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Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon February 5th, 2023 Men's: Ibrahim Hassan Daniel Kipchumpa Tsubasa Ichiyama, Shungo Yokota, Kento Kikutani, Shin Kimura, Tsukasa Koyama (Tatsuya Maruyama missed out by 16 seconds) Women's: No qualifiers

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1133209/coventry-russia-belarus-ioc. Looks like Bach's potential successor will continue to pursue the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes.

In terms of fan reception, Russia and Belarus competing would be met with outrage and constant booing at every session their athletes compete in. That's something the IOC definitely wouldn't want and would heavily risk if they continue to pursue this.

You can count in.

Cheers mate, appreciate your help. I was thinking about going to 8 sessions in Paris (maybe pushing it to 9 or 10 sessions if we can get 3 sessions on the same day in the same venue, but it's highly unlikely)from 27th-31st July, with 2 of them being medal sessions. The medal sessions I'm after are the 28th July Swimming one as it's got the 100m Breastroke final as many other events with high British interest, and the 29th July Canoe Slalom one as I'm thinking of doing the morning Rowing session on the same day - it's looking like a 40 minute turnaround but it should be possible as both events are right next door to each other. I'm gonna do another swimming session in case the medal one doesn't come through, not sure which day though. I'm also gonna do a Beach Volleyball session which'll take up an entire day as we'll probably go uo the Eifel Tower and see some of the other sights of Paris after, again not sure which day yet. Other sports I'm looking at include Basketball, Handball, Boxing, Water Polo and Table Tennis. Hopefully we get drawn out of both lotteries and get all the tickets we desire, but backups will be in place incase we don't to fill up the 8 sessions.

One last thing. Is it possible to get drawn out for both phase 1 and 2, and if so what's the likehood of this happening?

I've never known such success in a winter cycle, some good early signs heading into Milano-Cortino.

International Marathon De Marrakech January 29, 2023 Men's: No qualifiers Women's: No qualifiers

71st New Year Race Walk January 1, 2023 Men's: No qualifiers Women's: No qualifiers

USA 35km Race Walking Championships (Had 2 20km Open Events) January 15, 2023 Men's: No qualifiers Women's: No qualifiers

Guatemalan Race Walking Championships January 22, 2023 Men's: No qualifiers Women's: No qualifiers

Might as well do the race walking events, just to fill in the gaps.

Osaka Women's Marathon January 29, 2023 Men's: No qualifiers Women's: Haven Hailu Desse, Meseret Gola Sisay Yuka Ando, Mao Uesugi, Yumi Yoshikawa, Sairi Maeda, Chiharu Ikeda, Yuna Daito

Direct quote from wiki: "In July 2021, International Rugby League (IRL) chair Troy Grant stated that pursuing rugby league for Queensland 2032 was a "priority" for the organisation, with a particular focus on rugby league nines for the Olympics and wheelchair rugby league for the Paralympics.[29] Queensland has a popular rugby league fanbase.[30"

If it does well in Brisbane I wouldn't be surprised if it says for the one after in 2036, especially if we're hosting.

We could be banking on a permanent change to rugby 9s from Brisbane 2032, a sport we're very successful in.

Yeah we've had are funding massively cut in a lot of places in exchange for new sports and ones we're not successful in (I vaguely recall British Pentathlon having to fight to get theirs back after it was cut by around 60%).

Been very surprised at the performances of both men's and women's GB teams. We should make it to Paris in at least both EU qualifiers but not getting in via World Sevens route is embarrassing.

How come, and will it be harder to get hold of them when they do come out?

Are all sessions available in the make your packs draw or not?

Aren't Russia banned anyway in most sports cuz of doping?

Buriram Marathon January 21, 2023 Men's: No qualifiers Women's: No qualifiers

Who's the guy from that qualified, and where did he do it?

Ooredoo Doha Marathon January 20, 2023 Men's: Yohans Mekasha, Hiribo Shano, Adane Kebede (Abiyote Abinet missed out by 19 seconds) Zablon Chumba, Victor Kipchirchir, Gevin Kerich Mochin Outalha Women's Fantu Jimma, Meseret Belete Emily Arusio, Beatrice Cheptoo Desi Jisa Mokonin

OK cheers, well I guess I'll start the proceedings. Is it the world record for highest weight lifted in Women's 81kg+ category?