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I can't quite remember how the system works but is it the athletes that vote from a representative for each sport? In that case, I'm going to guess Tom Daley and KJT.

I would guess that we happen to have similar sports we do better at, especially rowing, cycling, hockey and sailing to name a few, which I guess grows a rivalry. It's weird, because for me the Netherlands are probably by second favourite team behind GB, so I always try to support them when there is not a conflict of interest.

I’ll give it a go, but I’d rather talk about the athletes I would be supporting instead. The entite swimming team. - Lilly King + Ryan Murphy - Sending out accusations of other athletes doping is not OK in my book. Any of the shouty badminton players - Sha Carri Richardson - Jakob Ingebritzen Any Naturalised Athletes - Simone Biles Anyone whose fans do the really annoying shrill whistle

Not long until the UK exit poll, I think everyones expecting a massive labour majority, but the way this campaign is going nothing will surprise me.

Her consistency is just too good for her not to be.

Sarah Sjoestrom Women's 50m Freestyle

Lol me too, but switch up the nations for

He got the time under protest which feels even worse. You never know, they might select him knowing he can run the time (kind of), but I'm not confident.

Which event will see the most identical podium between Tokyo and Paris, or who is the most likely to defend their olympic title?

Agreed, especially when the trials are so close to the games, that barring injuries + weather, if you are not there now, you probably won't be there in Paris. In the end, there are enough events going on at the olympics for viewers not to be that disappointed with the lack of a GB athlete, and given that the primetime TV slots are in the evening, which coincides with Semi's and Finals, the viewers would barely see a difference between an athlete who missed out in the heats vs wasn't there at all.

Personally I think only qualifying 1 Brit isn't that disappointing given how many wildcards are given out to British players.

Nice 65.71 from Angharad Evans at the Scottish Open Champs Today, 3rd time under 66 in her career, and looks to be building form heading into Paris.

If the conditions are right, Keep an eye out for an U18 World Record, from Phoebe. Also excited to see what Dobson can do. Men's 1500 and 800 are going to be a bloodbath.

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.

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, Start List: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.federnuoto.it/settecolli-2024/settecolli-2024-documents/9471-settecolli-ip-2024-entry-list-elenco-iscritti/file.html Full GB team as expected but no Scott in the 200m IM.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.