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I just was reading about it... may one of the greatest boxers RIP!

Wow, couldn't see the complete openning ceremony, but I'm more impressed by your work @hckosice The dances, the lovely castles, and above all, too see a little bit of a country with such natural beauty, unspoiled... I envy those views (specially the snowed peaks, I don't see it often around here). And the top on an amazing ceremony, to hear @Werloc perform his beautiful music! What an excellent idea, I hope we could see more of this in future editions. Good luck to everyone tomorrow morning!

Thank you. They really need it tonight... after a disaster first set (with referee's aid at some points), the Mexicans played real good in the second one, only to once again give a dismal show in the last one. I hope they improve their game tomorrow against Tunisia, or else the team that is going to Rio is Chile (no offense to anyone, but Algeria is no real threat for the other three teams, but I could be wrong). On another news, Australia just made things more interesting in the Tokyo qualifier, earning 3 points against China after a 3-1 victory.

Wow, congrats to the Chilean volley team... they easily defeated Tunisia 3-0... so maybe there will be surprises in the intercontinental tournament

Wonderful pening ceremony! A great job by hckosice!! I'd love to visit Slovakia someday, I loved the landscapes and the architecture.

Sadly not on this time, however I'm confident they will update results as soon as they can on the federation's page. Some athletes from countries in Central American and the Caribbean are also competing, trying to obtain the criteria

As any good Mexican, arriving to the Arena a little bit late, can't get in until the Slovakian anthem is played, or so they told me... I'll run to avoid missing more of the show

Probably, but it will depend on how much pressure the National Olympic Committee puts on the federation to include someone outside the criteria.

[hide] Preliminary Round June 3rd-June 14th, 2016 16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals All times are Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4) Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 3rd 2016, h. 21:30, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara United States 1 2 Colombia June 4th 2016, h. 17:00, Camping World Stadium, Orlando Costa Rica 1 1 Paraguay June 7th 2016, h. 20:00, Soldier Field, Chicago United States 2 2 Costa Rica June 7th 2016, h. 22:30, Rose Bowl, Pasadena Colombia 2 0 Paraguay June 11th 2016, h. 19:00, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Paraguay 1 0 United States June 11th 2016, h. 21:00, NRG Stadium, Houston Costa Rica 1 3 Colombia Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 4th 2016, h. 19:30, CenturyLink Field, Seattle Haiti 0 2 Peru June 4th 2016, h. 22:00, Rose Bowl, Pasadena Brazil 2 1 Ecuador June 8th 2016, h. 19:30, Camping World Stadium, Orlando Brazil 5 0 Haiti June 8th 2016, h. 22:00, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Ecuador 1 1 Peru June 12th 2016, h. 18:30, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Haiti 0 3 Ecuador June 12th 2016, h. 20:30, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Peru 1 3 Brazil Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 5th 2016, h. 17:00, Soldier Field, Chicago Jamaica 2 0 Venezuela June 5th 2016, h. 20:00, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Mexico 1 1 Uruguay June 9th 2016, h. 19:30, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Uruguay 3 0 Venezuela June 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Rose Bowl, Pasadena Mexico 2 0 Jamaica June 13th 2016, h. 20:00, NRG Stadium, Houston Mexico 3 1 Venezuela June 13th 2016, h. 22:00, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Uruguay 1 0 Jamaica Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Camping World Stadium, Orlando Panama 1 1 Bolivia June 6th 2016, h. 21:30, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Argentina 2 0 Chile June 10th 2016, h. 19:00, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Chile 3 1 Bolivia June 10th 2016, h. 21:30, Soldier Field, Chicago Argentina 4 0 Panama June 14th 2016, h. 20:00, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Chile 3 0 Panama June 14th 2016, h. 22:00, CenturyLink Field, Seattle Argentina 2 0 Bolivia [/hide]

Today starts the national championships in Mexico, last chance for our athletes to achieve the standards set by the federation, and in the case of 20km race walk both genders, the chance to achieve nomination. Currenlty we have qualified 20 athletes (13 men and 7 women); however, Juan Luis Barrios, two-time Olympic finalist in 5000m is likely to miss Rio due to injury and Diego del Real is not oficially selected, as the national committee asks for a 78.00 meters mark in hammer throw, even when this kid has already broke the national record twice this year, last time with a throw of more than 77.50

Finally ICF gives a summary of qualification quotas. Tou can find it here under the Canoe Sprint section.

Entry lists for Open Water qualifier next week Any early predictions/favorites?

But Brazil has 2 quotas on the list; I don't know what mess they did again, taking one spot away from France.

Very impressive indeed... I'll be rooting for he and Boe in Rio!

Seems like the only explanation... don't forget in the document for track cycling they gave another spot to Colombia, which chould have been given to the Czechs.

But yet again, UCI seems to not know its qualifying rules as in their document they are awarding a quota to Colombia http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/News/17/68/70/ListedesNOCqualifiés_Neutral.pdf

Daniela Campuzano (Cycling - Mountain Bike)

According to my calculations, this is how final standings and quota for Women Road should look: Rank Nation Points Quotas 1 Netherlands 3414.00 4 2 United States 2778.00 4 3 Italy 2141.25 4 4 Australia 1710.50 4 5 Germany 1615.75 4 6 Poland 1501.50 3 7 Sweden 1474.50 3 8 Great Britain 1472.25 3 9 Canada 1187.50 3 10 Belgium 1080.00 3 11 France 971.00 3 12 South Africa 849.50 2 13 Luxembourg 732.25 2 14 Russia 583.00 1 15 Belarus 539.25 1 16 Ukraine 538.00 1 17 Finland 490.00 1 18 New Zealand 439.50 1 19 Cuba 436.00 1 20 Mexico 377.00 1 21 Switzerland 367.50 1 22 Spain 349.00 1 Qualifying through individual rankings: 41 Ting Ying HUANG Chinese Taipei 275.00 59 Emilie MOBERG Norway 173.50 69 Olena PAVLUKHINA Azerbaijan 143.00 75 Jutatip MANEEPHAN Thailand 132.00 76 Martina RITTER Austria 131.00 84 Polona BATAGELJ Slovenia 115.00 87 Daiva TUSLAITE Lithuania 110.00 89 Antri CHRISTOFOROU Cyprus 109.00 90 Shani BLOCH Israel 109.00 94 Mayuko HAGIWARA Japan 103.00 97 Paola MUNOZ Chile 92.00 Places from continental championships go to Namibia (Africa), Venezuela (America) and South Korea (Asia). Brazil will use the host quota places. Good job by Lithuania this past weekend earning one quota, but at the same time so sad Denmark and Costa Rica fell short of qualifying by 1.50 and 2.50 points in the end

Well there are at least another 8 athletes in front of him in the rankings, so unfortunately, it is very unlikely for him to qualify.

ISSF finally gave the full list of quotas for Rio Link

The only athlete that qualified by finishing in the top 3 is Jinhwa JUNG from South Korea; the other two places are reallocated through rankings, which go to: James COOKE Amro EL GEZIRY Adam MAROSI Omar EL GEZIRY Maksim KUSTOV Justinas KINDERIS Jianli GUO Bence DEMETER Now, we must wait for South Korea to reallocate 2 places, and China, Egypt, Hungary and Russia one.

The following athletes qualified to Rio through ranking (including reallocation from 2016 World Championships and host quota): Zsofia FOLDHAZI Annika SCHLEU Claudia CESARINI Anastasiya PROKOPENKO; Ieva SERAPINAITE Freyja PRENTICE Gintare VENCKAUSKAITE Iryna KHOKHLOVA Melanie MCCANN Margaux ISAKSEN Germany, Great Britain and Lithuania still need to determine the competitors they will send to the Games as they have 3 qualified; so expect some reallocations either from European Qualification or World Ranking

Quotas for men were defined today: and No matter if Nauru wins +105kg, they will finish one point short of Fiji

Totally agree; for me it's the most entertaining event of Slalom canoe... I pray they reverse this decision on time, just like they did with kitesurfing

I made a calculation up to last Sunday... from individual rankings you shall drop Hong Kong; Azerbaijan and Chile will qualify instead. Milagro Mena is number 100 in individual ranking, but she is likely to end up just outside that place. Namibia and Korea still qualify, but this time by winning the continental quota, meaning China and Mauritius are out, and Venezuela will qualify for America.