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2028 Team Size Projection – Jan 2026 Update
 
Here’s an update to my 2028 Team Size Projection. While I touch upon major events changes may occur due to results in smaller events. Additionally, several sports released their qualification document so there may be cases where I have to update the projection. I will only include sports where there is an update.
 
Here is the link to the updated sheet.
 
 
Aquatics (Water Polo)
The Men’s European Championships saw take gold. The victory moved Serbia up a few places between European nations. With that said, no one fell out of Olympic qualification with the likes of France and Romania still on the outside looking in. remains on the edge.
 
Athletics (Marathon)
Both the Xiamen and Osaka marathons were held this month along with a few other smaller events. While there were a few changes in the rankings, in terms of Olympic projections gains an athlete in the men’s marathon at the expense of
 
Badminton
Major tournaments include the Malaysia Open and India Open. New updates which affected projections include the women’s doubles where overtook . As Polina Buhrova is also scheduled to compete in the singles event, an additional spot has been open. Other changes in the women’s singles was loses one of their quotas. and benefit from those losses.
 
Indonesia’s loss on the women’s side is offset by gaining a second player in the men’s singles. This puts   on the outside.
 
Canoeing
The qualification document for both Slalom and Sprint were released/updated. No significant changes were found in the Sprint update. Slalom had significant changes relative to 2024 where the initial quotas will be decided by rankings and kayak cross will now have significant quotas being allocated. After adjustment, the following nations lost a quota; Andorra, Chinese Taipei, Ireland, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Slovakia, and Sweden. The following nations gained a quota; Canada, China, France, Italy, South Africa, Spain, and Tunisia.
 
Cricket
The Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier was held. No changes to the projection.
 
Equestrian (Dressage & Jumping)
Various World Cup events were held. No changes to the projections were made.
 
Fencing
We had two Grand Prix this month, one for epee and the other for sabre. In men’s epee, overtakes . On the women’s side, the United States moved into the top 4 in the team ranking, pushing Estonia down to fifth. This pushed out of Olympic qualification while takes the Americas quota. This caused a downstream effect on the individual side as Ukraine takes an individual quota and Canada relinquishes their quota, additionally, gained a quota while lost one.
 
In men’s sabre, now takes the Asian team quota pushing down to just an individual quota. No changes were found in women’s sabre.
 
Handball
Four men’s continental championships were held this month. finished top in Africa while a couple of upsets were saw in South America and Asia where and won over and respectively. Despite their wins, they currently haven’t leapfrogged into being projected to qualify. We’ll see how they perform at the World Championships.
 
Europe saw finish fourth. This was enough to push it into Olympic qualification projection. They pushed out.
 
Rowing
The qualification document was released. There was a change in boat allocation relative to 2024 and the continental qualifier was slightly different than what I projected. Additionally, I assumed coastal rowing would allow 2 men and 2 women to compete in its three events, but the max is 1 man and 1 woman. This has caused significant changes to the projections.
 
Overall, the United States lost four quotas. Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, and Spain lost two quotas and Algeria, Argentina, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Portugal, Tunisia lost one quota.
 
The following nations have gained two athletes; Japan, Morocco while the following nations gained one athlete; Angola, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Cote d’Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Kuwait, Latvia, Mexico, Romania, Philippines, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Togo, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu
 
Rugby Sevens
Fixing a couple of mistakes. First on the men, actually has the Asian quota over and in the women as is essentially shutting down the program, I think it is only right to remove them until they decide to compete again. This means is also projected to qualify.
 
As for new updates, we saw the third tier SVNS compete, which brought no new updates and the Singapore SVNS. I also didn’t add the Dubai or Cape Town SVNS in my calculations. For both, while there was some shuffling no one ultimately fell out.
 
Shooting
The Asian Shotgun Championships were held this month. A few top shooters were missing. The only change to the projection is is set to qualify in women’s trap, pushing out
 
Squash
The Tournament of Champions was held this month. Additionally, the qualification document was released. There was some restriction as to how many nations can send two players and this sport will offer universality quotas.
 
The following nations lost an athlete quota; Colombia, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and New Zealand. The following nations gained an athlete quota; Canada, Pakistan, Spain (x2), Switzerland, Ukraine
 
Triathlon
The qualification document was released. There are a few changes relative to 2024. Projection changes include: Losses to Hong Kong and Slovenia and gains for Austria and China.
 
Weightlifting
The qualification document was released. One change to be made was the reallocation process for host nation quotas. Due to this, El Salvador Iraq, Palau, Sri Lanka, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu lost quotas while Australia, China, Dominican Republic, Iran, and Samoa (x2) gained quotas.
 
Wrestling
The qualification document was released. There were some significant changes to the qualification process including using the world rankings and the final qualifier only consisting of non-qualified nations. The projection changes are as follows; losses to Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, and Turkey.
 
Belgium and Lithuania gained 2 quotas while American Samoa, Austria, Estonia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Madagascar, Spain, and Turkmenistan gained 1 quota.

2026 Australian Open - Melbourne
 
Results (January 18 - February 1, 2026)
 
Men's Singles:
1. Carlos Alcaraz
2. Novak Djokovic
3. Alexander Zverev
3. Jannik Sinner
5. Alex de Minaur  
5. Learner Tien  
5. Lorenzo Musetti  
5. Ben Shelton
9. Tommy Paul  
9. Alexander Bublik  
9. Francisco Cerundolo  
9. Daniil Medvedev  (Russia)
9. Taylor Fritz  
9. Jakub Mensik  
9. Casper Ruud  
9. Luciano Darderi  
 
Women's Singles:
1. Elena Rybakina
2. Aryna Sabalenka  (Belarus)
3. Elina Svitolina
3. Jessica Pegula
5. Iva Jovic  
5. Coco Gauff  
5. Amanda Anisimova  
5. Iga Swiatek
9. Victoria Mboko  
9. Yulia Putintseva  
9. Karolina Muchova  
9. Mirra Andreeva  (Russia)
9. Madison Keys  
9. Wang Xinyu  
9. Elise Mertens  
9. Maddison Inglis
 
Men's Doubles:
1. Christian Harrison  & Neal Skupski
2. Jason Kubler & Marc Polmans
3. Luke Johnson  & Jan Zielinski
3. Marcel Granollers  & Horacio Zeballos
5. Sadio Doumbia & Fabien Reboul  
5. Marcelo Arevalo  & Mate Pavic  
5. Orlando Luz & Rafael Matos  
5. Petr Nouza & Patrik Rikl  
 
Women's Doubles:
1. Elise Mertens  & Zhang Shuai
2. Anna Danilina  & Aleksandra Krunic
3. Gabriela Dabrowski  & Luisa Stefani
3. Ena Shibahara  & Vera Zvonareva  (Russia)
5. Katerina Siniakova  & Taylor Townsend  
5. Hsieh Su-wei  & Jelena Ostapenko  
5. Eri Hozumi  & Wu Fang-hsien  
5. Kimberly Birrell & Talia Gibson  
 
Mixed Doubles:
1. Olivia Gadecki & John Peers
2. Kristina Mladenovic & Manuel Guinard
3. Taylor Townsend  & Nikola Mektic
3. Luisa Stefani  & Marcelo Arevalo
 
Boys Singles:
1. Ziga Sesko
2. Keaton Hance
3. Zangar Nurlanuly
3. Ryo Tabata
5. Kai Thompson
5. Chen Kuan-shou  
5. Jamie Mackenzie  
5. Luis Guto Miguel
 
Girls Singles:
1. Ksenia Efremova
2. Ekaterina Tupitsyna  (Russia)
3. Thea Frodin  
3. Rada Zolotareva  (Russia)
5. Mariia Makarova  (Russia)
5. Sun Xinran  
5. Kanon Sawashiro  
5. Shao Yushan
 
Boys Doubles: Connor Doig  & Dimitar Kisimov  d. Ymerali Ibraimi & Cooper Kose
 
Girls Doubles: Alena Kovackova & Jana Kovackova  d. Tereza Hermanova & Denisa Zoldakova
 
Wheelchair Men's Singles:
1. Tokito Oda
2. Martin de la Puente
3. Alfie Hewett
3. Gustavo Fernandez
 
Wheelchair Women's Singles:
1. Li Xiaohui
2. Diede de Groot
3. Yui Kamiji  
3. Wang Ziying  
 
Wheelchair Men's Quad Singles:
1. Niels Vink
2. Sam Schroder
3. Guy Sasson  
3. Ahmet Kaplan  
 
Wheelchair Men's Doubles: Gustavo Fernandez  & Tokito Oda  d. Daniel Caverzaschi  & Ruben Spaargaren
 
Wheelchair Women's Doubles: Li Xiaohui & Wang Ziying  d. Yui Kamiji  & Zhu Zhenzhen
 
Wheelchair Men's Quad Doubles: Guy Sasson  & Niels Vink  d. Heath Davidson  & Andy Lapthorne

Results

2026 IJF World Tour European Open - Sofia
 
Results (January 31 - February 1, 2026)
 
 
Men's -60kg:
1. Daniel Stein Padoa
2. Charlie Ayre
3. Christopher Velazco
3. Richard Vergnes
 
Men's -66kg:
1. Angelo Pantano
2. Boyan Yotov
3. Anthony de Angelis
3. Adis Orozmamatov
 
Men's -73kg:
1. Victor Skerlev
2. Ethan Nairne
3. Aron Szabo
3. Ioan Dzitac
 
Men's -81kg:
1. Alpha Oumar Djalo
2. Jose Maria Mendiola Izquieta
3. Ciprian Gribinet
3. Umalt Demirel
 
Men's -90kg:
1. Issa Naschcho
2. Athanasios Mylonelis
3. Mariyan Palev
3. Nikoloz Davladze
 
Men's -100kg:
1. Boris Georgiev
2. Daniel Liubimovski
3. Rares Arsenie
3. Cedric Olivar
 
Men's +100kg:
1. Losseni Kone
2. Grzegorz Teresinski
3. Igor Vracar
3. Diogo Brites
 
Women's -48kg:
1. Rin Hatayama
2. Laziza Haydarova
3. Erza Muminoviq
3. Coralie Gilly
 
Women's -52kg:
1. Gabriela Dimitrova
2. Lea Metrot
3. Fationa Kasapi
3. Sita Kadamboeva
 
Women's -57kg:
1. Moe Yokoji
2. Michela Terranova
3. Flaka Loxha
3. Lele Nairne
 
Women's -63kg:
1. Honoka Kimura
2. Lili Nguyen
3. Yoana Manova
3. Marjona Nurulloeva
 
Women's -70kg:
1. Olha Tsimko
2. Anastasiia Antipina
3. Nadia Simeoli
3. Florine Soula
 
Women's -78kg:
1. Lieke Derks
2. Eliza Wroblewska
3. Ilana Bouvier
3. Elena Dengg
 
Women's +78kg:
1. Ruslana Bulavina
2. Yagmur Yilmaz
3. Len Sato
3. Irina Zhelezarska
 
Results

All the Olympic Qualifying Events which have released the official qualification systems have been added to our calendars here:
 
2026 Qualification Calendar
 
2027 Qualification Calendar
 
2028 Qualification Calendar
 
You can easily access these calendars from this menu everywhere:
 

 
 
 
If you spot any missing qualification event please report it to me here!

2026 IJF World Tour African Open - Casablanca
 
Results (January 25, 2026)
 
 
Men's -60kg:
1. Turpal Khabibulaev  
2. Ahmed Alaoui Cherifi  
3. David Starkel  
3. Leonardo Barros
 
Men's -66kg:
1. Saigid Kerimov  
2. Jacob Yang  
3. Abderrahmane Boushita  
3. Neil MacDonald  
 
Men's -73kg:
1. Hassan Doukkali  
2. Danil Lavrentev  
3. Cameron Charles  
3. Lowan Le Bris
 
Men's -81kg:
1. Elyas Parhizgar  
2. Antonio Candeiro  
3. Mustafa Hebib  
3. Claudio Nunes dos Santos
 
Men's -90kg:
1. Ikhvan Edilsultanov  
2. Adam Tsechoev  
3. Eldar Allakhverdiev  
3. Egor Malkin
 
Men's -100kg:
1. Adam Sangariev
2. Koussay Ben Ghares  
3. Asan Augaliev  
3. Georgios Kroussaniotakis  
 
Men's +100kg:
1. Andzhei Pavliukov  
2. Artem Zolotukhin  
3. Dmitrii Evseev  
3. Rino Vrljic
 
Women's -48kg:
1. Kristina Dudina  
2. Heidi Quach  
3. Signoline Kanyamuneza  
3. Sana Sabri  
 
Women's -52kg:
1. Chaima Sidaoui  
2. Toni Pepia  
3. Carla Tavares Fernandes  
3. Emy Remini  
 
Women's -57kg:
1. Elvida Gureva  
2. Mariem Jmour  
3. Jevgenija Gajic  
3. Pleuni Cornelisse
 
Women's -63kg:
1. Sophie Wood  
2. Jeanne Louise Nkou Mballa  
3. Catherine Toshkov  
3. Carla van Zyl
 
Women's -70kg:
1. Kamila Badurova  
2. Holly Devall  
3. Yasmin Alamin  
3. Eva Ognivova  
 
Women's -78kg:
1. Korina Dzidic  
2. Karrie Ngosso Silo  
3. Johanna Elisabeth Klinger  
3. Daria Rechkalova  
 
Women's +78kg:
1. Siwar Dhawedi  
2. Anastasiia Kholodilina  
3. Zeineb Troudi  
3. Carmen Dijkstra
 
Results

2026 Men's European WaterPolo Championship - Belgrade
 
Results (January 10-25, 2026)
 
 
Men's:
1. Serbia  (Filipovic - Mandic - Rasovic - Randelovic - Cuk - Lazic - Drasovic -  N Jaksic - Vico - Dedovic - P Jaksic - Rasovic - Glusac - Martinovic - Lukic)
2. Hungary  (Kristof - Angyal - Manhercz - Akos - Vigvari - Nagy - Fekete - David - Kovacs - Vendel - Jansik - Batizi - Vogel - Zsombor - Varga)
3. Greece  (Zerdevas - Genidounias - Skoumpakis - Gkiouvetsis - Argyropoulos - Papanastasiou - Gkillas - Kalogeropoulos - Chalyvopoulos - Kakaris - Nikolaidis - Papanikolaou - Tzortzatos - Pouros - Spachits)
4. Italy  
5. Spain  
6. Croatia  
7. Montenegro  
8. Romania  
9. France  
10. Georgia  
11. Netherlands  
12. Turkey  
13. Malta  
14. Slovakia  
15. Slovenia  
16. Israel  
 
Results

2026 SVNS Series 3  - Dubai
 
Results (January 16-17, 2026)
 
* First two teams in both genders qualifies to SVNS Series 2.
 
Men's:
1. Canada
2. Belgium
3. Samoa  
4. Hong Kong  
5. Madagascar  
6. Italy  
7. Colombia  
8. Tonga  
 
Women's:
1. South Africa
2. Argentina
3. Czech Republic  
4. Poland  
5. Colombia  
6. Thailand  
7. Samoa  
8. Mexico  
 
Results

2026 ATP, Challenger and ITF Tour Week One
 
Results (January 5-11, 2026)
 
 
United Cup in Perth and Sydney :
1. Poland  (Hurkacz - Swiatek - Michalski - Kawa - Zielinski - Piter)
2. Switzerland  (Wawrinka - Bencic - Paul - Castelnuovo - Karamoko)
3. United States  (Fritz - Gauff - McDonald - Lepchenko - Harrison - Melichar-Martinez)
3. Belgium  (Bergs - Mertens - Coppejans - Minnen - Gille - Salden)
5. Greece  (S Tsitsipas - Sakkari - Sakellaridis - Papamichail - P Tsitsipas - Sakellaridi)
5. Australia  (de Minaur - Joint - Kubler - Inglis - Smith - Hunter)
5. Argentina  (Baez - Sierra - Trungelliti - Carle - Andreozzi - Fossa Huergo)
5. Czech Republic  (Mensik - Krejcikova - Svrcina - Fruhvirtuova - Pavlasek - Skoch)
 
ATP 250 in Hong Kong :
1. Alexander Bublik  
2. Lorenzo Musetti
3. Andrey Rublev  (Russia)
3. Marcos Giron
5. Coleman Wong
5. Nuno Borges
5. Michael Mmoh
5. Juncheng Shang
 
Doubles: Lorenzo Musetti & Lorenzo Sonego  d. Karen Khachanov & Andrey Rublev  (Russia)
 
ATP 250 in Brisbane :
1. Daniil Medvedev  (Russia)
2. Brandon Nakashima
3. Alex Michelsen
3. Aleksandar Kovacevic
5. Kamil Majchrzak  
5. Sebastian Korda  
5. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard  
5. Raphael Collignon
 
Doubles: Francisco Cabral  & Lucas Miedler  d. Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool
 
Challenger 125 in Bengaluru :
1. Pedro Martinez
2. Timofey Skatov
3. Matteo Martineau
3. Harold Mayot
 
Challenger 125 in Canberra :
1. Alexander Blockx
2. Rafael Jodar
3. James McCabe
3. Kyrian Jacquet
 
Challenger 75 in Noumea :
1. Arthur Gea
2. Jurij Rodionov
3. Blake Ellis
3. Michael Zheng
 
Challenger 50 in Nonthaburi :
1. Rio Noguchi
2. Marek Gengel
3. Zdenek Kolar
3. Joel Schwarzler
 
Challenger 50 in Nottingham :
1. Clement Chidekh
2. Johannus Monday
3. Mikhail Kukushkin
3. Toby Samuel
 
M25 in Hazebrouck  : Moise Kouame  d. Theo Papamalamis
M25 in Antalya  : Felix Gill  d. Filip Jianu
M25 in Monastir  : Florian Broska  d. Olle Wallin
M25 in Winston-Salem  : Keegan Smith  d. Shunsuke Mitsui
M15 in Manacor  : Yaroslav Demin  (Russia) d. Ivan Ivanov
M15 in Oslo  : Max Hans Rehberg  d. Alex Knaff
M15 in Hurghada  : Marko Miladinovic  d. Nikola Djosic

2026 WTA, 125 and ITF Tour Week One
 
Results (January 5-11, 2026)
 
United Cup in Perth and Sydney :
1. Poland  (Hurkacz - Swiatek - Michalski - Kawa - Zielinski - Piter)
2. Switzerland  (Wawrinka - Bencic - Paul - Castelnuovo - Karamoko)
3. United States  (Fritz - Gauff - McDonald - Lepchenko - Harrison - Melichar-Martinez)
3. Belgium  (Bergs - Mertens - Coppejans - Minnen - Gille - Salden)
5. Greece  (S Tsitsipas - Sakkari - Sakellaridis - Papamichail - P Tsitsipas - Sakellaridi)
5. Australia  (de Minaur - Joint - Kubler - Inglis - Smith - Hunter)
5. Argentina  (Baez - Sierra - Trungelliti - Carle - Andreozzi - Fossa Huergo)
5. Czech Republic  (Mensik - Krejcikova - Svrcina - Fruhvirtuova - Pavlasek - Skoch)
 
WTA 500 in Brisbane :
1. Aryna Sabalenka  (Belarus)
2. Marta Kostyuk
3. Karolina Muchova
3. Jessica Pegula
5. Madison Keys  
5. Elena Rybakina  
5. Liudmila Samsonova  (Russia)
5. Mirra Andreeva  (Russia)
 
Doubles: Hsieh Su-wei & Jelena Ostapenko   d. Cristina Bucsa  & Ellen Perez
 
WTA 250 in Auckland :
1. Elina Svitolina
2. Wang Xinyu
3. Iva Jovic
3. Alexandra Eala
5. Sonay Kartal
5. Sofia Costoulas
5. Magda Linette
5. Francesca Jones  
 
Doubles: Guo Hanyu  & Kristina Mladenovic  d. Xu Yifan & Yang Zhaoxuan  
 
WTA 125 in Canberra :
1. Joanna Garland
2. Polina Kudermetova
3. Daria Snigur
3. Himeno Sakatsume  
 
W75 in Nonthaburi  : Mananchaya Sawangkaew  d. Lisa Pigato  
W35 in Antalya  : Andreea Prisacariu  d. Carlota Martinez Cirez
W35 in Nairobi  : Angella Okutoyi  d. Martina Colmegna
W15 in Cayenne  (French Guyana) : Jasmijn Gimbrere  d. Alize Lim
W15 in Oslo  : Katarina Kuzmova  d. Linea Bajraliu
W15 in Monastir  : Carolyn Ansari  d. Milana Zhabrailova  (Russia)
W15 in Hurghada  : Daria Egorova  (Russia) d. Lidia Encheva

WTT Champions - Doha 
 
Results (January 7-11, 2026)
 
 
Men's Singles:
1. Lin Yun-ju
2. Jang Woo-jin
3. Lin Shidong  
3. Tomokazu Harimoto
5. Liang Jingkun
5. Truls Moregard
5. Felix Lebrun  
5. Sora Matsushima
 
Women's Singles:
1. Zhu Yuling
2. Chen Xingtong
3. Ying Han  
3. Kuai Man  
5. Wang Manyu  
5. Wang Yidi  
5. Miwa Harimoto  
5. Miyu Nagasaki
 
Results

Here's something I've been working on the past few days.  A one-stop-shop database for international events, as well as continental and national events pertinent to the USA.
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12JKUCf5rHHGSfmdMYvEgzKA04n2aF76jPDWUY849B9I/edit?usp=sharing
 
Features:

Tab 1 - Calendar
 
All columns filter-able to find anything specifically.
 
Column A. Start Date
Column B: End Date
Column C: Sport
Column D: Discipline Code (using the list on the Sports tab) - Use this to find when a specific event will be contested
Column E: Contest Title
Columns F-R: For events that have passed, you should be able to click a + box on the left to expand and see results for that event.  You have which place, name, and IOC code.
Also Column Q will link to highlights/replays of the event, usually on YouTube.
Column S: City
Column T: Country
Column U: I = International event, C = Continental event, N = National event
 
Tab 2 - Links
Links to official sites, FB, Insta, and YouTube for each of the federations, as well as dates of championships for easy viewing
 
Tab 3 - Sports
List of all medal events in LA28, given a code for ease of filtering/searching
 
 
It's not finished...I've done 18 sports out of 40something.  Will be working on it the next few weeks.  I tried to focus on those sports that are contested now.
 
If you want to take it and add your own continental/national events, that's fine.  I have a couple of other tricks/tips if you want to build your own.
 
Also, for events like Squash, Badminton, Tennis, and Equestrian, where there are a lot of international events, I tended to only take the top few tiers (like WTA 1000, 750, and 500, but nothing less for tennis).

Happy 2026 everyone!!!!!! The start of the LA 2028 qualification period, cant wait for the start of the first events.
 
pd: Sorry if im bothering anyone when i publish the long comments about the different sports results, is a hobby i have since 2018 and i usually do it only in my phone but since i change from android to iphone i lost the app where i write everything im starting to do it in here so it cant be saved in some place. But like i say, sorry if its annoying. Happy new year!!

Happy 2026 everyone!!!!!! The start of the LA 2028 qualification period, cant wait for the start of the first events.
 
pd: Sorry if im bothering anyone when i publish the long comments about the different sports results, is a hobby i have since 2018 and i usually do it only in my phone but since i change from android to iphone i lost the app where i write everything im starting to do it in here so it cant be saved in some place. But like i say, sorry if its annoying. Happy new year!!

Happy 2026 everyone!!!!!! The start of the LA 2028 qualification period, cant wait for the start of the first events.
 
pd: Sorry if im bothering anyone when i publish the long comments about the different sports results, is a hobby i have since 2018 and i usually do it only in my phone but since i change from android to iphone i lost the app where i write everything im starting to do it in here so it cant be saved in some place. But like i say, sorry if its annoying. Happy new year!!

Yep, the amount of emergency services I heard at some point was a little extreme (for our little town), so I checked what was going on and saw they were all being called to a specific location. Until then I thought maybe it was part of a parade of trucks and agricultural vehicles that was on it's way from the next town over, decorated with lights and stuff.
 
Since I knew it was on the parade route, I was sure one of those big vehicles had hit people somehow (there were, besides the many vehicles, also two helicopters on the way, meaning it certainly wasn't about a single victim).
 
We picked our bikes and went to take a look, absolutely chaos in the area. Never saw so many services combined together, fire trucks from 20km away, ambulance after ambulance came racing by, people frantically trying to make way for them (the roads weren't really closed yet).
 
While there we heard someone who had been close say that the parade hadn't arrived yet and what seemed to have happened was that a car from the other side came onto the roundabout and simply never turned. "It's a massive drama over there, unbelievable", he said.
 
Quite quickly rumours started spreading of course, the first one turned out to be true: a middle aged (local) woman was behind the wheel and seems to have become unwell. Local security camera showed the car going at high speed right before the roundabout.
 
Plenty of rumours going around in terms of who were involved of course, and people keeping each other up to date to see if they know this or that family and such...
 
Never expected my little town to be big news in the Netherlands, even including some breaking broadcasts, live reporters and everything, damn. By far the biggest thing to happen here in my memory
 

Ouch for China, losing Gold in three disciplines, not even making to GMM in one...all in front of a home crowd.

ISA World Junior Surfing Championship - Punta Rocas
 
Results (December 5-14, 2025)
 
 
Boys U18:
1. Jacob Turner 
2. Tiger Abubo 
3. Lukas Skinner
4. Dylan Donegan
5. Jay Phipps
6. Eeli Timperi
7. Dane Libby
8. Matheus Neves  
9. Adrian de Osma  
10. Francisco Anglani  
11. Laird Lavik  
12. Kailani Renno
13. Romeo Chavez  
14. Maverick Wilson  
15. Made Balon  
16. Rio Ono
 
Boys U16:
1. Ocean Lancaster
2. Thiago Passeri
3. Caden Francis
4. Pablo Gabriel
5. Anuar Chiah  
6. Bastian Arevalo  
7. Makai Castle  
8. Pol Huguet  
9. Taro Matsuno  
10. Brody Price  
11. Jaime Veselko  
12. Ben Esterhuyse  
13. Tiago Guerra  
13. Aditya Somiya  
15. Liam Sham Koua 
16. Alvaro Casanova
 
Girls U18:
1. Sol Borelli
2. Milla Coco Brown
3. Clemence Schorsch
4. Yang Siqi
5. Lanea Mons  
6. Miamar Soto Perez  
7. Raipoe Chapelier 
8. Luara Mandelli  
9. Leia Millar  
10. Aysha Ratto  
11. Lola Groube  
12. Avery McDonald
13. Valentina Escudero  
14. Victoria Muñoz  
15. Mirai Ikeda  
16. Isla Huppatz
 
Girls U16:
1. Bailey Turner
2. Catalina Zariquiey
3. Lucy Darragh
4. Zoey Kaina 
5. Charli Hately  
6. Ocea Green  
7. Rose Calvez  
8. Kokoro Baba  
9. Amari Moore  
10. Brianna Barthelmess  
11. Maeva Guastalla  
12. Miliani Simon 
13. Mel Canhoto  
14. Naia Monte  
15. Raipoe Chapelier 
16. Victoria Duprat  
 
Teams Results:
1. Australia
2. United States
3. Brazil
4. Peru  
5. Spain
6. Hawaii 
7. France  
8. Japan  
9. Portugal  
10. New Zealand
 
Results
 
Countries participating:                                                         

Some changes that I've noticed:
 
3x3 Basketball: With the expanded 12 team field, one extra team per gender qualifies through world rankings, one extra team qualifies through the universality driven tournament and there's now an Olympic Qualifier series to award the final quotas.
 
Beach Volleyball: Continental qualifiers have have priority over the World championship and World Rankings quotas and there's now Olympic Qualifier Series quotas.
 
Canoe Sprint: World ranking system now in place and will be used instead of awarding world championship quotas.
 
Road Cycling: 2 nations ranking quotas per gender moved to universality.
 
Track Cycling: Sprint and Keirin ranking list is now combined and will award 14 quotas per gender. Previously it was 7+7. Team pursuit down to 8 quotas from 10. 2 of the quotas have been moved to madison (one additional team) and 6 to the omnium.
 
Fencing: Can get a Continental quota of you finished in the top 24 of the rankings. It was previously top 16. 
 
Hockey: 2 pro league quotas replace two qualification tournament quotas.
 
Judo: 5 less universality places and 4 more Continental places. For men, there's two more spots for Asia, one less for Oceania and 1 more for the Americas. For the women, there's one more spot for Europe, one less for Oceania and two more for Asia.
 
Modern Pentathlon: Less quotas awarded through world rankings as a result of quota cuts.
 
Open Water Swimming: Introduction of world ranking qualifier.
 
Sailing: In general, seems to be more quotas awarded at the last chance regatta and less quotas at the World Championships
 
Shooting: One less quota handed out at each World Championship and the return of World Cup qualifiers.
 
Swimming: Olympic qualification and consideration times renamed to A and B standard. B standard is now 1% slower than the A standard compared to 0.5% in 2024. Stroke 50s have their own direct qualification events and have minimum time standards instead of A and B standards. Qualification times have been nuked again. B standard selection process has also changed.
 
Volleyball: New revised format. Continental championships first, then world championships followed by world rankings. In 2024, it was 3 qualification tournaments and then world rankings. Only 3 countries per gender will qualify by world rankings now compared to 5 in 2024

2025 IJF Grand Slam - Tokyo
 
Women's Results (December 6-7, 2025)
 
 
Women's -48kg:
1. Wakana Koga
2. Sachiyo Yoshino
3. Lin Chen-hao
3. Mizuki Harada
5. Anudari Jamsran
5. Hikari Yoshioka
7. Tamar Malca
7. Mary Dee Vargas Ley
 
Women's -52kg:
1. Uta Abe
2. Nanako Tsubone
3. Kokoro Fujishiro
3. Ariane Toro Soler
5. Larissa Pimenta
5. Kisumi Omori
7. Nandin-Erdene Myagmarsuren  
7. Jang Se-yun
 
Women's -57kg:
1. Akari Omori
2. Momo Tamaoki
3. Eteri Liparteliani
3. Mio Shirakane
5. Sarah Leonie Cysique
5. Irina Zueva
7. Shirlen Nascimento
7. Kseniia Galitskaia
 
Women's -63kg:
1. Haruka Kaju
2. Kirari Yamaguchi
3. Renata Zachova
3. Narumi Tanioka
5. Gili Sharir
5. Angelika Szymanska
7. Enkhriilen Lkhagvatogoo
7. Kim Ji-su
 
Women's -70kg:
1. Shiho Tanaka
2. Madina Taimazova
3. Katarzyna Sobierajska
3. Ai Tsunoda
5. Rin Maeda
5. Irene Pedrotti
7. Erina Ike
7. Ida Eriksson
 
Women's -78kg:
1. Kurena Ikeda
2. Patricia Sampaio
3. Mami Umeki
3. Mao Izumi
5. Wang Shu Huei Hsu
5. Inbar Lanir
7. Zanet Michaelidou
7. Coralie Godbout
 
Women's +78kg:
1. Lee Hyeon-ji
2. Kim Ha-yun
3. Wakaba Tomita
3. Romane Dicko
5. Safa Soliman
5. Mao Arai
7. Asya Tavano
7. Ruri Fujii
 
Results

2025 IJF Grand Slam - Abu Dhabi  
 
Day 2 Results (November 29, 2025)
 
 
Men's -73kg:
1. Nils Stumo
2. Muhiddin Asadulloev
3. Daniel Cargnin  
3. Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov  
5. Joan-Benjamin Gaba
5. Abubakr Sherov  
7. Fabrizio Esposito
7. Ioan Dzitac
 
Men's -81kg:
1. Francois Gauthier-Drapeau
2. Abdul-Kerim Tasuev
3. Sunatullo Musoev  
3. Victor Sterpu
5. Timo Cavelius
5. Gadzhidavud Gasanov
7. Nugzari Tatalashvili
7. Georgi Gramatikov  
 
Women's -63kg:
1. Megu Danno
2. Enkhriilen Lkhagvatogoo
3. Rafaela Silva
3. Carlotta Avanzato
5. Jessica Klimkait  
5. Laura Fazliu  
7. Lubjana Piovesana  
7. Iva Oberan  
 
Women's -70kg:
1. Szofi Ozbas
2. Aoife Coughlan
3. Margit de Voogd
3. Ida Eriksson
5. Rinako Saijo
5. Elisavet Teltsidou
7. Samira Bock
7. Aina Laura Rasoanaivo Razafy
 
Results

One of the worst possible draw for us. Group really easy but having to face  or  in the Round of 32 is devastating.

2025 World Skateboarding Tour World Cup - Kitakyushu
 
Results (November 23-30, 2025)
 
 
Men's Street: (Athletes: 100)
1. Sora Shirai  
2. Kairi Netsuke
3. Yukito Aoki
4. Matias Dell Olio
5. Giovanni Vianna
6. Deivid Tuesta Mota
7. Juni Kang
8. Wallace Gabriel
9. Mauro Iglesias
10. Taiga Nagai
11. Kristoffer Kroon
12. Joe Hinson
13. Daniel Woolley  
14. Joao Lucas  
15. Yuto Horigome  
16. Jake Ilardi  
17. Daiki Ikeda
18. Richard Tury  
19. Simen Haegeland  
20. Joseph Garbaccio  
21. Greg Rodriguez  
22. Gabriel Ribeiro  
23. Ginwoo Onodera  
24. Remco Erkeland  
 
Women's Street: (Athletes: 66)
1. Ibuki Matsumoto
2. Yumeka Oda  
3. Chloe Covell
4. Jiyul Shin
5. Liz Akama
6. Nanami Onishi
7. Zhu Yuanling  
8. Cui Chenxi  
9. Momiji Nishiya  
10. Funa Nakayama  
11. Daniela Terol  
12. Zeng Wenhui  
13. Evie Pritchard  
14. Laura Zackova  
15. Miyu Ito  
16. Valentina Krauel
17. Coco Yoshizawa  
18. Natalia Muñoz  
19. Mila Coolen  
20. Isabelly Avila  
21. Park Ji-been  
22. Vareeraya Sukasem  
23. Zhang Yan  
24. Hong Yun  
 
Results
 
Countries participating:                         (Russia)                  

ITTF Mixed Team World Cup happening now...
 
Final 8 (these represent half of the teams who entered, and they are now in a Round Robin):







 
 
Of these and after playing two teams in this round, , , , and  haven't lost a match, and the other four haven't won.  We'll see how the next couple of days play out!   has only lost one game in total.
 
More details here: https://xtresults.ittf.com/teamseventInfo?selectedTab=Stages 1-2 (Groups)&eventId=3263

2025 3x3 AmeriCup - Leon
 
Results (November 27-30, 2025)
 
Men's:
1. United States  (Caruso - Forte - Hahn - Travis)
2. Puerto Rico  (Allende - Cuascut - Ralat - Wesley)
3. Brazil  (Branquinho - Da Silva - Mello - Weihermann)
4. Canada  (Audu - Desrosiers - Klassen - Sir)
5. Chile  (Aguayo Ferrada - Arcos - Lauler - Rubio)
6. Mexico  (Calatayud Avila - Olea Jimenez - Soto Pozo - Zesati)
7. Argentina  (Fernandez Chavez - Maggi - Mazzucchelli - Molina Flores)
8. Dominican Republic  (Ballas - Moquete - Reyes - Rojas)
9. Jamaica
9. Cayman Islands
9. Trinidad and Tobago
9. Ecuador  
 
Women's:
1. United States  (Austin - Burton - Gray - Hillmon-Baker)
2. Canada  (Belmore - Crozon - Plouffe - Russell)
3. Brazil  (Guimaraes - Moura Santana - de Freitas Souza de Sant'Anna - de Souza)
4. Dominican Republic  (Capellan Santana - Hernandez - Marte de la Rosa - Polanco Marte)
5. Paraguay  (Britez - Ferrari - Niz Velazquez - Peralta Ibarrola)
6. Mexico  (Esquer Vila - Gil Ramirez - Rodriguez Garcia - Rovira Treviño)
7. Puerto Rico  (Gonzalez - Melendez - Quezada - Torres)
8. Argentina  (Armesto - Perez - Peri - Tondi)
9. Jamaica
9. Cayman Islands
9. Venezuela
9. Chile
 
Results

2025 Beach Voleyball World Championships - Adelaide
 
Results (November 14-23, 2025)
 
Men's:
1. David Ahman & Jonatan Hellvig
2. Jacob Nilsson & Elmer Andersson
3. Teo Rotar & Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
4. Nils Ehlers & Clemens Wickler
5. Ondrej Perusic & David Schweiner  
5. Evandro Oliveira & Arthur Lanci  
5. Lukas Pfretzschner & Sven Winter  
5. Chaim Schalk & James Shaw
9. Andre Stein & Renato de Carvalho  
9. Noslen Diaz & Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner  
9. Remi Bassereau & Calvin Aye  
9. Anders Mol & Christian Sorum  
9. Hendrik Mol & Mathias Berntsen  
9. Cherif Younousse & Ahmed Tijan Janko  
9. Joao Pedrosa & Hugo Campos  
9. Marco Krattiger & Leo Dillier
 
Countries in competition:                             
 
Women's:
1. Tina Graudina & Anastasija Samoilova
2. Kristen Nuss & Taryn Kloth Brasher
3. Carolina Solberg Salgado & Rebecca Cavalcante  
4. Thamela Coradello Galil & Victoria Lopes
5. Julia Donlin & Lexy Denaburg  
5. Melissa Humana-Paredes & Brandie Wilkerson
5. Valentina Gottardi & Reka Orsi Toth   
5. Molly Shaw & Kelly Cheng
9. Ana Patricia Silva Ramos & Eduarda dos Santos  
9. Kylie Neuschaeferova & Martina Maixnerova  
9. Linda Bock & Louisa-Christin Lippmann  
9. Sandra Ittlinger & Anna-Lena Grune  
9. Melanie Paul & Lea Sophie Kunst  
9. Katja Stam & Raisa Schoon  
9. Daniela Alvarez & Tania Moreno  
9. Tetiana Lazarenko & Daria Romaniuk
 
Countries in competition:                             
 
Complete Results