Rafa Maciel

Seems to be a higher scoring event than last year's WC - last year nobody broke 100 points in qualifying.

Just checked the schedule for the rest of the competition - definitely no riding in the semi-finals

So that means guaranteed quotas for and right? - the quotas will go to all 9 A finalists and the winner of the B Final (assuming continental representation is met) In semi-final 1, based on qualifying times, should come through quite easily - they were almost 2 seconds quicker than the rest of the field. Likewise, should also be able to come through easily enough. The last spot in the final is going to be the really interesting one - just 0.1 second separates the qualifying time of and . Add to that and were only a further 0.5 seconds behind so it could go to any of the 4. In semi-final 2, and have a second advantage over the rest of the field so should qualify. possibly start as marginal favourite for the 3rd spot as they were 0.5 second faster than

Hmm - Not sure what happened there. Looks like they posted an update for group C because I see Ismail is now listed as qualified whereas previously she was below the cut. Also Germany now showing 3 qualifiers and Poland and Turkey down to only 1 but all the changes seem linked to group C

Well they are at least guaranteed that - there are only 10 entries

Netherlands and Germany are definitely a cut above the rest of the European teams but don't think there is that much of a difference between Belgium and England but we'll see on Saturday when they are in the 3rd place play-off

But with only 5 quotas available the Eight is probably the most difficult boat class to qualify for - despite the fact that there are so few entrants.

I think it goes down to 18 for final

Women's Qualification round complete - 36 athletes advancing to semi-finals. 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 x There were a few big named casualties, World Number 10 Gintare Venckauskaite, Number 15 Blanka Guzi, Number 20 Mayan Oliver, Number 21 Malak Ismail and Number 22 Natalia Dominiak all failed to make the cut.

Thank god for that - makes life so much easier when they're available in single place

Squad Another small team - not sure why they've opted for the men's Eight rather than having entries in the Pair and/or Four Women's Double Scull: Magdalena Lobnig / Katharina Lobnig Women's Lightweight Double Scull: Louisa Altenhuber / Lara Tiefenthaler Men's Lightweight Double Scull: Paul Ruttmann / Julian Schoberl Men's Eight: Alexander Chernikov / Harald Steininger / Lorenz Lindorfer / Jakob Stadler / Michal Karlovsky / Bruno Bachmair / Xaver Haider / Gabriel Stekl / Vitus Haider / Fabian Gillhofer

Squad - a pretty small squad focused on the sculling boats rather than the sweep side of things Women's Single Scull: Aurelia-Maxima Katharina Janzen Women's Double Scull: Sofia Meakin / Salome Ulrich Women's Quadruple Scull: Celia Dupre / Pascale Walker / Lisa Lotscher / Fabienne Schweizer Women's Lightweight Double Scull: Frederique Rol / Patricia Merz Men's Single Scull: Scott Barlocher (only if not needed elsewhere ) Men's Quadruple Sculls: Maurin Lange / Nils Schneider / Jonah Plock / Dominic Condrau Men's Lightweight Double Scull: Raphael Ahumada / Jan Schauble Men's Pair: Andrin Gulich / Roman Roosli Men's Four: Kai Schatzle / Patrick Brunner / Tim Roth / Joel Schurch

Squad - full slate of entries across the Olympic boat classes. Women's Single Scull: Kara Kohler Women's Double Scull: Sophia Vitas / Kristi Wagner Women's Quadruple Scull: Emily Kallfelz / Grace Joyce / Molly Reckford / Lauren O'Connor Women's Lightweight Double Scull: Michelle Sechser / Mary Jones Nabel Women's Pair: Meghan Musnicki / Alie Rusher Women's Four: Claire Collins / Madeleine Wanamaker / Kelsey Reelick / Molly Bruggeman Women's Eight: Cristina Castagna / Charlotte Buck / Mary Mazzio-Manson / Regina Salmons / Alina Hagstrom / Brooke Mooney / Jessica Thoennes / Margaret Hedeman / Emily Froehlich Men's Single Scull: Eliot Putnam Men's Double Scull: Ben Davison / Sorin Koszyk Men's Quadruple Sculls: Dominique Williams / William Legenzowski / Liam Galloway / Kevin Cardno Men's Lightweight Double Scull: James McCullough / Zachary Heese Men's Pair: Evan Olson / William Bender Men's Four: Liam Corrigan / Justin Best / Nick Mead / Michael Grady Men's Eight: Jimmy Catalano / Henry Hollingsworth / Pieter Quinton / Chris Carlson / Alexander Hedge / Clark Dean / Oliver Bub / Peter Chatain / Ezra Carlson

Squad was announced last month - full slate with the exception of Women's Eight Women's Single Scull: Alexandra Föster Women's Double Scull: Leonie Menzel / Maren Völz Women's Quadruple Scull: Sarah Wibberenz / Frauke Hundeling / Pia Greiten / Tabea Schendekehl Women's Lightweight Double Scull: Marion Reichardt / Johanna Reichardt Women's Pair: Lena Sarassa / Hannah Reif Women's Four: Lena Osterkamp / Melanie Göldner / Luisa Schade / Sophie Leupold Men's Single Scull: Oliver Zeidler Men's Double Scull: Marc Weber / Jonas Gelsen Men's Quadruple Sculls: Anton Finger / Max Appel / Tim Ole Naske / Moritz Wolff Men's Lightweight Double Scull: Paul Leerkamp / Jonathan Rommelmann Men's Pair: Jannik Metzger / Julius Christ Men's Four: Theis Hagemeister / Mark Hinrichs / Sönke Kruse / Malte Großmann Men's Eight: Olaf Roggensack / Jasper Angl / Benedict Eggeling /Torben Johannesen / Max John / Marc Kamann / Wolf-Niclas Schröder / Mattes Schönherr / Jonas Wiesen

Squad announced - full slate of entries across the Olympic boat classes. Women's Single Scull: Tara Rigney Women's Double Scull: Amanda Bateman / Laura Gourley Women's Quadruple Scull: Rowena Meredith / Caitlin Cronin / Harriet Hudson / Kathryn Rowan Women's Lightweight Double Scull: Anneka Reardon / Lucy Coleman Women's Pair: Jessica Morrison / Annabelle McIntyre Women's Four: Georgia Patten / Katrina Werry / Sarah Hawe / Lucy Stephan Women's Eight: Hayley Verbunt / Lily Alton / Paige Barr / Georgie Gleeson / Olympia Aldersey / Georgina Rowe / Jacqueline Swick / Molly Goodman / Bronwyn Cox Men's Single Scull: Alex Rossi Men's Double Scull: Cormac Kennedy-Leverett / Harley Moore Men's Quadruple Sculls: Caleb Antill / Jack Cleary / Dave Bartholot / Henry Youl Men's Lightweight Double Scull: Oscar McGuinness / Sean Murphy Men's Pair: Fergus Hamilton / Simon Keenan Men's Four: Alex Hill / Jack Hargreaves / Spencer Turrin / Alex Purnell Men's Eight: Kendall Brodie / Angus Widdicombe / Angus Dawson / Jack O'Brien / Jack Robertson / Tim Masters / Ben Canham / Josh Hicks / Paddy Holt

Squad announced - 10 Olympic crews but not a huge team on the men's side. Women's Double Sculls: Katie Clark / Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Women's Quadruple Sculls: Shannon Kennedy / Grace VandenBroek / Carling Zeeman / Elisa Bolinger Women's Lightweight Double Sculls: Jill Moffatt / Jennifer Casson Women's Pair: Caileigh Filmer / Maya Meschkuleit Women's Four: Rebecca Zimmerman / Kristen Siermachesky / Kristina Walker / Piper Battersby Women's Eight: Morgan Rosts / Cassidy Deane / Avalon Wasteneys / Sydney Payne / Kirsten Edwards / Alexis Cronk / Kasia Grunchalla-Wesierski / Jessica Sevick / Kristen Kit Men's Single Sculls: Trevor Jones Men's Quadruple Sculls: Liam Smit / Terek Been / Steven Rosts / Daniel De Groot Men's Pair: Josh King / Luke Gadsdon Men's Eight: Will Crothers / Jakub Buczek / Curtis Ames / Gavin Stone / Cody Bailey / Liam Keane / Joel Cullen / Ryan Clegg / Laura Court

Squad announced - fielding entries in 10 Olympic classes with no crews in either the Eights or Quadruple Sculls. Fun fact - Since winning Olympic Gold in Tokyo, the New Zealand men's eight haven't taken part in any international competition. Women's Single Sculls: Emma Twigg Women's Double Sculls: Brooke Francis / Lucy Spoors Women's Lightweight Double Sculls: Jackie Kiddle / Shannon Cox Women's Pair: Katie Haines / Alana Sherman Women's Four: Jackie Gowler / Phoebe Spoors / Ella Cossill / Davina Waddy Men's Single Sculls: Tom Mackintosh Men's Double Sculls: Ben Mason / Robbie Manson Men's Lightweight Double Sculls: Matt Dunham / Chris Stockley Men's Pair: Tom Russell / Dan Williamson Men's Four: Ollie Maclean / Matt MacDonald / Logan Ullrich / Tom Murray

Squad announced today - fielding entries for all boats on the women's side but there will be no men's single sculls and no lightweight double sculls. Women's Single Sculls: Lucy Glover Women's Double Sculls: Saskia Budgett / Kyra Edwards Women's Quadruple Sculls: Lauren Henry / Hannah Scott / Lola Anderson / Georgia Brayshaw Women's Lightweight Double Sculls: Emily Craig / Imogen Grant Women's Pair: Emily Ford / Esme Booth Women's Four: Heidi Long / Rowan McKellar / Helen Glover / Rebecca Shorten Women's Eight: Natasha Morrice / Rebecca Edwards / Lauren Irwin / Karen Bennett / Esme Booth / Emily Ford / Hattie Taylor / Ennie Campbell-Orde / Henry Fieldman Men's Double Sculls: Aidan Thompson / John Collins Men's Quadruple Sculls: Callum Dixon / George Bourne / Matt Haywood / Tom Barras Men's Pair: Ollie Wynne-Griffith / Tom George Men's Four: Oli Wilkes / David Ambler / Matt Aldridge / Freddie Davidson Men's Eight: Rory Gibbs / Morgan Bolding / Jacob Dawson / Sholto Carnegie / Charlie Elwes / Tom Digby / James Rudkin / Tom Ford / Harry Brightmore Would like to think that they will have a chance to secure quotas across all 12 boats but there are always some surprises that get thrown up but I think it would be disappointing to come away with less than 10 quotas.

BBC coverage keep banging the drum about how this is the most sustainable world championships ever and how the BBC is playing its part in supporting its green agenda - sadly it all rings a bit hollow given they have just flown a new presenter in from Australia. Not exactly burnishing their green credentials

Yeah its behind paywall but I think Olympics.com will be showing the semis and the final

Would be surprised if the likes of Calos Yulo would opt out of the world champs given he would have very good chance of securing Olympic qualification based on his all around ability.

Happy to see that someone at the UCI has figured out how to work the office calculator and China have been credited with the world championship points for the men's team pursuit in the latest release of the world rankings. This takes them up to into the final qualifying spot ahead of Team GB. This should be the last Olympic ranking update until the Nations Cup / Continental Championships kick off next year.

Men's squad has been announced: James Hall Harry Hepworth Jake Jarman Courtney Tulloch Max Whitlock Fraser and Regini-Moran evidently not back to full strength and given GB have already secured their Paris place, there was no need for them to rush back for this competition. Whilst I don't see Hepworth making the squad for Paris it will be interesting to see how James Hall and Max Whitlock perform because at the moment we have 6 main players on the squad but only 5 places available on the team for Olympics.

I think they didn't compete because it was just a Grand Prix level event rather than a Grand Slam - they didn't compete in any Grand Prix level events during the first period except for one right at the start of the qualifying period and which ended up being a discard score for them all. In both weight classes, the quotas are already pretty much guaranteed and both athletes are going to be on the IJF list so it will come down to Judo Canada's selection policy which, if I have read correctly, at the moment give the edge to Deguchi (4 points to 1); and Reyes (3 points to 2)

Oh I know. Normally I just keep it up until they are reduced to personal insults - that's when you know you've won the argument