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Skeleton WC St Moritz/Celerina | St Moritz/Celerina, Switzerland Men Gold- Amedeo Bagnis (2:14.07) Silver- Christopher Grotheer (2:14.59) Bronze- Seunggi Jung (2:14.96) Full Results Women Gold- Kimberley Bos (2:18.61) Silver- Valentina Margaglio (2:19.34) Bronze- Katie Uhlaender (2:19.45) Full Results Mixed Team Gold- Armedeo Bagnis/Valentina Margaglio (2:22.11) Silver- Felix Keisinger/Susanne Kreher (2:23.00) Bronze- Jacqueline Pfeifer/Felix Seibel (2:23.77) Full Results

men’s 50m rifle 3 positions quotas

TYR Pro Swim Series Knoxville | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States Day 2 Women’s 100m Freestyle Gold- Kate Douglass (53.12) Silver- Gretchen Walsh (53.64) Bronze- Simone Manuel (53.73) Men’s 100m Freestyle Gold- Jack Alexy (48.24) Silver- Brooks Curry (48.68) Bronze- Matt King (48.91) Women’s 100m Breaststroke Gold- Lilly King (1:05.67) Silver- Mona McSharry (1:06.23) Bronze- Lydia Jacoby (1:06.62) Men’s 100m Breaststroke Gold- Nic Fink (1:00.36) Silver- Michael Andrew (1:00.41) Bronze- Joshua Chen (1:00.67) Women’s 200m Butterfly Gold- Summer McIntosh (2:05.73) Silver- Emma Sticklen (2:08.57) Bronze- Kelly Pash (2:09.02) Men’s 200m Butterfly Gold- Martin Espernberger (1:56.58) Silver- Trenton Julian (1:56.97) Bronze- Thomas Heilman (1:57.23) Women’s 400m Freestyle Gold- Katie Ledecky (4:03.46) Silver- Paige Madden (4:05.66) Bronze- Leah Smith (4:07.85) Men’s 400m Freestyle Gold- Felix Auboeck (3:46.78) Silver- Lucas Henveaux (3:48.70) Bronze- Kieran Smith (3:49.63) Full Results

Men’s Quarterfinals v. v. v. v. As a reminder, Greece and Hungary have already qualified for Paris.

So it’ll be v. for bronze (and the Olympic quota), with v. for gold (both already qualified through Worlds)

TYR Pro Swim Series Knoxville | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States Day 1 Women’s 1500m Freestyle Gold- Katie Ledecky (15:38.81) Silver- Ashley Wall (16:31.13) Bronze- Aly Breslin (16:43.09) Men’s 1500m Freestyle Gold- Bobby Finke (15:04.43) Silver- Felix Auboeck (15:14.70) Bronze- Levi Sandidge (15:28.71) Full Results

No one has seemed to mention it yet, so I’ll do it myself. Playoff brackets are now set following the conclusion of Week 18. Edit: Oops never mind NFC Wildcard Round [5] Philadelphia Eagles v. [4] Tampa Bay Buccaneers [7] Green Bay Packers v. [2] Dallas Cowboys [6] LA Rams v. [3] Detroit Lions [1] San Francisco 49ers get a bye to the NFC semifinals, where they’ll face the lowest winning seed, and the second and third highest winning seeds will face each other. AFC Wildcard Round [6] Miami Dolphins v. [3] Kansas City Chiefs [7] Pittsburgh Steelers v. [2] Buffalo Bills [5] Cleveland Browns v. [4] Houston Texans [1] Baltimore Ravens get a bye to the AFC semifinals, where they’ll face the lowest winning seed, and the second and third highest winning seeds will face each other.

And a WR for Yang Jiin shooting a 41!

grab the women’s 25m pistol quotas

Mercure Perth Masters | Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom Much stronger men’s tournament, compared to the women’s tournament. Women 1. Team Grandy 2. Team Lockhart 3. Team Inglis 3. Team Morrison Full Results Men 1. Team Mouat 2. Team Whyte 3. Team Brunner 3. Team Waddell Full Results

Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic | Banff, Alberta, Canada Mixed Doubles 1. Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin 2. Paige Papley/Evan Van Amsterdam 3. Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter 3. Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant Full Results

Mixed Doubles Super Series Halifax | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Mixed Doubles 1. Martine Roenning/Mathias Braenden 2. Mary Myketyn-Driscoll/Adam McEachren 3. Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders 3. Jiyoon Kim/Byeongjin Jeong Full Results

@JoshMartini007 Montenegro also has a good chance for a quota in women’s high jump

@Topicmaster1010 volleyball team size just increased from 12 to 13 (one additional alternate due to injury) I guess that means I can tell the future, huh? I personally wish the Olympic roster was 14 players, with no alternates, but it’s better than nothing I guess.

200 more days until Paris 2024! (well technically 198, when you consider that some events start two days before the opening ceremony)

It’s been almost two months since I posted this, here’s the PT 2 Shooting (2-3) - Shannon Westlake, and Tugrul Ozer have already secured quotas for Canada in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions and men’s 10m air pistol. I’m thinking we grab one more quota, slightly leaning towards Lindsay Boddez or Madeline Scola in women’s trap but it could be pretty much anyone. Sport Climbing (0-2) - Anywhere from zero to two of Sean McColl and Alannah Yip in men’s/women’s boulder and lead. Surfing (2-3) - Even if Erin Brooks doesn’t get her Canadian citizenship in time for this years ISA Worlds, I do think we’ll qualify at least one more athlete in surfing, and maybe even both of Cody Young and Mathea Olin. Swimming (26-29) - Not sold on Penny Oleksiak, she’s off the team for now. We should qualify at least 6/7 relays, with only the men’s 4x200m free providing an exception. @Topicmaster1010 curious to hear your thoughts on my swimming predictions, and also when you have time still waiting for your qualification simulation. Women’s 200m Freestyle- Taylor Ruck, Mary Sophie Harvey Women’s 400m Freestyle- Summer McIntosh, Ella Jansen Women’s 1500m Freestyle- Emma Finlin Women’s 100m Backstroke- Ingrid Wilm, Kylie Masse Women’s 200m Backstroke- Kylie Masse, Taylor Ruck Women’s 100m Breaststroke- Sophie Angus, Alexanne LePage Women’s 200m Breaststroke- Kelsey Wog, Sydney Pickrem Women’s 100m Butterfly- Maggie MacNeil, Katerine Savard Women’s 200m Butterfly- Summer McIntosh Women’s 200m Individual Medley- Sydney Pickrem, Summer McIntosh Women’s 400m Individual Medley- Summer McIntosh, Tessa Cieplucha Men’s 50m Freestyle- Josh Liendo Men’s 100m Freestyle- Josh Liendo, Ruslan Gaziev Men’s 100m Backstroke- Javier Acevado Men’s 100m Breaststroke- James Dergousoff Men’s 100m Butterfly- Illya Kharun, Josh Liendo Men’s 200m Butterfly- Illya Kharun Men’s 200m Individual Medley- Finlay Knox Men’s 400m Individual Medley- Collyn Gagne, Lorne Wigginton Plus a couple of relay only swimmers. Table Tennis (4) - We shockingly qualified a men’s team already, Mo Zhang should qualify in women’s singles through the Pan American Qualification Tournament. Taekwondo (2-3) - Skylar Park has already qualified in women’s 57kg. Think we’ll grab another quota with either Ashley Kraayeveld (women’s 67kg) or Nicolas Hoefling (men’s 58kg) Tennis (6) - Felix Auger Aliassime, Gabriel Diallo, Denis Shapovalov in men’s singles. Bianca Andresscu and Leylah Fernandez in women’s singles. Gabriela Dabrowski joins the team for women’s/mixed doubles. No Pospisil, Bouchard, Stauskic, or Marino. Triathlon (4) - Tyler Mislawchuk and Charles Paquet in the men’s event, and Emy Legault and Dominika Jamnicky in the women’s event, therefore qualifying us a mixed relay. Waterpolo (0-12) - Men’s team had a horrible Pan Ams and will have no further chance. Depending on who qualifies at the European Waterpolo Championships (currently ongoing, we want it to be Hungary) we should have a chance at the World Aquatic Championships although with only two quotas available there’s a reasonable chance that we miss out. Weightlifting (1-2) - Barring an injury, Maude Charron is high enough in the rankings that she’s pretty much safe to qualify for Paris. Boady Santavy obliterated the Canadian record in his weighclass at the Doha Grand Prix, but is only 10th in the OQR. I do think he’ll eventually make it, but he’ll definitely need to improve on his number. Wrestling (5) - Despite our tough Worlds, I have us securing quotas in women’s 53kg, women’s 62kg, women’s 68kg, women’s 76kg, and men’s 125kg. Volleyball (13-26) - Men’s team has already qualified. While our women’s team is within touching distance of Netherlands for the final quota, I don’t have a good feeling about it.

Upcoming Canadian Olympic Qualifiers (January/February 2024) Women’s Field Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament (Jan 13-20) Men’s Field Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament (Jan 13-21) Sailing ICLA 7 Worlds (Jan 26-31) Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualifier (Jan 30-31) Artistic Swimming at the World Aquatic Championships (Feb 2-10) Diving at the World Aquatic Championships (Feb 2-10) Marathon Swimming at the World Aquatic Championships (Feb 3-8) Women’s Waterpolo at the World Aquatic Championships (Feb 4-16) Women’s Basketball Olympic Qualification Tournament (Feb 8-11) Swimming at the World Aquatic Championships (Feb 11-18) Table Tennis Team World Championships (Feb 16-25) ISA Surfing Worlds (Feb 23- Mar 3) Sailing 470 World Championships (Feb 24- Mar 3) Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualifier (Feb 28- Mar 1) Pan American Shotgun Shooting Championships (Feb 29- Mar 9) Boxing World Olympic Qualifier 1 (Feb 29- March 12) If I’m missing any internal Canadian Olympic Qualifiers for team selection, feel free to let me know.

Sam Kerr likely to miss the 2024 Olympics, after rupturing her ACL during training with her club Chelsea. Australia’s hope of a first ever football Olympic medal just took a serious hit.

Luge WC Eberspächer | Winterberg, Germany Women’s Singles Gold- Madeleine Egle (1:51.392) Silver- Julia Taubitz (1:51.421) Bronze- Hannah Prock (1:51.697) Women’s Doubles Gold- Jessica Degenhardt/Cheyenne Rosenthal (1:27.131) Silver- Andrea Voetter/Marion Oberhofer (1:27.155) Bronze- Selina Egle/Laura Kipp (1:27.175) Men’s Singles Gold- Max Langenhan (1:43.695) Silver- Dominik Fischnaller (1:43.871) Bronze- Kristers Aparjods (1:43.877) Men’s Doubles Gold- Juri Gatt/Ricardo Schoepf (1:26.145) Silver- Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (1:26.211) Bronze- Hannes Orlamuender/Paul Gubitz (1:26.236) Team Relay Gold- Germany (3:11.425) Silver- Austria (3:11.468) Bronze- United States (3:12.676) Full Results

Day 3 Fell asleep after Jutta’s heat in the women’s 1000m (uncoincidentally), sorry this didn’t get updated sooner Women’s Team Pursuit Gold- Netherlands (2:55.70) Silver- Germany (3:02.33) Bronze- Switzerland (3:02.40) Men’s 1500m Gold- Pender Kongshaug (1:44.25) Silver- Kjeld Nuis (1:44.34) Bronze- Patrick Roest (1:44.70) Glad Nuis didn’t win, not a fan of him. Women’s 1000m Gold- Jutta Leerdam (1:14.45) Silver- Antoinette Rijpma-De-Jong (1:15.04) Bronze- Vanessa Herzog (1:15.74) Men’s 500m Gold- Jenning De Boo (34.48) Silver- Marten Liiv (34.78) Bronze- Marek Kania (34.86) Women’s Mass Start Gold- Marijke Groenewoud (66 SP/8:08.51) Silver- Irene Schouten (40 SP/8.09.42) Bronze- Francesca Lollobrigida (20 SP/8:09.84) Men’s Mass Start Gold- Bart Swings (60 SP/8:13.71) Silver- Gabriel Odor (40 SP/8:13.93) Bronze- Allan Dahl Johansson (20 SP/8:13.99) Full Results

WTA/ATP United Cup | Sydney/Perth, Australia 1. Team Germany 2. Team Poland 3. Team Australia 3. Team France Full Results

ATP 250 Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong, China Men’s Singles 1. Andrey Rublev 2. Emil Ruusuvuori 3. Shang Juncheng 3. Sebastian Ofner Completely unrelated to the tournament, but does anyone know if Sebastian Ofner is related to ski cross athlete Katrin Ofner? Men’s Doubles 1. Marcel Arévalo/Mate Pavić 2. Sander Gillé/Jordan Vliegen 3. Robert Galloway/Julian Cash 3. Adam Pavlásek/Ariel Behar Full Results

ATP 250 Brisbane International | Brisbane, Australia Men’s Singles 1. Grigor Dimitrov 2. Holger Rune 3. Jordan Thompson 3. Roman Safiullin First title for Dimi since the 2017 ATP Finals, so so well deserved. Hopefully many more to come. Men’s Doubles 1. Jean Julien-Roger/Lloyd Glasspool 2. Tim Pütz/Kevin Krawietz 3. Yuki Bhambri/Robin Haase 3. Max Purcell/Jordan Thompson Full Results

WTA 500 Brisbane International | Brisbane, Australia Women’s Singles 1. Elena Rybakina 2. Aryna Sabalenka 3. Linda Nosková 3. Daria Kasatkina Women’s Doubles 1. Jelena Ostapenko/Nadia Kichenok 2. Greet Minnen/Heather Watson 3. Daria Kasatkina/Daria Saville 3. Cristina Bucsa/Alexandra Panova Full Results

No that is completely my mistake, I knew Zareen was a 66kg boxer, don’t know why that didn’t register in my head while making the predictions. Thanks for the correction, I’ll edit it with my predictions eventually. I do still think Zareen will win a medal at Paris though.