Faramir

Crippa easily going to win

With this result and timing system it will be fun to follow the Olympics

And now Cimini spoke about it...he had a brain hemmorhage and had temporarily lost the use of his left leg.

It cannot.

- best result in a certain period or in a certain set of competitions; - a combination of best results (ranking); - decision by "coach", "technical director", "committee" - whoever is responsible.

either my English is so bad that you understood something like this or you are misinterpreting it on purpose... yes, until a certain date.

Buying a ticket doesn't seem a good comparison to me. Here we have a small and previously set number of places, and a ranking of (many more) people to fill those places. It's like applying to a university with few places or to enter a public contest for hiring new personnel... there's always some sort punishment if you are selected and accept instead of declining in time so that your spot can be reallocated to the next best ranked candidate. Having to pay and being bumped down the rankings or limited in regard to your future applications is not uncommon.

I wouldn't feel sympathy for them even if the Championships were held 1 week before the Olympics and in Iceland. Nobody is forcing top-tier athletes to compete, they just have to make a choice before a certain date, like for everything else in life with restricted number access.

Athletes "changing plans" 3 days before a big competition with restricted number access is equally as shitty. Just set a cut-off date and anyone who is registered by that time must be present, or provide a medical certificate for the injury or "injury" and not compete for a month or so.

No doubt about that, it seems the right and just thing to do.

I don't think it was sports-related, it seemed like an incident or pretty serious illness, they kept it private but his teammates kept showing messages of support.

Which olympic events would have less than 21 NOCs "supporting" them?

- 3 weeks Olympics and more quotas - qualification systems in all sports mainly based on rankings of 2 years of "world cups" + world and continental championships. Top 8 athletes guaranteed to qualify with a limit of 4 per country. Heavy use of rankings also in team sports. Less knock out tournaments. - require every international federation to set a clear rulebook, "code of points", "example cases" to be admitted to the Olympics- there must be nearly always a consensus between officials on who is the winner, how an action should be judged, etc. In general: - less amateurism in running world-level competitions; - stricter antidoping rules for elite athletes

It's also official that Eszter Muhari is qualified in women's epee, replacing Anna Kun.

Fiorentina has unconsistent defenders and attackers who can't shoot, guys like Ikonè and Kouamè should have done track and field, not a sport with a ball involved.

Those who don't complain of robberies in boxing usually complain harder when it's one of their compatriot's turn.

Teodosiu. No announcements from him or Romanian Fencing so far.

Anna Bashta, women's sabre and Alexis Bayard, men's epee, also confirmed by the respective Fencing federations. Only 1 spot left. I suppose a universality spot given to a woman to keep gender balance

So men's foil has reached the maximum of 37 entries.

Leave it be, for many in NED we are either completely unorganized or run by the "maFFia", we're lucky when they choose the first option.

Laughable. Boyfriend and coach who was an elite fencer for many years (and certainly knows antidoping regulations) who, just after retiring, willingly purchased banned substance because why not, and then contaminated her through sex. Surely to make it more believable Thibus at least will break up with him and sue him for putting her at risk and causing moral and financial damage. . Otherwise someone might think that she convinced him to take the blame.

Arianna Bridi once again (as in 2021-22) not deemed fit to compete after the last medical checkup, due to heart problems...the spot in the 10km will be taken by another Italian.

A javelin thrower. Unlikely to win a medal.

Tested "over ten times" and acting like it's a huge number...given that a few of those are surely in-competition, that probably means she missed at least 30% of the out-of-competition ones, but that sounds much worse.