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He's currently 72nd on the list given the four per country max and the fact Zhang is qualified form the Asian Games (which takes priority over the world ranking when it comes to allocating quotas to countries). If he wins his next match he'll be 62nd (or 63rd if Kovalík goes further than him), which should be safe. None of this accounts for protected rankings, which can be used to qualify for the Olympics.

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Apparently Michele Esercitato defeated Tugrul Ozer at Olympic trials.

Trump has been found guilty on all counts in the NY trial.

Going to mostly limit this to the Olympics. Expand the Summer Olympics to three weeks to allow for more athletes / sports / events without balloning costs. Specifically, have a rotation of which athletes are there. I like the idea of having one week tentpolled by swimming, one week tentpolled by Gymnastics and one week tentpolled by Athletics. Eliminate Modern Pentathlon from the Olympics Expand the athlete quota for the Winter Olympics to around 3,500, reverse athlete quota cuts and add some new non-traditional sports (especially ice climbing, cross country running, cyclocross and snow volleyball) to add appeal for more non-traditional winter sports countries. Obviously, lets also expand the program for the Winter Olympics to include things like freeride, rail jam and a team moguls event :D And the big one: Create a "mind and skill sport" Olympic games, name still a work in progress. Would be a home for stuff like e-sports, chess, go, bowling, cue sports, perhaps even motorsports.

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Brown is another -born athlete, it's certainly becoming more of a trend for those athletes to compete for other countries.

Even if they have already received their medal, would still be nice to have every medalist on the podium

Tatiana Weston-Webb put down a pretty great 10.0 wave in the semis of the Thaiti Pro today.

You're a wizzard I swear xD

That's a World Aquatic consideration, not a consideration for the French NOC. Maybe there shouldn't be host nation spots in synchro, but those are the only host spots available in diving so.

It's the best team France can put together, so from their point of view why not take the free quotas? Either way, I know they won't be competitive at all but it's still cool to see Gary Hunt make his Olympic debut given how great of a high diving career he's had.

That was quite unexpected.

Ya, already has a full team on the women's side so they can't qualify any individuals.

Join Aleah Finnegan and Levi Ruivivar, both also from the USA, on the women's team.

The athletes are qualified anyway, they are taking up quota spots as is. Might as well get more use out of those athletes, especially when we are in a situation where we're struggling to get enough athletes in some events to justify holding a semi-final.

An easy rule change that would be helpful would also be to allow relay-only swimmers to enter any event they have an OCT in (and the OCT can also probably be made a bit easier given achieving it just means you are eligible to get a spot by ranking anyway) and to allow two swimmers per country in an event even if one or both have only achieved the OCT as long as they are qualified for another event. (Obviously without dropping the requirement they swim in at least one relay heat)

There should really be a minimum of 20 swimmers per event. We are at risk of having multiple events where there aren't enough swimmers to necessitate heats.

2020 Olympian (men's 4x100m freestyle relay) Ruslan Gaziev is suspended 18 months due to wearabouts violations. His suspension ends on May 31st, 2025.

The way OCT places are distributed is bizzare as well. They try to equalize the total number of OCT places rather than prioritizing events that have fewer entrants.

Did you forget how Olympic podiums have looked since at least the early 90s?

Gotta love that personal touch

What's funny is is legitimately on track for it's best summer Olympics since 1984, and it's best non-boycotted summer Olympics ever. But this is also the worst the rowing team has ever been. This is the first time Canada has failed to qualify a male rower since 1900(!), when we simply didn't enter.

This is the second time Canada fails to qualify a male rower at a non-boycotted Olympics. The first time? 1900.

Not protecting abusive people and not protecting the "clique" is always a good start.