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here we go!
 
the best shotgun specialists are now in  Almaty for a new stage of the World Cup
 
women's Skeet
 
Gold:  Assem Orynabay
Silver:  Jiang Yiting
Bronze:  Martina Bartolomei
 
Full Results & Rankings
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/3281/results
 
very controversial finish in this event, with a clear home call by the judges which allowed the Home favourite to repeat 2 shots she missed in the first instance that would have left her in 3rd place instead of advancing in the final stint, where she even won the gold medal 

Archery, Baseball, Basketball, Basketball-3x3, Flag Football, Hockey and Handball qualification trackers are now ready in our LA28 tracker.
 
We have added the rankings (you can find them in Archery and Hockey) and all the tables have been optimized for mobile views.
 
@Matej is taking care of the trackers, @Laraja is taking care of the rankings.
 
All other sports' trackers coming soon 

New qualification by NOC pages.
 
United States of America, with Host Country quotas already filled.
 
Next is to create tabs for each of the qualified sports.

Thoght the stadium will explode in this moment 

Boxing World Cup Stop 1: Foz de Iguacu,  
 
Just started yesterday
 
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@confederacaobrasileiradebo3892/streams
 
Live results here: https://bra.xboxing.world/schedule?matchId=39&isNationality=1

Corruption is a plague in the Balkans. It's a cultural heritage, a "trojan horse" of the ottoman administration; I honestly doubt this can be adressed in a predictable future.
 
Regarding Bulgaria, I share your amazement, especially knowing that the EU was the driving force behind Romania’s progress. Yesterday I had a bout of nostalgia— I watched some YouTube videos depicting Bucharest in the '90s and, believe me, it looked like stone age..

First quotas confirmed. 63 nations to compete in Triathlon
 
https://triathlon.org/news/triathlon-reaches-new-heights-record-63-nations-to-compete-at-dakar-2026-youth-olympic-games

A nice 2nd place. I’m satisfied with the performance.

Me too 

I have also gotten a window to buy ticekts.

I agree NO to Poomsae!!!
 
I think they plan to introduce 6 weight classes after LA instead of 8 right now, and those 6 should become Olympic instead of current 4 weights. Going forward world and Olympic ranking could be identical. 
 
But it’s not clear if that means more quotas. Having 6 classes with 64 athletes per gender would be a joke. A reasonable taekwondo competition needs at least 16 athletes per weightclass. But I am not sure taekwondo can get another 64 quotas in total, I doubt it. 
 
beside that I am not happy with the newly proposed weight classes, they give much more focus on light weight athletes, which will be an advantage for Asian countries mainly. 
 
if the proposal is accepted the new weightclasses will be: 
 
Female: 46kg, 51kg, 57kg, 63kg,70kg and +70kg 
 
Male: 54kg, 60kg, 67kg,74kg, 82kg, +82kg

Good results so far. Hope they can, at least, maintain their place in this division.

Good results so far. Hope they can, at least, maintain their place in this division.

Monday April 6th, 2026 -
Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +2)
 
12:30   Netherlands  6 - 2  Belgium
16:00   Australia  5 - 1  Chinese Taipei
19:30   Serbia  2 - 4  Mexico
 
Provisional Standing After Day 2:
 
1.    5
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2.   3
3.   3
4.   3
5.   3
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6.   1

Sunday April 5th, 2026 -
Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +2)
 
12:30   Chinese Taipei  5 - 2  Netherlands
16:00   Mexico  PSO3 - 2  Belgium
19:30   Australia  4 - 8  Serbia
 
Provisional Standing After Day 1:
 
1.    3
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2.   3
3.   2
4.   1
5.   0
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6.   0

Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Hong Kong 5 5(0) 0(0) 19 7 +12 15 Lithuania 5 4(1) 1(0) 15 11 +4 11 Ukraine 5 3(0) 2(1) 20 11 +9 10 New Zealand 5 2(0) 3(0) 15 18 -3 6 Mexico 5 1(0) 4(0) 14 18 -4 3 Belgium 5 0(0) 5(0) 10 28 -18 0  
The following Nation have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2027
Hong Kong  
The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2027
Lithuania Mexico New Zealand Ukraine  
The following Nation has been relegated to the Women's Ice Hockey Division III Group A World Championship 2027
Belgium

Just bought mine yesterday 
 
Still missing the Sochi & Rio ones 
 

 

@rafalgorka https://www.pantarhei.sk/635214-xxv-zimne-olympijske-hry-milano-cortina-2026
 
the SVK NOC official Milano Cortina 2026 book is out for your collection
 
Full of pictures, stats and as usual complete result book 
 

 
 

 

Friday April 3rd, 2026 -
Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +8)
 
12:30   Belgium  1 - 7  New Zealand
16:00   Lithuania  4 - 2  Mexico
19:30   Hong Kong  3 - 1  Ukraine
 
Provisional Standing After Day 4:
 
1.    12  Promoted to Women´s Division II Group A WCh 2027
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2.   9
3.   9
4.   3
5.   3
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6.   0  Relegated to Women´s Division III Group A WCh 2027

In a country as big as , the odds of Olympians being close to you are quite small; however, once I realized several months ago that even a state as small as mine hosts Olympians on occasion, I decided to scour each sport's calendar to make sure I caught them when they come around.  That led me to the middle of nowhere in my own state today, where there was a 4* Eventing competition, featuring a couple of Olympians and/or World Champion athletes.
 
Most all the athletes here were local or from USA, but there were a couple who compete for   or .  When we walked up, I had no idea what I was doing.  I thought I was in the right arena at the venue, but I didn't really see anyone there.  (There weren't any stands full of spectators, nor did I see any judges...it was time for dressage.). One of the ladies turned around and we struck up conversation.  Turns out I was in the right spot, and they were just on a short break.  She directed my attention to the upcoming athlete, Caroline Pamukcu.  Thanks to my research ahead of time, I knew she was on the Paris 2024 Eventing Team.  The lady we were talking with was the owner of the horse Caroline was riding.  After she finished with her dressage round, she got off the horse and was just standing there talking with her crew.  We went over and had a brief chat and one of the other ladies offered to take our picture.  
 
I asked Caroline if she was aiming for LA28, and she said yes.  I've also since shown the girls and wifey the video from her Paris 2024 jumping competition.  Hope she makes the team this year!
 
(Caroline has a Gold Individual Eventing and Silver Team Eventing medal from the 2023 PanAms.  Boyd Martin from the Paris team was also there, himself having a WCh Silver and three gold PanAms.  Tamra Smith, who has a Silver from the 2022 WCh, was there as well.  Waylon Roberts, who represents  and has a PanAm Silver competed.  I saw a few more Dressage rounds, then watched them all do the Jumping.  Didn't get to see Cross-Country, but they'll have another similar event in October.)
 
 

Thursday April 2nd, 2026 -
Round-Robin Day 3 Results (GMT +8)
 
12:30   New Zealand  1 - 2  Lithuania
16:00   Ukraine  5 - 1  Belgium
19:30   Mexico  0 - 4  Hong Kong
 
Provisional Standing After Day 3:
 
1.    9
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2.   9
3.   6
4.   3
5.   0
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6.   0

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ToKEOh5u-F02MXR580Ye9REIyiIhCNBf/view

Swimming qualification times. Some events got harder standards (the shorter strokes) and some got easier standards.
 
Also of note, the 50m strokes have been added to the program.

Not enough money to cover the cases like other countries ? 

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/LA28/SKB-LA28-Qualification-System.pdf
 
Added Skateboarding

Most up-to-date version, having gone through the V3.0 Schedule from the other day.
 
Enjoy!
 
I'm enjoying getting to visualize the flow of each sport, using the Composite tab, and of course, each day's tab will be beneficial as we plan how to watch (or visit!) each day.
 
Does anyone know of an extant list of the chronological order of medals that will be awarded?
 
 
la28scheddetailed.xlsx