Fencing Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[konig 1,504]

My question was delete, ok......

[intoronto 5,641]

29 minutes ago, konig said:

My question was delete, ok......

Because it was racist 

[Vic Liu 1,682]

14 hours ago, phelps said:

yes, since not all the continental champs will be held in each continent before the Games, they won't be used in any case for the Olympic Tornament's seed purpose...

 

I think we can officially start to speculate on the matchups of the Olympic Tournament(s)...

And Japan announced the list. They gave up women’s epee and chose to form other 5 teams.

[Benolympique 2,398]

6 hours ago, konig said:

My question was delete, ok......

to answer your question, France has a lot of black athletes or arab for reasons: we have a lot of overseas territories (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin & Saint Barthélémy, French Guyana, Reunion Island, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Tahiti, Wallis and Futuna); second reason due to our colonial past, many athletes are of African origin (Senegal, Cameroon, Ivory Coast ..... to name only the main ones) and from Magreb countries (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco)

[rajiv 31]

25 minutes ago, Benolympique said:

to answer your question, France has a lot of black athletes or arab for reasons: we have a lot of overseas territories (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin & Saint Barthélémy, French Guyana, Reunion Island, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Tahiti, Wallis and Futuna); second reason due to our colonial past, many athletes are of African origin (Senegal, Cameroon, Ivory Coast ..... to name only the main ones) and from Magreb countries (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco)

I think the more interesting issue is why some countries field teams which are much more immigrant than is the country is as a whole eg France ,GB whilst other countries field teams which are much less immigrant than the country is as a whole eg Australia 

 

The answer is simple -medal success is much more important to some countries more than others . Both GB and France roam the world chequebook in hand looking for elite athletes to sign up for their so called national teams 

See the case of Sasha Zhoya for an example of this 

[LDOG 2,418]

3 minutes ago, rajiv said:

I think the more interesting issue is why some countries field teams which are much more immigrant than is the country is as a whole eg France ,GB whilst other countries field teams which are much less immigrant than the country is as a whole eg Australia 

 

The answer is simple -medal success is much more important to some countries more than others . Both GB and France roam the world chequebook in hand looking for elite athletes to sign up for their so called national teams 

See the case of Sasha Zhoya for an example of this 

ehhh not sure about that, Australian sport is full of greeks, croatians, italians, etc. Just not many africans.

[Benolympique 2,398]

8 minutes ago, rajiv said:

I think the more interesting issue is why some countries field teams which are much more immigrant than is the country is as a whole eg France ,GB whilst other countries field teams which are much less immigrant than the country is as a whole eg Australia 

 

The answer is simple -medal success is much more important to some countries more than others . Both GB and France roam the world chequebook in hand looking for elite athletes to sign up for their so called national teams 

See the case of Sasha Zhoya for an example of this 

concerning the case of Sasha Zhoya he has 3 nationalities Australia, country of birth, France, country of his mother, and Zimbabwe, country of his father, he chose France, after I do not know the reasons, and we are very happy that he runs under the colors of France

[Vektor 3,326]

There isn't much difference between the nations of the Games and sport clubs, you need to accept that. I see nothing wrong with that some athletes win for the nations that invested money and resources in them to win Olympic medals, and not for the country where they were born. For example, Natasa Janics might have won medals as a Serbian, but she choose to compete for us because we provided everything she needed to train for the Games and we helped her to win those gold medals. This is just how the globalized world works. 

[Dunadan 1,103]

None of the French fencers was, of course, bought with a check - all of them are French born.

Have a read on Guadelupe and fencing: https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/amp/guadeloupe-a-small-island-of-great-fencers

And if Guadeloupeans are too black for anyone's taste, try adjusting the color settings on your tv 

 

[Dnl 691]

2 hours ago, Benolympique said:

to answer your question, France has a lot of black athletes or arab for reasons: we have a lot of overseas territories (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin & Saint Barthélémy, French Guyana, Reunion Island, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Tahiti, Wallis and Futuna); second reason due to our colonial past, many athletes are of African origin (Senegal, Cameroon, Ivory Coast ..... to name only the main ones) and from Magreb countries (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco)

Fun fact you can technically travel to Asia Europe North America/Caribbean South America ,Africa and still be in France legally 

Mai basically you can travel between continents and still be in France