Josh 6,176 Posted March 21 #521 Share Posted March 21 (edited) 6 hours ago, rajiv said: People here a bit tough on Australia(again!) Looking at their team I'd say that the only soft qualifications they have are in boxing -Australia has remarkably little interest in all the combative sports -and they give out a huge number of medals especially to Japan in judo .Sth Korea in twaekwondo ,Italy in fencing etc etc - and synchronised swimming - the one aquatic discipline which is considered a joke by most (sorry ladies ) New Zealand is the country with the soft entry in association football.They would be favourites to come last (again) in both tournaments Off the top of my head Australia wouldn’t qualify in Archery, Breaking, Badminton, Modern Pentathlon, Artistic Swimming, Weightlifting. Boxing they would probably qualify, Parker and Garside are good boxers. Edited March 21 by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,990 Posted March 21 #522 Share Posted March 21 6 hours ago, rajiv said: People here a bit tough on Australia(again!) Looking at their team I'd say that the only soft qualifications they have are in boxing -Australia has remarkably little interest in all the combative sports -and they give out a huge number of medals especially to Japan in judo .Sth Korea in twaekwondo ,Italy in fencing etc etc - and synchronised swimming - the one aquatic discipline which is considered a joke by most (sorry ladies ) New Zealand is the country with the soft entry in association football.They would be favourites to come last (again) in both tournaments Judo, number of JPN gold medals in London 2012: 1, in Rio 2016: 3 (only exception, Tokyo 2020 as they hosted the Games and you know...Home Soil is always Home Soil) Fencing, number of ITA gold medals in Rio 2016: 1, in Tokyo 2020: 0 Taekwondo, number of KOR gold medals in Rio 2016: 2, in Tokyo 2020: 0 once again, you're wrong and heavily biased...and a lot more than those people you think are biased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,990 Posted March 21 #523 Share Posted March 21 (edited) On 3/21/2024 at 10:45 AM, Josh said: Off the top of my head Australia wouldn’t qualify in Archery, Breaking, Badminton, Modern Pentathlon, Artistic Swimming, Weightlifting. Boxing they would probably qualify, Parker and Garside are good boxers. weightlifting, actually they have a woman who's a medal contender (Chikamatana) modern pentathlon, right now they're a bit off, but they still have some tradition (Esposito taking women's gold in London Rio) Archery, they also have some tradition...better not underestimate them...but yeah, this time I don't think they're good enough to qualify without the help of the Continental qualifiers Edited March 22 by phelps Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonfan 413 Posted March 21 #524 Share Posted March 21 6 minutes ago, phelps said: weightlifting, actually they have a woman who's a medal contender (Chikamatana) modern pentathlon, right now they're a bit off, but they still have some tradition (Esposito taking women's gold in London) Archery, they also have some tradition...better not underestimate them...but yeah, this time I don't think they're good enough to qualify without the help of the Continental qualifiers Esposito took the gold in Rio,and i'm confused as to why she's not back at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,990 Posted March 21 #525 Share Posted March 21 3 minutes ago, Biathlonfan said: Esposito took the gold in Rio,and i'm confused as to why she's not back at this point oh, yes...you're right! she became mother and decided to leave the competitive sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonfan 413 Posted March 21 #526 Share Posted March 21 Just now, phelps said: oh, yes...you're right! she became mother and decided to leave the competitive sport hm,pretty sure that wasn't the plan originally,and uipm said nothing about her retiring that i can see,but alright then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano 464 Posted March 21 #527 Share Posted March 21 This is still about swimming? Pasolini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonfan 413 Posted March 21 #528 Share Posted March 21 1 minute ago, Adriano said: This is still about swimming? No it's about arguing,whether Canada and Australia are horrible at sports or not,lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topicmaster1010 2,482 Posted March 21 #529 Share Posted March 21 (edited) Just going to go off topic for a second. Japan is going to reject their women's 4x100m freestyle relay quota. Ireland will get the quota. Edited March 21 by Topicmaster1010 Benolympique, maestro, Adriano and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benolympique 1,804 Posted March 21 #530 Share Posted March 21 18 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said: Just going to go off topic for a second. Japan is going to reject their women's 4x100m freestyle relay quota. Ireland will get the quota. We know approximately how many Japanese swimmers will qualify for Paris? with these restrictions so severe the figure will not be high dullard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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