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So... Ireland is 48 ahead of 8th place at the moment but I think the medal race splits from the "last race" for the others. Meaning the best points total any of the non-top 10 can finish is 11 Meaning and have qualified with already in the medal race and through to Paris too

A strong team for GB too. You can tell it’s Olympic year…

Irish sailing claim Eve McMahon has qualified for Paris “with a race to spare”

is qualified. She cannot drop below 7 other Olympic hopefuls

If Mexico and Uruguay finish in the top 7 (from that list above), they will qualify from the 2024 world championships and their regional quota will be reallocated We have 10 boats (inc Mexico and Uruguay) going for 7 spots here

Irelands Eve McMahon was listed as a DNC for the first race today. No word on what happened

No more racing today. They’ve spilt the field. I can’t see who, exactly, has made the gold and silver fields though

I think some boats will clinch Olympic spots tomorrow. I’m hoping for young Eve McMahon to be one of them!

announced it was entering two relay teams. The men's 4x100 medley and the womens 4x100 freestyle They're currently ranked 13th in women's 4x100 medley (so believe they're safe enough there). The men's 4x100m medley are also 13th but there's less than half a second between them and the 5 teams behind them The women's 4x100m free relay are currently 15th and would need to improve this time round IMO

The results page (with no results yet) helpfully mark which athletes are eligible for Olympic consideration https://jpvm.org/results/2024/ILCA_6_Worlds/womens_results.html

Men’s rugby team ended the year as a disappointment though. The rowers should have won. Criminally underrated

Jack Woolley didn’t make it through the rankings. Has to qualify though the European qualification tournament now

The award ceremony was tonight Sports person of the year - Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics) Young SPOTY - Evan Ferguson (football) Team OTY - Limerick (hurling) happy with the top two

There is quite a bit wrong with that! The biggest one stating that both sports have their own "professional" tournaments

Basically the same sport except for a couple of minor rules (smaller ball being one) However the GAA (main governing body for those wondering) is for men’s Gaelic football and men’s hurling only. The “Ladies Gaelic Football Association” is the governing body for women’s Gaelic football and Camogie is run by the “Camogie Association”. There have been moves recently for the women’s sports to be brought into the main GAA organisation In practice clubs and county boards don’t separate them but it’s a bit of a political issue now

Nominees for the RTE Sports Person of the year for “The winners will be selected by an independent panel of expert judges from across the Irish sporting media and performance world” - previously fan voting was included Main Award Katie Taylor (Boxing) - winner 2012, 2020, 2022 Katie McCabe (Football) Johnny Sexton (Rugby) - winner 2018 Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics) Paul Townend (Horse Racing) Róisín Ní Riain (Para swimming) Aaron Gillane (Hurling) Young Sports Person Brian Gleeson (rugby) Evan Ferguson (football) Eve McMahon (sailing) Liz Ndudi (Athletics) Nick Griggs (Athletics) Róisín Ní Riain (Para swimming) Team of the Year Paul O’Donovan/Fintan McCarthy (rowing) Shamrock Rovers (football) National Team (rugby) Munster (rugby) Cork (Camogie) Dublin men (Gaelic football) Dublin women (Gaelic football) Limerick (hurling) Katie George Dunleavy/Linda Kelly (para cycling) The 5 national champions in football and the Gaelic sports are auto-nominated It appears they have mandated a para nominee in each category too. I’d hope for McClenaghan, Ferguson & the rowers I think they’ll go Sexton, Ferguson & the national rugby team

Do you actually believe a struggling government would risk the wrath of the “great British sporting public” over this? What world do you live in?

People in the UK barely know what’s happening in the UK BUT sport and Russias war in Ukraine are both way, way, way down the list of priorities

Yesterday was the first time had ever won gold at this event. 2 silver and 7 bronze before this year. 2019 was the only other year where 2 different Irish swimmers won medals (2 bronze). Matched that on day one. We'll add more medals too (if not more medalists)

No, you were pretty clear the first time. I just think you can't say "I want the best there" when you that's not what you want. I think everyone agrees there should be limits on NOCs in all sports and regions in most sports You don't want Australia to get easy quotas. My argument is that is a nothing issue really. That's all. I like that there are continental qualifiers and I don't care if Australia wins them all in boxing.

It has never been about the “strongest athletes/teams” competing. If it was the marathon would be 40 Ethiopians deep. The track 100m would have 15 Jamaicans and 15 from the USA. The swimming 100m freestyle would have 8-10 Australians There would be no African representation in more than half the sports. It’s fine if you think that’s a better Olympics, but it sounds awful to me. A global spread is far more enjoyable to watch for me. For some just reaching the Olympics is a goal. That’s good enough

I’m ok with ANY boxer missing the Olympics. I think having 3 chances is enough. So sorry, I won’t be convinced but if you lose 3 separate qualification bouts, with a diminishing level of competition in each, then I’d argue strongly that you’ve had enough chances There are other sports where you might have the 3rd best team miss out. I’m OK with that too Some countries have 2/3 fighters that would easily qualify if there were no limits on nations. This is just an extension of that.

Every boxer gets at least 3 chances to qualify (if fit of course). None of them can complain if they don’t make it If you lose in 3 separate qualifying competitions, you can’t blame bad draws IMO So yeah, it doesn’t bother me at all that Australia gets quotas in this sport (or any sport).

I don't really see a problem with geographical spread of quotas. So what if Australia gets 12 quotas? Not really an issue at all if the 5th best in Europe or Asia miss out. They still have 2 world events to qualify from

49er standings after 9 races 58 68 77 97 99