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Sandi Morris finishes down in 6th for women's pole vault. Molly Caudery the only athlete with a clean card up to 4.73

Jamaica Athletics Invitational secures title for meeting with most incompetent organisation - competition gets underway tomorrow and they still haven't released the start lists despite being constant bragging about all the big names that they have signed up.

Lawrence Okoye goes out to 64.95m in 4th round of Doha Diamond League - well shy of the OQS, but 5cm longer than the UKA standard for an accepted WA invite.

Men's Team Semifinals: (1) v (4) (3) v (2) Women's Semifinals: (1) v (4) (3) v (2)

women completely outclassed by in the quarterfinal. They only scored three 10s out of possible 18 compared to France who managed ten 10s. Not sure who the 3rd archer was in the shooting order, but they had two 7s and a 6. That's never going to cut it in a team competition.

Women's Quarterfinals: (1) v (8) (5) v (4) (3) v (6) (7) v (2)

Think it is safe to say that Bianca Cook's Olympic ambitions are over after a defeat in the quartefinals. Rebecca McGowan progresses through to semifinals after a hard fought win over 5th seed Solene Avoulette.

Men's Team Quarterfinals: (1) v (8) (12) v (4) (3) v (6) (7) v (2)

Haven't seen anything for live results but it looks like the early rounds are being streamed live on YouTube and the finals are being broadcast on EurovisionSport: 2024 European Senior Championships: How to Watch the second day! – Europe Taekwondo

The battle of Britain's heavyweights is under way at the European Championships. Bianca Cook, now representing is the second seed whilst Rebecca McGowan is the 4th seed so they are on opposite sides of the draw. Both have won their opening matches and are through to the quarter finals.

Given how popular archery is in UK I did think that compound archery had a good chance of being included in LA but alas it wasn't to be Wonder if she could be persuaded to switch to recurve before then

Amber Anning clocks 22.66 for 200m at SEC Championships. Think that could be a new outdoor PB (she ran 22.60 indoors earlier this year) At the same competition, decathlete Jack Turner set PBs in both the 100m (10.57) and 400m (47.35). Added to a long jump of 7.39m, shot of 13.11m and high jump of 1.98m, he leads the competition at the halfway point with 4267 points and is on course for a new PB if he can match his season's best performance in the remaining events. He'd need to motor some if he wants to get to the OQS or the UKA standard though.

Team competition resumes this afternoon... Men's Team Bracket: (1) v (16) (24) v (8) (5) v (12) (13) v (4) (3) v (19) (11) v (6) (7) v (10) (18) v (8) Women's Team Bracket: (1) v (17) (9) v (8) (5) v (12) (13) v (4) (3) v (19) (22) v (6) (7) v (10) (15) v (2)

So all the Brits bow out by the quarter final stage. In a surprising turn of events, Megan Havers - who going into the competition was perhaps expected to be our weakest archer - got the furthest. She lost in the quarter finals to French 12th seed Lisa Barbelin. There were some decent results for the team - Penny Healy took out the Italian 2nd seed in the last 32 and Havers dispatched the French 4th seed. That could bode well for this afternoon's team matches

Last up, the Sculling crews... apologies in advance for what could be a rambling post. Men's Single: Given the size of the field, I won't list all of the nations. The draw is going to be all important here and it will be critical to avoid having to go in the repechage. At last year's World Champs, none of the single scullers who had to go through the repechage were able to progress any further than the quarterfinals. This result was repeated at the recent Europeans, where again, the crews who had to go through the repechage weren't able to raise their performance in the next round, and all missed out on the A-Final. Based on the performances at the Europeans, are pretty well placed to secure one of the quotas and I would love to see take the other but I do have doubts about the GB sculler's (George Bourne) ability to maintain his form through the competition - he ran out of steam at the Europeans after he had to sprint to make the final. Men's Double: - Given the size of the field I wont go through all the crews. Although Moldova just missed out on qualifying last year, I don't think this will be their regatta. Instead, I think will start as the favourite. They have stuck with the same crew from last year's world champs and should be able to secure the first quota. The conditions at the Europeans weren't ideal and may have impacted some of the results making it difficult to evaluate current form. So, a lot is going to come down to the draw. The heat winners will have the benefit of not having to race the repechage on the afternoon of day 1. The results at the Europeans would suggest that Greece should get the second quota but I think could spring a surprise. Men's Quad: - Norway and Spain are unlikely to figure in the battle for quotas and I think the competition will be too strong for Czechia. New Zealand and France are both new crews and could spring a surprise but will have their work cut out for them against more established crews. USA are sticking with the same crew from last year, but they will need to have made significant steps forward if they are going to challenge for a quota. Ultimately, I think they will come up short. will likely start as favourites - they just missed out on automatic qualification at the World Champs last year and finished 6th at the recent Europeans - and I think they have shown the consistency that will take them to a quota. The second will probably be a fight between Australia and Ukraine. Australia were 5th in Varese whilst Ukraine were down in 8th and they weren't able to show any real improvement at the Europeans so at the moment, I would suggest that will edge it. Women's Single: - As with the men's single, the quotas could go anywhere. Czechia were the highest placed finisher at the recent Europeans but Switzerland won the B-Final in a quicker time. As above, the draw is going to be hugely important - as with the men, at last year's world champs, none of the repechage rowers were able to progress beyond the quarterfinals - so whoever wins the 3 heats and progresses straight to the semifinals is going to have a huge advantage as they'll avoid the afternoon repechage. Worth bearing in mind that the repechages will start only 3 hours after the heats finish - that's not a huge amount of time to recover. If I was pushed to make an early prediction, I'd be tempted to go with and perhaps Women's Double: - It's all change for these crews - looks like every nation has made changes to their crews compared to who they fielded at the World Champs last year with the exception South Africa making it difficult to predict performance. GB are a new crew for 2024 with Hodgkins-Byrne back from maternity break being joined by new name Becky Wilde. They've only raced once this year - the European Champs - where they won the B-Final, but they were beaten by both Czechia and Switzerland. It may be that they weren't able to adjust to the cross-wind conditions as well as the other crews or that they simply need more time to gel as a crew. Czechia will be keen to avoid another Boat Underweight relegation. Despite that, they were able to fight their way to the A-Final of the Europeans and finished ahead of Switzerland. Switzerland should be able to make it to the final, but they haven't shown the consistency that would put them in the frame for a quota. My heart wants me to say that GB will get a quota, but I haven't seen enough of them to be able to say they are on a path to winning a spot in Paris so I think instead, I'd opt for and taking the quotas. Women's Quad: - To my mind, should start as favourites for the first quota as they are the most consistent crew in the field. They were the first non-qualifier at last year's worlds and are coming off a silver medal at the Europeans. Both Canada and the USA have made a couple of changes to the crews that competed at last year's world champs when they both ended up in the B Final and the Poland crew is another new setup for 2024. Having not seen any of them racing in 2024 it's difficult to gauge what impact that will have New Zealand is a new crew for 2024 but they are up against some pretty formidable crews so if they want to make an impact, they will need to hit the ground running - or should that be hit the water rowing? Either way, I don't see them booking a spot in Paris. I think the second quota could well go to - they showed good form at the Europeans where they finished 4th and were just behind the German boat. The motivation to row at a home Olympics could well give them the extra turn of speed to be able to hold off their North American rivals.

Bit of a worrying trend developing for him this season - he no heighted at the indoor trials earlier this year as well.

Whatever the issue was with Jones it is now resolved. Suspension marker has been lifted on the May rankings. The fact it was only there for a month makes me think it was related to concussion protocols.

ETU European Senior Championship - Belgrade Day 1 Results Men's -54Kg: 1.) Furkan ubeyde Camoglu 2.) Konstantinos Dimitropoulos 3.) Josip Teskera 3.) Maksym Manenkov Men''s -63Kg: 1.) Omar Gergely Salim 2.) Hakan Recber 3.) Volodymyr Bystrov 3.) Tobias Hyttel Women's -49Kg: 1.) Adriana Cerezo Iglesias 2.) Merve Dincel Kavurat 3.) Supharada Kisskalt 3.) Bruna Duvancic Women's -73Kg: 1.) Althea Laurin 2.) Sude Yaren Uzuncavdar 3.) Matea Jelic 3.) Yanna Schneider

Adam Hague failed his opening height of 5.00m. Owen Heard finished 5th overall with a clearance of 5.40m. Sophie Cook finished 4th overall with a 4.20 clearance.

Thoughts on Lightweight Classes: Men's Lightweight Double: - This is a fairly open class in my opinion and whilst I would love to see Hong Kong getting another rowing quota, it's not going to happen in this class. Likewise, I think we can discount Indonesia and Brazil. I'm also tempted to eliminate USA - they had a terrible World Champs last year, when they ended up in the D-Final, but they have changed their crew and although we haven't seen them in action yet, they will be looking to finish higher up the field this time. We also haven't seen the crews from France, China, Greece or Poland yet this year, further complicating the prediction. With no New Zealand in the field, Germany are the highest placed finishers from last year's World Champs but their result there was impacted by the fact they capsized in the semifinal. In 2024, they haven't shown great form - in Varese, they were the second placed German crew finishing 6th overall. France had high hopes after showing excellent form in 2023 - winning World Cup III (beating Olympic Champions Ireland in the process) and taking second place in World Cup II. Unfortunately, they couldn't keep that form through the World Champs where they eventually withdrew ahead of their C/D Semifinal. Long story short, the quotas here could go to any of 4 or 5 nations, but I'll stick my neck out and say that will book their ticket alongside but I wouldn't be surprised if either Germany or Poland upset that prediction. Women's Lightweight Double: - Can't help thinking that the best chance for Indonesia or Uzbekistan to qualify for the Olympics was through the Asian qualifier last month but in the end, they were well beaten by Japan and Iran. I don't expect them to figure in the mix for quota this time around. Likewise, I don't think it's likely we will see Spain or Switzerland getting a quota - Switzerland have finished 6th in both of their events this year whilst Spain came last in the B-Final at Varese. That leaves four crews fighting for two quotas. The Australian pairing got the nod to compete after their 4th place finish at the World Cup in Varese - where they were just under a second behind the Italian pair. France will be competing for the first time since they finished 11th at the World Champs. Greece took the silver medal at the Europeans and beat the Italians in the process - but worth bearing in mind that it was a different Italian crew so doesn't mean a huge amount. It's mad to think we've got the gold and silver medalists from Tokyo having to go through the last chance regatta, but I think it is a pretty safe call to say that should get a quota and have a chance to defend their title. I'm less confident saying France will get a spot and at the moment I think that might sneak it.

Can't disagree with the sentiment, but I am in a positive mood today for a change - hopefully this is going to be a good omen for the rest of the team event tomorrow.

into the final of the mixed recurve event. They took out top seeds in the quarterfinals and have just snuck through against in the semis. waiting for them in the final.

men defeat (5-3) in the round of 12 and advance to face 7th seed in the last 16. women had a bye straight through to the last 16 where they will face 22nd seed .

Men's Round of 48: (33) Alex Wise def. (80) Arkadios Damopoulos (53) Niv Frenkel def. (60) Tom Hall (29) Conor Hall def.(84) Arne Collas Men's Round of 24: (33) Alex Wise def. (32) Mathias Kramer (36) Den Habjan Malavasic def. (29) Conor Hall Women's Round of 24: (29) Megan Havers def. (36) Anastasia Pavlova (31) Penny Healy def. (34) Olena Kushniruk

Pulling details of next week's Night of the 10,000m PBs and, although she's not on the entry lists, it led me to do some checking on progress of Eilish McColgan. After 2023 blighted by injury, she returned to action in Paris when she was pacemaker for a 10k road race as part of the Paris Marathon events. From the looks of things, she now in a block of altitude training in Colorado and she posted this week that she was training in spikes for the first time since last year. From a selection for Paris perspective, McColgan has the 10,000m standard from March last year although she may have to prove her form to the selectors to confirm her place on the team. If she is looking to double up, she doesn't yet have the standard for 5,000m.