Makedonas

Looks like it’ll be no ICLA 7 Olympic quota for Canada for the first time ever. 

Men's Kite Quotas:


+ 3 from      
 
Women's Kite Quotas:


+ 3 from:     
 

Well things are somewhat looking better now, as Kokkalanis (and Tsortanidis although in the same event so we can only have one make it to Paris), and Spanaki/Spanakis are now in qualifying positions, in addition to Maramenidis.
 
Really a shame we will probably miss out on the ILCA 7 quota after Papadakos won it in February at the qualification regatta we hosted, when our federation decided to hold an extra race (despite it not being necessary) and he ended up losing the quota in that last race. Also I'm not sure why Papadimitriou isn't competing here as I thought he was our best sailor in this class but generally his results were poor lately compared to Panagiotidis and Papadakos.
 
Women's iQFoil is very disappointing but not surprising. The girls really struggled to transition from RS:X, and I really thought Divari would do better considering she qualified for Tokyo as a 20 yo.
 
Men's 49er is disappointing too. Kagialis will miss the Olympics for the first time since London, and at his age this is probably the end for him.
 
And ILCA 6, no words really on the Karachaliou situation, but it seems like she won't be able to compete for Portugal either.

You’re only 9 points outside of a quota, and there’s still 4 races to go. Don’t be so pessimistic, my buddy 

470 Olympic Quota Standings After 6/10 Races
 
 8 pts
 24 pts
 29 pts
 41 pts
 
———————
 
 46 pts
 49 pts
 50 pts
 50 pts
 56 pts
 61 pts

470 Olympic Quota Standings After 4/10 Races

 4 pts
 15 pts
 15 pts
 19 pts
 
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 26 pts
 29 pts
 30 pts
 30 pts
 30 pts
 31 pts
 35 pts

I know there were some efforts to bring diaspora Greeks together but I'm not sure what happened. I haven't heard about this in about 10 years. There were always some players with Greek origins in the NHL.
 
I just did some research and there still are:
23 yo Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim Ducks, born in New York to Greek parents
29 yo Andreas Athanasiou of the Chicago Blackhawks, born in Toronto to a Greek father and Guyanese mother
 
There's also Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who is a very successful player and already played for Canada so would not be eligible for Greece. However, his family does not even identify as Greek despite his surname and his father's side being from Florina (border town of  and , the town has a complicated history from the Greek Civil War which I will not bore you with).
 
Anyways I'm sure there are more Greeks from USA and Canada in lower levels of hockey who would be willing to play for the national team if needed. Hopefully an effort is made so we can be competitive.
 

I know there were some efforts to bring diaspora Greeks together but I'm not sure what happened. I haven't heard about this in about 10 years. There were always some players with Greek origins in the NHL.
 
I just did some research and there still are:
23 yo Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim Ducks, born in New York to Greek parents
29 yo Andreas Athanasiou of the Chicago Blackhawks, born in Toronto to a Greek father and Guyanese mother
 
There's also Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who is a very successful player and already played for Canada so would not be eligible for Greece. However, his family does not even identify as Greek despite his surname and his father's side being from Florina (border town of  and , the town has a complicated history from the Greek Civil War which I will not bore you with).
 
Anyways I'm sure there are more Greeks from USA and Canada in lower levels of hockey who would be willing to play for the national team if needed. Hopefully an effort is made so we can be competitive.
 

I know there were some efforts to bring diaspora Greeks together but I'm not sure what happened. I haven't heard about this in about 10 years. There were always some players with Greek origins in the NHL.
 
I just did some research and there still are:
23 yo Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim Ducks, born in New York to Greek parents
29 yo Andreas Athanasiou of the Chicago Blackhawks, born in Toronto to a Greek father and Guyanese mother
 
There's also Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who is a very successful player and already played for Canada so would not be eligible for Greece. However, his family does not even identify as Greek despite his surname and his father's side being from Florina (border town of  and , the town has a complicated history from the Greek Civil War which I will not bore you with).
 
Anyways I'm sure there are more Greeks from USA and Canada in lower levels of hockey who would be willing to play for the national team if needed. Hopefully an effort is made so we can be competitive.
 

Bratislava host this week the Development Cup.
 
is returning to ice hockey @Makedonas @Ted
 
 

Mens Formula Kite
 
After 5 Regattes
 
 12p
 14p
 14p
 21p
 23p
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 27p
 33p
 36p
 42p
 52p
 
 
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Womens Formula Kite
 
After 5 Regattes
 
 4p
 8p
 17p
 20p
 25p
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 29p
 30p
 45p
 49p
 53p

And the winner of coolest name to pronounce goes to… 
 
 

Update. Doctors have discovered that his condition is acute pancreatitis. It was severe at first (hence him being taken on an ambulance in extreme pain) but his condition got better after time. Today, that all changed, he got worse again and was taken into another wing of the hospital. He’s expected to stay there for about a couple of weeks, maybe even longer. Really hoping he can get well soon, it’s heartbreaking to see him in his current state 

Mixed 470 - 4 quotas
 
Favorites:
 
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Possible:
 
    
 
Low Chances:
 
       
 
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Mixed Nacra 17 - 4 quotas
 
Favorites:
 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
 
Possible:
 
     

Mens ILCA7 - 3 quotas (+1 Emerging Nations Program)
 
Favorites:
 
1.
2. 
3. 
 
Possible:
 
          
 
Low Chances:
 
                      
 
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Womens ILCA7 - 3 quotas (+1 Emerging Nations Program)
 
Favorites:
 
1.  
2.
3.  
 
Possible:
 
      
 
Low Chances:
 
          
 
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Mens 49er - 4 quotas
 
Favorites:
 
1.  
2. 
3. 
4. 
 
Possible:
 
       
 
Low Chances:
 
        
 
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Womens 49er - 5 quotas
 
Favorites:
 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
 
Possible:
 
     

Based on the results of the World Championship and Continentals, favorites for the quotas should be:
 
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Mens IQFoil - 6 quotas (+1 Emerging Nations Program)
 
Favorites:
 
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.  
6.  
 
Possible:
 
           
 
Low Chances:
 
         
 
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Womens IQFoil - 6 quotas (+1 Emerging Nations Program)
 
Favorites:
 
1.  
2.
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
 
Possible:
 
       
 
Low Chances:
 
       
 
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Mens Formula Kite - 5 quotas
 
Favorites:
 
1.
2.
3.  
4.  
5. 
 
Possible:
 
        
 
Low Chances:
 
          
 
 
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Womens Formula Kite - 5 quotas
 
Favorites:
 
1. 
2. 
3.
4. 
5. 
 
Possible:
 
      
 
Low Chances:
 
       

PART 3:
 
Women's 49er FX (5 quotas):
 
Women's ILCA 6 (3 quotas):
 
Mixed 470 (4 quotas):  
 
Mixed Nacra 17 (4 quotas):  
 

PART2:
 
Men's ILCA 7 (3 quotas):
 
 
Women's IQFOIL (6 quotas):  
 
Women's Formula Kite (5 quotas): 

ENTRIES FOR THE QUOTAS:
 
 
 
Men's IQFOIL (6 quotas):  
 
Men's Formula Kite (5 quotas):  
 
Men's 49 (4 quotas):
 
 

All medalists are tested.  So by default.. yes, they did

Same dude; same.
 
I'll keep your father and you in my thoughts. 

Hi everyone! 
 
A bit of a family emergency is going on right now (my dad isn’t doing too well, he’s on his way to the hospital as I type this), which may explain my lack of inactivity on Totallympics and updating all of the various sporting events 
 
If anyone wants to post any of them that’ll be appreciated, and if not then I’ll post them when I’m fully back! 
 
Actually, it might even be within a few days. I’ve just thought about it, and when I’m not busy visiting him at the hospital, I might choose to watch/share results of some sports. Bit of a confusing response I know, but to explain my thought process, watching (along with playing, but irrelevant point) sports and sharing results on Totallympics are two of my favourite things to do. Trying to not worry too much when personal problems is hard for me, and it might be what I need to not freak out and have mental breakdowns every couple of minutes. But we’ll see.

Disappointing week for Greece in Europe Group I, finished second in our group (beat Sweden 2-1 and Norway 3-0 but lost 2-1 to Serbia where Sakkari only played doubles...), then advanced to the next group where we needed to beat Latvia and Denmark to get promoted. Got the job done 3-0 against Latvia (Ostapenko only played doubles), and then lost 2-1 to Denmark (without Wozniacki).
 
Pretty disappointing in the end. Tauson played an incredible match to beat Sakkari, and Grammatikopoulou lost to Svendsen who is ranked in the 500s. I am not sure why Papamichail didn't play in such an important match instead of Grammatikopoulou who was mediocre all week, and also Papamichail is more stable but congrats to the Danish girls for pulling off big upsets in both singles matches @Wumo@Agger

Jessica Guo Zi Jia
 Julia Yin
 Xu Jia Bao
 Zhang Junjia
 Jaelyn Liu
 Leehi
 
is the flag correct ?  Pretty confusing 

Disappointing week for Greece in Europe Group I, finished second in our group (beat Sweden 2-1 and Norway 3-0 but lost 2-1 to Serbia where Sakkari only played doubles...), then advanced to the next group where we needed to beat Latvia and Denmark to get promoted. Got the job done 3-0 against Latvia (Ostapenko only played doubles), and then lost 2-1 to Denmark (without Wozniacki).
 
Pretty disappointing in the end. Tauson played an incredible match to beat Sakkari, and Grammatikopoulou lost to Svendsen who is ranked in the 500s. I am not sure why Papamichail didn't play in such an important match instead of Grammatikopoulou who was mediocre all week, and also Papamichail is more stable but congrats to the Danish girls for pulling off big upsets in both singles matches @Wumo@Agger