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Potentially no medal for the  women? Seriously, I can’t believe I woke up in the middle of the night to watch these losers race 

More on the story.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/clyv93r25jyo

12 year old  Grayson Coulter swam a long course meter 200m freestyle time of 1:54.40! The fastest ever 12 year old.
 
Also had some other incredible swims at the Queensland Championships.
 
12-Yr-OId Grayson Coulter Of NZL Clocks 1:54.40 LCM 200 Freestyle

Ski Cross WC Arosa | Arosa, Switzerland
 
Women
Gold-  Marielle Thompson
Silver-  India Sherret
Bronze-  Hannah Schmidt
 

 
Men
Gold-  Reece Howden
Gold-  Simone Deromedis
Bronze-  David Mobaerg
 
Full Results

Kelly Sildaru tore her ACL again… 
 
Wishing for her to have a speedy recovery! 
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDUruIltYxx/?img_index=2&igsh=MTl4NWIwZGwxaG94OA==

Halfpipe WC Secret Garden, China
 
This WC venue was the site of the Beijing Olympics. 
 
Women
Gold-  Eileen Gu (90.00)
Silver-  Li Fanghui (82.25)
Bronze-  Svea Irving (80.00)
 
Big causality in women’s qualification, with  Karker failing to land either of her runs 
 
Men
Gold-  Nicholas Goepper (95.00)
Silver-  Alex Ferreira (92.25)
Bronze-  David Wise (89.00)
 
Full Results

Gout Gout has been making waves the last couple of days at a national school meet in Australia
 
 
 

Moguls WC Idre Fjall | Idre Fjall, Sweden
 
Women
Gold-  Jakara Anthony (82.94)
Silver-  Perrine Lafont (80.89)
Bronze-  Maia Schwinghammer (80.71)
 
Maia Schwinghammer with her first career moguls podium 
 
Men
Gold-  Mikael Kingsbury (87.92) 
Silver-  Ikuma Horishima (85.89)
Bronze-  Walter Wallberg (85.63)
 
Big 3 in men’s moguls on the podium, as expected. 
 
Full Results

Gout Gout has been making waves the last couple of days at a national school meet in Australia
 
 
 

Some more Russians including Evgeniia Chikunova and WJR holder Miron Lifintsev have been approved to compete as neutrals but still no Kliment Kolesnikov.
 
 
 
 

I believe, the IOC has admitted the cap will have to be relaxed for 2028.
 
I think they will go with what you proposed. 10,500 for core sports plus some for extra sports

More information has been released on the first edition of the World Athletics Ultimate Championships in 2026, including the events. Mixed 4x100m relay will make its global debut. 
 
https://x.com/worldathletics/status/1859915183071662442?s=46&t=_XjleMNZelg_AVmJy7FfWA

Yeah, probably that would help. But some athletes from these clubs also get formal military ranks, I'm not sure how World Aquatics will estimate this. 

The day Qatar gets to host will be the day the Olympics died, without a doubt.
you can then prepare for Saudi 2040 and Bahrain 2044

8 years ban 
Two prominent weightlifters, including a national champion who had stunned multiple Commonwealth Games medallist Vikas Thakur in a domestic meet, are staring at a maximum eight-year ban each from competitions after their urine samples tested positive for a cocktail of banned substances for the second time in their respective careers
 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/weightlifters-face-maximum-8-year-ban-for-second-doping-offence/amp_articleshow/115308709.cms
 

Italian media reporting that Thomas Ceccon will train with Boxall at St Peters Western next year.
 
https://www.oasport.it/2024/11/thomas-ceccon-si-allenera-in-australia-nel-2025-sara-seguito-da-un-tecnico-eccentrico/

2024 Swimming World Cup Singapore - Day 3 Results
 
Men's 400m Individual Medley:
1.  Leon Marchand - 3:58.45
2.  Alberto Razzetti - 4:00.59
3.  Trenton Julian - 4:04.46
 
Women's 800m Freestyle:
1.  Katie Grimes - 8:14.36
2.  Moesha Johnson - 8:18.24
3.  Claire Weinstein - 8:18.41
 
Women's 100m Butterfly:
1.  Louise Hansson - 55.46
2.  Mizuki Hirai - 55.81
3.  Laura Lahtinen - 55.96
 
Men's 50m Butterfly:
1.  Noe Ponti - 21.64
2.  Nyls Korstanje - 21.74
3.  Tzen Wei Teong - 22.11
 
Women's 200m Backstroke:
1.  Regan Smith - 1:58.83 (World Record)
2.  Anastasiya Shkurdai - 2:01.63
3.  Iona Anderson - 2:01.98
 
Men's 100m Backstroke:
1.  Pieter Coetze - 49.36
2.  Thomas Ceccon - 49.68
3.  Kacper Stokowski - 49.87
 
Women's 50m Breaststroke:
1.  Tang Qianting - 28.87
2.  Benedetta Pilato - 29.42
3.  Alina Zmushka - 29.79
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
1.  Caspar Corbeau - 2:02.33
2.  Joshua Yong - 2:02.85
3.  Ilya Shymanovich - 2:03.90
 
Women's 100m Freestyle:
1.  Kate Douglass - 50.82
2.  Siobhan Haughey - 51.56
3.  Katarzyna Wasick - 52.04
 
Men's 200m Freestyle:
1.  Duncan Scott - 1:39.83
2.  Leon Marchand - 1:40.91
3.  Pan Zhanle - 1:41.59
 
Women's 200m Individual Medley:
1.  Yu Yiting - 2:03.99
2.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 2:04.82
3.  Beata Nelson - 2:05.00
 
Men's Overall Standings:
1.  Leon Marchand - 175.7 
2.  Noe Ponti - 171.9
3.  Duncan Scott - 167.8
4.  Pieter Coetze - 167.3
5.  Qin Haiyang - 152.7
6.  Ilya Shymanovich - 143.6
7.  Isaac Cooper - 142.8
8.  Thomas Ceccon - 140.6
9.  Nyls Korstanje - 140.3
10.  Caspar Corbeau - 135.5
 
Women's Overall Standings:
1.  Kate Douglass - 178.5
2.  Regan Smith - 178.4
3.  Siobhan Haughey - 160.7
4.  Yu Yiting - 159.2
5.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 157.8
6.  Tang Qianting - 152.5
7.  Alina Zmushka - 141.8
8.  Katarzyna Wasick - 140.8
9.  Beata Nelson - 138.3
10.  Ingrid Wilm - 136.9

2024 Swimming World Cup Singapore - Day 2 Results
 
Women's 400m Individual Medley:
1.  Katie Grimes - 4:24.19
2.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 4:25.33
3.  Waka Kobori - 4:30.07
 
Men's 1500m Freestyle:
1.  Kazushi Imafuku - 14:36.32
2.  Kaito Tsujimori - 14:43.14
3.  Charlie Clark - 14:43.45
 
Men's 50m Backstroke:
1.  Isaac Cooper - 22.61
2.  Pieter Coetze - 22.75
3.  Kacper Stokowski - 23.05
 
Women's 200m Freestyle:
1.  Siobhan Haughey - 1:51.80
2.  Yang Junxuan - 1:52.07
3.  Brittany Castelluzzo - 1:53.70
 
Men's 200m Individual Medley:
1.  Leon Marchand - 1:48.88 (World Record)
2.  Duncan Scott - 1:51.14
3.  Alberto Razzetti - 1:52.99
 
Women's 100m Backstroke:
1.  Regan Smith - 54.27 (World Record)
2.  Beata Nelson - 55.72
3.  Ingrid Wilm - 56.01
 
Men's 50m Breaststroke:
1.  Qin Haiyang - 25.47
2.  Ilya Shymanovich - 25.53 
3.  Caspar Corbeau - 26.16
 
Women's 50m Butterfly:
1.  Kate Douglass - 24.42
2.  Yu Yiting - 25.05
=3.  Mizuki Hirai - 25.15
=3.  Sara Junevik - 25.15
 
Men's 100m Freestyle:
1.  Pan Zhanle - 46.09
2.  Thomas Ceccon - 46.25
3.  Dylan Carter - 46.60
 
Women's 100m Breaststroke:
1.  Tang Qianting - 1:03.10
2.  Alina Zmushka - 1:04.11
3.  Benedetta Pilato - 1:04.56
 
Men's 200m Butterfly:
1.  Chad le Clos - 1:50.42
2.  Trenton Julian - 1:51.68
3.  Alberto Razzetti - 1:51.96

2024 Swimming World Cup Singapore - Day 1 Results
 
Women's 400m Freestyle:
1.  Katie Grimes - 3:57.61
2.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 3:58.21
3.  Claire Weinstein - 4:00.17
 
Men's 400m Freestyle:
1.  Duncan Scott - 3:34.46
2.  Kieran Smith - 3:36.97
3.  Pan Zhanle - 3:38.79
 
Women's 50m Backstroke:
1.  Regan Smith - 25.48
2.  Iona Anderson - 25.95
3.  Ingrid Wilm - 25.98
 
Men's 200m Backstroke:
1.  Pieter Coetze -1:49.88
2.  Lorenzo Mora - 1:51.07
3.  Jack Dahlgren - 1:52.80
 
Women's 200m Butterfly:
1.  Briattany Castelluzzo - 2:03.44
2.  Bella Grant - 2:03.92
3.  Laura Lahtinen - 2:06.83
 
Men's 100m Butterfly:
1.  Noe Ponti - 48.60
2.  Nyls Korstanje - 49.12
3.  Tzen Wei Teong - 49.37
 
Women's 200m Breaststroke:
1.  Kate Douglass - 2:12.72 (World Record)
2.  Alina Zmushka - 2:18.79
3.  Tara Kinder - 2:19.08
 
Men's 100m Breaststroke:
1.  Qin Haiyang - 55.61 (=WC Record)
2.  Ilya Shymanovich - 55.72
3.  Caspar Corbeau - 56.67
 
Women's 50m Freestyle:
1.  Katarzyna Wasick - 23.23
2.  Yang Junxuan - 23.89
3.  Siobhan Haughey - 24.00
 
Men's 50m Freestyle:
1.  Dylan Carter - 20.82
2.  Isaac Cooper - 21.01
3.  Marius Kusch - 21.04
 
Women's 100m Individual Medley:
1.  Kate Douglass - 56.57
2.  Yu Yiting - 57.44
3.  Beata Nelson -57.53
 
Men's 100m Individual Medley:
1.  Leon Marchand - 49.92 (WC Record)
2.  Noe Ponti - 50.39
3.  Thomas Ceccon - 51.35

Quite an impressive World Cup series with numerous world records. Sets the stage for what could be the fastest short course worlds in history even with Australia sending a half-assed team.

Gout Gout started the new season with a bang. Doesn't turn 17 until the end of December so there's still a chance he can get down to Bolt's age record of 20.13
 
 

Another two WR’s so far in Singapore, and Marchand’s is arguably the most impressive ones of the entire Series (alongside Douglass’s recent one probably) 

 Leon Marchand smoked Ryan Lochte’s WR (1:49.63) in the men’s 200m individual medley, becoming the first man to swim under 1:49 at 1:48.88.  Noe Ponti went 21.50 in the men’s 50m butterfly, undercutting his previous WR mark of 21.67 from Shanghai. 

World Cup III starts tomorrow, this time we reach Singapore on the Asian Tour.  Sessions at 01:30 and 10:30.   

2024 Swimming World Cup Incheon - Day 3 Results
 
Men's 400m Individual Medley:
1.  Leon Marchand - 3:58.30
2.  Daiya Seto - 3:59.43
3.  Alberto Razzetti - 4:02.37
 
Men's 800m Freestyle:
1.  Pan Zhanle - 7:35.30 (WC Record)
2.  Junwoo Kim - 7:39.15
3.  Kazushi Imafuku - 7:40.77
 
Women's 100m Butterfly:
1.  Laura Lahtinen - 55.76
2.  Lily Price - 56.15
3.  Yu Yiting - 56.22
 
Men's 50m Butterfly:
1.  Noe Ponti - 21.76
2.  Nyls Korstanje - 21.99
=3.  Marius Kusch - 22.30
=3.  Isaac Cooper - 22.30
 
Women's 200m Backstroke:
1.  Regan Smith - 1:59.60
2.  Anastasiya Shkurdai - 2:01.51
3.  Ingrid Wilm - 2:03.23
 
Men's 100m Backstroke:
1.  Pieter Coetze - 49.93
2.  Kacper Stokowski - 50.17
3.  Thomas Ceccon - 50.41
 
Women's 50m Breaststroke:
1.  Tang Qianting - 29.03
2.  Benedetta Pilato - 29.48
3.  Alina Zmushka - 29.80
 
Men's 200m Breaststroke:
1.  Qin Haiyang - 2:02.57
2.  Joshua Yong - 2:02.73
3.  Caspar Corbeau - 2:03.44
 
Women's 100m Freestyle:
1.  Siobhan Haughey - 51.73
2.  Katarzyna Wasick - 52.19
3.  Milla Jansen - 52.26
 
Men's 200m Freestyle:
1.  Duncan Scott - 1:40.29
2.  Danas Rapsys - 1:42.00
3.  Kieran Smith - 1:42.36
 
Women's 200m Individual Medley:
1.  Yu Yiting - 2:04.73
2.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 2:05.23
3.  Tara Kinder - 2:06.56
 
Men's Overall Standings:
1.  Leon Marchand - 116.4
2.  Noe Ponti - 115 
3.  Qin Haiyang - 112.6
4.  Pieter Coetze - 112.1
5.  Duncan Scott - 110.9
6.  Isaac Cooper - 94.5
7.  Ilya Shymanovich - 93.5
8.  Nyls Corstanje - 91.5
9.  Thomas Ceccon - 91.5
10.  Kacper Stokowski - 88.6
 
Women's Overall Standings:
1.  Regan Smith - 118.4
2.  Kate Douglass - 118.3
3.  Siobhan Haughey - 109.2
4.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 106.2
5.  Yu Yiting - 105.1
6.  Tang Qianting - 101.3
7.  Katarzyna Wasick - 93.8
8.  Ingrid Wilm - 93.3
9.  Alina Zmushka - 92.9
10.  Beata Nelson - 90.2