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If the Jays don't fire somebody this season, I'm going to eat a sock. They did nothing to improve the offense during the off season and expected to contend this season.

Since everyone's posting entry lists for notable meets, here's the one for the Malmsten Swim Open the following weekend.

Looks like it'll be streamed on CBC!

Psych sheets for the Canadian Open A lot of big names present.

Ivan Girev is the only Russian swimmer that's been approved by World Aquatics but doesn't have any OQTs yet. For Belarus, Shkurdai, Shymanovich and Zmushka all have OQTs and should all be going to Paris.

That's been the story of the Angels ever since Trout entered the league (besides 2014). At least he had Ohtani to keep him company for a few years.

Julia Tunks now in the 36th qualifying position (32 qualify for Paris). 19 points away from the athlete in 32nd position.

2024 Japan Selection Trial for Olympic Games - Tokyo (JPN) March 17th - March 24th 2024 Meet Results The following new OQTs were achieved Men's 100m Backstroke Riku Matsuyama~ Men's 100m Breaststroke Yamato Fukasawa* Yu Hanaguruma# Taku Taniguchi~ Ippei Watanabe# Men's 100m Butterfly Takeshi Kawamoto* Men's 200m Butterfly Daiya Seto# Riku Tanbo* Genki Terakado Women's 400m Freestyle Miyu Namba* Women's 800m Freestyle Waka Kobori~ Women's 1500m Freestyle Airi Ebina* Women's 100m Butterfly Mizuki Hirai Shiho Matsumoto# Women's 200m Butterfly Chiho Mizuguchi* Women's 200m Breaststroke Satomi Suzuki Women's 400m Individual Medley Waka Kobori~ *Not selected for Olympic Team ~Selected as relay-only swimmer #Selected in a different event The following 27 swimmers have been selected for the Olympic Team Men (14): Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Katsuo Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM Riku Matsuyama - 4x100m Medley Relay Naoki Mizunuma - 100m Butterfly Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Daiya Seto - 200m IM Shuichi Takahara - 200m Backstroke Taku Taniguchi - 4x100m Medley Relay Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women (13): Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Hiroko Makino - 200m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Shiho Matsumoto - 200m IM Airi Mitsui - 200m Butterfly Mio Narita - 400m IM Yui Ohashi - 200m IM Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM *Individual events have yet to be confirmed, swimmers could still swim other events Source

The latest world rankings are from March 19. We should hopefully get a ranking update today.

Freestyle Ace Freya Anderson 'Unlikely' To Race At British Trials (swimswam.com) Not ideal (especially for the relays)

2024 Giant Open - St. Germain en Laye (FRA) March 23rd - March 24th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

2024 Baltic States Championships - Vilnius (LTU) March 23rd - March 24th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

2024 Spring Prix of Zilina - Zilina (SVK) March 22nd - March 24th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

2024 Linkoping Water Games - Linkoping (SWE) March 21st - March 24th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

2024 BASA Nationals - Christ Church (BAR) February 27th - March 3rd 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 8 Final day of competition say 4 more qualification times and 3 new individual qualifiers. Men's 100m Butterfly: 1. Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 50.96 Q 2. Naoki Mizunuma - 51.23 Q 3. Genki Terakado - 51.33 4. Takeshi Kawamoto - 51.59 Matsumoto goes under 51 seconds to qualify for his 2nd individual event. 2022 World Championship silver medallist Mizunuma also manages to qualify. Also getting under the JASF QT was Genki Terakado. With the 100m butterfly results, we also know that Japan will send their men's 4x100m medley relay to the games. Women's 200m IM: 1. Yui Ohashi - 2:09.17 Q 2. Shiho Matsumoto - 2:09.90 Q 3. Mio Narita - 2:10.39 Just like Seto yesterday, Yui Ohashi qualifies for the Olympics at the last opportunity and will have a small chance to defend her 200 IM Olympic title. 2:09.17 is her fastest time since the Tokyo Olympics. Shiho Matsumoto also had the swim of her life after missing qualifying in the 100m butterfly by 0.01 seconds. Mio Narita was also under the JASF QT and just missed qualifying for her 2nd individual event. Women's 800m Freestyle: 1. Waka Kobori - 8:26.62 As with many others at these trials, Waka Kobori was under the AQUA OQT but missed the JASF QT. Though she'll likely get a spot as a relay swimmer so maybe she'll be allowed to swim this event. Nobody was close to qualifying in either the women's 50m freestyle or men's 1500m freestyle. And now we wait for the official team announcement. It should look something similar to below. Some relay-only swimmers may be removed/replaced, discretionary picks may be selected and qualified swimmers may add other events to their lineup. Probable Japanese Olympic Team (27 athletes) *relay-only swimmers are not confirmed Men (14): Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM Riku Matsuyama - 4x100m Medley Relay Naoki Mizunuma - 100m Butterfly Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Daiya Seto - 200m IM Hidekazu Takahara - 200m Backstroke Taku Taniguchi - 4x100m Medley Relay Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women (13): Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Hiroko Makino - 200m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Shiho Matsumoto - 200m IM Airi Mitsui - 200m Butterfly Mio Narita - 400m IM Yui Ohashi - 200m IM Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM

Meanwhile, Korean Olympic trials are also happening now, here's the confirmed qualifiers through 2/6 days. Choi Dongyeol - Men's 100m breaststroke Kim Minseop - Men's 200m butterfly Kim Woomin - Men's 1500m freestyle Lee Eunji - Women's 200m backstroke Lee Juho - Men's 200m backstroke

Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 7 One more qualifier from today. Daiya Seto (1:56.87) was able to avoid disaster and finally qualify himself onto the Japanese team in the 200 IM and now the door is open for him to swim in the 400 IM too. So Ogata (1:57.52) was under the AQUA OQT BUT MISSED THE JASF QT BY 0.01 SECONDS!!! No qualifiers in both the men's 50m freestyle and women's 200m backstroke. One more day of competition tomorrow and then we'll hopefully get a team announcement soon after. Updated probable Japanese Olympic Team (22 athletes) *relay-only swimmers are not confirmed Men (11): Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Daiya Seto - 200m IM Hidekazu Takahara - 200m Backstroke Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women (11): Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Hiroko Makino - 200m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Airi Mitsui - 200m Butterfly Mio Narita - 400m IM Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM

Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 6 4 new qualifcation times and 2 new qualifiers today. Women's 200m Butterfly: 1. Airi Mitsui - 2:06.54 Q 2. Hiroko Makino - 2:07.61 Q 3. Chiho Mizuguchi - 2:08.23 Mitsui now ranks 5th in the world this season. Makino adds an individual event to her lineup after finishing in the 200m freestyle earlier. Men's 200m Backstroke: 1. Hidekazu Takahara - 1:56.28 Q 2. Keita Sunama - 1:57.01 Big swim by Takahara to rank 8th in the world this season. Heartbreak for Sunama who missed the qualification time by 0.09 seconds. 34 year old Ryosuke finishes in 3rd and that very well may be the last we see of him. Women's 200m Breaststroke: 1. Satomi Suzuki - 2:23.09 Q 2. Kanako Watanabe - 2:23.55 3. Runa Imai - 2:23.69 The legend of Satomi Suzuki grows as she has now qualified in a 2nd individual event. Heartbreaking for both Watanabe and Imai who both put in good swims but were short of the JASF standard. Updated probable Japanese Olympic Team (21 athletes) *relay-only swimmers are not confirmed Men (10): Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Hidekazu Takahara - 200m Backstroke Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women (11): Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Hiroko Makino - 200m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Airi Mitsui - 200m Butterfly Mio Narita - 400m IM Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM

Right now, Japan is at around 19 athletes. The rest of their relays should be able to qualify. I'm guessing the team will be around 30 athletes.

Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 5 A much more eventful day with 4 new qualifiers. Women's 100m Freestyle: The women's 100m freestyle saw Rikako Ikee take the victory with a time of 54.15. Well off the QT of 53.12 needed to qualify but with that swim, Japan has officially qualified a women's medley relay with the 4 stroke 100 swimmers combining for a time under the JASF required time. So Ikee will probably swim the freestyle leg. Men's 200m Butterfly: 1. Genki Terakado - 1:54.07 Q 2. Tomoru Honda - 1:54.18 Q 3. Daiya Seto - 1:55.40 4. Takumi Terada - 1:55.45 5. Riku Tanbo - 1:55.67 A massive PB by Terakado to stun 2024 World Champion Honda. He also had by far the most emotional celebration of any swimmer after the race. While Honda didn't win, he also gets under the required time and he avoids disaster again after the 400 IM. Seto has one more chance in the 200 IM to qualify. Despite winning his semifinal, Terada finishes in 4th. Terakado and Honda now rank #1 and #2 in the world so far this year. Men's 200m Breaststroke: 1. Ippei Watanabe - 2:06.94 Q 2. Yu Hanaguruma - 2:07.07 Q 3. Yamato Fukasawa - 2:07.75 4. Ikuru Hiroshima - 2:09.39 One of the most anticipated races of not just Japanese trials but the entire trials season lived up to the hype. Ippei Watanabe went sub 2:07 to take the #1 time in the world this year and qualify for the Olympics again after missing Tokyo. Hanaguruma also threw down a massive PB to qualify and rank #3 in the world. Heartbreak for Yamato Fukasawa who threw down a time of 2:07.07 earlier this year. That would have tied Hanaguruma. Women's 1500m Freestyle: 1. Airi Ebina - 16:07.00 A huge PB by Ebina to take the win here. Her time is under the OQT and would get her to the games in most other countries but isn't under the JASF standard . Men's 100m Freestyle: 1. Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 48.28 Another win for Matsumoto. Ultimately fell short of the 47.97 required time and the top 4 combined times fell short of the necessary relay time. However, Matsumoto is already qualified in the 200m freestyle so he still might be able to swim this event in Paris. Updated probable Japanese Olympic Team (19 athletes) *relay-only swimmers are not confirmed Men (9): Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women (10): Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Hiroko Makino - 4x200m Freestyle Relay Mio Narita - 400m IM Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM

Japan is also going to reject their men's 4x100m freestyle quota. That's a quota for Poland

Just going to go off topic for a second. Japan is going to reject their women's 4x100m freestyle relay quota. Ireland will get the quota.

Death, taxes, Tunisian distance swimmers

2024 Meeting FFN Camille Muffat - Nice (FRA) March 17th - March 20th 2024 Meet Results The following new OQTs were achieved Men's 400m Freestyle Ahmed Jaouadi Women's 200m Freestyle Mary-Sophie Harvey Women's 200m Backstroke Pauline Mahieu Women's 400m Individual Medley Mary-Sophie Harvey