Rafa Maciel

I know that there will be plenty of spin put on it, but it is difficult to argue with the fact that the team didn't perform to the best of their abilities in the events where quotas were available. Archery - despite great qualifying round, Monty Orton and Penny Healey couldn't replicate it in the QF of the mixed event but the performance is mitigated by Penny Healey taking gold and the quota. Also great result from the women's team to take the title - real shame it wasn't a quota event. Overall A- Boxing - 3 quotas secured is at the bottom end of expectations but not necessarily disastrous. More worryingly perhaps was the fact that 5 of the boxers lost by unanimous decision. They've got a lot of work to do in the run up to the world qualifiers. Overall C- Breaking - were never likely to win the quota, but whatshisname got to the quarter finals which was probably all we could ask for. Overall B Canoe - Still 2 quotas to be awarded but not expecting either to go to GBR. Jo Clarke showing decent form but Mallory Franklin not performing as strongly as she did a couple of seasons back. Overall C+ Diving - A mixed bag for Team GB with some great dives and some literal belly flops but have to bear in mind this was not our strongest team. It was great performance from Eden Cheng to get the quota on platform whilst a couple of others came close. Disappointing that some got themselves into qualifying positions only to drop points on final dive. Overall B- Modern Pentathlon - As expected backed the 2 quotas. Can't help feeling it would have been better for us if Pillage had taken the men's quota rather than Choong but that is purely because the European nations are going to be disadvantaged at the worlds because there is no order of precedence in place - if Choong finishes in top 3 at worlds, that quota will go to the world ranking list. Overall A Rugby Sevens - It pretty much went to the script I guess. It would have been pretty disastrous for the women not have taken the quota given the gulf in experience within the draw. The men's side came close and they weren't overwhelmed by Ireland in the final but equally they never looked like they were going to threaten Ireland. Overall B+ Shooting - To be clear, the shooting team have done well to already have 4 quotas (5 when you factor in that McIntosh will double up in 10m and 50m event) but they weren't even close to securing additional quotas here. Coward Holley didn't make the final whilst Ben Llewelin didn't make it out of his ranking match - OK they are still likely to qualify although at this rate it will be through ranking rather than earning a spot at an event - but Jess Liddon shot her best precision round only to crap the bed in the rapid. Can't think of many other athletes who went from top of the pile to 32nd at these games. Overall D Table Tennis - We weren't really in the running for the mixed doubles quota. Overall C+

I have to say, presenting the data like this is flattering Team GB. Yes, they'll be booking 19 more seats on Easyjet or the Eurostar, but realistically, it was 8 event quotas - that is to say 8 medal opportunities - and is probably at the lower end of expectations.

Close, but no cigar.

Given Choong isn't going to complete the grand slam, the best result from GBR perspective would be for Pillage to secure the quota rather than Choong.

Any British beach volleyball fans - the Bello brothers have made it through to the final of the DEPO final in Saulkrasti and it is being streamed on Facebook

Interesting that with the exception of Ireland, all of the big winners of quotas participated in the IBA world championships earlier this year. All the training in the world is no substitute for actual competition experience and I wonder if having that extra tournament helped nations like France, Turkey and Italy get their boxers "battle ready" Whatever the tactic was in terms of preparing for these champs, it hasn't worked out as they expected winning just 3 quotas is probably less than half of what they expected. It will be interesting to see if they make any changes in the run up to the world qualifiers next year but looking at how the national federations are trying to spin the performances across the last few days, I doubt they will.

You may well be right - my boxing data is in a mess given the competing iterations of the qualifying pathways

That's my understanding too

Based on the strength of French team's performance, they wont need the host quotas. The host quotas are attached to specific weight classes and you've qualified by right in 5 of them so the "host" quota is no longer required in those weight divisions and will be allocated at the 2nd world qualifier. France will look to qualify further quotas at the 1st world qualifier. At the end of the 1st world qualifier the French NOC will advise which of the host quotas they are going to use - at the moment they would accept the remaining 4 (M57Kg, M80Kg, W54Kg W66Kg). As far as I am aware, France will still be able to enter the 2nd world qualifier in those weight divisions where they have not qualified by right and where no host quota is available. Currently that would mean M92Kg, M+92Kg and possibly W75Kg (although Davina Michel has just won the 1st round of her semi-final so she may win a quota here)

Host nations are given guaranteed number of spots which can be used if they are not able to earn them through the usual qualification pathway. In specific weight divisions, if France don't qualify here or at the 1st world qualifier, then they can still utilise the reserved host quota spots. Currently still available: 2 spots on the women's side and 2 on the men's side.

To be fair the crowds have been so small it is conceivable the majority of them could have come from the Italian delegation cheering their team on - but it did seem a dubious decision.

I assume so - difficult to tell because the results system is so crap. 5 shooters all had 121 Originally the Portugese athlete and coward Holley were shown as having qualified but now it is changed and Coward Holley is out and Sweden's Levin Andersson is in. Will be glad when these comps are over and we can go back to professional management by the international federations.

So last day of shooting quotas and last chance for shooting squad to redeem themselves. All eyes on Coward Holley who just managed to sneak their way into the final 8

Kirsty Gilmour takes out No3 seed Line Kjaersfeldt in 3 sets. Gotta be one of her strongest result so far this year. Will take on the top seed Carolina Marin in the semi finals.

50 point penalty if you miss a gate completely.

Ah right - sorry forgot there were 2 quotas

He's made it through to semi-finals but isn't Germany and Netherlands still in contention for the quota if they get through to the final?

Given the Masters events seems to be the 6th qualifying event in each period, it is pretty disappointing that it looks like we are only planning on sending 2 male athletes to the event - Lachlan Moorhead and Jamal Petgrave. The fact that it is the usual suspects on the male side, speaks volumes about the lack of ambition within GB Judo right now. They could have and should have been targeting qualifying for the team event but it seems they will be happy if they can get just 1 male quota.

The round of 16 badminton draw is an absolute mess - all 8 of the seeded players made it through but because of the pool results, 6 of them have ended up in the top half of the draw with just Tan and Blichfeldt in the bottom half.

and right on cue - disaster

Britain looked good in their win over Spain without ever looking spectacular. Likewise, Ireland did what they needed to do to put Portugal away without needing to bring their A game. The final could be close - 5-10 point difference - but if Ireland bring their A game, there is only going to be one winner.

Well you could go for speed chess - that would make it faster You could play it standing up - higher And you could use weighted pieces ranging from 1Kg to 25Kg to make it stronger. I think our German fencer friend at the head of the IOC could totally be persuaded of its merits.

Yeah - but this is showing who would have qualified for Tokyo at the 2020 European qualifier under the 2024 criteria. As the 54Kg class is a new division for 2024, there's no comparison that can be made to 2020.

As loses another boxer in the round of 16, I get the feeling that our squad is dramatically underperforming their own expectations but given that the number of places available at the European qualifiers has halved compared to 2020, I wanted to see how they are doing compared to the Tokyo squad. Men's 51 Kg quotas in 2020: Men's 57Kg quotas: Men's 63.5Kg quotas: Men's 71Kg quotas: Men's 80Kg quotas: Men's 92Kg quotas: Men's +92Kg quotas: So on the men's side we would have secured 5 quotas. As it currently stands, at best we could take 3 but more likely that we will end up with only 1 or 2. Women's 50Kg quotas in 2020: Women's 54Kg quotas: N/A as additional weight division Women's 57Kg quotas: Women's 60Kg quotas: Women's 66Kg quotas: Women's 75Kg quotas: For the women's events, the picture is equally bleak for GBR. They would have won 3 quotas in 2020 but again, we're likely to win 1 or 2 at best. Long story short, if want to continue their long history of being one of the largest boxing squads at the Olympics, they are going to have to come up with some stellar performances at the world qualifiers next year.

So after the fun of seeing the modern version of Ken Dodd's Tickling Stick in action, the women run out comfortable winners 36-12