Sport Climbing Speed had its first qualification event of 2023, which was the IFSC Climbing World Championships (Speed) in Bern (Switzerland) from 1-12 August 2023. The event took place at the PostFinance Arena, home since 1967 of sixteen-time Swiss ice hockey champions SC Bern. The sport has a men’s and women’s event, with the top …
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The first qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics took place in the sport of Sport Climbing Boulder and Lead, which has one event each for men and women. The first three places for both events was decided at the IFSC World Climbing Championships (Boulder & Lead) in Bern, Switzerland (1-12 August 2023). The event was …
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The next Archery qualifier to the Paris Olympics took place in Berlin, Germany, with the 2023 World Archery Championships (28 July-6 August 2023). Five events take place in Archery: a Men’s and Women’s individual and team event, and a mixed team event. Qualifying a team allows all three in the team to enter in the …
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Swimming had its first direct qualification event in the form of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan (14-30 July 2023). Great Britain’s first relay team qualified with gold in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay. The individual swimming events, which is to say the majority (28 of 35) only have indirect qualification: for a …
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In Water Polo both Men’s and Women’s qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics formally got underway with the 2023 World Aquatics Championships (Fukuoka, Japan, 14-30 July 2023). The event was held in the Marine Messe Fukuoka, opened for the 1995 Summer Universiade, where it was used for gymnastics, as well as the volleyball finals. It …
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The 2023 World Aquatics Championships (Fukuoka, Japan, 14-30 July) continued with the Marathon Swimming events. The top three men and women in both genders at the Seaside Momochi Beach Park would earn their ticket to Paris. On the men’s side, the sole Brit was Hector Pardoe, who became the first Brit to win a junior …
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The 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, held at the Fukuoka Prefectural Pool, were a qualifying event for Paris 2024 in Diving. In the four individual events (3m Springboard and 10m Platform for both genders), the top twelve would qualify, while in their four synchronised equivalents, the top three duos would: respecting the maximum …
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The first Canoe Slalom qualifying event was the 2023 European Games (Kraków, Poland) from 29 June to 2 July 2023. One place each would be available in four of the six events: the men’s and women’s Kayak and Canoe Single (K1 and C1). However, it would not be the top event in the hierarchy, with …
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As this blog returns on the eve of the New Year, a chance to look back at some of the qualifier events, beginning with the Breaking compeition in the 2023 European Games, where no Brits qualified. The Games took place from 21 June to 2 July in Kraków (Poland), with the Breaking event an Olympic …
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Great Britain’s qualifying in Poland kept coming with medals in both events in Modern Pentathlon. The top eight athletes (one per country) in both men’s and women’s events would qualify for the Olympics. The 2023 European Games (Kraków, POL, 25 Jun-1 Jul 2023) at the AWF (Academy of Physical Education) Stadium. Four Brits entered in …
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