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He's already the current Youth Olympic champion in the PV. Has been focusing on the combined events recently at higher level though he almost only takes part to PV competitions throughout the year.

With Samba nowhere to be seen this year he's the clear favorite for bronze along with Kyron McMaster. I guess he's still searching for his ideal race scheme, in Walnut where he did 47.68, he had a very conservative start (21.5 at hurdle 5). Then in Doha where he did 47.57, he blasted off from the start (20.8 at H5). I think the best is coming.

Bon finalement, avant la fin de la fenêtre de qualification : 100m : Que penser de Vicaut ? Je pense quand même qu'il sera sélectionné. Fall est qualifiable via le ranking sur 100 et 200, probablement sélectionné sur 200 donc peut-être sur la ligne droite par extension. Zahi et Ombissa (ranking) sont assez loin des standards internationaux du coup ... (2 à 4). 200m : Lemaitre, Michael Zézé, Fall et John qualifiables au ranking, à mon avis seul Fall sera pris. Joseph a fait les minimas même si France moyens, Zahi rentrera peut-être au ranking. (1 à 2 puisque Fall déjà compté). 400m : Jordier est normalement safe au ranking malgré sa DSQ. Brossier in, Guei à la limite mais ça devrait passer au ranking et sélectionnée si tel est le cas à mon avis (2 ou 3). 800m : Robert et Tual ok, Bosse ? Lamote ok. (3 à 4). 1500m : Mischler, Miellet et Habz in. (3). 5000m : Hay et Gressier. (2) 10000m : Amdouni. (1). 100/110m haies : Belocian et Manga ok, PML ? D'après mes calculs Bascou rentrerait tout juste dans les 40 qualifiables, donc alternative éventuelle si forfait de PML. Samba-Mayela + Valette au ranking. (5). 400m haies : Vaillant a les minimas même si petite forme, Happio ranking ça devrait le faire. (2). 3000m steeple : Phelut et Bedrani in, Gilavert ou MMB ? Palou passe tout près des minimas mais son "raté" ce week-end va sans doute lui coûter sa place au ranking. (3). Perche : Les Lavillenie et Cormont. (3). Longueur : Bey via le ranking, David a confirmé une forme correcte et a les minimas. (2). Triple : Pontvianne et Raffin minimas, Compaoré au ranking. Diallo minimas. (4). Disque : Djouhan et MRM minimas. (2). Marteau : Bigot et Tavernier minimas. (2). Décathlon : Mayer. (1). + 3 au marathon (4 moins Amdouni déjà compté), 3 à la marche. Total : Entre 44 et 49 sans compter les relais.

DAS underperforming ? Huh ?

If he doesn't get close to 20.40 (at least), I doubt the French federation or even himself will consider an individual participation.

Golf first, tennis, then all aristic sports.

C'est normal, ces minimas sont quand même hauts et comme j'ai dit la saison n'a même pas vraiment commencé. La plupart des athlètes commencent tout juste à sortir, cette semaine à Ostrava ou Castiglione notamment. Pour ce qui est du ranking difficile à dire, ce système, avec en plus le gel des performances de 2020, est complètement biaisé en défaveur des athlètes qui vont percer cette saison mais un peu courts pour aller chercher les minimas. Ils vont devoir perfer, et le faire dans les bonnes compétitions en plus.

Bon, la saison athlétique commence sérieusement en ce moment pour les français. On devrait avoir la sélection pour les Europe par équipe demain (ça n'engage pas à grand chose mais bon). Déjà quelques performances intéressantes qui font évoluer les pronostics de qualification : sur les haies hautes Laura Valette tout près des minimas (12.87/12.84), c'était prévisible mais ça se confirme, et plus surprenante, la progression de Just Kwaou-Mathey qui redonne confiance sur la possibilité d'aligner de nouveau trois hurdlers français à Tokyo (13.38/13.32). Tout ceci dans des conditions pas franchement favorables à Angers.

For Namibia it will depend on whether the 2 junior 400m runners are cleared to participate. I fear a Semenya issue. If they do, considering Naser's suspension, maybe Miller-Uibo focusing on the 200, they are strong contenders.

Men's : Netherlands lock for Gold, GB lock for Silver, France Australia and NZ for Bronze. Women's : Germany Gold, Russia China and Australia battling for Silver and Bronze

Mmh ... doesn't change anything in my opinion. Pidcock will be selected for the MTB event right away if GB gets the quota, no need for such a trick. If they don't, then he won't be able to replace anyone The text doesn't say you can rob Peter to pay Paul and make your own agenda, UCI be like "ok the field for women's MTB will have 37 athletes and the men's 39 thanks to GB"

Don't think so. As Dcro said I'm pretty sure you need to have a quota in the discipline to do so. If not, what is the purpose of the qualification phase and the limited field ? Concerning the fake start I don't know if the rule has changed. I know we did it in 2012 to register a Keirin specialist (M.Bourgain) not taking part in the team sprint, but the Keirin quota did exist. Hard to make much more than the "bona fide effort"...

I think no one has mentioned it yet but this race within the race could prove to be very important to the Olympic race in itself ... As we speak is 32nd in the rankings and therefore will not earn any spot thanks to it, whatever Tom Pidcock does in NMNM. So Pidcock, a man we can consider as a top notch outsider for the medals, even the title, is currently out of the Games. But, if Dascalu should repeat this top 20 and overtake Slovakia in the process, then Romania would be qualified via the rankings, thus releasing its U23 2019 WC quota (earned by Dascalu), which would transfer to the next athlete in this race from a non already qualified country ... Frazer Clacherty of Great Britain

The question for Ireland and Samoa is : in which order will they qualify ? Mexico is very weak, weaker than Jamaica, Uganda is a bit stronger than Zimbabwe, Chile and Tonga are on the same level but this time it will be an experimental Tongan squad with 15 a-side European based players. All in all pool B is probably more homogeneous. For the 3 favorites the tournament won't be won before the semis.

Hmm, not that much. It means Ireland/Samoa in semis and then in final, whereas having one of them in our pool could mean an easier semi-final.

Speak of the devil ... here are the pools : Women's : Pool A : Pool B : Pool C : 2 spots up for grabs. Russia and France probably n°1 and 2 but having France in pool C is quite strange since the n°3 is usually drawn in this pool. It really was a draw, so full coincidence.The two european teams shouldn't face each other before the final though, being in pool A and C. Had they been drawn in pool B and C, one of them would be eliminated, which is total nonsense. Men's : Pool A : Pool B : It appears China has withdrawn too. Don't know the format, maybe quarter-finals, maybe straight semi-finals. Samoa seeded 1. 5 teams per pool so 2 matchs maximum in the last round.

Sad but their chances were slim. Will they be replaced though ? Good opportunity for Paraguay (who placed 4th at the 2019 SA qualifying tournament) to face stronger teams. I'd like to know how the seeding will be made. WS teams surely first, in which order though ? If we take 2018-2019 then it's Samoa-France-Ireland, if we take 2019-2020 then it's France-Ireland-Samoa. Not much of a difference between n°2 and n°3 but since there is a huge level gap between those three teams and the rest, n°1 is assured to avoid the other two until the final. Same question for the other teams by the way, as there is no such thing as a world ranking in 7s.

I disagree, there's a lot of overtaking in these sports, almost never adjusted in ski/snow cross, more in short-track but it's like 5% of them.

I'd really like it but Tokyo seems too early. M400H is likely but not as much as W400H.

Sananes is not in the team and was pretty out of shape this winter. Put Amaro and Pauline though, everything would be better than Trynkler.

The event is not, our team is Without Jordier we would have finished 20 out of 20 teams Little questions for you : you have a m4x4 already qualified, a mx4x4 not qualified : Rest your 2 best 400m runner for the mixed relay Make your best 400m runner take part in an useless race happening a mere 1h30 before, then add a guy who's not raced since 2019 you have a team of 9 women, your w4x4 is not qualified : Take the 4 fastest for the w4x4, then the 2 next for the mx4x4 Take the 4 fastest for the w4x4, then make your best one run twice and add the worst of the 9 (55.01 this winter, you have a fresh one who ran 53.29) to finish the team If you have a majority of 1., congratulations, you can handle a national relay team. If you have a majority of 2., too bad, you're a French coach.

So Brossier and Jordier will double No Kounta and Trynkler is indeed probably the weakest of them all, at least was this winter, there must be some insight we don't have.

If I'm not mistaken, the w4x100 is now down to 14 teams. So free spots for Eugene up for grabs, take the baton to the line, get yourself a ticket to Oregon in July 2022

Hmm I don't know why a team which can qualify to the Games beating the likes of France, Samoa, Ireland in the process would select a taekwondoist/half-time-cross-country-skier But I guess you're trolling BTW Tonga decided not to send their full-time 7s squad to this tournament, so instead European based Tongan players will make the team ...

Little mix there, Ponzio and Weir are both eligible to represent Italy, both shot putters. There's a trend lately, with also Robert Grant (400m hurdles) now able to wear the Italian jersey, thanks to his great-grandparents, which is something I find a bit much.