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Michaela Walshe of Ireland is number 4 seed but has an incredibly difficult route to a medal. Irma Testa of Italy is likely in the last 16

Same for the top 2 weights in the mens too in fairness

Draw is on now. We should have results soon

I'm told 9pm local time today but haven't seen that in writing anywhere!

Means we're down to a nice neat 16 for womens 75kg. 2 wins gets you a medal

Confirmed Deemed "unfit to box" https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/BOX/OG2020-_BOX_C67_BOX-------------------------------1.pdf New seeds are 1 2 3 4 https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/BOX/OG2020-_BOX_C32C1_BOXW75KG--------------------------.pdf At men's fly (48kg) the boxer from is out too. New entry list https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/BOX/OG2020-_BOX_C32C1_BOXM52KG--------------------------.pdf

Cricket actively cutting the number of teams going to to their world cup (the only sport I can ever remember doing so) shows they don't really care about the rest of the world. Some of the big nations clearly didn't like getting embaressed by the likes of and I have no interest in softball at all but good luck to the teams involved. I'm sure they couldn't care less what some fools on an internet forum think about them

Are the draws listed anywhere yet? edit - I watched the video and got what I needed.

It won’t matter in the end. Some countries have lost medals to poor judging. Some because of injured or ill athletes. Even freak weather has impacted results in some events. There are literally hundreds of factors at play and COVID is just another one.

I know some cricket traditionalists and they *despise* this idea But I watched the ending of the game and there were lots of happy fans in the stands and that’s all that really matters IMO. Mostly families

More pages than cases…

I will never let the facts get in the way of a joke!!

No surprise that the first medal contenders to test positive for something is Russian

But Daniels was the 4th best in Tryon and he's one of the best in the world now. I still see Ireland as outsiders for a medal but I think the lack of a discard score could help them as we're usually stronger in cross country than most. You'd have to imagine Germany would win but they were only 5th in Tryon so anything is possible.

Wonder will see a USA/Richardson scenario where the Australians lose their mind and suggest he shouldn’t be banned as it wasn’t performance enhancing…

As more info is filtered into the system, the website allowing you to look up your NOC's schedule is more useful now. For example they were very quick to add the rowing heats in.

Interesting story in the heats with Ireland's world champion Sanita Puspure going up against Uganda's Kathleen Noble Her parents left Ireland for missionary work in Uganda a year before she was born. She represented Uganda in swimming at the world short cross championships in 2012 and only took up rowing during her second year at Princeton in the US She's Uganda's first ever rower at the Olympics https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rowing/athlete-profile-n1451047-noble-kathleen.htm

Trying to stay awake just to check it out. It’s not my sport but I hope fans of the game enjoy themselves today/tonight

The headline gracenote figures are out. Don’t think they can be drilled down unless you’re a subscriber. https://www.gracenote.com/virtual-medal-table/

I definitely feel sorry for the swimmers but other nations have had to cut their numbers so it would set a terrible precedent if they allowed the Polish team to bring whoever they wanted I posted earlier that Ireland very nearly made the same mistake. We're using a backstroke sprinter and a breast stroker to fill out our 4x200m freestyle team as we could only use 2 relay only spots and none of our freestylers got an invite

Funny seeing Equiratings give Sam Watson, one of the founders of equiratngs, the best chance of an Irish medal

Love this pic posted by taekwondo hopeful Jack Woolley from Ireland if you click in you’ll see a great slow mo video too http://www.instagram.com/p/CRi7bQ9hR45/?utm_medium=copy_link

The app allows sorting by NOC but so far it only has the team events in. Hopefully it includes heats etc as draws are made

It’s not just the big team sports. For example in equestrian events Ireland’s alternates are included. As are our relay running alternates

Despite what some in the media would have you believe, it seems the athletes are all enjoying the village. I follow a lot of Irish athletes on instagram and they're all posting pictures of how happy and proud they are to be there.