Rafa Maciel

So at the end of the competition, the status of relay qualification for Paris is: 
 
 

 

So at the end of the competition, the status of relay qualification for Paris is: 
 
 

 

So at the end of the competition, the status of relay qualification for Paris is: 
 
 

 

So at the end of the competition, the status of relay qualification for Paris is: 
 
 

 

Damn those spoil-sports 

So at the end of the competition, the status of relay qualification for Paris is: 
 
 

 

Multiple media outlets in UK reporting that T20 cricket is "very likely" to feature on the 2028 Olympic programme. With the format being a pool of 5 teams for both men and women. 
 
Qualification would be based on world rankings so would include , , ,  and  for men and , , ,  and  for women (always assuming Scottish cricket don't raise any stupid objections) If they reserve spot for  as home nation, then  would lose out in both cases.
 
It looks like this is purely being driven by money - if cricket is included, the value of broadcast rights in India could increase to 10 times their current value - but it would eat up about 110 athlete quotas.
 
Given it has to be a pretty safe bet that baseball/softball is also going to return to the programme and that is going to require around 230 athlete quotas, it begs the questions, where do these 340 quotas come from? 
 
Looking at the Paris quota breakdown, for the non-core sports (breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing), given USA will be expecting to medal in skateboarding and surfing, I can't see them being dropped. Likewise, I think sport climbing is becoming established in the programme so would be unlikely to be dropped. This means the only sport not likely to return in Los Angeles is breaking but that only frees up 36 quotas. Boxing, Weightlifting and Modern Pentathlon aren't officially on the schedule yet so you'd have to assume that the quotas will come from those 3 sports. Modern pentathlon probably joins breaking as a goner - freeing up another 72 quotas but that would still leave 200 short. 
 
Losing 23 individual medal events to be replaced by 4 team medals would seem to be a bit extreme.

My views on Cricket in Olympics:
 
What irks me everytime Cricket comes up is the scorn of some of the users. Just because you don't like a sport doesn't mean the sport is boring. I mean people here give running commentary on 50km Walk and still find T20 long and boring? There have been literally users who have said Cricket doesn't even deserve to have a World Cup as it is not global enough. And at the same time, no one has a problem with sports which are played only in Europe + USA/Canada. 

Multiple media outlets in UK reporting that T20 cricket is "very likely" to feature on the 2028 Olympic programme. With the format being a pool of 5 teams for both men and women. 
 
Qualification would be based on world rankings so would include , , ,  and  for men and , , ,  and  for women (always assuming Scottish cricket don't raise any stupid objections) If they reserve spot for  as home nation, then  would lose out in both cases.
 
It looks like this is purely being driven by money - if cricket is included, the value of broadcast rights in India could increase to 10 times their current value - but it would eat up about 110 athlete quotas.
 
Given it has to be a pretty safe bet that baseball/softball is also going to return to the programme and that is going to require around 230 athlete quotas, it begs the questions, where do these 340 quotas come from? 
 
Looking at the Paris quota breakdown, for the non-core sports (breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing), given USA will be expecting to medal in skateboarding and surfing, I can't see them being dropped. Likewise, I think sport climbing is becoming established in the programme so would be unlikely to be dropped. This means the only sport not likely to return in Los Angeles is breaking but that only frees up 36 quotas. Boxing, Weightlifting and Modern Pentathlon aren't officially on the schedule yet so you'd have to assume that the quotas will come from those 3 sports. Modern pentathlon probably joins breaking as a goner - freeing up another 72 quotas but that would still leave 200 short. 
 
Losing 23 individual medal events to be replaced by 4 team medals would seem to be a bit extreme.

Multiple media outlets in UK reporting that T20 cricket is "very likely" to feature on the 2028 Olympic programme. With the format being a pool of 5 teams for both men and women. 
 
Qualification would be based on world rankings so would include , , ,  and  for men and , , ,  and  for women (always assuming Scottish cricket don't raise any stupid objections) If they reserve spot for  as home nation, then  would lose out in both cases.
 
It looks like this is purely being driven by money - if cricket is included, the value of broadcast rights in India could increase to 10 times their current value - but it would eat up about 110 athlete quotas.
 
Given it has to be a pretty safe bet that baseball/softball is also going to return to the programme and that is going to require around 230 athlete quotas, it begs the questions, where do these 340 quotas come from? 
 
Looking at the Paris quota breakdown, for the non-core sports (breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing), given USA will be expecting to medal in skateboarding and surfing, I can't see them being dropped. Likewise, I think sport climbing is becoming established in the programme so would be unlikely to be dropped. This means the only sport not likely to return in Los Angeles is breaking but that only frees up 36 quotas. Boxing, Weightlifting and Modern Pentathlon aren't officially on the schedule yet so you'd have to assume that the quotas will come from those 3 sports. Modern pentathlon probably joins breaking as a goner - freeing up another 72 quotas but that would still leave 200 short. 
 
Losing 23 individual medal events to be replaced by 4 team medals would seem to be a bit extreme.

Multiple media outlets in UK reporting that T20 cricket is "very likely" to feature on the 2028 Olympic programme. With the format being a pool of 5 teams for both men and women. 
 
Qualification would be based on world rankings so would include , , ,  and  for men and , , ,  and  for women (always assuming Scottish cricket don't raise any stupid objections) If they reserve spot for  as home nation, then  would lose out in both cases.
 
It looks like this is purely being driven by money - if cricket is included, the value of broadcast rights in India could increase to 10 times their current value - but it would eat up about 110 athlete quotas.
 
Given it has to be a pretty safe bet that baseball/softball is also going to return to the programme and that is going to require around 230 athlete quotas, it begs the questions, where do these 340 quotas come from? 
 
Looking at the Paris quota breakdown, for the non-core sports (breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing), given USA will be expecting to medal in skateboarding and surfing, I can't see them being dropped. Likewise, I think sport climbing is becoming established in the programme so would be unlikely to be dropped. This means the only sport not likely to return in Los Angeles is breaking but that only frees up 36 quotas. Boxing, Weightlifting and Modern Pentathlon aren't officially on the schedule yet so you'd have to assume that the quotas will come from those 3 sports. Modern pentathlon probably joins breaking as a goner - freeing up another 72 quotas but that would still leave 200 short. 
 
Losing 23 individual medal events to be replaced by 4 team medals would seem to be a bit extreme.

Team GB are going to be debuting their new Olympic bike in Glasgow next week as part of package of 64 new pieces kit registered ahead of Paris 2024. 

He is. Will compete in both events in Glasgow

New Gracenote assessment:
 
Australia replace France as projected semi-finalist
 

I go with the font of athletics knowledge in the UK - the BBC talking heads and they called her Natalie 

I believe Gracenote Nielsen have released their medal projections for Paris.
 
 43 Gold  -  43 Silver   -   42 Bronze
 32 Gold  -  30 Silver   -   11 Bronze
 26 Gold  -  20 Silver   -   22 Bronze
 20 Gold  -   13 Silver   -   12 Bronze
 15 Gold   -  23 Silver   -   24 Bronze
 
Not sure if anyone can share details of the individual sport breakdown. 
 

I believe Gracenote Nielsen have released their medal projections for Paris.
 
 43 Gold  -  43 Silver   -   42 Bronze
 32 Gold  -  30 Silver   -   11 Bronze
 26 Gold  -  20 Silver   -   22 Bronze
 20 Gold  -   13 Silver   -   12 Bronze
 15 Gold   -  23 Silver   -   24 Bronze
 
Not sure if anyone can share details of the individual sport breakdown. 
 

So with 2 groups completed, assuming that Italy continue their strong start to the process and secure qualification by right as one of the top 2 in group C, it looks like Group C is the favourite to secure the final wildcard for next year's finals.
 
Assuming Italy and Japan take the top two positions, if Canada finish 3rd, I think they would secure the wildcard.  
 

For us in Britain the CWG does two things now
 
Debut Multi Sport Games for those transitioning from the obscurity of Juniors to the spotlight of full international competition A way of saying thanks to all those hard-working amateur & semi-pro sportspeople who are not going to ever win the big prizes.  
That’s good enough for me. No need for the hosts to spend a fortune to transform their cities - just do what Munich 2022 did & make sensible use of pre-existing resources.

Nice touch from Crousser going and thanking each of the volunteer officials in the shot put.  

Jeanette Kwakye on BBC coverage saying Zharnel Hughes is the man to beat in Budapest  Talk about being over-hyped off the back of 1 good result. 

Jeanette Kwakye on BBC coverage saying Zharnel Hughes is the man to beat in Budapest  Talk about being over-hyped off the back of 1 good result. 

Part of me is kind of glad that Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix didn't have a stellar performance here. Had she got to the final then the pressure on her to perform in Paris from the UK media would have been immense. I'd much rather see her making steady progression increasing her scores and her consistency as we head into the Olympics.
 
Toulson will be going to Paris - if only as part of the 10m synchro team, but she's going to have a real fight with Eden Cheng for that second individual spot behind Spendolini-Sirieix. 
 
My only concern going into Doha next year is how early it is in the season. The guys were stoked getting the early qualifications done because it meant that they could have an uninterrupted training block through Jan-Feb next year but for some athletes, were going to need them to step up and secure those additional qualifying spots in Doha.
 
If the squad can keep this kind of form up going into Paris though, we could be looking at our largest haul of diving medals at an Olympics for a very long time. 
 

I totally agree - IF and it is a big if, the games end up back in UK in 2026, it will be spread across multiple cities - although I'd probably disagree with your allocation of events, but that is largely irrelevant. But if it comes down to it and the choice is either to cancel the games or to stage them in the UK, then the powers that be will want to do everything they can to make sure that the first games under Charles III go ahead. 
 
Longer term, I think there would be a lot of push back to any attempt to fully wind up the commonwealth games, but equally I think the games in their current format are definitely on life support. However, the commonwealth games federation have been aware of the challenges for a long time and have shown they are willing to adapt and realistically, we may well get to a point where the games only comprises of swimming and athletics events.
 
With regards to the European Games, how can anyone take it seriously when it can't attract the support of the major sporting federations who it seems, would prefer to be part of the European Championships? I am sorry, but when you're reduced to including ski jumping in your schedule, you know you've got major issues with your credibility. 

Second only to China, reinforcing GB's position as the second global diving power - admittedly a very long way after China - which, for those of us with memories is about as likely as GBR being a global power in Sumo.
 
This result, remember achieved with no Daley, and no individual Laugher. Big positive for me is that Goodfellow, Williams and Kothari clearly positioned themselves as potentially world class. Big disappointment, obviously was Andrea, though Toulson did a fab recovery job that will keep her in the conversation for the spot along with the brilliant EG performance by Cheng. Andreas ceiling is much higher, and she's going, Equally, A fit Laugher is going, Houldon not quite having his 2022 form. Haslam probably comes back into the conversation given Houldon's struggles, but Laugher/Goodfellow are big favourites for the two spots, if the second spot is achieved.
 
I suspect a full house will be achieved in Doha, which, again, in historic terms remains astounding.