Taekwondo Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[Olympian1010 7,975]

1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

Was China going to host every single OQT?! Every day i see a different sport saying they've moved a tournament from China to somewhere else.

China is a great place for the international sports fan, unfortunately that’s about where the compliments have to stop.

[AlFHg 330]

Has Japan chosen the four categories in which use the host country quotas?

[JoshMartini007 2,537]

8 hours ago, AlFHg said:

Has Japan chosen the four categories in which use the host country quotas?

 

Not yet.

 

Looking at the rankings they are most likely to go with men's -58kg, men's -80kg, women's -49kg and women's -57kg.

 

Only the men's -68kg has an athlete with a ranking, the other three weight classes do not.

[Vojthas 949]

On 24/02/2020 at 22:45, JoshMartini007 said:

 

Not yet.

 

Looking at the rankings they are most likely to go with men's -58kg, men's -80kg, women's -49kg and women's -57kg.

 

Only the men's -68kg has an athlete with a ranking, the other three weight classes do not.

I see something on Wikipedia, but I don't know the source.

[JoshMartini007 2,537]

19 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

I see something on Wikipedia, but I don't know the source.

 

Wikipedia is correct

 

They had a qualifier back on Feb 9th.

 

Here's the media release (in Japanese)

[hckošice 14,827]

Updated as of February 29th, 2020

[phelps 7,675]

On 28/02/2020 at 00:27, JoshMartini007 said:

 

Wikipedia is correct

 

They had a qualifier back on Feb 9th.

 

Here's the media release (in Japanese)

 

according to the linked media release, the final selection for the Japanese Olympic squad was held on february, 9th and the qualified fighters are:

 

Sergio Suzuki Moron (men's -58kg)
Ricardo Saburo Suzuki Moron (men's -68kg)
Miyu Yamada (women's -49kg)
Mayu Hamada (women's -57kg, 2015 World Champion)

 

to be noticed...the 2 men are siblings with strong Bolivian heritage (Ricardo Saburo is even still listed as Bolivian by Taekwondodata)...

 

pity that they choose to represent Japan...

 

they could have been by far the best chance for Bolivia to qualify in an individual discipline...

Edited February 29, 2020 by phelps

[heywoodu 15,141]

3 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

according to the linked media release, the final selection for the Japanese Olympic squad was held on february, 9th and the qualified fighters are:

 

Sergio Suzuki Moron (men's -58kg)
Ricardo Saburo Suzuki Moron (men's -68kg)
Miyu Yamada (women's -49kg)
Mayu Hamada (women's -57kg, 2015 World Champion)

 

to be noticed...the 2 men are siblings with strong Bolivian heritage (Ricardo Saburo is even still listed as Bolivian by Taekwondodata)...

 

pity that they choose to represent Japan...

 

they could have been by far the best chance for Bolivia to qualify in an individual discipline...

 

Although to be fair, competing for Bolivia instead of Japan might also have cost them a lot in terms of infrastructure and training options.

[phelps 7,675]

Just now, heywoodu said:

 

Although to be fair, competing for Bolivia instead of Japan might also have cost them a lot in terms of infrastructure and training options.

 

sure, but it would have been a nice story...2 sibling from Bolivia qualifying for the Olympics...

 

however, now it's a done deal...they are in for Japan and...good luck to them...

[heywoodu 15,141]

Do we yet know which athlete missed out on the Olympics by missing the weight in the 49kg?