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The flip side of that is that Vollering is by far the best cyclist in the world

Jaysus. I was way off there. Cheers

There’s a great example. Not a single judge saw each of the 3 rounds the same way. If judge 1 gives the 3rd round against Walsh, then he loses. It’s so, so tight

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No. Haven’t watched it. I’m not suggesting you’re wrong or right. I’m just saying that the judges have different viewpoints so can literally see things differently. That’s all

That’s how the box off works. Indian guy failed a doping test so a new spot was freed up. Tough one again for Aidan coming up but he’s given himself a great chance

I think it's an important point to make about how hard some rounds are, particularly in the "amateur" game. One extremely tight round given to a fighter could be the difference. They don't watch TV angles either. They can only see whats in front of them from their own angle

I was trying to be funny then. Some got it. I've always said that with this rubbish scoring system, the opportunity for "wrong" results is there. There's no question However some fans claim every defeat for one of their favourites as a robbery. That simply isn't true. And I find the complaining amusing

Christ I hadn't even seen your reply. Ha ha.

Your incessant complaints of robberies never cease to amuse me

This afternoon's bouts 66kg Rd32 Grainne Walsh v 71kg Rd16 Aidan Walsh v Tomorrow morning bouts 80kg Rd16 Kelyn Cassidy v Tomorrow afternoon bouts 51kg Rd32 Sean Mari v Four tricky fights there. Suspect these are the big ones for Walsh, Walsh and Cassidy (though Aidan has no picnic in the next if he gets through)

Fair. I didn’t look too deeply into them. Just don’t think Ireland will

And the funny thing is he had to fight in the preliminary round! As of now, the only nations that can fill all 13 quotas are I don't think Ireland will. France might. Australia came in only needing one but they lost. Everyone else will be missing at least one

Current Ireland Qualifiers The Ireland qualification period has finished. Swimmers with OQT (5) Tom Fannon (50m free) Daniel Wiffen (400m free, 800m free, 1,500m free) Mona McSharry (100m breast) Danielle Hill (50m free, 100m back) Ellen Walshe (200m IM, 400 IM - also has OCT for 100m fly) Swimmers with OCT Shane Ryan (100m free) Conor Ferguson (100m back) John Shortt (200m back) Max McCusker (100m fly) Ireland has qualified in the men's and women's 4x100m medley relay so can add 4 relay only athletes. I expect them to be 3 men and 1 woman if none of the swimmers with OCTs get invited. The team might not be announced for a while

Was the round of 64. He fights Walsh in the round of 32 tomorrow

LW double were third in Lucerne. Italy stole a march to win, neck and neck with Swiss all the way. Best case scenario, Fintan is recovering and this is a kick in the arse for them

The final day is today and while there hasn’t been any further qualifiers, Danielle Hill has added the 50m free OQT and Ellen Walshe has added the 400 IM OQT Some more OCTs and a bunch of Irish records too

Timoney has been injured so the first choice pair hasn’t raced. No idea if he’ll be OK for Paris but not ideal. Similar to the double. For what it’s worth my expectation has been one medal in rowing for a while now. Maybe 4 finalists and the women’s double might improve as Bergin matures but we’ve been closer to 4th than 2nd with our recent bronze winning partnerships so didn’t “expect” a medal there

At the end of each session, the results are posted here (bottom of the page) The draw sheets are updated there too

That’s a great spot. I just always assumed it’d be per gender. I don’t know why I didn’t think to check Great News

I think those limits are per gender, but I’m not 100% certain of that

Well they weren’t a nation then to be fair. Since independence they’ve been very strong Cuba might end up with qualifiers in all 7 men’s weights. In the Pan Am games, each of their boxers who didn’t qualify was beaten by the gold medalist

You can trust who you like but Uzbekistan had 11 boxers at the 2016 and 2020 games Even as far back as 2004 they had 9 boxers (out of a max of 11)

Because Cuba doesn’t take women’s boxing seriously yet

At least the time difference here helps us get the official results at a better hour!