Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019

[dcro 10,210]

12 minutes ago, penthatlonfan said:

 

 doea new zealand have more female modern penthatletes ?   

 

I don't know, however NZ sometimes declines continental places, so probably that is her main concern.

[Biathlonfan 625]

well that woluld suck for her.

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

I don't know, however NZ sometimes declines continental places, so probably that is her main concern.

 

Looking over their selection policies, there isn't one for modern pentathlon, one of the few sports without one. I guess the Olympic committee thought they had no chance at qualifying

[Vojthas 949]

28 minutes ago, dcro said:

That is, if NZOC selects her.

Qualifications in modern pentathlon are for athletes, not for NOC. The "choosing" is only in the case when there is more than two from the same NOC qualified, which surely won't be the case for New Zealand.

[Vojthas 949]

And one more thing - before Fakhrutdinova and Savkin changed from to , some people here were sure of "free" quota for . Well, the first non-qualified NOC is... .

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, Vojthas said:

And one more thing - before Fakhrutdinova and Savkin changed from to , some people here were sure of "free" quota for . Well, the first non-qualified NOC is... .

 

That's probably because the Thai team got over their fear of horses.

 

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

1 hour ago, Vojthas said:

Qualifications in modern pentathlon are for athletes, not for NOC. The "choosing" is only in the case when there is more than two from the same NOC qualified, which surely won't be the case for New Zealand.

 

The NOC can still decline the quota. Their lack of selection policy gives me hope. At the very least the athlete can argue it.

[Vojthas 949]

50 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

The NOC can still decline the quota. Their lack of selection policy gives me hope. At the very least the athlete can argue it.

I doubt they would. It's the only way to promote this sport in NZL, breaking the monopole of Australia on the continent for more than just this time.

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, Vojthas said:

I doubt they would. It's the only way to promote this sport in NZL, breaking the monopole of Australia on the continent for more than just this time.

 

To be fair, they have declined continental spots in fencing, archery, table tennis before. For fencing it was not even an Oceanian spot, but rather Asian/Oceanian!

[Dunadan 1,103]

New Zealand is named after a Dutch province after all. They don't care about promoting the sport, if the athlete can't reasonably guarantee to get a top 16 result the quota will be refused.