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Will she finish 14th or higher? That's a selection requirement from SASCOC.

Podium for Avancini. I'm sure he's delighted.

Fumić should work on his lead-out skills.

So Avancini lost 30 seconds in 10 minutes.

Already cut back 6 seconds.

Let's take a moment to realize that Ekaterinburg is hosting AIBA World Championships. It's a match made in heaven.

Easiest of the entire season, considering the large number of riders who can follow the pace.

Considering that women's C1 didn't exist until few years ago, it's not surprising at all that athletes are combining both events at the very highest level.

This track almost feels like perpetuum mobile. They appear to be going downhill almost all the time.

I can finally cross "Watch a sports event from West Virginia" from my bucket list.

No Hermida this time.

I doubt that. Argentina will host a continental qualifier, so probably they will take a myriad of quotas again.

Well, I'd be surprised if they stand a chance against the European teams in the final OQT.

Meanwhile, Miloslav Prihoda Jr. finished 3rd today. He gets 64 points, and pretty much secures Olympic qualification for Czech Republic.

China fails to qualify for the first time in their Olympic history.

Gambia has also qualified in athletics: https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/the-gambia/gina-bass-264113 Meanwhile, Vanuatu has a chance in judo, as their athlete currently holds a continental spot in men's -66kg.

Singapore in diving (also their first athlete qualified for Tokyo).

Singapore had Jonathan Shan competing in Gwangju... I guess it's the same athlete?

Terrible coverage of this event. FINA should get their act together.

This week's Sopot Horse Trials saw a lot of Chinese and Thai riders attempting to meet minimum requirements. Ruiji Liang (Crackerjack) and Weerapat Pitakanonda (Chateau de Versailles) have met the requirements at CCI4*-L, meaning they are now fully eligible to compete at the Olympics. China now has two eligible riders, while Thailand has one. Arinadtha Chavatanont (Bolleybawn Prince) was on course to do the same, but her horse got withdrawn after cross-country. She now has to wait a full month before she is able to make the next attempt at this level. Nevertheless, she will probably have two more attempts (if all is well with Bolleybawn Prince, of course...). Yingfeng Bao (Teseo) and Korntawat Samran (Tzar of Her Dreams) failed to meet requirements at CCI4*-S after having a whole lot of fences down during show jumping. Huadong Sun (Brent) and Korntawat Samran (Uster da Chanay) were successful at CCI3*-L level, which makes them eligible to start at CCI4*-S, Even if all goes well from now on, they will both have only a single attempt at CCI4*-L (Pratoni del Vivaro in November)... While the Asians are investing a lot of effort, Brazilians are still basically doing nothing. Their dressage team is now extremely worrying. Nobody has minimum requirements, and nobody is appearing on entry lists for the upcoming events. I wonder if their federation is even aware of the Certificate of Capability requirement...

For a moment I thought this was Belarus vs USA.

@heywoodu pretty much resides in the Dutch Kentucky.

France will get a bunch of free quotas next time around...

Although, having Belgium and Luxembourg, but not the Netherlands would be EPIC.