Benolympique

With the  Swimming Champs done, I've got time to look at some of the reporting ahead of the Olympics as media outlets begin to consider medal prospects.
 
These are the predicted athletics medalists (track only) from Pulse Sports - a Kenyan media outlet. Please don't shoot the messenger - this isn't an endorsement of their prediction. I share it purely for information and discussion.
 
Men's 100m:
 Noah Lyles
 Ferdinand Omanyala
 Letsile Tebogo
 
Men's 200m:
 Noah Lyles
 Letsile Tebogo
 Zharnel Hughes
 
Men's 400m:
 Steven Gardiner
 Antonio Watson
 Muzala Samukonga
 
Men's 800m:
 Emmanuel Wanyonyi
 Marco Arop
 Emmanuel Korir
 
Men's 1500m:
 Jakob Ingebrigtsen
 Josh Kerr
 Yared Nuguse
 
Men's 5000m:
 Jakob Ingebrigtsen
 Jacob Krop
 Yomif Kejelcha
 
Men's 10000m:
 Joshua Cheptegei
 Jacob Kiplimo
 Daniel Simiu
 
Men's 3000m Steeple:
 Soufiane El Bakkali
 Lamecha Girma
 Simon Koech
 
Men's 110m Hurdles:
 Grant Holloway
 Hansle Parchment
 Rasheed Broadbell
 
Men's 400m Hurdles:
 Karsten Warholm
 Rai Benjamin
 Alison Dos Santos
 
Men's Marathon:
 Benson Kipruto
 Sisay Lemma
 Eliud Kipchoge
 
 
 
Women's 100m:
 Sha'Carri Richardson
 Elaine Thompson-Herah
 Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce
 
Women's 200m:
 Shericka Jackson
 Elaine Thompson-Herah
 Gabby Thomas
 
Women's 400m:
 Shaunae Miller-Uibo
 Marileidy Paulino
 Salwa Eid Naser
 
Women's 800m:
 Mary Moraa
 Aithing Mu
 Keely Hodgkinson
 
Women's 1500m:
 Faith Kipyegon
 
 
 
Women's 5000m:
 Faith Kipyegon
 Beatrice Chebet
 Letesenbet Gidey
 
Women's 10000m:
 Gudaf Tsegay
 Letesenbet Gidey
 Sifan Hassan
 
Women's 3000m Steeple:
 Beatrice Chepkoech
 Winifred Yavi
 Faith Cherotich
 
Men's 110m Hurdles:
 Tobi Amusan
 Deveyne Charlton
 Cyrena Samba-Mayela
 
Men's 400m Hurdles:
 Femke Bol
 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
 Rushell Clayton
 
Women's Marathon:
 Tigst Assefa
 Peres Jepchirchir
 Amane Beriso

men's -102kg Olympic Quota places:  
 
next in line:  

Davranbek Hasanbayev - Men's 102kg Weightlifting 

Here’s what I’m predicting. 

OQT 1

 
OQT 2

 
OQT 3

Return after After 10 years of absence.
 
Qualified for its 3rd European Championship in history (in both previous appearances in 1994 & 2004 finished in both cases 12th)
 

 
 

First  fencer at the Olympics since 1984.

quota 

should now have a representative in fencing 
 
I’ll be pretty happy if they can get additional quotas in archery, athletics, or any other sports. 

QUOTA!!!!!!!!!  

Kruz Schembri won the men's foil quota

Katherine Paredes Torres won the women's sabre quota

Schembri  advances to the quota fight. My Sunday afternoon just got more stressful 

25m Rapid fire Air pistol Final: 
 
For 1 OQP: 
 
 
  X2 
 

HSBC SVNS World Series Hong Kong | Hong Kong
 
Men
1.  New Zealand
2.  France
3.  Ireland
4.  Australia
 
Women
1.  New Zealand
2.  United States
3.  Australia
4.  France
 
Full Results

Here's a look at some notable national meets coming up next week:
 
 Danish Open - April 11-14
 
Last chance for Danish swimmers to qualify for the Olympics. Julie Jensen (W 50m freestyle), Thea Blomsterberg (W 200m breaststroke) and Helena Bach (W 200m butterfly) are already qualified.
 
Entry list & results
 
Livestream
 
 New Zealand National Championships - April 9-13
 
Last chance for Kiwi swimmers to qualify for the Olympics. Erika Fairweather (W 200m, 400m, 800m freestyle), Eve Thomas (W 400m, 800m freestyle) and Lewis Clareburt (M 400m IM) are already qualified.
 
Entry List
 
Results
 
Livestream
 
Selection Criteria
 
 South African National Championships - April 8-13
 
Last chance for South African swimmers to qualify for the Olympics. Ibelieve if two swimmers fail to pass their entry times, the following will guarantee their selection. Everyone else needs to reach the OQT.
Pieter Coetze (M 100m backstroke, M 200m backstroke) Chad le Clos (M 100m butterfly) Matt Sates (M 100m butterfly, M 200m butterfly, M 200m IM) Kaylene Corbett (W 200m breaststroke) Erin Gallagher (W 100m butterfly) Rebecca Meder (W 200m IM) Tatjana Smith (Schoenmaker) (W 100m breaststroke, W 200m breaststroke)  
Entry List
 
Unfortunately that's all I can find at the moment. Results should be on Meet Mobile or here eventually. 
 
 Hungarian National Championships - April 9-12
 
Unlike the other meets, Hungarian athletes still have until the end of the qualifying window to qualify and the athletes with the two best times in each event with an OQT will be taken.
 
Entry List & Results
 
Livestream

Day 1 Finals (battling for 1 OQP)
 
Men’s Epee
 Nicolas Zhang v.  Alexandre Camargo
 
Women’s Foil

 Mariana Pistoia v.  Isis Gimenez
 
Men’s Sabre
 Rafael Western Reyes v.  Gibran Zea

is out

Will do a massive update on all the athletes qualified since my last update at the start of March after tomorrow's races. 

Men's epee pool round is complete.
 
Received a bye to the elimination stage

 
Advanced to the elimination stage (in order)

 
 
The big winner is the athlete from Jamaica who finished undefeated in his pool. Of course the top seed will be a lot harder.

200 M : Pablo Matéo   20.03 Minima Olympic
 

 
https://www.lequipe.fr/Jo-2024-paris/Athletisme/Actualites/Pablo-mateo-remporte-le-200-m-des-texas-relays-en-20-03-et-reussit-les-minima-olympiques/1457828

Livach!!!!!! Fantastic win!!!

men's -81kg
 
Gold:  Ri Chong Song (total: 366kg)
Silver:  Maksad Meredov (total: 328kg)
Bronze:  Samuel Guertin (total: 315kg)
 
Full Results
https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=599
 
 
Group A Full Scoreboard
 

Lecarpentier looks so solid.

Johan Søe has been selected for  in the IQFoil