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Women's standard is 51,35 though

First time since 1964 that Greece didn't qualify any male weightlifter

I hope I am not saying this for Eleni Chatziliadou this weekend but I have a bad feeling

So Konstantina Benteli qualified, very good. Would've been so sad if we didn't qualify anyone in weightlifting! Theodoros Iakovidis is one spot out, I guess if they ban Colombia then he gets to go. EDIT-Actually no, he would still miss because the European continental quota wouldn't change

And formerly of Panionios and Olympiacos

I really hope Eleni Kelaiditi can make it! It would be the first time since 1988 that Greece isn't qualifying anyone in rhythmic gymnastics (usually the group always makes it but they won't this year)

I don't know who I want to win this semifinal, I think I just hope for a long 5 sets so they get tired

Wow so it's official! So wonderful! Our girls really worked so hard and they're all so young. 5 of the 8 girls are teenagers, so hopefully this is the beginning of many more qualifications in the future. It was disappointing to not qualify in women's water polo, and our women's rhythmic gymnastics team 99% won't qualify for the first time since Atlanta 1996, so this is a very nice thing for our women to make it.

I thought it doesn't start for another 3 minutes, maybe I got the time mixed up?

Thank you @MHSN for sharing all of your knowledge about some of these sports, also weightlifting. Makes it a lot easier for us to understand these qualification processes.

Vinci was a surprise though, and Bartoli was also in a Wimbledon final and former top 10 player, plus Lisicki always did well at Wimbledon and reached some QF and SF there before making the final in 2013. I still think Pennetta-Vinci was more surprising than Bartoli-Lisicki.

Thank you for this but are you sure that Teltsidou will miss out in women's 70kg? It looks like there are extra spots and she will get one.

Thank you, hopefully Petrounias can qualify first. He just needs a high score at Doha World Cup, something similar to what he achieved at European Championships this year and he will be in. If he qualifies for Tokyo then I think he will definitely win a medal. He's in good shape now that he's fully recovered from injuries. Colak was good in 2019 and 2020 but didn't do well at this year's European Championships. Still I think he can win a medal in Tokyo too.

Really? What about Pennetta vs Vinci at the 2015 US Open?

I am absolutely heartbroken and won't be able to sleep tonight (I'm already not sleeping and it's super late here). Maria was so close to making the final. She had match point This really hurts, but what an amazing run it was from her. Hopefully she can build on this and not be too hard on herself.

https://www.fina.org/competitions/15/fina-olympic-games-artistic-swimming-qualification-tournament-2021/results?discipline=&event=a8e510dd-f161-4273-aeb4-85b879a78e48&unit=team-technical-prelims We see after Day 1, Greece has the edge over France and USA, but it's still very close

They're counting both of them if you look at this week's rankings. Wow.

I guess I'll stick with my prediction of 8 for now. Probably sounds too optimistic but whatever. Of course if Petrounias doesn't qualify I will say 7. Tentoglou looking like he has a better chance at winning a medal than Stefanidi at this point, but hopefully both can do it. We don't have any clear medals in sailing but we have a few contenders and I feel like someone will come home with a medal. And at this moment I think we have a better chance of getting a medal in tennis than we do in shooting. I still think Gkolomeev will win a medal in the men's 50m freestyle. I feel like karate it depends who qualifies this weekend. Wrestling I think Prevolaraki has a really good chance at getting a bronze or something, and I'm starting to think we might win a rowing medal in the men's single sculls with Stefanos Ntouskos. If I had to predict our eight medals I would say: Gold: Eleftherios Petrounias (gymnastics) Silver: Kristian Gkolomeev (swimming) Silver: Stefanos Ntouskos (rowing) Silver: Miltiadis Tentoglou (long jump) Silver: Stefanos Tsitsipas (tennis) Bronze: Ekaterini Stefanidi (pole vault) Bronze: Vasileia Karachaliou (sailing) Bronze: Maria Prevolaraki (wrestling) Of course I will probably be wrong. In London I thought we would win 6-7 medals and we won two. I thought we would win 3-4 in rowing including gold from Giazitzidou/Tsiavou but we just got bronze from them and no other rowing medals. Also thought Gianniotis would definitely win a medal in marathon swimming and he got 4th. Then in Rio I thought we'd win 5-6 and we got 6. Didn't expect 3 gold though. I thought at most two (Petrounias and Stefanidi) but Korakaki surprised.

Looks like our guy Iakovidis might make it in men's 96 if China and Belarus don't select that weight, and if Venezuela and Colombia get banned. Russia, Albania, and Iran can't select that weight because they are limited in their team size due to penalties. But there are five Chinese men in first place and they can select four, so what are the chances that they don't select this guy? Belarus has three guys in fourth place and can only select one. People are very upset with Pyrros Dimas because he decided to not send a team to the 2019 World Championships and they feel that it hurt our qualification chances.

Yes I just saw that each nation is limited to four men and four women, and China has all their women in first place except for 59kg, so surely they won't be allowed to accept that quota which should help Benteli's chances even more. It would be really great if she could make it. We haven't had any female weightlifter at the Olympics since 2008. And we are in danger of not qualifying anyone in weightlifting for the first time ever (or at least in many decades) which would be a shame considering we used to be one of the top countries in the sport not too long ago.

In women's 59kg, Konstantina Benteli can qualify? She is 12th on the list but if Vietnam and Colombia get disqualified then she moves up to 10th. Japanese girl already in top 8 so don't need host quota. So Benteli would get the European quota? Can someone verify because I'm not too familiar with this process. Thanks in advance.

Seems like it's almost harder to qualify for the Olympics than to win a medal in karate

I have no words! So proud to have two players in the semifinals. What a dream!

What do you mean??? I didn't see anywhere that she withdrew?

Seems like we might have more than 32 female triple jumpers in Tokyo