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1) We dont need the quota place, we will compete with Hoff, Rendschmidt, Groß and Liebscher, all of them are already qualified. 2) I think we would also get the russian spot in mens volleyball and mens beach volleyball? 3) Most importantly: I believe it when its official, i would be really shocked if Russia would be banned. I never thought that Bach would have the guts for this decision.

Haha, javelin throw is a freak show, lets see when the first of them will get busted. Junior championships are even more pointless than senior championships, with all the dopers and age cheats. All cheaters should get a lifelong ban and they should have to pay all their prize money back.

Andrei Toader (mens shot put) This guy just won silver at the junior world championships ...

Are you serious? Is this the girl that competed as a refugee at the european qualification tournament? THIS IS A SCANDAL! Very sad to see how desperate Belgium is for olympic medals, i have lost all my respect for this country and of course for IOC, because they allowed this. All athletes should protest to stop her from competing. I still cant believe that she was allowed to compete at the qualification tournament. If she really is a refugee, than IOC just should have allowed her to compete as a neutral athlete in Rio. I PRAY that she wont steal a medal in Rio.

Great to see that we reached the semifinal at the u20 european championships, this might be the first time (in a very long time). Hopefully FINA will soon find a new host for u18 european championships, this time we have a very realistic chance for the gold medal (if we play with our best team).

I bet that this wont happen. They might win 2 gold in beach volleyball, but some other country will win a gold in volleyball. I hope that France will win gold in mens volleyball.

Apparently it was a pretty interesting meet, but no new insights for Rio. The previous world record in womens 100m hurdles might have been suspicious, but a look at Harrison's arms tells the whole story, its impossible for a clean athlete to break a world record in athletics, thats a fact. She wasnt able to stand the pressure at the trials, so its unlikely that she wouldve been able to stand the pressure in Rio. Womens 100m hurdles gold seems to be pretty open, its always amazing to see how good Roleder is at major competitions and how weak she is at all other competitions. Lavillenie is dominat as always, while all his competitors dont seem to be in a good shape. Lavillenie will be the huge favorite in Rio, Holzdeppe could win a medal without being at 100%. GB might really challenge for bronze in womens 4x100m relay, Netherlands and Germany will try to stop them. Level of competition in womens high jump and mens triple jump is extremely weak this year, very good news for Jungfleisch and Heß. McBride and Hortelano are two very interesting cases, their progression seems to be too good to be true. I think Muir might challenge Hassan for bronze in Rio. Hassan seems to improve very quick, so she should still be the favorite for bronze in Rio. Vicaut still cant run fast outside of France. He might be the only european to make the final in Rio, but i dont think that he can fight for a medal. Bolt is in a much better shape than last year, i really dont understand why some people thought that Gatlin might win mens 100/200m in Rio ... The british sprinters (Gemili, Hughes and Ujah) all have been pretty disappointing recently. Without Ennis-Hill, Rutherford and Farah it should be almost impossible for GB to win gold medals at 2020 olympics. South Africa has suddenly become a powerhouse in track events, really interesting ... I am wondering why Brazil is so bad in track events, they should be much better. Tomorrow there will be some very interesting competitions from a german perspective: Womens pole vault: 4 medal contenders will compete, its gonna be interesting to see how strong they are at the moment. If at least 3 of them can jump at least 4.80m, than it should be almost impossible for Ryzih to challenge for a medal in Rio. Womens 3000m SC: I think tomorrow might be the first time we see Ghribi this year, lets see if she will be able to run close to 9:10 or even faster. Mens shot put: Storl will compete in the diamond league for the first time this year. I hope that he can stay close to Kovacs and maybe get a result of 21.50m or better, otherwise he will probably have no chance to fight for gold in Rio.

If Russia (as a country) will be banned, who will take their place?

German team (422 athletes + reserves): Badminton: 7 Beachvolleyball: 6 Archery: 2 Boxing: 6 Fencing: 4 Football: 36 + 8 reserves Weightlifting: 5 Golf: 4 Handball: 14 + 1 reserve Hockey: 32 + 4 reserves Judo: 13 Canoeing slalom: 5 Canoeing sprint: 13 Artistic gymnastics: 10 Athletics: 88 Modern pentathlon: 4 Cycling road: 8 Cycling track: 15 + 3 reserve Mountainbike: 4 BMX: 2 + 1 reserve Equestrian: 12 + 3 reserve Rhythmic gymnastics: 6 Wrestling: 7 Rowing: 35 + 4 reserve Shooting: 15 Swimming: 29 (2 open water) Sailing: 12 Taekwondo: 3 Tennis: 10 Table tennis: 6 + 2 reserve Trampoline: 1 Triathlon: 2 Diving: 8 I am really sad that we werent able to send bigger teams in archery, fencing, boxing, handball, volleyball and basketball.

I hope that Tofu from Italy will win gold in mens 100m, he just has the perfect name for a sprinter. Edit: Its crazy how many world class sprinters south africa suddenly has ... They should win at least 3 golds in Rio (2 x Semenya + Van Niekerk).

I am absolutely shocked to hear that he cheated, i always thought that a small country like Norway is so dominant in a sport that is 100% about endurance, because they love it so much? I am also very shocked to hear that a guy, who suddenly started to destroy everyone else at a high age isnt clean, i always thought that he just trained more than everyone else? Of course Northug, Weng, Björgen, Östberg, Johaug and so on are absolutely clean, there cant be any doubt about that, the show must go on!

Germany got 2 additional quota places, so our Team grows by 2 athletes: Mens c1 200m: Stefan Kiraj Mens c2 1000m: Brendel/Vandrej

Also a bit too late: Florian Gaul 5.77m (pole vault) Sam Kendricks 5.77m Shawn Barber 5.70m Thiago Braz da Silva 5.70m Konstadinos Filippidis 5.70m Tobias Scherbath 5.70m All in Rottach-Egern yesterday Germany nominated Scherbath, Dilla and Holzdeppe, who didnt jump any higher than 5.40m this year. It would be really sad if Holzdeppe wouldnt be able to get into shape, considering that Gaul is now the best german pole vaulter this year but didnt get a spot. With his mark of 5.77m Gaul is now 7th in the world ranking. Of all the guys ranked ahead of him only Lavillenie, Kudlicka and Menaldo didnt compete in Rottach-Egern yesterday.

Dont think so, here is what he said after the final: http://www.sport.de/news/ne2327485/boll-triumphiert-bei-olympia-generalprobe/ No one can prevent an all-chinese final. I dont know which chinese players got nominated, but Ovtcharov always plays pretty good against Zhang Jike, so there might be a 0.1% chance that it wont be an all-chinese final if China nominates/nominated Zhang Jike. Boll seems to be in a pretty good shape nevertheless, which is good news for the team competition. Edit: I think there is a pretty good chance that we wont have an all-chinese final at 2020 olympics, Harimoto Tomokazu will hopefully win gold at home.

I think that Yang will win the gold and Horton also could surprise, for me Paltrinieri isnt the favorite.

Did you know that Bastian was pretty much on the same level as Felix in alpine skiing when they were younger, but then Bastian decided to focus on football? They were best friends from a very young age on and often competed against each other. About Gössner: Great success for her, hopefully she will also have some success next season, although i doubt it, her shooting is just too bad.

Cavendish is just an a**hole, his post-race interview was just embarrassing. I hope this guy gets destroyed in Rio and then has to end his career. Its just disgusting that he is suddenly in the shape of his life at the age of 31, just in time for the olympics, not to mention the fact that this is his first year with Aldag (who admitted that he doped with EPO during his career). GB has been shit in cycling for ... always and then suddenly guys like Froome, Wiggins or Yates come out of nowhere.

I dont think that its that simple and you would also have to mention how strong the wind was during Omoregie's run. In 2011 it took 13.56s (-1.6m/s) to reach the final, at 2012 olympics it took 13.31s (-0.5m/s) to reach the final In 2007 it took 13.35s (-0.3m/s) to reach the final, at 2008 olympics it took 13.43s (-0.4m/s) to reach the final In 2003 it took 13.55s (+0.4m/s) to reach the final, at 2004 olympics it took 13.34s (0.0m/s) to reach the final In 1999 it took 13.47s (0.0m/s) to reach the final, at 2000 olympics it took 13.39s (+0.4m/s) to reach the final In general we see very often that events in swimming/athletics get (much) faster in olympic years and i think we will see it again this year. I think McLeod, Ortega, Allen, Parchment, Bascou and Martinot-Lagarde are safe to be faster than 13.25s in Rio and i am pretty sure that at least 2 out of Ash/Porter/Belocian/Xie will also be faster than 13.25s. To sum it up: I think that 13.25s with a slight headwind might be enough to make the final in Rio, but i doubt that Omoregie wouldve been able to run that time under these conditions. Edit: Apparently he had a tailwind of 1.2m/s and the race took place in Loughborough, a track that is known to produce fast times. At the same meet Joel Fearon (never heard of him before) ran a huge lifetime best of 10.04s (+1.7m/s). Omoregie only finished 4th at the british Championships with a time of 13.67s (-1.3m/s), 0.36s behind Pozzi ... Do you have any explanation why he should be in a much better shape now?

Provisional entry list for the Junior world Championships: http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/world-u20-bydgoszcz-2016-entry-list

Helen Langehanenberg (equestrian dressage, bronze in the Team competition in 2012) failed to qualify

Great to hear, Sweden used to be great in jumping Events, but for some reason now they arent anymore.

Yeah, sad for him, but there is no way that he couldve reached the olympic final. Does GB have 3 other qualified athletes in mens 110m hurdles?

German Team dressage: Kristina Bröring-Sprehe (Desperados) Dorothee Schneider (Showtime) Isabell Werth (Weihegold) Sönke Rothenberger (Cosmo) Reserve: Hubertus Schmidt (Imperio) German Team jumping: Ludger Beerbaum (Casello) Daniel Deußer (First Class) Marcus Ehning (Cornado NRW) Christian Ahlmann (Taloubet) Reserve: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (Fibonacci) Pretty much expected selections, but i would have seleced Ehning as reserve instead of Meredith. German eventing Team will be announced tomorrow morning.

I think this is a new PB for Skoog, her previous PB was 1.92m, do you know if she is qualified for Rio?

Its shocking that some People really believe that this was a (failed) coup. For me its obvious that Erdogan faked all of this to get more power and to get a "reason" to punish his opponents. His first reaction was to fire 2700 judges, i wonder how he got their names so fast ... ? He gets closer and closer to his ultimate Goal: Total control. In 12 months or less Turkey will be as much of a democracy as Russia, but sadly far more religious. If this was a "real" coup, then the turkish Military leaders (or at least) some of them seem to be shockingly stupid, this has to be by far the worst attempt of a coup in history. Edit: Does Turkey already have the death penalty? If not, then it might be introduced very quick.