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We really need those Martians to take care of such things.

At least Romania's women's eights crew didn't have the same fate of their gymnastics team... They never failed to qualify in this event and they have won a medal in women's eight at eight consecutive Olympics (1980-2008).

Honduras' selection for a wild card athlete in wrestling is very questionable. They chose a girl who only competed at the American QT, and there she got crushed in her first match. Meanwhile, Kevin Mejia, who won Honduras' only medal at 2015 Pan Ams, and who reached the qurterfinals at the final OQT doesn't get selected... This could easily be a case of corruption in Honduras Wrestling Federation.

It should be published tomorrow (25th May), according to qualification system.

It is official now. Hiroshi Hoketsu will not become the oldest Olympian ever in Rio. http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2016/05/24/hiroshi-hoketsu-and-dr-jorge-da-rocha-out-2016-rio-olympic-contention

Well, it would be fine if he gets that wild card. I just hope that he doesn't replace that cross-country specialist who has been chasing Olympic points for the last two years. That would seem unfair.

Finland makes the biggest upset.

Four wild cards in wrestling have been announced. The remaining four will be decided at a later date. https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/four-universality-places-for-wrestling-awarded-by-ioc Congrats

Sagan should just stick with road IMO.

First five nations get 3 quotas in men's. 6th-13th get 2 quotas.

There is also max 2 athletes rule for continental qualifiers. Meaning that nation can't qualify anything besides C2 boat. But looks like there is an exception here because Eichfeld is competing in two events.

I always knew that Niger was a volleyball nation, even though they have never even competed at the African Championships (according to Wiki). More to the point, this is about team sports. And it seems quite wrong. Israel has ice hockey?? Handball in Algeria.... I'd say those are just completely wrong. Sweden should rather have ice hockey.

Looks like that's because Eichfeld is competing in both C1 and C2.

I think priority should definitely be given to the likes of Palau, Tuvalu... PNG will not have a lifter for the first time since 1984. And also, sadly, Dika Toua won't be able to attend her 5th Olympics.

Start book for Oceanian championships is up. http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/05/StartBook_Fiji_2016.pdf It's quite confusing, because this is not only senior championships, but also junior and youth... New Zealand has the biggest team with 36 lifters (20 M + 16 W), since when do they care about weightlifting? I'm afraid it's generally not looking good for small nations. It will be hard to defeat New Zealand like in 2012, especially since they have zillion lifters! Meanwhile, Papua New Guinea, who is one of the best in region, does not have enough lifters to qualify anyone in both men's and women's division! Nauru has one 12 year old girl. That seems so young even for youth division.

Romania is dominating. africaboy scored 67.169% of the possible points here. Let's see what will be the record percentage this season. Meanwhile, I had pretty strong finish in knock-out rounds (predicted all the winners correctly). Great to have multipliers for knock out rounds!

I guess the only chance is if Spain or Brazil decline. Is Spain likely to do so? It's strange that they didn't compete at the Europeans.

Who is in the qualification positions for the medley relays? Does Iceland have a chance?

Today only mountain bike so far. Seems like the Nations Cup competitions in Compiegne are delayed (or cancelled) because of

I'm glad that Puerto Rico used their chance.

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Cycling Road Race +1

Today.. Swimming Europeans Nations Cup in Compiegne (dressage) Also a bit of ice hockey, canoeing and show jumping from Madrid.

Golf has some very early starting times. I think it will be very popular to watch at the start of the day.

Argentina already qualified last year in K1 200.