Agger

It's not called sprint without a reason

First worldwide qualification, I believe

We got some more classic Aarhus weather and it seems like it gave the Danish sailors the home water advantage that we hoped for. Fantastic to see Ida and Marie in the lead and Rindom as well. Also a very fine start from our RS:X sailors and decent from Lin and CP. Som very fine races from the 49ers but they need to be more consistent to get the Olympic quota that we hoped for there.

Yup. I was on the stands. But now I left the area for a moment to watch the boat park for everything but 49ers and Nacras.

may not get much attention for the sailing but the flag has the most central spot at the spectator area

There's some gazpacho that's looking pretty delicious and one of the gourmet burgers is vegetarian (haven't tried that one). There'll be something for you too

Got some decent fish&chips yesterday, but there are shawarma, different curries, sausages, gyros, gourmet burgers (I've had those before) and I'm sure that I'm forgetting something.

Pretty windy and cloudy today but still plenty of people greeting the Danish 49ers on their way to the race course with clapping and even a small Mexican wave. A couple of pictures from some of the things for the spectators. They're really trying to create a great atmosphere to get people over here, not just the sailing fans. The street food area with plenty of different choices A small stage with music pretty much all day of all styles (a local brass band played Bach when the picture was taken). When we get to the days of the medal races, we have some decently big or upcoming Danish artists playing in the evening.

Great win for Jena and Katja!

The first fleets getting back

Flags from outside the International sailing center The crowd between races Some foiling action just in front of the main spectator area

Well. I did catch some pretty decent pictures when we hosted the 49er Europeans But will do. BTW decent windy conditions with some foiling action from some of the Nacras training.

Sadly my phone's camera isn't good enough to catch the action and I haven't found the charger for my camera. Will try to catch them on the way back in.

Finally made it to the Championships. Lovely big crowds and a great atmosphere for Ida and Marie's win! Meanwhile some Nacras are on the way out to test the waters.

BLUME!!!

Nice try from Trine, but lt didn't quite hold.

Well. For some people it's either east or west, more or less making the split at the Iron Curtain

Not to say that they've pretty much made it sound like it doesn't really start before tomorrow.

Well. I'll be the positive one then. Right now we have rowing European Championships on the main TV channel here in Denmark. That's usually a thing for just the Olympics, and that's eventhough the best Danish rowers aren't even there (bad timing). That's pretty damn massive! for me! I'm loving this thing though I'm sad that it's the same time as sailing Worlds!

No Lamsfuss/Herttrich?

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's Finn Day 1 August 10th, 2018 Any Athlete from Australia Jorge Zarif x Milan Vujasinović Tapio Nirkko Jonathan Lobert x Giles Scott Ed Wright Ioannis Mitakis Zsombor Berecz Nicholas Heiner Peter-Jan Postma Josh Junior Andrew Maloney Max Salminen x Alican Kaynar Caleb Paine Any Other Athlete Men's 470 Day 1 August 10th, 2018 Mathew Belcher/William Ryan x David Bargehr/Lukas Mahr Zangjun Xu/Chao Wang Any Athletes from France Any Athletes from Germany Luke Patience/Chris Grube Panagiotis Mantis/Pavlos Kagialis Giacomo Ferrari/Giulio Calabro Any Athletes from Japan x Paul Snow-Hansen/Daniel Willcox x Anton Dahlberg/Fredrik Bergstrom Denis Cinar/Ates Cinar Stuart McNay/David Hughes Any Other Athlete Women's 470 Day 1 August 10th, 2018 Any Athlete from China Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz Any Athlete from Germany Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre x Amy Seabright/Anna Carpenter Gil Cohen/Noa Lasry Ai Kondo Yoshida/Miho Yoshioka x Afrodite Zegers/Anneloes van Veen Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Irmina Mrozek-G. Tina Mrak/Veronika Macarol x Any Athlete from Spain Linda Fahrni/Maja Siegenthaler Any Other Athlete Men's Laser Day 2 August 11th, 2018 Tim Burton x Mathew Wearn Tonči Stipanović Pavlos Kontides Jean-Baptiste Bernaz Philipp Buhl Any Athlete from Great Britain x Juan Ignacio Maegli Any Athlete from Italy Sam Meech x Thomas Saunders Stefano Peschiera Jesper Stalheim Christopher Barnard Any Other Athlete Women's Laser Radial Day 2 August 11th, 2018 Emma Plasschaert x Tatiana Drozdovskaya Brenda Bowskill Anne-Marie Rindom x Any Athlete from Finland Any Athlete from France Any Athlete from Germany Alison Young Maria Erdi Manami Doi Viktorija Andrulyte Marit Bouwmeester x Josefin Olsson Paige Railey Erika Reineke Dolores Moreira Any Other Athlete Men's 49er Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Any Athlete from Australia Yago Lange/Klaus Lange Benjamin Bildstein/David Hussl Šime Fantela/Mihovil Fantela Any Athlete from Denmark x Any Athlete from France Any Athlete from Germany Dylan Fletcher-Scott/Stuart Bithell x James Peters/Fynn Sterritt Logan Dunning Beck/Oscar Gunn Josh Porebski/Trent Rippey x Any Athlete from Poland Jorge Lima/Jose Costa Any Athlete from Spain Any Other Athlete Women's 49er FX Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Victoria Travascio/Maria Branz Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze Ida M. Baad Nielsen/Marie T. Olsen x Jena Mai Hansen/Katja S.-Iversen Any Athlete from Germany Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey Odile van Aanholt/Marieke Jongens Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz x Alexandra Maloney/Molly Meech x Ragna Agerup/Maia Agerup Helene Naess/Marie Rønningen Kimberly Lim/Cecilia Low Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo Any Athlete from Sweden Any Other Athlete Men's IKA Formula Kite Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Martin Dolenc Theo de Ramecourt Axel Mazella x Nicolas Parlier x Florian Gruber Guy Bridge Oliver Bridge x Maks Zakowski Denis Taradin Toni Vodišek Any Athlete from the United States Any Other Athlete Women's IKA Formula Kite Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Any Athlete from Australia Stine Jensen Leonie Meyer Steph Bridge x Anais Mai Desjardin Alexia Fancelli Megumi Hirata Elena Kalinina x Bibiana Magaji Daniela Moroz x Bilge Ozturk Any Other Athlete Men's RS:X Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Bing Ye Mengfan Gao Louis Giard x Thomas Goyard Pierre Le Coq Kieran Holmes Martin Byron Kokkalanis Shahar Zubari Mattia Camboni Kiran Badloe Dorian van Rijsselberghe Piotr Myszka Ivan Pastor Mateo Sanz Lanz x Any Other Athlete x Women's RS:X Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Peina Chen Yunxiu Lu Ingrid Puusta Helene Noesmoen Charline Picon Any Athlete from Great Britain Hei Man Chan x Noga Geller Flavia Tartaglini Lilian de Geus x Malgorzata Bialecka Zofia Noceti-Klepacka Stefania Elfutina x Marina Alabau Bianca Manchon Any Other Athlete Mixed Nacra 17 Day 3 August 12th, 2018 Santiago Lange/Cecilia Carranza Saroli Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin x Thomas Zajac/Barbara Matz Lin Cenholt/Christian Lubeck Any Athlete from France Paul Kohlhoff/Alisa Stuhlemmer John Grimson/Anna Burnet x Ben Saxton/Nicola Boniface x Vittorio Biassaro/Maelie Farscari Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti Gemma Jones/Jason Saunders Olivia Mackay/Micah Wilkinson Fernando Echevarri/Tara Pacheco Riley Gibbs/Louisa Chafee Any Other Athlete [/hide]

Nobody's expecting that with Sara's injury problems

The Danish squad: Andreas Bube (Bagsværd AC) – 800 meterOle Hesselbjerg (Sparta) – 3000 meter forhindringAbdi Hakin Ulad (Hvidovre AM) – maratonJonas Kløjgård (Aarhus 1900) – højdespringSara Slott Petersen (Aarhus 1900) – 400 meter hækAnna Emilie Møller (Blovstrød Løverne) – 3000 meter forhindringLouise Østergård (Randers Freja) – 4x100 meterIda Karstoft (Sparta) – 4x100 meterMette Graversgaard (Aarhus 1900) – 4x100 meterMathilde U. Kramer (Frederiksberg IF) – 4x100 meterAstrid Glenner-Frandsen (Københavns IF) – 4x100 meter Sara Slott is still questionable and is doing some tests these day to find out whether she'll be ready

Vibeke Skofterud died sunday after an accident https://www.nrk.no/sport/skofterud-omkommet-i-vannscooterulykke-1.14144888

Archery: Maja Jager seems to be back at a high level and seems like a very likely qualifier. The women's team showed good form in Berlin and may also be an outsider. Meanwhile I don't see any men qualifying, so 0-3 Artistic Swimming: We are pretty close to having nothing here. No qualifiers Athletics: 4 of the athletes from Rio seems pretty likely to also be at a high level in 2020, while Sara Slott and Andreas Bube are slightly more questionable. Meanwhile a young guy like Benjamin Lobo Vedel looks like an almost certain qualifier if he stays motivated and free of injuries. and we have a bunch of other talents could do it if they manage to lift their level high enough. I wouldn't be surprised if we go 2 digits for the first time since 1972, but we could also very well end up a bit below that. 5-12 Badminton: It would be a disaster if we don't qualify one in each discipline. Women's doubles are the biggest questionmark after Kamilla Rytter Juhl stopping, but I believe Fruergaard/Thygesen are good enough to make it. A good chance for 2 mens singles and doubles as well. 8-11 Baseball: Not gonna happen. Basketball: We are getting better, but it's a long way! Beach Volleyball: Trans/Tyndeskov is a decent pair, but unless they do massive progress, it doesn't seem likely. Boxing: Our most likely Olympic boxer, Mahdi Jallaw, decided to go pro and doesn't seem like a guy who wants to go for the Olympics. Frederik Lundgaard Jensen sounds like the most likely Olympic boxer, but I really don't know much about his or other's chances. Canoeing - Slalom: We've only just started having national championships. Maybe it's the start of something interesting but 2020 is impossible. Canoeing - Sprint: Rene Holten and Emma Jørgensen should be safe (if they stay motivated). Both the women's K4 and men's K2 1000m are also pretty likely qualifiers. The men's K4 could also have a chance 2-12 Cycling - BMX: Simone Tetsche should be safe but other than that, it's questionable. She may do well enough to get us into top 5 and get us a 2nd quota, but it seems unlikely. A small chance for a rider in the men's race. Meanwhile BMX freestyle is a no go for us. 1-3 Cycling - Mountain Bike: Annika Langvad should secure a Danish quota. With some help from Malene Degn, it could become 2. Simon Andreassen hasn't quite been at his best so far meaning that Denmark is a bit behind when it comes to the men's rankings, but if he gets back to his best, we should take one for the men as well. 1-3 Cycling - Road: Considering where we're ranked at the moment, we should end up with 4 riders in the men's cycling. A small chance for 5 if we progress even more, but I doubt it. We could have a chance for 2 places in the time trial. We should also finally be back in the women's race, where 3 riders seems like the most likely outcome where one will also be in the TT. 5-8 Cycling - Track: We should be safe in the men's Team pursuit, where the team is young. We should also be able to take part in the men's omnium and madison. The women should qualify for omnium and madison. 4-6 Diving: A tiny chance that Andreas Sargent will be there, possibly with Marting Bang Christensen, but I doubt it. Equestrian: A team in dressage should be a pretty safe thing, while we would need a lot of luck to qualify in jumping or eventing. 3 Fencing: If the guys progress quite a lot, we have a small chance for a team in men's epee or foil, but it seems unlikely. Andreas Tsoronis, Frederik von der Osten or Patrick Jørgensen may be able to get it just right and get a single place in one of the two classes. 0-1 Field Hockey: We don't have an outdoor national team, so no... Football: The women's team could do it if they make it to the Worlds and get lucky in the draws. I really don't know much about the current under-21 team. We have a couple of decent players, but other than that, I don't know. I doubt it. 0-18 Golf: It would be disappointing if we don't get 4 players. 4 Gymnastics - Artistic: Our best shot, Marie Skammelsen decided to finish her carreer making it highly unlikely that we'll see a Dane in the Olympics in the near future. Gymnastics - Rhythmic: We have a couple of gymnasts, but they're in the bottom at the worlds. Gymnastics - Trampoline: Benjamin Salo Kjær looks like our best bid to get back into the Olympics, but he needs to get a lot better to make it. It's possible, but hard. 0-1 Handball: The men's team should be safe, while it's harder for the women. They are in the mix for it, but could miss out. 14-28 Judo: It doesn't look impossible for Emilie Sook if she keeps on progressing, but there’s still some way to the top. 0-1 Karate: Katrine Pedersen is still young but has already been no. 1 in -68kg. It’s tough, but I believe in her to keep it up, though she may need to fight bigger opponents. 0-1 Modern Pentathlon: We tried creating something again, but I don’t think we’ll make it even though Line Grubak is very ambitious. Rowing: W1x and M4- seems like very good chances. The LM2x has done surprisingly well as well and M1x should also be able to qualify. The W2- isn’t active at the moment due to some problems for Christina Juhl Johansen. Meanwhile Lærke Berg seems to have made the W4- a serious contender for the Olympic spot. A LW2x could also be possible. 5-14 Rugby Sevens: We’re simply not close to good enough. Sailing: 49er FX, Laser Radial and Nacra 17 should be sure qualifiers. The 49er is pretty close to sure as well but could miss out. Decent chances for the RS:Xs as well and if Andre Højen does his very best there’s a small chance for a Finn. 5-10 Shooting: Stine Nielsen, Rikke Mæng and Jesper Hansen are all expected to qualify. We have a bunch of other possible qualifiers in both, skeet, rifle and if everything works out, pistol. 3-7 Skateboarding: The only Danish skater that I know is Rune Glifberg. He is getting pretty old but is still competing a bit. I don’t know if he’ll go for the Olympics or anybody else will be able to qualify. Softball: If it was men’s softball, we could have a small chance, but no. Sport Climbing: I don’t see anybody qualifying Surfing: We have some surfers participating in major events, but they seem too far from the top to qualify. Swimming: Pernille Blume, Mie Ø. Nielsen and Rikke Møller should be safe. Anton Ørskov Ipsen and Viktor Bromer pretty much as well. Jeanette Ottesen goes for the Olympics after getting a child and has done decently so far, meaning that we may have the medley relay back. If Jeanette doesn’t make it, Emilie Beckmann should be good enough to have us qualify. If Jeanette makes it back, we can also get the 4x100 freestyle relay, where Julie Kepp and Sarah Bro could be part as well. Both 4x200m relays aren’t impossible if things work out well. We have some young talents who could also qualify if they progress quite a bit during the next years. 6-16 Table Tennis: Jonathan Groth should qualify without problems. Michael Maze is back on competitive level but haven’t really shown Olympic class so far. I am hoping, but it’s very uncertain. A tiny chance for a team if he makes it back to his best, but that’s very optimistic. 1-3 Taekwondo: Sarah Malykke is very interesting and has some very interesting results, but she is still quite a bit away from the Olympics. It will be tough but not impossible. 0-1 Tennis: This will be a question about whether Wozzie stays active. If she does, she should be in Tokyo, if not I don’t think our young talents aren’t quite ready yet. 0-1 Triathlon: Andreas Schilling should be there. A small chance for the relay team, but I don’t think they’ll quite make it. Alberte Kjær seems like a possible qualifier if she doesn’t get more problems during the qualification period. I doubt that any of the others will make it to individual Olympic level. 1-4 Volleyball No chance Water Polo: Nope Weightlifting: A tiny chance considering the restrictions due to doping, but it’s unlikely. Wrestling: If he gets Danish citizenship, Rajbek Bisultanov is absolutely a possible qualifier. Frederik Bjerrehuus isn’t impossible either, but he’ll need to be at his absolute best. 0-2 Total Sports: 19 Optimistic Total Athletes: 175 Realistic Total Athletes: 113 Pessimistic Total Athletes: 68