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Got our first DL meet coming up on Saturday from Xiamen . Here's the timetable (local time) and entrants. Hopefully no presents for local runners this time! Program 2024 (diamondleague.com)

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1. United States: 101 (53 M + 48 W) 2. Japan: 48 (28 M + 20 W) 3. Australia: 44 (20 M + 24 W) 4. Great Britain: 35 (21 M + 14 W) 5. Italy: 32 (21 M + 11 W) 6. China: 31 (12 M + 19 W) 7. France: 25 (15 M + 10 W) 8. Hungary: 20 (12 M + 8 W) 9. Canada: 19 (4 M + 15 W) 10. Germany: 13 (9 M + 4 W) 11. Netherlands: 13 (6 M + 7 W) 12. South Korea: 10 (8 M + 2 W) 13. Poland: 9 (4 M + 5 W) 14. Brazil: 8 (5 M + 3 W), South Africa: 8 (3 M + 5 W), Spain: 8 (5 M + 3 W), New Zealand: 8 (5 M + 3 W) 15. Greece: 7 (6 M + 1 W), Sweden: 7 (3 M + 4 W) 16. Israel: 6 (5 M + 1 W) 17. Lithuania: 4 (2 M + 2 W), Portugal: 4 (3 M + 1 W), Switzerland: 4 (4 M), Ukraine: 4 (4 M) 18. Austria: 3 (3 M), Belarus: 3 (1 M + 2 W), Belgium: 3 (1 M + 2 W), Bulgaria: 3 (2 M + 1 W), Denmark: 3 (3 W), Hong Kong: 3 (1 M + 2 W), Ireland: 3 (1 M + 2 W), Norway: 3 (3 M), Turkey: 3 (3 M) 19. Croatia: 2 (2 M), Czech Republic: 2 (1 M + 1 W), Estonia: 2 (1 M + 1 W), Mexico: 2 (2 M), Romania: 2 (2 M), Singapore: 2 (1 M + 1 W), Tunisia: 2 (2 M) 20. Argentina: 1 (1 W), Aruba: 1 (1 M), Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1 (1 W), Cayman Islands: 1 (1 M), Egypt: 1 (1 W), Finland: 1 (1 M), Iceland: 1 (1 M), Kyrgyzstan: 1 (1 M), Serbia: 1 (1 M), Slovenia: 1 (1 W), Taiwan: 1 (1 M), Trinidad and Tobago: 1 (1 M), Venezuela: 1 (1 M), Vietnam: 1 (1 M) As of April 15th. Keep in mind that Italy, Japan, South Korea, Great Britain, South Africa, Hungary, New Zealand, and Denmark have all had their Olympic Trials/National Championships already so their numbers could be inflated. I'll post this again after the qualification period is over.

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Kvota za Lazara

La squadra maschile del tiro a segno si sta togliendo grandi soddisfazioni a Rio. Anche Bonazzi si qualifica alle olimpiadi e salgono a 214 gli italiani a Parigi

TEAM GB ANNOUNCED FOR SWIMMING and MARATHON SWIMMING Big take aways IN : Bird, Whittle, McMillan, Okara, Anderson (probably means Women's 4 x 100 relay in) OUT : Cox, Hanlon (may means no women's medley relay, although Evans selection suggests otherwise, possibly.) Freya Colbert, Loughborough Performance Centre Kathleen Dawson, University of Stirling Anna Hopkin, Loughborough Performance Centre Daniel Jervis, Swim Wales High Performance Centre Max Litchfield, Loughborough Performance Centre Keanna MacInnes, University of Stirling Oliver Morgan, Birmingham University Honey Osrin, Loughborough University Adam Peaty, Loughborough Performance Centre Ben Proud, Bath University Matthew Richards, Millfield Duncan Scott, University of Stirling Abbie Wood, Loughborough Performance Centre The athletes above gained selection after winning an individual event and going inside the relevant event's nomination standard at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, as per clause 5.1 of the selection policy Alex Cohoon, Loughborough University Tom Dean, Bath Performance Centre James Guy, Millfield Medi Harris, Loughborough Performance Centre Lucy Hope, University of Stirling The athletes above gained selection by virtue of the collective times of the first four finishers in the respective 100m and 200m Freestyle events at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, in relation to the 4x100m and 4x200m Freestyle Relays, as per clause 5.2 of the selection policy . Joe Litchfield, Loughborough Performance Centre The athlete above gained selection by virtue of the collective times of the winner of the open final of the Men's 100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, in relation to the 4x100m Medley Relay, as per clause 5.3 of the selection policy . Freya Anderson, Bath Performance Centre Kieran Bird, Bath Performance Centre Angharad Evans, University of Stirling Jack McMillan, University of Stirling Eva Okaro, Repton Jacob Whittle, Bath Performance Centre James Wilby, Loughborough Performance Centre The athletes above gained selection at the discretion of the GB Head Coach and Performance Director, as per clause 5.4 of the selection policy. Considerations included potential relay medallists, relay cover for athletes with heavy schedules, performances at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and medical mitigations. Luke Greenbank, Loughborough Performance Centre Jonathon Marshall, Carnegie Katie Shanahan, University of Stirling Laura Stephens, Loughborough Performance Centre The athletes above gained selection after placing second in a final at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and going inside the relevant event's nomination time, as per clause 5.5 of the selection policy. Perdue, Robinson and Crisp all selected for Marathon

Canadians stats in the NBA after the finish of 2023-24 regular season: Canadians NBA stats 2023-24.xls I have sorted out the players by average points and i also kept some important statistics as you see in the file above. I have also colored green the cellls with the NBAers that participated in 2023 World Cup and yellow those cells of 2 other players (i explain the reasons in last paragraph) Data taken from page: https://basketballbuzz.ca/nba/2023-24-canadian-nba-stats-tracker/ Note: According to Jordi's statements, on the sidelines of a Kings' game in Toronto somewhere in March, the 7 NBAers who played last year in the World Cup are sure for the final roster for Paris 2024 and the additions of Andrew Nembhard (Pacers) and Trey Lyles (Kings) seem very likely.

Just being a bit of douchebag and saying I got it right here

Well, my prediction is and will fight for the very important second place in the group after France. That normally means a clash with a Scandinavian country in the quarterfinals (most likely or ). In that perspective this isn't the best draw for us. But otherwise: there are no weak opponents in the quarters of an Olympic Games. Group A seems a bit stronger with the three Scandinavian powerhouses. Don't know what to say about . They played a very good OQT, but we destroyed them at the last Worlds. There's a good chance for them to reach the quarterfinals ( and are weaker). I really looking forward to the handball tournament in Paris/Lille. Only 100 days wait ...

Canadians in action this week. Diamond League Xiamen Regan Yee - Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Marco Arop - Men’s 800m Sarah Mitton - Women’s Shot Put Mount Sac Relays Jeremiah Nubbe - Men’s Hammer Throw Rowan Hamilton - Men’s Hammer Throw Ella Clayton - Women’s 400m Camryn Rogers - Women’s Hammer Throw Rori Deness-Lamont - Women’s Javelin Throw Myles Misner Daley - Men’s 200m (C), Men’s 400m Almond Small - Men’s 100m, Men’s 200m Noel Vanderzee - Men’s High Jump Olarunfemi Akinduro - Men’s Triple Jump Will Floyd - Men’s 400m Kip Keino Classic - WA Continental Gold Tour (No entry lists out yet, but one name has been confirmed) Ethan Katzberg - Men’s Hammer Throw Brendon Rodney - Men’s 200m Grenada Invitational - WA Continental Gold Tour (No entry lists out yet)

Uniform Opening Ceremony

https://olympic.ca/2024/04/16/team-canada-x-lululemon-athlete-kit-is-designed-to-help-athletes-feel-their-best-at-paris-2024-games/ (just waiting for that price tag)

Being curious, here are the top ranked eligible Asian athletes in each zone (max 2 per NOC). East Asia Men 36. Chun Ting Wong 91. Siu Hang Lam 726. Temuulen Myandal 753. Ser-Od Gankhuyag East Asia Women 162. Song Gyong Pyon 598. Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh 645. Undram Munkhbat Note: North Korea is severely underrated due to not participating for years Southeast Asia Men 106. Koen Pang 109. Izaac Quek 352. Qi Shen Wong 391. Javen Choong 396. Sitisak Nuchchart Southeast Asia Women 61. Jian Zeng 116. Jingyi Zhou 277. Alice Chang 310. Kheith Cruz 369. Ying Ho South Asia Men 793. Ahmed Akhyar 829. Afzaal Ahmad 910. Mohamed Ismail 924. Sanyog Kapali South Asia Women 537. Ishara Madurangi 631. Fathimath Ali 730. Aishath Nazim West Asia Men 308. Ali Alkhadrawi 325. Ebrahim Gubran 460. Yousif Abdalla 467. Rawad Alnaser 468. Abdulaziz Bu Shulaybi West Asia Women 319. Mariam El Habech 355. Lori Yahnian 388. Maryam Alaali 438. Aia Mohamed 488. Bara Al-Wedian Middle Asia Men 41. Kirill Gerassimenko 72. Noshad Almaniyan 137. Amir Hossein Hodaei 204. Alan Kurmangaliyev 247. Shokhrukh Iskandarov Middle Asia Women 186. Sarvinoz Mirkadirova 213. Anastassiya Lavrova 248. Markhabo Magdieva 259. Elina Rahmini 336. Mahshid Ashtari

Unless things have recently changed the groupings for each zone is as follows. East Asia Southeast Asia South Asia West Asia Middle Asia Nations already qualified to the team event are not eligible for singles quotas. That means the women's East Asia quota is literally between North Korea and Mongolia while the men adds Hong Kong to the mix. Additionally, Thailand's women cannot compete nor can India in either gender.

meanwhile in the Mixed Air Pistol the current situation is: 17 teams qualified (many of them only combining shooters qualified via the 25m Pistol events) X2 X2 (if they use the men's Host Nation Quota) 2 (if they use Host Nation W 25m Pistol quota + one M 25m Pistol quota) 2 (if they use M+W 25m Pistol quotas) (if they use M+W 25m Pistol quotas) (if they use M+W 25m Pistol quotas) (if they use W 25m Pistol quota) (if they use M 25m Pistol quotas)

Da hat sie in der Schnellfeuer-Qualifikation noch eine tolle Aufholjagd hingelegt, denn nach dem gestrigen Tag, war sie ja nur auf Platz 21...

23 so far (but they might be more after all the reallocations and the last 3-Position Rifle qualification events) (X2 with 3-Pos Rifle qualifiers) X2 (with W 3-Pos Rifle qualifiers) (X2 with 3-Pos Rifle qualifiers) (X2 with M Host Country Quota 3-Pos Rifle) X2 (with 3-Pos Rifle qualifiers) (X2 with 3-Pos Rifle qualifiers) (X2 with 3-Pos Rifle qualifiers)

Shayne Quiroz loses out on inner 10s after being level at 583, so unlucky. These quota holders didn't even give her a chance to qualify. It's like not getting a quota in Final Olympic Qualifier in Wrestling just because you lost to Yazdani in first round and there are no Repechage system on offer. How unfair!

men's 10m Air Rifle Gold: Lazar Kovacevic Silver: Jon Hermann Hegg Bronze: Edoardo Bonazzi Olympic Quota Places (to the NOC, NOT to the Athlete): & Full Results and Ranking https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19512

Final Quotas Men's Recurve Matheson Women's Recurve Prasaad Chaandvi * Subject to MQS in both rejected women's quota Source: World Archery

No Freya Anderson. You were wrong. No Kieran Bird. You were wrong. Team under 30 because of cutbacks, wrong wrong wrong

Bonazzi qualify to Olympics with a one-shoot shootout

House will be in La Vilette

Überblick über den Stand in der Leichtathletik Haben die Supernorm und die Bestätigungsnorm Gina Lückenkemper (100m) Melat Kejeta (Marathon) Domenika Mayer (Marathon) Laura Hottenrott (Marathon) Deborah Schöneborn (Marathon, Ersatzläuferin) Malaika Mihambo (Weitsprung) Mikaelle Assani (Weitsprung) Yemisi Ogunleye (Kugelstoßen) Kristin Pudenz (Diskuswerfen) Shanice Craft (Diskuswerfen) Amanal Petros (Marathon) Samuel Fitwi (Marathon) Richard Ringer (Marathon) Hendrik Pfeiffer (Marathon, Ersatz) Tobias Potye (Hochsprung) Mika Sosna (Diskuswerfen) Max Dehning (Speerwerfen) Leo Neugebauer (Zehnkampf) Haben die Supernorm aber noch keine Bestätigungsnorm Olivia Gürth (3000m Hindernis) Carolina Krafzik (400m Hürden) Saskia Feige (20km Gehen) Claudine Vita (Diskuswerfen) Joshua Hartmann (200m) Jean-Paul Bredau (400m) Joshua Abuaku (400m Hürden) Constantin Preis (400m Hürden) Emil Agyekum (400m Hürden) Christopher Linke (20km Gehen) Bo Kanda Lita Bähre (Stabhochsprung) Julian Weber (Speerwerfen) Niklas Kaul (Zehnkampf) Sollten sich sicher über die Weltrangliste qualifizieren und haben die Bestätigungsnorm Christina Honsel (Hochsprung) Julia Ritter (Kugelstoßen) Alina Kenzel (Kugelstoßen) (Bei den Kugelstoßerinnen könnte es eher wegen der nationalen Konkurrenz eng werden) Simon Batz (Weitsprung) Max Heß (Dreisprung) Sollten sich sicher über die Weltrangliste qualifizieren, brauchen aber noch die Bestätigungsnorm Sophie Weißenberg (Siebenkampf) Carolin Schäfer (Siebenkampf) Joshua Hartmann (100m) Henrik Janssen (Diskuswerfen) Manuel Eitel (Zehnkampf) Haben die Bestätigungsnorm. Über die Weltrangliste wird es aber eng. Derzeit entweder knapp dabei oder nicht dabei Rebekka Haase (100m) Imke Onnen (Hochsprung, ihr fehlen hauptsächlich Wettkämpfe aus der vergangenen Freiluftsaison. Macht sie im Sommer da weiter, wo sie in der Halle aufgehört hat, wird das sicher reichen) Anjuli Knäsche (Stabhochsprung) Jacqueline Otchere (Stabhochsprung) Laura Raquel Müller (Weitsprung) Jessie Maduka (Dreisprung) Katharina Maisch (Kugelstoßen) Nina Ndubuisi (Kugelstoßen) Robert Farken (1500m, siehe Onnen) Mohamed Abdilaahi (500m) Sam Parsons (5000m) Davor Aaron Bienenfeld (5000 u. 10.000 m) Nils Voigt (10.000m) Jonas Wagner (Hochsprung) Oleg Zernikel (Stabhochsprung) Torben Blech (Stabhochsprung) Clemens Prüfer (Diskuswerfen) Das sind alle, die entweder die nationalen, internationalen oder beide Anforderungen sicher erfüllen sollten. Dann gibt es noch einige, die bei der WA noch wackeln und die deutsche Norm noch nicht haben, die habe ich jetzt mal weggelassen.

Mo Zhang upset World #31 Nayeong Kim 3-1 yesterday in the group stages of the ITTF Table Tennis WC in Macao!

have announced 11 players on their 12-man Olympic roster. Stacked. Stephen Curry - PG Lebron James - SF Kevin Durant - SF Anthony Edwards - SG Anthony Davis - PF Tyrese Haliburton - PG Devin Booker - SG Joel Embiid - C Jayson Tatum - SF Jrue Holiday - PG Bam Adebayo - C https://x.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985

The late 90s/early 00s powerhouse Unia Oświęcim wins their first domestic title since 2004 after defeating two-time defending champions GKS Katowice in Game 7 of the Finals (1:0 with the only goal in overtime by Mark Kaleinikovas).

So I just totted up what I think are the totals for the OQT for USA, AUS, GBR, Japan, Italy, China and France, using the FINA LCM rankings from 1st March 23 to today. Those were the countries I thought might have a chance of being near the top of a list like this. There are other countries which are strong in part (Canadian & Dutch women) but less so collectively. I could be doing them a disservice not including them, but I was already looking at enough to fry my brain anyway Russia would likely be somewhere in there, but with their uncertain status about things, I've not included in these figures. USA - Men 83, Women 98 = 181 total Aus - Men 34, Women 60 = 94 total Japan - Men 38, Women 27 = 65 total China - Men 25, Women 39 = 64 total GBR - Men 34, Women 25 = 59 total Italy - Men 33, Women 14 = 47 total France - Men 25, Women 14 = 39 total These are qualified swims, not swimmers. So Duncan Scott - for example - is in the GBR quota 3 times (100m fr, 200m fr, 200m IM). It would take me a lot longer to work that out, at least for countries that are not GBR. GBR is 37 total swimmers with an OQT - 23 men and 14 women.

I can not stop laughing. This just made my day

I hope they place vs @ 9 p.m. on day #-1 and I'd also like a couple of good (close) matches in the morning session of day #-1, just to start my watching marathon on a high note

BMX Racing Olympic Qualification Rankings updated as of April 16th, 2024

Городинець може здобути за рейтингом.

have announced the short list of horse/rider combinations in contention for Olympic selection in show Jumping: World Number 6 - Kent Farrington: Greya , Landon, Myla or Toulayna. World Number 10 - McLain Ward: Callas, Contagious, or Quimi del Maset. World Number 23 - Laura Kraut: Baloutine, Bisquetta or Dorado 212. World Number 30 - Karl Cook: Caracole de la Roque or Kalinka Van't Zorgvliet. World Number 43 - Lillie Keenan: Argan de Beliard or Kick On. World Number 75 - Aaron Vale: Carissimo 25. World Number 86 - Natalie Dean: Acota M. World Number 117 - Jessica Sprinstein: Don Juan van de Donkhoeve. World Number 127 - Katie Dinan: Out of the Blue SCF. World Number 167 - Callie Schott: Garant

Olympic Qualification Rankings updated as of April 16th, 2024

sorry A 5

women's 10m Air Rifle Gold: Oceanne Muller Silver: Manon Herbulot Bronze: Synnoeve Berg Olympic Quota Places (to the NOC, NOT to the Athlete): & Full Results and Ranking https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19513

that's correct women's 25m Pistol the 8 finalists: Anna Korakaki (already qualified to the OG) Veronika Major Haniyeh Rostamiyan (already qualified to the OG) Trinh Thu Vinh (already qualified to the OG) Teh Xiu Hong Josefin Eder Camille Jedrzejewski (already qualified to the OG) Miroslava Mincheva

There should be an East Asian qualifier. As for the last quota, I think like Europe they are planning to allocated it towards the rankings, but they may host another tournament.

Mnogo mi je drago zbog Lazara, ako je ko zasluzio kvotu on je. Uvijek blizu, uvijek konstantan.

Ahahahha čak je poslednjim metkom pobedio i Norvežanina koji je već imao kvotu. Lazar 10,5 ovaj 9,8 i prvo mesto za 0,1 krug

Also in La Belle France it is les Dragons de Rouen who won the title (as expected) Clearly above of the competition, they already won the Regular Season with 110 points Rouen with 2 Slovaks in the team Marcel Haščák and Milan Kytnár celebrate its 18th French title and 2nd consecutive

The rules changed this time. Already nations like qualified two boats in their respective continental tournaments. Additionally, can't participate and can qualify only 1 boat

Can't see scenario where you get a second quota. Poland improved their ranking in Keirin after Milton but it wasn't enough to get into a quota spot and I think because they already have a quota in the event, they would not be eligible for any reallocation.

Norouziyan or Norouzian "ian" is also a common suffix for Persian surnames

Improving sports infrastructure is part of BJP's manifesto

Men's Futsal CONCACAF Championship 2024 Managua (NCA) - 13 April 2024 - 20 April 2024 It started today Men's Futsal CONCACAF Championship 2024 (road to FIFA WC 2024, for the top 4) and we have a incredible situation in vs : Costa Rica was leading Haiti 8-3 at the start of the second half, and the Haitian players began to feign injuries and left the game. We will be awaiting Concacaf's decision. Results Database