Josh

Just noticed that World class archer Sjef van den Berg is on the Canadian staff for the Pan American Qualifier (and I’m assuming he’ll be with them for the rest of the season at the very least, but I’m not sure). Great hire.

team update (April 2024) Current Quotas (1) Myles Amine - Men’s -86kg Freestyle (Wrestling) Amine goes into Paris as one of the rare medal hopes for San Marino, as he won Olympic bronze in Tokyo for San Marino’s third ever Olympic medal (and third in history, all were at Tokyo) along with another Tokyo bronze medalist Alessandra Perlii in women’s trap (shooting) assuming she can qualify. With the mixed team trap event being scratched after Tokyo and Gian Marco Bertii retiring since, no chance of them repeating their silver medal again. Ideal Quota Allocation: 6 Shooting (2) - Alessandra Perlii is in a great position to qualify through the Rankings/one of the Olympic Qualification events, and even if she doesn’t she’ll probably get the available universality quota. Also think that Manuel Mancini can secure a universality quota in men’s trap here. Swimming (2) - Men’s and women’s universality quota. For the men, Loris Bianchi in men’s 200m/400m/800m freestyle seems the most likely but we could also be seeing Gicomo Casadei in men’s 100m/200m breaststroke. On the women’s side, it’s much more simpler with Arianna Valloni expected to get universality quotas in women’s 800m/1500m freestyle. Athletics (1) - I think despite not sending her to the previous two World Championships, Alessandra Gasparelli seems like a decent bet for a universality quota in women’s 100m. Could be Francesco Sansovini in men’s 100m however.

Have we gone back a year in time, or am I missing something?

Men’s Medalists Gold- Santiago Arcila Silver- Nicholas D’Amour Bronze- Mario Jajarabilla

Nicolas D’Amour v. Santiago Arcila for gold, and Oscar Ticas v. Mario Jajarabilla for bronze. Olympic quota places to

D’Amour got a pretty close to the center 10, and Jajarabilla 9.

WITH ANOTHER QUOTA!!!!!!! Bit lucky near the end, but so so happy for Nicholas D’Amour

No. Team events will only be at the Pan American Championships from April 9-14 (there’ll also be individual events in compound and recurve featuring Valencia and Almeida), although both this and the Pan American Championships will be at the same venue. FYI this is the Pan American Olympic Qualifier, only for individual events.

Men’s Semifinals Nicolas D’Armour v. Mario Jajarabilla Oscar Ticas v. Santiago Arcila

Pickering out

Great recovery by Ticas after starting off set one with an 8.

Men’s -80kg Quotas Joaquin Churchill Henrique Marques

Women’s -67kg Quotas Kristina Teachout Madelyn Rodriguez Leslie Soltero out of the Olympics

Men’s -68kg Quotas Edival Pontes Bernardo Pie

I don’t agree. I feel like I’ve underestimated Leonarda Andric as I don’t know much about her but she’s actually a quality fighter and it wasn’t that much of an upset. Of course, I would’ve preferred Kraayeveld should they have selected women’s -67kg as one of Taekwondo Canada’s weightclasses but I’d think she’d have a solid chance at a quota as long as she wasn’t on the same half as Soltero. She’s had a good record since going pro in 2017. Kafadar “winning” a quota was a HUGE surprise, she wasn’t expected to be amongst the contenders, and the Colombian athlete was robbed anyways IMO.

Am I wrong???

Quota for Josipa Kafadar in women’s -49kg at the Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualifier. Great surprise. Edit: Whoops didn’t see your reply @james89

Quota for Josipa Kafadar in women’s -49kg Taekwondo Canada, I take that back…

team for the Race Walking Team World Championships Would be a massive surprise if we secure a quota. https://athletics.ca/blog/2024/03/27/canadians-selected-for-the-2024-world-athletics-race-walking-team-championships/

Women’s Medalists Gold- Kristine Esebua Silver- Virginie Chenier Bronze- Alondra Rivera

Rivera v. Cotto for bronze, and Esebua v. Chenier for gold.

Kristine Esebua and Virginie Chenier help secure a quota for Canada in women’s individual archery through the Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament!

Women’s Semifinals v. v. Olympic quota places to

Quota for