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Boris Combat sport quota Frst ever Muslim who will compete for at the Olympics. What a day of history !

Win for Slovakia! Win for Totallympics!

@hckošice right now

https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Tokyo_2020_XD_2021_05_06.pdf Qualification Double Mixte

oh man, what a defense by Makoev !

At least one win tonight and Slovakia would return and compete in a combat sport at the Olympics after 8 years and 12 in wrestling.

dream draw for Simone Alessio...he avoided all the most dangerous fighters on his side of the draw: Cook, Robak, Ferreira and Ordemann are all in the top half... if he doesn't qualify under this circumstance, it really means that he doesn't deserve a place in Tokyo...

Georgios PILIDIS !

Makes me even more proud that our two quotas in wrestling and one quota in table tennis are all from actual Greeks

Thank you everyone! I am so proud of him, he is young but talented. Won some medals in European Championships for youth categories. He was injured but postponing the Games to 2021 helped his chances because it gave him time to recover. So nice to have a second quota in wrestling after Maria Prevolaraki. Would be nice to get a third here but I'm not sure how likely it is. Also nice to be back in men's wrestling for the first time since London 2012 as we missed Rio 2016 which was the first time in several decades that we were not represented in this sport.

Pilidis up 7-1! Go go go!

Funny to point that out when there are literally tens of Russians, Georgians, Cubans competing for nations all over Europe (including Italy)...

IWF Olympic Ranking is now fully updated, they added Pan-Am results too @Griff88you heard the news ? Eko Yuli Irawan is now safe and qualified. I wonder if that changes anything for Li Fabin of China. probably not.

RTE News has just announced all Irish athletes at Olympics and Paralympics will be offered the Pfizer vaccine before the games after a deal between Pfizer and the IOC.

I asked the question, I thought they had specific places, already that to win quotas during the European championships is a miracle! absurd

This is how it works, because the rules are set this way.. Why bother popularizing any sport, when you can print the documents and "hire" a few people to secure the budget. This is the most important thing. Being an Olympic sport gets you Government funding. You say a dying sport. Well that can be said for half of the Olympic sports. Do you think more than 10 nations will still care about wrestling, if it's not an Olympic sport, or archery, or taekwondo, or canoeing, or diving and i can go on. Heck, some of them can't even get 10 competitive nations now. You save sports from the bottom -> up. Interest is not given, it's built. But that is work, hard work! You have to start from the children, from the schools, you have to have clubs, town clubs, regional clubs, coaches, staff, facilities. But no one wants to wait 10 years for this. It's much easier to get 3-4 Russians etc. to have some results, get the funding and if something else pops, it's a bonus. I have said it numerous times here, but switching nations should be made extremely hard. To represent you have to be born there, or both parents have to be from the country, or you have be living there for 15 years (even though in modern free times, this not very relevant) or take a lengthy non-compete clause (4 years at minimum like a doping ban). And i know this would never happen. Because all these sports will shoot themselves in the foot, because the "quality" and number of nations will drop. Or they will bring some EU law, about work rights, human rights etc. Like almost every football club has 10/11 foreign players in their line-ups.

It's that Frank something guy, very recent addition to the Italian team, I hope he's a good wrestler.

UWW requires 2 years of inactivity BUT only official tournaments count (Worlds, Continentals) these guys usually think about switching to another country when they fail to make Russian team for 2 years in a row so that's not a problem for them.

wow, did not know they confirmed the XD quotas already. That is a nice surprise. Balážová and Pištej officially in Tokyo 2nd Olympics for Barbi hope her WS confirmation will be unveiled soon as well, Olympic debut for Pištej. 3 athletes in Table Tennis equalled the amount of Rio 2016 with almost the same players (Only now retired Eva Odorová will be replaced by Ľubomír Pištej this time)

This is a disgraceful decision by the NHL.

According to Olympedia - the first time since Amsterdam 1928.

Why wouldn't they allow it? This is how sport works in the 21st century, there's nothing unusual about this. The issue isn't with that Russians are competing for other countries, the issue is that wrestling is so unpopular in other countries that second tier Russian wrestlers are able to take quotas from athletes born outside of Russia. Solve it by making wrestling more popular outside of Russia.

Sumit Malik qualifies for the Olympics!!

usually only one night before competition, tomorrow late afternoon earliest, relax Edit: actually it starts tomorrow here the draw https://worldtaekwondoeurope.org/files/European_Qualification_Tournament_for_Tokyo_2020_Olympic_Games_Draws_Day1.pdf

Problem is not with your coaches, it's with the UWW allowing Russian athletes to represent all other European nations. At least your wrestler was a Ukrainian

well, more like but so sad for Salkazanov, he deserved the quota so much. Really sad.

Congrats Slovakia ! Bravo la slovaquie !

With no Polaczyk in semifinal I'm afraid about having quota in this event...

Bravo Greece!, ????

Congrats !! you avenged us!

Greece qualified

Oceanian quota for W K1 will get reallocated to . Could explain why their best athlete was absent from Thailand.

Oh well, Switzerland will likely decline this without much thought. I have to check their selection policy to be sure. Tragedy for Bengeri who wasted a chance of a lifetime. Looks like she will be first under the line. So typical for this damned Olympic cycle...

Phase 2 Pool B - Madrid - *Pool A* 2-0 Makroguzova//Kholomina 2-0 Popa/Popa Dabizha/Rudykh 2-0 Ordean/Stanciu 2-0 Jupiter/Chamereau 2-0 Gusarova/Konstantopoulou Placette/Richard 2-0 Angeloupolou/Konstantinou 2-0 Makroguzova//Kholomina 2-0 Placette/Richard Dabizha/Rudykh 2-0 Jupiter/Chamereau 2-0 Angeloupolou/Konstantinou 2-0 Popa/Popa Gusarova/Konstantopoulou 2-0 Ordean/Stanciu *Pool B* 2-0 Soria/Carro 2-0 Pikk/Kure-Pohhmov Fernández/Lobato 2-0 Hollas/Soomets 2-0 Böbner/Vergé-Depré 2-0 Paulikiene/Andriukaityte Caluori/Lutz 2-0 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite 2-0 Soria/Carro 2-0 Caluori/Lutz Fernández/Lobato 2-1 Böbner/Vergé-Depré 2-0 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite 2-0 Pikk/Kure-Pohhmov Paulikiene/Andriukaityte 2-1 Hollas/Soomets *QuarterFinals* 2-0 Jupiter/Chamereau 2-1 Paulikiene/Andriukaityte Placette/Richard 2-0 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite 2-0 Böbner/Vergé-Depré 2-0 Gusarova/Konstantopoulou Caluori/Lutz 2-0 Angeloupolou/Konstantinou *Semifinals* 2-0 Makroguzova//Kholomina 2-1 Caluori/Lutz Dabizha/Rudykh 2-0 Böbner/Vergé-Depré 0-2 Soria/Carro 1-2 Placette/Richard Fernández/Lobato 1-2 Jupiter/Chamereau *Final 7th Place* 2-1 Hollas/Soomets 2-0 Popa/Popa Pikk/Kure-Pohhmov 0-2 Ordean/Stanciu Hollas/Soomets 2-0 Ordean/Stanciu *Final 5th Place* 0-2 Angeloupolou/Konstantinou 1-2 Paulikiene/Andriukaityte Gusarova/Konstantopoulou 0-2 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite *Final 3rd Place* 2-1 Soria/Carro 2-0 Caluori/Lutz Fernández/Lobato 0-2 Böbner/Vergé-Depré Fernández/Soria 2-0 Böbner/Vergé-Depré *Final 1st Place* 2-0 Makroguzova//Kholomina 2-0 Placette/Richard Dabizha/Rudykh 2-0 Jupiter/Chamereau Advance to Phase Final >> Eliminated >>

1st Heat of M K1 not official results yes, but from the non qiualified NOCs so far only 2x and 1x qualified into the semis. 10 more semifinalists will advance from Heat 2

Israel

Ah yes, I've seen quite a lot of articles talking about the protests and police brutality there, but not on big news websites indeed. Only on some obscure blogs like The New York Times, BBC, Reuters, CBS and a few others nobody has ever heard of.

Brillant News. Will come as a big relief to our prospective Olympians.

Judo GS Kazan Matic i Druzeta izgubili u prvoj borbi.

Already qualified.

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6 natjecanja iduci dana koja su zanimljiva - Kajak EP od danas Ren Kopres i Roko Bengeri u K1 i Katja Bengeri u K1/C1 Male šanse za Kopresa ali vjerovatno ne - Judo GS Kazan Zdrijeb vidi post prije. Iznimno važan turnir za Kumrica i Marenic. Trebaju im bodovi da bi ostali u igri za kontinentalnu kvotu - Hrvanje sutra nastupa Iva Geric u subotu Lizatovic, Huklek i Koščević Janecica nema u ždrijebu. Male šanse za Lizatovica i Hukleka - Taekwondo sub/ned Ivan Sapina u kategoriji M+80, trebao bi biti 3 nositelj. Ako sam dobro izračunao, trebaju mu dvije pobjede. U 1/4 finalu protiv Ukrajinca, a u polufinalu vjerovatno Turčin. Mislim da je favorit. - Atletika Europski bacački kup sub/ned posebno zanimljivo za Tolj, Markovića i Kozul. Tolj možda može do norme, a ionako je sigurna. Za ostale prilika za popravit renking, minimalne šanse za normu. Zanimljiv je i prvi nastup V. Sokote na nekom Internacionalnom takmičenju. Nastupa i F. Mihaljevic. Nema Perkovic i Kolak. - Jedrenje Finn u subotu počinje Finn Gold Cup. prijavljena su tri naša jedriličara: Olujic, Bugarin i Vujasinovic. Hrvatska je medju favoritima, ali bit će to lutrija jer se dijeli samo jedna kvota, i vjerovatno završimo kao prvi ispod crte

You may be joking, but the judges were not. Except for his 4th and 6th round dives, every other execution was far from the notes awarded. Same case for Goodfellow, today he wasn't as clean as yesterday, yet he was not penalized as he should when he failed, especially during the last dive. The opposite was the case for Down-Jenkins who saw of his executions undeservedly scores. BTW, congratulations to García Boissier for making it to the finals. He had very clean executions, and if not for the degree of difficulty, he could very well challenge for a medal.

LOL, talk about bad luck for Mateus Gregório. The way I see it -- i.e., assuming things I'm maybe not supposed to assume -- it would not be a huge loss to our delegation, unless lots and lots of lifters aren't allowed to compete, because Gregório finished only fourth at the latest Pan Am Champs. Still, the biggest and most accessed news site in Brazil published recent news about Gregório getting important points for the Olympics race, so this might mean his quota is kind of important for our delegation. I don't know for sure.

and Greco 60kg: balanced draw, Ivo Angelov at home is probably the biggest favorite from the top half even though I was expecting Bulgaria to enter the young Nazaryan. after a bye he has to win 3 tough matches to qualify. Lizatovic (CRO), Chkhartishvili (GEO) and then most probably Ciobanu (MDA) even though Ciobanu has to beat Hungary first. a month I would pick Ciobanu but he was disappointing recently, I pick BUL even though Angelov can lose to any of these guys. we have some big names in the bottom half as well, ARM, AZE, BLR and KOR are favorites here. interestingly Azerbaijan is trusting Mammadov again after what happened in Hungary. Mammadov has to beat Olympic bronze medalist Berge in the first round. I also like to give a very small chance to Montano of Ecuador. he is good sometimes. that new Korean guy is also very dangerous but I pick World U23 Champion from Armenia. my picks: and 67kg: in a rare situation we have a tougher top half. we have POL KAZ, KGZ, NOR, ARM and TUR in the top half. Sahakyan has two "easy" matches before facing the winner of Kebispayev-Basar. he was disappointing at the European QT but I'm going to give him another chance lol former European Champion Thoresen was also terrible there. he will face Aslanyan (ARM) first. also don't forget Ismailov (KGZ) he makes surprises sometimes. we have a very interesting name in the bottom half, Rasul Chunayev! I didn't hear about him for a while. I'm not sure if he is in shape but if he is fit he is surely the favorite. but his draw is not that easy he has to start with Islomov (MDA) then Dimitriv (BUL) and next is UKR for him. I know he is cutting a lot for 67kg, not sure if his body can handle 3 not-so-easy matches. from the last quarter it will be BLR or JPN but I think whoever survives from the 3rd Q will win the SF too. my picks: and 77kg: two biggest names here are both in the top half, Kim and Nemes! this is a nightmare draw for Kim, he will start with Rafig Huseynov (AZE) and then guess who ? the Indian guy who destroyed him at the Asian QT. Nemes will have two "easy" matches before facing BLR or UKR in the Quarters. I believe he will find his way into the SF, most probably against Kim. this will be a hell of a match but I think Nemes will 1-1 his way into the Olympics lol but watch out for Gurpreet. this guy can make everybody tired you have to score big on him early otherwise even Nemes will have hard time against his cardio. Ait Mnatsakanian was really impressive in Hungary and he is wrestling at home. so he is my pick from the bottom half. but it won't be easy for him. first round will be crucial against a dangerous Moldovan. next is POL and then probably GEO for him. you never can underestimate Georgia in Greco-Roman. I think Cengiz (TUR) will be in the SF from the last quarter against probably BUL or GEO. my picks: and 87kg: this is where Iran and Russia try to complete their Greco teams and unfortunately they have to beat each other! we also have the European Champion Datunashvili (SRB) in this half. and I think one of these 3 guys will qualify. Chakvetadze is the clear favorite here as the Olympic Champion. honestly I don't have much hope for our "new guy". Chakvetadze has a bye and then two "easy" matches to reach the SF to probably face the winner of IRN-SRB. Basar (TUR) and Shahinyan (ARM) are the biggest names in the bottom half. tough draw for the Armenian. he will face the winner of BUL-SWE (both of them are good) in the 2nd round before facing Basar. I think the winner of that ARM-TUR match will qualify at the end. but I also give a slim chance to the winner of POL-CRO match in the 3rd quarter. whoever wins that match most probably will advance to the SF and Huklek (CRO) once created lots of problems for Shahinyan. so that's not impossible. my picks: and 97kg: Nikoloz (ITA) is the clear favorite here, the draw is not that easy though. I think he can handle the Azeri guy. Baldauf can be tough in the QF. Szoke (HUN) has a relatively easier path to the SF to face Nikoloz. I think the Italian will finally make it but he wrestled at the European Champs few days ago. maybe that helps his opponents here. the bottom half is wide open, BLR, GER, FRA and maybe UKR or CZE are the favorites. Peter Ohler (GER) used to be good but I didn't watch him for a while. my picks: and 130kg: there is no real favorite here so I make it quick. I think 5 guys are "capable" of that in the top half. ROU, AZE, POL, CRO and maybe NOR. in the bottom half I'm more interested to see the talented guy from Finland, he is a 97kg wrestler but since another talented guy from Finland qualified that weight he has no other option to try his chance here. and I really think he has a chance. UKR, ARM, HUN and USA are the biggest obstacles ahead of him. but he only has to beat one of them (of course after beating BUL which won't be easy) my picks: and

and btw the Live score of the Competition is here https://siwidata.com/canoelive/#/live/icf/1843 and format : Top 40 in M K1 (30 from heat 1, 10 from Heat 2), Top 30 in M C1, W K1 and W C1 (20 from heat 1 & 10 from Heat 2) will advance to the Semifinals Top 10 in all events from semifinals will advance to the Final. you´re welcome

The wait is over, Olimpia AX Armani Milano is back in the Final Four. The last time the Italian club reached the European Semifinals was in 1992 Last cup win in 1988 Final four Cologne 28-30 May Titles (Champions and Euroleague) CSKA 8 Milano 3 Barcelona 2

Love seeing your spreadsheets! Makes me want to start my own already.

Here's the one I had from 2018. Fewer events so it's a lot easier to manage, but the final version of the Tokyo spreadsheet will include TV times like this one has. Easier to plan out viewing and sleeping that way