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I think that Spotify embed broke the thread. It's not loading on my desktop.

Yeah, good luck presenting this to the ever-conservative TISC jury panelists.

Any quota refusal would be a giant shocker for a nation like Latvia.

Crazy to think that Latvia will have at least four female skiers, and on top of that, they can still invite Bendika for the relay. Who knows, maybe with this system there will be 15 relays at the start...

Discoteque is nosediving on the odds-checker. Down to 5th.

More on the outbreak. https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/News/FEI-cancels-European-mainland-events-due-to-EHV-1-neurological-form.html

Basic quota for Greece and Hungary (quite controversially, since Ponya was not supposed to race today...). Bosnia and Herzegovina joins Northern Macedonia on the sidelines....

FEI cancells all competition in Europe through March 28 due to EHV-1 (Equine Herpes Virus) outbreak in Spain. This heavily disrupts plans of everyone aiming to obtain MERs (including the likes of Fouaad Mirza for example...).

20th would give them three spots. Hello Stephen O'Mara.

African women's 470 qualifiers had more depth than this...

So this is how the minor points should go (from the qualification race)... I assume Greece can't score points for their 5th skier. Let's hope so, anyway... 17 12 11 10 9 8 7 7 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Whoa. 88 starters. Our usual strategy of not sending qualified athletes is not paying off, as Jagečić will be ranked only 89th and behind some skiers she already defeated. Oh well.

After a long deliberation, the Croatian National Jury has made their decision. For this edition we choose Nipplepeople. Nipplepeople are an enigmatic, electropop band from Zagreb. Enigmatic, you ask? Quite right, their identity is unknown, and it is a mindful decision made to avoid the yellow pages, which often accompany musicians and the whole art scene. They will perform a song Tajna, which tells a regretful tale about feeling stuck in a non-developing relationship. For maximum experience, we highly recommend using headphones if possible. So, without a further ado... CROATIA nipplepeople - Tajna Lyrics

Belgium selects Laurence Roos & Fil Rouge as their representatives in dressage. They will still have to prove their fitness, but essentially there will not be an open season for the Belgian individual spot. Roos continues the long tradition of equestrian dentists at the Olympics... https://www.eurodressage.com/2021/03/01/laurence-roos-retain-belgian-slot-postponed-2021-tokyo-olympics-if-proven-fit

Curious where Ireland sits here. Do they have a shot at three spots even thanks to TMW?

Veliki potencijal za nastup u Parizu. Ovo je tek početak. https://results.equestrian-hub.com/show/494/27700

Bang! Second competition for Pavicic & Totem and the 70% barrier is broken - 72.132% ! Really impressive collection in piaffe, pirouettes and half passes. Sure, flying changes are pretty green (4.5 average today), but they are work in progress. Looking forward to seeing these two represent us at future championships and Olympics. If all goes well, I am expecting them to start at the World Games next year.

Pretty sure it counts! http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2019/CC/4350/2019CC4350RL.pdf

Shouldn't Brazil overtake ARM/THA by the end of the interval race already? Just by virtue of having multiple skiers? Athletes who took part in the qualification race only do get ranked, but whether or not they earn NC points might be a different question.

Kazakhstan about to get considerably more TV time than 4th-placed Japan.

Will Germany get one gold medal in Oberstdorf? I don't think so.

Maki beating Russkies again.

The course looks horrific right now.

This is some clueless design, isn't it? Don't they know that country codes are put next to flags? It's the whole point of using them, to make flags more recognizible to everyone. Putting them next to names is just ridiculous...

Well, when someone pushes you out moments before the actual contact, you can argue the contact happened.