hckošice 13,273 Posted March 16, 2021 #41 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Well done Wang ! Congrats 2nd Olympics for him after Rio 2016. With the "more or less semi-confirmed" qualification of the mixed double Balážová/Pištej via world ranking (first under the line currently) we should be now able to match the amount of athletes in this sport from Rio (3) also in Tokyo. The guy can not speak a single word in Slovak (well actually maybe one, ... kurva ..., I heard him shouting some times when he lost a point ) but at least he is already the first vaccinated SVK athlete of our Tokyo 2020 team, since he received vaccine back in China where he live, last month. https://www.facebook.com/1381143408784601/videos/430062341389467 dcro, Vektor and Benolympique 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted March 16, 2021 #42 Share Posted March 16, 2021 If Sawettabut can grab the final women's quota then her compatriot will very likely grab the Southeast Asia quota which means the overall quota for the highest ranked losing finalist will then go to . Looks like Asia made the right call by flipping the World and Asian qualifiers. Though it is a bit unfair to have some continents have their qualifiers before while others have it after, but that's more because of COVID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 936 Posted March 16, 2021 #43 Share Posted March 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said: If Sawettabut can grab the final women's quota then her compatriot will very likely grab the Southeast Asia quota which means the overall quota for the highest ranked losing finalist will then go to . Looks like Asia made the right call by flipping the World and Asian qualifiers. Though it is a bit unfair to have some continents have their qualifiers before while others have it after, but that's more because of COVID. How is that...there were only 5 quotas here right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted March 16, 2021 #44 Share Posted March 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: How is that...there were only 5 quotas here right The Asian qualifier begins right after this concludes. So if Sawettabut qualifies here she won't compete in the Asian qualifier which is split into four regions plus a fifth spot to go to the highest ranked losing finalist. Fly_like_a_don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted March 16, 2021 #45 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Well, some justice compared to the last time, when Asian B nations were grabbing European spots left and right due to a certain loophole... #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted March 16, 2021 #46 Share Posted March 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, dcro said: Well, some justice compared to the last time, when Asian B nations were grabbing European spots left and right due to a certain loophole... As bad as it looked in 2016 I think it only factored in the qualification of 3 or 4 athletes across both singles events. Having the team quota go first definitely helps stop this. At best 1-2 athletes in the Asian qualifiers could technically withdraw and try to qualify via the World Rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 936 Posted March 16, 2021 #47 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Will India be the favourite for the mixed doubles later this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted March 16, 2021 #48 Share Posted March 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Will India be the favourite for the mixed doubles later this week South Korea will be the big favourites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 936 Posted March 16, 2021 #49 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Just now, JoshMartini007 said: South Korea will be the big favourites Oh well I thought they didn't participate here.. Is there a entry list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,220 Posted March 16, 2021 #50 Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Oh well I thought they didn't participate here.. Is there a entry list Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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