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Maca Ceballos hit the OQT for Paris in the 100 BR! Also a SA record and qualified to the semis 

Maca Ceballos hit the OQT for Paris in the 100 BR! Also a SA record and qualified to the semis 

I wouldn't call too much a surprise the Nacra17 duo in Sailing, they're not the favourite, but they still have a reasonable chance

1. Summer McIntosh - Women's 400m Individual Medley
2. Summer McIntosh - Women's 400m Freestyle
3. Summer McIntosh - Women's 200m Individual Medley
4. Summer McIntosh - Women's 200m Butterfly
5. Summer McIntosh - Women's 200m Freestyle
 

Federico Bruno (ARG, 1500/5000m runner) positive for EPO. 

I'm going to the games! It's my first time at a proper multi-sport event.

With Ruck's form unknown, and Pickrem, Oleksiak, and Smith all choosing to skip, doesn't look like any Canadian relays will be medaling (And qualifying for Paris 2024) in Fukuoka. That being said, qualifying for the final here should secure Paris 2024 qualification, which seems possible for W 4X100 FR, W 4X200 FR, W 4x100M, MX 4X100M, and M 4x100FR relays (Maybe M 4x100M with Dergousoff, Liendo, Kharun, and Acevado too). 
 
News on McIntosh, she's expected to race in four individual events, and two relays. If I had to guess, I'm thinking she drops the 200IM as the SF conflicts with the 400FR and 4x100FR finals. 
 
Here's what I'm thinking for her schedule:
 
Day 1 (July 23)
 
Morning Session
W 400FR - H
W 4x100FR - H
 
Evening Session
W 400FR - F
W 4x100FR - F
 
Day 3 (July 25)
 
Morning Session
W 200FR - H
 
Evening Session
W 200FR - SF
 
Day 4 (July 26)
 
Morning Session
W 200FL - H
 
Evening Session
W 200FR - F
W 200FL - SF
 
Day 5 (July 27)
 
Morning Session
W 4x200FR - H
 
Evening Session
W 200FL - F
W 4x200FR - F
 
Day 8 (July 30)
 
Morning Session
W 400IM - H
 
Evening Session
W 400IM - F
 

Delfino sigue jugando? 

273km for the cycling road race men's with the butte montmartre as final climb before the finish.
https://www.eurosport.fr/jeux-olympiques/paris-2024/2024/paris-2024-273km-a-travers-l-ile-de-france-le-parcours-de-la-course-en-ligne-hommes-en-video_vid1944833/video.shtml
 
158km for the cycling road race women's
https://www.eurosport.fr/jeux-olympiques/paris-2024/2024/paris-2024-158km-pour-la-course-en-ligne-femmes-le-parcours-en-video_vid1944836/video.shtml
 
32km time trial for women's and men's
https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Les-parcours-des-courses-cyclistes-de-paris-2024-devoiles/1406422

Otoh, the expected comeback of Dressel was not good with a 29th place in the 100 FR. I guess the goal is Paris if he is on for it, but not so sure why is he racing here if he is not in good form.

Highlights from Day 1 at the USA Swim Trials
 
Katie Ledecky W 800FR 8:07.07 (#3 Performance All-Time)
Bobby Finke M 1500FR 14:42.81 
Thomas Heilman M 200FL 1:54.54 (Breaking Phelps 15-16 NAG of 1:54.58, which was also the WR at the time)
Kate Douglass W 100FR 52.57 (#9 All-Time)
Luka Mijatovic M 1500FR 15:32.18 (Just over a second off the 13-14 NAG)

Milak won't swim at all after all due to lack of form.
 
https://swimswam.com/kristof-milak-pulls-out-of-2023-world-championships-ive-hit-rock-bottom/
 

Extremely impressive time, I absolutely didn’t think that he would be this fast. Now we know that he can medal/win gold in at least 4 different individual events (200 IM/breast/fly + 400 IM). The question is whether he will also become a medal contender in the 100 fly/200 free. I don’t really see it (given how competitive those two events are), but after tonight I probably shouldn’t doubt him. Personally I think that he might have a better shot in the 100 breast/200 back. It will be interesting to see which events he will swim at the Olympics. 200 breast and 200 fly are in the same session, so he will probably drop one of them. The schedule probably also won’t allow him to swim the 100 breast or 200 back, so he might go for the 200 IM, the 400 IM, the 100 fly (which doesn’t collide with any of his other events) and the 200 breast or the 200 fly. It might sound crazy, but maybe he would be better off dropping the 200 fly. I think he has a better chance for gold in the 200 breast than in the 200 fly.

From Paris with love 

You can believe whatever you want, but the numbers reflect that. The difference in views across tours is huge. We can discuss about the reasons behind it, though. I don't think is gender oriented, the womens game was more popular in the 90s and early 00s. I think is a combination of disparity between big established stars in both tours in the last few years and also poor management from the WTA. It has been revealed recently that most of the prize money in big tournaments outside slams to achieve "equality" is paid by the WTA itself. If you can't sell your product well you can't expect to get the same treatment. This is business.

No, she will focus on junior worlds and the Pan American Games.

Confirmed  team for world champs: Andrea Berrino, Macarena Ceballos, Florencia Perotti and Guido Buscaglia. Not even enough swimmers to have a relay  The main goal of course are the Pan American Games, but Ceballos is having a nice season so maybe she can qualify to a semi, but not expecting anything tbh.

Kirpichnikova cleared to represent  at the 2023 World Aquatic Championships

You can believe whatever you want, but the numbers reflect that. The difference in views across tours is huge. We can discuss about the reasons behind it, though. I don't think is gender oriented, the womens game was more popular in the 90s and early 00s. I think is a combination of disparity between big established stars in both tours in the last few years and also poor management from the WTA. It has been revealed recently that most of the prize money in big tournaments outside slams to achieve "equality" is paid by the WTA itself. If you can't sell your product well you can't expect to get the same treatment. This is business.

I checked to see if it was fake and as I expected it is... But only because the application to do it official was rejected 

I checked to see if it was fake and as I expected it is... But only because the application to do it official was rejected 

I checked to see if it was fake and as I expected it is... But only because the application to do it official was rejected 

Yes, the mental game is still the big question mark. Even her performance in the 100 back final at last year's Worlds was a bit iffy but Masse wasn't in good enough form to take advantage. 

She hasn't broken WRs like McIntosh or Mckeown but Regan Smith iis the most on fire female swimmer this season. Clearly leaving Stanford to train with Bowman has paid off.
 
The big if is her mental level in the big meets. 2019 was amazing, but had many dissapointments in the 2021 and 2022 big meets. We'll see this year. I think having so many events will lift the pressure as she won't have the focus on the back ones only.

Women's 1500m World Record History   Athletes Nation Date Result Anne Smith 1967-06-03 4:17.3+ Maria Gommers 1967-10-24 4:15.6 Paola Pigni 1969-07-02 4:12.4 Jaroslava Jehličková 1969-09-20 4:10.7 Karin Burneleit 1971-08-15 4:09.6 Ludmila Bragina 1972-07-18 4:06.9 Ludmila Bragina 1972-09-04 4:06.5 Ludmila Bragina 1972-09-07 4:05.1 Ludmila Bragina 1972-09-09 4:01.4 Tatyana Kazankina 1976-06-28 3:56.0 Tatyana Kazankina 1980-07-06 3:55.0 Tatyana Kazankina 1980-08-03 3:52.47 Qu Yunxia 1993-09-11 3:50.46 Genzebe Dibaba 2015-07-17 3:50.07 Faith Kipyegon 2023-06-02 3:49.11