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Hi all, I'm happy to have found others who love the Olympics as much as I do. Random facts about me: 1) I'm an almost 40-yr-old dad from the States (South Carolina). I'm teaching my girls to watch international sport/the Olympics...they know that when it's Olympics time, the TV doesn't tune in to anything else. And now that I've discovered the international federations and the competitions in the 'off years', my wife/kids know there's no telling what sport I'll be watching...currently watching the table tennis for today's finals at the Europe Smash. 2) I grew up loving geography, maps, cultures, languages, etc. (I'm a Spanish teacher now.) I always watched the Olympics growing up, and my favorite part has always been the Parade of Nations (which I know makes me an outlier among all of my friends who are there for the sport). Have always just loved the idea of having people from virtually every nation all together. And to see the sportsmanship and the Olympic spirit on display between the nations is so inspiring. I'm a Christian, and one thing we believe is that one day in the afterlife there will be peace among all, and while the Olympics isn't a perfect representation of that, it's a nice glimpse. 3) I had the opportunity to go to a baseball game during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta (just a couple of hours from me)...I think it was Netherlands and Nicaragua. I got to see one of the bronze medals that the USA won in baseball that year, as one of the players (Matt LeCroy) was previously a student at my high school and he came to talk at our church afterwards. I also got to see the torch relay before 2002 in Salt Lake as it also came through South Carolina. 4) I grew up always liking figure skating and gymnastics, and of course swimming/diving/artistic swimming and track/field (athletics) were always fun to watch. But now, my sport that I follow most closely is Sport Climbing. I discovered it at the Tokyo Olympics and have been in love ever since. I didn't really think about it much after Tokyo, but leading up to Paris, I caught some of the Olympic Qualifier Series and discovered the IFSC. After Paris, I started watching all the comps in between. 5) Though Sport Climbing is my absolute favorite, when people ask what sports I watch in the Olympics, I have to honestly reply that I watch them all. I try to catch a little of each sport, trying to learn about sports that I'm less familiar with. Current secondary favorites are Table Tennis, Weightlifting, and Modern Pentathlon (and Curling in winter, and SkiMo has recently caught my eye). It also helps that I discovered more about the structure of International Sport, in that each one has their own federation, like the IFSC. I took some time to follow each of them on YouTube and Facebook, and I'll try to pay attention if there are some major competitions in the sports. 6) As I watch the Olympics, I also try to be intentional about watching athletes from as many nations as I can. Here in the USA, it's of course not surprising that NBC shows primarily stories related to our athletes...but I know other nations are just as proud of their athletes. So, in looking at other sports, I get to see other nations shine for a bit. I also try to watch things like the opening heats for the 100m in the pool or on the track to see athletes from all over the world compete. 7) I may or may not have purchased the soundtrack to the 2024 Opening Ceremony and listen to it quite frequently. (I also have gone back and watched the opening ceremony from the Olympics site a couple of times now, where it's ad-free and without NBC commentators checking in on Team USA. And interestingly enough, in the replay they uploaded, they fixed the error where North/South Korea were introduced as the other nation.) 8) Super happy to have found this site because of how it highlights qualification procedures. Growing up, I always wondered how people made it to the Olympics, and now that the Internet exists, I have found the Qualification docs on the Olympics site, and now there are sites like these that show when these events (and many more!) are taking place. I'm sure I have many other thoughts, but I'll let these suffice for now. Looking forward to following international sport over the next few years as we prepare for LA! (I hope to be there!)

It's already been a year since I went to my second Olympic Games (third if we count the 2018 Youth Games). Magical days in a truly beautiful city (as were Rio and Buenos Aires). Some few Games-related pictures below:

Hi, I am sorry I was unexpectedly busy in the recent period, but if I am willing to host Annual addition with Finale mid May if that is still okay with you guys.

Ok so I have given it some thought this week and I am willing to try to organise a contest. It is getting quite late in the year so the Grand Final might have to wait until after Christmas and New Year but let’s see how things go. I will probably make it a more stripped down version to make it more manageable to organise but I think having the contest at all is more important. Also I think I’d rather make this the Annual edition since we did not have an Annual contest this year and I think it would be nice to keep that tradition alive. The Open Contest allows us to pick songs from almost any period so there will always be a chance to showcase those songs any year. But for Annuals, it has to be songs released in the last 12 months and those songs haven’t had a contest since the 2024 Annual so I think it’s better to host the 2025 Annual now and then figure out where things go from there.

2026 Olympic Quotas After Stage 1/4 Men Women Mixed Quotas Nation 500m 1000m 1500m Relay 500m 1000m 1500m Relay Mx Relay M Quotas W Quotas Total Australia 1 1 1 0 1 Austria 1 1 1 0 1 Belgium 2 1 1 x 2 1 1 x 4 2 6 Canada 3 3 3 x 3 3 2 x x 5 5 10 China 3 3 3 x 3 2 2 x x 5 4 9 Croatia 1 1 2 0 2 2 Czechia 1 1 1 0 1 1 France 2 2 2 3 x x 2 4 6 Germany 1 1 0 1 Great Britain 1 2 1 2 1 3 Hong Kong 1 1 1 0 1 Hungary 3 2 2 2 2 x x 3 4 7 Italy 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Japan 2 2 3 x 2 3 3 x 4 3 7 Kazakhstan 2 1 x 2 1 2 x 4 2 6 Korea 2 3 3 x 2 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Latvia 2 2 2 2 0 2 Netherlands 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Neutral Athletes 1 1 1 1 1 2 Poland 3 1 1 2 3 3 x x 3 5 8 Slovakia 1 1 0 1 1 Taiwan 1 1 0 1 Thailand 1 0 1 1 Turkiye 2 1 2 0 2 Ukraine 1 1 1 1 1 2 United States 2 1 2 3 3 3 x 2 3 5 Total 32 32 36 8 32 32 36 8 12 60 55 115 The total of 60 men and 55 women puts us at 115 athletes which is three over the maximum quota limit. However, I would expect this number to go down by next weekend as skaters start to experience regression to the mean and skaters who put up an outlier performance fall out of qualification position. Lot's of surprising countries in qualifying position here It'll be interesting to see how long countries like Hong Kong, Slovakia, Taiwan and Thailand can hang on. You can find the Special Olympic Qualification Classifications (SOQC's) below. Men's 500m Men's 1000m Men's 1500m Men's 5000m Relay Women's 500m Women's 1000m Women's 1500m Women's 3000m Relay

Milano-Cortina 2026 Quota Simulation: 2024-25 Data Edition April 2025 Original Simulation September 2025 Update

Х А Й Д Е Finally all the hard work for Albert pays off and he has his first WC victory at age 27 And he won in one of the most legendary slaloms in Madonna. Also maybe a symbolic moment, because until now, the only WC victory for Bulgaria was Petar Popangelov's 1980 slalom win on .... January 8th. And we are January 8th , 45 years later.

I am pleased to announce that the host nation has submitted their votes. This means voting is now OPEN to all jury members For any new jury members, just sending a reminder on how this process works. Once you have listened to all songs and are happy that you know which 12 songs you want to vote for, send those votes by PRIVATE MESSAGE to the organiser, @OlympicIRL. All votes are kept secret until the Grand Final, so please don't indicate in chat who you voted for to keep the surprise element intact on the Grand Final. On many occasions the final vote has crowned the winner so that's why it's important to keep the suspense alive . Additionally, as well as voting for your 12 favourite entries and awarding points from 1 to 12, please submit a 1st, 2nd and 3rd reserve in case some nations withdraw. Please indicate the priority of your reserves also. I have included a voting template below which you can utilize to send your votes, if you so wish Jury members you have until 21:00 GMT on Friday, December 5th to submit your votes by private message, so plenty of time to get listening to those entries . @Erigert@konig@hoversaBR@Federer91@Topicmaster1010@Vic Liu@Agger@Wumo@Benolympique@Bohemia@catgamer@Dragon@maestro@Yannakis@Fer GUA@Fly_like_a_don@Roamingrover86@Griff88@Dnl@Gianlu33@Henry_Leon@Pablita@SteveParker@Ruslan@Bearas@Glen@mrv86@heywoodu@rybak@kungshamra71@IoNuTzZ@NikolaB@Bailer@hckošice@justony@Cobi@Belle@amen09@Memo@Illya@dezbee2008@Olympian1010 Rank Nation Points 1st Nation 12 2nd Nation 11 3rd Nation 10 4th Nation 9 5th Nation 8 6th Nation 7 7th Nation 6 8th Nation 5 9th Nation 4 10th Nation 3 11th Nation 2 12th Nation 1 13th Nation 1st Reserve 14th Nation 2nd Reserve 15th Nation 3rd Reserve

Were you the one who thinks every Olympics will be cancelled all the time, or am I confused with someone else?

Hey Totalympians Sorry for the long wait and no reply to your questions about prediction contests. The reason for the silence from my side has to due with the fact that me and my wife got our daughter in the beginning of December, so my time has been limited to other activities in the recent period. Due to this big change in me and my wife's life, I will not be able to do Prediction contests for a while. So I will step down as prediction contest manager and I hope one or more of you will take my place and continue doing prediction contests on the forum. Otherwise, I can recommend what @rafalgorka is doing with Prediction polls as a good alternative. I hope you all will understand my decision for stepping down as I do want to focus most of my time on my family in this new chapter of our life. Kind regards, Wumo

As we reach the end of the competitive categories, it's time for the Totallympics Stars Award, which honor our own members. Voted by their peers, these users have had a strong presence in our forum in 2024. Here, they were nominated for a variety of reasons, such as: organization of prediction contests, TISC hosting duties, discussions and sports info in our forums, and contributions to the Olympics and Paralympics threads. All members are valuable in making Totallympics the best sports forum on the internet, including those not listed. This year's Totallympics Stars Award honorees are: @intoronto @Josh @Topicmaster1010 @Wumo @Cinnamon Bun @Grassmarket @Gianlu33 @Henry_Leon @phelps @MHSN @heywoodu @Monzanator @rafalgorka @hckošice @Olympian1010

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-president-bach-in-private-audience-with-the-pope Following Bach's meeting with the Pope the Vatican City have made their intention to compete at Milan-Cortina known

Full schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/100yGpndypOTBi9m1lmB6w1CeHfaBW8uk/view

And thank you all guys for your support, I really appreciate it ! You trully the best community After quick look to history books, this was in fact the 5th medal from Athletics WCh and first since 2015 Gold in 50km Race Walk in Beijing. 2nd womens after Martina Hrašnová bronze in Hammer Throw Counting also the Czechoslovak era this was the 9th medal won by a slovak athlete ever So, yeah, quite a historic achievemnt for us. So proud of Emma, she really deserved this after her season and all what she had to come over last 2 years due injuries

Rumors that the gold medal match between Brazil and France will be played at the airport. Muito bem

Silver for Muñoz Incredible result for him Not expected at all, but a very deserving result for him. Probably one of the most underrated athletes in the country.

Hello, we need some recurrent Olympic threads for LA2028 to be opened in the upcoming weeks, please feel free to open any of these threads in the Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 section. Ideally, the user who opens the thread will also keep it updated if necessary, and make sure the thread is "bumped" every once in a while, but of course you can even just open it and other users can contribute. Here is a complete lists of threads we are going to have, you can open any of them and I will then add the logo to it. For any unopened thread I will make sure it will be open once the first post related to that thread will be posted somewhere else. Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Broadcasters Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Ceremonies Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Debuting, Coming Back, Returning and Missing Nations Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Early Qualification Predictions for your Nation Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Medal Count Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Medal Predictions Nations that can win their First Olympic Medal at the Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Newcomers per Sport at the Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers @hckošice? Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Replay Videos @hckošice? Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Team Sports Early Qualification Predictions | This can be opened as soon as possible. Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Test Events Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Tickets, Trips and Experiences Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Torch Relay Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Tripartite Invitations Places @JoshMartini007? Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Uniforms Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Unqualified Nations @JoshMartini007? Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Venues Thanks!

I think this all went well beyond the limit of what can be considered as acceptable. I have read and deleted many shameful posts and I think it is right now impossible to have a constructive discussion about international politics in this thread right now. I lock this thread for some days, hopefully everyone will calm down and this can be opened again in the future.

Together with other friends of Volt, we launched a referendum in Italy to allow egalitarian marriage for same-sex couples in Italy. We expected very few signatures, instead we are at 70k signatures in a few days. We have three months to collect half a million signatures and get the referendum to the ballot box, but wow.

Ticket sales started today for those who registered, we have our tickets Cross-country skiing: men and women's sprint qualifying and finals (we went for the qualifying but finals are included on the same ticket so that's awesome!), women's 10k freestyle and the team sprint (again, qualifying and finals) And the biathlon women's sprint. And that filled up our 25 tickets

It's done. IF THE OLYMPICS WERE THIS CHRISTMAS predictions: 1. BIATHLON - M 10km Sprint 1. Johannes Thingnes Boe NOR 2. Emilien Jacquelin FRA 3. Martin Uldal NOR 4. Sebastian Samuelsson SWE 2. BIATHLON - M 20km Individual 1. Johannes Thingnes Boe NOR 2. Sturla Holm Laegreid NOR 3. Vitalii Mandzyn UKR 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet FRA 3. BIATHLON - M 12.5km Pursuit 1. Sturla Holm Laegreid NOR 2. Johannes Thingnes Boe NOR 3. Emilien Jacquelin FRA 4. Eric Perrot FRA 4. BIATHLON - M 15km Mass Start 1. Eric Perrot FRA 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet FRA 3. Johannes Thingnes Boe NOR 4. Danilo Riethmueller GER 5. BIATHLON - M 4x7.5km Relay 1. Norway 2. France 3. Sweden 4. Germany 6. BIATHLON - W 7.5km Sprint 1. Franziska Preuss GER 2. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet FRA 3. Anamarija Lampic SLO 4. Elvira Oeberg SWE 7. BIATHLON - W 15km Individual 1. Lou Jeanmonnot FRA 2. Elvira Oeberg SWE 3. Marketa Davidova CZE 4. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet FRA 8. BIATHLON - W 10km Pursuit 1. Franziska Preuss GER 2. Lou Jeanmonnot FRA 3. Elvira Oeberg SWE 4. Justine Braisaz Buchet FRA 9. BIATHLON - W 12.5km Mass Start 1. Elvira Oeberg SWE 2. Franziska Preuss GER 3. Paulina Batovska Fialkova SVK 4. Julia Simon FRA 10. BIATHLON - W 4x6km Relay 1. Germany 2. France 3. Sweden 4. Norway 11. BIATHLON - Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M) 1. France 2. Norway 3. Sweden 4. Germany 12. BOBSLEIGH - 2-man 1. Francesco Friedrich GER 2. Johannes Lochner GER 3. Taylor Lawrence GBR 4. Marcus Treichl AUT 13. BOBSLEIGH - 4-man 1. Francesco Friedrich GER 2. Johannes Lochner GER 3. Markus Treichl AUT 4. Brad Hall GBR 14. BOBSLEIGH - W Monobob 1. Laura Nolte GER 2. Lisa Buckwitz GER 3. Breeana Walker AUS 4. Andreea Grecu ROU 15. BOBSLEIGH - 2-woman 1. Laura Nolte GER 2. Lisa Buckwitz GER 3. Kim Kalicki GER 4. Kaysha Love USA 16. SKELETON - M Skeleton 1. Christopher Grotheer GER 2. Marcus Wyatt GBR 3. Matt Weston GBR 4. Yin Zheng CHN 17. SKELETON - W Skeleton 1. Kimberley Bos NED 2. Kim Meylemans BEL 3. Freya Tarbit GBR 4. Amelia Coltman GBR 18. SKELETON - Mixed Team 1. Great Britain 1 2. United States 1 3. Germany 1 4. Germany 2 19. CURLING - M Curling 1. Great Britain 2. Sweden 3. Canada 4. Switzerland 20. CURLING - W Curling 1. Canada 2. Switzerland 3. Sweden 4. China 21. CURLING - Mixed Doubles 1. Sweden 2. Norway 3. Canada 4. Italy 22. ICE HOCKEY - M Tournament 1. United States 2. Canada 3. Czechia 4. Slovakia 23. ICE HOCKEY - W Tournament 1. Canada 2. United States 3. Switzerland 4. Czechia 24. LUGE - M Singles 1. Max Langenhan GER 2. Nico Gleirscher AUT 3. Jonas Mueller AUT 4. Wolfgang Kindl AUT 25. LUGE - M Doubles 1. Hannes Orlamuender, Paul Gubitz GER 2. Toni Eggert, Florian Mueller GER 3. Martins Bots, Roberts Plume LAT 4. Thomas Steu, Wolfgang Kindl AUT 26. LUGE - W Singles 1. Madeleine Egle AUT 2. Julia Taubitz GER 3. Lisa Schulte AUT 4. Emily Sweeney USA 27. LUGE - W Doubles 1. Seline Egle, Lara Kipp AUT 2. Chevonne Forgan, Sophia Kirkby USA 3. Jessica Degenhardt, Cheyenne Rosenthal GER 4. Ande Upite, Zane Kaluma LAT 28. LUGE - Team Relay 1. Austria 2. Germany 3. Italy 4. Latvia 29. FIGURE SKATING - M Single Skating 1. Ilia Malinin USA 2. Yuma Kagiyama JPN 3. Shun Sato JPN 4. Kevin Aymoz FRA 30. FIGURE SKATING - W Single Skating 1. Kaori Sakamoto JPN 2. Amber Glenn USA 3. Mone Chiba JPN 4. Kim Chae-yeon KOR 31. FIGURE SKATING - Pair Skating 1. Minerva Fabienne Hase, Nikita Volodin GER 2. Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara JPN 3. Anastasia Metelkina, Luka Berulava GEO 4. Sara Conti, Niccolo Macii ITA 32. FIGURE SKATING - Ice Dance 1. Madison Chock, Evan Bates USA 2. Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier CAN 3. Charlene Guignard, Marco Fabbri ITA 4. Lilah Fear, Lewis Gibson GBR 33. FIGURE SKATING - Team Event 1. United States 2. Canada 3. Italy 4. ??? 34. SHORT TRACK - M 500m 1. Steven Dubois CAN 2. William Dandjinou CAN 3. Sun Long CHN 4. Pietro Sighel ITA 35. SHORT TRACK - M 1000m 1. William Dandjinou CAN 2. Jens van 't Wout NED 3. Jang Sung-woo KOR 4. Roberts Kruzbergs LAT 36. SHORT TRACK - M 1500m 1. William Dandjinou CAN 2. Park Ji-won KOR 3. Roberts Kruzbergs LAT 4. Jens van 't Wout NED 37. SHORT TRACK - M 5000m Relay 1. Canada 2. China 3. Korea 4. Japan 38. SHORT TRACK - W 500m 1. Xandra Velzeboer NED 2. Kristen Santos-Griswold USA 3. Florence Brunelle CAN 4. Choi Min-jeong KOR 39. SHORT TRACK - W 1000m 1. Xandra Velzeboer NED 2. Choi Min-jeong KOR 3. Kim Gil-li KOR 4. Danae Blais CAN 40. SHORT TRACK - W 1500m 1. Kim Gil-li KOR 2. Hanne Desmet BEL 3. Kristen Santos-Griswold USA 4. Corinne Stoddard USA 41. SHORT TRACK - W 3000m Relay 1. Canada 2. Italy 3. Korea 4. Netherlands 42. SHORT TRACK - Mixed Team Relay 1. Korea 2. Canada 3. China 4. Netherlands 43. SPEED SKATING - M 500m 1. Jordan Stolz USA 2. Jenning de Boo NED 3. Tatsuya Shinhama JPN 4. Laurent Dubreuil CAN 44. SPEED SKATING - M 1000m 1. Jordan Stolz USA 2. Jenning de Boo NED 3. Ning Zhongyan CHN 4. Connor Howe CAN 45. SPEED SKATING - M 1500m 1. Jordan Stolz USA 2. Ning Zhongyan CHN 3. Sander Eitrem NOR 4. Kjeld Nuis NED 46. SPEED SKATING - M 5000m 1. Davide Ghiotto ITA 2. Sander Eitrem NOR 3. Chris Huizinga NED 4. Beau Snellink NED 47. SPEED SKATING - M 10000m 1. Davide Ghiotto ITA 2. Chris Huizinga NED 3. Beau Snellink NED 4. ??? 48. SPEED SKATING - M Team Pursuit 1. Italy 2. United States 3. Norway 4. Canada 49. SPEED SKATING - M Mass Start 1. Bart Hoolwerf NED 2. Bart Swings BEL 3. Andrea Giovannini ITA 4. Daniele Di Stefano ITA 50. SPEED SKATING - W 500m 1. Erin Jackson USA 2. Yukino Yoshida JPN 3. Femke Kok NED 4. Kaja Ziomek-Nogal POL 51. SPEED SKATING - W 1000m 1. Miho Takagi JPN 2. Jutta Leerdam NED 3. Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong NED 4. Kimi Goetz USA 52. SPEED SKATING - W 1500m 1. Miho Takagi JPN 2. Joy Beune NED 3. Han Mei CHN 4. Brittany Bowe USA 53. SPEED SKATING - W 3000m 1. Ragne Wiklund NOR 2. Ivanie Blondin CAN 3. Joy Beune NED 4. Isabelle Weidemann CAN 54. SPEED SKATING - W 5000m 1. Ragne Wiklund NOR 2. Ivanie Blondin CAN 3. Martina Sablikova CZE 4. ??? 55. SPEED SKATING - W Team Pursuit 1. Netherlands 2. Japan 3. Canada 4. United States 56. SPEED SKATING - W Mass Start 1. Marijke Groenewoud NED 2. Ivanie Blondin CAN 3. Valerie Maltais CAN 4. Yang Bingyu CHN 57. ALPINE SKIING - M Downhill 1. Marco Odermatt SUI 2. Ryan Cochran-Siegle USA 3. Miha Hrobat SLO 4. Vincent Kriechmayr AUT 58. ALPINE SKIING - M Super-G 1. Marco Odermatt SUI 2. Mattia Casse ITA 3. Cyprien Sarrazin FRA 4. Jared Goldberg USA 59. ALPINE SKIING - M Giant Slalom 1. Marco Odermatt SUI 2. Alexander Steen Olsen NOR 3. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen BRA 4. Henrik Kristoffersen NOR 60. ALPINE SKIING - M Slalom 1. Henrik Kristoffersen NOR 2. Clement Noel FRA 3. Loic Meillard SUI 4. Atle Lie McGrath NOR 61. ALPINE SKIING - M Team Combined 1. Switzerland 1 (Marco Odermatt, Loic Meillard) 2. France 1 (Cyprien Sarrazin, Clement Noel) 3. Austria 1 (Vincent Kriechmayr, Manuel Feller) 4. France 2 (Nils Allegre, Steven Amiez) 62. ALPINE SKIING - W Downhill 1. Sophia Goggia ITA 2. Cornelia Huetter AUT 3. Lara Gut-Behrami SUI 4. Lauren Macuga USA 63. ALPINE SKIING - W Super-G 1. Cornelia Huetter AUT 2. Sofia Goggia ITA 3. Lara Gut-Behrami SUI 4. Federica Brignone ITA 64. ALPINE SKIING - W Giant Slalom 1. Federica Brignone ITA 2. Sara Hector SWE 3. Zrinka Ljutic CRO 4. Alice Robinson NZL 65. ALPINE SKIING - W Slalom 1. Camille Rast SUI 2. Katharina Liensberger AUT 3. Wendy Holdener SUI 4. Anna Swenn-Larsson SWE 66. ALPINE SKIING - W Team Combined 1. Austria 1 (Cornelia Huetter, Katherina Liensberger) 2. Switzerland 1 (Lara Gut-Behrami, Camille Rast) 3. United States 1 (Laura Macuga, Paula Moltzan) 4. Slovenia 1 (Ilka Stuhec, Andreja Slokar) 67. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Aerials 1. Qi Guangpu CHN 2. Wang Xindi CHN 3. Pirmin Werner SUI 4. Christopher Lillis USA 68. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls 1. Mikael Kingsbury CAN 2. Ikuma Horishima JPN 3. Walter Wallberg SWE 4. Filip Gravenfors SWE 69. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Dual Moguls 1. Mikael Kingsbury CAN 2. Walter Wallberg SWE 3. Benjamin Cavet FRA 4. Filip Gravenfors SWE 70. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Ski Cross 1. Simone Deromedis ITA 2. Reece Howden CAN 3. Alex Fiva SUI 4. Florian Wilmsmann GER 71. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Halfpipe 1. Alex Ferreira USA 2. Brendan MacKay CAN 3. Nicholas Goepper USA 4. Finley Melville Ives NZL 72. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Slopestyle 1. Colby Stevenson USA 2. Andri Ragettli SUI 3. Tormod Frostad NOR 4. Mac Forehand USA 73. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Big Air 1. Tormod Frostad NOR 2. Miro Tabanelli ITA 3. Matej Svancer AUT 4. Dylan Deschamps CAN 74. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Aerials 1. Winter Vinecki USA 2. Danielle Scott AUS 3. Marion Thenault CAN 4. Chen Meiting CHN 75. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Moguls 1. Perrine Laffont FRA 2. Jakara Anthony AUS 3. Olivia Giaccio USA 4. Maia Schwinghammer CAN 76. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Dual Moguls 1. Jakara Anthony AUS 2. Perrine Laffont FRA 3. Jaelin Kauf USA 4. Rino Yanagimoto JPN 77. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Ski Cross 1. Marielle Thompson CAN 2. Daniela Maier GER 3. Fanny Smith SUI 4. India Sherret CAN 78. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Halfpipe 1. Eileen Gu CHN 2. Li Fanghui CHN 3. Zoe Atkin GBR 4. Svea Irving USA 79. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Slopestyle 1. Tess Ledeux FRA 2. Mathilde Gremaud SUI 3. Sarah Hoefflin SUI 4. Marin Hamill USA 80. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Big Air 1. Mathilde Gremaud SUI 2. Tess Ledeux FRA 3. Flora Tabanelli ITA 4. Sarah Hoefflin SUI 81. FREESTYLE SKIING - Mixed Team Aerials 1. United States 2. China 3. Canada 4. ??? 82. SNOWBOARD - M Parallel Giant Slalom 1. Edwin Coratti ITA 2. Tim Mastnak SLO 3. Radoslaw Jankow BUL 4. Arvid Auner AUT 83. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Cross 1. Jakob Dusek AUT 2. Lorenzo Sommariva ITA 3. Lucas Eguibar ESP 4. Cameron Bolton AUS 84. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Halfpipe 1. Ayumu Hirano JPN 2. Yuto Totsuka JPN 3. Scotty James AUS 4. Ruka Hirano JPN 85. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Slopestyle 1. Cameron Spalding CAN 2. Mons Roiseland NOR 3. Rocco Jamieson NZL 4. Kira Kimura JPN 86. SNOWBOARD - M Snowboard Big Air 1. Taiga Hasegawa JPN 2. Ian Matteoli ITA 3. Hiroto Ogiwara JPN 4. Rocco Jamieson NZL 87. SNOWBOARD - W Parallel Giant Slalom 1. Ester Ledecka CZE 2. Aleksandra Król-Walas POL 3. Jasmin Coratti ITA 4. Sabine Payer AUT 88. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Cross 1. Lea Casta FRA 2. Maja-Li Iafrate-Danielsson FRA 3. Josie Baff AUS 4. Charlotte Bankes GBR 89. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Halfpipe 1. Maddie Mastro USA 2. Cai Xuetong CHN 3. Sara Shimuzu JPN 4. Mitsuki Uno JPN 90. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Slopestyle 1. Kokomo Murase JPN 2. Mia Brookes GBR 3. Rebecca Flynn USA 4. Anna Gasser AUT 91. SNOWBOARD - W Snowboard Big Air 1. Mia Brookes GBR 2. Mari Fukada JPN 3. Reira Iwabuchi JPN 4. Laurie Blouin CAN 92. SNOWBOARD - Mixed Team Snowboard Cross 1. Australia 2. France 3. Italy 4. Great Britain 93. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 10km + 10km Skiathlon 1. Harald Ostberg Amundsen NOR 2. Martin Lowstrom Nyenget NOR 3. Simen Hegstad Krueger NOR 4. Andrew Musgrave GBR 94. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M Sprint Classic 1. Johannes Hosflot Klaebo NOR 2. Erik Valnes NOR 3. Fererico Pellegrino ITA 4. Lauri Vuorinen FIN 95. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M Team Sprint Free 1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Italy 4. France 96. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 4x7.5km Relay 1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Finland 4. France 97. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 10km Free 1. Martin Lowstrom Nyenget NOR 2. Harald Ostberg Amundsen NOR 3. Simen Hegstad Krueger NOR 4. Johannes Hosflot Klaebo NOR 98. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M 50km Mass Start Classic 1. Iivo Niskanen FIN 2. Harald Oestberg Amundsen NOR 3. Martin Loewstroem Nyenget NOR 4. Hugo Lapalus FRA 99. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 10km + 10km Skiathlon 1. Therese Johaug NOR 2. Jessie Diggins USA 3. Heidi Weng NOR 4. Ebba Andersson SWE 100. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W Sprint Classic 1. Jonna Sundling SWE 2. Johanna Hagstroem SWE 3. Julie Myhre NOR 4. Maja Dahlqvist SWE 101. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W Team Sprint Free 1. Sweden 2. Norway 3. Finland 4. Switzerland 102. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 4x7.5km Relay 1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. United States 4. Germany 103. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 10km Free 1. Therese Johaug NOR 2. Heidi Weng NOR 3. Jessie Diggins USA 4. Astrid Oeyre Slind NOR 104. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W 50km Mass Start Classic 1. Frida Karlsson SWE 2. Therese Johaug NOR 3. Astrid Oeyre Slind NOR 4. Kerttu Niskanen FIN 105. NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual Gundersen Normal Hill / 10 km 1. Vinzenz Geiger GER 2. Jarl Magnus Riiber NOR 3. Ilkka Herola FIN 4. Julian Schmid GER 106. NORDIC COMBINED - M Individual Gundersen Large Hill / 10km 1. Jarl Magnus Riiber NOR 2. Vinzenz Geiger GER 3. Johannes Rydzek GER 4. Julian Schmid GER 107. NORDIC COMBINED - Team Sprint Large Hill / 2x7.5km 1. Germany 2. Norway 3. Austria 4. France 108. SKI JUMPING - M Normal Hill Individual 1. Jan Hoerl AUT 2. Daniel Tschofenig AUT 3. Andreas Wellinger GER 4. Pius Paschke GER 109. SKI JUMPING - M Large Hill Individual 1. Daniel Tschofenig AUT 2. Jan Hoerl AUT 3. Pius Paschke GER 4. Stefan Kraft AUT 110. SKI JUMPING - M Super Team 1. Austria 2. Germany 3. Norway 4. Slovenia 111. SKI JUMPING - W Normal Hill Individual 1. Katharina Schmid GER 2. Eirin Maria Kvandal NOR 3. Nika Prevc SLO 4. Ema Klinec SLO 112. SKI JUMPING - W Large Hill Individual 1. Nika Prevc SLO 2. Katharina Schmid GER 3. Selina Freitag GER 4. Thea Minyan Bjoersath NOR 113. SKI JUMPING - Mixed Team 1. Germany 2. Norway 3. Austria 4. Slovenia 114. SKI MOUNTAINEERING - M Sprint 1. Oriol Cordona Coll ESP 2. Thibault Anselmet FRA 3. Inigo Martinez de Albornoz ESP 4. Iwan Arnold SUI 115. SKI MOUNTAINEERING - W Sprint 1. Emily Harrop FRA 2. Caroline Ulrich SUI 3. Marianna Jagercikova SVK 4. Tove Alexandersson SWE 116. SKI MOUNTAINEERING - Mixed Relay 1. France 2. Switzerland 3. Spain 4. Italy

2026 OLYMPIC QUOTAS Men Women Mixed Quotas Nation 500m 1000m 1500m Relay 500m 1000m 1500m Relay Relay M Quotas W Quotas Total Australia 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Austria 1 1 1 0 1 Belgium 1 1 1 x 1 1 2 x 4 2 6 Canada 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 4 5 9 China 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 4 9 Croatia 1 1 2 0 2 2 Czechia 1 0 1 1 France 2 2 1 2 2 x x 2 4 6 Great Britain 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 Hong Kong 1 1 1 1 1 2 Hungary 1 2 2 x 1 2 2 x 4 2 6 Italy 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 4 5 9 Japan 2 2 3 x 2 3 3 x x 4 5 9 Kazakhstan 2 1 2 1 2 x 2 2 4 Korea 2 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Latvia 1 2 1 2 0 2 Netherlands 3 2 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Neutrals 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Poland 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2 3 5 Slovakia 1 0 1 1 Turkiye 2 2 0 2 Ukraine 1 1 1 1 1 2 United States 2 2 3 3 3 3 x x 3 5 8 Uzbekistan 1 1 0 1 Total 32 32 36 8 32 32 33 8 12 56 56 112 Before I continue, I just want to say that this may not actually be complete accurate. You might notice that there's only 33 quotas assigned in the women's 1500m. That's because after the initial assignment of quotas, there were 115 quotas which is 3 over the limit. According to the qualification system, the 1500m distances are the last events to assign quotas since they have a max quota of 36 instead of 32. For the men's event, France, Hungary, and Ukraine have the last spots and removing them wouldn't affect the quota totals. Therefore unfortunately, I had to remove one quota from Croatia, Hong Kong and Poland to get the total to 112. We'll see what the NOC does about all this. If anyone actually knows the correct procedures, please comment below. Changes in Quotas from the last update: Men's 500m: No changes Men's 1000m: In: Hong Kong 1 Out: Ukraine 1 Men's 1500m: In: Poland 2 Out: Great Britain 3 Men's 5000m Relay: In: Hungary Out: United States Women's 500m: In: Korea 3 Out: France 2 Women's 1000m: In: Neutral Athletes 1, China 3 Out: Poland 3, Great Britain 1 Women's 1500m: In: Kazakhstan 2, Belgium 2 Out: Great Britain 1, Latvia 1, Slovakia 1, Ukraine 1, Hong Kong 1 Full SOQC's Below: Men's 500m Men's 1000m Men's 1500m Men's 5000m Relay Women's 500m Women's 1000m Women's 1500m Women's 3000m Relay Mixed 2000m Relay *Only for teams with at least 2 men + 2 women

Hi everyone, I’m currently traveling in Malaysia but will return next week. As I stated to Sindo recently, I had some mixed feelings about TISC lately. In the last few editions it saw interest go down considerably and I guess with that, it impacted my motivation as it does take a lot of effort and dedication to keep it running. But of course you all know I love TISC and I have poured a lot of time and energy into it over the years. So I may be prepared to organise it myself later this year. I’ll wait until I am home next week before letting you know. Thanks to all those who have continued to stay engaged over the years, I appreciate the support.

Just finished a dream trip to Japan recently... Also included a visit to Expo 2025 and Japan Olympic Museum too

In discussions with the IOC about reviving Olympedia...

Here's a minor update of the quota projections before short track qualifying begins next week. Some new nations have joined the list and there's been some changes in the alpine skiing, figure skating and ski jumping quotas along with some athletes changing nationalities. Also fixed some mistakes. Africa (7 nations) Benin: 1 (NEW) (Alpine Skiing - 1) Eritrea: 1 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1) Guinea-Bissau: 1 (NEW) (Alpine Skiing - 1) Kenya: 1 (-1) (Alpine Skiing - 2) Madagascar: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2) Morocco: 1 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1) Nigeria: 1 (0) (Cross-Country Skiing - 1) South Africa: 3 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1) Americas (12 nations) Argentina: 8 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Luge - 1) Bolivia: 1 (0) (Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Brazil: 16 (+1) (Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 2) Canada: 204 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 11, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 14, Cross-Country Skiing - 12, Curling - 11, Figure Skating - 12, Freestyle Skiing - 32, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 6, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 2, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 19, Speed Skating - 13) Chile: 4 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1) Colombia: 2 (0) (Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Skeleton - 1) Haiti: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Jamaica: 1 (-1) (Bobsleigh - 1) Mexico: 5 (+1) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 1) Puerto Rico: 1 (0) (Skeleton - 1) Trinidad and Tobago: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2) United States: 218 (-5) (Alpine Skiing - 17, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 14, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 6, Figure Skating - 16, Freestyle Skiing - 32, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 11, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 4, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 6, Snowboarding - 23, Speed Skating - 11) Uruguay: 1 (NEW) (Alpine Skiing - 1) Asia (18 nations) China: 117 (+2) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 3, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 5, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 6, Freestyle Skiing - 24, Luge - 6, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 5, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 16, Speed Skating - 14) Hong Kong: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Short Track - 1) India: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Iran: 4 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 2) Japan: 125 (+1) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 7, Curling - 7, Figure Skating - 12, Freestyle Skiing - 20, Ice Hockey - 23, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 9, Ski Jumping - 8, Snowboarding - 20, Speed Skating - 13) Kazakhstan: 42 (-1) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 12, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track - 8, Ski Jumping - 2, Speed Skating - 4) Kyrgyzstan: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Lebanon: 1 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1) Malaysia: 1 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1) Mongolia: 2 (0) (Cross-Country Skiing - 2) Philippines: 2 (-1) (Alpine Skiing - 1) Saudi Arabia: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Singapore: 1 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1) South Korea: 62 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 2, Bobsleigh - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 6, Freestyle Skiing - 6, Luge - 1, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 11, Speed Skating - 11) Taiwan: 6 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Figure Skating, Skeleton - 1, Speed Skating - 1) Thailand: 4 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1) United Arab Emirates: 2 (+1) (Alpine Skiing - 2) Uzbekistan: 3 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 2) Europe (47 nations) Albania: 4 (+1) (Alpine Skiing - 4) Andorra: 7 (+1) (Alpine Skiing - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 3) Armenia: 5 (+2) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2) Austria: 113 (+4) (Alpine Skiing - 22, Biathlon - 9, Bobsleigh - 12, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 13, Luge - 11, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 8, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 17, Speed Skating - 2) Azerbaijan: 1 (0) (Figure Skating - 1) Belgium: 32 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 2, Short Track - 5, Skeleton - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 1, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 7) Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Luge - 1) Bulgaria: 19 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Ski Jumping - 1, Snowboarding - 3) Croatia: 14 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Short Track - 2) Cyprus: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2) Czech Republic: 121 (-2) (Alpine Skiing - 5, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Ice Hockey - 48, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 9, Speed Skating - 4) Denmark: 40 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 2, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Curling - 5, Ice Hockey - 25, Skeleton - 2, Speed Skating - 2) Estonia: 32 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Curling - 2, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 2, Nordic Combined - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 2, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 1) Finland: 102 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 5, Biathlon - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Figure Skating - 5, Freestyle Skiing - 8, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 2, Ski Jumping - 5, Snowboarding - 2) France: 152 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 19, Biathlon - 12, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 15, Figure Skating - 9, Freestyle Skiing - 18, Ice Hockey - 48, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 3, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 6, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 10, Speed Skating - 3) Georgia: 8 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 6) Germany: 190 (+2) (Alpine Skiing - 12, Biathlon - 11, Bobsleigh - 18, Cross-Country Skiing - 14, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 6, Freestyle Skiing - 11, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 12, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 6, Ski Jumping - 8, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 19, Speed Skating - 13) Great Britain: 56 (+1) (Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 8, Freestyle Skiing - 7, Short Track - 3, Skeleton - 5, Snowboarding - 5) Greece: 5 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 3) Hungary: 16 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Short Track - 5, Snowboarding - 2, Speed Skating - 1) Iceland: 4 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2) Ireland: 8 (+2) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 2, Luge - 1, Short Track - 1) Israel: 4 (-1) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 1, Skeleton - 1) Italy: 191 (-1) (Alpine Skiing - 22, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 9, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 10, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 3, Ski Jumping - 7, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 15, Speed Skating - 10) Kosovo: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2) Latvia: 68 (-2) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 9, Cross-Country Skiing - 6, Figure Skating - 2, Ice Hockey - 25, Luge - 11, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 3) Liechtenstein: 4 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2) Lithuania: 17 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Figure Skating - 3) Luxembourg: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2) Malta: 1 (0) (Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Moldova: 4 (0) (Biathlon - 4) Monaco: 5 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 4) Montenegro: 2 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Netherlands: 43 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Bobsleigh - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 18) North Macedonia: 3 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Norway: 90 (-1) (Alpine Skiing - 18, Biathlon - 11, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 11, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Nordic Combined - 3, Ski Jumping - 7, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 12) Poland: 60 (+1) (Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 7, Figure Skating - 4, Luge - 6, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 7, Ski Jumping - 6, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 9) Portugal: 3 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1) Romania: 34 (+2) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Luge - 8, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 2) Serbia: 4 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2) Slovakia: 53 (+3) (Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Ice Hockey - 25, Luge - 6, Ski Jumping - 2, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 1) Slovenia: 41 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 10, Biathlon - 9, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Nordic Combined - 2, Ski Jumping - 7, Snowboarding - 5) Spain: 19 (+2) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 5, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 4) Sweden: 116 (-1) (Alpine Skiing - 10, Biathlon - 12, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 15, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 2, Ski Jumping, Snowboarding - 1) Switzerland: 178 (-2) (Alpine Skiing - 22, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 16, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 3, Freestyle Skiing - 21, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 2, Skeleton - 3, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 18, Speed Skating - 3) Türkiye: 7 (0) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Short Track - 1, Ski Jumping - 2) Ukraine: 44 (-2) (Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 6, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 8, Luge - 8, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 2, Snowboarding - 2) Oceania (3 nations) Australia: 57 (+4) (Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Curling - 2, Figure Skating - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 13, Luge - 1, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 12) New Zealand: 20 (-1) (Alpine Skiing - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Snowboarding - 5, Speed Skating - 1) Vanuatu: 1 (0) (Freestyle Skiing - 1) Other (1 nation) Individual Neutral Athletes: 17 (-6) (Figure Skating - 3, Short Track - 2, Ski Mountaineering - 1, Speed Skating - 11)

Italia just too strong today. Romano and Bottolo were phenomenal, couldn't find a way to neutralize them for practically the whole match. Like a mentioned yesterday, our team is already a winner, nothing changes with today's result. Also Aleks Nikolov deserved to be the MVP of these Championships, but we all know the procedure..

High traffic during the World Champs, that was impossible to predict and prepare for.

Kim DSQ because he did only 33km and was wrongly send to the stadium. I can´t

I've went to the championships today, really awesome atmosphere.. Best fans: Worst fans: Enjoyed every minute, also ended up sitting with whole Dutch national team to the left and Lithuanian national team to the right so that was fun

The LA2028 Olympic qualification calendar pages have been set up: https://totallympics.com/qualification-tracker/los-angeles-2028/qualification-calendar/ Even though official qualification documents have been not been released yet, I have already added events which most probably will be LA28 qualification events based on previous experience, such as 2027 FIBA World Cup, Handball 2027 World Championships, UEFA U21 2027 European Championship etc., with all the respective pre-qualifying rounds. And of course the current CONMEBOL Copa Feminina If you see any missing events or you think there events which 99.9% will be Olympic qualification events, please feel free to report them here and I will add them to the calendar. Thanks!

Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships: Previewing every Canadian Swimmer and Relay The swimming competition is just under 24 hours away and there's lots of excitement surrounding the Canadian team this year. With a nice mix of superstars and rising stars, veterans and youngsters, I thought it would be fun to go into a deep dive of every swimmer on the team as well as all the relays that Canada is competing in. If you have the time to spare, it is a very long article but if not, don't worry, I have saved most notable swimmers for the top of this post. So without further ado, let's get started. Team Canada The Medal Threats Based on the results at trials this year, I would say there are 5 swimmers who have a great chance of reaching the podium Mary-Sophie Harvey Age: 25 Hometown: Montreal, QC Events: 200m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley, 400m Individual Medley The rise of Mary-Sophie Harvey has been truly incredible to watch. After only qualifying for the 2020 Olympics as a relay-only swimmer, Harvey had a breakout season last year posting world class best times in a multitude of events and qualifying for 2 Olympic events individually. Her Olympics were highlighted by a 4th place finish in the 200m freestyle. This year, she has stepped up her game even more winning 3 events at trials (200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 100m butterfly) and going PB’s in the 200m breaststroke (2:23.40), 200m individual medley (2:08.78), and 400m individual medley (4:35.56). She is seeded 5th in the 200m IM, 6th in the 200m freestyle, 10th in the 200m breaststroke, and 9th in the 400m IM. She was reportedly untapered for trials meaning she could go even faster. On paper, she should be featured in all the women’s relays but with her busy schedule, it’s hard to say which ones she’ll feature in. MSH has never won an individual long course medal but that could very well change this year. Ilya Kharun Age: 20 Hometown: Las Vegas, NV, USA Events: 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly No swimmer has ever medaled in all 3 butterfly events at a World Championships but Ilya Kharun is aiming to be the first swimmer to accomplish that. With new sprint-renowned ASU coach Herbie Behm, Kharun has improved his sprint speed significantly and that showed at Trials where he scorched new PB’s of 22.68 and 50.37 in the 50m and 100m butterfly events. The 22.68 time smashed his Canadian record almost half a second. He was also close to his PB in the 200m butterfly going 1:53.41 to easily qualify. This year, he ranks #1 in the 50m butterfly, #3 in the 100m butterfly, and #2 in the 200m butterfly and is seeded 2nd, 4th and 3rd in those events making him a strong medal contender in all 3 events. I would expect him to also swim the butterfly in the men’s medley relay and if he’s faster than Liendo in the 100m butterfly, also the butterfly leg in the mixed medley relay. Josh Liendo Age: 22 Hometown: Toronto, ON Events: 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly Josh Liendo had a dynamite NCAA season this year which saw him win 2 golds and a silver, many people thought he would take his game to another level at trials this year. However, he got ill before trials started and decided not to taper for the event and could be visibly seen with a fully grown beard. This saw him shockingly finish 3rd in the 100m freestyle and finish over a second off his PB ultimately not qualifying individually in the event. Despite that, he was still produced a 21.88 swim in the 50m freestyle to rank 18th in the world this year and in his signature 100m butterfly event, swam 50.46 which ranks 4th in the world this year. Despite not swimming the 50m butterfly at trials, it was added to his event lineup after putting up a 50m split in his Olympic silver medal winning swim good enough to qualify. He is seeded 24th in the 50m butterfly, 6th in the 50m freestyle and 1st in the 100m butterfly. Considering he was untapered for trials and still put up 50.46 along with being the only man in the field to have broken 50 seconds, he’ll easily be one of the gold medal favourites and should be in contention in the 50m freestyle as well. Expect him to reprise his usual roles in the 4x100m freestyle and medley relays as well. Kylie Masse Age: 29 Hometown: Lasalle, ON Events: 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke The ever-consistent Kylie Masse has been winning medals since 2016. She has won at least one medal in each major meet since then and looks to extend that streak this year. Now 29 years old, Masse opted to drop the 200m backstroke from her event lineup to focus on the sprint events and the results have seemed to pay off this year after she broke the Canadian record in the 50m backstroke going 27.13 at a Pro Swim Series. She produced good times at trials as well going 27.34 and 58.18. With Kaylee McKeown and Regan Smith taking the backstroke events to another dimension, Masse will likely find herself, once again, in a battle with Katharine Berkoff for bronze in the 100m distance. She’ll have a better chance in the 50m event where it can be a crapshoot for medals, especially now with Kaylee McKeown’s withdrawal from the event. She’s seeded 3rd in the 50m and 4th in the 100m and you can expect her to be locked and loaded for the women’s medley and mixed medley relays. Summer McIntosh Age: 18 Hometown: Toronto, ON Events: 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 200m Individual Medley, 400m Individual Medley After swimming 4 events at 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Olympics, Summer McIntosh has decided to add a 5th event to her schedule. She is looking to do something no other swimmer besides Michael Phelps has ever done before: win 5 individual gold medals at a World Championships. After having one of the greatest meets ever at Canadian Trials, many believe that she’s going to do it. At those Canadian trials, she broke an astonishing 3 world records in the 400m freestyle (3:54.18), 200m individual medley (2:05.70) and her own world record in the 400m individual medley (4:23.65). In her other 2 events, she swam the 2nd fastest time ever in the 200m butterfly (2:02.26) and 3rd fastest time ever in the 800m freestyle (8:05.07). On the entry lists, she’s the #1 seed in all of her events except the 800m freestyle where she is the #2 seed. 5 medals seems almost certain barring a disastrous swim or DQ. This is a feat that only Michael Phelps and Sarah Sjoestroem have ever accomplished so McIntosh winning 5 medals alone would already her meet among the all time rankings. The only thing that appears to stand in her way is a resurgent Katie Ledecky who is having the best year of her career since 2016. She’s gone 3:56 in the 400m freestyle for the first time since then and reset her 800m freestyle world. Part of the reason Summer chose the 800m freestyle as her 5th event is because she wants the greatest challenge in beating Ledecky in her signature event so expect those two to put on some fireworks. In the other events, Summer has a considerable lead over the rest of the field. She’s 1.75 seconds clear of the 2nd seeded swimmer in the 200m IM, 1.58 seconds clear in the 200m butterfly and a whopping 9.75 seconds clear in the 400m IM. No matter what happens, this should be a meet for the history books. In terms of relays, Summer’s talent would easily put her on all 3 women’s relays. However, given that the 4x100m freestyle relay falls on the same day she does both the 400m freestyle heats/finals and 200m IM heats/semis, it seems unlikely she’ll do that relay but should be on the 4x200m freestyle relay and likely do butterfly on the medley relay. The 2024 World Championship Medallists Despite the 2024 World Championships having a large asterisk due to the lack of high profile names attending, these Canadians still medaled at the event and if everything goes right for them, could have a chance at medaling. Finlay Knox Age: 24 Hometown: Okotoks, AB Events: 100m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley Now the oldest male swimmer on the Canadian team, Finlay Knox successfully made his 5th consecutive senior team and will look to defend his 200m IM World Championships title from the sparsely attended 2024 World Championships. After having a career year in 2024 with his move to HPC Vancouver, Knox wasn’t quite as fast at trials this year but that can be largely attributed to a back injury he suffered earlier in the year. Despite that though, he still posted a time of 1:57.25 in the 200m IM to rank 8th among entrants this year. He is seeded 6th overall. If he’s in the final, you can’t count him out for a medal. He pulled off an upset once already and he could do it again. He also posted a 1:00.68 in the 100m breaststroke prelims before scratching the final which is right on his 1:00.66 PB. This helped him earn the individual spot in the 100m breaststroke event where he is seeded 30th and will need a large drop to make the semis. Despite only finishing 7th in the 100m freestyle at trials, Swimming Canada may elect to use him in the finals over the inexperienced Filip Senc-Samardzic who finished 4th in the event at trials. Knox has a PB of 48.29 from Olympic trials last year and has split 47 before. Ingrid Wilm Age: 27 Hometown: Calgary, AB Events: 50m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke After getting beat out by Taylor Ruck for the 2nd spot in the 100m backstroke at trials, there was a risk that Ingrid Wilm wouldn’t qualify for the World Championship team but she would lock in over the week getting 2nd in the 50m backstroke and 200m backstroke and even qualifying for the 4x100m freestyle relay with her 4th place finish where she set a PB of 55.15. She is seeded 11th in the 50m backstroke and should comfortably make semis and has a good chance of making the final. If she does make the final, there is a greater than 0% chance of her medaling with the nature of that event. She was 4th in 2022 and won a bronze medal at the 2024 edition although, of course, it was sparsely attended. Making the semis in the 200m backstroke will be much more difficult as she is seeded 25th overall. In terms of relays, I would imagine that she’ll be put on the prelims for the 4x100m freestyle relay and maybe the final since she has no individual events that day. She could also be used on prelims for the medley relay. The New Kids on the Block Every year, there's always some new swimmer(s) that breaks through with Senior Team. However, with this being a post-Olympic year, there are more than usual (9 to be exact) with several prominent members of past teams having retired. Keep in mind I'm not counting 2024 World Championships as there was no selection meet for that. Sienna Angove Age: 18 Hometown: Kamloops, BC Events: Relay-only swimmer Angove earned her spot on the team on the last day of the meet by finishing 3rd overall in the 200m freestyle. She initially missed a spot on the 4x100m freestyle relay finishing 5th and missing 4th place by 0.02 seconds but with Penny Oleksiak’s withdrawal, she has already been selected for that relay as well. I would imagine that she’ll swim both prelim races and will only get put in the finals if she’s fast enough. Her times of 55.17 and 1:59.07 were just off her PB’s of 54.89 and 1:58.53 from last year’s Olympic Trials so if she can approach those times again, that would very welcoming especially for the 4x200 free where she’s favoured to get one of the finals spots. Ella Cosgrove Age: 18 Hometown: Tucson, AZ, USA Events: Relay-only swimmer Despite missing the 800m freestyle cut by a second, Ella Cosgrove still had a fantastic Canadian trials going PB’s in 4 events and was rewarded with her first World Championship selection (excluding 2024) courtesy of her 5th place in the 200m freestyle. She went a 1:59.57 to go under the 2 minute barrier for the first time in her career. She’ll feature on prelims where she’ll look to post a split fast enough to make the finals team. Oliver Dawson Age: 17 Hometown: Grande Prairie, AB Events: 50m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke Oliver Dawson already made some noise at the 2024 Olympic Trials when he unexpectedly won the 200m breaststroke (but failed to hit the Olympic A-cut). This year, he’s taken another step forward winning all 3 breaststroke events and going PB’s in all of them establishing himself as one of the top junior breaststrokers in the world. Despite the PB’s, his times were all outside of the AQUA A-cuts but his 200m time was good enough under the Canadian secondary standard and secure a spot on his first long course team. It’ll be tough to get out of prelims however as he is seeded 47th in the 50m breaststroke and 26th in the 200m breaststroke but it’ll still be a great experience for him. Most likely, Swimming Canada will turn to Finlay Knox for medley relay duties. Ethan Ekk Age: 18 Hometown: Tallahassee, FL, USA Events: 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke Ethan Ekk was one of the biggest breakout performers at Canadian Trials winning 3 events including setting a new Canadian Record in the 200m Backstroke. He hit the A-cut in the 200m backstroke, the Canadian secondary standard in the 400m freestyle and despite not racing the 800m freestyle at trials, he’s raced it in the qualification period earning him a spot in that event. His best shot at advancing past the heats will be in the 200m backstroke where he is the 20th seed and has the 17th fastest time among entrants this year. He is seeded 29th in the 400m freestyle and 23rd in the 800m freestyle. He’ll also play a part in the 4x200m freestyle relay after winning the event at trials (but failing to go under the Canadian secondary standard). Madison Kryger Age: 16 Hometown: Niagara Falls, ON Events: 200m Backstroke Madison Kryger has been tracking as top junior swimmers in the country over the past few years and she finally had her breakout meet at Canadian Trials where she set 3 PB’s. The biggest of which came in the 200m backstroke where she put down a monster PB of 2:09.88 to get under the A cut and become the youngest Canadian swimmer to qualify for this year’s World Championships. As the 19th seed in the event, going around her PB should put her in contention to qualify for the semifinals. Alexanne Lepage Age: 19 Hometown: Vernon, BC Events: 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke After a breakthrough meet at the 2023 World Junior Championships in which she become a double gold medallist in the 100m and 200m breaststroke events, Alexanne Lepage was predicted by many to be Canada’s breaststroker for the Paris Olympics. However, she was unable to replicate her times and ultimately missed the team. She found redemption at this year’s trials going 30.92 and 1:06.87 to win the 50m and 100m breaststroke events and qualifying for her first World Championships with the 100m breaststroke time exactly matching the A standard. She was close in the 200m breaststroke as well but ultimately finished in 3rd still under the A standard. Her times in the 50 and 100 were her best times since World Juniors which bodes well for this event. She’s only seeded 25th in the 50m event but is seeded higher in the 100m in 21st position. Semifinals are possible but will require her to be at her trials times. If she maintains her form, she should also get the nod for the medley relay. Antoine Sauve Age: 19 Hometown: Montreal, QC Events: 200m Freestyle One of the biggest revelations of Canadian Trials was Antoine Sauve and he delivered one of the most shocking moments at any meet I’ve ever seen. After misjudging the field and missing the A-final in the 200m freestyle, Sauve delivered a 1:46.39 swim in the B-final to break Brent Hayden’s Canadian Record and drop his PB by almost 2 seconds. That swim was impressive enough to give him an individual event berth where he is seeded 20th. If he’s right on his PB, that should be enough to get him into the semifinals. Thankfully for the selectors, Sauve had already been selected for the team earlier by finishing 2nd in the 100m freestyle in 48.42. It was 0.08 seconds off the A standard but was a PB by over a second. He should be doing both prelims and finals of the 4x100m freestyle relay. Whether or not he’ll be on the 4x200m freestyle relay is still uncertain as he did not finish top 4 in the A final at trials. The 4th place finisher, Lorne Wigginton, has an individual event and isn’t required to swim that relay so Sauve may end up taking his place. Filip Senc-Samardzic Age: 19 Hometown: Toronto, ON Events: Relay-only swimmer Senc-Samardzic is yet another swimmer who’s making his senior team debut. His most impressive swim was in the 100m freestyle where he went a 49.13 PB to finish 4th in the event and qualify as part of the 4x100m freestyle relay beating out the likes of Yuri Kisil and Finlay Knox. A couple of days later, he would finish 2nd in the A-final of the 200m freestyle in 1:48.83 which was just 0.13 off his PB from last year’s trials. He is already tabbed to swim prelims in both relays and while it is unlikely the 4x200m relay will make the final, it’s likely the 4x100m one will. If Senc-Samardzic can split 48-low, the coaches may keep him for the final. Otherwise, Finlay Knox could get the nod over him. Jordi Vilchez Age: 19 Hometown: Barrie, ON Events: Relay-only swimmer After a narrow loss to Ethan Ekk in the 400m freestyle at Canadian Trials, Vilchez rebounded in the 200m freestyle to finish 3rd in 1:48.83, a new PB for him. He also had a PB in the 200m butterfly to finish 2nd but was well short of the qualifying time. In Singapore, he should be swimming in the prelims of the 4x200m freestyle relay where he’ll hope to produce a good split. The College/University standouts Brooklyn Douthwright Age: 22 Hometown: Rivierview, NB Events: 100m Butterfly Brooklyn Douthwright has been a regular on the freestyle relays over the past two years and that’ll continue in Singapore after she finished 3rd in the 100m freestyle (54.74) and 4th in the 200m freestyle (1:59.44). She has been as fast as 54.33 and 1:58.49 from last year so since she was off those times, she’ll likely be featured in both of the relay prelims to see what her form is like. In addition, she also earned an individual berth in the 100m butterfly after going a PB (59.40). It was only 3rd in the final but both MSH and Jansen, who finished ahead of her have events on the same day as the 100m butterfly heats. She is seeded 33rd so semis are probably out of reach. Tristan Jankovics Age: 21 Hometown: Guelph, ON Events: 200m Individual Medley, 400m Individual Medley After a shocking Olympic qualification in the 400m IM last year, Tristan Jankovics has been even better this year. He already looked great at short course worlds last year and had a great NCAA season finishing second in the 400 yard IM. At trials he smashed his PB in the 200m IM going a new PB of 1:58.01 ranking him 10th in the world this year. He was a bit off his PB in the 400m IM but still comfortably qualified going 4:13.15 to rank 11th in the world this year. Overall, he is seeded 15th in the 200m IM and 16th in the 400m IM putting him in a great position to make the semi-final and final respectively. Look for him to possibly challenge Brian Johns Canadian Record in the 400m IM. Ella Jansen Age: 19 Hometown: Burlington, ON Events: 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle After a down 2024 year for her standards, the now NCAA trained Ella Jansen had a nice bounce back showing at Canadian Trials setting PB’s in the 200m freestyle (1:57.33) and 200m butterfly (2:09.68) and neared her PB’s in the 400m freestyle and 400m IM. She’s qualified individually in both the 200m and 400m freestyle events where she ranks as the 17th and 16th seeds respectively while just missing the A standard in the 200m butterfly. Jansen has never advanced past heats at a major competition yet and while the 400m freestyle final seems out of reach, she’ll have a good shot to make the 200m freestyle semis for the 1st time in her career. She should also be a lock for the 200m freestyle final with her PB and will likely be relied on to anchor the relay team in the heats with MSH and Summer both having big schedules. Blake Tierney Age: 23 Hometown: Saskatoon, SK Events: 50m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke It was an up and down trials for Blake Tierney. After going what looked like an easy 54.02 in prelims of the 100m backstroke, he slipped on the starting wedge and it cost him the win and getting the A-standard ultimately preventing him from swimming this individually at World Championships. He would rebound the next day winning the 50m backstroke, arguably his worst distance, in a new PB of 25.23. In the 200m backstroke, he was less than 0.3 away from his PB placing 2nd but getting under the A-standard. He is seeded all the way down in 38th in the 50m backstroke and 22nd in the 20m backstroke. He has by far the better chance of making the semis in the 200m backstroke. I still think he’s the better backstroker to use for the medley relay over Cole Pratt but who knows who’ll be in better form and what the coaches will decide. Lorne Wigginton Age: 19 Hometown: Calgary, AB Events: 400m Individual Medley After failing to qualify for the 400m IM at the 2024 Olympic Trials, Wigginton bounced back this year to qualify for this event at his 3rd straight World Championships. The Worlds standard is significantly easier than the Olympic Standard but he still churned out the 2nd fastest time of his career. In 2023, he just missed the final finishing in 9th place so he’ll look to improve on that result. He’ll have some work to do as he is currently seeded 19th overall. He could also get a morning prelims swim in the 4x200m freestyle relay after finishing 4th in this event at Canadian Trials where he was unfortunately more than a second slower than his PB. The Veterans Sophie Angus Age: 26 Hometown: Weston, CT, USA Events: 200m Breaststroke This is Angus’s 4th consecutive year on the senior team but it didn’t go quite as she would’ve expected. She swam a huge PB of 2:24.84 in the 200m breaststroke to finish 2nd, get under the AQUA A standard and qualify in the event for the first time. However, she failed to reach the A-standards in her more familiar sprint breaststroke events and failed to qualify for those events. She is entered as the 21st seed in the 200m breaststroke and has the 18th fastest time this year among all entrants which means she could make the semis. She could also be used for the medley relay if she is in better form than Alexanne Lepage. Ruslan Gaziev Age: 25 Hometown: Toronto, ON Events: 100m Freestyle After an 18th month suspension for a whereabouts failure, Ruslan Gaziev came back in a big way winning his specialty 100m freestyle event in a time of 48.37 and setting a new PB in the process. This was especially impressive as he had only been training since April. Despite not reaching the A standard, he’s still entered in the individual 100m freestyle courtesy of reaching the secondary standard and will of course, play a major role in the 4x100m freestyle relay. The men’s 100m freestyle is incredibly deep right now making him only the 27th seed but with some more training under his belt, some more impressive times could be on the way and he could make the semifinals and post some impressive relay splits. Taylor Ruck Age: 25 Hometown: Kelowna, BC Events: 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly Despite being a far cry from her 2018 form, Taylor Ruck somehow managed to qualify for 4 events which, assuming she swims all of them, will be the most events she’s ever swum at a Worlds or Olympic Games. Part of this is due to Penny Oleksiak’s withdrawal where she was the runner up to her in the 50m and 100m freestyles and not hitting the A standard in either event. Although her 50m freestyle has been off at the last two trials, she’s shown great form at it in international competition. She was made the final at the 2024 World Championships and was 24.57 in the heats at the Olympics ultimately seeding her 14th in this event. If she goes 24.8 like at trials, she’ll likely be out in heats but 24.5 should get her through to the semis and even the finals if semis are slow. In the 100m freestyle, she hasn’t been under 54 seconds in the event individually since 2022 and is thus seeded 26th in the event. However, with Oleksiak’s withdrawal, she’ll be counted on for the 4x100m freestyle relay and will be a candidate to swim freestyle for the medley relay. At the 2024 World Championships, she had splits of 53.26 and 52.96 in her relay appearances showing she can still produce good splits. The 100m backstroke seems to be the event where she’s in the best form and where she’ll have the strongest chance of making the final. At trials, she produced 58.93 to get under 59 seconds for the first time since 2019 and making her the 6th seed in this event. The 50m butterfly is an event she’s hardly raced and won it in a PB at trials in 26.47. However, it’s far from competitive compared to the rest of the world and she’s only seeded 28th. Comeback Swimmer of the Year Cole Pratt Age: 22 Hometown: Calgary, AB Events: 100m Backstroke Cole Pratt has had an incredible comeback this year. After injuring his shoulder in 2021, he was held out of competition in 2022 and struggled the next two years. In the 100m backstroke final at trials this year, he upset the field to win in 54.27. Despite being off the A-standard, it was his fastest time since 2021 Olympic Trials. He also had a good showing in the 200m backstroke finishing in 3rd and missing the A standard by less than a second. Unfortunately, in an incredibly loaded backstroke field, he’s only seeded 32nd so it’ll be surprising if he makes it out of heats but it’s nice to see him back on the senior team. Whether or not he’ll get the medley relay spot is still uncertain as Blake Tierney has proven to the more consistent backstroker over the last year. Relays Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Based on top 4 time this year: Mary-Sophie Harvey (54.34) Taylor Ruck (54.41) Brooklyn Douthwright (54.74) Ingrid Wilm (55.15) Likely relay lineup: Ruck, Douthwright, Wilm, Angove The add-up times rank 8th in the world among nations this year. If you substitute Angove for Harvey, then Canada would drop to 10th and potentially miss the final. Summer McIntosh and Mary-Sophie Harvey would for sure play into this relay but both have busy schedules and will both have events that day so it would be best not to use them for this relay and let some others have a crack at it to see what they could do. Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Based on top 4 times this year: Summer McIntosh (1:56.17) Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:56.46) Ella Jansen (1:57.33) Sienna Angove (1:59.07) Likely relay lineup: McIntosh, Harvey, Jansen, Angove/Douthwright/Cosgrove Based on the added up times, Canada ranks 4th in the world this year but are almost 4 seconds back of China. There is definitely room to drop time though. The obvious one here is Summer McIntosh who’s 1:56.17 time is actually her 200m split from her 400m freestyle. If she swims this relay, she’ll almost certainly go at least 2.5 seconds faster. MSH has also been as fast as 1:55.29, Angove has been as fast as 1:58.53, and Douthwright has been as fast as 1:58.49. Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Based on best times this year: Backstroke: Kylie Masse (58.18) Breaststroke: Alexanne Lepage (1:06.87) Butterfly: Mary-Sophie Harvey (58.37) Freestyle: Taylor Ruck (54.41) Likely relay lineup: Masse, Lepage/Angus, McIntosh, Harvey/Ruck Based on the added up times, Canada ranks 8th in the world this year but there’s potential to drop time. Summer McIntosh hasn’t swam an individual 100m butterfly this year and I believe she’s capable of at least a 56 low split. That would open up Harvey to do freestyle if she’s in better form than Ruck. The medley relay is the last event of the meet so neither Harvey or McIntosh will have any more events left to swim. The breaststroke leg will go to whichever one of Lepage or Angus is in better form. Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Based on best times this year: Ruslan Gaziev (48.37) Antoine Sauve (48.42) Josh Liendo (48.62) Filip Senc-Samardzic (49.13) Likely relay lineup: Gaziev, Sauve, Liendo, Senc-Samardzic/Knox Based on the added up times, Canada ranks 9th in the world this year. If they want to get back to the final, Liendo will have to regain his 47 second form. A good 4th leg will also be crucial. Knox has split 47 seconds before so he’ll most likely get the nod over Senc-Samardzic in the final. Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Based on best times this year: Antoine Sauve (1:46.39) Ethan Ekk (1:48.51) Jordi Vilchez (1:48.83) Filip Senc-Samardzic (1:48.83) Likely relay lineup: Ekk, Vilchez, Senc-Samardzic, Sauve/Wigginton Based on the added up times, Canada ranks 12th in the world this year and it would be shocking to see this time make the final although they are getting better. The only question about the relay is whether or not Sauve’s time from the B final will let him swim on this relay over Wigginton (as he placed in the top 4). Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Based on best times this year: Backstroke: Blake Tierney (54.02) Breaststroke: Finlay Knox (1:00.68) Butterfly: Ilya Kharun (50.37) Freestyle: Ruslan Gaziev (48.37) Likely relay lineup: Tierney/Pratt, Knox, Kharun/Liendo, Gaziev/Liendo Based on the added up times, Canada ranks 13th in the world this year. If Liendo is at his best, he should get the nod on the freestyle and dropping a second off the cumulative time would help move Canada into 7th in the rankings. I believe Tierney is also capable of going faster given he slipped off the starting wedge in the final at trials. Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Based on best times this year: Ruslan Gaziev (48.37) Antoine Sauve (48.42) Mary-Sophie Harvey (54.34) Taylor Ruck (54.41) Likely relay lineup: Gaziev, Liendo/Sauve, Ruck, Harvey/Douthwright Based on the added up times, Canada ranks 10th in the world this year. You could swap Sauve for Liendo for a nice 1-2 punch. The women’s side is still lacking especially with Harvey, once again, not a certainty to swim this relay (although she won’t have any other events that day). Ruck also has the 50m freestyle that day so she might not swim this either. Overall, this will probably will be a borderline finals team. Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Based on best times this year: Backstroke: Kylie Masse (58.18) Breaststroke: Finlay Knox (1:00.68) Butterfly: Ilya Kharun (50.37) Freestyle: Mary-Sophie Harvey (54.34) Likely relay lineup: Masse, Knox, Kharun/Liendo, Harvey/Ruck Based on the added up times, Canada ranks 10th in the world this year. The backstroke and butterfly legs will be the biggest strength here. Knox should be locked into the breaststroke leg with male breaststrokers traditionally being a much better choice on this relay. Ruck won’t have any individual events the day of the mixed medley relay where as Harvey has the 200m freestyle final so Ruck will likely swim the freestyle leg. I rushed through to finish this in the last 2 days so please let me know if there’s any mistakes.

We beat USA!!

Greta Thunberg is a brave and wonderful young woman unlike the coward and dirty pigs in Israhell’s government.

Surely this time the games will be cancelled

Meanwhile, there is apparently a swimmer named Autumn McIntosh Ward, McIntosh Lead Group Of Fast Swimmers At Missouri Valley Age Group Championships Now we just need a Spring McIntosh and a Winter McIntosh to complete the full set.

I'm in tears, finally I have access after months. For some reason I can only enter the site from my phone. Surely it must be a problem with my home internet connection.

Totallympics wont and cant die. 14 years old tradition, with established users, Sindo wont give up, i'm sure. Same drop in posts happened after London, after Rio, after Tokyo. Nothing to worry about. Totallympics is strong as it ever was.

According to ITG, camel racing was officially added in the 2025 Youth Asian Games

Probably the most important day of Bruna's career tomorrow. The nerves here are off the charts, vamos

Dutch NOS headline today: "Long suspension for Sinner" What the actual text says: 3 months suspension, doesn't even miss a single Grand Slam

Yes. I was going to post the list of countries that got a basic quota after the championships were over but I can just keep editing this post as I doubt that there'll be many more countries that earn the basic quota. The following NOC's have earned the basic quota (1 athlete) for the respective gender: Men: Women:

IHF should ban Denmark for the next World Championship , playing against this team is not a fair fight. they are just too good

Incredible match today, for the first time ever Portugal is qualified for a world cup quarterfinals, with group opponents such as Norway, Sweden and Spain (did we ever won Spain before? Don’t think so) and still undefeated! whatever happens this has been the most incredible tournament ever for Portugal. And they still are not headlines in the sporting news at home!!! Let’s hope for tomorrow’s newspapers because today’s win was historical! Im also double happy for the jointed qualification of the Portuguese speaking nations: vamos Brazil! has small hope for Cape Verde against Argentina but I knew it would be super difficult

Brazil, the terror of the Nordics. Denmark, I would be careful if I were you (Please have mercy ).

Podium for Todorova

Hello from Oberwiesenthal, where there will be FESA Cup races tomorrow and Sunday Spot the Brazilian, I assure you she's on the photo

Official Competition Schedule has been released: https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/en/competition-schedule