Faramir

Only Italy can still snatch the second women's quota from Indonesia. But beating both Japan in the quarterfinals and then likely Korea in the semifinals seems quite unrealistic. Edit: not only, see below

India certainly qualified now since only ESP and ITA are still in. For the second quota, Indonesia way ahead - with ESP needing gold and ITA needing at least silver to catch them.

What's the King of Pool?

3 Italian medals in men's sabre and 1 in women's foil. A few hours ago you'd have needed to be under the influence of heavy drugs to say this sentence.

Thibus abandoned for injury, at this point she'll either miss the Olympics (as she should ) or face a top (likely top4) fencer already in the round of 32

On paper the 3rd place teams from pools A and B should advance, given a guaranteed 3-0 against FRA/KEN, but waiting for the schedule...if the lastpool C matches are played last, things might change.

Pool A Pool B Pool C

It's not official, in every news article the list of nominated athletes in all sports so far is also updated and divers aren't named yet: https://parigi2024.coni.it/it/news/continental-tour-gold-jacobs-ed-ali-fanno-la-storia-nei-100-metri-e-conquistano-i-pass-individuali-per-parigi-2024.html But Tocci-Marsaglia and Pellacani-Bertocchi in both individual and synchro should be safe, the only doubt is about Larsen

43 years (and 11 months) old Embrich wins the individual title... it might be a record for the European championships.

Goalkeeper up on a corner kick in the first match of the group in a tournament where goal difference is crucial to advance with 3 points...very smart move.

It's not only a tapering problem...It's enough to hold the Euros earlier as usual (usually May in Olympic years, sometimes even earlier), I don't know why they are so late this time, they clash with Olympic selection meets (check the previous page) of top countries. Holding Euros regularly after the Olympics is not a great move for exposure, most people get tired of watching after the big event (+ the football club season starts).

Posthumous quota What a gallant gesture, Mr. Bach

Always happens with exotic countries. At least they didn't write that he was a medal favorite.

Meaning that Group A: Group B: Group C Pot 2: Pot 3: Pot 4: draw on June 19, in Bangkok, Thailand, at 18:00 local time (11:00 GMT)

Indeed there's not a chance that cricket will grow here outside of the (quite seclusive) Indian-Italian and Pakistani-Italian bubbles, even if they get to the World Cup or whatever. i'd prefer them starting to practice other sports tbh.

Again, let's check women's 62kg and 68kg reallocations for Tokyo 2020. The situation was the same and the rules were the same. They didn't apply the "cascade" reallocation procedure or the outcome would have been different. Of course I'd prefer Chamizo getting the quota, but let's not have wrong expectations, he's almost certainly out.

Yes, they are clear. The only hope for Chamizo was the reallocation of the Belarus quota won at the European tournament. But now we know that there's an eligible guy from Belarus.

Not at all. The rules are the same. This was for Tokyo. I stand by my opinion: AZE is qualified, quota should go to CHN as the highest ranked at the WCh that is not yet qualified (just like USA was qualified so the quota went to ROU).

I get why people think it will be reallocated to Chamizo (WCh quota to AZE and then European quota to ITA), but after reading a bit I think it will simply go to the Chinese, as the highest ranked at the WCh who is not yet qualified. The wording imo is quite clear and the same that was used for 2020(1), where for example the reallocation in women's 62kg went directly to ROU (and not to USA who had later won a PanAmerican quota, and thus the next best PanAm wrestler).

If they (NED) don't qualify for VNL finals, they have some more time to heal and rest for the Olympics.

I wouldn't be surprised if Italy tied AUS/USA on day 1 - 5,5 medals in these events if we go by latest World Championships (a half because a bronze in fencing - there are 2 bronzes at WCh but only 1 at the Olympics). It should be a strong start as usual, hopefully with a less noticeable drop in the second half of the Games.

https://olympics.com/ioc/paris-2024-individual-neutral-athletes

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Pichardo is justy salty and embarassing...I heard from interviews of another jumper that the Cubans are always arguing at every competition. There's highlights on Youtube and looking at the white board and the structure behind it, it's quite clear that Diaz Fortun's jump was longer than Pichardo's 18,04. And saying that the measurement is a scam because Diaz Fortun celebrated early is truly next level...he celebrated for other attempts too, it's not too difficult to understand when a jump is good.

It's a simple top list for relays. heywoodu is right: who ran it first gets the priority.