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And in today's news: she's going with the 'it came from sex' defense. So they're throwing her partner Race Imboden under the bus, but considering he is retired anyway, I'm sure he doesn't care Dutch media for some reason seems to have a weird focus on specifically mentioning oral sex. Like they want to make it more, you know, juicy

Asian Qualifier Entry list https://worldtkd.simplycompete.com/eventDetails/11eebc5b-c0f8-558d-872c-06ec6d5493b5/5 it's possible to calculate the bracket , that will be based on the March ranking. from what I see our M+80 athlete has a clear path to the quota but W49kg looks tough, she will run into Asian Games Champion Su Po-ya in the semifinal. South Korea also decided to send someone at W57kg. it's the first time after so many years that they are forced to participate in the Asian OQT.

Melissa-Humana Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson qualify for Paris in women’s beach volleyball! Olympic qualification period is far from over, but according to this article (highly credible website) mathematically there’s no chance for 17 teams to have overtaken us by June 9. Still need to get two tournaments in though. One of my biggest hopes for a Paris medal, alongside Kharun. Really hoping we can put the disastrous quarterfinal day at Tokyo 2020 behind us

Sweat, obviously

John Heymans has been talking about how he wrote a computer script to qualify for the Olympics in only 4 races https://www.runnersworld.com/nl/nieuws/a46591071/heymans-olympische-spelen-chatgpt/ Basically, he expected he'd run around 13:15, and he was going entirely for the world ranking qualification pathway instead of the time limits. He entered all athletes who ran 13:15 in the past 5-6 years, ran their results through his script to basically see how many points they got in which races. Some more statistical analysis and stuff was done on the data, and in the end the script gave him a handful of races as best options to score an optimal amount of points...which is what he did, and so he rose on the world ranking all the way to a qualifying spot with only 4 races

Veletić dobio i drugi meč protiv Litvanca 5:0. Sledeći je Hrvat.

So according to a highly credible article I found the following teams have mathematically qualified for Paris already, despite the qualification period having not ended yet: Men Anders Mol/Christian Sørum Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler David Åhman/Jonatan Hellvig Women Ana Patricia Ramos/Eduarda Santos Lisboa Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia Katja Stam/Raisa Schoon Melissa Humana-Parades/Brandie Wilkerson https://volleyballmag.com/olympic-beach-volleyball-probabilities-030524/

I don't know - result was taken from Kazakh federation instagram page and according to google translate, it was all about defending country's honour.

ITF officially allows Russian & Belarussian players to compete as neutral athletes in Paris. Meanwhile where are those people who preached the liberal democracies will boycott the Olympics? https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/itf-statement-eligibility-of-russian-belarusian-athletes-at-paris-2024/

A quick Google search says he was banned for 4 years and 3 months from February 28th, 2020, so assuming his ban ends at the end of May of this year. The qualification period runs until June 23rd so theoretically he could qualify but it is beyond unlikely to be honest.

The official poster has been released Olympic Paralympic

Paris Olympics schedule mens schedule https://www.fih.hockey/static-assets/images/paris-olympics-2024-schedule-mens.png?v=17.36 Women’s schedule https://www.fih.hockey/static-assets/images/paris-olympics-2024-schedule-womens.png?v=17.36

That's what I get when I believe Serbian journalists.

This Globo ad for the Olympics is pretty good.

Relax man. You still have Anastasia Kovalchuk and Yurii Zakhareiev who were the boxers who were likely to win a quota in the first place. Sure the draw had opened up for Zamotayev with Molina losing and you have had a couple of dissapointing loses but this tournament is still young. If you end up with 2 quotas thats a good result and how the rest of it went doesn't matter that much. (Zakhareiev does still has a very tough path of course)

2.4, that's a whereabouts violation

So that's his ban. It says that was imposed by Italian National Anti-Doping. IVAN FEDERICO_Sanction _ (1).pdf

Yeah, that's the problem. I understand and agree with 1 athlete per weight class rule. the current format says 2 (out of 4) per gender. you can have a full team only if all of them finish in top 5 (or in some cases 6) of the world ranking which is really hard. lots of athletes in top 10 of World ranking will miss the Olympic because their NOCs already qualified 2. Taekwondo entered the Olympics back in 2000, at the time it was all Korea, IOC made this rule to prevent Korea from winning easy 8 gold medals. but this is not the same anymore. Korea struggles to even qualify lots of athletes.

Ok I found that the other two are trainers not athletes.

Women's 75Kg - Gabriele Stonkute def. Elizabeth Andiego (5-0)

Wow so we have a girl Christina Linardatou who already won two fights in 60 kg. I had never heard of her and was surprised to see she had a Wikipedia page, so I clicked it and now have been researching her a lot. She is 36 yo and seemed to have a successful professional career, also has 30k+ followers on Instagram. There seems to be some drama with her not being invited back to professional boxing after having a baby, I will look into it more another time, but it seems like now that is why she is fighting for a place at the Olympics instead. Perhaps someone who knows more than me about boxing (I know nothing) can explain this better? It's confusing to me! It would be cool if she could qualify considering I had never heard her name until a few days ago and I always like it when Greek athletes who weren't on my radar end up on the Olympic team Also she was born in the Dominican Republic to a Greek father (who worked in the shipping industry so that explains how he got there) and a Dominican mother, but moved to Greece as a child. She also is with a Greek guy and had a child with him (I didn't see any evidence of a wedding on her Instagram page so I don't think they are married but I could be wrong).

European Qualification tournament entry list https://worldtkd.simplycompete.com/eventDetails/11eec0f0-5a3f-0ed9-8152-0644ce79712b/5

Afghanistan - Albania - Algeria - American Samoa - Andorra - Angola - Antigua and Barbuda - Argentina - Armenia - Aruba - Australia - Austria - Azerbaijan - Bahamas - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Barbados - Independent Athletes (Belarus) - Belgium - Belize - Benin - Bermuda - Bhutan - Bolivia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Botswana - Brazil - British Virgin Islands - Brunei Darussalam - Bulgaria - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cambodia - Cameroon - Canada - Cabo Verde - Cayman Islands - Central African Republic - Chad - Chile - Chinese Taipei - Colombia - Comoros - Congo - Cook Islands - Costa Rica - Côte d'Ivoire - Croatia - Cuba - Cyprus - Czechia - Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - Denmark - Djibouti - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Egypt - El Salvador - Equatorial Guinea - Eritrea - Estonia - Eswatini - Ethiopia - Federated States of Micronesia- Fiji - Finland - France - Gabon - Gambia - Georgia - Germany - Ghana - Great Britain - Greece - Grenada - Guam - Guatemala - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Guyana - Haiti - Honduras - Hong Kong, People's Republic of China - Hungary - Iceland - India - Achantha Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis) Indonesia - Iraq - Ireland - Islamic Republic of Iran - Israel - Italy - Arianna Errigo (Fencing) & Gianmarco Tamberi (Athletics) Jamaica - Japan - Jordan - Kazakhstan - Kenya - Kiribati - Kosovo - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Latvia - Lebanon - Lesotho - Liberia - Libya - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Madagascar - Malawi - Malaysia - Maldives - Mali - Malta - Marshall Islands - Mauritania - Camil Oud Doua (Swimming) Mauritius - Mexico - Monaco - Mongolia - Montenegro - Morocco - Mozambique - Myanmar - Namibia - Nauru - Nepal - Netherlands - New Zealand - Nicaragua - Niger - Nigeria - North Macedonia - Norway - Oman - Pakistan - Palau - Palestine - Panama - Papua New Guinea - Paraguay - People's Republic of China - Peru - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Puerto Rico - Qatar - Refugee Olympic Team - Republic of Korea - Republic of Moldova - Romania - Independent Athletes (Russia) - Rwanda - Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Lucia - Samoa - San Marino - Sao Tome and Principe - Saudi Arabia - Senegal - Serbia - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Solomon Islands - Somalia - South Africa - South Sudan - Spain - Sri Lanka - St Vincent and the Grenadines - Sudan - Sweden - Switzerland - Suriname - Switzerland - Syrian Arab Republic - Tajikistan - Thailand - Togo - Tonga - Trinidad and Tobago - Tunisia - Türkiye - Turkmenistan - Tuvalu - Uganda - Ukraine - United Arab Emirates - United Republic of Tanzania - United States of America - Uruguay - US Virgin Islands - Uzbekistan - Vanuatu - Venezuela - Vietnam - Yemen - Zambia - Zimbabwe -

Men's +92Kg - Gelon Congo Chala def. Danil Rantanen (5-0)

not enough for the Italian Federation, but earlier Today at the Italian Spring Nationals more OQTs ("FINA version") were achieved: men's 100m Backstroke, Michele Lamberti 53.46 men's 100m Breaststroke, Federico Poggio 59.46 women's 100m Fly, Costanza Cocconcelli 57.77 women's 200m Breaststroke, Francesca Fangio 2.23.90

The team steady the ship on day 4 - although not sure it will have done a huge amount for relationships within the Commonwealth! Morning Session: Chantelle Reid def. Eyed Angel George (RSC Rd. 2) Afternoon Session: No Brits in action Evening Session: Kiaran Macdonald def Jaleel Ortega Jokhu Ai (RSC. Rd 3) I should also have included Cindy Ngamba in the squad updates given she should have had her GB citizenship way before now - she came through her first round against Naomi Graham 5-0

In case anyone missed this news earlier today.

is in

And Freestyle Skiing needs to remove it's 32 athlete per country limit It's at least possible now for a country to qualify in every taekwondo event, which imo was one of the big improvement over the old (pre-Rio) qualification system.

Pratljačić dobio Ukrajinca (5-0) i prošao prvu prepreku. Treba dobit još dvije borbe za kvotu, prva protiv prvaka Srbije Veletića.

While the United States will win more medals, China will win more gold. France will be on an island in third while 4th and 5th will be interchangeable. Japan, Italy, Australia and Germany also have a chance at making the top 5

Miroslava Jedináková advanced to the Quarterfinals in W -60kg. Tomorrow she will face Rimma Volossenko of

Karolina Makhno won

Women's 75Kg - Elzbieta Wojcik def. Melissa Gemini

Women's 75Kg - Monika Langerova def. Keidy Guevara (5-0)

Women's 75kg - Seong Suyeon def. Veronika Nakota

Women's 75Kg - Love Holgersson def. Vanessa Ortiz Citlalli

Women's 66Kg - Angela Carini def. Camila Gabriela Camilo Bravo (5-0)

And yet they still managed to beat a

Women's 60Kg - Rimma Volossenko def. Camila Paola Pineiro Muino

It'd be something...missing one Olympics by choice, missing another due to injury...and then actually going to one because of escaping a significant doping ban

I always liked her but think it's weird she got less time than Sharapova, and also they should've just made it 18 months. Now it's sad that she could've played sooner but they didn't have the decision in time?! Anyways I'm happy to see her back, hopefully she will be in Paris as she had to miss both Rio and Tokyo...

's pretty mediocre performance in the tournament continues in the evening session Men's 63.5Kg - Patris Mughalzai def. Samuel Contreras on a split decision (4-1) and will be up or opponent in the round of 32. Men's 71Kg - Dev Nishant def. Lewis Richardson on a split decision (3-1). This was always going to be a tough bout with a World Champs bronze medalist but it is still a disappointing end to the day.

Lisa Angiolini - 100 rana - 1'06"00 Leonardo Deplano - 50 stile libero - 21’’81 (Doha)

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A couple victories would be nice for Canada. Curious to see how Barriere will perform in the +92kg as he is now professional.

Мени делује да је то стара бољка српског спорта, шаљеш квалитетне јуниоре/млађе сениоре на такмичења за млађе узрасте (иако су их квалитетом и резултатима прерасли) да би се узимале медаље и та година прогласила за успешну у годишњем извештају.

M92+kg Bracket 3 My pick- Fernando Arzola (2) , Other contenders- Danabieke Bayikewuzi (4) , Omar Shiha (12) . This one should be fairly clear cut. Arzola has an awkward opening fight against Diarga Balde (16) before facing his main rival for the quota Danabieke Bayikewuzi. He beat Bayikewuzi comfortably at worlds last year. Meanwhile Omar Shiha just has to come through against Mohamed Firisse (30) , Muhammad Abroridinov (27) and probably Thomas Mboua (28) . Shiha occasionally springs a surprise but this is very much Arzola's to lose. Bracket 4 My pick- Davit Chaloyan (6) , Other contenders- Djamili Aboudou Moindze (7) , Yordan Hernandez (9) . This is a close one. Davit Chaloyan has a very simple path to a qualifying fight with just Gerlon Congo (18) in his path. Djamili Aboudou Moindze has a tougher route needing to beat Yordan Hernandez and one of Iman Ramazenpour (25) or Keddy Agnes (19) . Chaloyan beat Aboudou Moindze when they met in 2022 although their recent form is pretty similar. This one could go either way. W51kg Bracket 1 My pick- Alua Balkibekova (6) , Other Contenders- Maxi Kloetzer (15) , Anush Grigoryan (16) . The draw has really opened up for Alua Balkibekova who gets picked ahead of Nazym Kyzaibay . She has a bye before likely facing Aylin Jamez (27) followed by Anush Grigoryan or the unknown Jung Joo-Hyung (20) . Maxi Kloetzer should await in a qualifying fight with her toughest test being either against Rita Soares (25) or Guo Yi Xuan (23) neither of which should cause her any trouble. Bracket 2 My pick- Thi Tham Nguyen (1) , Other Contenders- Sabina Bobokulova (3) , Daina Moorehouse (4) , Rinka Kinoshita (8), Aldana Florencia Lopez (12) , Savannah Stubley (13) . By far the toughest bracket and a difficult one to call Thi Tham Nguyen meets Daina Moorehouse in what should be one of the most interesting fights in the division. The winner gets rewarded with a fight against Tayonis Cedeno (19) before another mouthwatering matchup with Sabina Bobokulova who recently won Strandja beating Asian champion Wu Yu and world champion Nikhat Zareen albeit both on questionable split decisions. I have no idea which of Nguyen, Moorehouse or Bobokulova will come through. The other side of the draw isn't easy either Aldana Florencia Lopez has a rematch from panam games with Ingrid Gomez (17) while Rinka Kinoshita who moves down from bantamweight to replace the presumably injured Tsukimi Namiki has a straightforward fight against Nicole Durikova before another interesting fight against Savannah Stubley who regains her spot as the top British flyweight. Its unlikely that Stubley, Kinoshita or Lopez will beat whoever comes through the top half but it still should be a quality decider. Bracket 3 My pick- Tetiana Kob (5) , Other contenders- Zlatislava Chukanova (10) , Aira Villegas (11) . The draw has been fairly kind to the uber experienced former European champion Tetiana Kob. Her first fight against Zlatislava Chukanova may prove her toughest fight with Nina Radovanovic (14) likely waiting in effectively a semi final. Aira Villegas meanwhile has to navigate fights against Mckenzie Wright (22) and probably Sofie Rosshaug (21). She comes into the tournament in good form with a couple of impressive wins at the BOXAM tournament in Spain in January but is still unlikely to beat Kob. Bracket 4 My pick- Natalia Kuczewska (7) , Other contenders- Ingrit Valencia Victoria (2), Pihla Kaivo-Oja (9) . An interesting youth vs experience battle in the fourth bracket. Multi-time world medallist Ingrit Valencia Victoria gets a favourable but far from guaranteed draw which sees her face Antonia Giannakopoulou (28) before a battle with the inconsistent Pihla Kaivo-Oja. Susan Aguas (18) provides the penultimate test before a qualifying fight against Natalia Kuczewska who faces a whole lot of nothing on her side of the bracket. Kuczewska is very inexperienced but has produced some impressive wins of late and absolutely is capable of beating Valencia. I am going to back the underdog here. W57kg Only the top two to qualify here so just 2 brackets instead of 4. It is strange that there are 2 quotas here and 4 at the second one. They could just have added the host quota that France didn't need here instead of at the second qualifying tournament. Additionally, with the exception of Tokyo silver medallist Nesthy Petecio all of the top boxers in the world have already qualified so the field isn't very strong here. Bracket 1 My pick- Nesthy Petecio (1) , Other contenders- Jennifer Fernandez (2) , Elis Glynn (3) , Xu Zichun (5) , Maud Van der Toorn (7) . Unfortunately a very uneven draw between the top and bottom brackets. The top half of this bracket sees Nesthy Petecio have a couple of straightforward fights against Andela Brankovic (25) and Claudia Nechita (15) before a "semi final" against the winner of Jennifer Fernandez an 2022 60kg youth world champion Maud Van der Toorn. The bottom half of the top bracket sees a couple of intersting fights with 60kg Olympian Esra Yildiz (10) facing former bantamweight Bojana Gojkovic (8) with the winner meeting Preedakmon Tintabthai (18) . Elise Glynn will have an interesting fight against Xu Zichun provided Xu can beat Nikolina Cacic (14) . Petecio should be a level above all of her opposition here. Bracket 2 My pick- Julia Szerezmeta (4) , Other contenders- Vilma Viitanenen (6) , Satsuki Yoshizawa (9) , Marie Al-Ahmadieh (12) , Alyssa Mendoza (13) . The second half of this draw is much weaker than the first but still some interesting fights. Julia Szerezmeta should at least reach a "semi final" with just the young Anastasia Molochko (11) in her path. There she will likely meet Vilma Viitanen provided Viitanen can beat Sitora Turdibekova (17) and Szabina Szucs (19) . The bottom half of this bracket sees an interesting early fight between Satsuki Yoshizawa and Alyssa Mendoza before a likely "semi final" for the winner against Marie Al-Ahmadieh provided she can navigate the awkward Olga Papadatou (16) . On paper this will come down to the Szeremeta vs Viitanen fight which Szeremeta took on a split decision at Europeans but any of Yoshizawa, Al-Ahmadieh or Mendoza could pose a threat in the qualifying matchup.

The 203rd IOC Session recently concluded on Mars with incumbent President Thomas Bach in his reanimated form secured inside a robotic shell confirming the rumours that trapeze chess and upside down cheese rolling would be on the program for the upcoming 2100 Games in Pyongyang, replacing the long troubled sports of swimming and athletics. The 1976 Olympic Champion in Fencing stated "by expressing solidarity, integrity, solidarity, hope and more solidarity with these innovative urban sports we can bring our movement into the 22nd century, and attract the audience of 3 year olds the Olympic movement needs to stay relevant in the modern age. The best unicycle handball players will be on display to inspire all of humanity in North Korea".

Good idea to keep it away from the normal games.