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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from CCB in Women's Football UEFA European Nations League 2023 - 2024   
    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. 
     
     
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Rafa Maciel in Taekwondo WT Grand Slam Champions Series 2023   
    In a repeat of her round of 32 result, Williams progresses to the quarter finals when her opponent picks up her 5th Gam-Jeom. Not sure about Powell yet - she was leading her match when the video feed cut out 
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Rafa Maciel in Taekwondo WT Grand Slam Champions Series 2023   
    Williams through to the semi-finals with arguably her best match so far, taking out 3rd seed  Milena Titoneli. 
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Rafa Maciel in Taekwondo WT Grand Slam Champions Series 2023   
    Powell's great form continues as she too makes it into the semi-finals after a tight match against 12th seed  Ozoda Sobirjonova
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Rafa Maciel in Taekwondo WT Grand Slam Champions Series 2023   
    Both Brits bow out in the semi-finals but have done enough to qualify for the Champion Series Final. 
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Rafa Maciel in Taekwondo WT Grand Slam Champions Series 2023   
    Lauren Williams and Aaliyah Powell having one more roll of the dice as they attempt to qualify for Paris. Both are entered into the Qualifying Tournament for the Grand Slam Champions Series Final. They need to reach the quarter finals in order to progress to the Grand Slam Champions Series Final. 
     
    Williams is the 6th seed and will face 27th seed  Arina Sagayadachnaya in the round of 32. If she comes through that, she will probably face  11th seed Junhong Liu.
     
    Powell has been a bit unfortunate with her draw as she is up against 4th seed Cecilia Castro Burgos of  in the round of 32. 
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Rafa Maciel in Taekwondo WT Grand Slam Champions Series 2023   
    Very cagey and low scoring first fight from  Powell but she overcomes Castro Burgos to make it to the round of 16. 
     
    Williams also makes it through - but it was messy and resembled wrestling towards the end. She only won the second round when her opponent picked up her 5th Gam-Jeom. 
     
    Based on their first bouts, Powell looks to have strongest chance to get through to the Series Final. 
     
    Now I might try and catch some sleep before the afternoon session.
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from Josh in Swimming LEN Short Course European Championships 2023   
    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. 
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    Nickyc707 reacted to NearPup in Women's Football UEFA European Nations League 2023 - 2024   
    I don't doubt is doing their best, but (or and for that matter) should simply not be allowed to be in the same group in this competition in years where Olympic qualification is on the line.
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from Benolympique in Women's Football UEFA European Nations League 2023 - 2024   
    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.
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    Nickyc707 reacted to OlympicsFan in Athletics WA World Championships 2023   
    Not sure what you mean with "supported". Canada and Australia are both pretty good in race walking and both are english-speaking countries as far as i know.
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Josh in Taekwondo Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024   
    Olympic Ranking Quotas PT 2
     
    Men’s +80kg: 
     Cheikh Sallah Cisse 
     Carlos Sansores
     Ivan Sapina
     Caden Cunningham
     Emre Kutalmis Atesli
     
    Women’s -67kg: 
     Sarah Chaâri
     Magda Wiet Henin
     Julyana Al-Sadeq
     Alexandra Perisic
     Mengyu Zhang
     
    Women’s +67kg: 
     Althéa Laurin 
     Nafia Kus
     Svetlana Osipova
     Dabin Lee
     Rebecca McGowan
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    Nickyc707 reacted to mpjmcevoy in Taekwondo Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024   
    Yep, just did the numbers - Cunningham in comfortably, McGowan about 60 points clear of Cook. Jones had a rather hand 107 pts lead on 6th so she was already safe. Sinden long since safe. Barring injury, I think that's your four, with potentially Cook and Powell on standby.
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from mpjmcevoy in Taekwondo Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024   
    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.
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from Josh in Taekwondo Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024   
    I'm not sure how many more qualifying events there are before the Olympic ranking list closes on 3rd December but the final event is the World Grand Prix final where most of the remaining points are at stake.
     
    "All athletes will get ranking points. The points will be reflected on WT World Ranking and WT Olympic Ranking. The ranking points per winners of the competition shall be allocated as follows."
     
    1st  – 100.00 pts
    2nd – 60.00
    3rd – 36.00
    4th – 21.60
    5th – 15.12
    9th – 10.58
     
    Opportunities still exist for athletes to get themselves into a qualifying spot, particularly as there are some really close battles for qualification in some of the weight classes.
     
    http://m.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/view.html?nid=140620&mcd=D32&sc=in
     
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Josh in Women's Football UEFA European Nations League 2023 - 2024   
    I still think that it’s ridiculous that only two European teams (+ France) will qualify for Paris.
     
    If it were me, here’s how the qualification would’ve worked. 

    Host Nation (France)
    Three European teams
    One African team
    Two North American teams
    Two Asian teams
    One Oceania team
    One South American team
    Olympic Playoff between South America 2 and Europe 4
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from mpjmcevoy in A good chance for a medal in Paris in a sport or an event that your NOC had no olympic medal before.   
    For  perhaps Toby Roberts in sport climbing. He's currently no.2 in the boulder and lead world rankings and gained a quota at the recent European qualifier by a comfortable margin. He's still only eighteen and improving rapidlly.
     
    It's a bit of a cop out given it's only the sport's second appearance at the OG. Anyway it definitely won't be in artistic swimming, basketball, breaking, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, surfing, table tennis or volleyball which are the other sports in which they've never won a medal.
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from maestro in Paris 2024 - Early Predictions - Day by Day   
    Is that individual or team dressage, Josh?
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Josh in A good chance for a medal in Paris in a sport or an event that your NOC had no olympic medal before.   
    For  the most likely sports would have to be breaking and 3x3 basketball.
     
    Philip Kim (I refuse to call him Phil Wizard) has won three consecutive World Championships medals (silver in 2021, gold in 2022, silver in 2023) and is the current Pan American Games and Pan American Championships gold medalist. 

    Our 3x3 basketball team of Michelle Plouffe, Katherine Plouffe, Kacie Bosch, and Paige Crozon has been on a tear the past few seasons. Winning stop after stop on the Women’s Series. Disappointing quarterfinal exit for them at this years FIBA 3X3 World Cup, but we had a tough draw facing France, it could’ve gone either way. 30/34 wins this season for the foursome, 30/33 wins last season (excluding the meaningless 3x3 canada quest tournament and the big 12 tournaments)
     
    If Erin Brooks can get her Canadian citizenship in time to qualify for the Olympics, she could be a medal threat in women’s surfing as well. Silver medalist at the 2023 ISA Worlds, U16 gold medalists at the 2022 ISA Junior Worlds, and widely regarded as the next big surfing star. 
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from Josh in A good chance for a medal in Paris in a sport or an event that your NOC had no olympic medal before.   
    For  perhaps Toby Roberts in sport climbing. He's currently no.2 in the boulder and lead world rankings and gained a quota at the recent European qualifier by a comfortable margin. He's still only eighteen and improving rapidlly.
     
    It's a bit of a cop out given it's only the sport's second appearance at the OG. Anyway it definitely won't be in artistic swimming, basketball, breaking, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, surfing, table tennis or volleyball which are the other sports in which they've never won a medal.
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from rafalgorka in A good chance for a medal in Paris in a sport or an event that your NOC had no olympic medal before.   
    For  perhaps Toby Roberts in sport climbing. He's currently no.2 in the boulder and lead world rankings and gained a quota at the recent European qualifier by a comfortable margin. He's still only eighteen and improving rapidlly.
     
    It's a bit of a cop out given it's only the sport's second appearance at the OG. Anyway it definitely won't be in artistic swimming, basketball, breaking, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, surfing, table tennis or volleyball which are the other sports in which they've never won a medal.
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from intoronto in Paralympic Sports Discussion Thread   
    Didn't even known that wheelchair volleyball is a sport. Do you mean sitting volleyball (they sit on the court)? 
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from Josh in Paris 2024 - Early Predictions - Day by Day   
    Is that individual or team dressage, Josh?
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    Nickyc707 reacted to Laraja in Golf Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024   
    So, from my interpretation, a country could grab 4 quotas only if it had four players or more inside TOP 15. But, I talked here and looks you are correct.
     
    In this case, I have fixed it. Not only  earns a quota as much as  at women's side. According to last update  and  lose one quota respectively.
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    Nickyc707 got a reaction from mpjmcevoy in Tennis Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024   
    I think there are potentially much stronger csndidates than Radacanu. However, as a two time Olympic champion as well as a multiple Grand Slam winner, I think Murray has a good insurance policy if he doesn't orherwise qualify and fancies playing on clay again.
     
    Norrie needs to perform well in the first half of next year and take advantage of his much higher ATP ranking in the two remaining GS tournies before the rankings close.
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