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And now also Jordan is confirmed.

Team qualifiers are now also confirmed for dressage and eventing. https://inside.fei.org/system/files/Tokyo 2020 - Qualification System - DRESSAGE - 7January2020.pdf https://inside.fei.org/system/files/Tokyo 2020 - Qualification System - EVENTING - 7January2020.pdf There are no changes, however Brazil is now officially confirmed in eventing (there were some doubts), while Luxembourg is interestingly the first team reserve in dressage.

How lucky is Czech Republic though. Going from absolutely nothing to a full jumping team just like that. They were quite far off individual qualification. Poland is the complete opposite. They finished one penalty behind Israel in Moscow, and on a much better score compared to what Ukraine did in Budapest. Sure, usually you can't really compare scores on two different courses, but this is very much an exception to that rule, since Poland got like 15 total penalties, while Ukraine got 50+... And now they lose their (already celebrated) individual spot to Ukraine again!! Aaaand last time around they got royally screwed by Ukraine in dressage, so... From now on they should just refuse to acknowledge Ukraine's very existence.

BREAKING NEWS Ukraine is out, Czech Republic is in! This also means no Poland (unless Ukraine declines their individual spot). Qatar and Jordan are safe. https://inside.fei.org/system/files/Tokyo 2020 - Qualification System - JUMPING - 7January2020.pdf

This song received plenty of fresh comments apparently.

Ok, I can do that... But will need some time to gather all info.

Following Brazil's failure to keep their dressage team, plans are already being drawn up for Pan American Games to be based solely on Grand Prix for future editions. This will hurt participation (almost 80% of athletes in Lima rode small tour), but in a long run it should prevent situations where teams qualify from Pan Ams and then fail to keep their place. http://dressage-news.com/2020/01/06/cesar-hirsch-pan-american-equestrian-confederation-new-president-sets-as-priority-upgrading-pan-am-games-dressage/

Sri Lanka is now also a confirmed qualifier in equestrian.

Meanwhile, jumping rankings have been revealed. No surprises - Sri Lanka is now a confirmed qualifier, while Poland and Jordan are still (presumably) waiting on news about Qatar/Ukraine.

There are no qualifying competitions until March now. He will have to achieve MER somewhere between March-June in order to take up the quota he earned...

No... Looks like she enjoyed more popularity abroad than here. And now it will be the complete opposite. This new guy is so short-tempered that he is just waiting to make new enemies. It's weird (at least for me, as I don't dwell on politics, at all). For a long time she enjoyed the highest approval ratings of any politician, and then suddenly everyone started calling her stupid and stuff. As if we need a smart president - it's essentially a popularity contest given the limited presidential powers around here.

FEI must have a very, very bad IT team... First they need like a week to update rather simple rankings. And now when they finally did it... They did it wrong. They included an event which was clearly removed from the list of OQ events. In any case, they have finally updated dressage and eventing rankings (even if the dressage rankings are not fully correct due to wrong event being included)...

Yay, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood wins big. First Tarantino film I truly liked (not that I watched all his work though).

What do you mean exactly?

Well, it is a change, since he defeated the current president... But then again, he was already a prime minister around here.

But it does make it pretty weird. First round was held three days before Christmas, and the second was today. Among other things, this caused second round debates to be held day before/after New Years.

Zoran Milanović becomes 5th president of Croatia...

What a terrible home edition for our team. Yesterday Popović missed out on 2nd run by a whisker, and today guys had their worst race in two seasons. Hopefully it's just a glitch in the system, rather than a sign of things to come.

Two very cheap DNFs on home soil...

WW1? WW2?

What terrible driving from Yan.

I can't remember the time when 8-15 starters in women's slalom were as useless as today.

Nothing more refreshing than a minute-long slalom.

Nothing new from FEI, but I can confirm that Martha Del Valle is entered to compete in Wellington next week. She should be able to confirm her MER there, and most likely she will be the Mexican dressage representative in Tokyo (even if it was Pujals who secured the quota).