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Oops!! Yeah definitely, I feel since FISA and the IOC Soldiarity Program have funded his training they will want to make sure that money is put to good use and gets him to the Olympics in 2020.

They already have a wildcard, they’ve been allocated like so: Mens Single Sculls Nicaragua St Vincent and the Grenadines Womens Single Sculls Lebanon Uganda

Found this on the FISA website: Looks like this could be their youth Olympian, maybe a hope for 2020?

I wonder if that is their athlete who got a tripartite invitation to the Youth Olympics next year?

Interesting news here about North Korea: http://www.eurosport.co.uk/winter-sports/ioc-ready-to-provide-north-korean-athletes-with-gear-for-games_sto6342285/story.shtml Looks like the IOC will be funding 5-10 North Korean winter sports athletes with the FIS and ISU to participate in qualification events and training camps. They should be able to qualify in Figure Skating, Short Track Speed Skating and Cross Country Skiing, so hopefully the support is going to these athletes.

The judging in the weightlifting men’s 77 final is dreadful, this Turkmen lifter hasn’t had a single clean and jerk under control and his elbows have been moving every time. Some of the jury members are protesting, but these very central Asian looking chief jurors are waving them away! It’s not just me whose seeing this, the Iraqi amd Uzbekistani coaches aren’t happy either!

Must be a trend in former soviet dictatorships!! Do you remember Lady Gaga at the Baku 2015 opening ceremony?

Australia have won a bronze medal in women's taekwondo, making them the first Oceania nation to win a medal at the Asian Games! Hoping Samoa, Fiji and Marshall Islands will join them over the next few days.

The British commentators were particularly surprised at the 20+kg PB, Turkmenistan seems like a North Korea without the natural talent and helped by a mixture of national sports in the program and drugs!!

Also Hong Kong have a medal in womens high jump!

Love how the flame has travelled the country on horseback! Lots of very thoughtful and traditional touches in this ceremony that will be memorable!

Very strange though that poverty statistics in Turkmenistan don't exist on the internet! You wonder what life outside Ashgabat is like...

Wait the Wikipedia history of Turkmenistan has been saved for the ceremony!

And he can sing!!

I wonder what he's talking about? Reading out the Wikipedia page on the history and economic possibilities of Turkmenistan!

Looking at the weightlifting entry lists, Samoa, Fiji and Marshall Islands all have athletes with really good chances to medal and even take gold.

That does look odd that the entire audience are wearing matching track suits and caps! Might be a strange dress code for Turkmenistani sports events!

That's every Stan with a medal!!

GB will be there!

I still think the IOC would rather go for India than Doha or Baku (India doesn't quite carry the controversy associated with the other 2). Budapest rumoured to be hosting 2023 Youth Olympics so if that goes well they could be in with a shout for 2032.

India... would be a fantastic and exciting Olympics after 2 games in cities that have held the games before.

Turns out they're just events you don't need a ticket to watch, road cycling, triathlon, marathon and race walking.

Weightlifting Commonwealth Championships Qualifiers: Women's 48kg: India Women's 53kg: India Women's 58kg: Solomon Islands Women's 63kg: Seychelles Women's 69kg: Fiji Women's 75kg: Wales Women's 90kg: Fiji Women's +90kg: New Zealand Men's 56kg: Malaysia Men's 62kg: Papua New Guinea Men's 69kg: Malaysia Men's 77kg: India Men's 85kg: India Men's 94kg: Papua New Guinea Men's 105kg: India Men's +105kg: Samoa The remaining quota will be allocated via the Commonwealth Ranking List and Universality quota.

Great result for GB!! Our first ever women's cross country medal in the Olympic event!

Birmingham has been chosen over Liverpool to be England's candidate for hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Birmingham now needs to prove to the treasury that bringing the games to the West Midlands will be value for money as 75% of the costs will come from the taxpayer.