Wumo

my personal takes...
 
team overperforming compared to the pre-season expectations (and the past years results): Vancouver Canucks, definitely the biggest surprise of the year
 
teams doing better than expected, but nothing special: Winnipeg and Nashville
 
teams heavily underperforming (and basically out of the playoff race): Pittsburgh above all, then New Jersey
 
at a lesser extent, also Minnesota, Seattle and Calgary also didn't match the early predictions
 
the defending champions Vegas are also having a modest season, but they had been injury plagued and however they're still going to the PO, where they might be very difficult to beat
 
the Chicago Blackhawks showing how difficult is to rebuild a team from scratch, even after drafting a generational talent like Connor Bedard (also because of a mangement not doing well with the other tech choices and too many injuries to some key players, tbh)
 
individual efforts: Auston Matthews chasing the highest goal scoring performance since many, many years; the race for the scoring title between Kucherov, McDavid and McKinnon, all 3 reaching numbers rarely seen in the 21st Century
 
but above all, the year in Canada has been dominated by the scandals surrounding the game of Hockey, both among the professionals (5 players charged with sex assault accusations) and the youth system (so many allegations to the so-called coaches and educators, lots of attempts to hide all the dirty stuff at the top level of Hockey Canada followed by resignations and dismissals of many propminent officials)...
all in all, not a great year for Hockey in Canada

Serious injury for Olympic champion Anders Mol. 
 
Ankle fracture and Paris at risk 
 
https://news.italy24.press/sports/1401615.html

Olympic Trials just ended.
 
Here’s the full list of all confirmed qualifiers

Men (6)
Kim Woomin - 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle
Lee Juho - 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke
Choi Dong-Yeol - 100m Breastroke
Kim Min-Seop - 200m Butterfly
Hwang Sunwoo - 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle
Cho Sung Jae - 200m Breaststroke
Ji Yuchan - 50m Freestyle
 
Women (2)
Lee Eunji - 200m Backstroke
Kim Seoyeong - 200m Individual Medley
 
 
There’ll likely be more relay-only swimmers added to the team when the team selection has officially been announced. (South Korea has qualified in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay, men’s 4x100m medley relay, and the mixed 4x100m medley relay) 

2024 Japan Selection Trial for Olympic Games  - Tokyo (JPN) 
March 17th - March 24th 2024
 
Meet Results
 
 
The following new OQTs were achieved
 
Men's 100m Backstroke
 Riku Matsuyama~
 
Men's 100m Breaststroke
 Yamato Fukasawa*
 Yu Hanaguruma#
 Taku Taniguchi~
 Ippei Watanabe#
 
Men's 100m Butterfly
 Takeshi Kawamoto*
 
Men's 200m Butterfly
 Daiya Seto#
 Riku Tanbo*
 Genki Terakado
 
Women's 400m Freestyle
 Miyu Namba*
 
Women's 800m Freestyle
 Waka Kobori~
 
Women's 1500m Freestyle
 Airi Ebina*
 
Women's 100m Butterfly
 Mizuki Hirai
 Shiho Matsumoto#
 
Women's 200m Butterfly
 Chiho Mizuguchi*
 
Women's 200m Breaststroke
 Satomi Suzuki
 
Women's 400m Individual Medley
 Waka Kobori~
 
*Not selected for Olympic Team
~Selected as relay-only swimmer
#Selected in a different event
 The following 27 swimmers have been selected for the Olympic Team 
 
 
Men (14):
Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke
Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly
Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Katsuo Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM
Riku Matsuyama - 4x100m Medley Relay
Naoki Mizunuma - 100m Butterfly
Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Daiya Seto - 200m IM
Shuichi Takahara - 200m Backstroke
Taku Taniguchi - 4x100m Medley Relay
Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly
Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke
Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay
 
Women (13):
Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke
Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay
Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay
Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Hiroko Makino - 200m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Shiho Matsumoto - 200m IM
Airi Mitsui - 200m Butterfly
Mio Narita - 400m IM
Yui Ohashi - 200m IM
Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay
Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay
Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM
 
*Individual events have yet to be confirmed, swimmers could still swim other events
Source

Based off of that, the contenders for the continental quotas would look something like this:
 
Women’s Foil
Europe: 
Asia and Oceania:
Africa:
Americas:
 
Women’s Epee
Europe:
Asia and Oceania:
Africa:
Americas:
 
Women’s Sabre
Europe:
Asia and Oceania:
Africa:
Americas:
 
Men’s Foil
Europe:
Asia and Oceania:  
Africas:
Americas:
 
Men’s Epee
Europe:
Asia and Oceania:
Africa:
Americas:
 
Men’s Sabre
Europe: 
Asia & Oceania: 
Africa: 
Americas: 

here's a list of all the Fencers from Countries eligible for the Tripartite Committee invitation currently ranked in the top 250 places of the World Ranking:
 
women's Epee
 
Susana Fornaris (WR = 66)
Tufaha Uwihoreye (WR = 125)
Maryam Malikova (WR = 186)

men's Epee
 
Keletigui Diabate (WR = 78)
Abdulrahman Almane (WR = 126)
Abdulaziz Alshatti (WR = 175)
Hasan Alfudari (WR = 183)
Sanil Sharma (WR = 199)
Kruz Schembri (WR = 205)
Abubaker Reda Algadi (WR = 206)
Abdussalam Abujtela (WR = 208)
Mohamed Eljballi (WR = 209)
Alexis Mauricio Molina Ceron (WR = 249)

women's Foil
 
Maryam Malikova (WR = 115)

men's Foil
 
Mathieu Cheickh Jacques Prats (WR = 102)
Philippe Wakim (WR = 145)
Scott Lao (WR = 174)
Alì Nasaar (WR = 177)
Mihail Alejandro Salmeron Jimenez (WR = 215)
Kruz Schembri*

women's Sabre
 
Odalis Judith Maldonado Delgado (WR = 168)
Fatima Tobar (WR = 198)

men's Sabre**

Evann Jean Abba Girault (WR = 37)
Andri Nikolaysson Mateev (WR = 157)
Oscar Andres Anaya Ramirez (WR = 230)
Ernest Douglas Hunter Doradea (WR = 231)
 
 
* he has no ranking in Foil, but he's young and very talented...I wouldn't be shocked if he does qualify at the Pan-Am Continental tournament
 
** NOT counting the guys from , as they already qualified a man in this weapon
 
 

For those, who missed farewell of our very own Peter Prevc. 💙💚
 
It was so emotional, I was there, the best part was, when singer Luka Sešek sang "Con te Partiro / Time to Say Goodbye", cover from Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman. 
 
This was Peter's only wish, other parts of ceremony were a bit of surprise even to him. 😊😇
 
Hvala Peter / Thank you for all wonderful moments.
 
 

Going to my first ever NHL game today, as my Vancouver Canucks take on the Los Angeles Kings! 
 
Fingers crossed the Canucks can clinch their spot in the playoffs. 
 
I’ll share some pictures when I get back 

I cant believe what just happened. made it to the final and secured a team spot in Paris 🥹🥹🥹🥹. I shed a lot of happy tears for them. 

My personal votes and thoughts -

 
 - 12 (One of the clearest winner picks for me. Great vocals, visuals, arrangement. Plus, the Maori segments are beautiful. @Wanderer)
 - 11 (This was the only other song considered for my 12 points. It caught my attention quickly as well. It stood out from everything else, and the lyrics were interesting @Vektor)
 - 10 (I think we might have some overlapping taste @Vic Liu. I liked the "throwback" nature of this song, and the lyrics/video were fun.)
 - 9 (Just a fun, catchy, lively song. A nice ode to one's homeland @kungshamra71)
 - 8 (I like the risk you took with this @hckošice. It has a great message and stood out from many of the other entires.)
 - 7 (This is similar to some music I listen to more frequently. There was just something about it that keep me thinking about it @Wumo)
 - 6 (A nice dance/party track. It got points for the integration of Maltese @Glen)
 - 5 (Eley has a really good vocal. The song is a great pop track @Werloc) 
 - 4 (Retro in a way that was fun and stuck out @Henry_Leon @Gianlu33 @Pablita)
 - 3 (Definitely an artist with a lot of promise @Hipooo)
 - 2 (This originally feel outside my points, but creeped it's way back in. The vocal is nice and lyrics are interesting enough @Benolympique @Bohemia)
 - 1 (This got me to move, and it was fun, so finally some points for you @konig)
 - R1 (Catchy, but just under the line for points @mrv86)
 - R2 (This almost snuck into the points. I'll be interested to see how she does at Eurovision @NikolaB)
 - R3 (Great vocal, a nice country vibe. I just couldn't find room for it in my points @Fer GUA)
 - R4 (I couldn't find the translated lyrics, and that hurt your chances for points @justony. The song was interesting, but I couldn't undertsand the message.)

Apologies to @Henry_Leon for not being there yesterday for the show. I was traveling home from my vacation and was only able to get caught up now. What an amazing show it was. Huge congratulations to our hosts and deserving champions on their 3rd TISC victory!! @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita

Well done to our other medalists @Wanderer and @Belle for a great result

Finally I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who voted for my entry at this contest. Really glad you enjoyed it

@catgamer@NikolaB@Cobi@Vic Liu@justony@Hipooo@maestro@Makedonas@Ruslan@Belle@Bohemia@Benolympique@vinipereira@Cinnamon Bun
Thanks so much to @dcro and @Glen for awarding your silver medal to the Irish song and to @Wumo and the Italian jury @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita for awarding your 12 points to Ireland this year

Thanks as always for everyone for continuing to participate and make this show interesting and entertaining for us all
 

Thanks @Wumo for the surprising 2 points, have a good "Albanian Trip"

Hey all,
 
Currently following the Grand Final from  Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania. 

Enjoy your holidays in Tirana and Albania!
 
Lets hope you make Albania happy with the 12 points aswell

Hey all,
 
Currently following the Grand Final from  Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania. 

Hey all,
 
Currently following the Grand Final from  Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania. 

Hey all,
 
Currently following the Grand Final from  Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania. 

Hey all,
 
Currently following the Grand Final from  Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania. 

Hey all,
 
Currently following the Grand Final from  Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania. 

Hey all,
 
Currently following the Grand Final from  Tirana, where my wife and I have just begun a five day vacation in Albania. 

Hello all!

I'm Book. A long time fan of the Olympics but only recently started lurking on this forum, looking for qualification updates. Thought I'd pop in and start talking now, seems like a fun crowd.

I'm from the US, born in Los Angeles and spent most of my life in Oregon, now living in Massachusetts. My first memories of sports was at a rec center built as part of a parks initiative of the 1984 games. After getting the Olympic bug in 2008 I convinced my parents to drive me up to Vancouver in 2010 where we stayed in Canada just long enough to see the first two heats of 2 man bobsleigh. I was luckily able to get some tickets to Football, Athletics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, and Modern Pentathlon for Paris, so my Olympic hype is at an all time high right now. Looking for some sport climbing tickets still.

On the forum I hope to be a resident expert on US Track and Field trials and LA 2028 planning, anything Olympics on the US west coast I'll chat to anyone about. 

 

TAISC 2024 - Opening Ceremony
 
Welcome back in the third and last part of the Ceremony where we unveil Scoreboard 2024
 
 

 
 
 
GRAND FINAL SCOREBOARD
 
35 JURIES
 
1   Albania   0   19   Italy   0 2   Argentina   0   20   Kazakhstan   0 3   Brazil   0   21   Lithuania   0 4   Bulgaria   0   22   Malta   0 5   Chile   0   23   Mexico   0 6   China   0   24   Moldova   0 7   Croatia  
0   25   Netherlands   0 8   Czech Republic   0   26   New Zealand   0 9   Denmark   0   27   Poland   0 10   France   0   28   Portugal   0 11   Germany   0   29   Romania   0 12   Great Britain   0   30   Serbia   0 13   Greece   0   31   Slovakia   0 14   Guatemala   0   32   Slovenia   0 15   Hungary   0   33   Spain   0 16   India   0   34   Sweden   0 17   Indonesia   0   35   United States   0 18   Ireland   0    First call: Albania        for those who missed the logo unveiled
 
or
TEAM Challenge Competition
 

Remember also the:
Order of Vote   Host Time GMT+1 Local Time   First Quarter 1 10:45 10:45 Albania 2 10:55 10:55 Croatia 3 11:10 11:10 Germany 4 11:25 11:25 Serbia 5 11:35 07:35 Chile 6 11:45 17:45 Indonesia 7 12:00 12:00 Spain 8 12:10 12:10 Slovakia Second Quarter 9 13:20 17:50 India 10 13:30 14:30 Moldova 11 13:45 14:45 Bulgaria 12 13:55 20:55 China 13 14:05 14:05 Slovenia 14 14:15 14:15 Czech Republic 15 14:30 15:30 Greece 16 14:40 19:40 Kazakhstan 17 14:50 14:50 Hungary Half Time Third Quarter 18 16:50 9:50 Mexico 19 17:05 17:05 Poland 20 17:15 17:15 Netherlands 21 17:30 10:30 Guatemala 22 17:40 13:40 Argentina 23 17:55 16:55 Ireland 24 18:05 18:05 Sweden 25 18:20 10:20 (PDT)
13.20 (EDT)
United States 26 18:35 18:35 France 27 18:50 18:50 Denmark Fourth Quarter 28 20:00 21:00 Romania 29 20:15 8:15 (Sunday) New Zealand 30 20:25 21:25 Lituania 31 20:40 20:40 Malta 32 20:55 16:55 Brazil 33 21:10 20:10 Great Britain 34 21:20 20:20 Portugal 35 21:30 21:30 Italy See you tomorrow at 10.30 CET (GMT+1) for the GRAND FINAL of TAISC 2024
 
I wish everyone good luck.
Thank you and good (European) evening.
 
Nabucco/Va Pensiero _Giuseppe Verdi

 
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The End

TAISC 2024 - Opening Ceremony
 
Welcome back for part two.
Now will have the parade of 35 nations participant at TAISC 2024 ,,
that will be accompanied by music of two great Italian composers from movie soundtracks:
 
Once Upon a Time in the West (OST) by Ennio Morricone

 
 

Albania Alban Skenderaj
Argentina Emmanuel Horvilleur
Brazil Chady
Bulgaria Grafa & The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices Chile Karla Grunewaldt
China Leah Dou
Croatia Silente
Czech Republic janetykavka
Denmark Eee Gee
France Jain
Germany Purple Disco Machine, Kungs ft. Julian Perretta
Great Britain The Libertines
Greece Παιδί Τραύμα
Guatemala Gaby Moreno
Hungary Azahriah
India Jasleen Royal ft Arijit Singh
Indonesia Mahalini
Ireland Picture This   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Is Beautiful (OST) by Nicola Piovani   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazakhstan Kalifarniya   Lituania ELEY
Malta Aidan   Mexico Riva Taylor & Los Rumberos
Moldova Kapushon
Netherlands SERA
New Zealand Stan Walker
Poland Gibbs
Portugal Soraia Ramos
Romania wrs
Serbia Teya Dora
Slovakia Kali
Slovenia Masayah
Spain La La Love You & Samuraï
Sweden
Smash Into Pieces
United States Billie Eilish   Italy
The Kolors  

TAISC 2024 - Opening Ceremony

TEATRO ALLA SCALA  
 
March 22nd, 2024
h. 17:00 GMT (18:00 Local Time)
 
Totallympics
Annual
International
Song
Contest
2024
 
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Opening Ceremony
 
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Special Guest:
 
La Rappresentante di Lista
(Veronica Lucchesi & Dario Mangiaracina)
 
TAISC 2023 Winner
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Participant Nations Parade
 
Competitors' Oath
 
 
Follow Live the
Grand Final * Saturday 23rd March * 9:30 GMT

 
Teatro alla Scala
The Teatro alla Scala was founded, under the auspices of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, to replace the Royal Ducal Theatre, which was destroyed by fire on February 1776 and had until then been the home of opera in Milan. The cost of building the new theatre was borne by the owners of the boxes at the Ducal, in exchange for possession of the land on which stood the church of Santa Maria alla Scala (hence the name) and for renewed ownership of their boxes.
Designed by neoclassical architect Giuseppe Piermarini, La Scala opened on 3 August 1778 with Antonio Salieri's opera L'Europa riconosciuta.
 
The theatre is regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres globally. The theater complex is home to the La Scala Theatre Chorus, La Scala Theatre Ballet, La Scala Theatre Orchestra, and the Filarmonica della Scala orchestra and is located in the square of the same name, next to the Casino Ricordi, home to the Scala Theater Museum. The original structure was renovated in 1907 when it was given its current layout. In 1943, during World War II, La Scala was severely damaged by bombing. It was rebuilt and reopened on 11 May 1946.
The theatre underwent a major renovation from early 2002 to late 2004. The Milan City Council approved the project by the architect Mario Botta for the restoration.
The opera house re-opened on 7 December 2004 with a production, conducted by Riccardo Muti, of Salieri's Europa riconosciuta, the the same opera performed at La Scala's inauguration in 1778
 

World Cup start book
https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/03/2024-IWF-World-Cup_Start-Book.pdf
 
this is the last chance for everybody