Athletics Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[intoronto 5,887]

 

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/olympic-qualification-period-ends-track-field-athletics-tokyo

 

190 countries. I wonder which 15 are missing. I guess this means no Mauritania

 

[Makedonas 2,200]

  On 7/1/2021 at 7:19 AM, dcro said:

But now Armenia can enter an universality woman, as they did today in the 100 m.

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Yeah, ironically they entered a Greek woman with distant Armenian ancestry (she just started competing for Armenia last week) who is a triple jumper and never ran 100m in her career until last weekend 

[Agger 1,664]

  On 7/1/2021 at 3:35 PM, intoronto said:

 

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/olympic-qualification-period-ends-track-field-athletics-tokyo

 

190 countries. I wonder which 15 are missing. I guess this means no Mauritania

 

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They do say more than 190

[Benolympique 2,398]

the small nations, before had 1 man and 1 woman, now it is reduced to 1 quota! It is shameful

[dcro 10,210]

  On 7/1/2021 at 4:09 PM, Benolympique said:

the small nations, before had 1 man and 1 woman, now it is reduced to 1 quota! It is shameful

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Like I said, nobody in the IOC actually cares about gender equality (especially when it concerns developing nations where the equality is very limited).

 

They just want to make themselves look good.

[Makedonas 2,200]

  On 7/1/2021 at 3:09 PM, maestro said:

Seems the Namimbians are out from the 400m.

 

 

Vasiliou now has 48th place, which is the last giving an olympic spot.

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Obviously I'm thrilled for Vasiliou, especially since she made a long post yesterday on Instagram about not qualifying and how much she was crying and also originally she said she would retire after Tokyo (pre-covid days).

 

However, I'm really surprised about the Namibians! Does anyone have more information about them? I'm surprised this hasn't really been discussed much.

[maestro 671]

  On 7/1/2021 at 4:45 PM, Makedonas said:

Obviously I'm thrilled for Vasiliou, especially since she made a long post yesterday on Instagram about not qualifying and how much she was crying and also originally she said she would retire after Tokyo (pre-covid days).

 

However, I'm really surprised about the Namibians! Does anyone have more information about them? I'm surprised this hasn't really been discussed much.

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Well... Mboma and Masilingi are still in the list for 200m. However, their time there, 22.67, for both ranks them out of the top20, not as high as in 400m. With their improvement rate, they could still contend for the final, if they race, but they are not as good as in the 400.

 

At the moment, Miller-Uibo is still in for 400m and I wonder, if she will reconsider, and choose the 400 over 200.

 

[dcro 10,210]

Any more info about their withdrawal...?

 

Namibian medal chances are done and dusted following this...

[Makedonas 2,200]

  On 7/1/2021 at 5:01 PM, maestro said:

Well... Mboma and Masilingi are still in the list for 200m. However, their time there, 22.67, for both ranks them out of the top20, not as high as in 400m. With their improvement rate, they could still contend for the final, if they race, but they are not as good as in the 400.

 

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That's the thing, why would they choose 200m over 400m? It makes zero sense.

[Dunadan 1,103]

  On 7/1/2021 at 5:07 PM, Makedonas said:

That's the thing, why would they choose 200m over 400m? It makes zero sense.

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Rules for athletes with DSD apply in 400m but not in 200m...