Josh

Germany lost to Zambia in a friendly 

Not exactly a 'calm' run-up to the championships for Zambia. First the thing about captain Barbra Banda, who last year 'failed' a gender test (in so far one can 'fail' that, since it's not a performance), but will be allowed to play anyone since that decision is up to the national federations for whatever reason, and significantly worse: now the national team coach Bruce Mwape has been accused of rather serious behaviour. According to an anonymous player in the team: "If you wanted to keep your play in the selection, you had to have sex with the coach if he wished so."
 
So yeah. Stuff is going on there.

I especially like Hannah Ohrtmann and Lisa Alsmeier. Germany really became stronger last year. Interesting to see if they can qualify for Paris with competition from Dominican Republic, Canada and Netherlands.
 
Serbia played the first two weeks with their B-squad. But Ojgenovic and the legend Boskovic came back in the third week. But Serbia was still a little shaky. 

Heum... the famous "second page of the male 200m" event.
 
So, yeah, no.

Full live TV coverage will be here.
 
all athletics tv - Search (bing.com)
 
YouTube will have highlights, interviews, previews, reviews, and sea views.
 
European Athletics - YouTube

Ha! Was literally just this minute going to ask @Sindo for this thread!  
 
Anyway, we have a Day 0!  Two 20km Race Walks tomorrow afternoon before the official start on Thursday.
 
Daily Schedule - Athletics | European Athletics U23 Champs. 2023 (european-athletics.com)

Middle Moutain Stage > High Moutain Stage. Again.

Athletes
 
ARTISTIC SWIMMING FULL QUOTA
ATHLETES
9 WOMEN | 0 MEN
RESULT
WOMEN'S EVENTS (2) Solo Technical (1) Audrey LAMOTHE   Solo Free (1) Audrey LAMOTHE   MIXED EVENTS (1)
Acrobatic (1) Laurianne IMBEAU/Jonnie NEWMAN/Raphaelle PLANTE/Kenzie PRIDDELL/Kiara QUIETI/Claire SCHEFFEL/Florence TREMBLAY/Olena VERBINSKA
   
DIVING  
ATHLETES
5 WOMEN | 3 MEN
RESULT
WOMEN'S EVENTS (5) 1m Springboard (2) Mia VALLEE   Pamela WARE   3m Springboard (2) Mia VALLEE   Pamela WARE   10m Platform (2) Elaena DICK   Caeli MCKAY   3m Springboard Synchronized (1) Mia VALLEE/Pamela WARE   10m Platform Synchronized (1) Kate MILLER/Caeli MCKAY   MEN'S EVENTS (3) 1m Springboard (1) Bryden HATTIE   3m Springboard (1) Bryden HATTIE   10m Platform (1) Nathan ZSOMBOR-MURRAY   MIXED EVENTS (2) 3m Springboard Synchronized (1) Pamela WARE/Bryden HATTIE   10m Platform Synchronized (1) Kate MILLER/Nathan ZSOMBOR-MURRAY   HIGH DIVING  
ATHLETES
4 WOMEN | 1 MAN
RESULT
WOMEN'S EVENTS (1) 20m (4)
  Molly CARLSON   Aimee HARRISON   Simone LEATHEAD   Jessica MACAULAY   MEN'S EVENTS (1) 27m (1) Michael FOISY   ATHLETES
14 WOMEN | 14 MEN
OQT - Olympic Qualifying Time   |   OCT - Olympic Consideration Time   |   UP - Universiality Place WOMEN'S EVENTS (16)   MEN'S EVENTS (17) Hanna HENDERSON   50m Freestyle   Josh LIENDO         Mary-Sophie HARVEY   100m Freestyle   Javier ACEVEDO       Josh LIENDO Mary-Sophie HARVEY   200m Freestyle   Javier ACEVEDO Summer MCINTOSH       Ella JANSEN   400m Freestyle   Eric BROWN Summer MCINTOSH       Mabel ZAVAROS (Injured) DNS 800m Freestyle   Eric BROWN         Emma FINLIN   1500m Freestyle   Eric BROWN         Kylie MASSE   50m Backstroke   Javier ACEVEDO Ingrid WILM       Kylie MASSE   100m Backstroke   Javier ACEVEDO Ingrid WILM       Kylie MASSE   200m Backstroke   Hugh MCNEILL Ingrid WILM       Sophie ANGUS   50m Breaststroke   James DERGOUSOFF         Sophie ANGUS   100m Breaststroke   James DERGOUSOFF         Sydney PICKREM (Out) DNS 200m Breaststroke   Brayden TAIVASSALO Kelsey WOG       Maggie MACNEIL   50m Butterfly   Ilya KHARUN Katerine SAVARD     Josh LIENDO Maggie MACNEIL   100m Butterfly   Ilya KHARUN Katerine SAVARD     Josh LIENDO Summer MCINTOSH   200m Butterfly   Ilya KHARUN         Mary-Sophie HARVEY   200m Individual Medley   Finlay KNOX Sydney PICKREM (Out) DNS     Summer MCINTOSH   400m Individual Medley   Collyn GAGNE       Lorne WIGGINTON   4 x 100m Freestyle Relay     4 x 200m Freestyle Relay     4 x 100m Medley Relay   Bailey O'REGAN 5k Marathon Swimming Benjamin COTE   Eric HEDLIN Emma FINLIN 10k Marathon Swimming Eric BROWN Bailey O'REGAN Eric HEDLIN MIXED EVENT (3)   4 x 100m Mixed Freestyle Relay     4 x 100m Mixed Medley Relay     4 x 1500m Mixed Marathon Relay   WATER POLO  
ATHLETES
12 WOMEN | 12 MEN
WOMEN'S EVENT (1) Women's Tournament (1)
 
Result: TBA
Verica BAKOC Serena BROWNE Floranne CARROLL Axelle CREVIER Jessica GAUDREAULT Daphne GUEVREMONT Rachael JAFFE Shae LA ROCHE Elyse LEMAY-LAVOIE Blaire MCDOWELL Hayley MCKELVEY Marilia MIMIDES Kindred PAUL Emma WRIGHT MEN'S EVENT (1) Men's Tournament (1)
 
Result: TBA
Jeremie BLANCHARD Nicolas CONSTANTIN-BICARI Jeremie COTE Bogdan DJERKOVIC Reuel D'SOUZA  Aleksa GARDIJAN Nikos GERAKOUDIS Leo HACHEM Matt HALAJIAN David LAPINS Brody MCKNIGHT Gaelan PATTERSON Milan RADENOVIC ARIA SOLEIMANIPAK

2023 Para Athletics Championships (July 9-17) Paralympics Quotas
 
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Day 1 (July 9)
Women's Discus Throw F55 [4] - 
Women's Long Jump T11 [4] - 
Women's Shot Put F41 [4] - 
Men's Javelin Throw F38 [4] - 
Women's Club Throw F32 [4] - 
Men's Shot Put F55 [4] - 
Men's Shot Put F37 [4] - 
Men's Long Jump T11 [4] - 
 
Day 2 (July 10)
Women's Discus Throw F57 [4] -
Women's Long Jump T64 [4] -
Women's Javelin Throw F13 [4] -
Men's Shot Put F12 [4] - 
Men's 5000m T13 [4] -
Women's 5000m T54 [4] -
Women's 1500m T11 [4] -
Women's 1500m T13 [4] -
Men's Club Throw F32 [4] - 
Men's Javelin Throw F57 [4] -
Men's Long Jump T63 [4] -
Men's High Jump T64 [4] - 
Women's Shot Put F37 [4] - 
Men's 100m T37 [4] - 
Men's 100m T38 [4] - 
Women's 100m T13 [4] - 
Men's 100m T12 [4] - 
Men's 5000m T11 [4] - 
Men's 5000m T54 [4] - 
Women's 400m T37 [4] - 

This will be for highlights.  For full live coverage it is
 
Eurovision - All Athletics - Championships
 

World Ranking updated as of July 10th, 2023

Women's Olympic Ranking updated as of July 10th, 2023

Yea, it was dropped from the program

Race to Paris Ranking Lists updated as of July 9h, 2023

Olympic Qualification Rankings updated as of July 10th, 2023

Anastasiadou/Bourmpou will represent Greece in the women's pair at the upcoming World Cup.
 
Anastasiadou is only 21 yo yet has competed in W1X, LW1X, W2X, LW2X and now W2- 
 
She usually wins medals when she shows up to international regattas, but it would really be nice if she can just find one boat/crew and stick to it.
 
 
There was also a ton of drama (which I won't bore everyone with) with the Kyridou sisters not getting selected for this event...

Well, they are in the A Final so it seems like they will be the crew we send to Paris.
 
I guess the Kyridou sisters can try to qualify in the double sculls or maybe in the four with two other athletes.
 
 
 
Of the 5 boats we sent to Lucerne, 4 are in the A Finals (M1X, LM2X, W2-, LW2X). It seems like we should expect those boats to all qualify for Paris. The one boat that didn't make it was the M2X. They were in the A Final of the World Championships last year, and one of the two rowers was injured since then and is just coming back, so hopefully they just need more time to get back to a high level.

Link for the European -23 Championships   https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanAthletics

The Dutch federation wants fewer medals, but to increase the chance of more first places. That's why we now only have competitive boats in the W1x, W4x, M2x, M4x and M8. In my opinion a wrong choice, because in these five boats there are so many other top countries that you better participate in more boats and then settle for bronze or something. In the W1x Karolien Florijn is the reigning world champion, but the Australian Tara Rigney has almost passed her. The W4x is for China, the M2x for the Sinkovic brothers, the M4x for GB and the M8 too. So anyway a lot of silver and bronze for the Netherlands. I'd rather have 8x silver and bronze than 5x silver and bronze. I really don't understand the choice for these priority boats.

There is a cautious all-clear. An ultrasound examination did not reveal a tear in the thigh. It could have just been a hardening.

The highlight of Day 2 of the Greek Nationals was Tentoglou's 8.38 EL, which gave him the Olympic qualification. Still, he seemed disappointed because he wanted a bigger jump. There was a decent crowd to watch him though:

 
Also in the men's long jump, 20 yo Stamatonikolos won silver with a PB of 7.86, and 19 yo Chitas was 4th with a PB of 7.50.
 
The other big star of the day was Stefanidi, who won gold with a SB of 4.61. Polak (4.46) and Kyriakopoulou (4.35) were the other medalists, each with SBs as well. They both got important points for Budapest and will hope to repeat that at the Balkan Championships.
 
Kyriazis won the men's javelin with 79.61, and Scarvelis won the women's hammer with 68.83. Both got important ranking points as they try to make it to Budapest. Same with Gnafaki who won the women's 400 hurdles with 56.69.
 
The men's high jump saw Merlos and 18 yo Mita each with 2.19. For Mita, it was a new PB.
 
In the women's long jump, the top 6 all finished above 6m (which is very good for our standards), and the winner was Koreneva with 6.43. Unfortunately, she is still waiting for Greek citizenship despite living here for many years and being married to a Greek.

(s)he was already in Doha's world final, but it looks it was a lot of time ago (and she/he wasn't good enough for the medals, so there was no attention as it will happen this year)
 
however, shitstorm coming in 3, 2, 1...
 
https://www.outsports.com/2023/7/9/23788486/nikki-hiltz-track-1500-meter-nonbinary-runner-usa
 
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a44201663/nikki-hiltz-first-nonbinary-usatf-champion/

Long Jump World and Olympic Champion Malaika Mihambo injured herself on the fermur during her fourth attempt at the National Championships in Kassel.  

Zharnel Hughes just ran a 19.77 200m in the  Nationals - sadly, wind assisted.  But he’s the form guy at the moment.

Here's how it should look after the Worlds:
 
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