Rafa Maciel

Women's Endurance events Women's Team Pursuit: Confirmed Quotas: Women's Madison: Confirmed Quotas from Team Pursuit: Safe Individual Quotas: Contested Quotas: - 4585 -------------- - 4482 - 4262 The last quota place should come down to a straightforward fight between Uzbekistan and Hong Kong. Mexico could be in the mix, but they probably have too much to do to be able to close the gap. Uzbekistan are not competing in Milton so it will all come down to what Hong Kong can achieve. Hong Kong will need to finish at least 10th to be able to overtake Uzbekistan. Generally, they have been finishing in the range of 10th-12th so whilst it will be difficult, it's not impossible. Given I used to live in Hong Kong, I've got my fingers crossed that they are able to do enough to get the final quota. Women's Omnium: Confirmed Quotas from Team Pursuit: Expected Quotas from Madison: Safe Individual Quotas: Continental Quota: Contested Quotas: - 2015.50 ----------------- - 1854.50 If Uzbekistan hold on and take the final Madison quota, then there are unlikely to be any contested quotas in the Omnium. Hong Kong would take the final individual quota. If there is a contested quota, Czechia have quite a high bar in order for them to be able to increase their points total as they would need to finish 9th or better but it's not any easier for Spain because although they have a lower discard score, in order to be able to overtake Czechia they would need to finish at least 10th. Czechia should therefore be safe for the final quota - but they need Hong Kong to help them out by taking the quota in the Madison.

Before the action kicks off tomorrow, I thought I'd take a look at the individual track events to see if we are likely to see and changes as a result of Milton. Men's Team Pursuit: Confirmed Quotas: In my opinion, the Olympic field is set - China could spring a surprise and overtake Belgium, but the two teams have been equally matched across the season so it would seem to be unlikely. At a minimum, China need to finish at least 7th and hope that Belgium have an absolute nightmare in order for them to be in with any real chance. Men's Madison: Confirmed Quotas from Team Pursuit: Safe Individual Quotas: Contested Quotas: - 4750 - 4621 --------------- - 4398 All three are counting 2 NC events from 2024 and all have similar discard scores of 10th or 11th. It will be difficult for Switzerland to be able to do enough to overtake Czechia to get into the last quota spot - they'd need to finish at least 8th and keep 3 places between themselves and Czechia. That is something that they have not been able to do so far in the qualification window so it looks like both Austria and Czechia should qualify for Paris. Men's Omnium: Confirmed Quotas from Team Pursuit: Expected Quotas from Madison: Safe Individual Quotas: Continental Quota: Contested Quotas: - 1432 - 1394 --------------- - 1231 - 1189 There is potential for change in the final quotas in this event. Colombia should be safe as they have only competed in 2 NC events across the last 2 years whereas Indonesia is already counting their two 2024 NC events. Kazakhstan will need to finish higher than 16th to be able to overtake Indonesia. Hong Kong may have left themselves with too much to do after their poor result in the 2nd leg of last year's NC. For the continental quota, Egypt will be safe by virtue of the fact that South Africa are not competing in Milton despite being just 40 points off the quota. If I was a betting man, I'd say that Colombia and Kazakhstan will likely take the last 2 quotas for the men's endurance events.

IFSC World Cup: Boulder - Keqiao Men's Final: 1.) Tomoa Narasaki - 2 tops/4 zones 2.) Sorato Anraku - 2 tops/4 zones 3.) Hannes Van Duysen - 2 tops/3 zones 4.) Toby Roberts - 2 tops/3 zones 5.) Sam Avezou - 2 tops/3 zones 6.) Meichi Narasaki - 2 tops/2 zones 7.) Chon Jongwon - 1 top/4 zones 8.) Jakob Schubert -1 top/4 zones 9.) Max Milne - 1 top/3 zones 10.) Jan Luca Posch - 1 top/3 zones

Roberts finishes in 4th place with 2 tops and 1 zone. He ultimately misses out on the bronze medal because he took more attempts than Van Duysen. Although he misses the podium at this comp, if those scores were to be replicated at the Olympics, going into the lead section Roberts would be really well placed for a medal. Max Milne ultimately finished in 9th with 1 top/3 zones and Dayan Akhtar was in 19th with 1 zone.

There's high hopes for Roberts after the huge progress he made last year - he's world number 2 in combined boulder/lead so it would be surprising if there wasn't talk of a podium for him. It will be tough though with the strength and depth of the Japanese and the Korean teams amongst others. If Roberts can keep it close in the boulder stage, then he will have a great chance when it comes to lead. Prior to last year, Roberts was regarded more as a lead specialist but he has put in a huge amount of work in on his boulder technique and he is becoming a lot more consistent in his result. As for the rest of the GB squad, there's a lot of new names coming into the squad and we've got quite a few qualified for the OQS. It's not out of the question that we could end up with another couple of athletes qualified for Paris.

Brits in action this weekend: Tom Jones Memorial Invitational: Jona Efoloko - 100m / 200m Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake - 200m Matt Hudson-Smith - 400m Efekemo Okoro - 400m / 400m Hurdles Joe Breir - 400m Alistair Chambers - 400m Hurdles Josh Zeller - 110m Hurldes Finette Agyapong - 100m / 200m Imani Lansiquot - 100m / 200m Nia Wedderburn-Goodison - 100m / 200m Bianca Williams - 100m / 200m Ama Pipi - 200m Jodie Williams - 200m / 400m Amber Anning - 200m / 400m Nicole Yeargin - 400m Victoria Ohuruogu - 400m Cindy Sember - 100m Hurdles Isabel Wakefield - 100m Hurdles Pacific Coast Invitational: Jessica Tappin - 400m Hurdles Chay Clark - 400m Dan Putnam - 400m

Diamond League update: Leg 5 - Eugene (25-May) Women's 800m - Keely Hodgkinson will face off against Mary Moraa and Athing Mu.

IFSC World Cup: Boulder - Keqiao Men's Finalists: 1.) Sorato Anraku 1.) Toby Roberts 3.) Tomoa Narasaki 3.) Ritsu Kayotani 5.) Hannes Van Duysen 5.) Satone Yoshida 7.) Meichi Narasaki 7.) Sam Avezou 9.) Colin Duffy 9.) Nicolai Uznik 11.) Chon Jongwon 11.) Anze Peharc 13.) Jakob Schubert 13.) Ram Levin 15.) Lee Dohyun 15.) Mickael Mawem 17.) Jan Luca Posch 17.) Yuji Fujiwaki 19.) Max Milne 19.) Dayan Akhtar

Toby Roberts qualifies for the final in Keqiao in second place with 4 tops and 5 zones. Max Milne (2 top/5 zone) and Dayan Akhtar (3 top/5 zone) also made it through to the extended final.

Logistically, gymnastics and netball are relatively easy to stage - you just need a big enough sports hall. Netball could even be played outside.

Brownlee seems to have gone AWOL - he hasn't competed on the main circuit since Pontevedra in September. OK Abu Dhabi was cancelled, but he wasn't on the start list there either. Yet there is still talk that the is in great shape to get a spot in Paris. I can't see it myself. I think there is a decent depth of GB men that are beginning to make some progress at the World Cup level and hopefully we'll start to see them competing in more of the WTCS events.

I certainly didn't see this coming - GB have been awarded a wildcard for the women's handball Olympic qualification tournament They are replacing Cameroon and will be up against Sweden, Hungary, and Japan. Top 2 go to Paris. How hilarious would it be if we failed to qualify in football but somehow manage to get a spot in handball.

athletes in the 2024 Wanda Diamond League: Leg 1 - Xiamen (20-Apr) Men's 800m - Ethan Hussey Aimee Pratt was apparently on the initial start list for the 300m Steeplechase but she's not on it anymore. Leg 2 - Shanghai/Suzhou (27-Apr) Leg 3 - Doha (10-May) Women's 800m Jemma Reekie Women's Pole Vault - Molly Caudery Leg 4 - Rabat/Marrakech (19-May) Leg 5 - Eugene (25-May) Bowerman Mile - Josh Kerr Will be interesting to see how many other Brits make the start lists. Not expecting many in the Chinese double header but we should see a few more by the time we get to Doha and Rabat.

Start lists are out for the WTCS in Yokohama Men: Alex Yee Barclay Izzard Women: Beth Potter Kate Waugh Sophie Coldwell Olivia Mathias

To be fair, given how the budget for Victoria was allowed to spiral out of control and the fact that if it goes wrong this time, it would pretty much guarantee the end of the Games, any host city/nation would face a higher degree of scrutiny and control.

Track Cycling Quota Simulation ahead of final qualifying event in Milton. As I've said before, I think the team pursuit quotas are now set. The situation for team sprints - both men and women - is still to be finalised. Ahead of Milton kicking off at the weekend, I'll try to take a look at the individual events to see what needs to happen to move the dial for the individual quotas.

Although if I was the CGF I would want to be exercising some degree of control over how that money is being spent.

Bear in mind that they will be getting paid to host though and if they already have the infrastructure in place from the African games, then so long as they don't go nuts with the size and scale of it, then the actual cost of hosting could be pretty negligible in the grand scheme of things.

IFSC World Cup: Boulder - Keqiao Women's Final: 1.) Janja Garnbret - (4 top/4 zone) She really was the class of the competition with 10 flash efforts out of 13 obstacles. 2.) Camilla Moronia - (2 top / 3 zone) She was the last qualifier for the final so a great result for her 3.) Luo Zhilu - (2 top / 2 zone) 4.) Zelia Avezou - (1 top / 3 zone) 5.) Erin McNeice - (1 top / 2 zone) 6.) Anon Matsufji - (1 top / 2 zone)

Great start to the season for Erin McNeice as she qualifies for her first IFSC World Cup Boulder final.

IFSC World Cup: Boulder - Keqiao Women's Finalists: 1.) Janja Garnbret 2.) Zelia Avezou 3.) Anon Matsufji 4.) Erin McNeice 5.) Luo Zhilu 6.) Camilla Moronia --------------------------------- 7.) Madison Richardson 8.) Chloe Caulier 9.) Stasa Gejo 10.) Oceania Mackenzie

Whether they are involved or not, I don't think it impacts their participation in the relays come Paris. For the most part, I'd be surprised if they didn't take the strongest possible team as they'll want to nail down all 5 relays at the first opportunity and even a second tier GB team should be able to get top 14.

You're right. They're both on the funding list - I didn't scroll down to the last section of the funding list

UK Athletics funded athletes who would be eligible for relay consideration: Women's 4x100: Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita Imani-Lara Lansiquot Asha Philip Bianca Williams Jodie Williams Men's 4x100: Zharnel Hughes Eugene Amo-Dadzie Jeremiah Azu Adam Gemili Jona Efoloko Nethaneel Mitchell Blake Mixed/Women's 4x400: Lavia Nielsen Victoria Ohuruogu Nicole Yeargin Ama Pipi Amber Anning Yemi Mary John Mixed/Men's 4x400: Matthew Hudson-Smith Joe Brier Lewis Davey Alex Haydock Wilson Rio Mitcham

Selection policy: 2024-World-Athletic-Relay-Policy-Final_4-April-2024.pdf (uka.org.uk) The selection for the 4x100m was apparently finalised by 19th February whilst the selection for the 4x400m was to be finalised by today. Selection allows for team of up to 8 athletes for each of the 5 relays so theoretically, a maximum of 40 athletes.