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VIRGEN/ONTIVEROS  ARE IN RIO!! 
 
Last time they we're so close, and now they achieve the result that sends them to the Olympic Games!!
 
Following today's results in Hamburg, the list of qualifiers by Olympic Ranking is like this (including reallocation of host quota):
 
Women
                               
 
 
Men
                               

Just before the main round of the last tournament that gives points I have come to the following scenario on qualification via ranking:
 
Women
World Ranking (finish in top 15 secured):                      
 
Still to define 2 direct places plus the reallocated host quota due to Brazil already qualifying 2 pairs (the other one from 2015 World Championships). NOC's currently holding those places are (in order):      There are 3 pairs from that can overtake them. Here's what the minimum they need to do in the last tournament in order to grab the last spot
 
  UKOLOVA/BIRLOVA: advance  to quarterfinals and that Chinese or Argentinian pairs don't advance to the 2nd round of direct elimination.
  MATAUATU/PATA: finish in 4th place; Chinese or Argentinian pairs don't advance to the 2nd round of direct elimination; Russian pair doesn't advance to quarterfinals,
  LEHTONEN/LAHTI: finish in 3rd place; Chinese or Argentinian pairs don't advance to the 2nd round of direct elimination; Russian pair doesn't advance to quarterfinals; Vanuatu doesn't advance to semifinals.
 
Men
World Ranking (finish in top 15 secured):                      
 
There remain (mathematically) 4 places plus the reallocated host quota due to Brazil already qualifying 2 pairs (the other one from 2015 World Championships). NOC's currently holding those places are (in order):            There are 2 pairs from that can overtake them. Here's what the minimum they need to do in the last tournament in order to grab the last spot
 
  VIRGEN/ONTIVEROS: advance to quarterfinals and that either BOCKERMANN/FLUGGEN or ERDMANN/MATYSIK (the German pairs) don't advance to the 2nd round of direct elimination.
  BINSTOCK/SCHACHTER: finish in 3rd place; both German pairs don't advance to the 2nd round of direct elimination; Mexican pair doesn't advance to quarterfinals,
 

Do someone know the "Torneo dell'Avvenire", an Under 16 important tournament played in Milan ?
 
I am doing the assistant referee in this tournament and I am liking this experience a lot, if someone wants to ask a question or an information to some players let me know
 
Here are the draws
 
I have watched at least some minutes of every of these matches (including qualification rounds) and had to take some decisions when players did not agree to some calls (women's matches are much more controversial than men's matches  ) and I have got to know many players and their parents/coaches. Also I bring the balls, I officially homologate results to the tournament's referee and I make the drawing lots before the matches.
 
 
I have been impressed in particular by the Argentinian boy Tomas Descarrega, he seems a beast, let's write this name somewhere

BREAKING NEWS: Slovakia gives 12 points to Slovenia to show that they are not actually the same country!!

Brazil gave points to seven non-European nations 

Some thoughts:
 
* Most venues are ready and now we have the temporary structures being installed. The exception, of course, is the Velodrome in Olympic Park, which has the track and most of its interior ready, but needs some fast work on the facade.
* Nice to see the temporary seats being installed, giving "shape" to the temporary arenas, like the secondary tennis courts in Olympic Park and the Rugby Arena and Equestrian Stadium in Deodoro.
* Possible to see other temporary structures being installed in the Olympic Park, like the Rio mega store and the Globo studio, which are covering the blank spaces.
* Similarly, the warm up pool from Swimming was covered with a temporary roof.
* In the Olympic Village, is possible to see a huge temporary strutucture that probably will host most of the services for the athletes. I was also told that more than 70% of the apartments are already furnished.
* In Deodoro, seems like they will keep the little fake slum alongside some part of the Mountain Bike course. I have no objections, but some people hate it.
* I have tickets for one Golf session. Will I have to be in those stands for the entirety of the session (which will take hours)?

There will be 350.000 male condoms and 100.000 female condoms available in the Olympic village, a new record 
 
And people think athletes rest after their competitions.... 

Say that doping should be liberated is the most ignorant statement I have ever seen in sports 
 
Dragon well summarized the answer 

I give an example. There is a drug called GW 501516. It works well at helping with endurance so some cyclists and athletes take it.
One Olympic champion has been banned for taking it.
Trouble is that research on the drug for medical use was stopped when it is was found to cause cancer in rats.
Basically if you legalize doping you have to accept that sportspeople will take anything that helps them to win.
If you have children then a parent must accept that the only way your child will become successful is to feed him or her massive doses of steroids or EPO or whatever drug which may effect their health or even kill them,
If a person is happy to do that then they really should not be allowed to have children,
Anti-doping today is bad but the thought of people taking anything they want to take scares me. If that ever happened I hope all sports would be banned forever.

Just fantastic:
 
http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1037750/russia-reportedly-poised-to-lose-eight-beijing-2008-olympic-medals-after-retests-of-beijing-doping-samples
 
I hope they are banned from from Rio

This proves that was the worst idea in history make the Intercontinental Qualifying Tournament separate of World Qualifying Tournament.

Rio 2016 reveals 'look' of tickets for Olympic and Paralympic Games
 

 
Rio 2016 unveiled the 'look' of the tickets for the Olympic and Paralympic Games on Friday (20 May) morning at the organising committee's headquarters. And the colourful yet practical designs will soon be winging their way out to sports fans around the world who have bought tickets to the Games.
 
"From 1pm (Brasília time) today, the tickets will begin to be sent out from the graphic design company and somewhere in the world someone will receive the first ticket," said Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman. Find out how to buy tickets to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The tickets feature the Rio 2016 sport pictograms, which for the first time in Games history, have one for each Olympic and Paralympic sport.
 

 
The tickets are being produced by the same graphic design company in the USA that produced the tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Staff at the company, which has 30 years of experience in ticket production, "live to produce tickets" said Donovan Ferreti, the Rio 2016 ticketing director.
 
More than four million tickets for the Olympic Games – 67% of the total available – have already been sold. Two million tickets remain on sale and every Thursday a new batchs of tickets, including for some of the most sought-after events, are going on sale to Brazilian residents. "We will want to tell our grandchildren about the Rio 2016 Game and these are also our tickets to history," said Mário Andrada, executive director of communications at Rio 2016.
 

 

This was a robbery.
 

So here's provisional quota, prior to confirmation by NOC's
 
Men's Individual
Continental Qualification Events:      
World Qualification Event:    
Olympic Qualification List:                                                                                      
Points List:   
Reallocations:  - this place will be awarded only if one of the tripartite places is not allocated. First reserve is but there are already 8 NOC's with three qualified athletes, so Canada will only get it if one of those committees does not confirm their 3rd place.
NOC's eligible for tripartite: 
NOC's already securing 3 places (maximum 8 NOC's):              
 
Women's Individual
Continental Qualification Events:       
World Qualification Event:          
Olympic Qualification List:                                                                                  
Points List:        - If Sweden gets one of the reallocations, takes its place.
Reallocations:   
 
NOC's eligible for tripartite: None, they'll be likely reallocated.
NOC's already securing 3 places (maximum 8 NOC's):             and if ITU confirms the reallocated place.

One of the first Olympic "soap operas" that will reveal how is not always simple about being fair regarding National selections.

Apparently this will be the OBS intro for Rio Olympics:
 

I'm so envious of all this, outfit for opening ceremony, outfit for daily life, outfit for going to the bathroom, etc
 
Our athletes only wear the one jacket they're given for all ceremonies and that's it  obviously cuz our NOC directives still live in the cave ages and don't have a clue about PR/image stuff.

Here's a provisional list of the qualification places
 
Men's Singles
World Ranking list:                                                              
Africa Continental quota:   According to its qualification rules, South Africa will reject the continental quota; gets this place if no triparte place is given to a NOC from Africa,       are the countries that satisfy the IF requirements to be awarded that place.
Oceania Continental quota:   Australia can only select two of its continental quotas; if this event is not selected, quota goes to , which does not accept reallocated places. As no other NOC from Oceania fulfills the requirements for participation, this place will be reallocated to World Ranking list.
Host country quota (reallocation):
World Ranking (reallocation):          ; currently there are up to three spots up to be awarded to singles competition, given that each NOC chooses their first and/or second ranked athletes in the other events of the same gender.
NOC's fulfilling conditions for tripartite Invitation (up to 3 places):                  (plus the African countries mentioned above)
 
 
Women's Singles
World Ranking list:                                                              
Africa Continental quota:   ; gets this place if no triparte place is given to a NOC from Africa,        are the countries that satisfy the IF requirements to be awarded that place.
Oceania Continental quota:   Australia can only select two of its continental quotas; if this event is not selected, quota goes to , which does not accept reallocated places. As no other NOC from Oceania fulfills the requirements for participation, this place will be reallocated to World Ranking list.
Host country quota:  
World Ranking (reallocation):         ; as with men there are three spots up to be awarded. 
NOC's fulfilling conditions for tripartite Invitation (up to 3 places):        (plus the African countries mentioned above)
 
Men's Pairs
World Ranking list:                            
Africa Continental quota: There isn't a pair inside top 50 in qualification ranking.
America Continental quota: (35 in ranking); if the spot is rejected, gets the place.
Oceania Continental quota: (46 in ranking); Australia can only select two of its continental quotas; if this event is not selected, there's no other pair that fulfills the requirements.
World Ranking (reallocation): gets the spot if Australia doesn't take the spot in this event.
 
Women's Pairs
World Ranking list:                              
Africa Continental quota: There isn't a pair inside top 50 in qualification ranking.
America Continental quota: No continental place, as the top NOC from this continent already qualified by ranking.
Oceania Continental quota: No pair from this continent in the top 50 of qualification ranking.
 
Mixed Pairs
World Ranking list:                          
Africa Continental quota: There isn't a pair inside top 50 in qualification ranking.
America Continental quota: (25 in ranking); if the spot is rejected, gets the place.
Oceania Continental quota: (33 in ranking); Australia can only select two of its continental quotas; if this event is not selected, there's no other pair that fulfills the requirements.
World Ranking (reallocation): gets the spot if Australia doesn't take the spot in this event.

Yeah, their formula is sometimes weird and they completely ignore non-result things that could be important such as retirements or in some cases whether or not the athlete actually qualifies. I don't blame them too much, it's hard keeping track of over 1000 athletes.

Nice Arena 

AUSTRALIA
 

 

 

 

 

RIP Prince 
 
 

Maria Lenk Trophy (Brazilian trials) - Day 4
 
Men's 100m Freestyle - Marcelo Chierighini (48.20) and Nicolas Oliveira (48.30)
Men's 200m Breaststroke - Tales Cerdeira (2:10.99) and Thiago Simon (2:11.29)
 
No athletes achieved the standard in Women's 200m Butterfly. Our Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay will be completed by João de Lucca and Matheus Santana.