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Matters drag on. https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1108946/colombia-appeal-weightlifting-ruling https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1108817/tokyo-2020-weightlifting-selection

I'll be happy to provide you with the final figures for GB. A few updates - Modern Pentathlon 4 (+1) Swimming 30 (+30) [Full squad except 10k open water] Trampoline 2 (+1)

No, qualification for athletics finishes on 29th June.

There is a "legacy" quota available in both singles events for Olympic champions/Grand Slam winners which I think is more or less designed for Murray if he is fit enough and wishes to take up the invite. He's playing at Queens this week so we'll soon have an idea if he's up to Wimbledon and the Olympics.

Brno, CZ Men's Shot Put Scott Lincoln 21.28m

Still some way off her 2018 PB of 7.05m though. She's always been inconsistent with the exception of major championships where she has pretty much always underperformed. GB has five jumpers with qualifiers of between 6.84 and 6.94m but I'm not expecting a medal from this event whoever is selected.

Stunning run and the 7th Brit to achieve the qualifying time in the M 800m. There are also 7 in the M 1500m, 6 in the W 800m and 7 in the W 1500m. The trials in the middle distance events are going to be something to behold.

Yes.

Not this week Grassmarket. GB haven't sent a team because of Covid.

Marietta, USA Women's Long Jump Lorraine Ugen 6.94m

I was thinking of something more like the mêlée at a medieval tourney. Jousting could be adopted as Modern Pentathlon's equivalent of three man basketball.

MHSN sounds like you may need a lawyer. ?

A combined fence/ride element akin to the run/shoot portion in the current programme.

Eugene, USA Women's 400m Nicole Yeargin 50.96

Copenhagen Men's discus Lawrence Okoye 66.30m

At least the referee didn't get away with his attempt to gift the fight to Plantic with his penalty point.

Out of interest who would you have chosen in the men's team?

Chula Vista, USA Women's Long Jump Jazmin Sawyers 6.90m

Perhaps, but my perception at the time was that the Italian had done enough over the three rounds to win the gold. It's moot now of course, but I know that is how I felt at the time and I haven't watched the bout since then.

I agree with everything you've said.

One of the mysteries for me has been the decline of American boxing at Olympic level over the last twenty years. Every four years they, together with Cuba, seemed to carve up the gold medals between them. Now they often seem to struggle to win medals of any colour.

I wouldn't base your conclusions on the delusions of one or two contributors here just because their boxers didn't get the result they hoped for. British boxing has little or no influence within the administration of the boxing world. What they have is a great programme and a long history of success. Only the US and Cuba have won more medals in Olympic boxing. The quality of the boxers is reflected in the large numbers who go on to success in professional boxing with significant numbers winning world titles. The same can also be said of Ireland where boxing accounts for more than half of all the medals won by that country in Olympic competition. The sport has been a part of British and Irish culture since the 18th century and attracts some of those countries top athletes. It is not surprising they do well in international competition. As far as the fight involving your countryman was concerned I had him narrowly winning the first round with his opponent doing likewise in the second. It came down to the last round and as Dragon said the British boxer just edged it on his finish. It really could have gone either way and that was reflected in the judges scoring. Who ever lost could consider themselves unlucky. I really regret that we won't be having a final world qualifier to give boxers a last chance to get to Tokyo via the ring as your man would have had a strong chance of still making it.

Glasgow 100m Backstroke Joe Litchfield 53.75

Lauren Price is the reigning world champion and favourite for gold in Tokyo and so no surprise there. Dubois is clearly highly rated and has performed really well in what when it began fifteen months ago was her first senior tournament. It was good to see her deservedly overcome the limited Potkonen's negativity. The one who has really impressed me though is Charley Davison who only returned to the sport last year after an absence of many years to start a family with three children. She impressed with her first round victory over an Irish boxer and again today. Very skillful and a quick mover it'll be interesting to see how she gets on in Tokyo.

Birmingham, UK Women's 10,000m Jessica Judd 31:20.96