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Really enjoying the photos you place every day @hckošice! Another two bronze medals yesterday in Judo and in Gymnastics. That's now a medal in 3 of the 5 sports we participated in, not too bad.

One of the favorites for a medal Judy Baauw injured herself in training and is out of the tournament.

No impressive results by the Dutch cyclists so far. Top 10 finishes in the time trials and individual race, but no medals. However I believe our team is really young 14-15, probably competing against 17-18 year olds. That also partly answers your earlier question @Werloc. The level at these games wholly depends on the squads NOCs send. I believe the Dutch usually focus on younger athletes for the EYOF and apparently they chose not to send an athletics or handball squad even though we usually perform well in those sports.

Difficult choice for the track cycling mens sprint between Hoy, Kenny and Lavreysen. The latter is super dominant at the moment, but the others have a greater legacy built up already.

And they both won gold! Travel to Slovakia? A good idea for Dutch judokas

I just watched the judo preliminaries on the side while working and I just happened to catch two Dutch athletes reaching the finals in -44 kg and -60 kg. Not bad! Shame we didn't send anyone in athletics or a handball team, their federations put their focus on other tournaments I guess.

Terrible night for the Dutch with neither of the 4x400m relays qualifying, Hassan not medalling and the QF loss to a penalty at the football Euros.

So many great champions in this poll. Especially the 10.000m for men was a tough choice between Zapotek, Nurmi, Gebrselassi and Bekele. I ended up going for Gebrselassi because his achievements are more recent and thus more known to me.

Great efforts by Vetter in the shot put and javelin. Hopefully she can keep it close in the 800m, though Thiam should probably take enough time there.

Our success in athletics is a very recent phenomenon, but I'm loving every moment of it! Schilder is still improving every tournament, I hope she keeps this up. Apparently she and the Canadian were friends too, they were hugging and chatting after the throws.

Rare sight to see Hassan lose a final sprint, but I'm not too upset. Just happy she is running again after an extended break. Also interesting that the Belgian commentatoe says HasSAN while the Dutch always sat HASsan.

What a terrible day to be busy at work, looks like I missed a spectacular tdf stage!

Podiums in the Lenzerheide world cup: Women: 1. Loana Lecomte 2. Jenny Rissveds 3. Alessandra Keller Men: 1. Luca Braidot 2. Alan Hatherly 3. Mathias Fluckiger

Gstaad, Suisse Elite tournament Women: 1. Duda/Ana Patricia 2. Barbara/Carol 3. Clancy/Mariafe Men: 1. Grimalt/Grimalt 2. Perusic/Schweiner 3. Varenhorst/Van de Velde Another impressive result by the Chilean cousins, they've stood out to me in the results for a while now. They might be medal contenders in 2024, which I doubt Chile has many. Meanwhile on the womens side Duda/Ana Patricia is finally living up to their potential.

- and - in the semi finals. Apparently a 17 years old Dutch girl is topscorer of the tournament so far, Lola Moolhuizen. Somehow our waterpolo team always finds new young talents that rise really quickly (and sometimes retire really quickly as well). True test for the team comes now versus more experienced opposition I guess.

I think it will be a close game today. The Dutch are also a very young team with a few new faces that joined after Tokyo. And I feel like Greece and the Netherlands are usually around the same level in waterpolo, competing for those last few Olympic qualifying spots the past couple of Games.

[hide] Men's Tournament Playoffs June 27th, 2022 8 Nations, the 4 winning Nations will qualify for the Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 27th 2022, h. 14:00 Montenegro 3 Japan June 27th 2022, h. 15:30 Georgia 5 Croatia June 27th 2022, h. 17:00 Italy 3 Australia June 27th 2022, h. 18:30 South Africa 4 United States [/hide]

Probably too late for the Dutch Mike Schloesser who has dominated the compound class for the last few years. So I remain neutral about this

European Championships U18 starting 4-8 July in Jerusalem. The Dutch team consists of 19 athletes in total. Four of them are 400m hurdlers. Wonder if that's some sort of early Bol effect already.

I know I'm biased because we won a medal, but I really enjoyed that mixed medley. It's chaos, but in the end the finish was super close with the exception of the USA.

Rome, Italy World Championships 2022 Women: 1. Duda/Ana Patricia 2. Brukovic/Brandie 3. Müller/Tillmann Men: 1. Mol/Sorum 2. Renato/Vitor Felipe 3. Andre/George I always had the feeling that Duda/Ana Patricia had the potential to win tournaments, but they just underperformed in the world tour in the beginning. And very surprising silver medalists.

Bol takes another Diamond League win, but this time it's the Australian one in the men's 800m. Happy to see PB's by Klaver in the 400m (50.80) and Van Diepen in the 800m (1:44.14) Edit: apparently the 800m was originally won by Benjamin Robert but he was disqualified.

That football qualification document is ridiculous. TBD... Also really wondering why there's 16 male teams and 12 female teams, when the women's Olympic tournament has far more pedigree in the sport.

Early exit by Stam/Schoon. They peaked too early this season, when the other teams were only warming up. Four Brazilian teams left in the tournament on the mens side is also a pretty impressive statistic. Norwegians Mol/Sorum still looking like the tournament favorites though.

[hide] Women's Tournament Preliminary Round June 20th - June 24th, 2022 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 20th 2022, h. 19:30 Canada 2 Italy June 20th 2022, h. 21:00 Hungary 6 Colombia June 22nd 2022, h. 19:30 Colombia 5 Canada June 22nd 2022, h. 21:00 Italy 3 Hungary June 24th 2022, h. 19:30 Italy 7 Colombia June 24th 2022, h. 21:00 Hungary 1 Canada Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 20th 2022, h. 18:00 South Africa 5 United States June 20th 2022, h. 19:30 Netherlands 7 Argentina June 22nd 2022, h. 18:00 Argentina 4 South Africa June 22nd 2022, h. 19:30 United States 1 Netherlands June 24th 2022, h. 18:00 United States 9 Argentina June 24th 2022, h. 19:30 Netherlands 7 South Africa Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 20th 2022, h. 18:00 New Zealand 1 Brazil June 20th 2022, h. 19:30 Kazakhstan 9 Australia June 22nd 2022, h. 18:00 Australia 6 New Zealand June 22nd 2022, h. 19:30 Brazil 3 Kazakhstan June 24th 2022, h. 18:00 Brazil 4 Australia June 24th 2022, h. 19:30 Kazakhstan 3 New Zealand Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 20th 2022, h. 18:00 Greece 7 Thailand June 20th 2022, h. 19:30 France 2 Spain June 22nd 2022, h. 18:00 Spain 3 Greece June 22nd 2022, h. 19:30 Thailand 4 France June 24th 2022, h. 18:00 Thailand 8 Spain June 24th 2022, h. 19:30 France 3 Greece Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation USA NED ITA Men's Tournament Preliminary Round June 21st - June 25th, 2022 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 21st 2022, h. 19:30 Brazil 3 Georgia June 21st 2022, h. 21:00 Montenegro 1 Hungary June 23rd 2022, h. 19:30 Georgia 8 Montenegro June 23rd 2022, h. 21:00 Hungary 5 Brazil June 25th 2022, h. 19:30 Brazil 4 Montenegro June 25th 2022, h. 21:00 Hungary 6 Georgia Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 21st 2022, h. 18:00 Germany 2 Japan June 21st 2022, h. 19:30 Greece 4 Croatia June 23rd 2022, h. 18:00 Croatia 6 Germany June 23rd 2022, h. 19:30 Japan 3 Greece June 25th 2022, h. 18:00 Japan 5 Croatia June 25th 2022, h. 19:30 Greece 3 Germany Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 21st 2022, h. 18:00 South Africa 3 Italy June 21st 2022, h. 19:30 Canada 4 Spain June 23rd 2022, h. 18:00 Spain 3 South Africa June 23rd 2022, h. 19:30 Italy 5 Canada June 25th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy 2 Spain June 25th 2022, h. 19:30 Canada 2 South Africa Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 21st 2022, h. 18:00 Australia 3 Kazakhstan June 21st 2022, h. 19:30 United States 4 Serbia June 23rd 2022, h. 18:00 Serbia 3 Australia June 23rd 2022, h. 19:30 Kazakhstan 7 United States June 25th 2022, h. 18:00 Kazakhstan 9 Serbia June 25th 2022, h. 19:30 United States 4 Australia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation SRB CRO MNE [/hide]