Another qualifying event in Shooting is up for grabs in all individual events at the European Games. The event takes place at the Sląsk multi-sports club in Wrocław, Poland. All twelve individual events: 10m air rifle, 10m air pistol, 50m rifle 3 positions, Rapid Fire Pistol (M)/25m Pistol (W), Trap, and Skeet. The winner, or …
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Boxing’s European qualifier is set to take place in the Nowy Targ Arena, an ice rink in Poland, as part of the European Games. In boxing there are seven male and six female weight categories, all of which will have qualifying spots available here. The four semifinalists in all events apart from the Women’s 75kg …
The European Artistic Swimming qualifier will take place in Chemików 2 at Oświęcim, Poland, as part of the European Games. For the Team event, the European place is reserved for hosts France, and so GB will have to try at the World Championships 2024 in Doha, Qatar from 2-18 February. All teams will qualify for …
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The European qualifier for Archery will take place in the coming days at Plaszowianka Archery Park in Kraków, Poland. It is part of a multi-sports club. The first event hierarchically is actually the World Championships in July and August. That will qualify three teams. The winner of the European Games, or the best team not …
The World Rugby Sevens Series has taken place but neither British team got an Olympic place. The top four teams would win a spot (bar hosts France who already qualified). On the men’s side, there would be eleven tournaments. The first took place in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, where GB lost 34-0 to France …
Times of more qualification events have now been announced by the IOC and the respective governing bodies. In Canoe Sprint, an update to the Olympic Qualification System has been announced. The European qualifier will take place in Szeged, Hungary, on 8 and 9 May 2024. This is in addition to the main qualifier, the 2023 …
The European qualifier for Surfing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which is the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games has taken place. In Surf City, El Salvador, the top European athlete for each gender would qualify one place. Three Brits entered on the Men’s side: Luke Dillon, Patrick Langdon-Dark, and Stanley Norman. None are considered near …
The first Modern Pentathlon qualifying event took place for both events (Men’s and Women’s), in the form of the 2023 UIPM World Cup Final. Held in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Great Britain had high hopes, but only the champion would get a spot directly. On the Men’s side, three Brits entered. Charles Brown won …
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The action (or at least, the Olympic action) is over from the European Shooting Championship (10m) in Tallinn, Estonia. In all events, the top two qualified for the Olympics, respecting that those two can’t be from the same NOC and mustn’t have already qualified a place. Furthermore, qualifying an athlete in the same event for …
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After a winter with little action, Paris 2024 qualification action resumes as spring arrives. The 10m European Shooting Championship in Tallinn is coming up. The Ring Sport and Spa Centre is one of the Estonian capital’s finest arenas of its kind, and now hosts some of Europe’s best. For Great Britain, we have already qualified …
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