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To be fair, AQUA did make a tradeoff of allowing 800m/1500m athletes with an OQT to be able to swim the open water events so we should still have 25 athletes (if not more) in each event. In previous games, there were some pool swimmers in the open water competition so ultimately there aren't really any changes in quotas. Emma is under 7 seconds back of the 1500m OQT and she just set the Canadian short course record in the event back in April so I'm optimistic that she'll be at the Olympic still.

Looks like Emma Finlin missed an Olympic quota by half a second. So now she needs a 800m or 1500m OQT to qualify. At least Simoneau won a silver medal though.

Going to add to this: Brazil gets the reallocated host quota. Continental Quotas: The one quota I'm unsure of is the reallocated Oceanic quota. It says it will be reallocated to the next highest placed NOC not yet qualified so I think would get the last quota. Edit: Nevermind, looks like Germany got the last quota .

After 5 laps: 1. van Rouwendaal 2. de Valdes 3. Pou 1 lap to go until quotas are determined

Pou now in the lead! Followed by van Rouwendaal and Cassignol. Grimes in 4th. Commentators have mentioned she's from Mongolia about 10 times now.

Halfway through the race, Grimes and van Rouwendaal the clear leaders. Tadeucci now in 3rd with Valdes behind. Pou also in position to get a quota.

No, they already earned a quota at the 2023 world championships. It'll get reallocated.

After two laps, Grimes is now in control. van Rouwendaal a few seconds behind and surprisingly Valdes in 3rd.

Commentator just said Lisa Pou was from Mongolia

Heartbreak for Santo who drops out of the race. Quota for South Africa (as long as their swimmers finish the race).

After 1 lap, Ebina is setting the early pace followed closely by Rosa and Grimes

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*"Double-the-points" distributed as follow: Each user will have 5 during the Group stage. Each user will have to mark their matches with "Double-the-points" with an "*". Women's Tournament Group Stage February 4th - February 8th, 2024 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 4th 2023, h. 09:00 Kazakhstan 2 Brazil February 4th 2023, h. 10:30 United States 3 Netherlands February 6th 2023, h. 19:00 Netherlands 25* Kazakhstan February 6th 2023, h. 20:30 Brazil 28 United States February 8th 2023, h. 16:00 Brazil 22 Netherlands February 8th 2023, h. 17:30 United States 23* Kazakhstan Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 4th 2023, h. 12:00 China 7 Spain February 4th 2023, h. 13:30 Greece 3 France February 6th 2023, h. 09:00 France 1 China February 6th 2023, h. 10:30 Spain 3 Greece February 8th 2023, h. 19:00 Spain 7 France February 8th 2023, h. 20:30 Greece 10 China Group C Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 4th 2023, h. 16:00 Australia 30 Singapore February 4th 2023, h. 17:30 Hungary 18 New Zealand February 6th 2023, h. 12:00 New Zealand 9 Australia February 6th 2023, h. 13:30 Singapore 35 Hungary February 8th 2023, h. 09:00 Singapore 20 New Zealand February 8th 2023, h. 10:30 Hungary 3 Australia Group D Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 4th 2023, h. 19:00 Great Britain 15 Italy February 4th 2023, h. 20:30 South Africa 18 Canada February 6th 2023, h. 16:00 Canada 10 Great Britain February 6th 2023, h. 17:30 Italy 25* South Africa February 8th 2023, h. 12:00 Italy 4 Canada February 8th 2023, h. 13:30 South Africa 3 Great Britain Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation USA NED ITA Men's Tournament Group Stage February 5th - February 9th, 2024 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 5th 2023, h. 09:00 Croatia 6 Australia February 5th 2023, h. 10:30 South Africa 24* Spain February 7th 2023, h. 19:00 Spain 1 Croatia February 7th 2023, h. 20:30 Australia 22 South Africa February 9th 2023, h. 16:00 Australia 7 Spain February 9th 2023, h. 17:30 South Africa 22 Croatia Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 5th 2023, h. 12:00 China 11 Greece February 5th 2023, h. 13:30 Brazil 8 France February 7th 2023, h. 09:00 France 9 China February 7th 2023, h. 10:30 Greece 15* Brazil February 9th 2023, h. 19:00 Greece 7 France February 9th 2023, h. 20:30 Brazil 7 China Group C Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 5th 2023, h. 16:00 Japan 7 Serbia February 5th 2023, h. 17:30 Montenegro 1 United States February 7th 2023, h. 12:00 United States 5 Japan February 7th 2023, h. 13:30 Serbia 2 Montenegro February 9th 2023, h. 09:00 Serbia 4 United States February 9th 2023, h. 10:30 Montenegro 3 Japan Group D Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 5th 2023, h. 19:00 Italy 20 Kazakhstan February 5th 2023, h. 20:30 Romania 8 Hungary February 7th 2023, h. 16:00 Hungary 1 Italy February 7th 2023, h. 17:30 Kazakhstan 3 Romania February 9th 2023, h. 12:00 Kazakhstan 15 Hungary February 9th 2023, h. 13:30 Romania 17 Italy Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation HUN ESP GRE

Good news, CBC is showing the open water events this year unlike last year. Bad news, they're not showing swimming heats.

Also sounds like the NHL plans to play on the 2026 and 2030 Olympics Well at least until they find an excuse to drop out that is.

Sounds like the NHL has announced an international tournament in 2025... with 4 TEAMS!!!! Can we get rid of Gary Bettman already?

2024 World Aquatics Championships Preview A lot of quotas up for grabs the next two weeks. Here's a little breakdown of each discipline and how Canada can qualify. Artistic Swimming: Duet: Audrey Lamothe, Jacqueline Simoneau Team: Sydney Carroll, Scarlett Finn, Laurianne Imbeau, Jonnie Newman, Raphaelle Plante, Kenzie Priddell, Claire Scheffel, Olena Verbinska Unfortunately, artistic swimming results have not been great over the last two years. We seem to now be the clear #3 team in the Americas. 5 team quotas and 3 duet quotas are up for grabs here based on the combined score of each routine. The team quota at this point seems very unlikely as there are other teams like Spain, Japan, Ukraine, Israel, Italy and the US that all are competing for the same quota. In the duet, there is a bit more optimism as Jacqueline Simoneau is returning to the team. The best hope of qualifying here is that the bigger countries all take the team quotas and Canada can scoop up one of the last 3 available spots. If New Zealand rejects their quota, that leaves 4 quotas available. Unfortunately, a reallocation through the Pan Am Games won't be possible since Canada finished 5th there . Diving: Men: 3m Springboard: Cedric Fofana, Carson Paul 10m Springboard: Rylan Wiens, Nathan Zsombor-Murray 10m Synchro: Rylan Wiens + Nathan Zsombor-Murray Women: 3m Springboard: Mia Vallee, Pamela Ware 10m Platform: Caeli McKay, Kate Miller 3m Synchro: Mia Valle + Pamela Ware 10m Synchro: Caeli McKay + Kate Miller I could've sworn we had an entrant in the men's 3m synchro event when I checked a few days ago but nothing's showing there anymore. Athletes in bold (Zsombor-Murray, Ware and McKay) have already earned a quota for Canada and are ineligible to earn a quota this time around. Anyone who qualifies for the final in the top 12 will automatically earn a spot in the Games. After that, it all depends on reallocation and how many extra quotas in the synchro events are needed. A semifinals spot (top 18) should hopefully be good enough. Rylan Wiens is back and recovered from his shoulder injury so hopefully he can book his place automatically. If Vallee is back in 2022 form, that also shouldn't be a problem for her. The other divers are more unknowns especially in the men's 3m springboard event where Bryden Hattie is out Fofana and Paul are in. In the synchro events, the top 4 unqualified teams will earn quotas for Paris and if the Canadian divers are on form, they should have no problem qualifying 3 synchro pairs. Open Water Swimming: Men's 10km: Hau-Li Fan, Eric Hedlin Women's 10km: Emma Finlin, Laila Oravsky 2 hours of swimming will determine all of the remaining 18 quotas in each event. 13 of them will go to the top 13 finishers that haven't already qualified (14 if France earns a quota). Otherwise, there are also also 5 extra continental quotas for each continent for the best unqualified NOC. So Canada could be in a could position to earn the Americas continental quota here. Hau-Li Fan is back for this edition and he is certainly capable of earning one of the men's quotas. The rapidly improving Emma Finlin should also be in contention on the woman's side. Swimming: Men: Javier Acevedo: 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke Stephen Calkins: 50m Freestyle James Dergousoff: 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke Raben Dommann: 200m Backstroke, 200m Butterfly Collyn Gagne: 400m IM Finlay Knox: 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly, 200m IM Blake Tierney: 100m Backstroke Lorne Wigginton: 400m Freestyle, 200m IM, 400m IM 4x100m Freestyle Relay: 5th qualifying position 4x200m Freestyle Relay: 12th qualifying position 4x100m Medley Relay: T7th qualifying position Women: Sophie Angus: 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke Tessa Cieplucha: 400m IM Ella Cosgrove: 800m Freestyle Sarah Fournier: 100m Freestyle Ella Jansen: 400m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 400m IM Ashley McMillan: 200m IM Sydney Pickrem: 200m Breaststroke, 200m IM Taylor Ruck: 50m Freestyle Katerine Savard: 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly Rebecca Smith: 200m Freestyle Ingrid Wilm: 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke 4x100m Freestyle Relay: 7th qualifying position 4x200m Freestyle Relay: 5th qualifying position 4x100m Medley Relay: Already qualified 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay: 6th qualifying position The main priority here will be qualifying all 7 of the relays. Right now, every relay is currently in a qualifying position with 6 of them seemingly secure. The most vulnerable one would be the 4x200m relay. However, looking at the entry list, it doesn't seem likely that 4 teams will pass Canada in the standings. I don't see Canada moving up in time because unfortunately, Ruslan Gaziev (initially on the roster) won't be here because according to some swimswam commenter, he's facing a WADA infraction. Of course, this is also an olympic qualifying competition for individual events. Athletes already with an OQT are in bold. The most likely new OQT earner would be Wigginton in the 400m IM or Acevedo in the 100m Freestyle but I wouldn't expect more than a couple new OQT's at most. Water Polo: Schedule: 02/04: vs. 02/06: vs. 02/08: vs. Thanks to the US failing to qualify through the 2023 World Championships and taking the Pan American games quota instead, Canada finds itself in a last chance qualification scenario where two quotas are up for grabs. The most likely challengers will be Italy and Hungary. Assuming both Canada and Italy win their first two games, the direct group play matchup will be crucial. Whoever finishes first in the group will very likely go through Greece in the quarterfinals, and then Hungary/Netherlands in the semifinals. Whoever finishes second in the group will likely play New Zealand in the first round but then Spain and the USA after that. So ideally, finishing first in the group is the way to go. It's really unfair that this tournament is the qualifier because other qualified teams are able to influence results.

Official entry list

Yes, it's possible. Anyone with an Olympic qualifying time in the 800m or 1500m pool events can also enter as long as they don't exceed the maximum of two athletes per NOC.

Looking at the entry lists, I see that Australia is the only nation from Oceania entered in the men's 10km event so I believe they've already earned a quota. Same thing is true in the women's event but Australia already qualified through the 2023 edition so that quota will get reallocated.

https://swimswam.com/gregorio-paltrinieri-drops-10k-in-doha-in-huge-olympic-gamble/?utm_source=webpushr&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=807859

I must admit, I stopped caring about the all-star game about 8 years ago . Though the skills competition format seems to be more interesting this year so maybe I'll tune in for a bit to watch that.

24th Luxembourg Euro Meet - Luxembourg (LUX) January 26th - January 28th 2024 Meet Results The following new OQTs were achieved Women's 100m Breaststroke Shona Branton

21st Meeting del Titano - Serravalle (SMR) January 27th - January 28th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

Swimming at the 2024 Reykjavik International Games - Reykjavik (ISL) January 26th - January 28th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved