Equestrian Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[dcro 10,210]

Martha Del Valle easily confirmed her MER after scoring 68%+ in Wellington. Path is now wide opened for the selection.

[rybak 3,239]

Is there still any chance (I mean withdrawals and reallocations) that Wojaniec will qualify or all hopes are gone? 

[dcro 10,210]

  On 1/9/2020 at 10:22 PM, rybak said:

Is there still any chance (I mean withdrawals and reallocations) that Wojaniec will qualify or all hopes are gone? 

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Realistically only if Ukraine declines their spot... Right now they have nobody with MER so it is possible.

[rybak 3,239]

  On 1/9/2020 at 10:28 PM, dcro said:

 

Realistically only if Ukraine declines their spot... Right now they have nobody with MER so it is possible.

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When is deadline to reach MER?

[dcro 10,210]

  On 1/9/2020 at 10:39 PM, rybak said:

When is deadline to reach MER?

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June 1st.

[rybak 3,239]

  On 1/9/2020 at 10:44 PM, dcro said:

 

June 1st.

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That's unfair to wait so long 

[dcro 10,210]

And here is the list of eventing MER events for 2020.

 

India and South Africa need qualifying score at one CCI4*-L event in order to keep their spots. Since both their riders are based in Western Europe, essentially they are left with 8 possible events in Barroca d'Alva, Montelibretti, Ballindenisk, Montelibretti (2), Sopot, Baborowko, Saumur and Tattersalls...

[dcro 10,210]

Apparently the International Jumping Riders Club has asked FEI to look into qualifying events held in Damascus and Villeneuve-Loubet. They are the ones where Syria and Jordan (in particular), but also Sri Lanka gained most of their points.

 

https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/News/Statement-from-the-International-Jumping-Riders-Club-on-the-Olympic-qualification-system.html

https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/Exclusives/WoSJ-Focus/Deja-vu-Baku-From-Damascus-and-Villeneuve-Loubet-to-the-Tokyo-Olympics.html

 

It's just the usual silly business. People get angry because other people outsmart them.

Edited January 21, 2020 by dcro

[JoshMartini007 2,567]

  On 1/21/2020 at 6:17 PM, dcro said:

Apparently the International Jumping Riders Club has asked FEI to look into qualifying events held in Damascus and Villeneuve-Loubet. They are the ones where Syria and Jordan (in particular), but also Sri Lanka gained most of their points.

 

https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/News/Statement-from-the-International-Jumping-Riders-Club-on-the-Olympic-qualification-system.html

https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/Exclusives/WoSJ-Focus/Deja-vu-Baku-From-Damascus-and-Villeneuve-Loubet-to-the-Tokyo-Olympics.html

 

It's just the usual silly business. People get angry because other people outsmart them.

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Yeah, I don't think anything will be done here. The events included international athletes so it's hard to argue the events shouldn't count.

 

Personally I dislike world rankings deciding who qualifies as a lot of them don't really determine who is the best, just who competes the most. With that said, I have no problem with the way those athletes qualified as everyone knew the rules long before Olympic qualification began.

[heywoodu 15,353]

  On 1/21/2020 at 6:30 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

 

Yeah, I don't think anything will be done here. The events included international athletes so it's hard to argue the events shouldn't count.

 

Personally I dislike world rankings deciding who qualifies as a lot of them don't really determine who is the best, just who competes the most. With that said, I have no problem with the way those athletes qualified as everyone knew the rules long before Olympic qualification began.

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Yeah, get angry and try to change it for the next Olympics, but don't cry about the current ones after the facts..