Taekwondo Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

  On 4/15/2016 at 4:20 PM, heywoodu said:

Exactly. The whole point of "is she a refugee?" is irrelevant in this situation, she was a refugee. The whole issue is the Belgium quota thing and I think that's going to cost her a place at the Olympics (because now that she's Belgian, I doubt IOC has grounds to let her compete in the Refugee Team?).

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There's a couple of work arounds. First as long as she doesn't compete under the Belgium flag her nationality will remain unchanged (like people with dual nationality). The other way could be what the IOC and IJF did with Kosovo's Majlinda Kelmendi where she was allowed to compete for Albania for the Olympics and switch right back to Kosovo after the Olympics.

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So...Asian qualifiers

[uk12points 434]

  On 4/16/2016 at 10:31 AM, heywoodu said:

So...Asian qualifiers

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All I know so far is that Kirstie Alora beat the number 1 seed Khodabandehin the Women's +67kg and qualified for Rio

Edited April 16, 2016 by uk12points

[dcro 10,210]

  On 4/16/2016 at 10:38 AM, uk12points said:

All I know so far is that Kirstie Alora beat the number 1 seed Khodabandehin the Women's +67kg and qualified for Rio

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That is quite an upset.

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  On 4/16/2016 at 11:05 AM, dcro said:

 

That is quite an upset.

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It sure is, Taekwondo is always a great source of upsets.

Any news on Cambodia yet?

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CAMBODIA QUALIFIES FOR RIO 2016

multiple twitter sources have said how Sorn Seavmey beat the Filipino Alora to take Gold at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification tournament in the Women's +67kg!!

[dcro 10,210]

  On 4/16/2016 at 11:47 AM, uk12points said:

CAMBODIA QUALIFIES FOR RIO 2016

multiple twitter sources have said how Sorn Seavmey beat the Filipino Alora to take Gold at the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification tournament in the Women's +67kg!!

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Yes, here are the results! http://www.ma-regonline.com/results/823/ASIAN%20QUALIFICATION%20TOURNAMENT%20FOR%20RIO%202016%20RESULTS%20DAY%201.pdf

 

Pakistan almost did it too.

[uk12points 434]

  On 4/16/2016 at 11:48 AM, dcro said:

 

Yes, here are the results! http://www.ma-regonline.com/results/823/ASIAN%20QUALIFICATION%20TOURNAMENT%20FOR%20RIO%202016%20RESULTS%20DAY%201.pdf

 

Pakistan almost did it too.

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That's a shame for Pakistan, but at least one new country qualified. Pakistan have another fair chance tomorrow in the Women's -67kg, she has a 1 in 4 chance of qualifying! Maybe chances for Nepal and Afghanistan as well. You can always rely on Taekwondo to qualify new nations thanks to their excelent 4 quota limit.

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results: http://www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/competition/qualification-for-rio-2016/asian-qualification-tournament-for-rio-2016-olympic-games/result/

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Updated as of April 16th, 2016