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So Japan released their qualification times for Paris recently and if you thought the British times were crazy, wait until you see these times. Most of them are the times of the 10th place finishers at the 2023 World Championships. All times need to be achieved at the Japanese Olympic Trials next year which have been moved up a month from April to March (March 17th-24th to be exact). Baffling decisions from a program that has been in decline the last few years. Female Male OQT JQT Event OQT JQT 24.70 24.55 50 Freestyle 21.96 21.82 53.61 53.12 100 Freestyle 48.34 47.97 1:57.26 1:56.55 200 Freestyle 1:46.26 1:45.84 4:07.90 4:05.34 400 Freestyle 3:46.78 3:45.85 8:26.71 8:22.49 800 Freestyle 7:51.65 7:46.55 16:09.09 15:59.92 1500 Freestyle 15:00.99 14:56.31 59.99 59.49 100 Backstroke 53.74 53.21 2:10.39 2:08.65 200 Backstroke 1:57.50 1:56.92 1:06.79 1:06.47 100 Breaststroke 59.49 59.26 2:23.91 2:23.31 200 Breaststroke 2:09.68 2:08.48 57.92 57.34 100 Butterfly 51.67 51.43 2:08.43 2:07.95 200 Butterfly 1:55.78 1:55.27 2:11.47 2:10.70 200 Individual Medley 1:57.94 1:57.51 4:38.53 4:38.53 400 Individual Medley 4:12.50 4:10.63

Sophiane Methot secures a quota for Canada in women’s trampoline gymnastics through the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships!

Men's Trampoline quotas: Women's Trampoline quotas:

Fernandez and Dabrowski defeat the Olympic gold medalists to help Canada advance to the finals I hope the two pair up for Paris

Women's Individual Epee ( Legnano) Gold: Margherita Guzzi Vincenti () Silver: Pauline Brunner Bronze: Katrina Lehis & Aleksandra Jarecka Semifinals Guzzi Vincenti b. Lehis 8-7 Brunner b. Jarecka 15-11 Final Guzzi Vincenti b. Brunner 15-8 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/80

Men's Individual Epee ( Bern) Gold: Lucas Malcotti Silver: Alexis Bayard Bronze: Masaru Yamada & Mate Tamas Koch Semifinals Malcotti b. Koch 15-11 Bayard b. Yamada 11-10 Final Malcotti b. Bayard 15-13 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/385?tab=results

Men's Individual Sabre ( Algiers) Gold: Bolade Apithy Silver: Oh Sanguk Bronze: Pietro Torre & Aron Szilagyi Semifinals Apithy b. Szilagyi 15-14 Oh b. Torre 15-8 Final Apithy b. Oh 15-14 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/1410?tab=results

Men's Individual Foil ( Istanbul) Gold: Alexander Massialas Silver: Cheung Ka Long Bronze: Giulio Lombardi & Giorgio Avola Semifinals Massialas b. Avola 15-8 Cheung b. Lombardi 15-8 Final Massialas b. Cheung 15-12 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/1406?tab=results

Sorato Ankaru wons the combined men's quota!

Stage 2 in Levi (FIN) Women´s Slalom: 1. Petra Vlhova 1:50.59 2. Lena Duerr 1:52.00 3. Katharina Liensberger 1:52.14 Full Final Results HERE Petra Vlhová 68th careers WC Podium, 29th Win (29-20-19), Season 2023/24 WC 2nd Podium, 1st Win (1-0-1) 42nd Careers WC Slalom Podium, 20th Win (20-13-9), Season 2023/24 WC Slalom 1st Podium, 1st Won (1-0-0)

Zhang Yuetong grabs the women’s boulder & lead quota!

meanwhile, the quest for the European Title is also well underway the leaders so far women's 49er FX (10 races) 1. (Næss/Ronningen) 40 Pts 2. (Germani/Bertuzzi) 44 Pts 3. (Echegoyen/Barcelò) 50 Pts 4. (Van Aanholt/Duetz) 58 Pts (5. Lim/Low, 65 Pts) 6. (Steyaert/Picon) 68 Pts men's 49er (9 races) 1. (Bildstein/Hussl) 40 Pts (2. McHardie/McKenzie, 44 Pts) 3. (Buksak/Wierzbicki) 45 Pts 4. (Lambriex/Van De Werken) 52 Pts 5. (Rual/Amoros) 52.1 Pts 6. (Dickson/Waddilove) 58 Pts mixed Nacra 17 (9 races) 1. (Ugolini/Giubilei) 22 Pts 2. (Tita/Banti) 28 Pts 3. (Gimson/Burnet) 36 Pts 4. (Kohlhoff/Stuhlemmer) 51 Pts 5. (Haberl/Frank) 67 Pts

I'm sure there's someone out there who can answer that Ben. I believe there are 16 spots available in total in each event. WC – 5 (could have been 4–8) Host – 1 Tripartite – 1 Continental (Africa & Oceania) – 2 Rankings – 7? If only three from the rankings then how are the other other four places determined? As I understand it the five NOCs in each event that gained spots at the WC are the only ones that can secure a second quota.

Petra and her 6th Reindeer. She baptized him Zuzana after her mother

Cup of China - Results Men: 1. Adam Siao Him Fa - 298.38 2. Shoma Uno - 279.98 3. Mikhail Shaidorov - 264.46 Results Short Program Results Short Program Scores Free Skating Results Free Skating Scores Women: 1. Hana Yoshida - 203.97 2. Rinka Watanabe - 203.22 3. Loena Hendrickx - 201.49 Results Short Program Results Short Program Scores Free Skating Results Free Skating Scores Pairs: 1. Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps - 201.48 2. Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini - 191.00 3. Cheng Peng / Lei Wang - 178.06 Results Short Program Results Short Program Scores Free Skating Results Free Skating Scores Ice Dance: 1. Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier - 207.83 2. Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha - 206.02 3. Caroline Green / Michael Parsons - 189.33 Results Rhythm Dance Results Rhythm Dance Scores Free Dance Results Free Dance Scores

more results so far... men's Sabre ( Algiers) Semifinals: Oh Sanguk vs Pietro Torre & Aron Szilagyi vs Bolade Apithy men's Epee ( Bern) Semifinals: Alexis Bayard vs Masaru Yamada & Lucas Malcotti vs Mate Tamas Koch women's Epee ( Legnano) Semifinals: Margherita Guzzi Vincenti () vs Katrina Lehis & Pauline Brunner vs Aleksandra Jarecka frankly, I'm a little confused by Today's results (except for the men's sabre)

This event will give direct quotas for the 2024 Paralympics in Archery, Boccia, Shooting, Table Tennis and Wheelchair Tennis. Also, the top teams in Goalball, Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby will qualify for the Paralympics.

Didn't know Kate Winslet could sing, and the song is good! Funny how some songs can transport you back in time, even if sometimes they don't completely fit your style.

Meanwhile in Brazil the South American Championships are going on in 30 degrees (in the early morning, after 9am it goes way above that, up to 37-39 later in the day). Yesterday were the freestyle sprints, with Victor Santos taking the men's title, ahead of Rhaick Bomfim, who competed in the early 2020 Youth Olympics and then just stopped altogether, but managed to get out of the situation and pick up the training again. Sebastian Endrestad made the podium somewhat international with a bronze medal for Chile. Claudio Gustavo Oliveira was the fastest in qualifying, but in finals had to compete with the juniors. https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=43871 In the women's qualifying, Duda Ribeira was the fastest, but to everyone's surprise - her own, her coach, her competitors - she was then basically forced to start in the junior's final, where she apologized to the other juniors who were definitely not counting on that. It was also a shame for the senior race, where a nice fight between Duda and our very own Totallympian @brunamoura was expected, but yeah, that didn't happen. https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=43872

Absolutely this. A short or long finishing straight doesn't make it 'better' or 'worse', the top athletes simply take it into account when making their race plans.

Apparently Malta is not eligible as their 49er crew is represented by a French sailor so not a full Maltese crew. Italy and Germany are into the good fleet also.

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Olympic Match Samoa - Papua New Guinea

49er Men's After 7 Régates 37 Points 46 Points 55 Points ----------------- 61 Points 62 Points 79 Points 94 Points 102 Points 112 Points

Semi Finals Fiji - Samoa Tonga - Papua New Guinea

& grab the women quotas, upsetting Iran

qualify for the OQT through the Pan American POQT! will play next February with three Olympic quotas up for grabs, while will play where two Olympic quotas will be awarded.

defeated 24-21, that places them on the path to finish first in the group.

Women's Individual Sabre ( Algiers) Gold: Sara Balzer Silver: Olga Kharlan Bronze: Despina Georgiadou & Theodora Gkountoura Semifinals Balzer b. Gkountoura 15-10 Kharlan b. Georgiadou 15-12 Final Balzer b. Kharlan 15-11 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/1408?tab=results

Peter Jedinak, who on his Instagram has the following: Skeleton sport🛷(who doesn’t know google it)

The "highest ranked three (3) athletes" rule applies only for the nations that already qualified an athlete. For example, if qualification ended today, and would get a second quota via ranking in women's trampoline, and in men's. The other places would go to NOCs that have not qualified an gymnast yet. Also, in the end I think both the host and the Oceania spot will be unused as they should qualify via ranking.

I go for some surprises: Pool A: Pool B:

49er F.X Women's After 10 races 44 pts (lost the lead in the overall standings now are the new leaders) 71 pts 85 pts

49er standings after 9 races 58 68 77 97 99

Results system: https://para.results-santiago2023.org/#/schedule/calendar

I think you can certainly make a case that a type of track suits a power sprinter, or a rush sprinter; someone who can maintain speed, and someone who can accelerate to a super high speed for a shorter time. That doesn't mak the track bad for sprinting - it might make it 'bad' for a certain subgroup of sprinters - nothing new in that - Helsinki Athletics track is infamous for its tight bends, i've even heard people comment about deeper and shallower 50 metre pools. the only bad track is one that is either wildly unfair or one that allows no room for tactics - the first is a disservice to the athletes, the second to the fans

I would really like to watch this final tomorrow. Hope i will find it swh online

This is why I asked whether PNG had their rugby league professionals from the Australian NRL involved in this tournament. If they are competing then they could be a threat even to Samoa.

What a beautiful Winter in Levi!!! Awesome conditions

Marica ide na previse turnira kao i Milica Zabic, bolje da su se ovde nasle Anja Obradovic i mozda neko od mladjih nada

I'm a bit disappointed by Pergher's time over the 500m, I expected her to be within 1 sec from the actual race winner, but she's at least 3-4/10 outside that meanwhile, even if she slooks like to become a pure 500m specialist, I'm really disappointed with her 1.20 over the 1000m...she can do way better than that good results instead for Bosa, waiting for Ghiotto to enlight our speedskating weekend p.s. Jutta

What a super weird schedule by the way, the fuck is up with the 500m being followed by the 1000m

Looks good for the weekend - they got all 82 down on the first training run at Zermatt this morning.

Finalizando, já que são muitos esportes aue terminaram juntos haha Handebol Dentro do esperado, dominando o feminino, e fazendo jogo apertado com a Argentina, mas perdendo. Agora é buscar a vaga no pre-olimpico. Não vai ser fácil, mas não acho impossivel. Rugby Sevens Outro que estação dentro do esperado, terceiro lugar é o que o feminino podia conseguir. Apesar que fizemos jogo duro na semi. O masculino tem no minimo 5 equipes nas Américas aue estao na frente, entao a tarefa é ainda mais complicada. Caratê Depois que o esporte ficou de fora das Olimpiadas, deixei de acompanhar de tão perto. O Kata continua sendo extremamente chato e impossível de entender, se você nao for do esporte. O Kumitê nao fica tao distante. Tanto as lutas, quanto o formato de disputa são bastante desinteressantes. Mas, como de costume, conseguimos algunsfl bons resultados. Vela Destaque pro Lobo e o Isaac, já garantidos em Paris, tiveram uma excelente participação. Esperava que o Brasil fosse pegar mais vagas olimpicas nesse esporte, apenas a já esperada vaga da Martine e Kahena (que nem deviam precisar desse evento) e a dupla da Nacra 17. Espero que mais algumas venham no classificatorio final. Softbol Fiquei surpreso quando vi que o Brasil nao ia participar. Lembro que antes de Tóquio comentava-se como tinhamls uma boa equipe na modalidade, e ficamos de fora do Pan. Enfim, agora o esporte voltou pras Olimpiadas, e espero que consiga desenvolver mais ainda. Squash Outro esporte que entrou pras Olimpiadas, e nao estivemos presentes, o que me preocupa bastante. Se nao me engano, estivemos presente em Lima, então as coisas nao estão andando tão bem no esporte. Patinação de Velocidade Novamente, se me recordo bem, o Brasil beliscava medalha nessa modalidade. Aqui foi por pouco, mas ficamos sem dessa vez, infelizmente. Gostaria de ver mais dessa modalidade, que é outra oportunidade da WS desenvolver mais a suas modalidades e aumentar a presença nos eventos, então gostaria muito que fosse um esporte olimpico também. Tênis de Mesa Apesar de ter perdido as finais das duplas, o desempenho não foi ruim. Tambem garantimos a participação na competição de duplas, então achei que as expectativas foram alcançadas. Triatlo Fiquei surpreso com o ouro do revezamento. Sempre temos dificuldades nesse evento, então nao esperava tanto. O masculino ja tinha a expectativa dd ouro, e foi bem interessante ver como o Hidalgo está crescendo. O Messias precisa ajustar a sua natação, nao da pra sair tão atrás e querer brigar por medalhas. Já o feminino eu nao sei o que acontece... a Luísa caiu muito o nivel, e nesse momento estaria fora de Paris. Enquanto isso, a Vittoria parece ter a mesma situação que o Messias, so que na corrida. Nao conaigo entender como liderou duas das três etapas, e ficou fora do pódio. Voleibol Não tinha muita expectativa, mas será que encontramoa o treinador do masculino? Alguem vai ter que comandar a seleção e nao podemos perder mt tempo. O feminino gostei de ver novos nomes como a Naiane e a Helena, espero que sejam aproveitadas na principal rapidamente. Polo Aquático O feminino continua igual com e muito acima. Já o masculino parece ter diminuido o gap. Não esperava que fossem vencer o Canadá na semi, e nao fizeram um jogo totalmente ruim na final. Talvez daqui um tempo possamls disputar de frente com as seleções mais fortes. Wrestling Gostei da participação brasileira. Esperava o ouro com a Lais, e uma medalha com a Giulia, alem de uma no masculino. Mas, os resultados foram melhores do que isso. Espero que o esporte, que é o pior do Brasil em lutas, continue evoluindo. E, que busquemos umas 4 vagas nos eventos classificatorios. BMX Freestyle Fiquei bem contente com a medlaha de bronze do Gustavo Bala Loka, e um pouco decepcionado com a Eduarda. O Brasil ta evoluindo bastante na modalidade, e tem alguma chance de até classificar pra Paris. Quem diria que as melhores chances do Brasi finalmente conseguir uma medalha em Olimpiadas no ciclismo, estariam no Freestyle.

Zakopane/Jesna could maybe do a dual bid for something like that? Lillehammer and St. Mortiz are probably about the best hosts you could ask for though.

Following the success of the UCI Glasgow “All kinds of cycling all at once” meet this summer, the FIS propose a similar deal for their sports in 2028. Engadine & Lillehammer keen to host. https://www.fis-ski.com/en/international-ski-federation/news-multimedia/news-2022/two-candidates-apply-to-host-fis-games-2028

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Yep. Cancelled completelly, Results anulled, The GS will be very likely replaced later in the season somewhere else