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And for the first time since 2012, a full equestrian team!

Canada qualifies a full team in equestrian jumping through the Pan Am Games!

So at the halfway point of round 1 the team scores are: - 8.32 - 9.62 - 12.37 - 14.58 - 15.29 - 16.01 - 24.75 - 50.57 - 78.98 Brazil is holding a drop score of 21 while the United States is holding a drop score of 12 so they could be in trouble should one of their two other riders fail. Colombia has an eliminated rider.

https://www.fiba.basketball/news/first-teams-qualified-for-3x3-basketball-at-paris-2024-olympics Women Men

Our quest to finish better than fourth was a noble cause, something all would be underdogs would look up to. Alas instead of dying as a hero we have lived long enough to see us become the villain.

In Rhythmic Gymnastics groups, amazing day for (34.150) ahead of (31.500) for the Olympic quota. (34.900) leading but not by much.

gets its first gold medal courtesy of Vargas in the women’s 100m hurdles

Softball team lost to Puerto Rico

Butler with a bronze in the hammer throw.

A bronze in wrestling for Randhawa

Race to Paris Ranking Lists updated as of November 1st, 2023

is already qualified, if qualifies again their quota transfers to , which also qualified here, and it transfers once again to... . So no Olympic qualification drama left to decide.

qualifies a show jumping team, meaning we have a full team in equestrian.

feeling the allure of a 4th place finish…

The result on the ISU website has also been adjusted

According to our national broadcaster the result has indeed been changed, with NL as winner, South Korea as second.

Team scores after round 1: - 12.32 - 12.37 - 17.62 - 18.58 - 20.01 - 27.29 - 38.75 - 79.57 - EL Olympic quotas are still in play for the top 5.

Clean round for Brazil

Looking at the events to come, Montelibretti is hosting a pretty sizeable show this week with riders from chasing points. Portugal and Thailand are indeed pretty close to the qualification zone, as is Morocco in Group F. This is in fact the final qualifying event in Europe so it will be now or never for these. Otherwise, South Africa is hosting an event where Jessica George will be potentially looking to secure a second individual quota (pending on what happens in Montelibretti as well). Florida will be hosting an event mid-November with possible Latin American interest, while both Brazil and Chile will be hosting events in December where the final outcome of the Latin American individual quotas will be decided.

Team qualification for eventing is now over. Individual qualification simulation as of October 31st... Group A - Group B - Group C - Group D - N/A N/A Group E - Group F - Group G - Overall - Reallocation (provisional) - Qualification system is very unclear on whether the Groups D/E are combined or not. You'd assume they must be, but the FEI is keeping the rankings separated on their website. At any rate, if Groups D & E are combined, then would qualify instead of .

Final quotas from this Asian championships were awarded: 50m AR 3P (Men) Jiaming Tian & Konstantin Malinovskiy

Official Annoucement All nations have voted. The voting period should now be considered closed. Any jury members from multi-member juries who haven't voted will be removed if they haven't cast their votes by tomorrow at noon (PDT). There will be a draw to determine the pairs for the team event this weekend.

Naughton (finally) gets the job done and is headed to the semis in squash!

I think I've commented elsewhere on UK Swimming's selection policy - long story short, I am not a fan. There is no rational justification for putting an arbitrary cap on the number of athletes that you are willing to take - especially when you set that cap a year ahead of the selection event. Looking at the times so far in the qualifying window I think you are probably right and there will be some athletes who achieve the 'OCT' but don't ultimately make it on to the GB team, but I would expect that number to be in the low single digits. I find swimming selection hard to predict because of the level of doubling up that we see but it will be interesting to see how GB Swimming deal with athletes who have the GB qualifying standard in one event but only has the OQT in another - like Freya Colbert who has the GB standard for the 200 Freestyle but not in the 400 Freestyle - will they select them to the team and allow them to compete in all of the events where they have the OQT or will they restrict them to the events where they have the British standard. I get the impression that the selectors already know who they want to take, and they have shown that when those athletes don't quite perform as expected, they will be willing to move the goalposts so whilst the policy might say that you have to achieve the qualifying time in the final, they have left themselves with enough flexibility to take the athletes that they want to.

Another gold for , now in men's Decathlon. Athletics being great for the host nation!

I would like to present the most famous "electronic music" of China, opening song of Journey to the West (1986 version). Journey to the West is the most famous Chinese mythical novel, its characters and songs are known to almost every Chinese. And its mythological characters like the Monkey King are always popularly cosplayed on Halloween in China. Xu Jingqing - Sound of Heavenly Palace opening song of Journey to the West

And 3rd gold in Men's 400m!!!

One of the most beautiful moments of the Games so far

Elias and Rodriguez trying to play a game of squash in between their wrestling match

After the first day of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Evita Griskenas (64.750) and Marina Malpica (64.500) clearly ahead of others in the fight for the Olympic individual quota. Barbara Domingos, who is already qualified, leading the competition with 65.200.

Hugo Calderano wins his third consecutive gold medal in men's singles, saving Brazil's participation after 4 silver medals in 4 finals. Bruna Takahashi now has 7 Pan American Games medals, none of them gold She's like the Flavia Saraiva of Table Tennis.

just denied its first medal

Rudy Winkler has also been named to the athletics team if you’re wondering.

Bronze for Ruien Xiao after a 15-10 loss to Peru’s Maria Doig in the women’s epee semifinals. Way too defensive throughout the bout.

and will qualify.

Yeah, and essentially eliminated each other by drawing. pretty much has one foot in the door going against v will be a big match.

Third Round 19 - 28 February 2024 vs. vs. vs. vs.

The third rotation begins with Ecuador being eliminated.

Belizean and Paraguay kayak competitors in women’s K1 went for an autumn paddle, calmly taking the views

I know, imagine winning 100+ medals and still complaining about all the fourths. Ultimate first world problems

My second song is not as sad as the first one. In fact, is quite comic since it’s from South Park. But it is also quite deep, and if you listen to it carefully, you will realize there the true meaning of the song: we are all going to die, so don’t give too much relevance to things that do not have importance and enjoy all the time you have with those you like, because they will also going to die. “It might happen in a couple months Or 50 years from now But no matter when it happens It will seem too soon to you So be sure on Christmas Eve When you snuggle into bed That you thank God for your family 'Cause someday they'll be dead” South Park - Dead, dead, dead

Shooting - Oceanian Championships 2023 https://results.sius.com/Events.aspx?Championship=586e0912-f3ac-402f-96b2-4f4655e3003f 25 M Pistol W Shooting - Asian Championships 2023 https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=9d7fec75-737e-4ae5-81f9-63de00db1d3d&ShootEvent=R3PM 50 M Three Positions M

Official Annoucement Thank you to everyone who submitted a song for the Halloween portion of the Festival of Music. I enjoyed listening to your submissions while passing out candy tonight. Users are now encouraged and invited to post songs of remembrance, mourning, and celebrations of life. They could even be songs shared with someone significant in your life who passed, or a song that makes you think of someone who passed. I would also encourage users to write a short prompt explaining their choice. Please be respectful of others' song selections.

Summary of my predictions - version 1.0, early draft.

Canada has become the villain of the Games, taking out the home country and small underdogs all over the place. SORRY!

O curioso caso dos atletas que tem marcas incríveis no Troféu Brasil e nas competições importantes tem participação medíocre...

Fernando Martinez DQ after winning gold in 5000m

PSV beat Ajax 5-2 and now, I kid you not, Ajax is in 18th and last place in the competition They were absolutely destroyed by German Sven Mislintat, who for whatever reason was appointed technical director last summer, used his shady contacts to come up with a lot of very shady deals for unknown players through one of his own companies (20 million for Josip Sutalo of GNK Dinamo, 16 million for Georges Mikautadze of FC Metz, 12.5 million for Gaston Avila of Antwerp, 8 million for Borna Sosa of Stutgart etc...he spent a whopping 92 million for a bunch of players, almost all of whom actually said they never expected to end up at Ajax (duh, nobody did)). When the shady dealings through his company came to light, it didn't take long for Mislintat to be kicked out, but that really was too late and now they've gotten a grand total of 5 points in 8 matches

Olympic ranking qualification simulation as of August 31st... Dressage Group A - Group B - Group C - Groups D/E - Group F - Group G - Overall - Eventing Group A - Group B - Group C - Groups D/E - Group F - Group G - Overall -

Olympic ranking qualification simulation as of July 31st... Jumping Group A - Group B - Group C - Groups D/E - Group F - Group G - Overall -