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According to German media, Khadijev from France (Freestyle, 74kg) was tested positive at the World Championships.

Somehow I expected it, or maybe it was just the Pessimist in me rising up. Congratulations Sweden and Hungary.

Sweden has nothing to lose but something to win in the final game. Best case, they beat Germany and have the easier qualification tournament. Worst case, they still have a second chance in spring. For us it's all or nothing. This could be bigger Motivation but also more pressure than Sweden has.

Denmark The first two matches today could not have ended worse from Germany's Point of view. Not the Olympic Qualification tournament is in serious danger.

Javelin Throw Arshad Nadeem 86,29 metres https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/72761-flash-news-des-tages

Denmark wins. Good for Germany, now we are going with 4 Points into the main round instead of one.

Yeah, but on the other hand Marathon is the event where it's most likely that several athletes will withdraw. For example Farah is probably already out for the Marathon.

So did Amanal Petros for Germany:

Women, according to the UCI Site: 1. Hannah Roberts 2. Macarena Perez Grasset 3. Charlotte Worthington Quota Places for and . And depending on who will win the ranking quotas ( for sure) next in line are in that order Men's result 1. Brandon Loupus 2. Martin Logan 3. Nick Bruce Quota places right now for and . Next in line after the ranking quotas are distributed (and considering that has the host quota) are

If South Africa withdraws their women's team, there will be another difference.

Well, the newest aersion is on the IAAF site. You can download it there,

As someone found out on a German message board, they changed the relay qualification. For the eight additional Teams the fastet time in the qualification period will count instead of the sum of the two fastet times. Old version: New one:

Olympic Standards for Daniele Meucci Stephanie Twell Katharina Steinruck

Live results for the Frankfurt Marathon: https://live.frankfurt-marathon.com/2019/?pid=leaderboard#

Generelly speaking, I think that's a sensible idea. But it's not like Marathon and Race Walking are the only endurance diciplines at the Olympics. What about Cycling, Triathlon, Eventing or even some Athletics disciplines in the Stadium?

7,30 metres in Long Jump is below level? It's the 12th highest mark ever. 6,90+ for the other two medallists isn't too shabby either. I'd argue that for example the women's shot put had worse results.

How likely is it for Germany to qualify?

Yes, it is possible. Finger's crossed. But I think this was the reason, why he didn't give up this Competition earlier.

Yes, he either needs to get the standard in (probably) either Götzis or Ratingen or complete two (?) Events for World ranking Points. These Events could also be Indoor-Heptathlons.

We could very well not see Mayer in Tokyo, now.

It's not exactly a News, that Germany biggest medal chances here are on the very last day of the World Championships (Long Jump women and Javelin men). A glance on the schedule would tell you. At this stage of the WC I expected one medal, and this is exactly what we got. Though I expected Hussong to be the medalist. Though I still have some hope for a Decathlon medal. Kaul had a pretty good first day, only roughly 30 Points behind his PB. And his second day is the much stronger one, particularly Javelin and 1500m. It will be very difficult, though, since Victor is in excellent shape. If Victor continues like this, I think he will not only win Bronze but also defeat Warner for Silver.

And also, not having to run lane 1 is an advantage. Lane 1 in 200 and 400 metres is really bad because of the radius. Lane 9 is much better.

I'm sure Möller can be one of the big shooting Stars in Europe. In more than one discipline. And I agree about Krause. It's ironic that she is mostly known for her fall in London instead of her European titles or World medals. And the fall wasn't her fault anyway.

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Frankly, I don't think it really changes anything. Only the winner qualifies. If Germany wants to qualify for Tokyo, they have to defeat the teams from Group B as well, sooner or later. It's not a European Championships, where reaching the semis gives you a chance for a medal.