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I don't blame UAE for using that strategy. Any other nation could have sent athletes in those weight categories too. It's a product of the qualification system. At least they have a half decent athlete in the -58kg.

 

We saw something similar at the 2012 Olympics in the women's -63kg. There were so few athletes that a bunch of -58kg women went up a weightclass just so they can say they finished with a higher rank.

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Looks like Turkmenistan can take the last quota from UAE, if everything goes in the way of entry weights in women's -75 and +75. Turkmenistan would end up on 82, UAE on 81. I really hope Turkmenistan takes it... :fingers:

 

Current situation

TKM 80 (22+20+19+19)

UAE 68 (22+16+15+15)

 

If everything goes like entry weights, TKM would get 21 in -75, UAE would get 22+21 in +75.

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3 minutes ago, dcro said:

Looks like Turkmenistan can take the last quota from UAE, if everything goes in the way of entry weights in women's -75 and +75. Turkmenistan would end up on 82, UAE on 81. I really hope Turkmenistan takes it... :fingers:

 

Current situation

TKM 80 (22+20+19+19)

UAE 68 (22+16+15+15)

 

If everything goes like entry weights, TKM would get 21 in -75, UAE would get 22+21 in +75.

That's a shame, I'd love if UAE actually pulls it off, just to show the flaw in this system :p 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

That's a shame, I'd love if UAE actually pulls it off, just to show the flaw in this system :p 

 

 

 

They already did that in 2012. :p On the other hand, Turkmenistan is still an unqualified nation and this could be a historic first female quota in weightlifting for them.

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I have been following this on wikipedia 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlifting_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification

 

I think we are now surely there in the mens .................:IND:clap:........................................................... 4/5/6 by the end of the qualifications as per my calculations 

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4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

That's a shame, I'd love if UAE actually pulls it off, just to show the flaw in this system :p 

 

 


I just remembered this video reportage about their qualification in 2012... My favorite line is "In the UAE it's a girls' sport as the girls qualified, not the boys. Girls are smarter than boys. Weightlifting has nothing to do with strength..." :lol:

 

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