Slalom Canoeing Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[MantaRaymarc 132]

12 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

The german spots are decided by 4 races over the course of 9 days (The first 2 races take place in Augsburg and the other 2 races take place in Markkleeberg), the system is pretty complicated. The winner of each race gets 0 points and in the end those athletes with the lowest overall score will qualify. Anton/Benzien start with a score of -2, because they are the current world champions. Pfeifer and Funk start with a score of -1, because they won silver and bronze at the last world championships. 

The first race took place on Saturday, here are the results:

Hannes Aigner won the first race in mens K1 ahead of Böckelmann and Maxeiner, Schubert and Grimm didnt even finish top 3, so for them it will be pretty difficult to still qualify.

Sideris Tasiadis won the first race in mens C1 ahead of Franz Anton and Jan Benzien.

Mens C2 was won by Anton/Benzien ahead of Behling/Becker and Müller/Müller.

Melanie Pfeifer won womens K1 ahead of Fritsche and Funk, Schornberg was only 4th.

Full results of the first race:

http://www.kanu.de/_dbe,news,_auto_4928323.xhtml#.Vwq5zSOLRaU

 

Hannes Aigner also won the second race today, ahead of Grimm and Maxeiner, so he is almost safe for Rio.

Tasiadis also won the second race today, ahead of Anton and Söter, so the battle for the spot should be between Tasiadis and Anton, but Tasiadis is the clear favorite now.

Mens C2 was won by Schröder/Bettge ahead of Anton/Benzien and Behling/Becker. Anton/Benzien are still clearly in the lead and i hope that they will qualify.

Lisa Fritsche won womens K1 ahead of Pfeifer and Funk, so this will be a really interesting battle, but i pray that Pfeifer or Funk will get the spot.

Full results of the second race:

http://www.kanu.de/_dbe,news,_auto_9398637.xhtml#.Vwq9uSOLRaU

When will the Germans select and finalize their Olympic canoeing roster for Rio? 

[GER-PJ 99]

The final German selection in Markkleeberg will take place at the next weekend (15.-17.April). 

[tirtha22 234]

Link for the Asian Qualification Tournament in Toyoma , Japan

 

http://www.canoe.or.jp/tournament/2016/9th_asian_sla_championships.html

[MantaRaymarc 132]

 

• Men's C-1 - Sideris Tasiadis
• Men's K-1 - Hannes Aigner
• Men's C-2 - Franz Anton & Jan Benzien
• Women's K-1 - Melanie Pfeifer

[MantaRaymarc 132]

Kazuki Yazawa,  Takuya Haneda, and Aki Yazawa already selected by JOC for Rio? How did it happen?  

[tirtha22 234]

1 hour ago, MantaRaymarc said:

Kazuki Yazawa,  Takuya Haneda, and Aki Yazawa already selected by JOC for Rio? How did it happen?  

2015 World Championships seems to be the only option.

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

Top 3 eligible nations after heats at Asian Qualification Tournament

 

Men's K1 - Kazakhstan, China, Chinese Taipei

Men's C1 - China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Men's C2 - China, Japan, Chinese Taipei

Women's K1 - Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, Thailand

 

Remember a nation can only qualify a maximum of two athlete quotas at the continental qualifiers. Hopefully Japan wins the C2 to help avoid all this.

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Top 3 eligible nations after heats at Asian Qualification Tournament

 

Men's K1 - Kazakhstan, China, Chinese Taipei

Men's C1 - China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Men's C2 - China, Japan, Chinese Taipei

Women's K1 - Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, Thailand

 

Remember a nation can only qualify a maximum of two athlete quotas at the continental qualifiers. Hopefully Japan wins the C2 to help avoid all this.

 

Or Kazakhstan/Thailand wins K1 simply. China is quite a favourite in C2

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Or Kazakhstan/Thailand wins K1 simply. China is quite a favourite in C2

 

For the most part the top 2 had by far the best times in each event so someone would have to win one of the other three events over Kazakhstan.

[hckošice 14,910]

CHN is the top favorite here for the C1 and C2 spots. the other 2 events are open, probably KAZ will win the both K1.