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Thank you... as with the men in this event, it wasn't a medal I expected as this has been our worst event since 2012. They were regular enough to earn that medal, even when the judges tried to award the Russians enough points in their last dive. Curious fact is that Paola Espinosa earned her first World Championships in this same event, with former partner Laura Sanchez, back in 2003.

Glad at least Mexican fencers advanced from the pool round into the preliminary tableau. Even happier one of our women competitors in epee made it to the main competition.

Sorry for the delay... here are my picks for the last Olympic quotas in synchro diving. Women's 3m Synchro Secure: Favorites to qualify: Could Upset: Men's 10m Synchro Secure: (cause any team Daley is guaranteed a prize by the judges) Big chance: Could Upset:

Oh I'm not against parkour as an activity or even it's inclusion in the program one day (I'm concerned about the lack of understanding of what trespassing is, but that's a pure legal matter) but FIG's parkour is a joke.

He really fought for it and totally deserved it, after the big snub he received for the Pan Am Games... still I think that 4th round went a little high on the score, but if it wasn't for that his initial 2.3 dive (which he should upgrade) and the last dive, he could have won it. So sad Tocci had a bad day, but he's one to watch in this and next Olympic cycle(s).

They sure did, yet there's another qualifying event ahead and I can't see them missing on that opportunity... no other team (except North Korea) are really on their level.

I agree that nobody wants to see less events in men's artistic, but if already men and women get the same quota allocation, they could add a couple of new events in women's artistic program; but I think the next move will be to include that ridiculous parkour event FIG is promoting.

Exactly... as with rhythmic gymnastics, this goes against "gender-equality", that in today's "progresive, inclusive" policies seems more an attempt to be correct than to actually better the quality, field and public & economic support the women competitors deserve. In other words: less sexism and harrasment, equity in broadcast and better economic incentives & prizes Once it goes well developed, and other gender taboos are surpassed, it will be interesting to see the mix competition in this, along with a more fair, credible score system, where everyone has a chance and not the already fixed positions that only change a little every 4 years or so.

This is a complete phony discipline taking away a lot of quotas from other events... To be honest, let's throw this out and get back to 13 players per team in Water Polo, plus 10 more open swimming and another 12 per gender in diving.

It's from the same company, I think those two are among the best, although nowadays local "handcrafted" beers are one of the few growing industries in Mexico. From the other ones, I like Beck's, but are Stella Artois and Heineken are ok too... never tasted Fisher Other beers I like: Pilsner Carlsberg (DEN), Pilsner Urquell (CZE) and Cusqueña (PER)

You can already fill the spaces: team & duet team & duet (team place due to reallocation as Russia will qualify from European event) team & duet duet (following China's being reallocated the team spot) duet duet team & duet (team place due to reallocation as Russia will qualify from European event) Thankfully, New Zealand and South Africa are likely to reject their quotas, so we will see more deserving swimmers in Tokyo. Sadly, Australia and Egypt will take Greece and Mexico out of the team competition.

A prediction for the Women's 10m Synchro Springboard initial round and finals at Sunday 8:45 AM CET Dive List Out of the starting pairs, only Macau is already out of the final, the other duets at risk are Norway and Romania. South Korea will advance thanks to the judges, but shall be no treat for the Olympic quota. Now, for the final, here are my picks: Secure: Big chance to qualify: Other contenders: :

Me neither... they're quite inconsistent and prone to fail dive, either in synchro or individual competitions. Still, kudos on today's performance, as they were good enough to overcome the rest and qualify for Tokyo, even if their executions were just regular.

Well judges always favor them, I think they always have a 0.5-1,0 advantage over the rest. Nevertheless, they are a step ahead of every other team, yet their scores should be definitely be lower and also they should be beaten more often at competitions. What for me has been a real scandal its the scores of the Japanese and Korean divers... in the first case, FINA seems likely to throw them a medal next year at Olympics and in Korea's case, I think they couldn't left the hosts without any reward, and this discipline was the easiest one in which they could favor them.

An unfortunate injury for Gagne He hit the board and had some scrapes on his back. But it seems it's not really serious and he seems to be confident he can perform well in the individual event. With that in mind, there's plenty of time for him and Imbeau-Dulac to get that quota next year.

Mexico will end this edition with one silver and a bronze thanks to our star, Jorge Martinez

México wins the men's 4x400 relay 3:02.89 amazing time, the eight fastest by country rank this season

In an hour the prelim round of the first qualification event for Tokyo, the Men's 3m Synchro Springboard Dive List Finals at Saturday 8:45 AM CET Early predictions for the 3 quotas Secure (unless tragedy happens): Big chance to qualify: Other contenders:

Fine by me

Do you prefer Corona or Negra Modelo?

Exactly, that was a thing when I was a teenager... get over it Gold Medal winner Thomas Bach, 1976, fencing.

Well, negligence is also a form of cover up, and that must account for at least, an investigation against Kenya's athletic federation and doping authority.

Wonder why, given this, there's no need for Kenyan athletes to compete under authorization and a neutral flag.

Well from the divers above only the Jamaican is going to compete in Lima in this event. USA and MExico will send different divers, so probably along with Jamaica, the Canadians and the Colombians have a shot in the one meter.

Men's 1m Springboard Non-Olympic Event Preliminary Round Results Athletes Qualified for the Final Rank Competitor Nation Result 1 WANG Zongyuan 429.40 2 PENG Jianfeng 410.80 3 WOO Haram 396.10 4 PACHECO MARRUFO Rommel 390.40 5 KOLODIY Oleg 370.40 6 HERRERA Briadam 365.25 7 LESIAK Kacper 358.70 8 TOCCI Giovanni 357.50 9 HAUSDING Patrick 357.20 10 HEATLY James 355.35 11 KNIGHT-WISDOM Yona 354.30 12 QUINTERO DIAZ Rafael 352.00 Full Results