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Much like Zimbabwe in 2016, they had a miracle run and qualified. They defeated Zimbabwe (on walkover), Botswana, Kenya on their way to the final, where they defeated Cameroon on the away goal rule. Earlier on, Botswana miraculously defeated South Africa (on penalties), while Kenya surprisingly eliminated Ghana after extra time. Basically, an outcome that is one in a million.

Passionfruit Award As we count down to the latest TISC Grand Final, to be held in Poland on Saturday, April 17th, we have decided to use this timeframe to catch up with our very own TISC Special Awards. There are three different Special Awards in total. The J'en Suis La Award and the Passionfruit Award have been introduced in 2018 as part of the 10th edition Jubilee legacy, while the newly formed STOP THE COUNT! Award got first celebrated in the Netherlands last year. While nobody really aims (or wants) to claim these awards, they do serve their purpose within the TISC festivities, if nothing else to remind us all of the exciting Grand Final journeys that the various award recipients have experienced. Today, we will examine more closely the Passionfruit Award and its recipients... The Passionfruit Award is given to the song which obtained the most consistent score card during its Grand Final run. The score card consistency is measured by calculating its standard deviation, with the only requirement being that the song must have scored points from at least three (3) different juries. Since the Passionfruit Award has been predominantly won by backmarkers, the number of required voting juries has been increased to five (5) following the 2020 Annual. The award owes its name to the Canadian entry Passionfruit (by Drake), which competed at the 10th edition Jubilee in Brazil. The song itself did not make any headlines at the time. It placed 37th (out of 42), scoring just 25 points and providing Canadian fans little to smile about. As it turned out, however, Passionfruit had the most consistent score card of the day, 7 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 2, making up a standard deviation of just 1,67. Celebrating the Jubilee legacy, the consistency award got officially introduced in the run-up towards the 2018 Open in Orlando, Florida. Its first recipient was Spain (Standard deviation: 1,12). Other recipients include Chile (2019 Annual; STD: 1,11), Romania (2019 Open; STD: 1,72), Uruguay (2020 Annual; STD: 1,89) and Hungary (2020 Open; STD: 2,06). As mentioned above, the Passionfruit Award has been predominantly won by backmarkers. Spain, Chile and Uruguay finished last in their respective contests, while Hungary placed second to last. This leaves Romania, as the only award recipient who used its consistent points spread to achieve an upper bracket result (8th). Under the revised rules, which stipulate that the song must have scored points from at least five (5) different juries, the Spanish and Uruguayan recipients would no longer be eligible for the Passionfruit Award. Passionfruit Award - Hall of Fame 2018 Open - Spain Tino Casal - Eloise Rank: 35th (out of 35) Score card: 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 Standard deviation: 1,12 2019 Annual - Chile Paloma Mami - Not Steady Rank: 38th (out of 38) Score card: 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 Standard deviation: 1,11 2019 Open - Romania Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love Rank: 8th (out of 37) Score card: 12 - 11 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 5 Standard deviation: 1,72 2020 Annual - Uruguay latejapride - Corré Rank: 38th (out of 38) Score card: 5 - 1 - 1 Standard deviation: 1,89 2020 Open - Hungary Anima Sound System - '68 Rank: 34th (out of 35) Score card: 8 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 3 Standard deviation: 2,06

It is when compared to rowing and canoe sprint. Africa and Oceania have giveaways basically. Asia too, in Laser events.

World Sailing better rework their qualification system, otherwise the IOC will keep cutting into their territory. Too many continental spots.

I can help with that.

Pretty sure 'Dynamite' would have scored points from me...

Maybe some of you remember this lady... South Korea CL - 5 Star

Right. It must have been androids, aliens and wizards.

J'en Suis La Award As we count down to the latest TISC Grand Final, to be held in Poland on Saturday, April 17th, we have decided to use this timeframe to catch up with our very own TISC Special Awards. There are three different Special Awards in total. The J'en Suis La Award and the Passionfruit Award have been introduced in 2018 as part of the 10th edition Jubilee legacy, while the newly formed STOP THE COUNT! Award got first celebrated in the Netherlands last year. While nobody really aims (or wants) to claim these awards, they do serve their purpose within the TISC festivities, if nothing else to remind us all of the exciting Grand Final journeys that the various award recipients have experienced. Today, we will take a closer look at the J'en Suis La Award and its recipients... The J'en Suis La Award is reserved for the song which climbed the most places between the half-way point and the conclusion of a given contest. After going through a rough opening patch, most participants would agree that there is nothing sweeter than witnessing your own entry gain numerous positions during the late afternoon and evening sessions, and the J'en Suis La Award is designed to recognize just that. The award owes its name to the French entry J'en Suis La (by Slimane), which remarkably climbed from 33rd to 10th during the second half of the 10th edition Jubilee in Brazil. Indeed, the 2018 Annual Jubilee was destined to be a very special edition. So much so that seemingly every jury was looking to post the best result they could, more than ever, just to commemorate it. French jury was no exception, however after scoring just 15 points between the first 20 (!) juries, the expectations were no longer too high. But that is when the ball started rolling. Numerous high scores, including three silver and three bronze medals, started coming the way of France. It was enough to lift them up to 108 points and a respectable 10th place finish - something that nobody saw coming during the lunch break. The record jump of 23 places has been unmatched since. Celebrating the Jubilee legacy, the award itself officially got introduced in the run-up towards the 2018 Open in Orlando, Florida. Its first recipient was Malta, who then climbed from 28th to 15th. Other recipients include New Zealand (2019 Annual; 27th -> 9th), Finland (2019 Open; 24th -> 13th), China (2020 Annual; 19th -> 2nd) and Germany (2020 Open; 16th -> 7th). On average, the J'en Suis La Award recipients climb 13,6 places. The recipient's average half-way point ranking is 23rd, while their average final ranking is 9th. China's Grain in Ear (by Zhao Fangjing) is the only award recipient who eventually earned a podium position, while every other award recipient has also finished 15th or better. J'en Suis La Award - Hall of Fame 2018 Open - Malta Claudia Faniello - Pure 28th (18 pts) -> 15th (81 pts) 2nd half highlights: 3x11 pts (POL, RUS, SLO), 10 pts (INA) 2019 Annual - New Zealand Yumi Zouma - In Camera 27th (19 pts) -> 9th (97 pts) 2nd half highlights: 12 pts (IRL), 2x11 pts (BRA, ITA), 10 pts (VEN) 2019 Open - Finland Haloo Helsinki! - Beibi 24th (27 pts) -> 13th (81 pts) 2nd half highlights: 11 pts (SVK), 10 pts (IND), 9 pts (POL) 2020 Annual - China Zhao Fangjing - Grain in Ear 19th (40 pts) -> 2nd (140 pts) 2nd half highlights: 12 pts (IRI, ITA), 11 pts (FRA, POR), 10 pts (BRA) 2020 Open - Germany Robin Schulz ft. Jasmine Thompson - Sun Goes Down 16th (39 pts) -> 7th (118 pts) 2nd half highlights: 12 pts (CRO, GRE, SRB), 10 pts (KAZ, MLT)

Funny how Lukashenko was never an issue when she was an active athlete.

Plus another 50 or so countries which have not competed internationally since the pandemic started.

Here we have snow at sea level in April...

Yeah, I expect some odd ones too, in total probably more than 10 nations coming from all continents.

Since @heywoodu is not very eager to enter a song in Dutch, this feels like an appropriate submission. So to open the Festival of Music, I present Vlaanderen Belgium. Belgium Jaap Reesema & Pommelien Thijs - Nu Wij Niet Meer Praten

I pick and .

Small chance for to grab a quota (pending some lucky outcomes I suppose).

Damn... Karen Pavicic & Totem were going so well! They just needed their usual 7.7+ piaffe on the final centerline, but a break in the rhythm left them with an average of 7.3 and the final score of 71.315%. Unfortunately, this piaffe error was enough to prevent a podium finish in the Lovsta Future Challenge Finals. 5th place, only some 0.4% off the bronze. https://results.equestrian-hub.com/show/552/dressage/30323

Australia will not have a single wrestler for the first time since Antwerp 1920.

Guinea-Bissau boards the wrestling train as well.

Midana qualified too. Amazingly, not a single easy match for Guinea-Bissau. Their opponents today were and that's it. Too bad their only multiple continental gold medalist missed out though.

Well, on one hand you can argue that and possibly could stand their own against Australia right now. But then again, I bet Australia would be a whole lot more competitive if Oceania was given a spot per category... Perhaps enough to completely shut down these island nations...

Briliant finishing point for Fafe.

Don't read the wrong posts. Algeria destroyed Micronesia just now. Ugh @ local crowd apparently cheering for Algeria.

Up to 8-1... But already 8-5. Surely Algeria will come back...

almost scored a fall! Leading 4-1