Nickyc707

no, I would never have had such a dull haircut in my life.

How can you equate the possible actions of a foolish individual with state sponsored industrial scale cheating?

How can you equate the possible actions of a foolish individual with state sponsored industrial scale cheating?

It's only on Jamaican media so far, not yet being reported in the USA.  However, its said on Twitter by @OlympicStatman that the Jamaican breaking the story has impeccable credentials. 

I really think the lack of a discard score is going to heavily influence the showjumping and eventing team medals 

New venues at some stage: Cape Town, Istanbul, Toronto and perhaps Madrid. The latter has issues from my perspective (see below).
 
Former host cities: London, Rome, Sydney.
 
I must admit I prefer cities both at sea level and near the sea - in Toronto's case an inland sea - to avoid issues with altitude (Mexico city) and lessen the impact of heat and/or pollution (Beijing). It also means you can locate all the sports in close proximity which was not possible in a number of venues, e.g. Atlanta, Munich, etc.

Top 8 times this year of athletes who will compete at the Olympics (to the best of my knowledge):
 
In events, where Someone ranked in the top 8 might not compete, I also included the 9th ranked athlete. Below the top 8 I added my prediction for the athletes who will make the final.
 
Men:
 
50 free:
Dressel 21.04
Morozov 21.41
Proud 21.42
Andrew 21.48
Gkolomeev 21.60
Liukkonen 21.61
De Boer 21.62
Manaudou 21.67
 
Dressel, Morozov, Andrew, Proud, Manaudou, Gkolomeev, Fratus, Seeliger/Hayden/De Boer
 
100 free:
Kolesnikov 47.31
Dressel 47.39
Miressi 47.45
Chalmers 47.59
Apple 47.72
Minakov 47.74
Nemeth 47.84
Scott 47.87
 
Kolesnikov, Dressel, Apple, Chalmers, Miressi, Minakov, Popovici, Grousset/Nemeth/Hwang
 
200 free:
Scott 1:44.47
Dean 1:44.58
Matsumoto 1:44.65
Malyutin 1:44.79
Hwang 1:44.96
Smith 1:45.29
Chalmers 1:45.48
Girev 1:45.49
 
Scott, Dean, Matsumoto, Malyutin, Hwang, Smith, Chalmers, Rapsys/Popovici/Haas
 
400 free:
Winnington 3:42.65
McLoughlin 3:43.27
Malyutin 3:44.18
Wellbrock 3:44.35 (might not compete)
Auböck 3:44.51
Detti 3:44.65
De Tullio 3:44.83
Märtens/Smith 3:44.86
 
Winnington, McLoughlin, Malyutin, Detti, De Tullio, Märtens, 2 out of Smith/Rapsys/Auböck/Hafnaoui/Djakovic
 
800 free:
Paltrinieri 7:41.96 (might not compete)
McLoughlin 7:42.51
Romanchuk 7:42.61
Hafnaoui 7:45.54
Detti 7:46.10
Auböck 7:46.72
Christiansen 7:47.99
Wellbrock 7:48.12
Finke 7:48.22
 
Paltrinieri (if he competes, otherwise Finke/Egorov), McLoughlin, Romanchuk, Hafnaoui, Detti, Auböck, Christiansen, Wellbrock
 
1500 free:
Wellbrock 14:36.45
Romanchuk 14:39.89
Paltrinieri 14:40.38 (might not compete)
Finke 14:46.06
Märtens 14:49.26
Jervis 14:51.49
McLoughlin 14:52.69
Norgaard 14:54.11
Acerenza 14:54.36
 
Wellbrock, Romanchuk, Paltrinieri (if he competes, otherwise Egorov), Finke, Jervis, Norgaard, Acerenza, Christiansen/McLoughlin
 
100 breast:
Peaty 57.39
Kamminga 57.90
Andrew 58.14
Martinenghi 58.29
Shymanovich 58.46
Wilson 58.50
Wilby 58.58
Schwingenschlögl 58.95
 
Peaty, Kamminga, Andrew, Martinenghi, Wilson, Shymanovich, Wilby, Matzerath/Yan
 
200 breast:
Stubblety-Cook 2:06.28
Sato 2:06.40
Chupkov 2:06.99
Kamminga 2:07.23
Fink 2:07.55
Mura 2:07.58
Persson 2:07.66
Wilby 2:08.06
 
Stubblety-Cook, Sato, Chupkov, Mura, Kamminga, Fink, 2 out of Wilby/A. Wilson/M. Wilson/Persson/Balandin
 
100 back:
Rylov 52.12
Kolesnikov 52.13
Murphy 52.22
Xu 52.35
Armstrong 52.48
Christou 52.77
Tomac 52.86
Glinta 52.88
 
Rylov, Murphy, Xu, Armstrong, Kolesnikov, 3 out of Ndoye Brouard/Larkin/Irie/Ceccon
 
200 back:
Rylov 1:53.23
Murphy 1:54.20
Larkin 1:54.38 (might not compete)
Greenbank 1:54.43
Mefford 1:54.79
Irie 1:55.52
Ndoye Brouard 1:56.10
Telegdy 1:56.17
Sunama 1:56.22
 
Rylov, Murphy, Greenbank, Mefford, Irie, Ndoye Brouard, Mityukov, Xu/Sunama/Coetze
 
100 fly:
Dressel 49.76
Milak 50.18
Temple 50.45
Metella 50.87
Miladinov 50.93
Guy 50.96
Kawamoto 51.00
Mizunuma 51.03
 
Dressel, Milak, Temple, Minakov, Guy, Miladinov, Metella, Le Clos/Ponti
 
200 fly:
Milak 1:51.10
Burdisso 1:54.28
Kenderesi 1:54.37
Ivanov 1:54.50
Honda 1:54.59
Wang 1:54.77
Thomasberger 1:55.04
Harting 1:55.06
 
Milak, Burdisso, Kenderesi, Seto, Honda, Le Clos, Ivanov, Ponti/Marchand/Du Preez
 
200 IM:
Andrew 1:55.26
Scott 1:55.90
Larkin 1:56.29
Gonzalez 1:56.31
Wang 1:56.78
Desplanches 1:56.95
Kalisz 1:56.97
Kos 1:56.99
 
Andrew, Scott, Larkin, Seto, Kalisz, Desplanches, 2 out of Gonzalez/Wang/Kos/Heintz/Hagino
 
400 IM:
Seto 4:09.02
Kalisz 4:09.09
Verraszto 4:09.57
Marchand 4:09.65
Clareburt 4:09.87
Borodin 4:10.02
Smith 4:10.04
Litherland 4:10.33
 
Seto, Kalisz, Verraszto, Marchand, Borodin, Litherland, Clareburt, Razzetti/Litchfield/Papastamos/Desplanches
 
400 free relay:
Russia 3:10.90
USA 3:11.47
Italy 3:12.62
Australia 3:12.91
GB 3:12.95
Hungary 3:13.62
Brazil 3:13.63
Canada 3:13.84
 
Russia, USA, Italy, Australia, GB, Brazil, 2 out of Hungary/France/Canada
 
800 free relay:
GB 7:00.86
Australia 7:01.95
Russia 7:01.98
USA 7:03.09
Japan 7:07.58
Italy 7:07.80
China 7:07.82
Brazil 7:07.83
 
GB, Australia, Russia, USA, Japan, Italy, 2 out of Brazil/Hungary/China/Germany
 
Medley relay:
USA 3:27.74
GB 3:29.56
Russia 3:29.71
Italy 3:30.15
Australia 3:31.07
Japan 3:31.41
France 3:31.87
China 3:32.61
 
USA, GB, Russia, Italy, Australia, Japan, France, China/Germany/Hungary
 
Women:
 
50 free:
McKeon 23.93
C. Campbell 23.94
Kromowidjojo 23.97
Blume 24.06
Wasick 24.17
Kameneva 24.20
Sjöstrom 24.25
Heemskerk 24.28
 
McKeon, Kromowidjojo, Blume, Sjöstrom, C. Campbell, 3 out of Wasick/Kameneva/Heemskerk/Manuel/Weitzeil
 
100 free:
McKeon 52.19
C. Campbell 52.59
Oleksiak 52.89
Haughey 52.92
Heemskerk 53.03
Kromowidjojo 53.13
Yang 53.21
Wattel 53.32
 
McKeon, C. Campbell, Oleksiak, Sjöstrom, Anderson, 3 out of Haughey/Weitzeil/Heemskerk/Kromowidjojo/Coleman
 
200 free:
Titmus 1:53.09
Ledecky 1:54.40
Yang 1:54.57
McKeon 1:54.74
Haughey 1:54.89
McIntosh 1:56.19
Pellegrini 1:56.23
Seemanova 1:56.27
 
Titmus, Ledecky, McKeon, Haughey, Yang, McIntosh, Pellegrini, Oleksiak/Coleman/Anderson
 
400 free:
Titmus 3:56.90
Ledecky 3:59.25
Li Bingjie 4:02.36
Cook/Egorova 4:04.10
Quadarella 4.04.66 (might not compete)
Madden 4:04.86
McIntosh 4.05.13
Tang 4:05.15
 
Titmus, Ledecky, Li Bingjie, McIntosh, Madden, Gose, 2 out of Cook/Egorova/Tang/Kesely
 
800 free:
Ledecky 8:13.64
Titmus 8:15.57
Melverton 8:19.05
Quadarella 8:20.23
Grimes 8:20.36
Wang 8:20.38
Kirpichnikova 8:21.86
Köhler 8:23.82
 
Ledecky, Titmus, Melverton, Grimes, Quadarella, Wang, Köhler, Kirpichnkkova/Egorova/Kesely
 
1500 free:
Ledecky 15:40.55
Gough 15:46.13
Quadarella 15:48.81
Wang 15:49.07
Sullivan 15:51.18
Köhler 15:52.20
Melverton 15:57.14
Li Bingjie 15:58.35
 
Ledecky, Gough, Quadarella, Köhler, Wang, Sullivan, Kirpichnikova, Melverton/Li Bingjie/Kesely
 
100 breast:
King 1:04.79
Jacoby 1:05.28
Hansson 1:05.69
Schoenmaker 1:05.74
Pilato 1:05.84
Carraro 1:05.86
Hodges 1:05.99
Tang 1:06.04
 
King, Jacoby, Hansson, Schoenmaker, Pilato, 3 out of Carraro/Jefimova/Eginova/Chikunova
 
200 breast:
Schoenmaker 2:20.17
Renshaw 2:20.89
Lazor 2:21.07
Chikunova 2:21.63
Wood 2:21.69
King 2:21.75
Mamie 2:22.05
Temnikova 2:22.76
 
Schoenmaker, Renshaw, Lazor, King, Wood, Chikunova, Mamie, Watanabe/Wog
 
100 back:
McKeown 57.45
Masse 57.70 
Smith 57.92
Dawson 58.08
Seebohm 58.59
White 58.60
Touissant 58.65
Panziera 59.01
 
McKeown, Masse, White, Smith, Dawson, Seebohm, Touissant, Shkurdai/Kameneva/Wild
 
200 back:
McKeown 2:04.28
Panziera 2:05.56
White 2:05.73
Seebohm 2:06.38
Bacon 2:06.46
Masse 2:06.67
Wild 2:07.74
Burian 2:07.87
 
McKeown, Panziera, White, Seebohm, Masse, Bacon, Wild, Burian/Dawson/Ruck
 
100 fly:
Huske 55.66
Zhang 55.73
McKeon 55.93
MacNeil 56.14
Curzan 56.43
Hansson 56.73
Throssell 57.11
Sjöstrom 57.34 (might not compete)
Wattel 57.37
 
Huske, Curzan, MacNeil, McKeon, Zhang, Hansson, Shkurdai, Sjöstrom (if she competes, otherwise Ikee/Wattel)
 
200 fly:
Zhang 2:05.44
Flickinger 2:05.85
Kapas 2:06.50
Smith 2:06.99
Yu 2:07.03
Stephens 2:07.04
Throssell 2:07.20
Hasegawa 2:07.24
 
Zhang, Flickinger, Kapas, Smith, Yu, Stephens, Hasegawa, Hosszu/Thomas/Throssell
 
200 IM:
McKeown 2:08.19
Walsh 2:08.87
Wood 2:09.23
Pickrem 2:09.24
Douglass 2:09.32
Teramura 2:09.55
Ohashi 2:09.59
Wilson 2:09.61
Yu 2:09.64
 
McKeown, Walsh, Douglass, Pickrem, Wood, Ohashi, Gorbenko, Hosszu/Yu/Wilson
 
400 IM:
Weyant 4:33.81
Flickinger 4:33.96
Hosszu 4:34.76
Ohashi 4:35.14
Willmott 4:35.70
Yu 4:35.94
Mihalyvari-Farkas 4:36.81
Pickrem 4:37.03
 
Weyant, Flickinger, Hosszu, Ohashi, Willmott, Pickrem, Mihalyvari-Farkas, Yu/Wood/Franceschi
 
400 free relay:
Australia 3:30.30
China 3:33.71
USA 3:34.21
Canada 4:34.92
GB 4:35.41
Netherlands 4:36.10
Japan 4:36.80
France 4:36.89
 
Australia, USA, Canada, China, GB, Netherlands, France, Japan/Russia/Denmark/Sweden
 
800 free relay:
Australia 7:39.59
USA 7:44.79
China 7:46.26
Canada 7:48.48
Germany 7:50.07
Russia 7:53.75
Japan 7:55.25
Hungary 7:57.18
 
Australia, USA, China, Canada, Germany, Russia, Japan, Hungary/Italy
 
Medley relay:
Australia 3:51.80
USA 3:51.82
Canada 3:53.55
China 3:54.73
GB 3:55.48
Sweden 3:55.51
Italy 3:56.54
Russia 3:56.67
 
Australia, USA, Canada, China, GB, Sweden, Italy, Russia/Japan
 
By nations:
USA 50
Australia 37
GB 24
Russia 21
Italy 20
China 17
Japan 16
Hungary 13
Canada 12
Germany 10
Netherlands 9
France 8
Sweden 5
Austria/Brazil/Bulgaria/Denmark/Hong Kong/South Africa/Switzerland/Ukraine 2
Belarus/Czech Republic/Finland/Greece/New Zealand/Norway/Poland/Romania/South Korea/Spain/Tunisia 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

No, it's twelve plus one reserve. See the teams at the bottom of the link.
 
https://www.teamgb.com/article/rugby-sevens-squads-confirmed-for-tokyo/4iAl5McoZzoeVgy1gTLkVp

I think had he gone he'd have been more likely to team up with Skupskl who he's played with a fair bit.

I think it's the tension surrounding the question of the Irish weightlifting quota that has driven the debate on to a slightly less contentious issue. ?

I think it's the tension surrounding the question of the Irish weightlifting quota that has driven the debate on to a slightly less contentious issue. ?

Horse, Horse ,Human.

I think it's the tension surrounding the question of the Irish weightlifting quota that has driven the debate on to a slightly less contentious issue. ?

I think it's the tension surrounding the question of the Irish weightlifting quota that has driven the debate on to a slightly less contentious issue. ?

Summer 

Sun Yang banned again. Misses Tokyo

Swimming - 30 swimmers have been selected excluding marathon swimmers.
 

One of the problems for the Pacific island nations is that their players are spread around the world playing their rugby in the professional leagues of other countries. It isn't easy to build a top 7s side if you can't even get your best players together. You cannot blame the players as they have to earn a living but it does make it tough if not impossible for their national teams. Samoa is probably the biggest loser in this regard.
 
Well done to  by the way!!

I wasn't trying to suggest that all of those players were reluctant to play in Tokyo just that the appeal of Rio and Tokyo has been a little less for some players than Beijing and London. Add the health issues surrounding the Games in 2016 and 2021 together with the points issue and you have some explanation for the drop off in player participation.

Now the broadcasters sign off without confirming who qualified... lol this is so bad

The camera man is an idiot, he missed the most interesting section of the finish 

There hasn't been a worlds since 2019. GB haven't faced Germany at a Worlds or Europeans since then, and GBR are the reigning European champions which GER skipped, just as GBR skipped in 2020. The only time they've duelled at all recently was at the World Cup, where GBR won.
 
There's an argument Germany is the stronger team, and certainly they may win - but in no sane universe are they a sure thing on paper, it simply isn't true.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109143/romania-weightlifting-tokyo-ban

After the final stage of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series they will have no excuse not to publish everything.

If I'm right, they will probably publish it on June 28, along with the official tripartite invitations. The only one we don't know about, actually, is in women's artistic gymnastics. There will be no tripartite invitations in trampoline.