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First round matches on Day 1 of Paris Grand Prix completed and have thrown up a couple of surprises with the women's 49Kg class becoming a bit of a bloodbath for the seeded athletes. Women's 49Kg Janna Khatab defeated 4th seed Daniela Paola Souza Sofia Zampetti defeated 9th seed Lenya Kamkasoumphou Milana Bekulova defeated 3rd seed Lena Stojkovic Camila Bezerra defeated 6th seed Rukiye Yildirim Kyriaki Kouttouki defeated 7th seed Abishag Semberg Women's 57Kg Chaima Toumi defeated 5th seed Nahid Kiyanichandeh - with 6th seed Lo Chia-ling advancing to Round of 16, that could see Kiyanichandeh dropping out of a ranking quota position. Men's 58Kg All of the main names made it safely through the first round, but there were a number of mid-table athletes who were beaten by lower ranked opponents.

Muir already had qualifying time for 1500m - she was running in the 800m tonight.

Ahead of the action getting underway, for anyone who is interested, I've (hopefully) attached a tracker of each crew's performances across the 3 World Cups and this year's European Championships - there are probably other regattas that I could/should include, but in the end it comes down to time. Given the vagaries of the sport, there's not a lot of value in including a "season's best" time so it includes all of the crews times across the heats, repechage, semis and finals. Any crew highlighted in blue is taking part in the World Championships. Underneath the World Champs crews, I've also listed the other crews that have been fielded over the course of the year as there has been a lot of experimenting with crew composition this year. Not all of the different 4s and 8s have been listed if only 1 member of the crew has been swapped out. Rowing Performance Tracker.xlsx

This story is quickly straying into the realms of ridiculousness - Rubiales' mother has reportedly locked herself in a church and is on hunger strike in protest against the treatment of her son. Luis Rubiales: Spanish FA president's mother on hunger strike over kiss row - BBC Sport

Beginning to feel like this is just becoming the Tennis Player Retirement Thread but here's another one - former World Number 8 Jack Sock has announced he will retire from tennis after the US Open. Although, it is possible that this will be less of a retirement and more of a switch in sport as he is reportedly set to join the pickleball tour.

Some of the main results from last week's action on the roads Men's Events Deutschland Tour 1.) Ilan Van Wilder 2.) Felix Grosschartner 3.) Danny Van Poppel Renewi Tour 1.) Tim Wellens 2.) Florian Vermeersch 3.) Yves Lampaert In the end, Josh Tarling, who won the ITT and led the tour after Stage 2, faded pretty badly to finish in 114th place but in winning stage 2, Tarling equaled the record as the youngest winner of a UCI World Tour race - matching the achievement of Remco Evenepoel. Tour de l'Avenir 1.) Isaac Del Toto Romero 2.) Giulio Pellizzari 3.) Davide Piganzoli Women's Events Tour of Scandinavia 1.) Annemiek Van Vleuten 2.) Cecilie Ludwig 3.) Amber Kraak

Can't we all just accept that had a p**s-poor Championships and move on? Much as we all enjoy the endless back and forth exchange of random and largely irrelevant stats it doesn't really move the conversation on much further. With Mihambo out injured, they just don't currently have the depth of squad that they used to but they do at least have medal prospects for next year.

So with the flurry of world championships and Olympic quotas over, we can all have a week to relax watching the US Open ready for the Rowing World Championships next week right?

Yes - the document says the quotas are allocated to the named athletes however NOCs with more than 2 athletes qualified would be able to choose who is in their squad (although not entirely sure how a nation would qualify more than 2 athletes)

From my reading of the qualification document, if Hernandez finishes on the podium, his quota would revert to the next unqualified athlete at the Pan-Am Games as opposed to going to the Olympic Ranking List - the reallocation only seems to apply to the European championship. The quotas for Pan-Am slightly more complicated than other continents though: 1) - Whoever finishes first will win a quota 2) - 2 quotas will then go to best finishers from South America 3) - 2 quotas will then go to best finishers from NORECA

Yep - same situation we had in the women's event. There will now be 9 quotas allocated to the Olympic Ranking List.

Men's Team Result Gold: Egypt - 4530 Silver: Great Britain - 4450 Bronze: Korea - 4450

Men's Final Result Gold: Jo Choong - (Quota) Silver: Emiliano Hernandez - Qualifies for Paris Bronze: Mohanad Shaban - (Quota)

Men's Final After Swim 1) Jo Choong - 235 + 293 Riding + 4 FB + 306 Swim = 838 pts (Quota) 2) Emiliano Hernandez - 230 + 293 Riding + 2 FB + 303 Swim = 828 pts 3) Lee Jihun - 230 + 293 Riding + 302 Swim = 825 pts 4) Jung Jinhwa - 230 + 286 Riding + 307 Swim = 823 pts 5) Mohamed Elgendy - 235 + 283 + 2 FB + 294 Swim = 814 pts 6) Mohanad Shaban - 235 + 268 Riding + 310 Swim = 813 pts (Quota) 7) Jun Woongate - 230 + 265 Riding + 8 FB + 310 Swim = 813 pts 8) Ahmed Elgendy - 210 + 282 Riding + 6 FB + 313 Swim = 811 pts 9) Zhang Linbin - 235 + 279 Riding + 2 FB + 293 Swim = 809 pts 10) Marvin Dogue - 215 + 293 Riding + 2 FB + 297 Swim = 807 pts (Quota) 11) Valentin Belaud - 230 + 279 Riding + 296 Swim = 805 pts 12) Giorgio Malan - 200 + 286 Riding + 2 FB + 312 Swim = 800 pts (Quota) 13) Myles Pillage - 215 + 268 Riding + 316 Swim = 799 pts 14) Csaba Bohm - 215 + 265 Riding + 310 Swim = 790 pts (Quota) 15) Bence Demeter - 240 + 236 Riding + 4 FB + 302 Swim = 782 pts 16) Martin Vlach - 200 + 268 Riding + 295 Swim = 763 pts 17) Charles Brown - 205 + 250 Riding + 2 FB + 303 Swim = 760 pts 18) Roman Popov - 205 pts + 0 Riding + 2 FB + 304 Swim = 511 pts

Pal Arinsal Mountain Bike World Cup Men's Elite Cross Country 1.) Mathias Fluckiger 2.) Thomas Griot 3.) Tom Pidcock Pretty poor result for Nino Schurter who could only finish in 12th

Men's Final After Fencing Bonus Round 1) Jo Choong - 235 + 293 Riding + 4 FB = 532 pts (Quota) 2) Emiliano Hernandez - 230 + 293 Riding + 2 FB = 525 pts 3) Lee Jihun - 230 + 293 Riding = 523pts 4) Mohamed Elgendy - 235 + 283 + 2 FB = 520 pts 5) Jung Jinhwa - 230 + 286 Riding = 516 pts 6) Zhang Linbin - 235 + 279 Riding + 2 FB = 516 pts 7) Marvin Dogue - 215 + 293 Riding + 2 FB = 510 pts (Quota) 8) Valentin Belaud - 230 + 279 Riding = 509 pts 9) Mohanad Shaban - 235 + 268 Riding = 503 pts (Quota) 10) Jun Woongate - 230 + 265 Riding + 8 FB = 503 pts 11) Ahmed Elgendy - 210 + 282 Riding + 6 FB = 498 pts 12) Giorgio Malan - 200 + 286 Riding + 2 FB = 488 pts (Quota) 13) Myles Pillage - 215 + 268 Riding = 483 pts 14) Csaba Bohm - 215 + 265 Riding = 480 pts (Quota) 15) Bence Demeter - 240 + 236 Riding + 4 FB = 480 pts 16) Martin Vlach - 200 + 268 Riding = 468pts 17) Charles Brown - 205 + 250 Riding + 2 FB = 457 pts 18) Roman Popov - 205 pts + 0 Riding + 2 FB = 207 pts

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Men's Final After Horse Riding 1) Jo Choong - 235 + 293 Riding = 528 pts (Quota) 2) Emiliano Hernandez - 230 + 293 Riding = 523 pts 3) Lee Jihun - 230 + 293 Riding = 523pts 4) Mohamed Elgendy - 235 + 283 = 518 pts 5) Jung Jinhwa - 230 + 286 Riding = 516 pts 6) Zhang Linbin - 235 + 279 = 514 pts 7) Valentin Belaud - 230 + 279 Riding = 509 pts 8) Marvin Dogue - 215 + 293 Riding = 508 pts (Quota) 9) Mohanad Shaban - 235 + 268 Riding = 503 pts (Quota) 10) Jun Woongate - 230 + 265 Riding = 495 pts 11) Ahmed Elgendy - 210 + 282 Riding = 492 pts 12) Giorgio Malan - 200 + 286 Riding = 486 pts (Quota) 13) Myles Pillage - 215 + 268 Riding = 483 pts 14) Csaba Bohm - 215 + 265 Riding = 480 pts (Quota) 15) Bence Demeter - 240 + 236 Riding = 476 pts 16) Martin Vlach - 200 + 268 Riding = 468pts 17) Charles Brown - 205 + 250 Riding = 455 pts 18) Roman Popov - 205 pts - Eliminated 3 Refusals Horror show for Demeter who basically dropped every pole and Popov who was eliminated after 3 refusals.

Pal Arinsal Mountain Bike World Cup Women's Elite Cross Country 1.) Mona Mitterwallner 2.) Alessandra Keller 3.) Pauline Ferrand Prevot Great weekend for Keller after her win in the short track but a relatively disappointing result for Puck Pieterse who came home in 7th.

Men's Final Horse Draw 1) Bence Demeter - 240 pts: Derwin: 1 fence down and 1 time penalty in the women's event. 2) Mohanad Shaban - 235 pts (Quota): Prince: 4 fences down in the women's event. 3) Jo Choong - 235 pts (Quota): Miller: 2 fences down and 1 time penalty in the women's event. 4) Zhang Linbin - 235 pts: Jack: 5 fences down and 1 time penalty in the women's event. 5) Mohamed Elgendy - 235 pts: Motown: In as a replacement for Hugs. Was quickest in the jumping test with a single fence down. 6) Valentin Belaud - 230 pts: Tonka: refusal and 1 fence down in the women's event. Also incurred 11 time penalties 7) Lee Jihun - 230 pts: Nikki: 2 fences down in the women's event. 8) Jung Jinhwa - 230 pts: Arthur: 2 fences down in the women's event. 9) Jun Woongate - 230 pts: Rupert: 1 fence down and 6 time penalties in the women's event. 10) Emiliano Hernandez - 230 pts: Layla: 1 fence down in the women's event. 11) Marvin Dogue - 215 pts (Quota): Oscar: 1 fence down in the women's event. 12) Csaba Bohm - 215 pts (Quota): Harley: 1 fence down and 2 time penalties in the women's event. 13) Myles Pillage - 215 pts: Charm: 4 fences down in the women's event. 14) Ahmed Elgendy - 210 pts: Jimmy: 2 fences down in the women's event. 15) Charles Brown - 205 pts: Splash: 5 fences down and 5 time penalties in the women's event. 16) Roman Popov - 205 pts: Roland: 2 fences down, a refusal and 13 time penalties in the women's event. 17) Martin Vlach - 200 pts: Cruise: 1 fence down in the women's event. 18) Giorgio Malan - 200 pts (Quota): Freddie: 4 fences down in the women's event. The athletes haven't had the best draw - particularly Pillage and Brown who could easily lose big points if it goes the same way as the women's event. Of the top ranked athletes, Demeter likely to be pleased with his draw, as will Mohamed Elgendy. In contrast, Zhang and Shaban may have got the worst luck at the top of the table.

That's right - just Bryson comes away with the quota. As both Italians were already qualified, the other 2 quotas will be allocated to the ranking list.

Women's Team Result Gold: Italy - 4221 Silver: Great Britain - 4207 Bronze: Hungary - 3537

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Best possible result for to secure their second women's quota. With both Italians already qualified for Paris, there will now be 8 quotas awarded through the Olympic Ranking List.

Women's Final Gold Elena Micheli (Quota) Silver Alice Sotero (Quota) Bronze Kerenza Bryson - Qualifies for Paris