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I think they're messing it up a bit... Paltrinieri is not taking any gamble...he's already sure to participate to the Olympic race, as he already swam 14.40 in the 1500m last December and every Nation can start 2 swimmers in the Olympic race provided they are directly qualified through the 2023 and 2024 worlds OR they have reached the A standard in the 800m/1500m in the pool this means that for Doha's race is only about a second quota place (both Acerenza and Verani don't have good pool clockings yet, so they need to earn a place in Sunday's competition) for what concerns the internal selection, he's already safe, Verani has been named clearly the number #3 in the Paris list (even if he wins the world title, he would be selected for the Olympics only if Greg and Mimmo are injured)

Big one this week with the Paris Grand Slam. All bouts will be live streamed on the France Judo YouTube Channel, free of charge. https://m.youtube.com/@francejudo_/streams

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1st medal ever for Egypt in Diving at Aquatics world championship

With his 87th victory today, Mikael Kingsbury has now overtaken Ingemar Stenmark for the most men’s FIS World Cup wins all-time!

IIHF just announced the best hockey players will be going to Milan and 2030.

WOW ! Maha Amer topped 1m Qualifications , even with no Chinese that's Historic feet

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this competition will decide the selection for the olympics in the team, in men Reuveney need 8th place to overcome yoav omer for the place in the team in women the race between Kantor Tibi and Spichakov is interesting, but overall what is heppening is that Spichakov needs to finish 2 places above the other 2, if not the one ahead from Tibi and Kantor will be selected, it is also interesting becose all of the team but Spichakov are training in as a team under shahar tzuberi (olympic bronze medalist from 2008) we have never had close to this size and quality of a team in any sport in the country (not to mention all of the team is in the top 16 which is crazy), we have a whatsapp group for following olympic sports and usually when there is judo we only talk judo, today we allmost ignored the judo to do simulations for who will be in the olympics

OQT 1 Granollers (Host Country) , , , OQT 2 Hanover (Host Country) , , , OQT 3 Tatabánya (Host Country) , , ,

The main (and truly the only proper) sport base for artistic swimming in Ukraine was situated in Kharkiv. Kharkiv is under a heavy shelling from russians from the very beginning of the war. The national team was evacuated to Kyiv, basin in Kharkiv was hit by russians and its heating system (icluding hot water supply) was desroyed. In Kyiv they have to share basin with the divers and do not have the same number of working hours as in their own basin. So, its a pity but their mistakes have external reason named 'russia' and it is not not their fault. I hope in team event Ukraine will win its license. This girls really deserve it.

Oh well, if Lowell Bailey's response as alleged by Reid is true, that is such a disappointment in Bailey....

another dramatic win for South Korea. this time they tied the match in 90+6 minute I think this is the 4th match in a row they are doing this. it feels like this is their destiny to win the title after soooo many years. Jordan also beat Tajikistan 1-0. they lost intentionally to Bahrain to have this path which worked for them.

243 for Canada. I feel a lot better about getting at least the duet quota.

Also sounds like the NHL plans to play on the 2026 and 2030 Olympics Well at least until they find an excuse to drop out that is.

They are streaming, it's just geoblocked.

Sorry my mistake, apparently the France Judo YouTube channel won’t be live streaming the event. As they had streamed prior editions, I had assumed they would be doing the same this year, but apparently not I found another channel that’s streaming it live, they’re only showing one mat but it’s better than nothing. https://www.youtube.com/live/z8g00N9dew0?si=xYANOYlOQrqBuN7D @pedja789 @Adriano @heywoodu @Roamingrover86 @ChandlerMne

yes, now I have the full selection for Paltrinieri is going to swim both the 5k and the mixed relay (plus both the 800m and the 1500m in the pool) they decided to skip the 10k because he wanted a couple more days rest after the altitude training and because the water in Doha is supposed to be too cold for his taste (around 20° C, they even think it might be possible for the swimmers to be allowed to use the full wet suit) by the way, this is the full team: women's 10 km: Ginevra Taddeucci & Arianna Bridi men's 10 km: Dario Verani & Domenico Acerenza women's 5 km: Barbara Pozzobon & Giulia Gabbrielleschi men's 5 km: Gregorio Paltrinieri & Domenico Acerenza Team Event 4x1500m: TBD after the 5km races (but the men are surely Paltrinieri & Acerenza, unless something goes wrong in the previous days)

We finally have the 12 athletes qualified for the women's tech final:

Women's duo tech+free finals. For the teams, tech+free+acro

2024 World Aquatics Championships Preview A lot of quotas up for grabs the next two weeks. Here's a little breakdown of each discipline and how Canada can qualify. Artistic Swimming: Duet: Audrey Lamothe, Jacqueline Simoneau Team: Sydney Carroll, Scarlett Finn, Laurianne Imbeau, Jonnie Newman, Raphaelle Plante, Kenzie Priddell, Claire Scheffel, Olena Verbinska Unfortunately, artistic swimming results have not been great over the last two years. We seem to now be the clear #3 team in the Americas. 5 team quotas and 3 duet quotas are up for grabs here based on the combined score of each routine. The team quota at this point seems very unlikely as there are other teams like Spain, Japan, Ukraine, Israel, Italy and the US that all are competing for the same quota. In the duet, there is a bit more optimism as Jacqueline Simoneau is returning to the team. The best hope of qualifying here is that the bigger countries all take the team quotas and Canada can scoop up one of the last 3 available spots. If New Zealand rejects their quota, that leaves 4 quotas available. Unfortunately, a reallocation through the Pan Am Games won't be possible since Canada finished 5th there . Diving: Men: 3m Springboard: Cedric Fofana, Carson Paul 10m Springboard: Rylan Wiens, Nathan Zsombor-Murray 10m Synchro: Rylan Wiens + Nathan Zsombor-Murray Women: 3m Springboard: Mia Vallee, Pamela Ware 10m Platform: Caeli McKay, Kate Miller 3m Synchro: Mia Valle + Pamela Ware 10m Synchro: Caeli McKay + Kate Miller I could've sworn we had an entrant in the men's 3m synchro event when I checked a few days ago but nothing's showing there anymore. Athletes in bold (Zsombor-Murray, Ware and McKay) have already earned a quota for Canada and are ineligible to earn a quota this time around. Anyone who qualifies for the final in the top 12 will automatically earn a spot in the Games. After that, it all depends on reallocation and how many extra quotas in the synchro events are needed. A semifinals spot (top 18) should hopefully be good enough. Rylan Wiens is back and recovered from his shoulder injury so hopefully he can book his place automatically. If Vallee is back in 2022 form, that also shouldn't be a problem for her. The other divers are more unknowns especially in the men's 3m springboard event where Bryden Hattie is out Fofana and Paul are in. In the synchro events, the top 4 unqualified teams will earn quotas for Paris and if the Canadian divers are on form, they should have no problem qualifying 3 synchro pairs. Open Water Swimming: Men's 10km: Hau-Li Fan, Eric Hedlin Women's 10km: Emma Finlin, Laila Oravsky 2 hours of swimming will determine all of the remaining 18 quotas in each event. 13 of them will go to the top 13 finishers that haven't already qualified (14 if France earns a quota). Otherwise, there are also also 5 extra continental quotas for each continent for the best unqualified NOC. So Canada could be in a could position to earn the Americas continental quota here. Hau-Li Fan is back for this edition and he is certainly capable of earning one of the men's quotas. The rapidly improving Emma Finlin should also be in contention on the woman's side. Swimming: Men: Javier Acevedo: 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke Stephen Calkins: 50m Freestyle James Dergousoff: 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke Raben Dommann: 200m Backstroke, 200m Butterfly Collyn Gagne: 400m IM Finlay Knox: 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly, 200m IM Blake Tierney: 100m Backstroke Lorne Wigginton: 400m Freestyle, 200m IM, 400m IM 4x100m Freestyle Relay: 5th qualifying position 4x200m Freestyle Relay: 12th qualifying position 4x100m Medley Relay: T7th qualifying position Women: Sophie Angus: 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke Tessa Cieplucha: 400m IM Ella Cosgrove: 800m Freestyle Sarah Fournier: 100m Freestyle Ella Jansen: 400m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 400m IM Ashley McMillan: 200m IM Sydney Pickrem: 200m Breaststroke, 200m IM Taylor Ruck: 50m Freestyle Katerine Savard: 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly Rebecca Smith: 200m Freestyle Ingrid Wilm: 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke 4x100m Freestyle Relay: 7th qualifying position 4x200m Freestyle Relay: 5th qualifying position 4x100m Medley Relay: Already qualified 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay: 6th qualifying position The main priority here will be qualifying all 7 of the relays. Right now, every relay is currently in a qualifying position with 6 of them seemingly secure. The most vulnerable one would be the 4x200m relay. However, looking at the entry list, it doesn't seem likely that 4 teams will pass Canada in the standings. I don't see Canada moving up in time because unfortunately, Ruslan Gaziev (initially on the roster) won't be here because according to some swimswam commenter, he's facing a WADA infraction. Of course, this is also an olympic qualifying competition for individual events. Athletes already with an OQT are in bold. The most likely new OQT earner would be Wigginton in the 400m IM or Acevedo in the 100m Freestyle but I wouldn't expect more than a couple new OQT's at most. Water Polo: Schedule: 02/04: vs. 02/06: vs. 02/08: vs. Thanks to the US failing to qualify through the 2023 World Championships and taking the Pan American games quota instead, Canada finds itself in a last chance qualification scenario where two quotas are up for grabs. The most likely challengers will be Italy and Hungary. Assuming both Canada and Italy win their first two games, the direct group play matchup will be crucial. Whoever finishes first in the group will very likely go through Greece in the quarterfinals, and then Hungary/Netherlands in the semifinals. Whoever finishes second in the group will likely play New Zealand in the first round but then Spain and the USA after that. So ideally, finishing first in the group is the way to go. It's really unfair that this tournament is the qualifier because other qualified teams are able to influence results.

Mikael Kingsbury wins gold in moguls at the Deer Valley WC, overtaking Ingemar Stenmark for the most men’s FIS WC wins all-time!

Group A 3-1 0-2 Final Standings 9 (+1) Q 8 (+3) Q 7 (+4) 4 (-1) 0 (-8)

Yes, it's possible. Anyone with an Olympic qualifying time in the 800m or 1500m pool events can also enter as long as they don't exceed the maximum of two athletes per NOC.

isnt eligible to qualify.

for 5 team quotas. and the remaining 6 countries that didn’t secure a team quota for 3 duet quotas.

I'd be kind of fine with every Youth Olympics being in Süd-Tirol for the foreseeable future Süd-Tirol is....amazing Whenever I watch the IBU Cups from places like Ridnaun or Martell, hearing the stadium speaker makes me all happy because apart from the whole place being so visually amazing, I just love the German version they speak

meanwhile, at the top of the men's standings, Luc Van Opzeeland and Nicolò Renna have already destroyed the entire field (the 3rd ranked, Tom Reuveney is 33.5 pts behind the 2nd ranked Renna) they're just a class apart, I'd be really upset if the Olympic Gold and Silver won't be a close fight between those 2 guys in the top 10, there are 4 surfers from and 2 from , then 1 each from and in the women's ranking, Emma Wilson has a comfortable (20 pts) lead Pilar Lamdrid Trueba, who also has a big margin over the 3rd ranked, Katy Spichakov in the top 10, there are 4 girls from , meanwhile and have 1 surfer each one in any case, it's important to remember that the medal stages will eventually reshuffle the entire field, with the only exception of the series winner, who's sure to get at least the Bronze medal (thanks to the craziest format man can find in the sport)

Albanian selection! I dont know if it is the debut but lets go Albania!

The NHL has also announced this. It’s 100% official :D

If the song was released in an album in 2023 then it’s eligible. Also if it’s just 2 days before the cut off point we can make a rational decision to allow it. Essentially the song will have become known in 2023 and so it seems right it should be allowed. For the annual contest we will always have this weird situation with songs released at the very end of the year but in reality they became known to their audience throughout the months after that.

It's ridiculous that only three duets will end up qualifying. will be threats to the team quota too so you may have to finish as high as sixth in the combined total in order to qualify.

WTF HAPPNED?! Total debacle, indeed. Errors in leg elements, lack of synchronization... A disaster. I'm truly sorry, but I've never seen something so negative from the Ukrainians. It's more like what you'd expect from Morocco or second-tier Caribbean nations. The good news is that Uzbekistan is in the final

Sounds like the NHL has announced an international tournament in 2025... with 4 TEAMS!!!! Can we get rid of Gary Bettman already?

Stage 6 in Seefeld (AUT) Women´s Individual Gundersen Normal Hill (5km): 1. Ida Marie Hagen 14:42.5 2. Mari Leinan Lund 15:41.9 3. Nathalie Armbruster 15:55.8 Full Final Result HERE

Stage 6 in Seefeld (AUT) Men´s Individual Gundersen Normal Hill: 1. Jarl Magnus Riiber 18:40.6 2. Joergen Graabak 19:18.7 3. Johannes Lamparter 19:29.1 Full Final Result HERE

Here https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2969/world-aquatics-championships-doha-2024/results?discipline=&event=215776c7-0fbe-4f56-84fb-a55ded9bf389&unit=preliminaries-group-b&disciplines=

Yup. It's on the Olympic program too

Thank you! So it will be a long battle ) Ukraine is highly focused on Olympic qualification and is going to miss a lot "non-qualification" events both in artistic swimming and diving.

Very quick back of a fag packet calculation and I am tired so this could be wrong..... If win the men's team pursuit final then I think they would move up into 5th place in the Olympic rankings overtaking not only , but also and . They'd also be ahead of , but they still have their continental championship to come in the next few weeks so it would be temporary.

Jakara Anthony out before final 2

Yep - same squad that took bronze at Europeans and yeah they are safe for the quota but think they would have been hoping for a better ride given their recent form.

Not sure what has happened in Women's Team Sprint qualifying but it looks like are topping the table as the only nation to dip under 47 seconds. seem to have had an issue and are relegated.

Sure they have, it's math. The most ranking points that 7th place Japan can get is 3975, and the least that USA can get is 4050, Canada 4070.

women top qualifying for team pursuit with a 4:12.311 ahead of in second 4:13.637 and A team in third with 4:14.566. In terms of times, GB and New Zealand were both around 2 second slower than they recorded at Glasgow World Champs. unlucky to miss out on a place in the first-round finishing in 9th place but will be awarded 8th place when it comes to Olympic ranking points.

Big and very interesting battle for the Dutch Olympic ticket between Luc van Opzeeland (currently 1st) and Kiran Badloe (currently 4th). Badloe is the reigning Olympic champion in the RS:X and is now fighting for his last chance to qualify for Paris/Marseille.

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ATP & WTA Rankings updated as of January 31st, 2024

The French swimming team is very small: David AUBRY Charlotte BONNET Cyrielle DUHAMEL Logan FONTAINE Melanie HENIQUE Damien JOLY Anastasiia KIRPICHNIKOVA Marc-Antoine OLIVIER

The list of athletes is now up on the WAQ website but the event entries aren't showing in the schedule yet. https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2969/world-aquatics-championships-doha-2024/athletes?gender=&discipline=SW&countryId=