Bonilla meeting Luis Delgado (26) . Claro should come through though which would set up a fight with Tsuboi for the Olympic quota in a fight I wouldn't expect to be a classic. Bracket 2 My pick- Roscoe Hill (2) , Other contender- Deepak Bhoria (4). Some interesting fights here but this will almost certainly end up being Hill vs Deepak for the quota. Deepak has the tougher path meeting Nijat Huseynov (19) , Sakhil Alekhverdovi (16) and Rudolf Garboyan (21) although he should be comfortably too good for all of them. Hill won't be tested until his third fight against Jiamao Zhang (17) . Hill vs Deepak should a tremendous fight and will be one of the few we will actually get to watch. I lean towards Hill but it will almost certainly be very close. Bracket 3 My pick- Martin Molina (5) , Other contenders- Po Wei Tu (11) , Kim In-Kyu (15) , Ramon Nicanor Quiroga (18) , Dmytro Zamotayev (14) . I know I have him pretty high in my rankings but I didn't really expect to be picking Martin Molina for a quota here and despite his favourable draw, I still wouldn't entirely trust him. He has a straightforward opening fight before meeting Kim In-Kyu who seemingly hasn't boxed internationally since 2021 but had some impressive results in the previous Olympic cycle. Po Wei Tu should then await in effectively a semi final as long as he can beat Theophilus Allotey (33) . The bottom half of the draw sees Ramon Nicanor Quiroga and Dmytro Zamotayev have to navigate tough early fights against Nurzhigit Diushebaev (28) and Juanma Lopez (27) respectively. I wouldn't be surprised to see an upset here, not sure who it is coming from though. Bracket 4 My pick- Saken Bibossinov (1) , Other contenders- Kiaran MacDonald (7) , Federico Serra (8) , Roger Ladon (9) , Istvan Szaka (10) . Well after a couple of lighter draws, that was going to leave some serious talent in the bottom bracket. There are two heavyweight first round fights with Kiaran MacDonald meeting Istvan Szaka and Federico Serra meeting Roger Ladon. The respective winners then have a slightly more straightforward fight before meeting eachother. Serra has had a couple of big wins since losing in a quota fight to Samet Gumus at European games and being at home might be the slight favourite to come through but MacDonald did beat him at 2022 Europeans. Meanwhile Bibbosinov shouldn't have much trouble reaching the quota fight with his toughest fight likely to be against the winner of Cosmin Girleanu (19) vs Azat Makhmetov (23) . The 2022 world champion should book his Olympic spot here but he will be tested whoever he ends up meeting in the quota fight. M71kg Bracket 1 My pick- Aidan Walsh (4) , Other contenders- Wanderson de Oliveira (9) , Rami Kiwan (14). Ah the extremely rare last 128 fights, Draw sheet doesn't even fit on one page. Anyway, the one draw where things broke nicely for the Irish boxers. There isn't a ton to say here world bronze medallist Wanderson and Olympic bronze medallist Aidan Walsh meet in their second fight. Whoever wins becomes the massive favourite for the quota and should cruise to a qualifying fight. Rami Kiwan meets Merven Clair (24) and the winner of that should end up facing Syrgak Abdyzhapar Uulu (25) in a semi final before probably losing to Walsh or Wanderson. I am pretty confident Aidan Walsh should come through to win here. Bracket 2 My pick- Yurii Zakhareiev (1) , Other contenders- Asadkhuja Muydhinkhujaev (3) , Zeyad Eashash (7) , Magomed Schachidov (8) . This is a tricky bracket with two world champions. 2023 world champion at 67kg Asadkhuja Muydhinkhujaev (although there was a bit of a question mark over whether he should be selected ahead of Khavasbek Asadullaev ) starts off with a straightforward fight but will be severely tested against Magomed Schachidov in his second fight. Yurii Zakhareiev meanwhile also has an interesting second fight against either Rattapol Kadamduan (23) or Alexander Rangel (27) who are both unknown quantities. Muydhinkhujaev and Zakhareiev (jesus, they couldn't have made their names much trickier to type could they?) would then meet in a "semi final". The bottom half of the draw sees Zeyad Eashash have the navigate a couple of tough fights against former Russian Shokhobzhon Shukurov (30) and the winner of Bruno Fernandes de Barros (22) vs Ronald Chavez Jr (32) . Navigating tricky but winnable fights is not something Eashash always manages to do. He would then face Jorge Cuellar (11) who doesn't really pose the threat that typically accompanies a Cuban flag. Eashash could easily lose his first fight or beat one of the world champions and pick up the quota. I think a still improving Zakhareiev is the horse to back here. Bracket 3 My pick- Aslanbek Shymbergenov (2) , Other contenders- Damian Durkacz (10) . I am skeptical about 2023 world champion Aslanbek Shymbergenov's medal prospects for the Olympics but the draw was kind to him and even if it wasn't he should still qualify. His toughest fight will likely be his second one against Damian Durkacz who has an ability box up and well also down to the quality of his opponent. Durkacz does have to navigate an opening fight against Angel Llanos (17) . Bayramdurdy Nurmuhammedov (15) likely awaits Shymbergenov if Nurmuhammedov can beat Virgilio de los Santos (33) . The bottom half of the bracket should see an interesting "semi final" between Sarkhan Aliyev (13) and Sergio Martinez (21) although Aliyev does have to beat Junior Petanqui (20) to get that far. Bracket 4 My pick- Nishant Dev (6) , Other contenders- Omari Jones (5) , Lewis Richardson (12) . Omari Jones has a fairly straightforward path to a qualifying fight with just his opening bout against Tokyo Olympian Aliaksandr Radzionau (19) who is one of just 2 Belarussian neutral athletes here. There he should face the winner of Nishant Dev vs 2022 European 75kg silver medallist Lewis Richardson. Richardson came somewhat out of nowhere to get the British spot ahead of Harris Akbar and Garan Croft. I have Omari Jones ahead of Nishant in my rankings but I feel like stylistically this fight suits Nishant so I'm going to pick him. M92+kg Bracket 1 My pick- Ayoub Ghadfa el Drissi (3) , Other contenders- Danis Latypov (10) , Diego Lenzi (11) , Ali Feliz (15) . The draw kind of opened of for Ayoub Ghadfa to make his second Olympics. His "semi final" fight against home and in form Diego Lenzi should be interesting. On the other side of the bracket should see American based Ali Feliz face off against Danis Latypov provided Feliz can come through against the inexperienced Martin McDonagh (22). There isn't all that much between Ghadfa, Latypov and Lenzi. Bracket 2 My pick- Luka Pratljacic (5) , Other contenders- Nelvie Tiafack (1) , Christian Salcedo (8) . This is a pretty tough bracket. Dusan Veletic (14) faces off against Christian Salcedo in a fight that will test the Colombian. He should make it through his subsequent fight to set up a "semi final" against the winner of Luka Pratljacic (who impressively beat Marko Milun to get selected) and Dmytro Lovchynskyi (13). Meanwhile former European champion Nelvie Tiafack was somewhat fortunate to keep his spot in the German selection ahead of the up and coming Nikita Putilov (for me they should have picked Putilov). His toughest fight before the qualifying fight is likely to be against Narender Berwal (17). Tiafack's recent form has not been great so I'm going to pick Pratljacic here although I certainly would not rule out Salcedo.
    7 points
  40. European Qualification tournament entry list https://worldtkd.simplycompete.com/eventDetails/11eec0f0-5a3f-0ed9-8152-0644ce79712b/5
    7 points
  41. On top of the Olympic Village, this is where we stand regarding the new venues built for the Olympics. Stade Nautique Olympique (2019, Rowing & Canoeing) Grand Palais Ephémère (2021, Judo & Wrestling) Stade Yves du Manoir (2023, Field Hockey) Adidas Arena (2024, Badminton & Rhythmic Gymnastics) Centre Aquatique Olympique (TBD, Water Polo & Artistic Swimming) Site d'Escalade du Bourget (TBD, Sport Climbing) The Olympic venues building budget has been set to 1.4€ billion. From the original planing, two venues have not been built : the shooting stand which was moved to Châteauroux where the already built National Shooting Center was expanded and the main Aquatic venue which was moved to the Paris la Defense Arena.
    7 points
  42. TAISC 2024 - Closing Ceremony Continental prizes: (minimum three nations in contest) Best American: Guatemala Best Asian: Indonesia Best European: Italy
    6 points
  43. Italian jurors voted: ITA pts nation tot pts Henry Leon @SteveParker @Pablita @Gianlu33 12 Ireland 32 7 12 10 3 11 Guatemala 31 11 9 11 10 Moldova 27 10 10 7 9 Spain 23 11 12 8 Germania 18 11 7 7 Brazil 17 12 5 6 Portugal 16 8 6 2 5 Netherlands 16 12 4 4 Lituania 15 1 8 6 3 Mexico 14 2 8 4 2 Albania 13 4 9 1 Malta 11 4 7 Romania 10 10 Indonesia 9 9 Czech 9 9 Slovakia 8 6 2 India 8 5 3 Francia 8 8 Argentina 6 6 Kazakhstan 5 5 Poland 5 5 China 3 3 Chile 3 3 Sweden 2 2 Montenegro 1 1 Croatia 1 1 Slovenia 1 1
    6 points
  44. 23-0... it was 0-0 a certain time... then came the splash
    6 points
  45. Yes, he's out, individual quotas in men's foil will go to: Cheung Ka Long, Dosa, Choupenitch, Ha Taegyu, Toldo and Heroui And in women's foil to Sauer, Pasztor, Berthier, Chan, Esteban and Inostroza
    6 points
  46. Men’s +92kg Quotas:
    6 points
  47. Calendar of major national trials (and Papua New Guinea I guess). Mark your calendars! DATES EVENT VENUE 5 March 9 March Campionato Italiano Assoluto 2024 Riccione 17 March 24 March Japan Selection Trial for Olympic Games 2024 Tokyo 22 March 24 March 5th International Edirne Cup & Türkiye Youth, Junior, and Open Age National Team Selection Meet 2024 Edirne 22 March 27 March KB Financial Group Korea Swimming Championships 2024 Gimcheon 29 March 31 March Bulgarian Open Team Championships 2024 Sofia 30 March 2 April Portuguese Open 2024 Funchal 2 April 7 April British National Championships 2024 London 3 April 6 April Lithuanian National Championships 2024 Kaunas 4 April 7 April Swiss National Championships 2024 Uster 5 April 8 April Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2024 Stockholm 8 April 13 April South African National Championships 2024 Gqeberha 9 April 12 April Hungarian National Championships 2024 Budapest 9 April 13 April Apollo Projects New Zealand National Championships 2024 Hastings 11 April 14 April Danish Open 2024 Copenhagen 11 April 14 April Eindhoven Qualification Meet 2024 Eindhoven 12 April 14 April Icelandic National Championships 2024 Reykjavik 17 April 21 April Romanian National Championships 2024 Otopeni 19 April 21 April Open Belgian Championships 2024 Antwerp 19 April 21 April Berlin Swim Open 2024 Berlin 19 April 27 April Chinese Nationals 2024 Shenzhen 25 April 28 April Polish National Championships 2024 Lublin 25 April 28 April German National Championships 2024 Berlin 27 April 28 April Papua New Guinea National Championships 2024 Port Moresby 2 May 4 May 99th Latvian Championships 2024 Riga 2 May 5 May Peru Selection Tournament for Olympic Games 2024 Lima 5 May 8 May Ukrainian National Championships 2024 Brovary 6 May 11 May Brazilian Swimming Trophy - Brazil Olympic Trial 2024 Rio de Janeiro 10 May 12 May Faroe Islands National Championships 2024 Vagur 11 May 12 May Hong Kong China Olympic Invitational Trial I 2024 Hong Kong 13 May 17 May Kazakhstan National Championships 2024 Taldykorgan 13 May 19 May Bell Canadian Olympic & Paralympic Trials 2024 Montreal 15 May 18 May Argentinian Open Championships 2024 Buenos Aires 17 May 19 May Greek National Championships 2024 Athens 17 May 19 May Slovenian Open National Championships 2024 Ljubljana 22 May 26 May Irish Open Championships 2024 Dublin 23 May 26 May 66th Malaysia Open Swimming Championships 2024 Kuala Lumpur 24 May 26 May Cyprus Qualifying Competition 2024 Limassol 5 June 8 June Israel Olympic Trials 2024 Netanya 7 June 9 June Slovakian National Championships 2024 Samorin/Bratislava 8 June 9 June Bosnia and Herzegovina Summer National Championships 2024 Sarajevo 10 June 15 June Australian Olympic & Paralympic Trials 2024 Brisbane 12 June 15 June 19th Singapore National Championships 2024 Singapore 12 June 15 June National Championships #2 - International Open Asuncion 12 June 16 June Colombian National Championships 2024 Cartagena 13 June 16 June Dutch National Championships 2024 Amersfoort 13 June 16 June Czech National Championships 2024 Usti nad Labem 15 June 16 June Hong Kong China Olympic Invitational Trial II 2024 Hong Kong 15 June 23 June US Olympic Team Trials 2024 Indianapolis 16 June 21 June French Elite Championships 2024 Chartres 18 June 22 June Spanish Summer Open Championships 2024 TBC 20 June 23 June Bahamas National Championships 2024 Nassau
    6 points
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