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Ugh, what an ugly display of football during the penalty shootout. Switzerland really dropped the ball here. At least the uncertainty made things a little bit exciting.

Well, that's surprising.

Absolutely heartbroken for Alistratava and Likhovitsky. Two great gymnasts with a very good chance of reaching at least one of the event finals. Anyway, at least will get to keep their women's spot, and can now finally confirm their men's spot.

I'll be bluntly honest here: Camelia Voinea is completely crazy. Seriously, from the way she dresses to the way she handles her daughter's career, that woman is an total nut job. Sabrina Voinea is very talented, but every time I see a video about her, it looks like she's on the verge of suffering a career-ending injury because her mother has absolutely no tact or decency to correctly direct her training. Of course your federation doesn't want her to train Sabrina; it's just not safe. That woman makes me cringe.

Probably a silly question and the answer is "no", but I have to ask anyway: can't Iran explain this and formally ask for his inclusion? Of course, after removing the undesired lifter from the other list...

The first subdivision is always bad. No one wants to go first. On the women's side, , and could greatly benefit from being in the last subdivision. , and were out of luck, and it will be especially hard for Urara Ashikawa to reach beam finals now, unless she does something truly remarkable. Mai Murakami also might suffer competing first, especially because her floor routine could be outscored by the Americans, Russians and even French, Canadians and Brazilians who will compete much later. Iordache will get to compete in the same subdivision the will be in, so it's going to be interesting to see if her scores will go up by this proximity. In my opinions, judges more often than not score the Americans higher -- sometimes, WAY higher -- than they deserve, so judges might "forget" about some deductions for Iordache too, if they're willing to do so. Let's see. On the men's side, things are usually more fair, but the first subdivision is still undesired. will not suffer so much because Srbic will compete on the high bar in the very last rotation, so judges will have a clear view of the field by then, especially after , , and will have competed on the apparatus. So, it's not the end of the world for Srbic. Zonderland, on the other hand, will start on the high bar and he's definitely going to be scored a couple of tenths lower than he would have been had he competed in the last subdivision. Basically, the worst possible draw for him. Georgious has enough potential to reach at lest one of the event finals, but competing in the first subdivision will hurt his chances. The last subdivision is going to be especially interesting for the Rings, because , , will compete.

Of course had to receive the short end of the stick.

Yes, England!

Tumbling would not be a new sport or even a new discipline at the Olympics. It would merely be another event in trampoline. It's FIG's fault it's not part of the Olympics.

Rhythmic gymnastics: out with the groups, in with mixed duets. Of course this would have been tough as this event has merely been shown as a gala event with no real competition so far. Trampoline: out with individual trampoline, in with a "trampoline all-around" with tumbling, individual trampoline and double mini trampoline being competed by the same person. Once again, this is not a real event, but it would have been a lot more exciting than the current format, especially because individual trampoline is very boring, in my opinion. Artistic swimming: out with duets, in with mixed duets. Football: out with the traditional association football on field, in with beach soccer. Wrestling: out with the old mat event, in with beach wrestling. I hate this sport anyway, so any change would be welcome. Swimming: out with the 1500 m events, in with team 5 km open water, but with the format used a few years ago where swimmers would basically race against the clock. I liked it a lot, but I'm probably the only person in the world who wants it at the Olympics.

Sports climbing - Acrobatic gymnastics Golf - Aerobic gymnastics Artistic swimming - Parkour Yes, I'm totally biased towards gymnastics, but I'm sure everybody expects this.

Yes, I agree, but unless something drastic occurs, there's no point for letting Vera van Pol go to the Olympics. I kind of understand Eythora and Lieke Wevers, and being extremely pragmatic there's a reason why Sanne Wevers was chosen -- even though her chances are minimal this time. Maybe they're "hiding" something with Vera van Pol? It will be interesting to see.

So, Netherlands went the "we're trying a shot in the dark for individual medals" route with their women's team, and basically sacrificed any chance of reaching team finals. Sanne Wevers did not deserve to qualify, and it must be heartbreaking for Elze Geurts, who deserved to qualify, to stay home while someone will go to the Olympics in 2021 for what she did in 2016. Naomi Visser also deserved to qualify ahead of Vera van Pol. Really, what a weird choice. Nothing makes sense.

No. Their own NOC claimed they had one, and told their gymnast she was going to Tokyo. Imagine how heartbreaking it must be for her now.

in women's artistic gymnastics.

has been confirmed. I guess this wraps up the qualification process. Finally.

in women's artistic gymnastics.

Not exactly. Ana Luiza Filiorianu is a prime example of how dangerous rhythmic gymnastics can be, and it looks like Dina Averina has been suffering with injuries that Russia is desperately trying to hide. It might not be as risky as artistic gymnastics, but it's not "a lot" safer in any way.

Kharenkova is recovering from injury. I'm not sure she would take the quota. But why would FIG refuse to award the quota to ? Their gymnast is very limited, but she doesn't do anything dangerous to her own health. And I don't think would refuse this quota.

is the only eligible nation for a tripartite quota now. There's absolutely no reason for FIG not to award the quota to the nation.

No word yet. FIG's document only shows a TBC next to the tripartite invitation, but at least we know and indeed qualified, and the claims from to qualify were false, since the nation is not eligible for a tripartite quota.

She is the new Ethiene Franco. It's bizarre that a person who cannot contribute in any way to the team was chosen over someone who realistically could: Skinner. Anyway, I'm glad Skinner at least got the individual quota, but it will not be easy for her to get a medal. Unless, of course, she beats Jade Carey on vault. Carey should have no problems trying to get a medal on floor, if her foot heals quickly, that is.

I'd take Mykayla Skinner and the individual spot could go to either Wong or McCusker. McCallum unfortunately adds nothing to the team. She will be a good first alternate, though. If McCallum makes the team, then give the individual quota to Skinner, please.

The US women's team will be announced in a few minutes. In a shocking event, Biles lost an all-around competition for the first time since 2013. Sunisa Lee scored more than Biles today. This is an unofficial win by Lee because the scores from day 1 and day 2 are combined in the US trials, and Biles is ahead with the combined scores, but Lee unofficially winning today is huge.

Rhythmic gymnastics: Once again, PAGU never published the complete team results. This is how I assume the results are, according to the documents they did share: Individuals: 2 gymnasts 1 gymnast Groups: as the host nation will be allowed to send one group, despite not qualifying here. didn't take part at the competition because the gymnasts were denied entry in Guatemala. As far as I know, there has been a promise of giving Brazil one individual quota, at least. Not sure about a group quota, but this might be possible, too.