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Maybe they are angry because Austria didn't select them, but someone else instead. I assume you are looking at Schoffeger/Lovrek crew?

Reallocation after Australia (and Croatia) declined.

Imagine that she wins it after comment like this. Anyway, it's strange to say that something is rigged before the results come up.

It should become official this week, hopefully.

Well, media was making pandemia out of that with headlines like "first case of pandemia in GB" and so on. Hysteria wasn't really about how local people in West Africa dealt with that. Now again it's all about making Zika virus global after Olympics.

FINA though made some big promises in the qualification system.

I don't think that's how it works. Anyway, it definitely didn't go that way in 2012. I found it. So, they would have to be invited in both. Samardžić on the other hand has OQT in 200m back so she can compete in any other event in which she has OST (she probably will in 100m back).

People love hysteria. Ebola was very popular in 2014, to an extent that Liberia and Sierra Leone were banned from competing at YOG... I haven't heard anything about Ebola for at least one year, it magically vanished.

No sand beaches in Croatia, well mostly.

So, were you ever at the Slovak sea?

In the mid-May, when the first wild cards were announced, they said that remaining wild cards will be announced at a "later date"... Some federations really need to realize that Olympics are starting in one month (that's right UWW, IJF, FINA, WA, AIBA).

South Africa Team Dressage Tanya Seymour (Ramoneur)

What gold?

I guess that depends on a perspective. I am currently 15 min away from beaches, but way too lazy to go there.

Nice, first equestrian flag bearer. Though, Abdelkebir has not been in any sparkling form lately.

Apart from these, I can also confirm that Honduras got one of the wild cards (men's -94kg). http://www.diariomas.hn/2016/07/01/christopher-joel-pavon-otro-atleta-mas-que-representara-a-honduras-en-los-olimpicos/

Why is it a bad idea? You don't feel like watching 85km more flat kms?

Tuvalu didn't get it? So sad, looks like they will only have 2 sprinters in Rio... Btw, looks like this is correct. apparently received this today.

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After taking a quick look at FINA rankings, it looks like we are pretty much guaranteed at least 2 OST invitations. Ana Radić in 200m I.M. and Mario Todorović in 50m free. Radić might also get it in 200m breaststroke while Todorović also has a chance in 100m butterfly. Outside of these two, the best hope is Marko Krce-Rabar in 200m backstroke, and maybe (but unlikely) Kristijan Tomić in 100m breaststroke. A lot depends on whether the middle-tier swimming nations will be accepting the OST standards on not. We will know the final outcome in a few days.

According to qualification system, FINA will publish the list of OQT and invited OST swimmers tomorrow. The list of wild cards (universiality places) will be published on Tuesday.

Goal for Iceland.

That mountain biker wins the stage.

5th WCh title for Schurter. Now go get that gold next month!

I guess they took into account the Croatian sailing Olympic curse. We still have 0 sailing medals, but we do have one 4th place from 2004 and a whole collection of near misses from 2012 (4th, 5th and 6th places). Once again we have a chance in 3 or 4 classes, but, frankly, I would be over the moon if we get one bronze.