Rafa Maciel

Athletes eligible under Criteria 4 but not included in the women's team event are:
 
 Rifda Irfanaluthfi
 Aleah Finnegan & Kylee Ann Kvamme
 Emma Yap & Nadine Joy Nathan
 Aida Bauyrzhanova
 Dildora Aripova
 Milka Elpitiya
 Reece Cobb & Madeleine Marshall
 Olivia Kelly
 Karla Navas & Lana Herrera
 Ginna Escobar Betancur & Yiseth Valenzuela
 Alai Perea
 Lynnzee Brown
 Makarena Pinto Adasme & Franchesca Santi
 Ana Karina Mendez
 Stella Diaz Muniz
 Kaylia Nemour & Lahna Salem
 Jana Abdelsalam & Sandra Elsadek
 Maria Tronrud & Mari Kanter
 Barbora Mokosova
 Emma Slevin & Halle Hilton
 Anna Lashchevska & Ilona Krupa
 Lucija Hribar & Zala Trtnik
 Camille Rasmussen
 Lena Bickel & Caterina Cereghetti
 Sevgi Kayisoglu & Bengisu Yildiz
 Athanasia Mesiri
 Filipa Martins & Mafalda Costa
 Thelma Adalsteinsdottir & Margaret Les Kristinsdottir
 Lihie Raz
 Christina Zwicker
 Celeste Mordenti
 Valerija Ratobilska
Kaja Skalska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

For the women's team I think we can probably expect     and  to come through safely for quota.  Behind them I can see   and  also qualifying. 
 
On the men's side,  should be a definite along with .     and should also have enough quality in their squads to qualify. 

Qualification Pathway Criteria 4 - Qualification is open only to those NOCs who do not have a full team qualified through Criteria 1 or Criteria 2. Individual quotas will be awarded to the 8 highest ranked eligible men's All-Around athletes and 14 women's All-Around athletes, based on the All-Around qualification scores. 
 
Athletes eligible under Criteria 4 but included in the team event on the men's side are:
 Carlos Edriel Yulo
 Van Vi Luong
 Yeh Cheng & Lee Chih Kai
 Usukhbayar Erkhembayar
 Yogeshwar Singh
 Mikhail Koudinov & Ethan Dick
 Isaac Nunez
 Joel Alvarez
 Andres Josue Perez Gines
 Santiago Mayol
 Rodrigo Gomez
 Diorges Escobar
 Hillal Metidji
 Hamza Hossaini
 Artur Davtyan & Gagik Khachikyan
 Elias Koski & Oskar Kirmes
 Sofus Heggemsnes & Harald Wibye
 Ilias Georgiou & Michalis Chari
 Ricardo Rudy & Askhab Matiev
 Ivan Tikhonov
 Gytis Chasazyrovas
 Sebastian Gawronski & Kacper Garnczarek
 Adam Steele
 Jose Nogueira
 Petar Vefic
 Yordan Aleksandrov & Kevin Penev
 Daniel Bago
 Marcus Stenberg
 Valgard Reinhardsson
 
 

We're a couple of weeks away from the 2023 World Championships where the next raft of quotas will be awarded so may be good time to look at the runners and riders:
 
Qualification Pathway Criteria 2 - 20 teams will compete for full quota of 5 gymnasts at Paris. Quotas awarded to the 9 highest ranked teams not already qualified based on their team qualification score.
 
Qualification Pathway Criteria 3 - The NOCs of the 10th, 11th and 12th ranked teams not already qualified will each secure 1 individual athlete quota. Again, this is based on the team qualification score.
 
The teams competing for the quotas under these criteria are confirmed as: 
 
Women's Team
                   
 
Men's Team
                   
 

Qualification Pathway Criteria 4 - Qualification is open only to those NOCs who do not have a full team qualified through Criteria 1 or Criteria 2. Individual quotas will be awarded to the 8 highest ranked eligible men's All-Around athletes and 14 women's All-Around athletes, based on the All-Around qualification scores. 
 
Athletes eligible under Criteria 4 but included in the team event on the men's side are:
 Carlos Edriel Yulo
 Van Vi Luong
 Yeh Cheng & Lee Chih Kai
 Usukhbayar Erkhembayar
 Yogeshwar Singh
 Mikhail Koudinov & Ethan Dick
 Isaac Nunez
 Joel Alvarez
 Andres Josue Perez Gines
 Santiago Mayol
 Rodrigo Gomez
 Diorges Escobar
 Hillal Metidji
 Hamza Hossaini
 Artur Davtyan & Gagik Khachikyan
 Elias Koski & Oskar Kirmes
 Sofus Heggemsnes & Harald Wibye
 Ilias Georgiou & Michalis Chari
 Ricardo Rudy & Askhab Matiev
 Ivan Tikhonov
 Gytis Chasazyrovas
 Sebastian Gawronski & Kacper Garnczarek
 Adam Steele
 Jose Nogueira
 Petar Vefic
 Yordan Aleksandrov & Kevin Penev
 Daniel Bago
 Marcus Stenberg
 Valgard Reinhardsson
 
 

We're a couple of weeks away from the 2023 World Championships where the next raft of quotas will be awarded so may be good time to look at the runners and riders:
 
Qualification Pathway Criteria 2 - 20 teams will compete for full quota of 5 gymnasts at Paris. Quotas awarded to the 9 highest ranked teams not already qualified based on their team qualification score.
 
Qualification Pathway Criteria 3 - The NOCs of the 10th, 11th and 12th ranked teams not already qualified will each secure 1 individual athlete quota. Again, this is based on the team qualification score.
 
The teams competing for the quotas under these criteria are confirmed as: 
 
Women's Team
                   
 
Men's Team
                   
 

FIG World Challenge Cup - Paris Results 
 
 
Men's Vault
1.)  Harry Hepworth: DD 5.600 Ex 8.850  & DD 5.600  Ex 9.350  Total: 14.700
2.)  Leo Saladino: DD 5.600 Ex 9.050   & DD 5.200 Ex 8.650  Total: 14.250
3.)  Jose Lopez: DD 5.200 Ex 9.150  & DD 5.200 Ex 8.950  Total: 14.250
 
Men's Parallel Bars
1.)  Lukas Dauser: DD 6.600 Ex 8.650 Total: 15.250
2.)  Mitchel Morgans: DD 6.100 Ex 8.550 Total: 14.650
3.)  Cameron-Lie Bernard: DD 6.300 Ex 8.300 Total: 14.600
 
Men's Horizontal Bar
1.)  Tang Chia-Hung: DD 6.300 Ex 8.650 Total: 14.950
2.)  Arthur Mariano: DD 5.600 Ex 8.750 Total: 14.350
3.)  Bernardo Miranda: DD 5.200 Ex 8.700 Total: 13.900
 
 
Women's Balance Beam
1.)  Marine Boyer: DD 5.700 Ex 7.900 Total: 13.500 (Penalty -0.1)
2.)  Kaylia Nemour: DD 5.600 Ex 7.900 Total: 13.500
3.)  Flavia Saraiva: DD 5.500 Ex 7.950 Total: 13.450
 
Women's Floor
1.)   Melanie de Jesus dos Santos: DD 5.500 Ex 8.150 Total: 13.650
2.)  Jade Barbosa: DD 5.600 Ex 7.800 Total: 13.400
3.)  Alexa Moreno: DD 5.800 Ex 7.500 Total: 13.300

FIG World Challenge Cup - Paris Results 
 
Men's Pommel Horse
1.)  Max Whitlock: DD 6.900 Ex 8.550 Total: 15.450
2.)  Rhys McClenaghan: DD 6.400 Ex 8.500 Total: 15.100
3.)  Edoardo de Rosa: DD 6.400 Ex 8.600 Total: 15.000
 
Men's Rings
1.)  Courtney Tulloch: DD 6.200 Ex 8.500 Total: 14.700
1.)  Salvatore Maresca: DD 6.200 Ex 8.500 Total: 14.700
3.)  Vinzenz Hoeck: DD 6.100 Ex 8.550 Total: 14.650
 
Men's Floor
1.)  Koga Hiramatsu: DD 5.900 Ex 8.800 Total: 14.700
2.)  Benjamin Osberger: DD 5.600 Ex 9.050 Total: 14.650
3.)  Luke Whitehouse: DD 6.900 Ex 7.850 Total: 14.650 (Penalty -0.1)
 
 
Women's Vault
1.)  Alexa Moreno: DD 5.400 Ex 9.000  & DD 5.200  Ex 8.550  Total: 14.075
2.)  Georgia Godwin: DD 5.000 Ex 8.800 & DD 4.800 Ex 9.100  Total: 13.850
3.)  Coline Devillard: DD 5.400 Ex 8.850  & DD 4.2 Ex 9.150  Total: 13.800
 
Women's Uneven Bars
1.)   Melanie de Jesus dos Santos: DD 6.300 Ex 8.400 Total: 14.700
2.)  Rebecca Andrade: DD 6.400 Ex 8.200 Total: 14.600
3.)  Kaylia Nemour: DD 6.600 Ex 7.500 Total: 14.100

In the much anticipated pommel horse showdown between  Max Whitlock and  Rhys McClenaghan the bragging rights went to Whitlock. He took gold with a score of 15.45 against McClenaghan's 15.1.
 
Whitlock upped his degree of difficulty to 6.9 (against 6.8 in qualifying) whilst McClenaghan had D score of 6.6 (up from 6.4 in qualifying). Historically I think McClenaghan has offset a lower degree of difficulty by outperforming on the execution but he wasn't able to do that today with Whitlock scoring 8.55 against McClenaghan's 8.5.
 
With both athletes looking close to their best, the pommel horse is shaping up to be a great competition when the World Champs come around. 

PanAmerican/Oceania Continental Championships - Day 1 
 
 
 
Men's 60Kg
1.)  Matheus Takaki
2.)  Joshua Katz
3.)  Michel Augusto &  Jonathan Charon
 
Men's 66Kg
1.)  Julien Frascadore
2.)  Orlando Polanco
3.)  Juan Hernandez &  Willian Lima
 
Men's 73Kg
1.)  Daniel Cargnin
2.)  Arthur Margelidon
3.)  Magdiel Estrada &  Gilberto Cardoso
 
 
Women's 48Kg
1.)  Mary Dee Vargas Ley
2.)  Edna Carrillo
3.)  Natasha Ferreira &  Maria Celia Laborde
 
Women's 52Kg
1.)  Larissa Pimenta
2.)  Paulina Martinez
3.)  Jessica Pereira &  Tinka Easton
 
Women's 57Kg
1.)  Christa Deguchi
2.)  Rafaela Silva
3.)  Jessica Klimkait &  Brisa Gomez
 
Women's 63Kg
1.)  Katharina Haecker
2.)  Prisca Awiti Alcaraz
3.)  Hannah Martin &  Maylin Del Toro Carvajal
 
 
 

Sarajevo European Open Results - Day 1 
 
 
 
Men's 60Kg
1.)  Yam Wolczak
2.)  Lior Rafailov
3.)  Ariel Shulman &  Enzo Jean
 
Men's 66Kg
1.)  Sam Hall
2.)  Islam Rahimov
3.)  Biagio D Angelo &  Giuseppe De Tullio
 
Men's 73Kg
1.)  Nariman Mirzayev
2.)  Naim Matt
3.)  Eric Ham &  Leonardo Valeriani
 
 
Women's 48Kg
1.)  Ellen Salens
2.)  Gemma Maria Gomez Antona
3.)  Lisa Dengg &  Helena Grau
 
Women's 52Kg
1.)  Ana Viktorija Puljiz
2.)  Leonie Gonzalez
3.)  Lea Metrot & Roza Gyertyas
 
Women's 57Kg
1.)  Andjela Samardzic
2.)  Lisa Grabner
3.)  Romi Dori &  Ophelie Vellozzi
 
Women's 63Kg
1.)  Melodie Turpin
2.)  Miriam Boi
3.)  Nadja Bazynski &  Amanda Zuaznabar-Torres
 

PanAmerican/Oceania Continental Championships - Day 2 
 
 
 
Men's 81Kg
1.)  Francois Gauthier Drapeau
2.)  Guilherme Schmidt
3.)  Medickson Del Orbe Cortorreal &  Adrian Gandia
 
Men's 90Kg
1.)  Rafael Macedo
2.)  Louis Krieber Gagnon
3.)  John Jayne &  Mariano Coto Bersier
 
Men's 100Kg
1.)  Shady Elnahas
2.)  Leonardo Goncalves
3.)  Nathaniel Keeve &  Thomas Briceno
 
Men's +100Kg
1.)  Andy Granda
2.)  Rafael Silva
3.)  Marc Deschenes &  Freddy Figueroa
 
 
Women's 70Kg
1.)  Elvismar Rodriguez
2.)  Aoife Coughlan
3.)  Luana Carvalho &  Celinda Corozo
 
Women's 78Kg
1.)  Mayra Aguiar
2.)  Moira De Villiers
3.)  Maria Swan &  Vanessa Chala
 
Women's +78Kg
1.)  Beatriz Souza
2.)  Idalys Ortiz
3.)  Sydnee Andrews &  Brigitte Carabali

Sarajevo European Open Results - Day 2 
 
 
 
Men's 81Kg
1.)  Jarne Duyck
2.)  Lukas Wittwer
3.)  Botond Toth &  Lukas Vennekold
 
Men's 90Kg
1.)  Tim Schmidt
2.)  Toni Miletic
3.)   Adam Borchashvilli &  Guy Gurevitch
 
Men's 100Kg
1.)  Nikola Pljevaljcic
2.)  Oliver Barratt
3.)  Ruslan Nasirli &  Boris Georgiev
 
Men's +100Kg
1.)  Marvin Belz
2.)  Mircea Croitoru
3.)  Wesley Greenidge &  Vito Dragic
 
 
Women's 70Kg
1.)  Alina Lengweiler
2.)  Aleksandra Samardzic
3.)  Gioia Vetterli &  Frieferike Stolze
 
Women's 78Kg
1.)  Emma Reid
2.)  Jovana Pekovic
3.)  Petrunjela Pavic &  Vicky Verschaere
 
Women's +78Kg
1.)  Sara Maric
2.)  Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi
3.)  Larisa Ceric

FIG World Challenge Cup - Paris Results 
 
 
Men's Vault
1.)  Harry Hepworth: DD 5.600 Ex 8.850  & DD 5.600  Ex 9.350  Total: 14.700
2.)  Leo Saladino: DD 5.600 Ex 9.050   & DD 5.200 Ex 8.650  Total: 14.250
3.)  Jose Lopez: DD 5.200 Ex 9.150  & DD 5.200 Ex 8.950  Total: 14.250
 
Men's Parallel Bars
1.)  Lukas Dauser: DD 6.600 Ex 8.650 Total: 15.250
2.)  Mitchel Morgans: DD 6.100 Ex 8.550 Total: 14.650
3.)  Cameron-Lie Bernard: DD 6.300 Ex 8.300 Total: 14.600
 
Men's Horizontal Bar
1.)  Tang Chia-Hung: DD 6.300 Ex 8.650 Total: 14.950
2.)  Arthur Mariano: DD 5.600 Ex 8.750 Total: 14.350
3.)  Bernardo Miranda: DD 5.200 Ex 8.700 Total: 13.900
 
 
Women's Balance Beam
1.)  Marine Boyer: DD 5.700 Ex 7.900 Total: 13.500 (Penalty -0.1)
2.)  Kaylia Nemour: DD 5.600 Ex 7.900 Total: 13.500
3.)  Flavia Saraiva: DD 5.500 Ex 7.950 Total: 13.450
 
Women's Floor
1.)   Melanie de Jesus dos Santos: DD 5.500 Ex 8.150 Total: 13.650
2.)  Jade Barbosa: DD 5.600 Ex 7.800 Total: 13.400
3.)  Alexa Moreno: DD 5.800 Ex 7.500 Total: 13.300

A lot of action across both the men's and women's tours on the roads this week:
 
 
Men's Events
 
La Vuelta Ciclista a Espana
1.)   Sepp Kuss
2.)  Jonas Vingegaard
3.)  Primoz Roglic
 
Tour of Slovaquie
1.)   Remi Cavagna
2.)  Stefan Kung
3.)  Milan Vader
 
Grand Prix de Wallonie
1.)   Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez
2.)  Dylan Teuns
3.)  Jasper De Buyst
 
Giro della Toscana - Memorial Alfredo Martini
1.)  Pavel Sivakov
2.)  Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro
3.)  Felix Grosschartner
 
Gran Pemio citta di Peccioli - Coppa Sabatini
1.)  Marc Hirschi
2.)  Pavel Sivakov
3.)  Tadej Pogacar
 
Kampionenschap van Vlaanderen
1.)  Jasper Philipsen
2.)  Dylan Groenewegen
3.)  Fabio Jakobsen
 
Super 8 Classic
1.)  Mathieu Van Der Poel
2.)  Anthony Turgis
3.)  Florian Vermeersch
 
Memorial Marco Pantani
1.)  Alexey Lutsenko
2.)  Marc Hirschi
3.)  Pavel Sivakov
 
 
 
Women's Events
 
Tour de Romandie
1.)   Demi Vollering
2.)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma
3.)  Marlen Reusser
 
Tour Cycliste Feminin International de l'Ardeche
1.)  Marta Cavalli
2.)  Erica Magnaldi
3.)  Anastasiya Kolesava
 
Grisette Grand Prix de Wallonie
1.)  Marta Lach
2.)  Sylvia Persico
3.)  Victoire Berteau
 
AG Tour De La Semois
1.)  Karlijn Swinkels
2.)  Clara Koppenburg
3.)  Noemi Ruegg
 
 

FIG World Challenge Cup - Paris Results 
 
Men's Pommel Horse
1.)  Max Whitlock: DD 6.900 Ex 8.550 Total: 15.450
2.)  Rhys McClenaghan: DD 6.400 Ex 8.500 Total: 15.100
3.)  Edoardo de Rosa: DD 6.400 Ex 8.600 Total: 15.000
 
Men's Rings
1.)  Courtney Tulloch: DD 6.200 Ex 8.500 Total: 14.700
1.)  Salvatore Maresca: DD 6.200 Ex 8.500 Total: 14.700
3.)  Vinzenz Hoeck: DD 6.100 Ex 8.550 Total: 14.650
 
Men's Floor
1.)  Koga Hiramatsu: DD 5.900 Ex 8.800 Total: 14.700
2.)  Benjamin Osberger: DD 5.600 Ex 9.050 Total: 14.650
3.)  Luke Whitehouse: DD 6.900 Ex 7.850 Total: 14.650 (Penalty -0.1)
 
 
Women's Vault
1.)  Alexa Moreno: DD 5.400 Ex 9.000  & DD 5.200  Ex 8.550  Total: 14.075
2.)  Georgia Godwin: DD 5.000 Ex 8.800 & DD 4.800 Ex 9.100  Total: 13.850
3.)  Coline Devillard: DD 5.400 Ex 8.850  & DD 4.2 Ex 9.150  Total: 13.800
 
Women's Uneven Bars
1.)   Melanie de Jesus dos Santos: DD 6.300 Ex 8.400 Total: 14.700
2.)  Rebecca Andrade: DD 6.400 Ex 8.200 Total: 14.600
3.)  Kaylia Nemour: DD 6.600 Ex 7.500 Total: 14.100

Looks like  racked up another qualifier last week's Brussels Diamond League meeting with Jess Warner-Judd posting a new PB of 14:51.53 for 5000m. 

Ultimately, the Victorian Government defaulted on a validly entered contract, so it was always likely that they were going to have to pay substantial compensation when they decided to cancel. The compensation is actually to be paid across 3 organisations - Commonwealth Games Federation, Commonwealth Games Federation Partnerships and Commonwealth Games Australia. Although the breakdown is not being made public right now, the assumption is that the lion's share will go to CGF and CGFP. This will be to compensate from the loss of revenue/sponsorship etc. from the cancellation but there would be no reason why this money could not be used to support a new host.
 
With regards to India - there were initial suggestions that they could be interested in stepping in as replacement and that may yet happen. Despite the points you raise, ironically the biggest factor in favour of India stepping in as hosts would be to maintain those key Indian sports on the schedule and in particular, ensuring that shooting remains in the Commonwealth schedule. As you say, Indian officials were not happy that shooting was not on the programme for Birmingham but it shouldn't really have been a surprise to anyone that this was going to be the case - the pistols used in shooting events have been banned in the UK since the Dunblane school massacre.
 
As for Canada, they're not on the hook for any compensation because they didn't drop out of hosting - Alberta, after exploring whether or not to bid decided not to proceed. 
 
Now that the question of compensation has been settled, the CGF focus will turn to finding an alternate host. They will be making the argument that hosting a games does not have to cost billions of dollars but it does need "mature" hosts to come forward i.e cities that have existing facilities in place, don't need major infrastructure upgrades to be made and are willing to make pragmatic decisions. 

Ultimately, the Victorian Government defaulted on a validly entered contract, so it was always likely that they were going to have to pay substantial compensation when they decided to cancel. The compensation is actually to be paid across 3 organisations - Commonwealth Games Federation, Commonwealth Games Federation Partnerships and Commonwealth Games Australia. Although the breakdown is not being made public right now, the assumption is that the lion's share will go to CGF and CGFP. This will be to compensate from the loss of revenue/sponsorship etc. from the cancellation but there would be no reason why this money could not be used to support a new host.
 
With regards to India - there were initial suggestions that they could be interested in stepping in as replacement and that may yet happen. Despite the points you raise, ironically the biggest factor in favour of India stepping in as hosts would be to maintain those key Indian sports on the schedule and in particular, ensuring that shooting remains in the Commonwealth schedule. As you say, Indian officials were not happy that shooting was not on the programme for Birmingham but it shouldn't really have been a surprise to anyone that this was going to be the case - the pistols used in shooting events have been banned in the UK since the Dunblane school massacre.
 
As for Canada, they're not on the hook for any compensation because they didn't drop out of hosting - Alberta, after exploring whether or not to bid decided not to proceed. 
 
Now that the question of compensation has been settled, the CGF focus will turn to finding an alternate host. They will be making the argument that hosting a games does not have to cost billions of dollars but it does need "mature" hosts to come forward i.e cities that have existing facilities in place, don't need major infrastructure upgrades to be made and are willing to make pragmatic decisions. 

Safe to assume they're just very slow to update - the Olympic ranking hasn't been updated since the Polish Challenger event in early August so doesn't even include the results from World Champs either. 

That's not quite correct - New Zealand sent and won the Men's Eight at the FQR.

I think  got a 2nd quota for the men's time trial with a top 10 finish at the world champs, but the women didn't so they should only have 1 spot in the TT. 

Lahore dropped as host of Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 
 
Men's Olympic hockey qualifier withdrawn from Pakistan (insidethegames.biz)

Looks like  racked up another qualifier last week's Brussels Diamond League meeting with Jess Warner-Judd posting a new PB of 14:51.53 for 5000m. 

Quick round up of some of the main road races which concluded over the weekend. 
 
Men's Events
 
Maryland Cycling Classic
1.)   Mattias Jensen
2.)  Neilson Powless
3.)  Hugo Houle
 
Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France
1.)   Valentin Madouas
2.)  Mathieu Burgaudeau
3.)  Felix Grosschartner
 
 
Women's Events
 
Tour de l'Avenir Femmes
1.)   Shirin Van Anrooij
2.)  Anna Shackley
3.)  Gaia Realini
 
Classic Lorient Agglomeration - Trophee Ceratizit
1.)   Mischa Bredewold
2.)  Marta Lach
3.)  Sofia Bertizzolo