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Me neither. I would love to see Todorov and Guevara behind bars.

I know. This completely seems like Guevara’s doing Espinosa’s will. I mean, how come they couldn’t just let García (Espinosa’s partner) for who hasn’t had a proper partner in years, enter the synchro event just to satisfy his ego. I really hope that FINA can intervene in the selection process to give a fair chance to Balleza and others.

Well, a promise is a promise @intoronto and everyone else, here's my look at synchro competitions. Just to clarify, I'm taking my predictions looking at results from 2018 and 2019, and lack of international meetings and training due to pool restrictions in many countries will play a factor here. Women's 3m Trampoline Already qualified: Well, let's start by doing an elimination of the weakest links: Brazil, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and Japan are not likely to make the cut into the final. From there, among the 9 other not qualified finalists, I don't think the South Koreans have really the level to be in top 8; Germany and Ukraine are debuting new combinations, and they could surprise the rest of the field, but I'm not really county finalists. This leaves us with 6 teams. Amongst them, pairs from Russia and Great Britain are the outstanding ones and their passes, though not free of risks, will be mostly assured. Malaysians finished with silver medals at the last Asian Games, and so did the Americans, although Bacon had a different partner that time. However, if the Italian and Dutch duos can make clean entries, they could surpass the former two teams. Picks: Alternate(s): Women's 10m Platform Already qualified: As the last time, let's start by throwing out those who, besides the above nations, haver zero chance: that is Norway, Puerto Rico, South Korea & Venezuela )the team that will not progress from the prelims). Easy right? We have again 6 teams fighting for the available spots. Sure locks are Canadians Benfeito/McKay and Russians Beljaeva/Timoshina. Unless those pairs get injured or very unlucky, they're firmly in Tokyo. Who will join them? Most surely the British and Italian pairs, who are both consolidated solid scoring pairs, This time, Mexico is likely to end just out of contention, as Agundez is probably one of the worst divers I have the tragedy to ever see and will pull her partner out of contention, and Germany always seem to underperform, though this time their odds could change. Picks: Alternate(s): Men's 3m Trampoline Already qualified: Definitely the thoughest event to predict, and not only because it has 22 teams competing at prelims, but because any little error will surely be a heavy mark on the true contenders. Who are them? Let's start with Gagné/Imbeau-Dulac from Canada, who had to retire at Gwangju, but had very nice showings at the Pan Am Games and World Series in 2019. Germany still has veteran Hausding paired with Rudiger and they are quite consistent at their showings as are European champions Shleikher/Kuznetsov from Russia. Finally, Ukraine's Gorshkovozov/Kolodiy and USA's Hixon/Capobianco are also established teams that on a good day can alter the "natural" order and even finish with a podium. Picks: Alternate(s): (I'll be quite glad if Imbeau-Dulac finally conquers his demons and puts all out there, proving me wrong) Men's 10m Platform Already qualified: Another nail bitter to the end, not quite defined yet, except for Ukraine's place with Sereda/Serbin being clear away from the rest. The other contenders, in no particular order are: Canada with a young duo that improved quite a lot in a couple of weeks in 2019 and I'll surely like them to nail all their entries; Kim/Woo from South Korea will be hoping to repeat that 6th place on home soil; the new US pair, LoSchiavo/Dinsmore, who have been working together for some time and could obtain a nice result here; Germans Massenberg and new partner Wesemann who are an enigma, but could pull and upset, and finally, the made up/weird pairing of Garcia/Willars from Mexico, who are a combination of (inconsistent) experience and (promising) youth )I'll save my ranting on this abortion created by our government later) Picks: (just barely) Alternate(s):

Well, not good really. Your woman is definitely not among the contenders in 3m, and though your men trampoline synchro could sneak into the final, they will need at least 3 out of 7 teams to be completely off form in the final. However, if Lesiak is in form and can finally conquer his fears, he may advance to the semifinals, since he was close both at last Worlds and Europeans; if not, he'll sadly will have to watch Tokyo from home.

Yes, Molvalis is your best hope, and with some good executions, he could be one of the new faces in 10m semifinals, or being one of the lucky losers that will potentially benefit from multiple starters (one diver selected by his NOC in more than one event). Sadly, none of the other Greeks appeared at international competition, and that may cost them in terms of both, "recogenition" & "lenience" with the judging panel, not to mention the lack of proper competitions since 2019.

Give me until tonight so I can post my favorites and dark horses for both synchro and individuals (tomorrow night)

Hammer Throw Diego Del Real - 78.68 NR Hoping for an Olympic final once more.

It’s 68 quotas per gender, considering all events. Sadly, diving has one of the most hole filled qualification systems amongst other disciplines. In principle, any non qualified diver who makes it to the semifinals in individuals (top 18 after prelims) should be considered qualified. However, if the NOC has already 1 or 2 divers in said event, then no other diver from same NOC can obtain another quota in that specific event; e.g. Woo Haram can’t add another place for Korea in either 3m or 10m as it has qualified in either, even if he makes it into semis. So considering now we have 34 quotas in men and 33 in women assigned to individual divers from prior qualification events, plus the 32 that are/will be assigned to pairs in synchro, well that left 2/3 “numerical” quotas in men/women, we’ll have to wait until confirmation of nominal entries to ser who gets the final spots, as some but not all pf the individuals are likely to compete in more than one event.

No ideas for tripartite yet, but it seems Malawi and even Yemen are sending male competitors to the World Cup stages in Europe, so most probably they are front contenders. as for favorites, too close to call. We’re talking about a sport in which mental strength and weather can severely affect the outcome. So once the next World Cup stage is completed and once I see team compositions for the direct eliminations, I could name my favorites.

This is a real sad one (at least for me) Benjamin Auffret, Diving, announced his retirement last week. I was hoping for him to get a medal in Tokyo after being so close in Rio. Sadly, this also means the French delegation will likely have one less athlete in Tokyo, as he was his only diver in platform since Rio, unless the federation decides to send some inexperienced replacement.

Yes they have, and they should have some home field advantage. However in both cases won’t be easy, as the men knock out have at least 8 teams with a similar level. Yet I expect the French to be one of the 3 survivors in both genders

First stage of Archery World Cup ended today in Guatemala City. A reduced field in most events, but athletes from 3 continents were present, among them most of the main contenders for the remaining team quotas at the Olympics. But let's start with Compound, where the won gold medals in women's team and men's individual, adding 3 bronzes to their count. Two other American nations obtained gold: in women's individual, but this time through Nora Valdez instead of Sara López, while Mexico took the men's team title, and a couple of silvers in women's & mixed team events. It could have been a complete swept by the host continent, but Danes Stephan Hansen & Tanja Gellenthien hit a dozen 10's in a row to defeat the Mexicans in the final match. Now, regarding recurve individual events, Atanu Das & Deepika Kumari took the top spot in the podium, with Mexico taking both bronze medals (Ángel Alvarado & Alejandra Valencia); Daniel Castro from earned two medals, silver in individuals and a team Gold, while Mackenzie Brown once again was the best US women also earning silver. Now, talking about the men team competition, as said previously the spanish squad took the first position, and showing a good form after sending out a couple of tough rivals (India and the French, who ended in 4th) before a rather quick win against Ellison & Co, with Germany achieving the bronze. All those four, plus a few others that were either early eliminated or just absent, are to be taken seriously in contention for a chance to be in Tokyo, but I´ll wait until next stop to predict any outcome. On the women's side, India's and Mexico's teams showed a better form that the rest of their competitors, and in my opinion are early frontrunners to win two of those Olympic spots; both fought a close final, if at the end, a better concentration favored the Asian side. However one should not discount (again losing against their German neighbors in the 3rd place match). or the to improve on their way to the final qualification tournament in Paris.

Archery WA World Cup 2021 Multi-Stage Event - 20 April 2021 - 2 September 2021 Official Website Programme Results System Results Database Facebook Page Discussion Thread

If World Archery isn't kidding, the World qualification tournament will be held before last World Cup stage, so that means no Russians, Koreans, Brits, etc, which better the chances of both squads.

Well that makes more sense. Román has totally lost her form. Still I think both teams should be rather safe for Olympic qualification. The other ticket should be contested between , , &

Así es. Todorov es de las peores cosas que han pasado, y más con esa triangulación de recursos que tienen entre él, la gente de Guevara que se dedica a "promover" deportistas y el equipo de Bautista; va a estar difícil que Espinosa consiga la plaza en individuales, sencillamente el año pasado en Lima se tiró de panza dos veces, así que obviamente ya no es una atleta de alto rendimiento. ¿Dónde encuentras los resultados de los atletas mexicanos? Me gustaría seguirles el pasado en este último tramo rumbo a los Olímpicos. Me gustó el desempeño del equipo femenino de tiro con arco hasta la final. En verdad que forma de perder la concentración de Vázquez en esa última flecha, cuando únicamente necesitaba un 9. En fin, creo que sí mantienen este nivel, y viendo que otras de sus rivales tienen peor forma, veo posible que obtengan uno de los 3 últimos lugares por equipos. En cuanto a los hombres, creo ya no hay esperanza. Deberán conformarse con pelear entre ellos el boleto individual.

Al parecer Diego Del Real dio la marca para Tokio e impuso nuevo record nacional con 78.62, que de ser confirmado, seria la segunda marca del año y lo pondría en la mira para repetir la final en los Juegos

So not exactly the best for the major sporting event, unless they add some places right?

Well I’m not very comfortable with this question as it involves Aussie slang, which is really weird. If it was to me, I would discard Malt as it is the only “proper” word among the options. And Grenad just seems like it’s missing a vowel, so not quite Australian. I’d either pick A or D

It is ridiculous to call it a competition when it's a 8-9 team direct knock-out, as opposed to the former system with pools, then knock outs, which I'd love to see reinstated at least at World Cup level.

Well, both Djokovic and Nadal (not to say Federer who unfairly is still top 10) are in time to retire after this irregular season and still maintain some dignity. I mean, both are in her mid thirties, as am I.

Sorry to hear it. I really hope he gets the appropiate treatment and gets better. A former boss of mine had it, and yes, and from what I saw, it´s not a pleasant surprise.

Wow, what a meltdown for Mie Skov

These are the chosen ones for Mexican delegation the Opening Ceremony