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5 hours ago, RussB said:

Athing Mu has failed to make the US team for Paris after falling in the 800m trials. I must admit I'm a bit disappointed not to see the battle with Keely and Mora.. but positive news for the Brits' medal hopes.

I guess its pretty difficult to do this in America but if this was Keely or maybe even Jemma they would be put on the team no matter what.

I won’t be in Paris but I’ll be watching along from home, and I’ll probably try to attend one of the fan zones on one of the days. 

I think a day by day thread will probably be the best, but a sport by sport one could also be good (maybe grouping some sports) to avoid spoilers. 
 

If anyone else is planning to watch on TV, which package would be the best to watch all the events? I got fed up with the BBC partway through Tokyo so I bought Eurosport, but they only showed a few sports meaning I still missed out on some events I wanted to watch.

If anyone wants any spreadsheets or trackers made for before the games, drop me a line and I’ll probably be able to help.

26 minutes ago, Cinnamon Bun said:

Gonna be a close contest between  and . One thing that may slightly edge it for  is that  haven't been tested at all this tournament, whereas  have faced  and a spirited  performance. Furthermore,  have rested a lot of their quicker players and will be able to match the pace of . I still think it's too close to call though. 

I've just got a sneaky feeling that it will come down to a slip on the pitch, or one misplaced pass.

I don't think the qualification has been that disappointing, but I feel like a few things could/ should have gone better.

Sports which Exceeded Expectations:

Marathon Swimming, Water Polo, Archery, Road Cycling, Skateboarding, Sport climbing,

Sports which performed poorer than expected:

Badminton, Boxing, Canoe Sprint, BMX racing, Fencing, Football,  Judo, Shooting, Table Tennis, 

Maybe I should wait until after the rugby but I'm mildly disappointed with qualification, especially with quite a few near misses. I think I'm probably the most frustrated with the self imposed qualification from Aquatics GB and UK Athletics, although Aquatics GB have redeemed themselves somewhat by taking all 7 relays.

The top 3 qualification misses would have to be, Men's Skeet, as that deprives the mixed team that were 2022 World Champions, not qualifying 2 riders in the men's BMX race, and Lauren Williams in Taekwondo.

I don't think there are are any sports we should add, although Breaking should definitely be taken away.

Sette Colli starts on Friday, 

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Full GB team as expected but no Scott in the 200m IM.

12 hours ago, Epic Failure said:

The results of the Aussie and US trials should give Freya confidence that she can mix it with them. Obviously Summer will be away and gone but neither Forrester nor Grimes looked that threatening. Obviously there is time for them to get back to their 2023 form but I'm more optimistic about Freya's chances than I was a month ago.

Agreed, although the results of the same trials should also be a big boost to Angharad, as Lilly king only swam 0.1 quicker than her, and the 2nd American swam a PB 0.6 behind Evans, and the Australians are still miles behind.

3 minutes ago, phelps said:

unless he destroys them all, like in Doha (remember, he swam the WR in the relay's first leg, not in the individual race)

He broke the WR in Doha swimming with lots of clean water. The next fastest time was 1.1 seconds slower. In the individual he was hit with more was and so swum 47.53. In all of his sub 47 swims he has swum with virtually no wash, which won't happen in Paris if the other teams target him.

6 minutes ago, RussB said:

Fortunately the Olympics won’t follow the times of the trials precisely. China for instance perform certainly doesn’t follow a uniform pattern looking at previous champs. I expect Aus will be much faster than trials. US favs of course, but Brits will be hopeful of pushing them close.

The issue for China is that if all the other nations put their strongest swimmers on the same leg as Pan, presumably 1st, then the Chinese team would lose a fair chunk of time compared to if he was swimming alone.

3 minutes ago, Olympicsnell said:

where are you finding that watson, dart and lumsden are going? on team GB's social media pages i cant see those names?

It’s on the BBC sport website, but they are only provisional.

Current World Champs (not including Doha 2024 for swimming)

Men's Time Trial - 

Women's Time Trial - 

Women's 3m Synchro - 

Women's Individual Epee

Men's Individual Sabre - 

Women's 48kg - 

Men's 60kg - 

Men's Rugby 7's - 

Mixed Team Air Rifle - 

Men's Street - 

Men's 400m Free - 

Women's 400m Free - 

Men's 4x100m Free - 

Women's 4x100m Free - 

Medal Table 

 - 4,2,0

 - 2,2,1

 - 2,0,2

 - 2,0,1

 - 1,1,2

 - 1,1,0

 - 1,0,0

 - 1,0,0

 - 0,4,1

 - 0,1,0

 - 0,1,0

 - 0,1,0

 - 0,1,0

 - 0,0,2

 - 0,0,1

 - 0,0,1

 - 0,0,1

 - 0,0,1

 - 0,0,1

 - 0,0,1

 -0,0,1

 - 0,0,1

- 0,0,1

1 minute ago, RussB said:

Would certainly be a shock medal. I don’t think any of us had forecasted this one (nor swimming media channels I follow). I really hope the women’s squad come away with something individually, would be a nice boost for the continued development of the programme. Freya C in the 400 IM is the only one I really believe is a genuine chance.

I'm starting to tend more to Angharad rather than Freya, just because of the Nature of their events. Angharad is ranked 8th in the world since the start of 2023, but moved to 6th when considering who will be in Paris.

Freya is 5th, 4th as Kaylee isn't swimming it, but she probably has a weaker trajectory, and is still 2s behind bronze. Forrester (3rd) was dealing was something at Aussie champs so her time there isn't really representative. (4.38).

Overall, I just feel like the 100m breast is more inconsistent internationally than the 400m IM, where Summer is just miles away from the rest of the world.

4 minutes ago, RussB said:

Anyone got any idea what time she would probably have to go to make an Olympic final in the individual? 

1.06.31 made the final in Fukuoka, Angharad would have won Silver,

1.06.40 made it in Budapest, where Angharad would have won Gold.

1.06.59 made it in Tokyo, where she would have tied for bronze.

By my reckoning that time is pretty safe for a final, but I think she would need to drop into the 1.04's to get into medal contention, which isn't that unlikely.

1 minute ago, RussB said:

She absolutely smashed it as well. Very promising for her down in the 65s.

I'm pretty sure she came back in close to or under WR pace, so if she can improve her early speed......    

I would assume she will be competing at Sette Colli next week with the rest of the squad, so we'll se what else she can do.

1 hour ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Lol it looks like match will start what a pity. Poor  .

What a pity, for India or for the sport of Cricket.

15 minutes ago, Dragon said:

On the subject of  , day 1 is going to be important. If Tarling wins gold (and he defintely has a chance) it could be an amazing Games for GB.

Any medal is better than the start of Tokyo, although that was down more to scheduling. By my count, we have chances in Both time trials, Men's Rugby 7's (if we qualify), women's 3m springboard synchro and the men's 4x100m free. Maybe even the mixed Air Rifle, although it is very hard to judge given the event is pretty unpredictable, let alone our athletes. 

I'll be happy with 2 medals and and gold would be a bonus. What would be nice would be to win a medal in the 1st event, which would either be the diving or shooting, to set the team up nicely.

12 minutes ago, Dragon said:

I have the USA narrowly beating Australia on day 1 by 7 medals to 6 but the the Aussies will top the medal table if you go by gold medals rather than total medals

Ssh - Don't tell NBC.

Is it available to watch?

Are the quotas for the athlete or NOC?

2 minutes ago, Jan Linha said:

So according to the British Team, they have decided that both who got the K1 and C1 in womens events will also participate in kayak cross? That's why they may probably refuse the quota? 

Probably, but I can't see why we can't take all 3.

8 minutes ago, Jan Linha said:

Are you certain about it? Why GB would refuse the quota? 

I don’t know why they would refuse, but the commentator mentionned it, and I checked on their website and it said we are going for a second mens quota for today but didn’t mention a womens, presumably because our C1 male won’t do the extreme event. Setchell could certainly medal though so it is a bit strange. 

1 minute ago, Jan Linha said:

I can't explain how devastating the results are for 😞😞😞. This was the last chance for Vít Prindis to go to the Olympics at least once in a life. In the women's final, the disqualification for Czech was really on the edge. Can't say whether the disqualification is 100% correct or not but really devastating for the Czech team for no earning any quota 😭😭😭

She'll get the quota as GB aren't taking it.

Apparently GB are not going to take the quota, according to the commentators, anyone know why?

14 minutes ago, Epic Failure said:

2022 was a non-Olympic Euros, so you can't really compare the two.

 

But even with a stronger team in Munich, at the same point in 2022 we only had 2 bronze medals.

I think heading into the championships looking at the entry lists it was expected for the total medals to be down. Looking at the general picture I don't think is unfair to say that the team is in a better position than 2 years ago.

Let's hope the home crowd in Birmingham combined with it not being an olympic year in 2026 will produce some more silverware.

Louie Hinchcliffe was very impressive but again it is about double peaking. The way he finished that 100m, makes me think he would be a better 200m runner, and that event probably has worse depth than the 200m both in the UK and internationally.