Olympian1010 7,657 Posted April 19, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 19, 2023 (edited) A place to discuss the U.S. Virgin Island’s efforts to qualify athletes for Paris 2024. Edited April 19, 2023 by Olympian1010 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenp_23 559 Posted May 1, 2023 #2 Share Posted May 1, 2023 grouped with for FOPQT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,657 Posted May 1, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted May 1, 2023 47 minutes ago, owenp_23 said: grouped with for FOPQT. I’d like to see them advance, but I think Uruguay and Colombia will beat them “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,657 Posted April 28 Author #4 Share Posted April 28 I'm going to cross-post this to breathe a little life back into the club threads. Team Update and Thoughts (April 2024) Current Quotas: 2 Archery - 1 (men's individual recurve) Fencing - 1 (men's foil) Schembri and D'Amour qualifiying has provided some nice relief after a rather quiet qualification season. Both are certainly some of the islands' best athletic prospects. If they stay healthly and avoid any miscellaneous issues, I look forward to seeing what results they can achieve in Paris. Ideal Quota Allocation: 6-8 Other users simulated 8 quotas for Team ISV, which feels a bit generous at this moment (not that it wasn't appreicated ). I'm definitely keeping my eye on Michelle Smith (athletics). If she can get a quota in the women's 400m hurdles, I believe that will garantee an additional male quota in athletics as well. Other than Smith, I can't envision any other quotas outside universality allocations. I have no idea which sports/athletes the NOC targeted, but the following allocation would leave me very pleased: Archery - 1 (women's individual recurve) Golf - 1 (women's individual) [Swayne had that nice 6th place result at Santiago 2023. It would be cool to see her compete in Paris.] Swimming - 2 Sailing - ? [I don't feel like it was a particularly great cycle for the sailing team. Dale might be a candidate for a universality quota in ILCA7 though.] “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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