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Does any of you know if achieved OQT and OST at any National Championship and Trials count? I'm asking because FINA's Qualification Events Calender doesn't count the current Hungarian Nationals as a qualification event. https://www.fina.org/content/swimming-qual-events-olympic-games-xxxii-tokyo-jpn-2020 In the official qualification document from FINA: "Please note that competitions taking place after 1st March 2019 and which have been previously approved as qualifying meets for the FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019 will be automatically considered for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. There is no need to re-apply". https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/tokyo_2020_-_og_qual_events_v_1.pdf

Yeah. Women's football actually takes it seriously, though they still only have 12 teams compared to the men's 16 team.

I have a solution that will release many athletes/quotas. Get rid of football! That are 504 athlete quotas. Olympics should be a stage where we see the best athletes in every sport. Do any expect to see Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe, etc.. at the Olympics in Tokyo? If football doesn't begin to take it's role as an olympic sport seriously, I would mean that many other sports deserve a chance at the Olympics instead of football. p.s I'm a massive football fan. The sport I watch the most is, with no doubt, football. Both club and international matches. I love the sport and I find it to be a disgrace to watch Olympic football compared to the World Cup, especially for the best teams. The Olympics should at least have the same level or status as the World Cup.

IOC https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077303/ioc-executive-board-recommends-four-sports-proposed-by-paris-2024-for-provisional-inclusion-at-session

Agree. This quiz is more fixed than jury members in a boxing match organised by AIBA are.

We can almost start a 4-man bob, @Olympian1010 and @hckosice.

Burundi has achieved 1 quota in Athletics in Men's Marathon. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/burundi/olivier-irabaruta-246219

Update: Men's Marathon (1 athlete) https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/burundi/olivier-irabaruta-246219

I can see that IAAF have just updated their list, so I can see the times there.

@Function CR Lee Do you have the result list from yesterday's Beverly Wuxi Marathon?

FvD's rise is probably just another example that many Dutch voters are tired of the current political establisment in the Netherlands and want something new. Just like many other European countries.

@heywoodu I just look at the results for the provincial elections in Netherlands and saw this new party FvD, Forum for Democracy, became the biggest party overall. Is this Forum for Democracy the new PVV? Another question, why are they so big in Noord-and Zuid-Hollland? I can also see that FvD is the biggest party in an opinion poll from yesterday. https://www.noties.nl/v/get.php?a=peil.nl&s=weekpoll&f=2019-03-24.pdf

After have listen to all the songs about 20-25 times, I have a solid top 4. I have a clear number 1, but the rest in top 4 can still switch places. There are about 14 songs in contention for the rest 8 spots in my top 12. It will be difficult to choose only 8.

Update: Men's 50km Walk (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) http://www.marciadalmondo.com/admin/pdf/risultati/23032019138Dudince2019Mar23_50km.pdf Women's 20km Walk (2 athletes) http://www.marciadalmondo.com/admin/pdf/risultati/23032019821Dudince2019Mar23_20_10.pdf Updated Total Quotas: Athletics Tokyo 2020 Qualification Quotas.xlsx

Kuzmina's victory is the biggest margin between 1st and 2nd place in a pursuit in the WC, WCH and Olympics since Bjoerndalen in 2006. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0607/BT/SWRL/CP02/SMPU/BT_C73D_1.0.pdf Kuzmina's margin of 1:42.8 to Herrmann is also the biggest margin in a women's pursuit in the WC, WCH and Olympics since Liv Grete Poiree in 2002. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0102/BT/SWRL/CP06/SWPU/BT_O73D_1.0.pdf A little extra stat just for fun. Magdalena Forsberg won a pursuit with a margin of 3:13.3 to 2nd place, Zubrilova, in 2001. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0102/BT/SWRL/CP01/SWPU/BT_O73D_1.0.pdf

http://www.sportlicht.com/sl_gymnastic/main.php?lng=2&page=500

Juventus has announced they have decided not to play this year's International Champions Cup in USA this summer. Some medias report the reason for this decision is because of the ongoing rape allegations against Cristiano Ronaldo in USA. Juventus says it's reasonable to go east after spending some years in USA during the Summer.

I'm just asking because I already had Okada on my list, which I took from JoshMartini007's original list. I also have Kirill Frolov on my list already.

How many quotas does Japan have on your current list in Women's 20km Race Walking? I have 2, Okada and Fujii. Athletics Tokyo 2020 Qualification Quotas.xlsx

Team Sky has found a new sponsor. I know many of you here on the forum are big fans of Team Sky, so you must be happy about this.

MM = Medal matches Brz = Bronze medal match S and G = Gold medal match (S = silver and G = gold) AP W = Air Pistol Women AR W = Air Rifle Women AC= Award Ceremony

Update: Men's 20km Walk (2 athletes) https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/rhydian-cowley-238518 https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/race-walks/20-kilometres-race-walk/outdoor/men/senior/2019?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true

has achieved one quota in Athletics in Men's 20km Race Walking. http://www.marciadalmondo.com/admin/pdf/risultati/17032019492Nomi2019Mar17_Asian43.pdf https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/race-walks/20-kilometres-race-walk/outdoor/men/senior/2019?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true

March 17th will be a new national holiday in Italy. "Mass Start Day" Also known as, "Saints Wierer and Windisch Day".

Mikaela Shiffrin, 17 WC victories in a single season. To put that in perspective, with her 17 WC victories this season alone, she would be in Top 50 all-time for WC wins across men and women.