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What will each Individual Swimming Final look like at the 2023 World Aquatic Championships? Since the psych sheets haven't come out yet, I've gathered the top 8 times of athletes from the current season that are entered in each individual event to give an idea on what each final could look like. I might do a separate post for relays later. Men's Freestyle Events: Men's Backstroke Events: Men's Breaststroke Events: Men's Butterfly Events: Men's Individual Medley Events: Women's Freestyle Events: Women's Backstroke Events: Women's Breaststroke Events: Women's Butterfly Events: Women's Individual Medley Events:

I'm going to the games! It's my first time at a proper multi-sport event.

Wait, I thought that athletes with 800m and 1500m OQTs can compete in the 10k? This is what the qualification document says: "In addition to the process above, any Federation with qualified pool athletes who have achieved an Olympic Qualification Time (OQT) in either the 800-meter or 1500-meter freestyle (for both genders) may enter those athletes into the Marathon Swimming Event provided such entries will comply with Federation team limits where no more than two athletes of the same gender per Federation."

Sasha Zhoya (110 M Hurdles) Minima Olympic Paris 2024 13"22 (+0,3 m/s)

the problem is that any quota place obtained in the pool doesn't count at all for the Olympic 10km race you have to earn your spot in the specific OQR for this discipline (Fukuoka and Doha, basically) in the women's 10km, however, I think there are only a few girls who already have a OQT in the pool: for sure, Katie Grimes, Anastasiia Kirpichnikova; then I'm not sure about Sharon Van Rouwendal, Leonie Beck. I think it's all. among the men, both and both swimmers and stop. I don't think the guys have a good 1500m/800m time (maybe Logan Fontaine, but it's improbable) and both our guys Paltrinieri and Acerenza this year haven't swam the OQT yet 'cause they're focusing on this race to earn the quota place (our technical director said without any problem that our target is getting all 4 quotas here in Fukuoka, without having to participate to the next world champs in Doha with the Olympians), but I'm pretty sure that they will get an OQT in the pool the first time they really swim that races seriously (and Paltrinieri is going to swim the 800m and 1500m in the pool at this world champ, so, it's just a matter of time) p.s. I'm surprised have not chosen Marc Antoine Olivier for the 10km race (but it looks it's just a disciplinary choice, rather than technical)

has been disqualified from the women’s 4x100m. New podium - https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138899/womens-4x100m-nigeria-disqualified

Latest rumors saying Russian are intending to organize their own Olympics sort of BRICS nations games and they already picked a date and venue for the games, 1 month before the Olympics in Paris and the games will be in Kazan. They apparently already also invited and some others. Yeah, all in all, once again, I really don´t mind, but hope they will do the same also in January/February 2026

That might be the explanation, although she already was going backwards in the 200 free way before the pandemic. Maybe she focused too much on distance and lost her speed. It looks as if she might have "rediscovered" some of her speed recently, so there might very well still be hope for her. Her progression in the 200/400/800/1500 free: 200 free: 2016: 1:57.96 2017: 1:57.10 2018: 1:57.88 2019: 1:58.14 --- 2020: 2:00.13 2021: 2:00.15 2022: 1:58.78 400 free: 2016: 4:08.10 2017: 4:05.75 2018: 4:03.57 2019: 4:01.31 --- 2020: 4:09.05 2021: 4:05.35 2022: 4:07.74 800 free: 2016: 8:34.37 2017: 8:30.62 2018: 8:22.01 2019: 8:24.25 --- 2020: 8:37.45 2021: 8:26.20 2022: 8:35.74 1500 free: 2016: 16:45.15 2017: 16:11.25 2018: 16:03.22 2019: 15:54.48 --- 2020: 16:34.43 2021: 15:59.80 2022: 16:22.89 I remember that we had a similar discussion some years ago about Mihalyvari-Farkas, where i asked whether she would keep progressing or end up like many (female) hungarian talents before her. Back then you were optimistic and didn't agree that (too) many hungarian talents fade out too quickly. Sadly it looks as if Mihalyvari-Farkas might be heading in the same direction, but maybe she will surprise us/me at worlds. Also not sure how optimistic we can/should be about the future of other talents like Veres, Fabian, Gyurinovics, Nyiradi, Molnar, Ugrai, Flück, Komoroczy, Hathazi, Abraham, Jackl and Padar? Hopefully att least Padar and Jackl will become world class. On the men's side Kovats, Magda and Betlehem look promising.

If everything goes well I will attend the Gyulai Memorial next week in Székesfehérvár for the first time. I thought that it would be a nice warm up to the WCh. The field of athletes is looking quite strong, we got a lot of big names competing here once again.

it doesnt look bad..

Asian Athletics Championships , Bangkok July 12-16 , 2023 https://asianathleticschampionships2023.com/day2/ Men’s 400m Kentaro Sato Discus Throw (W) Feng Bin Long Jump (W) Sumire Hata Men’s 400mH Bassem Hemeida Long Jump (M) Lin Yu-Tang M. Sreeshankar Shot put (W) Song Jiayuan

Unbelievable. Well, not really, because it's not urban and fast-paced enough, but come on. Luckily it's at least not actually called 'Marathon swimming' as far as I see in the official things, since one can't have a 10k as maximum and call it that obviously.

Fixed it (If I accidentally activate the jinx, you’re welcome I guess 😅)

I suppose majority of the crowd will support Carlos Alcaraz in the final?

Minimas Olympique pour Sasha Zohya au 110 m haies https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Sasha-zhoya-realise-les-minima-pour-les-championnats-du-monde-et-les-jo-de-paris-2024/1408365

Running about an hour late - great women’s 400m final

I am still looking for results of the SEAG 2023. The website is still active, but only for the para-event. Anyone some advice?

Well, she arrived with high expectations here, probably her once in a lifetime chance to medal at "major" championship (and completely justified, after what I saw from here the whole season to today), so her tears were understandable but it is how it is, high level sport is also a matter of mental readiness and the ability to handle even the greatest pressure from the general public. This is another thing I noticed many times being the cause of failure of most of our athletes. In other hand she is still young and talented, I do believe this sorrowful experience can and will only help her in the future. I can bet my house she will never crash like that 2 hurdles from the line in the all rest of her life now

Nous avons 1 quotas h et f . Mais dans l’optique d’en avoir 2 dans chaque genre il faut qu’on le gagne au mondiaux !

I think you have an interesting definition of "top talent". Szilagyi won gold at the 2014 youth olympics as a 17 year old with 2:06.5, which was a junior world record if i remember correctly. You know who finished 1.5 seconds behind her in silver position? Zhang Yufei ... Mihalyvari-Farkas also won gold at the 2022 european championships in the 400 IM as an 18 year old. Kesely won 2 silver medals and a bronze at the 2018 european championships as a 16 year old. Gabor Zombori won gold at the 2019 junior world championships in the 400 free as a 16 year old with a time of 3:46.0. Not sure what Hosszu did as a junior that was (much) more impressive?

July 26, so still 1-2 weeks away

D'autant plus que la natation à proprement dit ne début que le 23. Pompé de l'excellent post de Topicmaster1010, voici la liste des Français avec un temps d'engagement dans le Top 8 : Florent Manaudou (50m libre, #3) Maxime Grousset (50m libre, #7) Maxime Grousset (100m libre, #4) Maxime Grousset (50m pap, #5) Maxime Grousset (100m pap, #2) Mewen Tomac (100m dos, #6) Mewen Tomac (200m dos, #6) Leon Marchand (200m brasse, #1) (épreuve qu'il ne devrait pas disputer) Leon Marchand (200m 4N, #2) Leon Marchand (200m 4N, #1) Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (1500m, #8) Analia Pigree (50m libre, #8) Melanie Henique (50m pap, #3)

if you have a vpn, Italian TV is showing almost everything: all about swimming, open water swimming, artistic swimming, diving and many waterpolo matches (20 from the prelims and all 24 from the knockout stage, both M and W tournaments) it's all on rai2 and / or raisport+ (check the daily schedule, ITA is +6 hrs compared to North American EDT) https://www.raiplay.it/guidatv?channel=rai-2&date=14-07-2023 p.s. picture quality is awful (720p @ 25 fps only)

Impressive routine for Mexico in women's duet, they're actually in the lead, ahead Greece and Italy @mrv86

Very weird take ... 1) "He still should EASILY take gold" + "Sotero being only true CONTENDER" ...? 2) How can you call Sotero a contender but not Richter? (Personally i think that neither of them is a contender for gold)

Great battle between Vanninen and Dokter in the heptathlon. Both can still take the win today! Vanninen used to be the strongest in this age group, but Dokter has really caught up and is working on a great heptathlon with 2 PBs already yesterday.

BBC never ever bother with artistic swimming. It's on streaming - you need to create a login id but it's free. aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv

Késely might be the biggest Hungarian disappointment in swimming since the Liliána Szilágyi debacle. COVID has been the explanation, that she lost her career momentum because of the COVID break.

Reigning World Championship bronze medalist Mia Valee fails to qualify for the final in W 1m springboard placing 15th in prelims. Ware just barely squeaks through, in 12th.

It was another fun hilly stage yesterday Too bad today we get a junior stage, on the national holiday no less (although that doesn't have the effect on French riders it used to have anymore anyway)....Thierry Gouvenou, be very, very ashamed of yourself We used to have stages like these in the Vuelta for years on end, until they finally realized these stages usually suck balls (which the fans had seen quickly, but somehow the organizers used blindfolds for years).

Not under my original interpretation of the qualification document. It’s not very clear if the quotas are reallocated to the next best athlete or not. However, it does say unused quotas will be allocated via the HPA. The allocation created by @Josh can be seen as “safe” quotas. Those should be guaranteed without question according to the qualification document.

Try: aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv You have to register but it is free. Not sure if it is geoblocked but it is working for UK.

@Josh how you see me? am i well informed for Canada's basketball? !!!

Oh of course - am all in favour of being optimistic but there's a point when optimism turns to delusion and thinking that GBR will come out as winners of that match is way past that point.

Canada's Extended Roster - Kyle Alexander - Nickeil Alexander-Walker - RJ Barrett - Trae Bell-Haynes - Oshae Brissett - Dillon Brooks - Lu Dort - Zach Edey - Melvin Ejim - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - Cory Joseph - Jamal Murray - Kelly Olynyk - Kevin Pangos - Dwight Powell - Kassius Robertson - Phil Scrubb - Thomas Scrubb

2023 Para Athletics Championships (July 9-17) Paralympics Quotas 27- 19- 18- 15- 11- 10- 9- 8- 7- 6- 5- 4- 3- 2- 1- Day 1 (July 9) Women's Discus Throw F55 [4] - Women's Long Jump T11 [4] - Women's Shot Put F41 [4] - Men's Javelin Throw F38 [4] - Women's Club Throw F32 [4] - Men's Shot Put F55 [4] - Men's Shot Put F37 [4] - Men's Long Jump T11 [4] - Day 2 (July 10) Women's Discus Throw F57 [4] - Women's Long Jump T64 [4] - Women's Javelin Throw F13 [4] - Men's Shot Put F12 [4] - Men's 5000m T13 [4] - Women's 5000m T54 [4] - Women's 1500m T11 [4] - Women's 1500m T13 [4] - Men's Club Throw F32 [4] - Men's Javelin Throw F57 [4] - Men's Long Jump T63 [4] - Men's High Jump T64 [4] - Women's Shot Put F37 [4] - Men's 100m T37 [4] - Men's 100m T38 [4] - Women's 100m T13 [4] - Men's 100m T12 [4] - Men's 5000m T11 [4] - Men's 5000m T54 [4] - Women's 400m T37 [4] - Day 3 (July 11) Men's 400m T36 [4] - Women's Discus Throw F64 [4] - Men's Shot Put F40 [4] - Men's Shot Put F53 [4] - Women's Long Jump T12 [4] - Men's Discus Throw F52 [4] - Women's Javelin Throw F34 [4] - Men's High Jump T47 [4] - Women's Shot Put F20 [4] - Women's 100m T47 [4] - Women's Long Jump T37 [4] - Women's 200m T35 [4] - Women's 100m T38 [4] - Women's 400m T11 [4] - Men's 400m T53 [4] - Women's 800m T53 [3] - Women's 800 T54 [3] - Day 4 (July 12) Men's Discus Throw F56 [4] - Men's 400m T54 [4] - Women's 400m T20 [4] - Women's Javelin Throw F46 [4] - Women's Shot Put F54 [4] - Men's Shot Put F41 [4] - Men's Long Jump T12 [4] - Women's Discus Throw F53 [3] - Women's Shot Put F34 [3] - Men's Shot Put F11 [4] - Men's Long Jump T36 [3] - Men's 100m T13 [4] - Men's 200m T35 [4] - Men's 200m T37 [1] - Men's 100m T64 [4] - Women's 100m T36 [4] - Men's 100m T44 [4] - Men's 400m T11 [4] - Day 5 (July 13) Women's Javelin Throw F56 [3] - Men's Long Jump T47 [3] - Women's 1500m T54 [1] - Men's Javelin Throw F64 [4] - Men's Shot Put F36 [4] - Men's 1500m T11 [2] - Men's 1500m T13 [3] - Women's Discus Throw F11 [4] - Men's Shot Put F32 [2] - Men's Shot Put F20 [4] - Men's High Jump T63 [3] - Women's 100m T11 [2] - Women's 100m T63 [4] - Women's 100m T64 [3] - Men's 100m T34 [4] - Women's 100m T34 [4] - Women's Long Jump T38 [3] - Women's 400m T12 [3] - Men's 400m T38 [2] - Men's 400m T52 [4] -

Look at as a chance to catch up on all those box sets.

Individual Swimming entries: Men: Javier Acevedo - 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back Eric Brown - 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free James Dergousoff - 50 Breast, 100 Breast Collyn Gagne - 400 IM Ilya Kharun - 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly Finlay Knox- 200 IM Josh Liendo - 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Fly Hugh McNeill - 200 Back Brayden Taivassalo - 200 Breast Lorne Wigginton - 400 IM Women: Sophie Angus - 50 Breast, 100 Breast Emma Finlin - 1500 Free Mary-Sophie Harvey - 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM Hanna Henderson - 50 Free Ella Jansen - 400 Free Maggie MacNeil - 50 Fly, 100 Fly Kylie Masse - 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back Summer McIntosh - 200 Free, 400 Free, 200 Fly, 400 IM Katerine Savard - 50 Fly, 100 Fly Ingrid Wilm - 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back Kelsey Wog - 200 Breast Notably, Pickrem and Zavaros are out. The good news is that it looks like Ruck will compete but it looks like she'll be a relay only swimmer.

Men's Sub-21 World Championships in Manama the semifinals will be played by vs and vs

Ons Jabeur beats Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in the second SF so we are guaranteed a new GS champion for women.

Marketa Vondrousova beats Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-3 in the first women's SF. Over in the girls tournament Alina Korneeva is into SF so still on course to win her third junior GS in a row. She plays Nikola Bartunkova next. Renata Jamrichova is also into girls SF @hckošice

Decent meet coming up tomorrow - the Morton Games from Dublin . Presuming lots of Irish big names not in Finland will be present. No matter what, Commentators are always turbo!

Meanwhile, Ignacio Michelini has gained very valuable 67 ranking points thanks to the CCI4*-L win in Campo de Mayo. He now leads the Group E on 92 points and looks set for the Olympics. Argentina hasn't qualified in eventing since 1996. @konig @LDOG

He still should easily take gold, Sotero being only true contender. Meanwhile, first dissapointment for our team, Čurin Prapotnik after astonishing breakthrough season has not managed to qualify even for 100 m semis.

Meeting International d'Athletisme de la Province de Liège- Liège, Belgium July 12, 2023 Full Results Women's 400m Cynthia Bolingo Women's 5000m Aynadis Mebrit Girma Gebrzihair

Para Triathlon Paralympic Qualification Rankings updated as of July 10th, 2023

For Bulgarian players, there are 3 clear superstars - Kaziyski, Sokolov and now Nikolov. Kaziyski was the best player in the world for a number of years, but hasn't played for the NT for over a decade now, because he has beef with the federation. Sokolov has gotten older now and for many years all expectations were on him to bring success to the NT. But when the other players weren't at his level, even his 20+ points per game were leading to defeats. And people were getting frustrated with him, because he was playing amazing for his clubs, the MVP and so on, but things weren't working out for the NT, so they thought he was holding back, or relaxing, when in the NT. Nikolov right now is on track to being one of the biggest stars in volleyball. He has the talent to be the new Kaziyski. Atanasov for me is an above average player. His attack is very good, but his receiving and defending are abysmal. He has a good serve, but doesn't have the confidence to perform it. More often then not it leads to errors or just an easy pass over the net. There has been one final, this is the last chance push to have Kaziyski return for the Olympic qualification and play with Nikolov and Sokolov in one team. But i have learned over the years to not have my hopes up.

10k Valencia Ibercaja January 15, 2023 Men's: Weldon Langat, Charles Kipkurui Langat (Daniel Kosen missed out by 1 second) Women's: Yalemzerf Yehualaw Jesca Chelangat, Ester Borura, Naomi Chepngeno Sarah Chelangat

The Koreans were a bit imprecise, especially in the last element, where they lost sync