Josh

Binnington is so fucking trash

What’s the format for the tournament? There’s 5 quotas available (4 for Latin America, and 1 for North America) so if it was 2 KO brackets it wouldn’t make sense.

IJF Grand Slam Qazaqstan Barysy | Astana, Kazakstan Day 1 Women’s 48kg Gold- Galiya Tynbayeva Silver- Sabina Giliazova Bronze- Tugce Beder Bronze- Shirine Boukli Women’s 52kg Gold- Gefen Primo Silver- Larissa Pimenta Bronze- Ayumi Leiva Sanchez Bronze- Zhu Yeqing Women’s 57kg Gold- Christa Deguchi Silver- Rafaela Silva Bronze- Haruka Funakubo Bronze- Sarah-Leonie Cysique Men’s 60kg Gold- Ramazan Abdulaev Silver- Yung-Wei Yang Bronze- Andrea Carlino Bronze- Yeldos Smetov Men’s 66kg Gold- Murad Chopanov Silver- Matteo Piras Bronze- Luukas Saha Bronze- Kamran Suleymanov Full Results

Marathon, race walking, and 10,000m team has been announced. https://www.instagram.com/p/C69G2rdgNOI/?igsh=MWtyOXRjNjhwcjRicQ==

Forgot about Louis Krieber Gagnon, who’s also still in the fight for the continental quota Way too complicated to try and figure out all of the scenarios, but I’ll just add that Julien Frascadore is about 310 points outside of a direct quota so if he can go somewhat far he might open up a spot for either Deguchi or Krieber Gagnon to go as well.

1:07.23 for Shona Branton, and 1:07.29 for Sydney Pickrem! Edit: 1:07.12 for Kelsey Wog, and 1:07.32 for Alexanne LePage. So excited for the final

And a 1:07.05 statement swim for Sophie Angus!

1:11.47 for Shima Taghavi in the women’s 100m breaststroke! Another new Canadian 11-12 NAG, I’m assuming?

World Championships is on from May 19 to May 24 in Abu Dhabi. Most of the Canadians are competing for something, whether it’s for a spot on the Olympic team, top eight seeding for the Olympics, or a continental Olympic quota (and there’s still chances for one of them through ranking) Here’s what to watch for. In women’s 57kg, the hard fought battle for the Olympic quota (whoever qualifies is guaranteed first seed) between Christa Deguchi and Jessica Klimkait will finally come to an end. Right now Deguchi leads 4-1 in the selection criteria, having finished higher at the 2023 Worlds (2 points) and is currently leading the Olympic Ranking (2 points), while Klimkait finished higher at the 2022 Worlds (1 point). Deguchi leads Klimkait by 1140 points in the Olympic Ranking, and realistically while Klimkait can still catch Deguchi, she’ll need gold combined with a 5th place finish (or worse) or silver combined with a 32nd place finish. In men’s 100kg, same thing applies. Battle between Shady El-Nahas, and Kyle Reyes will be over after this event. El-Nahas currently leads 4-1 in Judo Canada’s selection criteria, having finished higher at the 2023 Worlds (2 points) and is currently 860 points ahead in the Olympic Ranking (2 points), while Reyes finished higher at the 2022 Worlds (1 point). Scenarios for Reyes overtaking El-Nahas in the Olympic Ranking is if Reyes finishes 1st and El-Nahas 3rd (or worse) or Reyes finishes 2nd and El-Nahas 7th (or worse). Top eight seeding is mathematically confirmed (I believe), El-Nahas is 4th in the Olympic Ranking and 1320 points ahead of #9 Fonseca. In men’s 73kg, Arthur Margelidon will look to get himself a top eight seeding for the Olympics. He’s #9 in the current Olympic Ranking, but it’s really tight from him to #6, only 280 points separate all of them. In men’s 81kg, Francois Gauthier- Drapeau will look to maintain his top eight seeding, he’s #5 in the Olympic Ranking and 700 points ahead of #9 Zhubanazar, so seems safe but you never know. Also, for the continental Olympic quota it’ll be between Julien Frascadore (men’s 66kg) and Kelly Deguchi (women’s 52kg). It’s simple, whoever finishes higher qualifies for the Olympics. Other names entered include Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (women’s 63kg), Louis Krieber Gagnon in men’s 90kg, and Ana Portuondo Laura Isasi in women’s +78kg.

2nd for Erin Brooks at the WSL Sydney Surf Pro Challenger Series! Still don’t understand how she didn’t qualify for the Olympics…

IJF Grand Slam Dushanbe | Dushanbe, Dushanbe Will update the other event (and the remainder of the sports meets I haven’t bothered with in the last couple of weeks) hopefully tomorrow, after I get some rest. Day 3 Women’s 78kg Gold- Anna-Maria Wagner Silver- Alina Boehm Bronze- Emma Reid Bronze- Beata Pacut-Kloczko Women’s +78kg Gold- Aysa Tavano Silver- Kinga Wolszczak Bronze- Urszula Hofman Bronze- Hyeonji Lee Men’s 90kg Gold- Mansur Lorsanov Silver- David Klammert Bronze- Juyeop Han Bronze- Muhammadjon Abdujalalilzoda Men’s 100kg Gold- Gennaro Pirelli Silver- Daniel Eich Bronze- Dzhafar Kostoev Bronze- Dzhakhongir Madzhidov Men’s +100kg Gold- Teddy Riner Silver- Temur Rakhimov Bronze- Losseni Kone Bronze- Denis Batchaev Full Results

IJF Grand Slam Dushanbe | Dushanbe, Tajikistan Day 2 Women’s 63kg Gold- Lubjana Piovesana Silver- Dali Liluashvili Bronze- Amina Belkadi Bronze- Iva Oberan Women’s 70kg Gold- Michaela Polleres Silver- Lara Cvjetko Bronze- Szabina Gercsak Bronze- Kelly Petersen Pollard Men’s 73kg Gold- Nils Stump Silver- Behruzi Khojazoda Bronze- Darkhan Koibagar Bronze- Mukhammad Jumaev Men’s 81kg Gold- Yoshito Hojo Silver- Wachid Borchashvili Bronze- Dimitri Gochilaidze Bronze- Abylaik Zhubanazar Full Results

On May 15, at the Meeting Savona, Jerome Blake is entered in the men’s 100m. On May 18, at the LA Grand Prix, Mo Ahmed in the men’s 5000m, and the long awaited return to competition for Alysha Newman in women’s pole vault, after suffering an injury late in the indoor season. On May 19, the Rabat Diamond League, where we’ll be seeing Sarah Mitton in women’s shot put, and Andre DeGrasse in the men’s 100m. Might be some names that are missing, full entry lists aren’t out yet for a lot of events.

Tomorrow will be an exciting day. Potential for 7 new Olympic quotas. 2 in the men’s 100m backstroke, 2 in the women’s 100m breaststroke, 2 in the women’s 200m freestyle (I’m saying this because it seems pretty likely that McIntosh and MSH will qualify), and 1 in the men’s 400m individual medley.

You don’t think Tai Tzu-Ying is one of the favourites?

@ngyojiw which competition are you talking about? And what makes you think it’ll happen again? Whoever qualifies for Indonesia probably won’t be the favourites anyway, Samuel Watson has been on a tear lately. Either way being the favourite or not probably doesn’t matter for much, falls and slips happen all the time. I’d be surprised if they won 5 golds in badminton with the competition they’ve had lately, even if all are the favourites.

Good luck to you too! Only 1 day away!!

Olympic Qualifiers After Day 1 (4 athletes) Finlay Knox - Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Maggie MacNeil - Women’s 100m Butterfly Mary-Sophie Harvey - Women’s 100m Butterfly Summer McIntosh - Women’s 400m Freestyle

Want to maximize the amount of qualifiers on the Canadian team, not really pleased with Knox touching first

Finlay Knox 1:00.66 in the men’s 100m breastroke, and likely gets a spot on the men’s 4x100m medley relay for the Olympics.

56.61 for Maggie MacNeil in the women’s 100m butterfly! MSH also qualifies for the Olympics with 57.31!

Time to watch MacNeil in her specialty event

32.99 =WR (tying her best) for reigning Paralympic champion Danielle Dorris in the women’s 50m butterfly S7!

4:08.12 for Julie Brousseau, 0.22 off the OQS

3:59.06 for Summer McIntosh in the women’s 400m freestyle!