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Looks like Badminton NL will be "killed" by NOC*NSF

Looks like Badminton NL will be "killed" by NOC*NSF

Nearly 11 years ago I was participating in X Factor and they do these video intros before every live show performance, to show how you were preparing, asking questions etc. Somehow, one week it came down to hobbies & I mentioned that I really liked sports and the interviewer asked if I liked basketball and I said nah, my favourite sport is actually biathlon and it went on live TV  
 
Low and behold, a few days later after the live I get contacted by a guy from the biathlon federation to do an interview for them and we met up somewhere in the city center, I got interviewed, we talked about biathlon (this was the very first time I met a moving, living person that enjoyed biathlon then). So we kinda kept talking a bit from time to time after that interview about sports and since I knew his name, I found the courage to ask if he was the same Robertas from the forum annnnnnd coincidence - he was :DDDDDDD
 
Nowadays, we talk about sports nearly every day, he is still working as a media liaison for our biathlon federation and is working at COSMA (our best athletics club) too, after having worked for the athletics federation as a liaison for many years too. So I'm still getting a lot of insider tea to this day from him  
 
I wouldn't be too surprised if @heywoodu has seen him too at some biathlon event  

Mark Caljouw won't be going to Paris since the Dutch NOC decided he is not good enough according to the strict internal criteria

Yeah I also liked , for me it's the only song that reached "really good" level in my ears. There are other good songs, but none came close to Ukraine.

They were given time until 24 May to choose 2 out of 4 CR quotas.
 
There will be updated version of the list in the upcoming weeks.

His Instagram is now filled with qualification posts and stories now, he had a dinner yesterday to celebrate 

WTF!! Prince Dahal of himself doesn't know he qualified for Olympics. I had congratulated him on his Instagram 
 

We could do a quick check on how the past 8 years of Eurovision would've looked if only the jury and only the televoters would've voted.
 
 
          Jury / Televote / Winner
 
2024         
2023          
2022          
2021           
2019           
2018           
2017           
2016           
 
It is clear that neither can work without the other, as the consensus was only reached in 2017. Also, apart from 2019, I would've most likely trusted the jury. 
 
I find both Dami Im and Sam Ryder a bit better than both of Ukrainian somewhat politically aided songs. Cesar was definitely better than "Toy" (although my heart lies with other songs that year). 2021's pretty tricky, since I really enjoyed both entries. 2019 was indeed a good collaborative save, because I hated both the jury and the public winner. 

To be honest wouldn't be great loss for Europe if  were to withdraw - a friend who saw the performance in the semi-final described it as "watching a lewd act in a grotty public toilet"

after 5 minutes of reading this year Eurovision thread

Seems like I chose the wrong year for re-following the contest lol

Seems like I chose the wrong year for re-following the contest lol

Seems like I chose the wrong year for re-following the contest lol

Seems like I chose the wrong year for re-following the contest lol

These two nations received universality quotas in badminton:

  (Men's singles) and (Women's singles)

The refugee quota was not counted as tripartite, the remaining tripartite quota was not used and reallocated to the athlete from

Badminton qualifiers List:
 
Men's Singles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/MS Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf
Women's Singles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/WS Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf
Men's Doubles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/MD Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf
Women's Doubles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/WD Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf
Mixed Doubles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/XD Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf

41 Men's Singles will be drawn into 13 groups where two of the groups will have 4 players instead of 3
 
39 Women's Singles will be drawn into 13 groups of 3 players

These two nations received universality quotas in badminton:

  (Men's singles) and (Women's singles)

For the first time ever, Italy qualified in men's single at Olympics.

Badminton qualifiers List:
 
Men's Singles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/MS Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf
Women's Singles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/WS Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf
Men's Doubles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/MD Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf
Women's Doubles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/WD Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf
Mixed Doubles - https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/XD Qualifier list - Paris 2024 - as of 10th May 2024.pdf

I feel young again. I was not born 

wins the penalty shoot-out 11-10.
 
is out for the first time since 1984.
 
thanks @Joshfor cursing , his powers to cause last minute, ridiculous comebacks is unparalleled :P

Mendrek/Kral won't have any issue with the outcome of this dispute. They are safe. The one who should be watching this is the next eligible men's singles player since an extra quota would open in men's singles if the Popovs are selected.
 
In normal circumstances, indeed France can just simply choose who should play in Paris 2024 (be it from ranking or who the federation deemed to have better chances). But this is caused by BWF which did not do their job properly and Corvee/Labar got robbed caused by a mistake that is only fixed after the last tournament for Olympic qualification. The French Federation doesn't want to be a villain to their own players, so they simply handed this mess to the one who caused it (and tried their luck a bit with this excessive demand).