Injured athletes who will miss Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

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24 minutes ago, Faramir said:

There would never be any progress if people refused to change the old way unless the new way is perfect and without flaws. Now there's even world rankings that can be used, they could use the 2+1 system only for athletes who are in top 10 or only if the best American in the World Ranking misses out or create their own ranking with the average of the best 5 results or have a series of 3 selected events acting as trials. 

USATF is imo well aware that with these trials they are bound to not bring the best team to the Games (some top athletes will always have a bad day), but since they win enough medals anyway, they value the drama and the consequent big exposure to the public more than the lost medals.

I think that's nearest the truth - the USA is deep enough in talent that it can take quite a few hits - though Mu is generational, so it stings. But - and this is the kicker - the news on Mu arguably is the biggest mainstream story athletics could hope for in the US. And that publicity is probably worth a lot more than one medal.

 

It also creates a ready made narrative for LA28 to die for.

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 Vanessa Ferrari, artistic gymnastics, injured in training.

[copravolley 498]

26 minutes ago, Faramir said:

 Vanessa Ferrari, artistic gymnastics, injured in training.

Did you believe in her return? She hasn't competed anywhere since 2021. I hope that our team will not suffer any more injuries. I don't understand what the purpose is to take part in the Italian Championships? Now should be the time to save and avoid injuries.

Edited June 27, 2024 by copravolley

[Olympian1010 8,228]

11 hours ago, heywoodu said:

One can't accuse anyone of bias if the third quota is filled in by, say, the non-qualified athlete with the best time/result in period X. That should be very straightforward.

 

Of course, you'd likely have debates about wind, altitiude, how marks were measured, were there pacemakers, etc. 

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   Skye Blakely, artistic gymnastics, has withdrawn from the US Olympic Trials.  She was second to Simone Biles at the US championships at the beginning of June.

 

(8) USA Gymnastics on X: "During Podium Training on Wednesday, Skye Blakely sustained a right Achilles injury and will be unable to compete in Olympic Trials. We are cheering for Skye in her recovery!" / X

 

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17 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Of course, you'd likely have debates about wind, altitiude, how marks were measured, were there pacemakers, etc. 

Eliminate that in the rules. Every officially valid race (for World Athletics) counts.

 

We had that nonsense in the Netherlands in the run-up to Sochi 2014. Alpine skiers needed a top-8 finish in a World Cup competition (totally crazy requirement, but ok), Marvin van Heek by some miracle managed to do so in a downhill in Gröden I believe......only to then be told by the Dutch NOC that it wouldn't count, because he was lucky with his late start and therefore good wind conditions. No Olympics for him, despite clearly having earned it.

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She was injured for the last year or so and came back to try and qualify

 

 

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[Braulio 139]

and another blow for the USA Women's gymnastics team Shilese Jones injured her already injured knee and only performed Uneven Bars

 

Though not out of the Games yet but her chances of making the Olympic Team are now in big danger unless USA gymnastics grants her a specialist spot or if the injury is not that serious and gets a spot on the team proven her results all these previous years.

 

Chances for her are 50/50 

 

 

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 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (athletics)