Taekwondo ETU European Olympic Qualifier 2024

[Fly_like_a_don 1,112]

What a poor match to end the day felt both players should have been disqualified. 

 

Patrick Divkovic came from a round down to win next 2 by 0-0 margin on superiority

[Fly_like_a_don 1,112]

2 rounds with 0-0 score is awful

[Pasolini 263]

  On 3/9/2024 at 4:14 PM, avlar said:

Thomas Bach visited personally ITF meeting where they decided to allow russian and belorussian tennis players to take part in doubles and mixed.

 

The reason - they quallify not as a team but according to their persoanal rankings. That is the difference with other cases. Very controversial decision.

 

So right now it is up to russian government whether to send athletes ot not. 

 

2 most possible outcomes:

 

1. They send athletes only in a small number of events (wrestling, taekwondo, judo, tennis) where they have real chances to get medals.

2. Athletes "themselves" refuse to take part in the games under the proposed conditions (of course they will be just instructed what to say, like before 1984 Olympics).

 

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Where you saw this decision regarding doubles and mixed? I could only find this note which basically says the same thing we all know.

 

[avlar 372]

  On 3/9/2024 at 5:13 PM, Pasolini said:

Where you saw this decision regarding doubles and mixed? I could only find this note which basically says the same thing we all know.

 

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russian media (inckuding RIA) posted this inside 2 days ago with the reference to ITF press-officers.

[Pasolini 263]

thanks!! Saw it on reuters as well. It makes sense considering tennis. 

[Jan Linha 590]

  On 3/9/2024 at 4:14 PM, avlar said:

Thomas Bach visited personally ITF meeting where they decided to allow russian and belorussian tennis players to take part in doubles and mixed.

 

The reason - they quallify not as a team but according to their persoanal rankings. That is the difference with other cases. Very controversial decision.

 

So right now it is up to russian government whether to send athletes ot not. 

 

2 most possible outcomes:

 

1. They send athletes only in a small number of events (wrestling, taekwondo, judo, tennis) where they have real chances to get medals.

2. Athletes "themselves" refuse to take part in the games under the proposed conditions (of course they will be just instructed what to say, like before 1984 Olympics).

 

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Wait, so you wanna that they can participate doubles as Neutral athletes? So lets say, that mixed doubles pair could easily be for example Aryna Sabalenla and Andrey Rublev ?? 😳😳

[stepansevs 133]

  On 3/9/2024 at 3:46 PM, Fly_like_a_don said:

W 57kg   

 

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I wonder how Minina can qualify to Olympics when she sure support Russian war agresor:

"After the championships, World Taekwondo was to investigate the claim that competing Russian athletes, including Minina, violated the principles of neutrality because they had liked multiple pro-war posts on socia media.^[8] In August 2023, Minina also readily accepted awards from the Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast Aleksey Teksler who is sanctioned by the US and UK for backing Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9] In 2021, Minina had thanked Sergei Shoigu for a medal of Ministry of Defence and posted pictures with him in her social media.^[10]

[Faramir 372]

  On 3/10/2024 at 8:37 AM, stepansevs said:

I wonder how Minina can qualify to Olympics when she sure support Russian war agresor:

"After the championships, World Taekwondo was to investigate the claim that competing Russian athletes, including Minina, violated the principles of neutrality because they had liked multiple pro-war posts on socia media.^[8] In August 2023, Minina also readily accepted awards from the Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast Aleksey Teksler who is sanctioned by the US and UK for backing Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9] In 2021, Minina had thanked Sergei Shoigu for a medal of Ministry of Defence and posted pictures with him in her social media.^[10]

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In men's -80kg the quota went to Khramtsov who was much more clear in his support for the war. So I guess European Taekwondo is effectively allowing all Russians now.  

[Jan Linha 590]

  On 3/10/2024 at 8:37 AM, stepansevs said:

I wonder how Minina can qualify to Olympics when she sure support Russian war agresor:

"After the championships, World Taekwondo was to investigate the claim that competing Russian athletes, including Minina, violated the principles of neutrality because they had liked multiple pro-war posts on socia media.^[8] In August 2023, Minina also readily accepted awards from the Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast Aleksey Teksler who is sanctioned by the US and UK for backing Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9] In 2021, Minina had thanked Sergei Shoigu for a medal of Ministry of Defence and posted pictures with him in her social media.^[10]

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Where did you read about that? 

[Illya 518]

  On 3/10/2024 at 9:27 AM, Jan Linha said:

Where did you read about that? 

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It's information from media resource, the owner of whom is I