Dragon

Before yesterday I had winning by around a second and a half with and very close for silver. Archibald's injury may cost 2-3 seconds lost for GBR

In almost all of Europe it is illegal to give these drugs to cattle.

I still expect plenty of medals from the cycling team though, without Katie, less in the way of gold

""I tripped over a step in the garden and managed to, somehow, dislocate my ankle; break my tibia and fibula; and rip two ligaments off the bone. What the heck," said Archibald."

Massive blow for cycling chances

In one word alone. Bugger!

I have to be honest that I thought I was being over-optimistic where I thought would win 25 golds overall but I only predicted 2 in swimming....

@avlar thinks it will be either or

She is injured.

Veronika Chumikova was cleared to compete in wrestling but will miss Paris through injury

One down for Eritrean Olympic marathon running

Hmmm... (There was a tweet from the IOC above. It seems it got deleted)

From the "Sports Examiner" newsletter Russian wrestlers to decide whether to go to Paris on 19 June Following up on the IOC’s announcement of 14 Russian athletes approved to be “neutral” athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games – including 10 wrestlers – the head of the Russian wrestling federation said a decision on whether to accept the invitations to compete will be decided on Wednesday. Mikhail Mamiashvili told the Russian news agency TASS: “We have a decision deadline of June 20, so we will meet with the teams and coaches on the 19th. In general, taking into account who was admitted, the composition is far from optimal, but nevertheless we are able to perform well. We'll decide. “In order to convince our friends, including those who supported us, who said that it was unacceptable to limit us artificially and succumb to political pressure through IOC sanctions in the form of their recommendations, we went all this way. By doing this, we showed that people, those who usurped power showed complete disregard for the position of the United World Wrestling. “We took this path, the UWW created a commission. Even I, the vice-president of this organization, do not know the names of the lawyers and other figures who were included in it. It is completely independent of any influence of mine.” TASS reports confirmed that Russia submitted for approval Tokyo Olympic champions Zaur Uguev (57 kg) and Abdulrashid Sadulayev (97 kg), but both were rejected as insufficiently “neutral.” Artur Naifonov, the Tokyo bronze winner at 86 kg was apparently also considered, but was not confirmed. In taekwondo, no Russian athletes will compete, according to coach Vadim Ivanov, who told TASS: “I received information from the president of the Russian Taekwondo Union that Russian taekwondo athletes will not compete at the Olympics. The IOC’s decision not to admit our athletes causes me nothing but regret.” Russia won four medals in the sport in Tokyo, with Maxim Khramtsov (80 kg) and Vladislav Larin (+80 kg) taking gold medals, plus a bronze for Mikhail Artamonov (58 kg) and a silver for Tatyana Minina in the women’s 57 kg class. Protests against Khramtsov and Larin were lodged by Ukrainian sources, who said they supported the Russian war effort against Ukraine. Looking ahead already to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Russian weightlifting federation chief Maxim Agapitov cast doubt on whether a team will be sent, telling TASS: “I wouldn’t speculate on this topic, because the world is changing very quickly. The United States sees the enemy in us and is setting up everyone else; they want to inflict a strategic defeat on our sport for at least the last eight years. And now we see how their tactical unsportsmanlike behavior is emerging, aimed precisely at destroying our values, destroying our system of training athletes built over the years, discrediting, creating a negative image. “Given the current situation, it is difficult to believe that it will change quickly in 2028. But, on the other hand, the world is rapidly rushing and changing, so I will not rule anything out. We miss the Olympic Movement that we know, which we created together someday, together with all continents, with all federations, with all countries, perhaps a miracle will happen and we will really be together.”

After that there was Backley and Mick Hill...

"Chosen to compete at Paris Olympics" ???

Massive win for . The Australians and South Africans with Italian passports are making a big difference

Team GB confirm Olympic nominations Men’s singles - Andy Murray (ITF wildcard) - Jack Draper - Dan Evans - Cameron Norrie Women’s singles - Katie Boulter Men’s doubles - Salisbury-Skupski - Murray-Evans Women’s doubles - Boulter-Watson - Dart-Lumsden Raducanu turned down an ITF wildcard

Romania beating Italy would be a bigger shock than any we've seen at the World Cup

Didn't Le Pen's father, a previous leader of her party, confess to torturing Algerians during the War for Algerian independence?

Press release notes that "This list will be updated in line with the decisions of the Individual Neutral Athlete Eligibility Review Panel"

On the subject of , day 1 is going to be important. If Tarling wins gold (and he defintely has a chance) it could be an amazing Games for GB.

I have the USA narrowly beating Australia on day 1 by 7 medals to 6 but the the Aussies will top the medal table if you go by gold medals rather than total medals

Today, during the second day of its meeting at Olympic House in Lausanne, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) accepted 11 applications for athletes’ changes of sporting nationality, in accordance with Rule 41 of the Olympic Charter. All 11 are in view of the Olympic Games Paris 2024: Samalulu Clifton – Canoe – from New Zealand to Samoa Colin Heathcock – Fencing – from Germany to the USA Dean Donny Huijsen Wijsmuller – Football – from the Netherlands to Spain Mateo Joseph Fernandez-Regatillo – Football – from Great Britain to Spain Gor Minasyan – Weightlifting – from Armenia to Bahrain Richard Murray – Triathlon – from South Africa to the Netherlands Lesman Paredes Montano – Weightlifting – from Colombia to Bahrain Alexis Peterson – Basketball – from the USA to Germany Kim Polling – Judo – from the Netherlands to Italy Denis Taradin – Sailing – from Russia to Cyprus Chermen Valiev – Wrestling – from Russia to Albania