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Some early results from the first day of competition: BADMINTON: Men's Team Standing (SL3-SU5) Gold: Indonesia Silver: Malaysia Bronze: India Thailand POWERLIFTING: Women's -41kg Gold: Cui Zhe - 100kg Silver: Widiasih Ni Nengah - 97kg Bronze: Noura Baddour - 91kg

Great Britain Team (43 athletes in 17 sports) Amazingly this is our largest ever team - 33 in Nanjing and 39 in Singapore Archery: Alyssia Tromans-Ansell Daniel Thompson Badminton: Chris Grimley Grace King Beach Volleyball: Javier Bello Joaqin Bello Boxing: Ivan Price Hassan Azim Karol Itauma Caroline Dubois Cycling BMX: Ross Cullen Elissa Bradford Cycling Combined (Road/Mountain Bike): Sean Flynn Harry Birchill Harriet Harnden Anna McGorum Diving: Antony Harding Maria Papworth Equestrian: Jack Whitaker Golf: Joe Pagdin Lily Humphreys Gymnastics Acrobatic: Clyde Gembickas Sophia Imrie-Gale Gymnastics Artistic: Adam Tobin Amelie Morgan Gymnastics Trampoline: Andrew Stamp Jessica Clarke Karate: Charlotte Hope Lauren Salisbury Modern Pentathlon: Toby Price Annabel Denton Rowing: Michael Dalton Theo Darlow Georgina Robinson-Ranger Sailing: Islay Watson Finn Hawkins Shooting: James Miller Taekwondo: Sharissa Gannaway Aaliyah Powell Mason Yarrow Triathlon: Callum Young Libby Coleman Weightlifting: Ellie Pryor

Hmmm I wasn’t aware! From what I can gather Bob Dylan wrote the song, but Manfred Mann released their version first (in 1968), whereas Bob Dylan released the song in 1970. Does that make it a cover of an American singers song or simply a song written by an American? I’ll have to consult the powers that be @OlympicIRL @dezbee2008 to decide!

Shooting Para Sport IPC World Cup 2018 Multi-Stage Event - 22 March 2018 - 29 September 2018 The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 South Korea The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Israel The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 India India The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Australia The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Germany The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Italy The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Finland The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Italy The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 France France The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Spain United States The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 Great Britain The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Poland The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Shooting at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Czech Republic India

Para Dressage at the FEI World Equestrian Games 2018 Tryon (USA) - 18 September 2018 - 22 September 2018 The following Nations have qualified 4 Quota Places for Equestrian at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Open Individual Championship Events Germany Great Britain Netherlands The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Equestrian at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Open Team Championship Germany Great Britain Netherlands

GREAT BRITAIN Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn (1968)

Totally agree! Really stupid decision not to send anyone swimming or athletics. We had some amazing young middle distance runners that would have challenged and who all qualified but had their quota declined.

Panic over, GB is in! Wouldn’t miss a trip across the pond

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Individual Endurance Day 1 September 12th, 2018 Mohamed Aida Any Athlete from Argentina Any Athlete from Bahrain Any Athlete from France x Any Athlete from Italy Any Athlete from the Netherlands Saleh Al-Balushi Any Athlete from Qatar Sulaiman Mohammed Almhaimidy Mario Hoffmann Jaume Punti Dachs Any Other Athlete from Spain Jahan Perlyasamy Barbara Lisarrague Hamdan bin Mohd Al-Maktoum x Any Other Athlete from UAE x Isha Judd Any Other Athlete Team Endurance Day 1 September 12th, 2018 Argentina Australia Bahrain France x Germany Italy Netherlands x Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Spain Switzerland United Arab Emirates x United States Uruguay Any Other Nation Team Reining Day 1 September 12th, 2018 Australia Austria Belgium x Brazil Canada France x Germany Italy Netherlands United States x Any Other Nation Team Dressage Day 2 September 13th, 2018 Canada Denmark Germany x Great Britain x Netherlands Portugal Russia Spain Sweden x United States Any Other Nation Individual Special Dressage Day 3 September 14th, 2018 Daniel Bachmann Andersen Sönke Rothenberger Dorothee Schneider Isabell Werth x Charlotte Dujardin x Carl Hester Edward Gal Inessa Merkulova Therese Nilshagen Juliette Ramel Laura Graves x Kasey Perry-Glass Any Other Athlete Individual Reining Day 4 September 15th, 2018 Any Athlete from Australia Any Athlete from Austria Cira Baeck Bernard Fonck Franco Bertolani Any Athlete from Canada Mathieu Buton Glen Arthur Estival Grischa Ludwig Gennaro Lendi Daniel Huss x Jordan Larson x Cade McCutcheon x Any Other Athlete from the USA Any Other Athlete Individual Freestyle Dressage Day 5 September 16th, 2018 Daniel Bachmann Andersen Sönke Rothenberger Dorothee Schneider Isabell Werth x Charlotte Dujardin x Edward Gal Madeleine Witte-Vrees Severo Jurado Lopez Patrik Kittel Therese Nilshagen Laura Graves x Kasey Perry-Glass Any Other Athlete Individual Eventing Day 5 September 16th, 2018 Christopher Burton Shane Rose Karin Donckers Selena O'Hanlon Any Athlete from France Ingrid Klimke Julia Krajewski Rosalind Canter x Kristina Cook Piggy French Any Athlete from Ireland Yoshiaki Oiwa Jonelle Price Tim Price x Sara Algotsson-Ostholt Phillip Dutton Marilyn Little Any Other Athlete x Team Eventing Day 5 September 16th, 2018 Australia Belgium Canada France Germany x Great Britain x Ireland Italy New Zealand x Sweden United States Any Other Nation Individual Championship Grade V Para-Dressage Day 6 September 18th, 2018 Ciska Vermeulen x Estelle Guillet Regine Mispelkamp Sophie Wells x Tomoko Nakamura Frank Hosmar Any Other Athlete x Individual Championship Grade III Para-Dressage Day 7 September 19th, 2018 Emma Booth Barbara Minneci x Lauren Barwick Tobias Thorning Joergensen Angelika Trabert x Steffen Zeibig Natasha Baker Erin Orford Rixt van der Horst Rebecca Hart x Any Other Athlete Individual Championship Grade I Para-Dressage Day 7 September 19th, 2018 Eveline van Looveren Sergio Oliva Winona Hartvickson x Line Munk Madsen Katja Karjalainen Elke Philipp Sara Morganti Rihards Snikus Laurentia Tan x Roxanne Trunnell x Any Other Athlete Team Vaulting Day 7 September 19th, 2018 Austria Canada x Germany x Italy Switzerland United States x Pas-de-Deux Vaulting Day 8 September 20th, 2018 Jasmin Lindner/Lukas Wacha Theresa Thiel/Stefan Csandl Any Athletes from Canada Theresa-S. Bresch/Torben Jacobs x Janika Derks/Johannes Kay Lorenzo Lupacchini/Silvia Stopazzini x Syra Schmid/Zoe Maruccio Selina Walder/Svenja Lehmann x Any Athletes from the United States Any Other Athlete Team Para-Dressage Day 9 September 21st, 2018 Belgium Brazil Canada Denmark x Finland Germany Great Britain x Italy Netherlands United States x Any Other Nation Team Jumping Day 9 September 21st, 2018 Belgium Brazil Canada x Egypt France Germany Great Britain x Ireland Italy Mexico Netherlands Sweden Switzerland United States x Any Other Nation Individual Freestyle Grade IV Para-Dressage Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Manon Claeys Rodolpho Riskalla Susanne Jensby Sunesen x Jose Letartre x Sanne Voets Louise Etzner-Jakobsson Angela Peavy x Kate Shoemaker Any Other Athlete Women's Individual Vaulting Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Katharina Luschin x Lisa Wild Sheena Bendixen Kristina Boe Janika Derks Sarah Kay Lucy Phillips Anna Cavallaro x Silvia Stopazzini Nadja Büttiker Ilona Hannich Elizabeth Osborn x Any Other Athlete Men's Individual Vaulting Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Dominik Eder Juan Martin Clavijo Thomas Brüsewitz Jannis Drewell x Jannik Heiland Vincent Haennel x Lambert Leclezio Clement Taillez Balazs Bence x Lorenzo Lupacchini Lukas Heppler Any Other Athlete Individual Freestyle Grade II Para-Dressage Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Pepo Puch x Stinna Tange Kaastrup Jaana Kivimäki Celine Gerny Lee Pearson x Maurilio Vaccaro Nicole den Dulk x Any Other Athlete Squad Vaulting Day 10 September 22nd, 2018 Argentina Austria x Brazil Canada Germany Italy x Netherlands x Switzerland United States Any Other Nation Individual Driving Day 11 September 23rd, 2018 Boyd Exell x Glenn Geerts Edouard Simonet Benjamin Aillaud Mareike Harm Christoph Sandmann Georg von Stein Bram Chardon Ijsbrand Chardon x Koos de Ronde x Jerome Voutaz Chester Weber Misdee Wrigley-Miller Any Other Athlete Team Driving Day 11 September 23rd, 2018 Belgium France x Germany Netherlands x United States x Individual Jumping Day 11 September 23rd, 2018 Any Athlete from Belgium Any Athlete from Brazil Eric Lamaze Carlos Lopez Kevin Staut Marcus Ehning Any Other Athlete from Germany Cian O'Connor Shane Sweetnam Danielle Goldstein Any Athlete from Italy Harrie Smolders x Peder Fredricson x Henrik von Eckermann Steve Guerdat Devin Ryan McLain Ward Any Other Athlete x [/hide]

Looks like 2 quota each for and in Women’s 10m Air Rifle.

Archery Qualification European Championships 2018, Legnica - 28 August - 1 September 2018 Men's Team Recurve (Top 5 Teams, 3 athletes): Women's Team Recurve (Top 5 Teams, 3 athletes): Men's Individual Recurve (Top 16 Nations, max 1 athlete): Women's Individual Recurve (Top 16 Nations, max 1 athlete): Men's Individual Compound (Top 8 Nations, max 1 athlete): Women's Individual Compound (Top 8 Nations, max 1 athlete): Mixed Team Recurve (No direct quota, eligible nations): Mixed Team Compound (No direct quota, eligible nations):

That could be interesting! Maybe the IOC should introduce a rule only allowing new hosting nations to bid since there are already rumours coming from Argentina, India and Thailand about potential bids. After 2 very safe games in Paris and LA they could do with taking a bit of a risk and choosing something more unusual to mix things up a bit!

Update on Wheelchair Basketball Qualification: The 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships rankings are used to allocate continental quota. The system works like so, every continent starts with 1 quota (Africa, Asia/Oceania, Americas, Europe) and then every nation that finishes in the top 4 wins another quota for their continent. In the Men's event the quota allocation is as follows: ASIA (3): 1 + IN TOP 4 EUROPE (2): 1 + IN TOP 4 AMERICAS (2): 1 + IN TOP 4 AFRICA (1): 1 QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT (3) In the Women's event the quota allocation is as follows: EUROPE (4): 1 + IN TOP 4 ASIA (2): 1 + IN TOP 4 AMERICAS (1): 1 AFRICA (1): 1 QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT (1) There will be some interesting battles at the continental championships, some highlights include just 2 quota available at the European Championships for men and only 1 quota for the Americas in Women's. Every nation that enters their continental championships will be eligible to compete at the Paralympic Qualification tournament for the final places as well.

Wheelchair Rugby IWRF World Championship 2018 Sydney (AUS) - 5 August 2018 - 10 August 2018 The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Wheelchair Rugby at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Mixed Tournament Australia

Sitting Volleyball WPV World Championship 2018 Various Cities (NED) - 15 July 2018 - 22 July 2018 The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Sitting Volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Tournament Bosnia and Herzegovina Iran The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Sitting Volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Women's Tournament Russia United States

Men's Blind Football IBSA World Championship 2018 Madrid (ESP) - 7 June 2018 - 17 June 2018 The following Nation has qualified 1 Quota Place for Football 5-a-side at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Tournament Brazil

Goalball IBSA World Championship 2018 Malmö (SWE) - 3 June 2018 - 8 June 2018 The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Goalball at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Tournament Belgium Brazil Germany The following Nations have qualified 1 Quota Place for Goalball at the Summer Paralympic Games 2020 - Men's Tournament Brazil Russia Turkey

Gymnastics - Artistic Qualification European Championships 2018, Glasgow - 2-12 August 2018 Men's Individual Events (Top 6 Teams in Qualification, 12 athletes): Women's Individual Events (Top 6 Teams in Qualification, 12 athletes):

Such a proud day to be British! I was one of those marching through London with 250’000 others! I hope Trump got the message that he and his policies are not welcome in the UK. https://mobile.twitter.com/estherruthneica/status/1017745559640256512

Gymnastics - Aerobic Qualification World Championships 2018, Guimaraes - 1-3 June 2018 Mixed Groups (Top 8 Groups, 40 athletes): Mixed Pairs (Top 8 Pairs, 16 athletes):

Gymnastics - Rhythmic Qualification European Championships 2018, Guadalajara - 1-3 June 2018 Women's Individual (Top 12 athletes): Women's Groups (Top 8 Groups, 40 athletes):

FIG have published a snazzy video explaining the qualification process, seems very complicated!!

Yeah I looked into this and it seems to say all athletes, because some more nations would have been eligible in 2016 that weren’t because of Tripartite quota in 2012 that tipped them slightly over 16 athletes.

I've just been having a look into Triparite nations for 2020 and if the usual rules are used (max 8 athletes over past 2 Olympics excluding team sports) then this is who should be eligible: TRIPARTITE in 2016 but not in 2020: Eligible 2020: AF: (-4 NOCs) AM: (-5 NOCs) AS: (-4 NOCs) EU: (-1 NOC) OC: (-2 NOCs) I can't find any nations who will become Tripartite in 2020 having not been one in 2016, the closest is Grenada who have 17 at the last 2 games, 1 over the limit. I feel liek the 2020 list is a better representation of the smaller nations than 2016 and should lead to a better distribution of quota as Honduras, Panama and Lebanon were given quite a few each last time. Potentially risky for Cook Islands, Syria and Congo who may struggle to qualify athletes outside of tripartite/universality quota.

I don’t get why he couldn’t just train in Norway, maybe with the team but compete for Korea? That’s what Andrew Musgrave and the GB team do for some of the year and I’m sure many other teams do as well!