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Pretty amazing stage for .

Ya, despite reducing the number of quotas qualification for open water swimming is now much more forgiving.

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/07/14/tokyo-world-track-and-field-championships-2025/ Tokyo will host the 2025 World Championships, becoming the first African country to... wait, they aren't hosting the 2025 worlds in Africa after all?

I think I speak for all my fellow Americans when I assure you the USD didn’t overtake the Euro because of our competent politicians.

…like it has consistently in the last decade? xD

Second group stage match results. Group A 5 - 0 3 - 0 Group B 4 - 0 1 - 0 are all qualified for the World Cup.

Would say has to be the favourite for the second quota entirely thanks to Christiane Endler.

Definitively an unexpected blow to our relay teams. Makes me wonder if there isn't turmoil in Canadian swimming that hasn't fully been reported on yet. Either way, best of luck to her. It would be a big deal for if she manages to win an individual Olympic medal.

Reanna Solomon, a 2004 Olympian and 2002 Commonwealth Games champion (the only ever Commonwealth Games champion from her country) has died at age 40 from COVID-19.

Group B results: 3 - 0 6 - 0

I visited Whistler a couple weeks ago (my first time in BC, and a bit of a change of pace from my home in Texas), unfortunately the sliding centre was closed - it was the week-end before summer season started, so I couldn't get pictures. The Olympic Park is also sadly closed to the public during the day.

That ref did not want to stay there one second more than he was contractually obligated to be.

very first country to qualify in a team sport. Massive upset.

Olympic spot contested between and will be decided on penalties.

Alright, things I would add: Athletics 4x1500m relay or 4xMile relay Ekiden 50km walk (as if ) Individual cross country Men's and women's team cross country Mixed relay cross country Badminton Men's and women's team event Boxing One extra women's weight class Canoeing A few additional sprint events Cycling Road team time trial Track 1km time trial Track individual pursuit Diving 1m springboard Golf Men's and women's team event Men's, women's and mixed alternate shot match-play Judo Men's and women's team event Remove mixed team event Shooting Double trap Have mixed team events for both trap and skeet Sport Climbing Lead Boulder Remove combined Surfing Mixed team event Table tennis Men's and women's doubles Taekwondo Add two weight classes per gender Tennis Mixed team event Weightlifting Add two weight classes per gender Wrestling Add one men's freestyle and women's freestyle weight classes

This bronze medal game is both wildly entertaining and not a great display of basketball.

One of the all time great relays.

Yes. https://www.fil-luge.org/en/news/women-s-doubles-in-the-olympic-program-for-milan-cortina-2026

FIS proposed a mixed parallel slalom event in snowboarding and of course women‘s nordic combined.

lol that really shows how much the FIS cares about this mixed parallel event...

For the first time ever freestyle skiing will have the most events of any winter disciplines (and 15 is the most any winter discipline has ever had). Though, once again, freestyle skiing really should be split three ways (freestyle, park & pipe and cross).

It isn't at worlds so I'm not surprised at all.

The IOC really did alpine snowboarding dirty by removing the parallel slalom given it requires no additional venues or athletes.

Probably helped that and are two of those countries (and that generally it’s an event multiple non-European countries are traditionally competing in)

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Milano-Cortina-2026/Milano-Cortina-2026-Event-Programme-and-Athlete-Quota.pdf Athlete quota by sports: Alpine Skiing: 306 (153 m / 153 w) Biathlon: 210 (105 m / 105 w) Bobsleigh: 170 (114 m / 56 w) Cross Country Skiing: 296 (148 m / 148 w) Curling: 120 (60 m / 60 w) Figure Skating: 142 (71 m / 71 w) Freestyle Skiing: 284 (142 m / 142 w) Ice hockey: 530 (300 m / 230 w) Luge: 106 (59 m / 47 w) Nordic Combined: 36 (36 m / 0 w) Short Track: 112 (56 m / 56 w) Skeleton: 50 (25 m / 25 w) Ski Jumping: 100 (50 m / 50 w) Ski Mountaineering: 36 (18 m / 18 w) Snowboarding: 238 (119 m / 119 w) Speed Skating: 164 (82 m / 82 w)