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https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/05/19/lee-evans-dies-track-and-field-400/ Lee Evans, 1968 Olympic 400m champion, dies at 74

https://www.iol.co.za/sport/athletics/wayde-van-niekerk-will-finally-able-to-get-back-on-track-in-america-c6d51284-dd99-4dcd-bb25-e199131db317

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/05/19/david-rudisha-800-meters/ David Rudisha will not race this season, NBC says

Could be Polish as well ;-)

I hope Christian Taylor hasn't got seriously injured today. But it didn't look good.

For me it's very interesting how Patryk Dobek performs in 800m. He won 800m in 2021 indoor Ech, but he has been running 400m hurdles during previous outdoor seasons, not 800m.

@hckošice have you ever been at Zlata Tretra to watch it live on the stadium?

for me it's no. 1 and 2 sports at the olympics, so the choice depends on which event is going on at the time ;-)

@hckošice and at 6 p.m. it is Swimming ECh & Zlata Tretra together. A swimming-athletics combo, like a rehersal of days 7-9 at the olympics ;-)

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/19/ioc-reliant-on-olympic-athletes-to-win-over-japanese-public-amid-crisis-tokyo?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

What do you think - will Kolesnikov break WR in 100 back this week?

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210519_19/ "Japan's prime minister says he believes that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics can be held in a safe manner by implementing thorough anti-virus measures. Suga Yoshihide made the remarks at an Upper House plenary session on Wednesday..."

Antonio Djakovic OQT in 400 free

Provisional entry lists according to May 17th rankings. Obviously some of the players will choose not to participate (maybe Nadal, Federer, S. Williams...), some others may not be eligible due to not being part of nominated teams for two Davis Cup / Billie Jean King Cup events. TENNIS M SINGLES q 1. SRB 1 Novak Djokovic 2. RUS 1 Daniil Medvedev 3. ESP 1 Rafael Nadal 4. AUT 1 Dominic Thiem 5. GRE 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6. GER 1 Alexander Zverev 7. RUS 2 Andrey Rublev 8. SUI 1 Roger Federer 9. ITA 1 Matteo Berrettini 10. ARG 1 Diego Schwartzman 11. ESP 2 Roberto Bautista Agut 12. ESP 3 Pablo Carreno Busta 13. BEL 1 David Goffin 14. FRA 1 Gael Monfils 15. CAN 1 Denis Shapovalov 16. CAN 2 Milos Raonic 17. ITA 2 Jannik Sinner 18. POL 1 Hubert Hurkacz 19. CAN 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime 20. BUL 1 Grigor Dimitrov 21. NOR 1 Casper Ruud 22. AUS 1 Alex de Minaur 23. CHI 1 Cristian Garin 24. SUI 2 Stan Wawrinka 25. RUS 3 Aslan Karatsev 26. RUS 4 Karen Khachanov 27. GBR 1 Daniel Evans 28. ITA 3 Lorenzo Sonego 29. ITA 4 Fabio Fognini 30. CRO 1 Borna Coric 31. GEO 1 Nikoloz Basilashvili 32. USA 1 Taylor Fritz 33. FRA 2 Ugo Humbert 34. USA 2 John Isner 35. USA 3 Reilly Opelka - FRA - DNS Benoit Paire 36. FRA 3 Adrian Mannarino 37. KAZ 1 Alexander Bublik 38. ESP 4 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 39. SRB 2 Dusan Lajovic 40. SRB 3 Filip Krajinovic 41. GER 2 Jan-Lennard Struff 42. AUS 2 John Millman 43. HUN 1 Marton Fucsovics - ESP 5 Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina 44. CRO 2 Marin Cilic 45. SRB 4 Miomir Kecmanovic 46. JPN 1 Kei Nishikori 47. GBR 2 Cameron Norrie 48. ARG 2 Federico Delbonis 49. RSA 1 Lloyd Harris 50. FRA 4 Richard Gasquet 51. USA 4 Tommy Paul - SRB 5 Laslo Djere 52. SLO 1 Aljaz Bedene 53. AUS 3 Nick Kyrgios - FRA 5 Jeremy Chardy 54. ARG 3 Guido Pella 55. GER 3 Dominik Koepfer 56. JPN 2 Yoshihito Nishioka Q 57. BRA Joao Menezes (Am1) 58. CHI Tomas Barrios (Am2) 59. UZB Denis Istomin (As1) 60. EGY Mohamed Safwat (Af1) 61. ??? Eu1 62. ??? Oc1 63. ??? L1 64. ??? H1 21.05.17 https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification#Men's_singles TENNIS W SINGLES q 1. AUS 1 Ashleigh Barty 2. JPN 1 Naomi Osaka 3. ROU 1 Simona Halep 4. BLR 1 Alyna Sabalenka 5. USA 1 Sofia Kenin 6. UKR 1 Elina Svitolina 7. CAN 1 Bianca Andreescu 8. USA 1 Serena Williams 9. POL 1 Iga Świątek 10. CZE 1 Karolina Pliskova 11. SUI 1 Belinda Bencic 12. CZE 2 Petra Kvitova 13. ESP 1 Garbine Muguruza 14. USA 2 Jennifer Brady 15. BEL 1 Elise Mertens 16. BLR 2 Viktoria Azarenka 17. NED 1 Kiki Bertens 18. GRE 1 Maria Sakkari 19. CZE 3 Karolina Muchova 20. GBR 1 Johanna Konta 21. CZE 4 Marketa Vondrousova 22. KAZ 1 Elena Rybakina 23. CRO 1 Petra Martic 24. USA 3 Madison Keys 25. TUN 1 Ons Jabeur 26. GER 1 Angelique Kerber 27. USA 4 Alison Riske - USA 5 Jessica Pegula 28. RUS 1 Veronika Kudermetova - USA 6 Cori Gauff 29. EST 1 Anett Kontaveit 30. RUS 2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova - UKR DNS? Dayana Yastremska 31. RUS 3 Ekaterina Alexandrova 32. KAZ 2 Yulia Putintseva 33. CRO 2 Donna Vekic 34. RUS 4 Daria Kasatkina - CZE 5 Barbora Krejcikova - RUS 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova - USA 7 Amanda Anisimova 35. LAT 1 Jelena Ostapenko 36. ARG 1 Nadia Podoroska - Q Am2 37. CHN 1 Shuai Zhang 38. ESP 2 Paula Badosa - USA 8 Shelby Rogers 39. LAT 2 Anastasija Sevastova 40. POL 2 Magda Linette 41. CHN 2 Qiang Wang - Q As1 42. FRA 1 Fiona Ferro 43. ESP 3 Sara Sorribes Tormo - USA 9 Danielle Collins - CZE 6 Marie Bouzkova 44. FRA 2 Caroline Garcia 45. SUI 2 Jil Teichmann 46. GER 2 Laura Siegemund - CZE 7 Barbora Strycova 47. CHN 3 Saisai Zheng 48. ROU 2 Sorana Cirstea 49. FRA 3 Kristina Mladenovic 50. SWE 1 Rebecca Peterson 51. MNE 1 Danka Kovinic 52. ROU 3 Patricia Maria Tig 53. TPE 1 Su-Wei Hsieh 54. FRA 4 Alize Cornet - USA 10 Sloane Stephens 55. EST 2 Kaia Kanepi 56. BEL 2 Alison van Uytvanck Q 57. EGY Mayar Sharif (Af1) 58. ??? Am1 59. ??? Am2 60. ??? As1 61. ??? Eu1 62. ??? Oc1 63. ??? L1 64. ??? H1 21.05.17 https://www.wtatennis.com/rankings/singles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification#Women's_singles

@intoronto Jakub Buczek, who was a member of Canadian four which qualified today, is a grandson of Antoni Piechniczek - a head coach of Polish National Football Team who finished 3rd in FIFA World Cup in Spain 1982. https://sport.tvp.pl/53835793/tokio-2020-wnuk-antoniego-piechniczka-wywalczyl-kwalifikacje-olimpijska

@MHSN Thanks for all this detailed info and all the effort. I hope your health is better now, after this car hit some time ago. Regards.

Yes, you can never underestimate the heart of a champion... We will see. It's a pity swimming finals won't be later on, 8 p.m. or sth. 6 p.m. on weekdays is too early for me, may not be able to watch it live...

@Vektorwho do you think will win W 400IM? I guess Detti will win 400free but I hope Rapsys will be close.

Oh yes. That is why during the olympics I rather focus on watching my favourite events than following closely all the Polish Team performance. It's much more entertaining this way and the mood is better. But I must say Natan failing to qualify is my first serious disappointment. I haven't counted much on women's volleyball actually, so it wasn't such a surprise for me like today.

The most interesting thing for me tomorrow is how Danas Rapsys will perform in 400m free. And I hope Katarzyna Wasick will make it to the final in 50m free.

Are the start lists for swimming events at ECH available now?

How does this tripartite system work exactly? I understand these places will be for NOCs who haven't qualified yet, so no chance for Natan to get his spot this way.

Congrats !!! We have 6 crews as well but I'm gonna really miss Natan in M 1X there...

Not a good day at the office...

:-( But congrats to Canada and Russia. Now LW 2x