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March team ranking is published. as expected following NOC take quotas Men: Slovenia, Croatia and India Women: Thailand, Poland, India and Sweden.

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I have done a simulation of the possible entry lists for Paris 2024. This simulation is based on the latest OQR from IWF (published March 4th). 12 entries per weight. Maximum 3 lifters per NOC per gender. Host country (France) using all their 3 quotas across both genders (6 in total). Universality places are distrubuted accordingly to follow the mentioned criteria before. Green = Qualified/Selected Red = Not selected due to exceeding NOC's maximum quotas per gender Yellow = Already selected for another weightclass Women's

Predictions part 4 W50,W57,M51,M71,M92+ bottom page 5/ page 6 in that order W54,W60 on page 9 M57,M80 on page 11 Top 30 rankings per weightclass on the boxing Olympic rankings thread. Right finally after many many hours and only three boxing sessions late but with every individual weight class in time of course these predictions are done. They better end up being accurate enough or I will be fuming. Honestly though with the number of entries if I hit over 50% we should be doing ok 60% would be great. M63.5kg Bracket 1 My pick- Somchay Wongsuwan (8) , Other contenders- Jose Viafara (5) , Jesus Cova (10) , Viliam Tanko (11) , Gianluigi Malanga (15) . A very open draw here with some quality first round matchups Jesus Cova meets Viliam Tanko and Jose Viafara meets home boxer Gianluigi Malanga. The two south americans are both stong boxers but Malanga did beat Viafara back in 2021 and I think Tanko will get the better of Cova. Watch both of those picks be wrong. The winner of Tanko vs Cova will then face Somchay Wongsuwan. Wongsuwan is a talented boxer but picking him over 2022 Asian 67kg champion Bunjong Sinsiri is bizarre and could cost them a quota. The winner of that fight should then meet the victor of Malanga va Viafara in a "semi final" effectively for the quota. One of Bartlomiej Roskowicz (28) , Mizan Aykol (27) or Saparmyrat Odajev (33) will be the matchup in the qualifying fight but won't pose any threat. Honestly you could pick a number between 1 and 5 here to decide this. I'll reluctantly pick Wongsuwan but I don't know. Bracket 2 My pick- Alexy de la Cruz (3) , Other contenders- Yuri Falcao (19) , Salvador Flores (17) , Assan Hansen (21) . The draw would have struggled to be kinder to Alexy de la Cruz after he kind of butchered it against Miguel Ramirez at Panams. His toughest fight may well be his first one against Yuri Falcao before fights against Obada al Kasbeh (29) and then probably Joshua Tukamuhebwa (31) . In the other half of the bracket Salvador Flores fights Ali Qasim al Sarray (32) and Assan Hansen faces Alexandru Paraschiv (24) or Wang Xiangyang (NR) . Hansen and Flores should come through to set up a finely balanced "semi final". Neither are likely to push de la Cruz. Bracket 3 My pick- Ruslan Abdullaev (1) , Other contenders- Radoslav Rosenov (4) , Mukhamedsabyr Bazarbay Uulu (7) . This bracket will produce some good fights. At the top 2023 world champion Ruslan Abdullaev faces Shiva Thapa (25) in his opening fight followed by a very easy fight and then likely meets Mirzokhid Imamnazarov (26) in a "semi final". Meanwhile Radoslav Rosenov and new and improved Kazakh selection Mukhamedsabyr Bazarbay Uulu who plugs a whole in what was by far their weakest men's weightclass meet in their respective second bouts. For me Rosenov edges out Bazarbay Uulu. Danylo Zamorylo (13) or Aleksej Sendrik (22) would then be next opposition ahead of meeting Abdullaev. Abdullaev may not be the favourite for gold in Paris but he is still a world class operator and should beat his opponent here. Bracket 4 My pick- Erislandy Alverez (2) , Other contenders- Bakhodur Usmonov (6) , Emilio Garcia (9) . 60kg world silver medallist Erislandy Alvarez correctly gets selected over multi Olympic medallist Lazaro Alvarez (no relation). He opens his account with a tough fight against Emilio Garcia before his toughest challenge against Bakhodur Usmonov in the following round provided Usmonov can beat the experienced Louis Richarno Colin (18) . Usmonov vs Alvarez could be one of the fights of the tournament but it is tough to pick against the Cuban. The other half of the bracket likely Tayfur Aliyev (12) meet Tokyo featherweight bronze medallist Samuel Takyi (16) with the winner likely facing Patris Mughalzai (14) who replaces the injured Reese Lynch . Any of the three could come through but none are in the same tier as Alvarez or Usmonov. I'm going to guess Takyi ends up being Alvarez' quota match opponent M92kg Bracket 1 My pick- Lazizbek Mullojonov (1) , Other contenders- Georgi Kushitashvili (7) , Berat Acar (9) . Mullojonov deserved to qualify at Asian games but has a tricky enough path to secure his quota here albeit he won't be tested at all until qualification is on the line. On the other side of the bracket we have two fascinating opening round fights with Georgii Kushitashvili who looks much more comfortable at 92kg than 80kg meeting Berat Acar and in form Vagkan Nanitzanian (14) matching up with the one remaining unqualified Australian Adrian Paoletti (18) . Kushitashvili and Nanitzanian should be slight favourites and would then face Victor Schelstraete (22) and Marko Calic (17) respectively. If they come through those tests we would then get a rematch of the recent Strandja final which Kushitashvili won. Kushitashvili would be a tough opponent for Mullojonov but you would have to back Mullojonov's power. Bracket 2 My pick- Enmanuel Reyes (2) , Other contenders- Loren Alfonso Dominguez (5) , Sadam Magomedov (11) . An interestingly poised bracket with a heavyweight matchup between Enmanuel Reys and Loren Alfonso Dominguez two former Cubans competing against eachother for 2 countries that a very much not Cuba. Alfonso Domniguez does have to beat Yan Zak (23) first who shockingly beat him at European games. The winner would then face Carlos Rodriguez (15) who could provide a tricky test. At the bottom of the bracket Experienced Sadam Magomedov faces Tyron Amo (24) (who strangely is here ahead of Alexander Okafor ) followed by the winner of Erkin Adylbek Uulu (21) and 2022 86kg Asian champion Jakkapong Yomkhot (19) . If Magomedov does indeed come through Reyes has beaten him before. I trust Reyes to produce when it counts more than Alfonso Dominguez so I think he gets the quota here. Bracket 3 My pick- Aibek Oralbay (6) , Other contenders- Narek Manasyan (3) , Julio Castillo (4) , Jamar Talley (8) . A fascinatingly balanced draw with likely "semi finals" in Narek Manasyan vs Jamar Talley and Aybek Oralbay vs Julio Castillo with only Sanjeet (13) who faces 2022 Asian champion Oralbay (who regains the Kazakh number 1 spot at this weightclass). Both of the above fights should be terrific but I think Manasyan will be slightly too good for the still inexperience Talley and Oralbay may deny Castillo this shot at a third Olympics. Oralbay vs Manasyan could then legitimately go either way but I'm going to pick Oralbay despite ranking him lower. Bracket 4 My pick- Marlon Hurtado (10) , Other contenders- Soheb Bouafia (12) , Patrick Brown (16) . With so many quality fights above we were always going to end up with a lower quality bracket albeit one with still some interesting fights. Surprise British selection Patrick Brown has a very easy path to a quota fight. Marlon Hurtado has to go through Mateusz Bereznicki (20) and Soheb Bouafia (12) . The young Colombian will be tested against Bouafia and Brown and may prove a misguided pick but I'm going to back the young boxer here.

Announcement What will happen in the next few days: Waiting for the last votes........................... Festival of Music begins (Tuesday) (a song of last year/two years) The venue of the grand final will be revealed and much more ..... (maybe )

Day 2 morning session finished a couple of hours ago but they haven't posted the results. There were 29 bouts in the session and I was able to find about 1/3 of the results. Across the two days, and have been pretty good with quick posting results on Facebook or Insta. media is also pretty quick to post results.

The World Cup heads to Soldier Hollow next. I am volunteering on the range Thurs-Sat. Maybe I can be the guy who sweeps the range

I'll post my predictions sometime in Mid June when psych sheets for US trials come out. As of now, I would expect around 80% of the names above to make the Olympic team. Of course the big stars like Ledecky, Smith, Douglass, Finke, Murphy, etc. should have no problem qualifying. However, given the depth that the US has, the rapid progression of many of their young talents and a lot of spots being wide open (2nd spot in men's 200 back, women's 200 fly, women's long distance for example), I would expect a few new names on the Olympic team. And of course, as you mentioned, Dressel's status will have to be monitored closely. He's competing this upcoming weekend at a the Pro Swim Series so we'll get a better idea of his progression their.

So hosting Paris 2024 badminton events in Porte de la Chapelle is not a good idea? Players for this year's French Open (which doubles as venue test event) are taking extra measures to keep their hotel room safe. So far two suitcases are missing and some players reported there are attempts to break into their room at night.

Third semifinal in four stops for our women’s team, as they lose 21-7 to United States to finish 4th at the HSBC Los Angeles SVNS.

Historically the longest period for voting we ever had, but people & scrambling towards deadlines is just a law of nature

Men's 57kg: Jude Gallagher def. Hichem Maouche (5-0)

Karate ???

W66kg Bracket 1 My Pick- Navbakhor Khamidova (7) , Other contenders- Emilie Sonvico (8) , Ani Hovsepyan (9) , Ankushita Boro (12) , Maria Moronta (14) . I tend to regard Emilie Sonvico as a good guage for this weightclass. If you're good you will beat her, If you're not you won't. She faces Ankushita Boro in the first round. Ankushita replaces Arundhati Choudhary in the Indian team who beat Sonvico at Strandja so we will get an immediate guage on if they got their selection right. Luna Beeloo (19) awaits the winner before a "semi final" against Navbakhor Khamidova. Khamidova has beaten Ankushita before and would also be the favourite against Sonvico. The other half of the bracket will be decided in a "quarter final" between Ani Hovsepyan who moves down from middleweight and Olympian Maria Moronta. Both are more natural light-middleweights than welterweights. Hovsepyan lost on the previous occasion she matched up with Khamidova and I suspect Moronta would struggle too. Bracket 2 My Pick- Nien Chin Chen (1) , Other contenders- Milena Matovic (11) , Anastasia Chernokolenko (15) . Should be pretty straightforward this one. Nien Chin Chen has a couple of fairly straightforward fights against Jessica Triebelova (21) and either Krista Kovalainen (17) or Saida Lahmidi (18) . Meanwhile another of the considerable number who have move down from 75kg Anastasia Chernokolenko has a tough ask to beat Milena Matovic. (The 75kg to 66kg jump isn't as big as you might think as a lot of the top middleweights box close to 70kg than 75kg.) The winner would likely face Marianna Soto (24) . Chen should comfortably win but you never know. Bracket 3 My Pick- Camila Camilo (2) , Other contenders- Angela Carini (10) , Ivanusa Moreira (13) , Sara Kali (16) . This should be Camila Camilo's quota to lose but she is young and still fairly inexperienced. She will be tested straight off the bat against Tokyo Olympian Angela Carini who interestingly comes back into the Italian team over Assunta Canfora who "lost" in the most bizarre RSC decision possibly ever against Camilo at last years worlds. The Italians will be out for retribution here. Whoever wins that fight would likely go on to meet Sara Kali in a "semi final" who not for the first time managed to impressivley beat 2022 world silver medallist Charlie Cavanagh CAN at Canadian trials. Unfortunately you have to go back to 2017 to find a win for her against non Canadian opposition. Ivanusa Moreira always seems to get a favourable draw for her first couple of fights. Here she meets Emily Nakalema (23) UGA who did beat her back in the Tokyo qualification tournament and likely Yulianny Alvarez (25) VEN. Nakalema or Moreira could threaten Camilo or Carini but I suspect Camilo will get the job done here. Bracket 4 My Pick- Aneta Rygielska (3) , Other contenders- Stefanie Von Berge (4) , Grainne Walsh (5) , Stephanie Pineiro (6) . Far and away the toughest bracket here. First up Aneta Rygielska will be tested against Stephanie Pineiro who is good but not that good. Rygielska then meets Seon Su-jin (28) followed by the winner of Natalya Bogdonava (20) vs Loren Balbuena (22) who strangely moved down from middleweight to replace Lucia Noelia Perez . On the other side of the draw we see 2022 European champion Stefanie Von Berge meet controversial Irish selection Grainne Walsh. Amy Broadhurst was injured during the selection process but may have been available here and that still leaves 2022 70kg world champion Lisa O'Rourke who beat Walsh in Poland last November. It is a strange pick but make no mistake Walsh is a very good boxer and multi European medallist, she just doesn't have the same Olympic medal threat as the other 2 well certainly not as much of a medal hope as Broadhurst. Anyway, this should be a very good fight but I would lean towards Walsh winning. (I ranked them the other way around though before they drew eachother so I clearly amn't sure). Anyway, whether it is Walsh or Von berge, Rygielska has won and lost against both of them in this Olympic cycle. I think Rygielska is the most reliable but any of the three of them could take the quota here. W75kg Only thirty entries so surprisingly there are 2 boxers who start the tournament just 2 fights away from a quota. Bracket 1 My Pick- Cindy Ngamba (1) , Other contenders- Busra Isildar (5) , Veronkia Nakota (6) , Naomi Graham (4) . Strong first bracket with 5 of my top 10 in the rankings all here especially given the lack of depth in this weightclass. Cindy Ngamba had an impressive GB open in January but is yet to break through with a major medal albeit her loses have come against elite opposition. She has a very tough path here though with the powerful but past her best Naomi Graham. We then shift to the other end of the age bracket with 2022 70kg youth world champion Veronika Nakota who already has a couple of impressive results at senior level. On the other side of the draw Busra Isildar meets one time world champion (2016) Valentina Khalzova KAZ. The likely outcome is a qualifying fight between Ngamba and Isildar which should be a fight worthy of an Olympic quota. Bracket 2 My Pick- Baison Manikon (8) , Other contenders- Karolina Makhno (9) , Hergie Bacyadan (11) , Chantelle Reid (12) . The draw has opened up for 2022 European under 22 champion Karolina Makhno although that isn't to say she won't be tested. At the top of this bracket Asian bronze medallist Baison Manikon who will meet Makhno in a "semi final". That fight could go either way. Meanwhile Hergie Bacyadan will meet Chantelle Reid provided Bacyadan can beat Viviane Pereira . Chantelle Reid is a strange selection by the British and I think Kerry Davis who she replaced would have qualified from this bracket. I have Bacyadan slightly ahead of Reid but we shall see. If Makhno could come through Manikon and Bacyadan/ Reid they would be the best two wins of her career. I'm going to pick the in form Manikon though. (If you couldn't tell, yes I changed my pick halfway through writing this) Bracket 3 My Pick- Citlalli Ortiz (3) , Other contenders- Sunniva Hofstad (7) , Love Holgersson (13) , Gabriele Stonkute (14) . Hmm a very northern European heavy bracket. 2022 81kg world champion Gabriele Stonkute meets Elizabeth Andiego (21) in her first fight before matching up against Sunniva Hofstad in the second round. There one previous meeting went Stonkute's way although it was a split decision and in Lithuania. The other side of the draw sees Citlalli Ortiz meet the experienced and very tall Love Holgersson. I mention the height thing because Ortiz is very short for a middleweight and will struggle reach wise. Then again if she can get on the inside she should win. Ortiz vs Hofstad or possibly Stonkute should be a decent fight but I am backing the Mexican. Bracket 4 My Pick- Elzbieta Wojcik (2) , Other contenders- Melissa Gemini (15) . Draw could not have been kinder to Elzbieta Wojcik. She does have to come through against Melissa Gemini. They uhm drew at an Italy vs Poland international last year although presumably with Italian judges. One of Eseta Flint (19) , Patricia Mbata (18) , Keidy Guevara (17) and Monika Langerova (20) will meet Wojcik in a qualifying fight. All four of them are fairly evenly matched but won't threaten Wojcik

The opponents:

Kevin Cordón is close to qualify for his 5th Olympic Games. He placed 4th in Tokyo 2020.

Session 3A & 3B results have been published on the event page but not on the athlete365 site. Result on the event page also provide more detail: day-2-session1.pdf (boxingbustoarsizio2024.com)

And once again, Totallympics has 100% accurately calculated the correct quota places.

Oh nice, a whole back and forth about a person who prefers to be called 'they' instead of 'her'. Even the 'what is a lock?' discussion was more useful

Just because lots of people suffer a delusion doesn't make the delusion real.

Predictions part 3 W50,W57,M51,M71,M92+ on page 5 W54,W60 on page 9 Top 30 rankings per weightclass on the boxing Olympic rankings thread. M57kg Bracket 1 My pick- Makhmud Sabyrkhan (1) , Other contenders- Artur Bazeyan (5) , Umid Rustamov (9) , Asror Vokhidov (16) . Really tough bracket to call. At the top Makhmud Sabyrkhan has a deceptively tough opening fight against African finalist Fikremariyam Leta (25) before meeting Sarawet Sukthet (17) who he beat in the 2023 Asian under 22 championship final. I don't understand why Sukthet got picked here ahead of Rujakron Juntrong . Artur Bazeyan should navigate his first couple of fights to set up a blockbuster of a "semi final" with Sabyrkhan. Umid Rustamov has struggled of late and will be sternly tested against Asror Vokhidov. I think Vokhidov might win that one. Either should pose a significant threat to the somewhat undersized Sabyrkhan but talent wise their should only be one winner. Bracket 2 My pick- Yilmar Gonzalez (4) , Other contenders- Mohamed Abu Jajeh (8) , Jaroslaw Iwanow (13) , Batuhan Ciftci (20) , Jean Caicedo (21) . The bottom half of this draw is where the action all is with a standout opening fight between Yilmar Gonzalez and Mohamed Abu Jajeh which could decide the quota. Jaroslaw Iwanow and the winner of the very evenly matched Batuhan Ciftci and Jean Caicedo would still stand between Gonzalez or Abu Jajeh and a qualifying fight. That fight though would be very easy though with Ping Lyu (23) inexplicably on his way to another qualifying fight after he lucked his way into a semi final at Asian games. Bracket 3 My pick- Carlo Paalam (3) , Other contenders- Jude Gallagher (6) , Mohamed Hussamuddin (7) . This bracket is fascinatingly poised with Carlo Paalam starting as the slight favourite. His path to a qualifying fight sees him needing to beat the winner of Andrey Bonilla (22) vs Murat Yildirim (19) followed by probably Daniyal Shabaksh (10) or Yoel Finol (18) although both are well capable of a surprise loss. Jude Gallagher has an annoying habbit of losing very tough opening round fights. He avoids that here by drawing Hichem Maouche (NR) only to run into Mohamed Hussamuddin in the second round. I had a very tough time ranking Gallagher and Hussamuddin relative to eachother. They should have met at the commonwealth games but Hussamuddin suffered a shock semi final loss to Joseph Commey who then withdrew to hand Gallagher the gold. Maybe I am biased but I think Gallagher wins this one. The winner will very likely go on to face Carlo Paalam and I'd be surprised if that fight had a unaminous winner. Bracket 4 My pick- Luiz Oliveira (2) , Other contenders- Owain Harris-Allan (11) , Artyush Gomstyan (12) , Munarbek Seitbek Uulu (14) , Jose Luis de los Santos (15) . Luiz Oliveira is the standout boxer here and should get Brazil's 10th quota for Paris. He does have an awkward first fight against Munarbek Seitbek Uulu. A second potential banana skin comes in his "semi final" against Artyush Gomstyan. The other half of the draw sees Owain Harris-Allan face Jose de los Santos. The Brits lucked into selecting their best boxer with Jack Dryden getting injured but the tenacious de los Santos who impressed at Panam games is a tricky opening fight. The winner should face Lucas Verthein Ferreira (24) for a shot at beating Oliveira. Ferreira does have to be Oleh Chuliacheiev (30) first and notably has beaten de los Santos before. Regardless I would expect Luiz Oliveira to qualify here without too much difficulty. M80kg Bracket 1 My pick- Aleksei Alfiorau (2) , Other contenders- Nurbek Oralbay (3) , Kelyn Cassidy (4) . This bracket is absolutely stacked. 2021 world silver (Deserved to win gold) medallist Aleksei Alfiorau returns to the fray and will surely be one of the authorized neutral athletes from Belarus best shots at a medal at the Olympics. He has got a very tricky draw though meeting Shabbos Negmatulloev (31) and Kevin Schumann (16) before one of the fights of the tournament 2023 world champion Nurbek Oralbay who himself has to beat experienced pro Carlos Gongora (28) . My money is very tentatively on Alfiorau. Kelyn Cassidy does have to probably beat Rafayel Hovhannisyan (12) or Keven Bausejour (20) and despite being the best boxer on his side of the draw I have concerns about his ability to put performances on top of eachother. Alfiorau and Cassidy met in the quarter final of the aforementioned 2021 worlds and I kind of hope Oralbay comes through as I think he may prove more vulnerable to Cassidy's counterpunching style. Whatever happens we should get 2 tremendous high quality fights here. Bracket 2 My pick- Robby Gonzalez (6) , Other contenders- Weerapon Jongjoho (8) , Andrei Arodoaie (15) , Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu (17) . Robby Gonzalez has largely struggled since winning the world championships in 2021 but the draw has broken in his favour here. He is unlikely to be troubled at all until his qualification fight. On the other side of the bracket Weerapon Jongjoho has a tricky enough path facing either Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu or Georgi Gutsaev (20) (who comes in for Georgi Kushitashvili who has moved up to 92kg) and likely Andrei Arodoaie. All three could beat Jongjoho. Regardless Gonzalez will be the favourite for the quota especially given his easy path up to that point. Bracket 3 My pick- Turabek Khabibullaev (1) , Other contenders- Hussein Iashaish (7) , Yojerlin Cesar (9) . Turabek Khabibullaev has avoided any of the major potential challengers and should book his spot at the games here. He does have a difficult opener against the experienced Hussein Iashash although he did beat him at Asian games. Yojerlin Cesar is the other major hurdle on the path to a quota although he himself has a tricky opener against Gebhard Ipinge (24) . Gazi Jalidov (13) meets Juan Ortiz (18) in the opening round on the other side of the bracket which may decide who faces Khabibullaev for the quota although Nikita Nystedt (26) may cause a surprise assuming he beats Nuryagdy Nuryagdyev (NR) . Nuryagdyev isn't a threat or anything I just wanted to mention him because I think he has a cool name. Bracket 4 My pick- Taylor Bevan (5) , Other contenders- Mindaugas Gediminas (10) , Pylyp Akilov (11) , Hector Aguirre (14) . The draw has been kind to Taylor Bevan after he got the nod in a tough domestic selection battle ahead of Ramtin Musah and George Crotty . He does have a tough opening fight against Pylyp Akilov before meeting likely either Mindaugas Gediminas or Abraham Buonnarigo (19) . Hector Aguirre has limited international experience but may well prove capable of beating either Meysam Gheshlaghi (30) or Chahar Lakshya (25) and either Gradus Kraus (22) (Don't be fooled by his IBA champions night results.) or Kristyan Nikolov (27) . Bevan is the standout boxer here though and should win the quota.

Probably just a butch lesbian. Not being girly doesn't make someone DSD.

Snowboard Cross WC Sierra Nevada | Sierra Nevada, Spain Men Gold- Merlín Surget Silver- Eliot Grondin Bronze- Jakob Dusek Women Gold- Michaela Moioli Silver- Josie Baff Bronze- Charlotte Bankes Full Results

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Men’s sabre team qualifies for Paris as the highest ranked nation from the Pan Americas (outside the top four) through the Olympic Rankings!

The wording is a bit awkward. It's written that athletes under the age of 30 can only compete in two Olympics through universality. It's then implied that over 30 year old athletes can compete in more Olympics. It's a dumb rule in my opinion and hurts a small handful of athletes in their mid to late 20s who may be excluded during what may have been their peak Olympics

Welcome in Italy Host city: MILANO A quick tour of the beauties of Milan City In this competition we will listen to many songs in many languages so let's start with a traditional song from Milan (dialect) The logo unveiled Gran Final venue: Forum (Assago-Milano) Giro d'Italia/Tour of Italy Italian Festival (Dialectical and traditional songs) ItaloDisco Co-host city Winter Olympic 2026

Men's 80Kg - Yojerlin Cesar def. Gebhard Ipinge (5-0)

Men's 80kg: Mindaugas Gedminas def. Abraham Gabriel Buonarrigo

I will be ready with my votes tomorrow evening

Synerglace Ligue Magnus Regular Season Final Standings 1.Dragons de Rouen, 110 Pts 2.Ducs d'Angers, 101 Pts 3.Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble, 90 Pts Full Ranking https://liguemagnus.com/saison-reguliere/classement/ Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Alexandre Lavoie (Grenoble), 57 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Rolands Vigners (Rouen), 27 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Evan Cowley (Angers), 2.00 GAA (41 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Evan Cowley (Angers), 93.51% (41 games played)

World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2024 - Results Men - Results 1. Minkyu Seo - 230.75 2. Rio Nakata - 229.32 3. Adam Hagara - 225.61 Results Womem - Results 1. Mao Shimada - 218.36 2. Jia Shin - 212.43 3. Rena Uezono - 194.70 Results Pairs - Results 1. Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava - 179.32 2. Olivia Flores / Luke Wang - 166.89 3. Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer - 146.00 Results Ice Dance - Results 1. Leah Neset / Artem Markelov - 169.76 2. Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov - 162.68 3. Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy - 162.13 Results

What do you mean? This was about 30 miles from Soldier Hollow on Saturday evening.

Finally a win, almost 19 years later I failed to wake up in the middle of the night, almost for the first time in 8 years. I've seen France lose to 35-0 and not a tournament win. Maybe I'm the problem

My votes are a but delayed, but I will send them in the next 18 hours.

"The North American and European political left" describes both people and positions I agree with 100% and people and positions that I think are batshit crazy so... xD

that's because she didn't,lol

IJF Grand Slam Tashkent | Tashkent, Uzbekistan Day 2 Women’s 63kg Gold- Clarisse Agbegnenou Silver- Momo Tatsukawa Bronze- Nami Nabekura Bronze- Andreja Leski Women’s 70kg Gold- Miriam Butkereit Silver- Margaux Pinot Bronze- Saki Niizoe Bronze- Margit De Voogd Men’s 73kg Gold- Manuel Lombardo @phelps Silver- Danil Lavrentev Bronze- Shakhram Akhadov Bronze- Obidkhon Nomanov Men’s 81kg Gold- Matthias Casse Silver- Shamil Borchashvili Bronze- Mykhailo Svidrak Bronze- Takanori Nagase Full Results

No Brits in action tomorrow morning but 2 will be competing in the evening session: Men's 57Kg: Owain Harris-Allan v Jose Luis De Lo Santos Feliz Men's 80Kg: Taylor Bevan v Pylyp Akilov

Taylor might want to run for president one day, plenty of Charisma.... Sorry.

I have been Pro Lyles since his nba comments honestly

Right, let's have a go at predicting these. The lack of a stream and some tough Irish draws have dampened my excitement for this competition considerably but sure look. I'll post an updated rankings for the top 30 per weightclass who are competing here and I'll include where I rank each boxer in my analysis. This is the first big test of their accuracy as well. Draws here are unseeded like the other qualifying competitions and the competition ends in every weightclass once qualification has been decided so with the exception of W57kg and W60kg there are effectively four separate competitions for a quota spot in each weightclass. Obviously majority of countries are here but some exceptions include Mongolia, North Korea and DR Congo. Also going to have to do this in multiple parts based on which weightclasses start on day one because doing these in one night is tough. (Also the 75 emoji limit is giving me trouble) M51kg Bracket 1 My pick- Tomoya Tsuboi (3) , Other contenders- Yuberjen Martinez (6) , Alejandro Claro (12) , Ari Bonilla (13) . I'm not the biggest fan of Tomoya Tsuboi's style but he should start as the favourite for the quota here against a very Americas heavy bracket. He has a straightforward first fight before a likely clash of styles with the front foot Yuberjen Martinez provided Martinez beat Keymberth Gonzalez (32) . The other side of the bracket sees a couple of potentially intriguing (quarter finals) with Alejandro Claro Fis likely meeting Omid Ahmadisafa (22) who has a couple of impressive wins on his resume and 2022 youth world champion Ari Bonilla meeting Luis Delgado (26) . Claro should come through though which would set up a fight with Tsuboi for the Olympic quota in a fight I wouldn't expect to be a classic. Bracket 2 My pick- Roscoe Hill (2) , Other contender- Deepak Bhoria (4). Some interesting fights here but this will almost certainly end up being Hill vs Deepak for the quota. Deepak has the tougher path meeting Nijat Huseynov (19) , Sakhil Alekhverdovi (16) and Rudolf Garboyan (21) although he should be comfortably too good for all of them. Hill won't be tested until his third fight against Jiamao Zhang (17) . Hill vs Deepak should a tremendous fight and will be one of the few we will actually get to watch. I lean towards Hill but it will almost certainly be very close. Bracket 3 My pick- Martin Molina (5) , Other contenders- Po Wei Tu (11) , Kim In-Kyu (15) , Ramon Nicanor Quiroga (18) , Dmytro Zamotayev (14) . I know I have him pretty high in my rankings but I didn't really expect to be picking Martin Molina for a quota here and despite his favourable draw, I still wouldn't entirely trust him. He has a straightforward opening fight before meeting Kim In-Kyu who seemingly hasn't boxed internationally since 2021 but had some impressive results in the previous Olympic cycle. Po Wei Tu should then await in effectively a semi final as long as he can beat Theophilus Allotey (33) . The bottom half of the draw sees Ramon Nicanor Quiroga and Dmytro Zamotayev have to navigate tough early fights against Nurzhigit Diushebaev (28) and Juanma Lopez (27) respectively. I wouldn't be surprised to see an upset here, not sure who it is coming from though. Bracket 4 My pick- Saken Bibossinov (1) , Other contenders- Kiaran MacDonald (7) , Federico Serra (8) , Roger Ladon (9) , Istvan Szaka (10) . Well after a couple of lighter draws, that was going to leave some serious talent in the bottom bracket. There are two heavyweight first round fights with Kiaran MacDonald meeting Istvan Szaka and Federico Serra meeting Roger Ladon. The respective winners then have a slightly more straightforward fight before meeting eachother. Serra has had a couple of big wins since losing in a quota fight to Samet Gumus at European games and being at home might be the slight favourite to come through but MacDonald did beat him at 2022 Europeans. Meanwhile Bibbosinov shouldn't have much trouble reaching the quota fight with his toughest fight likely to be against the winner of Cosmin Girleanu (19) vs Azat Makhmetov (23) . The 2022 world champion should book his Olympic spot here but he will be tested whoever he ends up meeting in the quota fight. M71kg Bracket 1 My pick- Aidan Walsh (4) , Other contenders- Wanderson de Oliveira (9) , Rami Kiwan (14). Ah the extremely rare last 128 fights, Draw sheet doesn't even fit on one page. Anyway, the one draw where things broke nicely for the Irish boxers. There isn't a ton to say here world bronze medallist Wanderson and Olympic bronze medallist Aidan Walsh meet in their second fight. Whoever wins becomes the massive favourite for the quota and should cruise to a qualifying fight. Rami Kiwan meets Merven Clair (24) and the winner of that should end up facing Syrgak Abdyzhapar Uulu (25) in a semi final before probably losing to Walsh or Wanderson. I am pretty confident Aidan Walsh should come through to win here. Bracket 2 My pick- Yurii Zakhareiev (1) , Other contenders- Asadkhuja Muydhinkhujaev (3) , Zeyad Eashash (7) , Magomed Schachidov (8) . This is a tricky bracket with two world champions. 2023 world champion at 67kg Asadkhuja Muydhinkhujaev (although there was a bit of a question mark over whether he should be selected ahead of Khavasbek Asadullaev ) starts off with a straightforward fight but will be severely tested against Magomed Schachidov in his second fight. Yurii Zakhareiev meanwhile also has an interesting second fight against either Rattapol Kadamduan (23) or Alexander Rangel (27) who are both unknown quantities. Muydhinkhujaev and Zakhareiev (jesus, they couldn't have made their names much trickier to type could they?) would then meet in a "semi final". The bottom half of the draw sees Zeyad Eashash have the navigate a couple of tough fights against former Russian Shokhobzhon Shukurov (30) and the winner of Bruno Fernandes de Barros (22) vs Ronald Chavez Jr (32) . Navigating tricky but winnable fights is not something Eashash always manages to do. He would then face Jorge Cuellar (11) who doesn't really pose the threat that typically accompanies a Cuban flag. Eashash could easily lose his first fight or beat one of the world champions and pick up the quota. I think a still improving Zakhareiev is the horse to back here. Bracket 3 My pick- Aslanbek Shymbergenov (2) , Other contenders- Damian Durkacz (10) . I am skeptical about 2023 world champion Aslanbek Shymbergenov's medal prospects for the Olympics but the draw was kind to him and even if it wasn't he should still qualify. His toughest fight will likely be his second one against Damian Durkacz who has an ability box up and well also down to the quality of his opponent. Durkacz does have to navigate an opening fight against Angel Llanos (17) . Bayramdurdy Nurmuhammedov (15) likely awaits Shymbergenov if Nurmuhammedov can beat Virgilio de los Santos (33) . The bottom half of the bracket should see an interesting "semi final" between Sarkhan Aliyev (13) and Sergio Martinez (21) although Aliyev does have to beat Junior Petanqui (20) to get that far. Bracket 4 My pick- Nishant Dev (6) , Other contenders- Omari Jones (5) , Lewis Richardson (12) . Omari Jones has a fairly straightforward path to a qualifying fight with just his opening bout against Tokyo Olympian Aliaksandr Radzionau (19) who is one of just 2 Belarussian neutral athletes here. There he should face the winner of Nishant Dev vs 2022 European 75kg silver medallist Lewis Richardson. Richardson came somewhat out of nowhere to get the British spot ahead of Harris Akbar and Garan Croft. I have Omari Jones ahead of Nishant in my rankings but I feel like stylistically this fight suits Nishant so I'm going to pick him. M92+kg Bracket 1 My pick- Ayoub Ghadfa el Drissi (3) , Other contenders- Danis Latypov (10) , Diego Lenzi (11) , Ali Feliz (15) . The draw kind of opened of for Ayoub Ghadfa to make his second Olympics. His "semi final" fight against home and in form Diego Lenzi should be interesting. On the other side of the bracket should see American based Ali Feliz face off against Danis Latypov provided Feliz can come through against the inexperienced Martin McDonagh (22). There isn't all that much between Ghadfa, Latypov and Lenzi. Bracket 2 My pick- Luka Pratljacic (5) , Other contenders- Nelvie Tiafack (1) , Christian Salcedo (8) . This is a pretty tough bracket. Dusan Veletic (14) faces off against Christian Salcedo in a fight that will test the Colombian. He should make it through his subsequent fight to set up a "semi final" against the winner of Luka Pratljacic (who impressively beat Marko Milun to get selected) and Dmytro Lovchynskyi (13). Meanwhile former European champion Nelvie Tiafack was somewhat fortunate to keep his spot in the German selection ahead of the up and coming Nikita Putilov (for me they should have picked Putilov). His toughest fight before the qualifying fight is likely to be against Narender Berwal (17). Tiafack's recent form has not been great so I'm going to pick Pratljacic here although I certainly would not rule out Salcedo.

Right, I think my list is finalized after switching the top-3 around like a hundred times (and those behind it quite a few times as well). Now let's see which songs are of which nations Excellent overall quality, often I struggle a bit to find 12 songs I do want to give points, but now there's roughly 20 songs I've had in my top-12 at one point or another...

Calendar of major national trials (and Papua New Guinea I guess). Mark your calendars! DATES EVENT VENUE 5 March 9 March Campionato Italiano Assoluto 2024 Riccione 17 March 24 March Japan Selection Trial for Olympic Games 2024 Tokyo 22 March 24 March 5th International Edirne Cup & Türkiye Youth, Junior, and Open Age National Team Selection Meet 2024 Edirne 22 March 27 March KB Financial Group Korea Swimming Championships 2024 Gimcheon 29 March 31 March Bulgarian Open Team Championships 2024 Sofia 30 March 2 April Portuguese Open 2024 Funchal 2 April 7 April British National Championships 2024 London 3 April 6 April Lithuanian National Championships 2024 Kaunas 4 April 7 April Swiss National Championships 2024 Uster 5 April 8 April Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm 2024 Stockholm 8 April 13 April South African National Championships 2024 Gqeberha 9 April 12 April Hungarian National Championships 2024 Budapest 9 April 13 April Apollo Projects New Zealand National Championships 2024 Hastings 11 April 14 April Danish Open 2024 Copenhagen 11 April 14 April Eindhoven Qualification Meet 2024 Eindhoven 12 April 14 April Icelandic National Championships 2024 Reykjavik 17 April 21 April Romanian National Championships 2024 Otopeni 19 April 21 April Open Belgian Championships 2024 Antwerp 19 April 21 April Berlin Swim Open 2024 Berlin 19 April 27 April Chinese Nationals 2024 Shenzhen 25 April 28 April Polish National Championships 2024 Lublin 25 April 28 April German National Championships 2024 Berlin 27 April 28 April Papua New Guinea National Championships 2024 Port Moresby 2 May 4 May 99th Latvian Championships 2024 Riga 2 May 5 May Peru Selection Tournament for Olympic Games 2024 Lima 5 May 8 May Ukrainian National Championships 2024 Brovary 6 May 11 May Brazilian Swimming Trophy - Brazil Olympic Trial 2024 Rio de Janeiro 10 May 12 May Faroe Islands National Championships 2024 Vagur 11 May 12 May Hong Kong China Olympic Invitational Trial I 2024 Hong Kong 13 May 17 May Kazakhstan National Championships 2024 Taldykorgan 13 May 19 May Bell Canadian Olympic & Paralympic Trials 2024 Montreal 15 May 18 May Argentinian Open Championships 2024 Buenos Aires 17 May 19 May Greek National Championships 2024 Athens 17 May 19 May Slovenian Open National Championships 2024 Ljubljana 22 May 26 May Irish Open Championships 2024 Dublin 23 May 26 May 66th Malaysia Open Swimming Championships 2024 Kuala Lumpur 24 May 26 May Cyprus Qualifying Competition 2024 Limassol 5 June 8 June Israel Olympic Trials 2024 Netanya 7 June 9 June Slovakian National Championships 2024 Samorin/Bratislava 8 June 9 June Bosnia and Herzegovina Summer National Championships 2024 Sarajevo 10 June 15 June Australian Olympic & Paralympic Trials 2024 Brisbane 12 June 15 June 19th Singapore National Championships 2024 Singapore 12 June 15 June National Championships #2 - International Open Asuncion 12 June 16 June Colombian National Championships 2024 Cartagena 13 June 16 June Dutch National Championships 2024 Amersfoort 13 June 16 June Czech National Championships 2024 Usti nad Labem 15 June 16 June Hong Kong China Olympic Invitational Trial II 2024 Hong Kong 15 June 23 June US Olympic Team Trials 2024 Indianapolis 16 June 21 June French Elite Championships 2024 Chartres 18 June 22 June Spanish Summer Open Championships 2024 TBC 20 June 23 June Bahamas National Championships 2024 Nassau

Really hard choice to select the best 12 songs! Very good selections overall and good mix of genres. Better than Eurovision

I listened to the songs already, and can tell already this is my favorite edition ever. Pretty sure is the first time that i don't dislike any song and my average pointing for each song is quite high. I mean, there is not a clear 12 for me like in many (all?) previous editions, but the average quality is really up to what I like to hear!

Also, for reference here are my favorite songs so far, mostly the songs with 12 points and some runner-ups. Maybe after 9 editions you can guess where my highest points will go. (And yes, none of these songs won TISC. Only one of them was Top3.) Dulce Pontes - Canção do Mar Aldous Harding - Zoo Eyes Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly The Idan Raichel Project - Bo'ee Ashe & FINNEAS - Till Forever Falls Apart Evgenya Redko - Laikinai The Rumour Said Fire - The Balcony Kwiat Jabłoni ft. Julia Pietrucha - "Drogi proste" The Motans - În Golul Tău Asaf Avidan - Reckoning Song Jerry Heil, alyona alyona, Ela. - #KUPALA Toto Cutugno - L'italiano Μαρίνα Σάττι - ΜΑΝΤΙΣΣΑ

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