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Difficult to be certain given that it will be based on results at the trials but apparently Tom Daley won't be competing in the individual event so he won't be doubling up. Others like Spendolini-Sirieix and Laugher are certain to if they meet the selectors requirements. Even teams with full quotas - and that includes China - rarely take a squad of more than 11-12 divers and I'm sure that'll be the case here, so 4-5 will likely be doubling up. There are a few divers like Tokyo gold medalist Mattie Lee who are out with injury so there's some diminution in competition although he competes in 10m platform where GB has a lot of options anyway.

has selected these pairings for the synchronised events in Paris. Men's 3m - Anthony Harding & Jack Laugher Men's 10m - Tom Daley & Noah Williams Women's 3m - Yasmin Harper & Scarlett Mew Jensen Women's 10m - Andrea Spendolini-Sireix & Lois Toulson The individual competitors will be selected after the British trials near the end of this month.

You're not including the race walkers relay then? I'm pretty sure that neither GB or the US will qualify for that one.

In the aftermath of the London Marathon Team GB has confirmed that the squad for Paris will be: Men - Emile Cairess, Mahamad Mahamad and Philip Sesemann. Women - Rose Harvey, Calli Hauger-Thackery and Charlotte Purdue.

Do you know when Lizzie Bird last ran as she was out injured for most if not all of last season?

Difficult to disagree with you Dragon, although I'd offer up two more memories to vie with Hemery's gold and WR in Mexico City as the fifth choice. Firstly, Mary Peter's gold in the pentathlon in Munich at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1972, despite the IRA'S death threats against her. Sport was one of the few areas in which the communities could sometimes be brought together at that time as epitomised by people like George Best and Alex Higgins who enjoyed support across the sectarian divide. It's a memory that has often been repeated on the Beeb. Secondly, Daley Thompson winning his second gold medal in the decathlon in Los Angeles in 1984. The back flip on the pole vault mat sticks in the memory and has often been repeated on TV.

The Team Skeet silver will also be a challenge given that they haven't actually qualified a male skeet shooter yet. On the other hand Gracenote has underestimated GB's medal total at the last three Games so their value has to be taken with the proverbial pinch of salt.

Looking across the last three OG even the teams with the greatest strength in depth haven't taken more than 12 divers to fill the 16 quotas freeing up spots for others. China: 2012 - 12, 2016 - 12, 2020 - 10 GB: 2012 - 12, 2016 - 11, 2020 - 12

Didn't Austria's qualification as European Games winners represent the continental quota in the duet, Josh?

I wouldn't discount Eden Cheng getting in ahead of Tolson in the individual platform.

Depends where you are. In 2012 hockey was second only to football in terms of crowd attendances among the team sports.

I think you have Ice Hockey way to high.

How much does that equate to in tyre width?

The Olympic sprint programme has changed since 2004 and the men's squad did medal in the kilo that year as they had four years earlier. It would be fairer to say that it would be the first blank since 1996 if they don't pul something out of the hat in Paris.

Reading the threads on Swimswam the concensus seems to be that Ceccon has broken the breaststroke rules repeatedly at this meet. Have no idea if this has been the case in previous events and don't pretend to know whether they are correct or not although I would say that they are mostly longstanding contributors to the publication and do seem to know their swimming.

There doesn't seem any will to succeed off their own backs. They constantly make demands for money and complain about the financial support given to other sports while ignoring the fact that unlike basketball they've actually done something to earn it. Basketball just doesn't seem willing to put in the hard yards despite being a professional sport with the advantages that brings. Perhaps if the clubs stopped filling their ranks with American also rans rather than developing British qualified players it might help. I went to a school with a long history of providing women (field) hockey players to Leicester, England and GB. It encouraged fresh generations to aspire to do the same thing. The same applies to the local football and rugby clubs, particularly Leicester Tigers. Basketball needs to develop a similar culture if it is going to have greater success and build a place in local communities as football, cricket and rugby of both codes have.

Lol. Pity the same cannot be said of Belgium. The stats between England and Scotland a team who had only beaten them once ever: possession 64-36%, shots at goal 22-9. Meanwhile in the Netherlands game against Belgium who had beaten them in their previous match in this tournament: possession 71-29%, shots at goal 32-6. To cap it all they played eight minutes of overtime to make sure the Netherlands got the goal they needed. If there was a questionable game tonight it wasn't between Scotland and England.

It's interesting isn't it. In the previous game between the Netherlands and Belgium the latter won 2-1. Now suddenly they seem impotent with just one shot at goal in the first half compared with the Netherlands' eleven and just 24% possession. It's almost as if the Belgians are trying to help their neighbours.

So much for the "Auld Alliance", Ben. Nothing, nothing woujd make Scotland throw a match against England in any sports match. It's a long time since Scotland have beaten England and prior to the two most recent matches between the sides England beat them 6-0. England haven't played well in this tournament but they're not duffers as recent World Cup finalists. UEFA have a lot to answer for for having put the players of all four countries in this group in such an invidious position. It isn't fair on anyone and does the reputation of football no good whatsoever.

All those additional mixed events! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

Worth pointing out that race walking began in an English speaking country that also produced many Olympic champions and medallists in the sport during its long history.

ARTHUR Cisse, Josh?

Thanks. I was going by the rankings as they were on 8/11/23. I guess they must have been updated since then.

Not sure your numbers are right. Woolley came here with a 16 pt lead over the Iranian and picked up another 15 pts by reaching the quarter-final.

I think Cunningham has already done enough to qualify. All his closest rivals lost early too. Three of the four semi-finalists could overtake him but only if they win and he can afford to drop one spot. Just a cursory look but I think he's okay. Age is on McGowan's side and the writing has perhaps been on the wall for Cook (Walkden) for the past two years with her rival picking up podium finishes at the 2022 and 2023 World Champs.