Rafa Maciel

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 

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 

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)

Looks like water quality in the Seine has taken a turn for the worse and the organisers decided to switch the para-triathlon test event to a duathlon. Will be interesting to see if the mixed relay goes ahead as scheduled tomorrow. 

Triathlon Mixed Relay
 
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Germany taking the win by 1 second ahead of Team GB to deny the clean sweep of Olympic events. 
 
Perhaps surprisingly, home favourites  - who put out one of their strongest squads - could only finish 4th
 
Evidently the water quality issues continued so there was no swim leg.

Zagreb Grand Prix Results - Day 3 
 
 
 
Men's 90Kg
1.)   Krisztian Toth
2.)  Mihael Zgank
3.)  Rafael Macedo &  Sami Chouchi
 
 
 
Men's 100Kg
1.)   Aleksandar Kukolj
2.)  Jorge Fonseca
3.)  Simeon Catharina &  Leonardo Goncalves
 
 
 
Men's +100Kg
1.)   Lukas Krpalek
2.)  Hyoga Ota
3.)  Erik Abramov &  Ushangi Kokauri 
 
 
 
Women's 78Kg
1.)   Karol Gimenes
2.)  Yuliia Kurchenko
3.)  Alina Boehm &  Anna-Maria Wagner
 
 
 
Women's +78Kg
1.)  Kayra Ozdemir
2.)  Milica Zabic
3.)  Hilal Ozturk &  Sydnee Andrews

With the excitement of the World Championships dissipating, the action on the road has continued this week:
 
Men's Events
 
Vuelta a Burgos
1.)  Primoz Roglic
2.)  Aleksandr Vlasov
3.)  Adam Yates
 
 
Arctic Tour of Norway
1.)   Stephen Williams
2.)  Cristian Scaroni
3.)  Kevin Vermaerke
 
 
Tour of Denmark
1.)   Mads Pedersen
2.)  Mattias Jensen
3.)  Magnus Cort Nielsen
 
 
Tour du Limousin-Perigord
1.)   Romain Gregoire
2.)  Benoit Cosnefroy
3.)  Michael Storer
 
 
Women's Events
 
Konvert Koerse
1.)  Daria Pikulik
2.)  Julie De Wit
3.)  Valentine Fortin

Interesting run down of each federation's approach to qualification:
 
Paris 2024 qualification criteria for each National Federation • World Triathlon

A couple more details from Gracenote's predictions 
 
Breaking - Women:
Gold -  Ami Yuasa
Silver -  Liu Qingyi
Bronze -  Ayumi Fukushima
 
Breaking - Men:
Gold -  Philip Kim
Silver -  Victor Montalvo
Bronze -  Shigeyuki Nakarai
 
 

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 

Pretty emphatic victory for the Good Virgin Islands  over the Evil Virgin Islands  in the 400m hurdles there.

Zagreb Grand Prix Results - Day 1 
 
 
Men's 60Kg
1.   Dilshot Khalmatov
2.  Ahmad Yusifov
3.  Salih Yildiz &  Theo Raoul Hebrard
 
 
Men's 66Kg
1.   William Lima
2.  Sardor Nurillaev 
3.  Aibolat Ystybay &  Mukhriddin Tilovov
 
 
 
Women's 48Kg
1.  Mireia Lapuerta Comas
2.  Milica Nikolic
3.  Marusa Stangar &  Laura Martinez Abelenda
 
 
Women's 52Kg
1.  Jessica Pereira
2.  Soumiya Iraoui
3.  Huh Mio &  Mascha Ballhaus
 
 
Women's 57Kg
1.  Marica Perisic
2.  Veronica Toniolo
3.  Daria Bilodid &  Kaja Kajzer
 

Zagreb Grand Prix Results - Day 2 
 
Men's 73Kg
1.  Jorge Cano Garcia
2.  Messaoud Redouane Dris
3.  Martin Hojak &  Bakhitzhan Abdurakhmanov
 
 
Men's 81Kg
1.   Sagi Muki
2.  Medickson Del Orbe Cortorreal 
3.  Askerbii Gerbekov &  Mykhailo Svidrak
 
 
 
Women's 63Kg
1.   Lucy Renshall
2.  Kim Jisu
3.  Lubjana Piovesana &  Prisca Awiti Alcaraz 
 
 
Women's 70Kg
1.   Lara Cvjetko
2.  Barbara Matic
3.  Irene Pedrotti &  Anka Pogacnik
 
 
 

Zagreb Grand Prix Results - Day 1 
 
 
Men's 60Kg
1.   Dilshot Khalmatov
2.  Ahmad Yusifov
3.  Salih Yildiz &  Theo Raoul Hebrard
 
 
Men's 66Kg
1.   William Lima
2.  Sardor Nurillaev 
3.  Aibolat Ystybay &  Mukhriddin Tilovov
 
 
 
Women's 48Kg
1.  Mireia Lapuerta Comas
2.  Milica Nikolic
3.  Marusa Stangar &  Laura Martinez Abelenda
 
 
Women's 52Kg
1.  Jessica Pereira
2.  Soumiya Iraoui
3.  Huh Mio &  Mascha Ballhaus
 
 
Women's 57Kg
1.  Marica Perisic
2.  Veronica Toniolo
3.  Daria Bilodid &  Kaja Kajzer
 

Interesting run down of each federation's approach to qualification:
 
Paris 2024 qualification criteria for each National Federation • World Triathlon

Interesting run down of each federation's approach to qualification:
 
Paris 2024 qualification criteria for each National Federation • World Triathlon

It's a tough one - Brownlee is a more accomplished individual athlete but Izzard is probably more of a team player in so much as he would be willing to play the part of domestique in the event that Yee has a poor swim leg. It will be interesting to see which squad is used in the test relay event on Sunday.
 
Ultimately I think Brownlee's body has let him down this year and he has been nursing a series of niggles and injuries that have limited his participation and impacted his results. He decided to pass on the Sunderland WTCS in favour of focusing on the Paris test event and that just hasn't paid off for him. He genuinely believed he could finish top 3 and secure nomination for GB squad whereas Izzard has looked to bank as many points as possible - a tactic that seems to be paying off. 
 
Both Brownlee and Izzard have the solution to the problem in their own hands - chase the points necessary to get themselves both in to the top 30 so that GB secures a third individual quota place - each is sitting on 4 events during the second period with Izzard banking over 1000 points whilst Brownlee is on around 750. Izzard is down to do a World Cup level event before the WTCS final but don't see anything on the Brownlee schedule as yet.

As a  I can tell you that this is not going to happen - not this year, not next year and not ever 

A golden double for  after Alex Yee wins the test event 
 
Barclay Izzard seems to have found some decent form and finished in 17th place - it could have/should have been higher but he had to serve a 15 second penalty because of a swimming infraction but Jonathan Brownlee could only manage a disappointing 51st  (out of 55 starters).
 
It's looking increasingly likely that Brownlee is going to miss out on his 4th Olympic games after his poor run of results continued. He's dropped another 5 places in the latest rankings to now sit in 37th whereas Izzard has steadily been climbing the rankings over the last few weeks. He now sits at 43rd.
 
 

It can't be any worse than the water they swam in at Sunderland WTCS 

Paris Test Event
 
1.)  Beth Potter
2.)  Cassandre Beaugrand
3.)  Laura Lindemann
 
Beth Potter now needs a podium finish at the WTCS Championship Final at Pontevedra to confirm her place on Team GB
 
Beaugrand also met the first criteria for selection to French team - I think she now needs a top 6 at Olympic distance WTCS event next year to confirm her spot on the team. 
 
Laura Lindemann and Nina Eim should both be selected for German team given they both achieved top 8 finish. 

All of them are Olympic classes

The test event is not a direct quota event - so no new quotas will be awarded - but a lot of the nations are using it as a team selection event.

GB are probably heading for a doubling of their representation across the Mountain bike and BMX disciplines but despite this, it could still see them coming away with less medals in these events than they won in Tokyo.
 
Off the top of my head I think GB are defending 3 gold, a silver and a bronze - Pidcock and Schriever have good chance to defend their titles but Worthington has struggled for form since Tokyo. Kye Whyte will be up against a formidable French team on home soil but if he can make the final could have medal chance. Finally, Reilly and/or Brookes will look to figure in the men's freestyle but Jeanjean will look to use home advantage. 

According to the USATF website, the squad for 200m is Lyles, Knighton, Bednarek and Lindsey. So assume that Kerley has been entered as a reserve but won't take to the start line unless one of the other 4 drop out.  I think USA have done this in a couple of events.