phelps

no, Bayramov sicuro

both players rejected + invited players not showing up = a few changes in the projected seeds, too especially, Teddy Riner would benefit from Russia's absence in terms of seeding but also in terms of degree of difficulty of the entire tournament (the men's 100kg and 73kg also lose guys who could have seriously fought for gold) good for Lombardo, as Lavrentiev would have been one of the strongest opponents for him (and he wouldn't be seeded, so, even more dangerous for all the medal candidates)

let's be honest, if he ever comes even close to that, since we all know how that record was obtained, it could only mean that he's also "under treatment" like those people in the Eighties... I like to think he's just phenomenal, without having to follow those bad, old patterns and therefore he doesn't improve that much anymore

almost, but not quite however, the French are always so nice and love fair play... ps if they're just what they showed tonight, they're not gonna have some easy couple of weeks in Paris

what a punisher for

I'm definitely not a brave man, but tbh, given how "good" are the French secret services, I wouldn't go to that Ceremony even if they paid me millions...

we have to wait for the June 28th deadline, when ISSF will end all of their reallocation process once that's over, they will make the official announcement and we'll have the complete view of the Olympic competitions for the single names, instead, the final deadline is July, 8th

I think our site is not updated with the latest rejected and reallocated places

no, if they do like wrestling, the June 23rd ranking is locked and all qualifiers through that day won't change anymore they will just replace the rejected Russians with the next player in line in the WR without any consideration for the Continental quota places

I don't think it works that way...reallocations will be done after the qualification is closed, those who are qualified now won't be involved in any reallocation procedure

my picks... women: men: I hope to be wrong... I'd prefer or to win among the men and, of course, among the women...vamos Leonas!

and I expect those morons to put all the big matches in group B at 9 a.m.

actually, I think it makes it easier for the best legs to make the difference... I guess a Pogi vs MVDP head to head duel it's easier to develop in this context rather than with 12-man teams, especially if the course/weather are not so tough

and this means that Frank Chamizo will truly be reallocated a spot...or not?

I already wrote that in the "King of the Pool" thread I expect Ceccon to dominate the backstroke events (100 + 200m), then "minor" medals from Martinenghi (100m breaststroke), Quadarella (1500m free, but I not exclude also the 800m free, even if it's gonna be very difficult) and possibly the men's 4*100m free relay and then I hope (but I'm not so confident) that Paltrinieri gets a medal in the 1500m free (meanwhile I expect him to win Gold in the 10km Open water) and the men's 4*100m medley relay pulls out a miracle for bronze then, I expect some decent placings in the final (but not medals) from Razzetti (all of his races), Viberti (100m breaststroke), the mixed medley relay, Deplano (50m free), Miressi (100m free), the men's 4*200m free, the women's 4*100m free, Pilato (100m breaststroke) and Franceschi (at least the 400m IM, the 200m IM are definitely more a hope than a prediction) finally, the only "out of order" prediction I like to do is Ragaini in the final (swimming 1.44) of the 200m free

a me dispiace che Jasmine Nocentini non abbia voluto nuotare nemmeno una gara in vasca lunga tra questa primavera e quest'estate capisco l'impegno nello studio, ma se proprio non poteva saltare le sessioni di fine anno, almeno avrebbe potuto preparare uno dei meeting delle US Pro Series ad Aprile/Maggio essersi allenata con il capo allenatore della squadra femminile USA e non aver tentato nemmeno una prova per qualificarsi mi sa tanto di spreco (tra l'altro, viste le sue esigenze, non credo che la FIN le avrebbe negato tale permesso e opportunità, anche senza venire mai in Europa prima di Parigi)

Italy Women (16) Lisa Angiolini (100m Breaststroke, Medley Relays) Matilde Biagiotti (Freestyle Relays) Costanza Cocconcelli (100m Fly, all Relays) Sara Curtis (50m Freestyle, 4*100m Freestyle Relay) Giulia D’Innocenzo (Freestyle Relays) Francesca Fangio (200m Breaststroke) Sara Franceschi (200m IM, 400m IM) Emma Virginia Menicucci (Freestyle Relays) Sofia Morini (100m Freestyle? 200m Freestyle? all Relays) Margherita Panziera (Individual Backstroke races? 4*100m Medley Relay) Benedetta Pilato (100m Breaststroke, 4*100m Medley Relay) Simona Quadarella (800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle, 4*200m Freestyle Relay?) Giulia Ramatelli (4*200m Freestyle Relay) Viola Scotto di Carlo (100m Fly, Medley Relays) Ginevra Taddeucci (1500m Freestyle, 10km Open Water Swimming) Chiara Tarantino (100m Freestyle? all Relays except for 4*200m Freestyle) Men (20) Giacomo Carini (200m Fly) Giovanni Caserta (4*200m Freestyle Relay) Thomas Ceccon (100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke, 100m Fly? all Relays) Paolo Conte Bonin (4*100m Freestyle Relay) Carlos D’Ambrosio (4*200m Freestyle Relay) Luca De Tullio (800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle) Marco De Tullio (400m Freestyle? 4*200m Freestyle Relay) Leonardo Deplano (50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle? all 4*100m Relays) Manuel Frigo (all Relays) Matteo Lamberti (400m Freestyle? 800m Freestyle? 4*200m Freestyle Relay?) Michele Lamberti (100m Backstroke, Medley Relays) Nicolò Martinenghi (100m Breaststroke, Medley Relays) Filippo Megli (200m Freestyle, Freestyle Relays) Alessandro Miressi (100m Freestyle, all Relays) Gregorio Paltrinieri (800m Freestyle? 1500m Freestyle, 10km Open Water Swimming) Alessandro Ragaini (200m Freestyle, 4*200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle?) Alberto Razzetti (200m Fly, 200m IM, 400m IM, 4*200m Freestyle Relay?) Matteo Restivo (200m Backstroke) Ludovico Blu Art Viberti (100m Breaststroke, Medley Relays) Lorenzo Zazzeri (50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle? all 4*100m Relays)

really? I thought it was 8, like at the world champs however, it might be even worse, as we could pick someone very strong (like or ) already in the first round and miss out on the repechage bracket probably, it would be better the 8-seed bracket...no chance to go beyond the quarterfinals, but at least the repechage round would be almost safe (unless pickin' in round #1, but that would mean we're extremely unlucky )

and here we go with the fuc*in' 8th seed in the team event which means having the bracket closed at quarterfinal stage by and a very complicated repechage/Bronze medal game route, too

I think is going to win both (actually, all 3) team events among the men, I voted Nespoli, but it's more hope than actual belief among the women, I voted Yang, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of the 2 youngsters comes home with the individual Gold medal

take notice...here I tell you... Prudence Sekgodiso ain't gonna happen...but if it happens

Group A winner vs. Second-best 3rd-place finisher Group C runner-up vs. Group B runner-up Group C winner vs. Group A runner-up Group B winner vs. Best 3rd-place finisher source: https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/rugby-101-olympic-competition-format-and-scoring

Day #7 (Last) Finals men's 1500m Freestyle Kuzey Tuncelli, 14.55.64 Mykhailo Romanchuk, 15.00.99 Zalan Sarkany, 15.06.67 men's 50m Freestyle Kristian Gkolomeev, 21.72 Stergios Marios Bilas, 21.73 Vladyslav Bukhov, 21.85 women's 50m Breaststroke Dominika Sztandera, 30.55 Veera Kivirinta, 30.65 Olivia Klint Ipsa, 30.90 men's 100m Backstroke Apostolos Christou, 52.23 Evangelos Makrygiannis, 52.83 Ksawery Masiuk, 53.56 women's 200m Fly Helena Rosendahl Bach, 2.07.88 Lana Pudar, 2.08.15 Boglarka Kapas Telegdy, 2.08.22 men's 200m IM Hubert Kos, 1.57.21 Ron Polonsky, 1.57.36 Berke Saka, 1.58.62 women's 400m Freestyle Ajna Kesely, 4.06.56 Barbora Seemanova, 4.06.72 Francisca Martins, 4.10.94 men's 400m Freestyle Felix Auboeck, 3.43.24 Dimitrios Markos, 3.47.44 Antonio Djakovic, 3.47.62 women's 4*100m Medley Relay 3.58.71 4.01.50 4.02.03 men's 4*100m Medley Relay 3.33.41 3.33.44 3.33.50

I know, but someone once said: "I have a dream..." sure, that was way more important, but still

I do really hope that some day they realize that they should get rid of those interviews right after the end of a race...99.99% of times they're just senseless, even annoying