Wrestling Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[heywoodu 14,895]

7 minutes ago, MHSN said:

UWW website is down now, but when it works you can read this link

https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/vinod-kumar-receives-four-year-ban-olympic-spot-to-new-zealand

 

the Australian wrestler Vinod Kumar failed the test, giving the spot to Craig Miller of New Zealand, I wonder if NZL accepts this, this guy Miller is winning the quota without winning a single match !

 

Ah that's such a shame...I really liked the story of Kumar being pushed out of a riding train by the father of an opponent when he was a boy, only for Kumar to be an Olympian and the other being far away from that years later  

[dcro 10,210]

8 minutes ago, MHSN said:

UWW website is down now, but when it works you can read this link

https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/vinod-kumar-receives-four-year-ban-olympic-spot-to-new-zealand

 

the Australian wrestler Vinod Kumar failed the test, giving the spot to Craig Miller of New Zealand, I wonder if NZL accepts this, this guy Miller is winning the quota without winning a single match !

 

I guess Namibia (2nd bronze medalist) should be next in line if NZ declines.

[heywoodu 14,895]

13 minutes ago, MHSN said:

UWW website is down now, but when it works you can read this link

https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/vinod-kumar-receives-four-year-ban-olympic-spot-to-new-zealand

 

the Australian wrestler Vinod Kumar failed the test, giving the spot to Craig Miller of New Zealand, I wonder if NZL accepts this, this guy Miller is winning the quota without winning a single match !

By the way, giving it to Miller makes absolutely no sense and royally screws Namibia over doesn't it?

 

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

By the way, giving it to Miller makes absolutely no sense and royally screws Namibia over doesn't it?

 

 

 

Well, seems likely to me that NZ will decline. They declined a female fencer who actually scored some wins.

[MHSN 3,597]

the UWW link is working now and they wrote this:

 

The Wrestling Federation of New Zealand, whose wrestler finished with bronze at the same tournament, has accepted the Olympic allocation.

[dcro 10,210]

Lol. Well, some people already said that NZ standards are hypocritical. This confirms that.

[heywoodu 14,895]

That's incredibly unfair for Namibia  

[NearPup 3,013]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

That's incredibly unfair for Namibia  

Also incredibly unfair to the Kiwis that had their spots rejected.

[MHSN 3,597]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

That's incredibly unfair for Namibia  

 

Quite unfair , but this is their stupid rule, if they disqualify someone  whoever wins bronze from his side of the draw will be upgraded to silver

 

but the whole bracketing system is stupid ! the number of wrestlers in each half should be equal. with 6 wrestlers, we should have 3 in top half, 3 in bottom half.

[heywoodu 14,895]

20 minutes ago, MHSN said:

the UWW link is working now and they wrote this:

 

The Wrestling Federation of New Zealand, whose wrestler finished with bronze at the same tournament, has accepted the Olympic allocation.

I just think of it now, but who has the final authority to accept the quota? The NZL wrestling federation or their NOC?