dullard

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

2024 Swimming World Cup Incheon - Day 2 Results
 
Women's 400m Individual Medley:
1.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 4:26.23
2.  Yu Yiting - 4:27.81
3.  Tara Kinder - 4:29.02
 
Men's 50m Backstroke:
1.  Pieter Coetze - 22.80
2.  Isaac Cooper - 23.10
3.  Thierry Bollin - 23.20
 
Women's 200m Freestyle:
1.  Siobhan Haughey - 1:51.02
2.  Brittany Castelluzzo - 1:54.11
3.  Milla Jansen - 1:54.98
 
Men's 200m Individual Medley:
1.  Leon Marchand - 1:50.91
2.  Duncan Scott - 1:51.25
3.  Daiya Seto - 1:52.36
 
Women's 100m Backstroke:
1.  Regan Smith - 54.41 (World Record)
2.  Ingrid Wilm - 56.14
3.  Beata Nelson - 56.41
 
Men's 50m Breaststroke:
1.  Qin Haiyang - 25.76
2.  Ilya Shymanovich - 25.78 
3.  Dongyeol Choi - 26.05
 
Women's 50m Butterfly:
1.  Kate Douglass - 24.73
=2.  Sara Junevik - 25.27
=2.  Lily Price - 25.27
 
Men's 100m Freestyle:
1.  Jamie Jack - 46.48
2.  Sunwoo Hwang - 46.60
3.  Pieter Coetze - 46.74
 
Women's 100m Breaststroke:
1.  Tang Qianting - 1:02.82
2.  Alina Zmushka - 1:04.12
3.  Sophie Angus - 1:05.41
 
Men's 200m Butterfly:
1.  Trenton Julian - 1:51.00
2.  Chad le Clos - 1:51.07
3.  Alberto Razzetti - 1:52.23

2024 Swimming World Cup Incheon - Day 1 Results
 
Women's 400m Freestyle:
1.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 3:56.78
2.  Siobhan Haughey - 3:58.06
3.  Waka Kobori - 4:04.09
 
Men's 400m Freestyle:
1.  Pan Zhanle - 3:36.43
2.  Duncan Scott - 3:37.04
3.  Kieran Smith - 3:37.15
 
Women's 50m Backstroke:
1.  Regan Smith - 25.71
2.  Ingrid Wilm - 26.09
3.  Beata Nelson - 26.17
 
Men's 200m Backstroke:
1.  Pieter Coetze -1:50.05
2.  Kacper Stokowski - 1:51.56
3.  Enoch Robb - 1:51.96
 
Women's 200m Butterfly:
1.  Bella Grant - 2:03.13
2.  Regan Smith - 2:03.21
3.  Laura Lahtinen - 2:03.79
 
Men's 100m Butterfly:
1.  Noe Ponti - 48.81
2.  Nyls Korstanje - 48.99
3.  Andrei Minakov - 49.71
 
Women's 200m Breaststroke:
1.  Kate Douglass - 2:14.16 (World Record)
2.  Tara Kinder - 2:19.21
3.  Sieun Park - 2:19.58
 
Men's 100m Breaststroke:
1.  Ilya Shymanovich - 56.10
2.  Qin Haiyang - 56.22
3.  Caspar Corbeau - 56.59
 
Women's 50m Freestyle:
1.  Katarzyna Wasick - 23.51
2.  Yang Junxuan - 24.11
3.  Milla Jansen - 24.32
 
Men's 50m Freestyle:
1.  Yuchan Ji - 20.80
2.  Isaac Cooper - 21.07
3.  Jamie Jack - 21.09 
 
Women's 100m Individual Medley:
1.  Kate Douglass - 56.97
2.  Yu Yiting - 57.88
3.  Mary-Sophie Harvey - 57.95
 
Men's 100m Individual Medley:
=1.  Noe Ponti - 51.00
=1.  Leon Marchand - 51.00
3.  Thomas Ceccon - 51.15

Two WR’s in Incheon, 54.41 for  Smith in the women’s 100m backstroke and 2:14.16 for  Douglass in the women’s 200m breaststroke!

Now that the election has passed I think they'll go for a new stadium in Victoria Park. They were only being non-committal about their plans because building a new stadium in Brisbane is a vote loser in the northern part of the state. Rebuilding the Gabba just has too many problems including making AFL and cricket homeless during the rebuild.

Now that the election has been won by the LNP that abominable plan to host athletics at QSAC is dead and buried. 

Tour moves on to Incheon,  for the weekend.  First heats in the early hours of tomorrow morning, at 01:30 and 11:30 in British Planetary Time.  
 
Eurovision Sport | Aquatics
 
 
 
 

Dates and venues confirmed
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4xyew7gw5o

WR for  Noe Ponti in the 50m butterfly! 21.67! 

That's good to know. Not sure I'd have watched the finals sessions otherwise, but now I will later today, thanks.

On-screen graphics and commentary for finals. Hope it doesn't revert back again tomorrow.

Halfpipe WC Cadrona, New Zealand
 
Women
Gold-  Eileen Gu (96.00)
Silver-  Kexin Zhang (89.25)
Bronze-  Rachael Karker (87.00)
 
Men
Gold-  Brendan MacKay (90.00)
Silver-  Alex Ferreira (89.50)
Bronze-  Andrew Longino (87.75)
 
Full Results

If using decathlon/heptathlon points tables this Chepngetich run would be worth 1339 points which makes this the third highest scored WR among all women events.
 
For comparison the hightest scoring WR is Reinsch in the discus worth 1382 points. Lisovskaya in the shot put is 1372 points. Chistyakova in the long jump is 1333 points. So we're all talking good old   & school of athletics
 
Among the men Duplantis' current pole vault WR is also worth 1339 points. The highest scoring WR is Zelezny in the javelin 1362 points. Bolt's 100/200 records, Powell in long jump and Warholm in 400h are also higher scored if barely.