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That means another silver medal for the Dutch team!

@JoshCongrats!! Canada is almost qualified. Big important win for you. I watched - yesterday and can confirm Netherlands won't be able to beat you, or Dominican Republic or Poland or another top country. No outstanding players. And our best player, Nika Daalderop, isn't even playing this week. I assume Brenda is playing the next weeks, that's another bad news for us.

@MHSNAny chance for Marcel Sterkenburg (-87) and Tyrone Sterkenburg (-97)?

Dutch men 4x100 also have a 38.30. Tied with .

Maybe Brouwer and Meeuwsen will enter this competition as well. Wouldn't be surprised. I hope the two new teams qualify, Brouwer and Meeuwsen have meant a lot to beach volleyball in the Netherlands, but I wish their young successors a ticket for the Olympic Games. But hey! What an unprecedented luxury for Dutch beach volleyball: three teams that are good enough.

Very interesting situation in men's beachvolleyball qualification for the teams. After the World Tour Brasilia: Brouwer/Meeuwsen 8.600 (after 12 results) Immers/van de Velde 8.380 or 8.480 (depends on the outcome of the final) (after 12 results) Boermans/de Groot 8.000 (after 10 results) Only two tournaments to go in Espinho and Ostrava. Two lowest results for Brouwer/Meeuwsen - 600 en 600. Two lowest results for Immers/van de Velde - 460 en 400.

I'm a big fan of Eurovision. But I hate the Dutch entry this year. My personale favorites are and

Yes, and the Dutch too!!

Really? Don't remember that title at all. But the Dutch team has a problem. They need to win against Hungary, Italy and Israel in group D at the OKT3, otherwise B1 (Canada for sure) waits in the quarterfinal.

Very happy with this (kind of) unexpected quota. Nice to integrate some 3x3 matches in my Paris viewing schedule

No, they didn't. All 4 good athletes at the men's side (Bonevacia, Omalla, Agard and Angela) are needed in the 4x400 men. So they'll run with Boers and Klein Ikkink in the mixed relay. Boers with a SB of 47.24 is simply not good enough. That means they won't win the world title (I bet ).

How on earth is it possible that beat in de prelims?

The depth of the Dutch team could indeed become a problem for a medal in Paris. Bol and Klaver are exceptionally good, the rest are mediocre (don't get me wrong, in the best sense of the word of course, I don't run those kinds of times from the couch). Although it is a good sign that Cathelijn Peeters improved her PB to 51.09 last week and ran 50.69 during the relay. Those are decent times if you are the third best runner on the team. The problem becomes finding a good fourth. You are only as good as the weakest link. Maybe youngster Myrte van der Schoot? She ran 52.08 in the relay.

You already have Summer McIntosh, let me have women's volleyball

I know! How many times have we calculated together whether the Netherlands or Canada will make it? My post was sarcastic. An exciting month of May is coming up. With a happy Josh or a happy CCB at the end.

Women's volleyball ? Hopefully Canada will be one the contenders ...

Cycling - Men's road race Swimming - Women's 200m breaststroke Waterpolo - Women's tournament Rowing - Men's Eight Hockey - Women's tournament Athletics - 4x400 mixed relay Track cycling - Men's and Women's keirin Judo - Women's -63kg Beach volleyball - Men's tournament Handball - Women's tournament Today I arranged two weeks off from work during the Olympics. Couldn't be happier

Bol will only run 400m hurdles.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will make her 400 hurdles comeback at the LA Grand Prix 18th of May. Bye bye chances of Olympic gold for Femke Bol

Last weekend in Varese the British Four destroyed the Dutch boat. And even your second boat was faster than our boat.

Don't know everything of British sport, but Tom Pidcock (mountainbike), EMMA FINUCANE (sprint) and Women's Four / Women's Quaduple belong to the list for gold?!? Especially Finucane!

Gold Medalists: Harrie Lavreysen - Track Cycling Individual Sprint Harrie Lavreysen - Track Cycling Keirin Track Cycling Men's Team Sprint (For me Australia is the favorite with their extra rider and better start) Track Cycling Men's Madison (Havik and Van Schip only won once accidentally during the Worlds, but with the Dutch are outsider) Femke Bol - 400m Hurdles (I truly not believe she's capable to beat Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, how much I wish her to do) Mathieu van der Poel - Cycling Road Race (Well, he is one of the riders to watch, but so many can win this) Sharon van Rouwendaal - Marathon Swimming (She won last Worlds because the already qualified swimmers didn't take part seriously in the 10km) Men's Field Hockey (They have a chance, but for me and are bigger favourites) Women's field Hockey Tes Schouten - Swimming 200m Breaststroke Did Gracenote ever heard of Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kate Douglass? No. van de Werken/Lambriex - Sailing 49er Duetz/van Aanholt - 49er FX Luuc van Opzeeland - Sailing iQFOiL (Strange format in the final) Rowing - Men's Double Sculls Rowing - Women's Four( is the big boat in this class) Rowing - Women's Pair( and weren't at their best at last year's WCh, but normally those two countries fighting for gold) Rowing - Men's quadruple Sculls Rowing - Women's Single Sculls I predict a maximum of 11 golds for us. That still would be an amazing result for our little country. Would be very happy with that. Gracenote predicts only 5 silver, I predict a lot more silver!

Your prediction is much more accurate than Gracenote's, who still thinks Netherlands will win a silver medal at the 4x100 freestyle in swimming and a total of 18 golds

Really? In my memory the schedule followed quite quickly after the draw. Well, let's wait and see ...

Not yet. And I didn't hear anything about when the schedule will be released! But normally the IHF is fast with it.