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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).

[hide] Preliminary Round January 9th - January 15th, 2020 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 5 Montenegro January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Belarus 2 Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Montenegro 3 Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 7 Belarus January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Serbia 4 Croatia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro 2 Belarus Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic 2 Austria January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 North Macedonia 3 Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Austria 3 Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic 1 North Macedonia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Ukraine 5 Czech Republic January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Austria 2 North Macedonia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 9 Latvia January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Germany 7 Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Latvia 3 Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 2 Germany January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Netherlands 7 Spain January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Latvia 10 Germany Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 France 7 Portugal January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Norway 7 Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Portugal 3 Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 France 1 Norway January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Bosnia and Herz. 8 France January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Portugal 9 Norway Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Denmark 7 Iceland January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Hungary 3 Russia January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Iceland 2 Russia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Denmark 5 Hungary January 15th 2020, h. 18:15 Russia 6 Denmark January 15th 2020, h. 20:30 Iceland 3 Hungary Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden 10 Switzerland January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Slovenia 4 Poland January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Switzerland 4 Poland January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden 6 Slovenia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Poland 6 Sweden January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Switzerland 5 Slovenia [/hide]

[hide] Women's Tournament - Preliminary Round January 12th - January 19th, 2020 12 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2020, h. 11:30 Slovakia 20 Russia January 12th 2020, h. 13:00 Greece 14 Serbia January 12th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 20 Croatia January 13th 2020, h. 13:00 Croatia 20 Greece January 13th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 20 Serbia January 13th 2020, h. 19:00 Slovakia 20 Hungary January 15th 2020, h. 14:30 Greece 20 Slovakia January 15th 2020, h. 16:00 Serbia 2 Croatia January 15th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 0 Russia January 17th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 20 Croatia January 17th 2020, h. 17:30 Slovakia 4 Serbia January 17th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 4 Greece January 19th 2020, h. 13:00 Slovakia 2 Croatia January 19th 2020, h. 17:30 Greece 4 Russia January 19th 2020, h. 19:00 Serbia 20 Hungary Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2020, h. 14:30 France 17 Spain January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Germany 20 Italy January 12th 2020, h. 17:30 Netherlands 20 Israel January 13th 2020, h. 11:30 Germany 20 Netherlands January 13th 2020, h. 16:00 Israel 6 France January 13th 2020, h. 17:30 Italy 2 Spain January 15th 2020, h. 11:30 France 5 Germany January 15th 2020, h. 13:00 Spain 20 Israel January 15th 2020, h. 17:30 Netherlands 2 Italy January 17th 2020, h. 11:30 Germany 20 Spain January 17th 2020, h. 13:00 Netherlands 20 France January 17th 2020, h. 16:00 Italy 20 Israel January 19th 2020, h. 11:30 France 17 Italy January 19th 2020, h. 14:30 Germany 4 Israel January 19th 2020, h. 16:00 Spain 1 Netherlands Men's Tournament - Preliminary Round January 14th - January 18th, 2020 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 11:30 Slovakia 6 Montenegro January 14th 2020, h. 14:30 Germany 5 Croatia January 16th 2020, h. 10:00 Germany 5 Slovakia January 16th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro 3 Croatia January 18th 2020, h. 16:00 Slovakia 11 Croatia January 18th 2020, h. 17:30 Germany 1 Montenegro Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 10:00 Romania 2 Netherlands January 14th 2020, h. 17:30 Serbia 7 Russia January 16th 2020, h. 13:00 Romania 7 Serbia January 16th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 1 Netherlands January 18th 2020, h. 11:30 Romania 2 Russia January 18th 2020, h. 20:30 Serbia 7 Netherlands Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 13:00 Malta 10 Spain January 14th 2020, h. 19:00 Turkey 12 Hungary January 16th 2020, h. 11:30 Malta 1 Turkey January 16th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 2 Spain January 18th 2020, h. 10:00 Turkey 10 Spain January 18th 2020, h. 19:00 Malta 12 Hungary Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 16:00 France 5 Georgia January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Italy 3 Greece January 16th 2020, h. 16:00 Greece 11 Georgia January 16th 2020, h. 17:30 France 6 Italy January 18th 2020, h. 13:00 France 3 Greece January 18th 2020, h. 14:30 Italy 11 Georgia [/hide]

Perhaps, but that sounds like an interesting idea however (at least if it is very tight on the top of the leaderboard after Day 1).

And also prevents having two contests in three months. Last edition was like yesterday. I will not be stepping into this until like February at least. And the same person who claims that he can organize TISC in one week. I don't believe for a second that whole of April-June are unfavorable for the Grand Final.

I know that FEI never works on weekends and holidays, but looks like they are being slow today too. So far they only updated World rankings of eventing, which didn't see much action in December anyway...

Welcome to the crazy 20s.

Not sure if I will log in during this year, so I may as well do it now. Happy New Year to each and every Totallympian. May we all have a great year and very enjoyable Summer Olympics (even for @phelps' standards ).

I feel like the whole internet has embraced this thread. Sri Lanka is qualified based on my calculations, which are hopefully correct (it would be so weird if not ). Even their athlete herself hasn't posted anything about this on her social channels (yet). Nevertheless, internet people are writing about her qualification. And then we have this sentence... Eurodressage posted this a day after I posted the exact same thing here. FEI still hasn't officially confirmed any of the ranking qualifiers.

After they update this, or after they publish the list of qualifiers here. I'm guessing they will do that on January 2-3.

Final overview of jumping... Teams qualified - Individuals qualified (spots are awarded to NOCs, not the specific athletes) Group A Emil Hallundbaek (Chalisco) - 617 Geir Gulliksen (VDL Groep Quatro) - 545 Group B Emanuele Gaudiano (Chalou) - 1242 Luciana Diniz (Vertigo du Dessert) - 1038 Group C Kristaps Neretnieks (Moon Ray) - 895 Wojciech Wojcianiec (Chintablue) - 772 Groups D/E - Pan American Games Juan Manuel Gallego (Fee des Sequoias) Hector Florentino Roca (Carnaval) Erynn Ballard (Fellini S) Ignacio Montesinos (Cornetboy) Group F Ahmad Saber Hamcho (Quintus) - 890 Ibrahim Hani Bisharat (King of Diamonds) - 824 Group G Jasmine Chen (Ninyon) - 572 Mathilda Karlsson (Chopin VA) - 345 Additional Eduardo Alvarez Aznar (Rokfeller de Pleville Bois Margot) - 947 This is all assuming that Qatar and Ukraine are fine... If that assumption proves to be incorrect, the following would happen... Team -> -> Individual -> ->