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But they lost men's singles in luge which is a huge blow for them for sure. 

Germany with 12 medals through 6 events. I think it’s safe to say they dominate the sliding events.

Defence starting out the best. Another 1st quarter without a Brady TD?

This game will beautiful, even if it isn’t competitive  

Those 4K cameras look like a video game. 

Two-Women Bobsleigh 2021 wch results added
21.02.06 beijing day by day wch 21.docx

1 year to go!!! Hopefully...

Coming soon...
 

Japan to host the Asian/Oceania qualifiers 5-7 May in Tokyo
 
https://worldrowing.com/2021/02/01/tokyo-bid-for-2021-asia-and-oceania-continental-olympic-qualification-regatta-accepted-by-the-world-rowing-council/

Good day in total for our mini-team.
 
Nice 12th place for Jozef Ninis (with 9th fastest time in run 2).
Our juniors 27th Marián Skupek (7th in the U23) and Jozef Hušla 29th (9th in the U23)
 
and as mentioned before Vaverčák/Zmij missed the U23 doubles WCh medal by 0.121 to finish 4th in the Juniors competition (and valuable 14th place overall)
 

Dusty Henricksen takes gold in the Knuckle Huck. That’s two golds for Californian athletes

I wonder how many sports have more women than men competing in a singles event  

It's good, too!
 
No bouldering in ice climbing, sadly.

It’s awesome. Highly recommend watching replays from past World Cups.

I’m really hoping for a few medals this weekend in the Luge Wch.

It’s been a great winter season for the US so far. I hope to see some of the momentum carried into the upcoming world champs.

Solid Sunday for Team USA. We had 2 sleds in the top 10 in the women’s 2 man Bobsled WC. Meyers Taylor grabbed bronze in that event & Humphries finished 6th. Also, Tyler Wallasch finished 5th in the ski cross WC. Summer Britcher took bronze in the Women’s luge WC with Farquharson finishing 8th. They then followed that up later with 4th place & 7th place in the sprint event. Emily Sweeney finished 8th in that event as well. Faye Gulini gets another 2nd place finish in the women’s snowboard cross WC. Hagen Kearney & Jake Vedder finished in 3rd & 4th on the men’s side. Brittany Bowe had another great day finishing 6th in the women’s 500m speed skating WC & 1st in the women’s 1000m. 

21.01.24 early version: day-2 - day2
21.01.24 TOKYO 2020 QUALI.doc

Hello,
This is my "possible start lists" data.
It is very early draft ofc.
 
I don;t have time to make more explenations right now, because it is quite a busy weekend for me.
Only one thing - events are made in calendar order. First those which start at day -2, then day -1, then day 0, then day 1 etc,
Q means someone who qualified,
q is my prediction
 
Have a good day, everyone
21.01.16 TOKYO 2020 QUALI.doc

Great day for Team USA today!! Brittany Bowe won the 1500m Speed skating World Cup & Chloe Kim won in her first half pipe competition back in 22 months.

Women's Water Polo
Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021
 
Trieste (Italy) - 19 January 2021 - 24 January 2021  
 
 
Water-Polo at the Summer Olympic Games 2020 - Women's Tournament
  Hungary (13 Quotas)   Netherlands (13 Quotas)

Day 3 Results
 
A
-   6-15   (2:8, 2:1, 2:3, 0:3)
-   26-4   (6:1, 7:0, 5:2, 8:1)
 
ITA 5
NED 5
FRA 2
SVK 0
 
B
-   5-8  (1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 2:2)
-   7-7   (2:2, 1:2, 1:2, 3:1)
 
GRE 6
HUN 4
KAZ 1
ISR 1
 
QUARTERFINALS
14:00  2A-3B  -
20:00  1B-4A  -
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16:00   2B-3A -
18:00   1A-4B -

imho the best qualification system for all sports would be...just ask me who I want to see at the Games!   

Sorry but this is not true. Greece didn't select the flag bearer yet, though Anna is one of the top prospects for that position along with Stefanidi and Petrounias.
 
There are also some rumors about Tsitsipas and Antetokounmpo but I don't think they deserve it since they never played at the Olympics before and the others already won gold medals.

Really unfair that South Africa automatically gets in. I also think it's unfair for China and Australia too, even though they are at least decent teams. Canada are somewhat decent as well, but I disagree with this whole qualification process 
 
Greece and the Netherlands both missed out in 2012 and 2016. The Dutch hosted in 2016 but still couldn't make it. I really hope Greece can make it this year but I know it will be tough.
 
I must say that if anyone is trying to decide who to support here, I believe us Greeks really deserve some support.
 
2009-2012 we had an incredible cycle. 4th at 2009 World Championships, silver at 2010 European Championships, gold at 2011 World Championships, and silver at 2012 European Championships. Also won World League bronze in 2010 and 2012. Sadly, the World Championships did not offer Olympic quota places back then, and our entire qualification was decided on one match against Spain. We lost, and Spain went on to win silver in London. Really unlucky for us.
 
2013-16 we did okay. Didn't win any medals but finished 5th or 6th at every World/Euro Champs during that cycle. Once again, our Olympic hopes were decided on one match. This time against Russia, and we led 9-7 in the fourth period and then 10-9 but conceded with four seconds left and then lost on penalties. Russia went on to win bronze at the Rio Olympics.
 
2017-20...well we had some good results (second in 2018 European Championships and won the 2018 Europa Cup), but 2019 and 2020 were not so good for us, 8th at 2019 World Championships and 6th at 2020 European Championships. After those disappointing results, we got a new coach and our best player Alexandra Asimaki (former FINA World player of the year) announced her return to the national team. Sadly, coronavirus changed some plans and she decided to finish her career. We also lost another great player in Alkisti Avramidou, who never made it to the Olympics in her incredible career. Other great players we had who never made it to the Olympics include Eleni Kouvdou and Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, they both stopped after 2016. People who follow water polo know these names very well.
 
I do hope that with this new coach we can surprise people here and manage to qualify for Tokyo. I know it will be really tough but a lot of our girls have experience playing for Olympiakos (one of the best clubs in Europe) despite our average age being just 22 and we only have one player over 26. These young girls have achieved a lot and won the European U19 and U17 championships and medals at the World U20 and U18 championships. If they don't make it to Tokyo, I hope they can keep improving and make it to Paris 2024. Also doesn't help that our best young player Stefania Charalampidi decided to play for USA (she moved there when she was 17) even though she was born and raised in Greece...
 
Anyways I just wanted to let people know more about our team. I don't want to make it seem like I am complaining but I think it would be a really nice story if our girls can finally get back to the Olympics for the first time since 2008. This team has been through a lot. I'm confident our men's team will qualify again, but our women need this. An elite team should not be excluded from the Olympics three times in a row.