Nickyc707

Agreed, plus some people didn't have chances to compete much in 2020 and underachieved then (if they even competed at all!)

But typical of why Australia always has such an inflated Olympic team in relation to other countries. ?

This is our first men's medal in the history of the long course European Championships.  

I think Burgin's previous qualifying time might have been when the qualifying was suspended?

Big disappointment for Toussaint, thats got to be rough to go from a silver to 4th

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I think no one has mentioned it yet but this race within the race could prove to be very important to the Olympic race in itself ...
As we speak is 32nd in the rankings and therefore will not earn any spot thanks to it, whatever Tom Pidcock does in NMNM. So Pidcock, a man we can consider as a top notch outsider for the medals, even the title, is currently out of the Games.
But, if Dascalu should repeat this top 20 and overtake Slovakia in the process, then Romania would be qualified via the rankings, thus releasing its U23 2019 WC quota (earned by Dascalu), which would transfer to the next athlete in this race from a non already qualified country ... Frazer Clacherty of Great Britain 

Both the Jamaican and Irish divers are from Yorkshire. Yona Knight has Jamaican and Barbadian parentage so could have competed for any of three countries. He used to train alongside many of the top British divers in his home city of Leeds. I don't know whether he still does so.

I think a reasonable rule of thumb is that where a country qualifies a synchronised team one of the pair is also likely to be competing in the individual events. GB has secured the maximum number of quotas available and although they brought 15 divers to this event to cover the 16 places I expect that they will likely select a team of 12/13 divers with some competing in both the individual and synchronised events.

Goodbye to basketball and table tennis as well where we know the US and China are going to be gifted the gold medals. ?

suddenly France has no chance of having quotas

Bowls and Netball are the regular Commonwealth Games sports not in the Olympics 
They are both 5 continent sports  ( which is more than a few of the existing Olympic sports can claim )
I note that triathlon and rugby 7s were firstly Commonwealth Games sports which were later Olympic sports 

A cheap substitute for having to endure the sight of yet more French failure!! ? 

I believe GB Snowsports is working with F1 outfit McLaren to improve their performances across all the Olympic and Paralympic snow disciplines. Engineer Tom Stallard - a former Olympic rower - has been working on things like aerodynamics, waxing and bindings. It maybe that this is beginning to show fruit.

Agreed. Plus, replacing European Championships with European Games would likely mean reduced participation in all sports with various qualification systems in place. I don't think anyone really wants that.
 
Sure, using qualification systems works for the Pan American Games, but that's because the depth of nations there is so much shallower.

Which is why trying to build on the European Championships concept makes more sense. The truth is we don't need a European Games but the powers that be wanted to bring Europe into line with the other continents. The individual sport's European championships are very competitive and successful in their own rights so why would the governing bodies want to relegate them to the European Games?

Which is why trying to build on the European Championships concept makes more sense. The truth is we don't need a European Games but the powers that be wanted to bring Europe into line with the other continents. The individual sport's European championships are very competitive and successful in their own rights so why would the governing bodies want to relegate them to the European Games?

Deaths of Olympians in January.
 
 Pablo Hernandez, 80 - Cycling
 Harald Maartmann, 94 - Cross-country skiing
 Naohiro Ikeda, 80 - Volleyball (1×G, 1×S)
 Andras Haan, 74 - Basketball & Sailing
 Nghlhav Mehtabs Singh, 72 - Boxing
 William Windham, 94 - Rowing
 Mikhail Zhelev, 77 - Athletics
 John Land, 82 - Hockey
 Elanga Buala, 56 - Athletics
Vladimir Kiselyov, 64 - Athletics (1×G)
 Jose Mendez, 83 - Rowing
 Bill Nankeville, 95 - Athletics
 Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi, 72 - Weightlifting
 Bruno Ghedina, 77 - Ice Hockey
 Kathleen Heddle, 55 - Rowing (3×G, 1×B)
 David Khakhaleishvili, 49 - Wrestling (1×G)
 Paul Kolliker, 88 - Rowing
 Wim de Graaff, 89 - Speed skating
 Alvarez Mejia, 80 - Athletics
 Bernd Kannenberg, 78 - Athletics (1×G)
 Nelson Nieves, 86 - Fencing
 Cliff Burvill, 83 - Cycling 
 Jose Luis Caballero, 65 - Football
 Simon Crosse, 90 - Rowing
 Leonidas Pelekanakis, 58 - Sailing
 Melanio Asensio, 84 - Athletics
 Muriel Grossfeld, 80 - Gymnastics
 Carlos Burga, 68 - Boxing 
 Thorsten Johansson, 70 - Athletics
 Louis Giani, 86 - Wrestling
 Danial Jahic, 41 - Athletics
 Giovanni Zucchi, 89 - Rowing (1×B)
 Jerry Kiernan, 67 - Athletics
 Anthony Mwamba, 60 - Boxing
 Ricardo Durao, 92 - Modern Pentathlon 
 Gianfranco Lombardi, 79 - Basketball
 Raimo Suikkanen, 78 - Cycling 
 Marius van Heerden, 46 - Athletics
 Sylvanus Blackman, 87 - Weightlifting
 Abukari Gariba, 81 - Football
 Harry Perry, 86 - Boxing
 Nikolay Chebotko, 38 - Cross-country skiing
 Jaoid Chiguer, 35 - Boxing 
 Margitta Gummel, 79 - Athletics (1×G, 1×S)
 Gert Blome, 86 - Ice Hockey (1×S)
 Flavio Alfaro, 59 - Baseball
 Rafael Heredia, 84 - Basketball
 Jozsef Csatari, 77 - Wrestling (2×B)
 Alejandro Gomez, 53 - Athletics
 
I think I'm not taking too much of a gamble by suggesting that Andras Haan of Hungary is the only athlete to compete in both sailing and basketball at the Olympics.
 
A late reported death.
 
Bunki Bankaitis-Davis, 63 - Cycling 
 
 
 

Of course rain influence the shot putters, how they handle it, the contact with the somehow wet ground etc 

Yeah, but the athletes are very much influenced by rain.

Deaths of Olympians in December.
 
 Maria Itkina, 88 - Athletics
 Arnie Robinson, 72 - Athletics (1×G, 1×B)
 Sol Tochinsky, 91 - Basketball
 Karim Salman, 55 - Football
 Alfred Kucharczyk, 83 - Gymnastics
 Karin Lindberg, 91 - Gymnastics (1×G, 1×S)
 Mohamed Abarhoun, 31 - Football
 Rafer Johnson, 86 - Athletics (1×G, 1×S)
 Bill Spencer, 84 - Biathlon
 Huba Rozsnyai, 77 - Athletics
 Kinuko Tanida, 81 - Volleyball (1×G)
 Henryk Kukier, 90 - Boxing
 Wojciech Zablocki, 89 - Fencing (2×S, 1×B)
 Dejan Dabovic, 76 - Water polo (1×G)
 Laszlo Kuncz, 63 - Water polo (1×B)
 Neil Robbins, 91 - Athletics 
 Clem Eischen, 93 - Athletics
 Malcolm Simpson, 87 - Cycling
 Ildegarda Taffra, 86 - Cross-country skiing
 Aslanbek Fidarov, 47 - Wrestling
 Osvaldo Cochrane Filho, 87 - Water polo
 Andrzej Showronski, 67 - Rowing
 Jimmy McLane, 90 - Swimming (3×G, 1×S)
 Barry Sonshine, 72 - Equestrian
 Sepp Vaino, 83 - Ice hockey
 Paul Nihill, 81 - Athletics (1×S)
 Namat Abdullah, 74 - Football 
 Pelle Svensson, 77 - Wrestling (1×S)
 Charlie Brooker, 88 - Ice hockey (1×S)
 Marta Norberg, 98 - Cross-country skiing
 Maria Piatkowska, 89 - Athletics
 Alberto Valdes Jnr, 70 - Equestrian (1×B)
 Hamish McLachlan, 53 - Rowing
 Arkady Andreasyan, 73 - Football (1×B)
 Ivan Bogdan, 82 - Wrestling (1×G)
 Danny Hodge, 88 - Wrestling (1×S)
 K C Jones, 88 - Basketball (1×G)
 Maria Gasienica Bukowa-Kowalska, 84 - Cross-country skiing
 Marian Jochman, 85 - Athletics
 Csaba Ali, 74 - Swimming
 Nikhil Nandy, 88 - Football
 Jos Compaan, 62 - Rowing
 Michael Lindo, 73 - Hockey (1×B)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Deaths of Olympians in December.
 
 Maria Itkina, 88 - Athletics
 Arnie Robinson, 72 - Athletics (1×G, 1×B)
 Sol Tochinsky, 91 - Basketball
 Karim Salman, 55 - Football
 Alfred Kucharczyk, 83 - Gymnastics
 Karin Lindberg, 91 - Gymnastics (1×G, 1×S)
 Mohamed Abarhoun, 31 - Football
 Rafer Johnson, 86 - Athletics (1×G, 1×S)
 Bill Spencer, 84 - Biathlon
 Huba Rozsnyai, 77 - Athletics
 Kinuko Tanida, 81 - Volleyball (1×G)
 Henryk Kukier, 90 - Boxing
 Wojciech Zablocki, 89 - Fencing (2×S, 1×B)
 Dejan Dabovic, 76 - Water polo (1×G)
 Laszlo Kuncz, 63 - Water polo (1×B)
 Neil Robbins, 91 - Athletics 
 Clem Eischen, 93 - Athletics
 Malcolm Simpson, 87 - Cycling
 Ildegarda Taffra, 86 - Cross-country skiing
 Aslanbek Fidarov, 47 - Wrestling
 Osvaldo Cochrane Filho, 87 - Water polo
 Andrzej Showronski, 67 - Rowing
 Jimmy McLane, 90 - Swimming (3×G, 1×S)
 Barry Sonshine, 72 - Equestrian
 Sepp Vaino, 83 - Ice hockey
 Paul Nihill, 81 - Athletics (1×S)
 Namat Abdullah, 74 - Football 
 Pelle Svensson, 77 - Wrestling (1×S)
 Charlie Brooker, 88 - Ice hockey (1×S)
 Marta Norberg, 98 - Cross-country skiing
 Maria Piatkowska, 89 - Athletics
 Alberto Valdes Jnr, 70 - Equestrian (1×B)
 Hamish McLachlan, 53 - Rowing
 Arkady Andreasyan, 73 - Football (1×B)
 Ivan Bogdan, 82 - Wrestling (1×G)
 Danny Hodge, 88 - Wrestling (1×S)
 K C Jones, 88 - Basketball (1×G)
 Maria Gasienica Bukowa-Kowalska, 84 - Cross-country skiing
 Marian Jochman, 85 - Athletics
 Csaba Ali, 74 - Swimming
 Nikhil Nandy, 88 - Football
 Jos Compaan, 62 - Rowing
 Michael Lindo, 73 - Hockey (1×B)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Deaths of Olympians in December.
 
 Maria Itkina, 88 - Athletics
 Arnie Robinson, 72 - Athletics (1×G, 1×B)
 Sol Tochinsky, 91 - Basketball
 Karim Salman, 55 - Football
 Alfred Kucharczyk, 83 - Gymnastics
 Karin Lindberg, 91 - Gymnastics (1×G, 1×S)
 Mohamed Abarhoun, 31 - Football
 Rafer Johnson, 86 - Athletics (1×G, 1×S)
 Bill Spencer, 84 - Biathlon
 Huba Rozsnyai, 77 - Athletics
 Kinuko Tanida, 81 - Volleyball (1×G)
 Henryk Kukier, 90 - Boxing
 Wojciech Zablocki, 89 - Fencing (2×S, 1×B)
 Dejan Dabovic, 76 - Water polo (1×G)
 Laszlo Kuncz, 63 - Water polo (1×B)
 Neil Robbins, 91 - Athletics 
 Clem Eischen, 93 - Athletics
 Malcolm Simpson, 87 - Cycling
 Ildegarda Taffra, 86 - Cross-country skiing
 Aslanbek Fidarov, 47 - Wrestling
 Osvaldo Cochrane Filho, 87 - Water polo
 Andrzej Showronski, 67 - Rowing
 Jimmy McLane, 90 - Swimming (3×G, 1×S)
 Barry Sonshine, 72 - Equestrian
 Sepp Vaino, 83 - Ice hockey
 Paul Nihill, 81 - Athletics (1×S)
 Namat Abdullah, 74 - Football 
 Pelle Svensson, 77 - Wrestling (1×S)
 Charlie Brooker, 88 - Ice hockey (1×S)
 Marta Norberg, 98 - Cross-country skiing
 Maria Piatkowska, 89 - Athletics
 Alberto Valdes Jnr, 70 - Equestrian (1×B)
 Hamish McLachlan, 53 - Rowing
 Arkady Andreasyan, 73 - Football (1×B)
 Ivan Bogdan, 82 - Wrestling (1×G)
 Danny Hodge, 88 - Wrestling (1×S)
 K C Jones, 88 - Basketball (1×G)
 Maria Gasienica Bukowa-Kowalska, 84 - Cross-country skiing
 Marian Jochman, 85 - Athletics
 Csaba Ali, 74 - Swimming
 Nikhil Nandy, 88 - Football
 Jos Compaan, 62 - Rowing
 Michael Lindo, 73 - Hockey (1×B)
 
 
 
 
 
 

A simple google search would show there are many ski resorts/courses in the Uk. Its serious enough of a sport, that it won the same amount of medals India won in Rio, an event with more than double the events. I would focus on your country first, arguably the worst sporting nation, before commenting on others.