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12-8 Canada fourth set. TO Italy.

Italy take the third set 25-20.

Although I'm still a bit sad that she changed nationalities (Big hit to Canada's relay medal hopes), will still be rooting for her in the future, hopefully she can win a couple of medals there.

Canada 25-23 second set over Italy. (Italy took the first 25-14)

Dayle 22.80 to take the win in the W 200m

Rojas 15.16m to take the win in the W TJ, ahead of Perez (14.98), Povea (14.85), and Lafond (14.42)

has qualified their first athlete in athletics (women's triple jump) via Yulimar Rojas at the Central American and Caribbean Games

For the team events, Fencing Canada can choose to send either 3 or 4 athletes.

has qualified their first athlete in athletics (women's 100m hurdles) via Jasmine Camacho-Quinn at the Central American and Caribbean Games

So I was looking at the Fencing Olympic Qualifying Rankings today. Was incredibly shocked to see how many Canadian athletes are currently in qualifying positions. Here's a rundown: (I believe if you qualify a team, you also qualify three athletes individually, but if anyone wants to correct me on that ) # = Rank in OQR Women's Team Foil (3) - Eleanor Harvey, Jessica Guo, Sabrina Fang Women's Foil - Eleanor Harvey (#7), Jessica Guo (#20), Sabrina Fang (#29) Notably no Kelleigh Ryan, as she can't seem to find her previous form. Women's Team Epee (4) - Ruien Xiao, Leonora MacKinnon, Marie-Frederique Millette Women's Epee- Ruien Xiao (#10), Leonora MacKinnon (#56, qualified through team event), Marie-Frederique Millette (#92, qualified through team event) Women's Sabre (1) - Pamela Brind'Amour (#12) Next highest Canadian is Tamar Gordon (#38), don't know where Gabriella Page is though. Men's Team Foil (4) - Blake Brozus, Maximilien Van Haaster, Patrick Liu Men's Foil- Blake Brozus (#31, qualified through team event), Maximilien Van Haaster (#34, qualified through team event), Patrick Liu (#35, qualified through team event) Alex Cai doesn't seem to feature on the Olympic Rankings. Men's Epee (1) - If Venezuela qualifies as one of the top-ranked nations, Canada will most likely grab the continental quota. For now, only Nicholas Zhang is expected to compete in Paris. Men's Team Sabre (4) - Fares Arfa, Shaul Gordon, Francois Cauchon Men's Sabre- Fares Arfa (#27), Shaul Gordon (#38, qualified through team event), Francois Cauchon (#46, qualified through team event) We qualified 9 for Tokyo 2020, and right now are in a position to qualify 14 for Paris 2024. Of course, it's still early stages though, anything can change.

Livestream for the European Junior Championships https://www.youtube.com/@SwimStreamChannel/streams

qualified through the -23 African Cup of Nations, with the winner of soon joining them.

qualify for Paris 2024 as they beat 1-1 (4-3) in the second semifinal of the -23 African Cup of Nations will play (How confusing ) for bronze and the remaining ticket to Paris 2024.

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/2023-pan-am-games-please-help-send-a-team In December of 2023, a number of our talented Canadian riders declared their intention to attempt to qualify to represent Canada at the 2023 Pan Am Games. Each athlete will spend $50-80,000 minimum, of their own money to maintain their high performance horse for one year. This is before any actual expenses or lost income for a month away for the games. Contrary to popular opinion, Equestrian Canada provides no funding to riders wishing to represent Canada on an international team…with the exception of flights for athlete and horse, hotel and some food at the games themselves. 6 months after the athletes made this commitment and tens of thousands of dollars specifically to try to qualify for this team, our non-profit national federation, Equestrian Canada, informed us they had a shortfall of $60,000. We were told if they could not raise $60,000, there would be no team sent to the Pan Am games. With no team at these games, there would be no way to qualify a team for the Olympics next year. A very sad state of affairs. This $60,000 is needed to pay for the athletes and their horses to fly to Santiago, Chile. It would also go towards hotel and food. This was all that Equestrian Canada had promised to provide in the way of financial help for the riders. But now that is not available either. The athletes are working diligently to raise the funds through clinics, galas, etc. And we have some amazing ideas for the future so that our athletes have the support that most other sports take for granted. Equestrian Canada has hired a consultant to work on their fund raising capabilities. Hopefully we can work at ending this last ditch, desperate begging for money that seems to happen year after year. But time is of the essence. The games are in October 2023, so we have been put in a situation of frantically trying to raise the funds we need to make these games, as well as the 2024 Olympics, a reality for Canada. If anyone can find it in their heart to donate, it would be much appreciated.

3-0 Netherlands. Would be surprised to see Canada take a set off them, given how horribly they've been playing.

To anyone reading this, is it okay if we wait until meets are over to post all qualified athletes? Harder to find information when it's all scattered out.

Last week we had the CEV King Of The Court Finals in with Samoilova/Graudina and Ehlers/Wickler becoming the Queens & Kings of Europe. Throughout the event, was also really impressed with Ludwig/Lippmann as it seems as if they've made massive strides in training, and improved a lot of aspects to their game. This week we have the Hermosa AVP, and the picturesque Gstaad Elite16. Can't wait for the action to begin

Is Klineman thinking of making a return to the BPT, and if so, will she pick up a new partner or will she stick with Ross?

Asian Breaking Championships- Hangzhou, China Men Gold- B-Boy Wing - HeonWoo Kim Silver- B-Boy X-Rain - Shang Xiaoyu Bronze- B-Boy Hong 10 - Kim Hong Yul Full Results Here Women Gold- B-Girl Ayumi - Ayumi Fukushima Silver- B-Girl Ami - Ami Yuasa Bronze- B-Girl Fresh Bella - Jeon Ji Ye Full Results Here Don't follow this sport too much, but surprised to see Shigekix/671/Amir/Ayane all miss the podium.

This week: - Men's VNL - Ballito Pro Challenger Series WSL - Para Athletics World Championships - FIVB Gstaad Elite 16 - Random Athletics/Swimming Meets - USA T&F Trials - Jamaica Athletics Trials - Norwegian Athletics Trials - Nigerian Athletics Trials - FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Netanya/Fribourg - Wimbledon - FIBA Women's Americup - Rowing World Cup Lucerne - UEFA -21 European Championships - AFCON -23 Africa Cup Of Nations - Central American and Caribbean Games - CONCACAF Gold Cup - European Junior Swim Championships - Tour De France - BWF Canadian Open - Hermosa AVP Finally a week where I don't have 20 events on my calendar

Finished off the exhibition with one win, and one loss. Started the day with a 3-0 victory over Netherlands, and finished it with a 3-2 loss against United States (USA's best player in Heather Erickson wasn't playing though)

Congrats to on qualifying in the men's football tournament at Paris 2024

Olympic rankings are calculated through a pairings 12 best finishes (In Futures, Challenges, Elite16s Continental Championships, Worlds) throughout the qualifying period. While it does count towards their total, Futures events don't award enough points to make a big impact on qualification (Winner at a Futures gets 400 PTS, the cutoff average will most likely be around 600 PTS). The tournaments that will help most towards your OR are: World Champs (160-1600 PTS) Elite 16's (340-1200 PTS), Challenges (140-800), and Continental Cups (Don't know the points system, all I know is that you get 800 PTS if you win). For Poland, Bryl/Losiak will almost definitely qualify through World Rankings. I'm high on Kantor/Zdybek too, and think they'll qualify. Gruszczynska/Wachowicz are a bit of a wild card, they could qualify, but they could also miss out, but whatever happens they'll probably be right on the cusp of qualification.