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So & should be the ones to go secure the tickets. & for a possible surprise. Out of the finals: and either or

Agree, though I think Mexico will only win more medals than Egypt / Venezuela.

Benfeito/McKay are probably the team that has surprised me the most at how out of form they are Can't blame Benfeito though.... still hoping they perform better at the final.

If Orozco/Agundez keep this form for the final, I'll eat my words @Braulio BTW, what the hell is seeing the comentator? Many times he says beautiful, when it's almost a total fail. And judges overscoring Japan again

And Mexico will probably go from 7 in Rio to none in Tokyo. That shows that there must be a change in the national federation, that has done so much damage to their own athletes.

The only thing worth in Costa Rica it's their natural environment, which every other country on Earth should envy. Outside that, their infrastructure is pretty limited and basic, as I'm by every single friend of mine that has visited the country. And as many has stated, rather have it at the hall of some nice hotel, instead of a poorly maintained public venue. Still, who didn't want to live in a rather peaceful country, with beautiful natural places and acceptable public services?

I really doubt it. 3m synchro for men already is too crowded and Korea isn't really a contender, but another surprise may happen.

These team shall be a true contender for Tokyo if they continue to evolve. I'm really glad they earned their quota with solid executions.

Great results for Italy and Germany in women's 3m synchro Sad about Russia though, but that 4th (like with most other contenders in that same round) and 5th dives were their death. Can't say too much about men's 10m synchro since I haven't see the footage, but if that mediocre performance by Garcia (Willars is still making the transition from Jr. to Sr.) was enough for Silver, I can say I really hope Mexico is banned from attending Tokyo if the federation insist in sending him just because his partner is friends with the Goverment undersecretary. Also glad Koreans will debut in synchro and that shall create room for two divers from other countries to attend Tokyo.

Yes, I agree with about lack of competition; still some of these pairs have competed together for years and have made some pretty "amateur" mistakes I'd expect from a competitor from Yemen or Tuvalu.

If these subpar performances by almost everyone remain for the final, Mexico will qualify merely by their dive dificulty degree

Big mistake by the Russians in Round 4... still confident they'll make it into the final.

Una verdadera mierda de equipos... pobre Randal; realmente se ve que está llegando a su punto y le ponen a un Iván que está en plena decadencia y se notó mucho en la calidad de la ejecución. Con gusto despellejaría a Todorov, Bautista y Guevara con mis manos. Y Espinosa? Un chiste. Para tirarse de panza, mejor voy yo y me aviento.

is out of contention. Sadly for them, very slim chances now for them to obtain more quotas, even in individuals. On the opposite, great work from the Germans. It will be a very interesting final, as every unqualified time, except & , are on quite similar terms. Mental sterngth will be the decisive factor.

Thank you

Does this year’s Panamerican & Rutopean Championships count for qualification ranking?

Meet for American countries (except USA and Canada) to achieve qualifying times. Live broadcast by PanAm Sports Live app for Android/iOS

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.