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Good olympic vibes finally ! Main TV channels are broadcasting live since this morning waiting for the arrival in Marseille in front of a huge audience (150,000 people are expected) and under a great weather. Hopefully, this means a new period of excitement and national concord (wich was laking so far tbh)

Why ???  
 
I thought I wrote it here before… I don’t know, maybe not…
 
 
anyway, we are very proud of our 2 daughters. They are both students now and they chose their university studies very wisely , totally their own ideas, not lawyers like us but we are very happy with their choices
 
i hope it will be a good year for them!

My younger daughter will be 20 years old next week, so yes, I’ve been having kids for quite a long time 😎

Not sure if related to injury or not but  Ahmed Hafnaoui (swimming).
 
https://swimswam.com/defending-400-freestyle-olympic-champion-ahmed-hafnaoui-will-miss-paris-olympics/
 
 

Iga beats Sabalenka in the Madrid final. That was a really really good match.

It appears the seedings will be determined upon an aggregate score of both last season and this "regular" season (so until Singapore). Will it be a random draw ? In this scenario I hope the bracket will be determined thanks to the serpentine method. Current SVNS bracket is determined by your pool, with top seeds taking place in the three pools by order, the other teams being drawn randomly then. I guess they'll use the same system here, which is a bit unfair. 
 
At the moment it would mean :
 
1st pot :  
 
 273
 273
 232
 
2nd pot :
 
 225 
 202
 200
 
3rd pot :
 
( 178)
 159
 142
( 137)
( 90)
 
4th pot :
 
 54
( 52)
 40
 18
 
 
Not much to play. The only possible pot change is France overtaking Fiji to claim a top seeding. Should Fiji fail to reach the QF (quite likely at the moment), France would only need to win their QF to overtake them. 
Other possibilities include Canada winning the final OQT, which would upgrade Uruguay to pot 3 (quite paradoxically), or a non-core team winning the OQT, with the same consequence. 

That is awfully a lot. Looks like this whole idea got out of control a bit…

That is awfully a lot. Looks like this whole idea got out of control a bit…

Yes please . More closer than gracenote 😂

Qualified Olympic Games 2024 

That is awfully a lot. Looks like this whole idea got out of control a bit…

Yes, teams have two opportunities to qualify to the Olympics. The results of the final do not matter.

That is awfully a lot. Looks like this whole idea got out of control a bit…

That is awfully a lot. Looks like this whole idea got out of control a bit…

announced their marathon team for Paris earlier today
 
Men
Eluid Kipchoge
Benson Kipruto
Alexander Mutiso
Reserve: Timothy Kiplagat
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6a819UIlA7/?igsh=MXJrM3Q1dHFpN2JyNA==
 
Women
Peres Jepchirchir
Hellen Obiri
Brigid Kosgei
Reserve: Sharon Lokedi
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6a819UIlA7/?igsh=MXJrM3Q1dHFpN2JyNA==
 
Stacked. 

the great put
 
https://x.com/atleticaitalia/status/1785714071746072953

2024 Polish National Championships - Lublin (POL)
April 25th - April 28th 2024
 
Meet Results
 
 
The following new OQTs were achieved
 
Women's 100m Backstroke
 Adela Piskorska
 
 The following 9 swimmers have achieved an OQT in the qualification period so far 
 
 
Men (4):
Krzysztof Chmielewski - 200m Butterfly
Michal Chmielewski - 200m Butterfly
Jakub Majerski - 100m Butterfly
Ksawery Masiuk - 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke
 
Women (5):
Laura Bernat - 200m Backstroke
Kornelia Fiedkiewicz - 50m Freestyle
Adela Piskorska - 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke
Dominika Sztandera - 100m Breaststroke
Kasia Wasick - 50m Freestyle

Yeah, if you look at the number of athletes in the past along with the increased number of events we should be pushing around 12,000 athletes.
 
That's around 1500 missing athletes. Even 1000 extra would fix a lot of things.

Good days for Cyprus. Sailing, gymnastics and now fencing, all with Q for Paris

Jakub Majerski - 51.06 - 100 fly at Polish Championships yesterday 💪

Adela Piskorska - 100 back - 59.92 - OQT at Polish Championships today
 
she already had OQT in 200 back

Adela Piskorska - 100 back - 59.92 - OQT at Polish Championships today
 
she already had OQT in 200 back