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Tai Tzu-Ying   (badminton) retiring at the end of 2024 

World Cup Stage 1 (Antalya ) - Team Recurve Results
 
Men Team Recurve
3.  Slovenia
19-seed Slovenia takes the bronze, beating  and  before losing to  in the semifinals.
 
 takes fourth.
 
Final:  vs
 
Women Team Recurve
3.  France
Another upset on the Women's side, 12 seed France takes down 5 seed  and then 4 seed  before running into .
 
 finishes fourth.
 
Final:  vs

Trying to bring some life back into this thread. 
 
Myles Amine  won silver at the European Wrestling Championships (M -86kg Freestyle) losing to Greece’s Dauren Kurugliev by VPO1 3-1 in the final. 
 
Amine is a Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, a gold medalist at the Budapest 2022 European Championships, a bronze medalist at the Minsk 2019 European Games, a gold medalist at the 2022 Oran Mediterranean Games, and achieved a 5th place finish the Nur-Sultan 2019 Worlds, and an 8th place finish at the Belgrade 2022 Worlds. 
 
Amine will have three opportunities to qualify for Paris 2024. His first will come at the Belgrade World Championships (Sep 16-24, 2023), his second will come at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament (Location TBD, expected to be held from April 4-7, 2024.), and his third and final chance will come at the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament (Location TBD, expected to be held from May 9-12, 2024.)
 
For Amine, if he keeps this up I would think qualification is almost guaranteed, and it’s more-so a question of “When will he qualify for the Olympics and can he get back on that podium” rather than “Will he qualify for the Olympics”. 

Competed at a swim meet this past weekend, super pleased with the results. Two huge LCM PB’s in the 50FR/100FR  (25.80/56.54)

Aaand it didn't happen.  48.40, which isn't enough for the Olympic quota. 

Olympic Rankings updated as of April 19th, 2023

Road cycling quotas gained from the time trial at the 2023 Pan American Championships:
 
Women - 
Men -

Finally!
 
now we have the definitive location also for the Speedskating events at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
 
"After careful analyses, considering the characteristics of the two proposed solutions and the reflections that emerged in the last Control Room held last week in Rome, the Board of Directors of the Organizing Committee unanimously expressed itself in favor of the Fiera Rho project in Milan.
 
Milan's proposal, entirely financed by private capital, has highlighted, in addition to the advantage of territorial continuity with the other competition sites in the ice world - with the exception of Curling - a significant and greater concreteness combined with a reduction in operating costs: among them, the logistical issues relating to the movement of athletes, National and International Federations' officials and referees; the costs of food and accommodation and those of a dedicated and detached workforce at the new venue; not to be forgotten, the income deriving from the multiple purchase of tickets: thanks to territorial continuity, the fan will actually be able to enjoy a greater number of competitions in the same city.
 
On this occasion, the competition venue for the Speedskating discipline will exist only for the duration of the Olympic Games: a sustainable and innovative formula, which will allow Italy to be an example for the next editions of the Games, with a consequent strengthening of the binomial Sport and Olympic Movement.

Based on the decision of the EB, the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation will immediately start a collaboration with the International Skating Union (ISU) to carry out the project taking into consideration all the required technical requirements.

Today's vote is the result of in-depth analysis of all available details of both bids (Milan and Turin).
 
The decision taken today by the EB, following the indications that emerged from the Control Room, takes into account some fundamental elements: the technical needs of the Organizing Committee; the experience of athletes, officials and spectators; the very tight timing in which action must be taken; the legacy that the project will leave to the City of Milan." 
 
which legacy might have a temporary venue going to take years to be built and exist only for 2 weeks before being dismantled?   

Division I - Round 2
 
Day 1 Results
9 - 8
16 - 10
13 - 11
10 - 8
 
Group 1
12 pts (+6 GD)
10 pts (+2)
6 pts (-2)
6 pts (-6)
 
Group 2
8 pts (+1 GD)
6 pts (+2)
0 pts (-1)
0 pts (-2)

World Cup Stage 1 (Antalya )
Mete Gazoz scores highest in the Men Recurve Ranking Round with 688.
 
Brady Ellison was not far back at 687. Followed by ... (surprise, theyʻre back) Li Zhongyuan at 679 in third.
 
Alejandra Valencia was the best in the Womenʻs Ranking Round (677), with Elia Canales (673) and Zhang Mengyao (671) rounding out top three.
 
As for the team event, and scored 90+ in Menʻs while and were three highest scoring teams in the Womenʻs field.
 
The Recurve Team event will complete all rounds except the gold medal final tomorrow in Turkiye.

Congrats to Tajmuraz for his 3rd consecutive European Champion title
 
Going to repeat myself for the gazillionth time but I really hope the guy will finally qualify for the Olympics and fight there to fullfil his dream. He really deserve it (yes, I am speaking about the state very big financial award to our Olympic medalists which literally change lifes of small sports athletes here) He really deserve it for everything he did for our wrestling and still received back only very limited recognition or any at all.
 

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/pan-american-championships-we/2023/startlist
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/panamerican-championships/2023/startlist
 

Men’s Freestyle Results 
 
Men’s 57kg
Gold- Aliabbas Rzazade  
Silver- Süleyman Atlı  
Bronze- Horst Lehr  
Bronze- Georgi Vangelov  
 
Men’s 61kg
Gold- Arsen Harutyunyan  
Silver- Zelimkhan Abakarov  
Bronze- Shota Phartenadze  
Bronze- Emrah Ormanoğlu  
 
Men’s 65kg
Gold- Vazgen Tevanyan
Silver- Mikyay Naim
Bronze- Erik Arushanian  
Bronxe- Edemi Bolkvadze
 
Men’s 70kg
Gold- Haji Aliyev
Silver- Ramazan Ramazanov  
Bronze- Vasile Diacon
Bronze- Ihor Nykyforuk
 
Men’s 74kg
Gold- Tajmuraz Salkaznov  @hckošice
Silver- Frank Chamizo  
Bronze- Avtandil Kentchadze  
Bronze- Soner Demirtaş  
 
Men’s 79kg
Gold- Vasyl Mykhailov  
Silver- Georgios Kougioumtsidis  
Bronze- Khetag Tsabolov  
Bronze- Ahmad Magomedov
 
Men’s 86kg
Gold- Dauren Kurugliev @maestro @Makedonas
Silver- Myles Amine
Bronze- Abubakr Abakarov  
Bronze- Sebastian Jezierzański  
 
Men’s 92kg 
Gold- Feyzullah Aktürk  
Silver- Osman Nurmagomedov  
Bronze- Miriani Maisuradze
Bronze- Ermak Kardanov  
 
Men’s 97kg
Gold- Givi Matcharashvili
Silver- Magomedkhan Magomedov
Bronze- İbrahim Çiftçi
Bronze- Vladyslav Baitcaev  
 
Men’s 125kg
Gold- Taha Akgül
Silver- Geno Petriashvili  
Bronze- Dániel Ligeti  
Bronze- Giorgi Meshvildishvili  
 
Full Results Here

Belinda Bencic has withdrawn from Rome & Madrid 1000 tournaments with a hip injury

Yeah, China is back like expected. Nobody was willing to replace their money, least of all those human rights loving democratic countries from the Western hemisphere. Talk is cheap but money talks louder in the end
 
"Majority of players" support the return according to WTA CEO Steve Simon. You bet they are! 
 
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/65260468

Men’s Freestyle Results 
 
Men’s 57kg
Gold- Aliabbas Rzazade  
Silver- Süleyman Atlı  
Bronze- Horst Lehr  
Bronze- Georgi Vangelov  
 
Men’s 61kg
Gold- Arsen Harutyunyan  
Silver- Zelimkhan Abakarov  
Bronze- Shota Phartenadze  
Bronze- Emrah Ormanoğlu  
 
Men’s 65kg
Gold- Vazgen Tevanyan
Silver- Mikyay Naim
Bronze- Erik Arushanian  
Bronxe- Edemi Bolkvadze
 
Men’s 70kg
Gold- Haji Aliyev
Silver- Ramazan Ramazanov  
Bronze- Vasile Diacon
Bronze- Ihor Nykyforuk
 
Men’s 74kg
Gold- Tajmuraz Salkaznov  @hckošice
Silver- Frank Chamizo  
Bronze- Avtandil Kentchadze  
Bronze- Soner Demirtaş  
 
Men’s 79kg
Gold- Vasyl Mykhailov  
Silver- Georgios Kougioumtsidis  
Bronze- Khetag Tsabolov  
Bronze- Ahmad Magomedov
 
Men’s 86kg
Gold- Dauren Kurugliev @maestro @Makedonas
Silver- Myles Amine
Bronze- Abubakr Abakarov  
Bronze- Sebastian Jezierzański  
 
Men’s 92kg 
Gold- Feyzullah Aktürk  
Silver- Osman Nurmagomedov  
Bronze- Miriani Maisuradze
Bronze- Ermak Kardanov  
 
Men’s 97kg
Gold- Givi Matcharashvili
Silver- Magomedkhan Magomedov
Bronze- İbrahim Çiftçi
Bronze- Vladyslav Baitcaev  
 
Men’s 125kg
Gold- Taha Akgül
Silver- Geno Petriashvili  
Bronze- Dániel Ligeti  
Bronze- Giorgi Meshvildishvili  
 
Full Results Here

Trying to bring some life back into this thread. 
 
Myles Amine  won silver at the European Wrestling Championships (M -86kg Freestyle) losing to Greece’s Dauren Kurugliev by VPO1 3-1 in the final. 
 
Amine is a Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, a gold medalist at the Budapest 2022 European Championships, a bronze medalist at the Minsk 2019 European Games, a gold medalist at the 2022 Oran Mediterranean Games, and achieved a 5th place finish the Nur-Sultan 2019 Worlds, and an 8th place finish at the Belgrade 2022 Worlds. 
 
Amine will have three opportunities to qualify for Paris 2024. His first will come at the Belgrade World Championships (Sep 16-24, 2023), his second will come at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament (Location TBD, expected to be held from April 4-7, 2024.), and his third and final chance will come at the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament (Location TBD, expected to be held from May 9-12, 2024.)
 
For Amine, if he keeps this up I would think qualification is almost guaranteed, and it’s more-so a question of “When will he qualify for the Olympics and can he get back on that podium” rather than “Will he qualify for the Olympics”. 

OK. if I’m starting a company that makes submarines, I am not going to name it “U-Boat” anything any more than I’m going to have “Titanic Shipbuilders” or “Hindenburg Airships”
 
 
A company has unveiled the interiors of a £22million ($27million) superyacht-submarine hybrid inspired by a classic Jules Verne book.
 
Dutch boatbuilder U-Boat Worx claims the Nautilus is capable of serving as a private yacht and a fully functional submarine.
 
Described as the 'ultimate adventure vessel', the firm says it will be able to dive to a depth of 150 metres (492ft) and cover a range of 3,200 nautical miles.
 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-11990791/Jaw-dropping-22million-vessel-called-Nautilus-superyacht-submarine.html#comments

Gatlin 9.45 100m “breaking” Bolt’s WR 

The highly stacked indoor clay Stuttgart 500 has kicked off. Wins for Donna Vekic, Beatriz Haddad Maia and Paula Badosa in R1 so far.

I was taking a look at Panamerican Quotas for Surfing...
 
I don't know if someone have already mentioned it here, but I think those are the athletes already qualified and the next competitions
 
Sup Surfing Women
 
Maria Lucia Cosoleto
Aline Adisaka
Isabella Gomez
Candice Appleby
 
Sup Surfing Men
 
Luiz Diniz
Zane Schweitzer
Felipe Rodriguez
Tamil Martino

Well, this is an odd one.
 
 
A top Scottish ultra-marathon runner has been disqualified from a race for using a car during part of the route.
 
Joasia Zakrzewski finished third in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race - but is thought to have travelled by car for 2.5 miles.
 
The 47-year-old GP, from Dumfries, is understood to have been tracked on GPX mapping data covering a mile of the race in just one minute 40 seconds.
 
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65314241https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65314241
 

Sup Race Women
 
Candice Appleby 
Jennifer Kalmbach
Mariecarmen Rivera
Lena Ribeiro
 
Sup Race Men
 
Connor Baxter
Itzel Delgado
David Leão
Santino Basaldela
 
Open Men
 
Jose Joaquin Lopez
 
Open Women
 
Dominic Barona
 
 
The ISA World Surfing Games 2023 will give five quotas to men and five quotas to women in Open.
 
ISA World Longboard Championship 2023 will give four quotas to men and four quotas to women in Longboard
 
PASA Games 2023 will give quotas in all events, according to it 1) Shortboard men (8) eight places. 2) Shortboard women (8) eight places. 3) SUP Surf men (4) four places. 4) SUP Surf women (4) four places. 5) SUP Race men (5) five places. 6) SUP Race women (5) five places. 7) Longboard men (4) four places. 8) Longboard women (4) four places. 

Must be some sort of age group record 
Date of Birth 01/12/2023

new World Cup stage...
 
last week,  Lima hosted the Pistol and Rifle specialists
 
here's a full recap of what happened...
 
 
Men's Individual 10m Air Pistol

Gold: Damir Mikec
Silver: Zhang Bowen
Bronze: Ismail Keles

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17839

Women's Individual 10m Air Pistol

Gold: Jiang Ranxin
Silver: Klaudia Bres
Bronze: Zhao Nan

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17840

Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle

Gold: Hungary 2 (Eszter Denes & Zalan Pekler)
Silver: France 1 (Oceanne Muller & Brian Baudoin)
Bronze: Poland 1 (Aneta Stankiewicz & Tomasz Bartnik)

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17844

Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol

Gold: Serbia (Zorana Arunovic & Damir Mikec)
Silver: China 1 (Jiang Ranxin & Zhang Bowen)
Bronze: China 2 (Zhao Nan & Hu Kai)

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17845

Men's Individual 10m Air Rifle

Gold: Zalan Pekler
Silver: Naoya Okada
Bronze: Jiri Privratsky

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17865

Women's Individual 10m Air Rifle

Gold: Wang Zhilin
Silver: Eszter Meszaros
Bronze: Jeanette Hegg Duestad

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17864

Women's Individual 25m Pistol

Gold: Feng Sixuan
Silver: Anastasiia Nimets
Bronze: Zhao Nan

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17874

Men's Individual 25m Rapid Fire Pistol

Gold: Clement Bessaguet
Silver: Matej Rampula
Bronze: Ruslan Lunev

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17885

Women's Individual 50m 3-Position Rifle

Gold: Xia Siyu
Silver: Shi Mengyao
Bronze: Jeanette Hegg Duestad

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17888

Men's Individual 50m 3-Position Rifle

Gold: Jiri Privratsky
Silver: Istvan Peni
Bronze: Petr Nymbursky

Final Ranking and Results
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17884