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not so fast, man! according to the main Italian expert, the 2026 combined event in Alpine Skiing will still be the "classic" DH (or SG, the jury is still out) + SL individual event any possible format change will only be applied from the 2030 on

the European competition is now limited only to (2 boats), (2 boats) and (1 boat) since all the other crews in the hunt for the Olympic Qualification are relegated to the Silver Fleet and can't finish higher than the 3 Countries named earlier the same is for South America: can't be caught by the other Nations, as they're in the Gold Fleet meanwhile all of their opponents are in the Silver Fleet therefore are mathematically qualified to the Olympic Games

to be precise, it's 2 different sports in the same edition of the Summer Games, because in the Winter Games we had quite a few people competing in both CC Skiing and Biathlon or Speedskating and Short Track and in the combo Winter/Summer Games -even if in different years because of the scheduling- there were people competing in Track Cycling and Speedskating or Short Track)

2024 Fencing European Cadet (Under 17) Championships ( Naples) women's Individual Epee Gold: Anna Maksymenko Silver: Lucia Abajo Salcedo Bronze: Julia Trynova & Silvia Gomez Lopez Semifinals Maksymenko b. Gomez Lopez 15-14 Abajo Salcedo b. Trynova 15-14 Final Maksymenko b. Abajo Salcedo 15-14 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/D896E6C72C6144F69913780F733C1818 women's Individual Foil Gold: Anna Kollar Silver: Maria Vittoria Elvira Berretta Bronze: Adeline Senic & Natasza Kus Semifinals Kollar b. Senic 15-6 Berretta b. Kus 15-11 Final Kollar b. Berretta 15-13 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/FF0DC781946D453D9A75331CDC17EF2E women's Individual Sabre Gold: Vittoria Mocci Silver: Dorottya Csonka Bronze: Francesca Romana Lentini & Alexandra Kuvaeva Semifinals Mocci b. Lentini 15-14 Csonka b. Kuvaeva 15-11 Final Mocci b. Csonka 15-11 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/03C700D84CFA400CA971602374BE6DD3 men's Individual Epee Gold: Michele Queiroli Silver: Sameer Sunder Rajan Bronze: Doruk Erolcevik & Theo Mitrail Semifinals Queiroli b. Mitrail 15-8 Sunder Rajan b. Erolcevik 14-12 Final Queiroli b. Sunder Rajan 15-13 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/6FBFC35E666A4970B929E4F9F7BD986A men's Individual Foil Gold: Lauro Falchetto Silver: Mattia Conticini Bronze: Marco Panazzolo & David Kelly Semifinals Falchetto b. Panazzolo 15-12 Conticini b. Kelly 15-10 Final Falchetto b. Conticini 15-7 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/1FB40AB3EB534FB3B933F75C117F48ED men's Individual Sabre Gold: Leonardo Reale Silver: Furkan Yaman Bronze: Botond Csoba & Roman Fraboulet Semifinals Reale b. Fraboulet 15-9 Yaman b. Csoba 15-11 Final Reale b. Yaman 15-14 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/5E6F382515544B989F8EAE849D1F8A6D women's Team Epee Gold: Ukraine Silver: Poland Bronze: Estonia Semifinals Ukraine b. Estonia 45-30 Poland b. Hungary 44-43 Bronze Medal Match Estonia b. Hungary 45-41 Gold Medal Match Ukraine b. Poland 45-35 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/58AD699A9E9C4CAE9384D8B0D5A99746 women's Team Foil Gold: Poland Silver: Italy Bronze: Ukraine Semifinals Poland b. Great Britain 45-14 Italy b. Ukraine 44-28 Bronze Medal Match Ukraine b. Great Britain 45-29 Gold Medal Match Poland b. Italy 45-43 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/0C4C6033F8104D45B3E08F4BDC244654 women's Team Sabre Gold: Italy Silver: Hungary Bronze: Ukraine Semifinals Italy b. Ukraine 45-29 Hungary b. Turkiye 45-31 Bronze Medal Match Ukraine b. Turkiye 45-40 Gold Medal Match Italy b. Hungary 45-40 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/4E494A2C06944203A382B819896195DA men's Team Epee Gold: Ukraine Silver: Turkiye Bronze: Switzerland Semifinals Ukraine b. Switzerland 45-42 Turkiye b. Spain 45-38 Bronze Medal Match Switzerland b. Spain 45-24 Gold Medal Match Ukraine b. Turkiye 45-36 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/1E04521316254D74A6602C7FA3F97827 men's Team Foil Gold: Israel Silver: France Bronze: Italy Semifinals Israel b. Italy 45-44 France b. Hungary 45-33 Bronze Medal Match Italy b. Hungary 45-32 Gold Medal Match Israel b. France 45-29 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/57AB13E0183142CA963560D53F959093 men's Team Sabre Gold: Italy Silver: Bulgaria Bronze: Hungary Semifinals Italy b. Hungary 45-43 Bulgaria b. Turkiye 45-43 Bronze Medal Match Hungary b. Turkiye 45-37 Gold Medal Match Italy b. Bulgaria 45-36 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/17E308CD50734EF4A69A372994E552E0 Final Medal Table 5 / 3 / 3 3 / 0 / 2 1 / 2 / 2 1 / 1 / 1 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 0 / 2 / 1 0 / 1 / 2 0 / 1 / 1 0 / 1 / 1 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 0 / 2 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1

2024 Fencing Panamerican Cadet (Under 17) Championships ( Rio De Janeiro) women's Individual Epee Gold: Amy Ai Silver: Laura Correia Bronze: Katherine Nemeth & Alysa Jakel women's Individual Foil Gold: Mikayla Chusid Silver: Aileen Mi Bronze: Viviene Goor & Alexandra Nisinoff women's Individual Sabre Gold: Gabriela Maria Hwang Silver: Julia Shi Bronze: Isabella Favo & Li Jiaying men's Individual Epee Gold: Sullivan Kim Silver: Carlos Romero Bronze: Daniel Chirashnya & Victor Humberto Enciso Plascencia men's Individual Foil Gold: Nickolas Rusadze Silver: Conrad Lo Bronze: Alexander Wu & Richard Li men's Individual Sabre Gold: Luke Vaid Silver: Daniel Lin Bronze: Zhang Yu Peng & Lawrence Liu Team Events were not held Final Medal Table 4 / 3 / 8 1 / 1 / 3 1 / 0 / 0 0 / 1 / 1 0 / 1 / 0

2024 Fencing Asian Junior (Under 20) Championships ( Manama) women's Individual Epee Gold: Rin Kishimoto Silver: Chen Chen Bronze: Mizuki Homma & Li Xinyao women's Individual Foil Gold: Yukari Takamizawa Silver: Mo Byeo Li Bronze: Shin Min Chae & Zhuang Xinyi women's Individual Sabre Gold: Zou Yelin Silver: Juliet Heng Jie Min Bronze: Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara & Samira Shokirova men's Individual Epee Gold: Kim Jung Beom Silver: Kirill Prokhodov Bronze: Huang Yuxuan & Takayuki Yuminaga men's Individual Foil Gold: Guo Yifan Silver: An Hyeon Bin Bronze: Cheng Tit Nam & Zhao Mianyue men's Individual Sabre Gold: Musa Aymuratov Silver: Royce Chan Lok Hei Bronze: Zuhriddin Kodirov & Park In women's Team Epee Gold: Silver: Bronze: women's Team Foil Gold: Silver: Bronze: women's Team Sabre Gold: Silver: Bronze: men's Team Epee Gold: Silver: Bronze: men's Team Foil Gold: Silver: Bronze: men's Team Sabre Gold: Silver: Bronze: Final Medal Table 4 / 0 / 3 3 / 0 / 3 2 / 4 / 4 1 / 2 / 4 1 / 2 / 1 1 / 0 / 0 0 / 2 / 2 0 / 2 / 1 Total Medal Table (Cadets + Juniors) 5 / 1 / 5 4 / 5 / 10 4 / 2 / 4 4 / 1 / 9 3 / 7 / 7 2 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 1 1 / 0 / 0 0 / 4 / 4 0 / 4 / 2

time for the Cadet and Junior Continental Championships... here's a recap of what happened in the last few days (more to come as soon as the Champs finish): 2024 Fencing Asian Cadet (Under 17) Championships ( Manama) women's Individual Epee Gold: Zhao Jiayu Silver: Elle Koh Meihui Bronze: Chung Yoon Seo & Roxana Nicole Maya Moulin women's Individual Foil Gold: Chang Huang-Mei-Tzu Silver: Koo Cha Bin Bronze: Sophia Glasson & Erika Iwatachibana women's Individual Sabre Gold: Nargiza Jaksybaeva Silver: Abigail Kom Rui Qi Bronze: Pan Qimiao & Tsang Yuet Ching men's Individual Epee Gold: Gao Ying Chuen Silver: Kirill Prokhodov Bronze: Kosei Fukushima & Seigo Hatakake men's Individual Foil Gold: Faris Alblooshi Silver: Rui Hayashikawa Bronze: Cho Beom Jun & Gao Tian men's Individual Sabre Gold: Alpamis Urakbaev Silver: Choi Min Hyung Bronze: Sardor Abdukarimbekov & Chan Man Hei women's Team Epee Gold: Silver: Bronze: & women's Team Foil Gold: Silver: Bronze: & women's Team Sabre Gold: Silver: Bronze: & men's Team Epee Gold: Silver: Bronze: & JPN men's Team Foil Gold: Silver: Bronze: & men's Team Sabre Gold: Silver: Bronze: & Final Medal Table 3 / 0 / 3 2 / 5 / 3 2 / 1 / 6 2 / 1 / 2 2 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 0 / 2 / 3 0 / 2 / 0 0 / 1 / 6 0 / 0 / 1

look 1 or 2 pages back...however, those lists are provisional, there's still one Grand Prix event (with major points up for grabs)

yes, you're right... I totally forgot that the Individuals still have one Grand Prix event to be contested so, make as if my previous posts about the Individual qualification weren't posted

no, of course... but, provided anything unthinkable under normal circumtances happens, there are some competitions that have an already designated winner and we can't ignore this

just to name a few... Leon Marchand (swimming, men's 200m and 400 IM at least) Track Cycling, men's Team Sprint and Harrie Lavreysen (Individual Sprint) Karlos May Nasar (weightlifting, men's -89kg) all the table tennis, weightlifting and diving competitions in which they compete

in the women's Foil, the Individual spots should go to: Anne Sauer (Europe) Flora Pasztor (Europe) Amita Berthier (Asia & Oceania) Maxine Isabel Esteban (Africa) Daphne Chan Nok Sze (Asia & Oceania) Arantza Inostroza (Americas)

Women's Team Foil Final OQR (Discard included) 412 Q by Ranking 356 Q by Ranking 344 Q by Ranking 300 Q by Ranking _____________ 250 Q by Continental Quota (Pan-America) 224 Q by Continental Quota (Asia) 216 Q by Continental Quota (Europe) 210 185 177 173 164 162 153 144 Q by Continental Quota (Africa) 136 134

Men's Team Foil Final OQR (Discard included) 384 Q by Ranking 360 Q by Ranking 354 Q by Ranking 280 Q by Ranking _____________ 272 Q by Continental Quota (Asia) 256 220 Q by Continental Quota (Africa) 220 Q by Continental Quota (Europe) 218 185 170 168 163 152 Q by Continental Quota (Pan-America) 133 126 122

total domination by (men) and (women), even the GMM wasn't even close to a competitive match and the same 3 teams on the podium in both competitions, a huge gap is developing between those 3 Nations and the rest of the field...not sure that's good for the sport, though

Women’s Team Foil ( Cairo) Gold: United States Silver: Italy Bronze: Japan Semifinals USA b. France 45-27 Italy b. Japan 45-36 Bronze Medal Match Japan b. France 30-27 Gold Medal Match USA b. Italy 45-33 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/563

Men’s Team Foil ( Cairo) Gold: Italy Silver: Japan Bronze: United States Semifinals Japan b. Hong Kong 45-42 Italy b. USA 45-31 Bronze Medal Match USA b. Hong Kong 45-34 Gold Medal Match Italy b. Japan 45-30 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/761

at a first quick look, nothing has changed among the men so, it's Daniel Dosa and Carlos Llavador for Europe (the Spaniard should have saved a 1-point margin over Choupenitch) then, Cheung Ka Long and Ha Taegyu in Asia, Guilherme Toldo in the Americas and Salim Heroui in Africa the women, later...

too complicated, I never made any calculation... just wait for the FIE website to update it

Stage #5 ( Val Martello) Men's Sprint Race Gold: Robin Galindo Silver: Oriol Cardona Coll Bronze: Maximilian Drion Du Chapois Full Ranking and Results https://www.dataskimo.org/pdf/WC-ValMartello-SPR.pdf

Stage #5 ( Val Martello) Women's Sprint Race Gold: Emily Harrop Silver: Cèlia Perillat-Pessey Bronze: Giulia Murada Full Ranking and Results https://www.dataskimo.org/pdf/WC-ValMartello-SPR.pdf

in the meantime, vs and vs are the women's Team Foil semifinals for what concerns the Olympic Qualification, nothing's gonna change from the previous ranking ( will finish ahead of in Today's event, so they are qualified to the Olympics with the European spot, which was the only question still open until a couple of hours ago) and therefore we have the "Olympic 8": Italy (World Ranking) United States (World Ranking) France (World Ranking) Japan (World Ranking) Canada (Panamerican spot) China (Asian spot) Poland (European spot) Egypt (African spot) finally, we can also say that the top 4 seeds right now will also be the top 4 seeds in Paris, as there's a huge gap between and , which is highly unlikey to be cut down from Today till the start of the Games

OK, will play for the 9th place later Today, so the 3 or 4 points they're going to add to their total (after the discarded score) are enough to save their ass in the Top 4 of the OQR, as lost to the in the quarterfinals and can't add anymore enough points to overtake the Europeans this means that are also mathematically qualified to the Olympics, taking the European spot meanwhile it's down to and for the Asian spot, since won their quarterfinal matchup against and are still in the hunt for a place in the Gold Medal match (the only chance they have to overtake ): if win the tournament, they take the Asian spot; if they finish 2nd, need to make the top 6 to save their place at the Olympics, otherwise, if they finish 7th or 8th, once again take the Asian spot are going to face in the consolation round, that most likely won't be really motivated now are going to face in the semifinal match (the other SF match is between and ), with that need to defend 22 points over the to save (for now) their 1st place in the OQR

lost to in the round of 16 of the men's team Foil this might lead to a crazy turn of events in the OQR, as it leaves the door open for to overtake them and replace them in the top 4, which would mean the Asian spot for (who also are still in competition and with a remote chance to overtake for the Asian spot even if they both end up out of the top 4) and the end of the Olympic dream for (who would be in, if only could stay in the Top 4, otherwise they're out and get the European spot) the next 3/4 hours will be an absolute thriller all the action is live on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@fencingegypt944

Men's Team Epee Current OQR after Today's event 321 Q by Ranking 297 Q by Ranking 292 Q by Ranking 290 Q by Ranking ________________________________________ 260 Q by Continental Spot (Asia) 234 232 Q by Continental Spot (Pan-America) 207 Q by Continental Spot (Africa) 191 Q by Continental Spot (Europe) 183 176 162 155 145 134 112 112 108 113 Green = Mathematically Qualified