dodge 909 Posted May 20 #91 Share Posted May 20 3 hours ago, Nickyc707 said: Stronger nations running down their lightweight programmes as this is their final Olympic appearance, perhaps? They didn’t really have them to be fair. Different for women where the difference isn’t so pronounced but lightweight men has never been a focus for the big nations (with respect to Italy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Maciel 1,512 Posted May 20 #92 Share Posted May 20 3 minutes ago, dodge said: They didn’t really have them to be fair. Different for women where the difference isn’t so pronounced but lightweight men has never been a focus for the big nations (with respect to Italy) had a decent lightweight program through the Rio cycle having taken silver in London with Purchase/Hunter. They were still fielding an entry in the event at world championship level through to 2019 but post covid the program never really recovered and there are now no lightweight men on the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 328 Posted May 20 #93 Share Posted May 20 45 minutes ago, dodge said: They didn’t really have them to be fair. Different for women where the difference isn’t so pronounced but lightweight men has never been a focus for the big nations (with respect to Italy) As Rafa said some did prior to the removal of the men's lightweight four from the programme. Having a squad of say eight lightweight rowers was sustainable where 2-3 is not, particularly when the writing was on the wall for the lightweights at Olympic level. And once it goes from the OG it slowly dies a death at WC level as we've seen with the small number of entries - usually led by Italy - in non-Olympic classes. It's happened in other sports as well, e.g. the double trap in shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 272 Posted May 21 #94 Share Posted May 21 7 hours ago, Nickyc707 said: As Rafa said some did prior to the removal of the men's lightweight four from the programme. Having a squad of say eight lightweight rowers was sustainable where 2-3 is not, particularly when the writing was on the wall for the lightweights at Olympic level. And once it goes from the OG it slowly dies a death at WC level as we've seen with the small number of entries - usually led by Italy - in non-Olympic classes. It's happened in other sports as well, e.g. the double trap in shooting. One wonders if the IOC give enough thinking to the fact that when they pick and choose disciplines, they could be creating a death sentence for the ones they throw out. Racewalking, equestrian modern pentathlon, lightweight rowing, C2 canoe slalom, individual pursuit, double trap... Makedonas and avlar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 328 Posted May 21 #95 Share Posted May 21 (edited) 16 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said: One wonders if the IOC give enough thinking to the fact that when they pick and choose disciplines, they could be creating a death sentence for the ones they throw out. Racewalking, equestrian modern pentathlon, lightweight rowing, C2 canoe slalom, individual pursuit, double trap... The individual pursuit seems to have survived fairly well at the moment albeit with diminished fields at most championships, although whether that is sustainable is anyone's guess. I thought the C2 Canoe Slalom might at least hang on in its European stronghold but was quite surprised to see it was no longer part of the programme at the recent continental championships. Sadly the IOC's equivalent of the Black Spot is pretty deadly. Edited May 21 by Nickyc707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 909 Posted May 21 #96 Share Posted May 21 Womens pair quotas Wumo, Benolympique and Roamingrover86 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 909 Posted May 21 #97 Share Posted May 21 Men's pair quotas So close for Jinzha, Roamingrover86, Benolympique and 1 other 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benolympique 2,079 Posted May 21 #98 Share Posted May 21 Mens pair quotas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 909 Posted May 21 #99 Share Posted May 21 Women’s four quotas Wumo, Roamingrover86 and Benolympique 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 909 Posted May 21 #100 Share Posted May 21 (edited) Men's Four quotas Edited May 21 by dodge Quasit, Roamingrover86 and Benolympique 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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