Josh

There are still two races left on the youth series (both in Innsbruck), but the following NOCs are in a very good position to win at least one quota.
 
M Monobob -  
W Monobob -
 
M Skeleton -
W Skeleton -  
 
A rather eclectic list of nations at the moment. Unless a handful of new nations show up in Innsbruck, there will be quite a few nations getting more than one quota in each event.

They're basically forcing their athletes to peak in April and then have to peak again months later. Number of athletes that can do the QT based on best times this year (WAQ rankings):
 

  Men Women   OQT JQT OQT JQT 50FR 0 0 0 0 100FR 1 1 0 0 200FR 1 1 0 0 400FR 0 0 0 0 800FR 0 0 0 0 1500FR 0 0 0 0 100BK 1 0 0 0 200BK 4 0 1 0 100BR 0 0 2 2 200BR 5 2 2 1 100FL 4 2 3 0 200FL 4 4 2 2 200IM 2 2 3 1 400IM 6 2 2 2 Total 28 14 15 8  
 

Sophiane Methot secures a quota for Canada in women’s trampoline gymnastics through the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships! 

Qualification Rankings (Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun) updated as of November 11th, 2023

So  Japan released their qualification times for Paris recently and if you thought the British times were crazy, wait until you see these times. Most of them are the times of the 10th place finishers at the 2023 World Championships. All times need to be achieved at the Japanese Olympic Trials next year which have been moved up a month from April to March (March 17th-24th to be exact). Baffling decisions from a program that has been in decline the last few years.
 
Female   Male OQT JQT Event OQT JQT 24.70 24.55 50 Freestyle 21.96 21.82 53.61 53.12 100 Freestyle 48.34 47.97 1:57.26 1:56.55 200 Freestyle 1:46.26 1:45.84 4:07.90 4:05.34 400 Freestyle 3:46.78 3:45.85 8:26.71 8:22.49 800 Freestyle 7:51.65 7:46.55 16:09.09 15:59.92 1500 Freestyle 15:00.99 14:56.31 59.99 59.49 100 Backstroke 53.74 53.21 2:10.39 2:08.65 200 Backstroke 1:57.50 1:56.92 1:06.79 1:06.47 100 Breaststroke 59.49 59.26 2:23.91 2:23.31 200 Breaststroke 2:09.68 2:08.48 57.92 57.34 100 Butterfly 51.67 51.43 2:08.43 2:07.95 200 Butterfly 1:55.78 1:55.27 2:11.47 2:10.70 200 Individual Medley 1:57.94 1:57.51 4:38.53
4:38.53 400 Individual Medley 4:12.50 4:10.63  
 

meanwhile, the quest for the European Title is also well underway
 
the leaders so far
 
women's 49er FX (10 races)
 
1.  (Næss/Ronningen)  40 Pts
2.  (Germani/Bertuzzi)  44 Pts
3.  (Echegoyen/Barcelò)  50 Pts
4.  (Van Aanholt/Duetz)  58 Pts
(5.   Lim/Low, 65 Pts)
6.  (Steyaert/Picon)  68 Pts
 
men's 49er (9 races)
 
1.  (Bildstein/Hussl)  40 Pts
(2.   McHardie/McKenzie,  44 Pts)
3.  (Buksak/Wierzbicki)  45 Pts
4.  (Lambriex/Van De Werken)  52 Pts
5.  (Rual/Amoros)  52.1 Pts
6.  (Dickson/Waddilove)  58 Pts
 
mixed Nacra 17 (9 races)
 
1.  (Ugolini/Giubilei)  22 Pts
2.  (Tita/Banti)  28 Pts
3.  (Gimson/Burnet)  36 Pts
4.  (Kohlhoff/Stuhlemmer)  51 Pts
5.  (Haberl/Frank)  67 Pts

Women's Individual Epee ( Legnano)
 
Gold:  Margherita Guzzi Vincenti ()
Silver:  Pauline Brunner
Bronze:  Katrina Lehis &  Aleksandra Jarecka
 
Semifinals
Guzzi Vincenti b. Lehis 8-7
Brunner b. Jarecka 15-11
 
Final
Guzzi Vincenti b. Brunner 15-8
 
Full Ranking & Results
https://fie.org/competitions/2024/80

Men's Individual Epee ( Bern)
 
Gold:  Lucas Malcotti
Silver:  Alexis Bayard
Bronze:  Masaru Yamada &  Mate Tamas Koch
 
Semifinals
Malcotti b. Koch 15-11
Bayard b. Yamada 11-10
 
Final
Malcotti b. Bayard 15-13
 
Full Ranking & Results
https://fie.org/competitions/2024/385?tab=results

Men's Individual Sabre ( Algiers)
 
Gold:  Bolade Apithy
Silver:  Oh Sanguk
Bronze:  Pietro Torre &  Aron Szilagyi
 
Semifinals
Apithy b. Szilagyi 15-14
Oh b. Torre 15-8
 
Final
Apithy b. Oh 15-14
 
Full Ranking & Results
https://fie.org/competitions/2024/1410?tab=results

I go for some surprises:
 
Pool A:    Pool B:    

I'm sure there's someone out there who can answer that Ben.
 
I believe there are 16 spots available in total in each event.
 
WC – 5 (could have been 4–8)
Host – 1
Tripartite – 1
Continental (Africa & Oceania) – 2
Rankings – 7?
 
If only three from the rankings then how are the other other four places determined?
 
As I understand it the five NOCs in each event that gained spots at the WC are the only ones that can secure a second quota.
 
 

Sophiane Methot secures a quota for Canada in women’s trampoline gymnastics through the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships! 

Sophiane Methot secures a quota for Canada in women’s trampoline gymnastics through the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships! 

Sophiane Methot secures a quota for Canada in women’s trampoline gymnastics through the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships! 

Meanwhile in Brazil the South American Championships are going on in 30 degrees (in the early morning, after 9am it goes way above that, up to 37-39 later in the day). Yesterday were the freestyle sprints, with Victor Santos taking the men's title, ahead of Rhaick Bomfim, who competed in the early 2020 Youth Olympics and then just stopped altogether, but managed to get out of the situation and pick up the training again. Sebastian Endrestad made the podium somewhat international with a bronze medal for Chile. Claudio Gustavo Oliveira was the fastest in qualifying, but in finals had to compete with the juniors.
https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=43871
 
In the women's qualifying, Duda Ribeira was the fastest, but to everyone's surprise - her own, her coach, her competitors - she was then basically forced to start in the junior's final, where she apologized to the other juniors who were definitely not counting on that. It was also a shame for the senior race, where a nice fight between Duda and our very own Totallympian @brunamoura was expected, but yeah, that didn't happen.
https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=CC&raceid=43872

49er Men's
After 7 Régates
 
  37 Points
  46 Points
  55 Points
-----------------
  61 Points
  62 Points
  79 Points
  94 Points
  102 Points
  112 Points

Apparently Malta is not eligible as their 49er crew is represented by a French sailor so not a full Maltese crew. Italy and Germany are into the good fleet also.

Men's Individual Foil ( Istanbul)
 
Gold:  Alexander Massialas
Silver:  Cheung Ka Long
Bronze:  Giulio Lombardi &  Giorgio Avola
 
Semifinals
Massialas b. Avola 15-8
Cheung b. Lombardi 15-8
 
Final
Massialas b. Cheung 15-12
 
Full Ranking & Results
https://fie.org/competitions/2024/1406?tab=results

It seems like Georgiadou and Gkountoura always find themselves on the podium. It's really a shame that only one will be able to go to the Olympics.
 
I know I am biased but FIE should really change the Olympic qualification procedures. So unfair that Greece with two fencers in the top 4 will only be able to send one fencer to the Games but other countries will get 3 spots...

more results so far...
 
men's Sabre ( Algiers)
 
Semifinals:  Oh Sanguk vs  Pietro Torre &  Aron Szilagyi vs  Bolade Apithy
 
men's Epee ( Bern)
 
Semifinals:  Alexis Bayard vs  Masaru Yamada &  Lucas Malcotti vs  Mate Tamas Koch
 
women's Epee ( Legnano)
 
Semifinals:  Margherita Guzzi Vincenti () vs  Katrina Lehis &  Pauline Brunner vs  Aleksandra Jarecka
 
 
frankly, I'm a little confused by Today's results (except for the men's sabre)  

Cup of China - Results
 
Men:
1.  Adam Siao Him Fa - 298.38
2.  Shoma Uno - 279.98
3.  Mikhail Shaidorov - 264.46
 
Results
Short Program Results
Short Program Scores
Free Skating Results
Free Skating Scores
 
Women:
1.  Hana Yoshida - 203.97
2.  Rinka Watanabe - 203.22
3.  Loena Hendrickx - 201.49
 
Results
Short Program Results
Short Program Scores
Free Skating Results
Free Skating Scores
 
Pairs:
1.  Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps - 201.48
2.  Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini - 191.00
3.  Cheng Peng / Lei Wang - 178.06
 
Results
Short Program Results
Short Program Scores
Free Skating Results
Free Skating Scores
 
Ice Dance:
1.  Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier - 207.83
2.  Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha - 206.02
3.  Caroline Green / Michael Parsons - 189.33
 
Results
Rhythm Dance Results
Rhythm Dance Scores
Free Dance Results
Free Dance Scores

This event will give direct quotas for the 2024 Paralympics in Archery, Boccia, Shooting, Table Tennis and Wheelchair Tennis.
 
Also, the top teams in Goalball, Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby will qualify for the Paralympics.

Results system: https://para.results-santiago2023.org/#/schedule/calendar

Men's Trampoline quotas:
   
 
Women's Trampoline quotas:
 

Stage 2 in Levi (FIN)
 
Women´s Slalom:
 
1. Petra Vlhova    1:50.59
2. Lena Duerr    1:52.00
3. Katharina Liensberger    1:52.14
 
Full Final Results HERE
 

Petra Vlhová
68th careers WC Podium, 29th Win (29-20-19), Season 2023/24 WC 2nd Podium, 1st Win (1-0-1)
42nd Careers WC Slalom Podium, 20th Win  (20-13-9), Season 2023/24 WC Slalom 1st Podium, 1st Won (1-0-0)