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But then again, after hearing how much Eurosport player costs in other countries, $59 for FEItv annual subscription no longer feels pricey.

That seems a lot. Here it is 2.99 EUR per month.

It almost looks like I took a break from prediction contests to work on my form.

So once again 7th place gets you much easier group than 5th place. Nice.

Asian Equestrian Championships (Pattaya, Thailand) Team Jumping Hong Kong - 18.55 Philippines - 45.15 Kuwait - 45.36

Korean rider was having a clear round, but then he jumped the wrong last fence.

Against all odds...

Brazilians defeated Canada for the quota in eventing though. And yes, South Africa needs one more member to complete the team.

Most likely yes. Karaevli would need some massive results to overtake him.

Brazil has effectivelly lost their dressage team. Joao Victor Oliva apparently withdrew from Salzburg this week, and there is nobody entered for Frankfurt in two weeks. After Frankfurt there is only one more event left, but that's not enough since Brazilians still need to enter and get required scores at two different events... But like I said before, these indoor events are not really favorable for desperate qualification attempts. Frankfurt for example traditionally hosts Louisidor Cup and Nurnberger Burg Pokal finals, so that leaves very, very little room for international participation...

Apparently our NOC will increase its budget by close to 20% next year. Sounds like a desperate attempt to prevent record low participation in Tokyo.

Yeah, I don't think scrapping mixed-NOC events will do anything for YOG. The real reason why they can't be taken seriously is ridiculously limited number of athletes, and even more ridiculous qualification systems. Oh, and the fact that they are mindlessly held every 4 years, meaning some generations can never even take part in them. Youth Olympics are just milking their "Olympic" name, and that's basically all they have been from the start.

Yeah, but somewhat disappointingly they streamed everything but cross-country. Nevertheless, dressage events had a very good guest commentator.

Sounds to me like the real problem may be remembering all those ingredients.

Yes, even in reallocation process Brazil can pick up a place and allow second South American crew to go through.

Men's event will be a round robin between . Women's event will be a direct final between .

Sailors are now divided into gold and silver fleets... This means the Olympic qualification battle is now limited to... Men's 49er - Women's 49er FX - Mixed Nacra 17 Foiling - Nacra 17 Foiling is essentially decided, since we can expect to have a reallocation coming from Oceania...

Vrlo vjerojatno će najboljih 8 proći ovdje, pošto nema više nikoga u Africi i Oceaniji... Međutim za naše je već gotovo. Na 26. mjestu su, a najboljih 25 ide u zlatnu skupinu, tako da sad mogu samo gledati i navijati za Europljanke...

Pattaya is currently hosting the first ever Asian Equestrian Championships in all Olympics disciplines... Team Dressage Thailand - 198.912% Chinese Taipei - 192.500% Indonesia - 179.176% Intermediate I Nam Dongheon (First Edition) - 68.353% Pakjira Thongpakdi (Hispania) - 68.000% Larasati Gading (Diamond Boy) - 67.529% Intermediate I Freestyle Nam Dongheon (First Edition) - 73.919% Pakjira Thongpakdi (Hispania) - 70.663% Arinadtha Chabatanont (Clapton C) - 69.769% Team Eventing Thailand - 140.40 Hong Kong - 178.90 Individual Eventing Arinadtha Chavatanont (Tzar of Her Dreams) - 31.80 Patrick Lam (Jockey Club Weronique) - 40.00 Korntawat Samran (Ridano Elmy) - 45.60 Full results... It's is quite an ambitious event. Thai federation even offered limited free transportation for horses on the first come - first serve basis.

Well, I made it sound more dramatic than it actually is. Di Grazia was nevertheless appointed to the position in 2016 I believe, and considering that the test event was already held, surely a lot of thought was already put into building the course... Still, one hopes they don't move the event in a rash decision like they did with marathons... I don't believe IAAF would even consider moving their events if Doha hadn't hosted the World Championships.

Just waiting for the organizers to completely screw over poor Derek di Grazia, who has been designing the cross-country course for several years now.

Crnković once again having a hissy fit on the final shoot. I can see a pattern going on here.

JUMPING Group A (2) - Group B (2) -  Group C (2) - Group F (2) - Group G (2) - Additional (1) - Detailed rankings - HERE. Jordan is doing a fine job in farming points at pop-up events in Damascus... Any change in the last month seems rather unlikely.

Torch relay convoy.