NearPup 2,167 Posted June 30, 2021 #331 Share Posted June 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, Dunadan said: wtf "the qualification criteria must include an accommodation for women who were pregnant or postpartum during the qualification period"? Good luck to the IFs for the next Olympics. And why not including special provisions for injuries and sickness? Tennis’ qualification system does have accommodations for injured athletes and I actually think that’s mostly a good thing. szy123 and james89 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted June 30, 2021 #332 Share Posted June 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, NearPup said: Tennis’ qualification system does have accommodations for injured athletes and I actually think that’s mostly a good thing. they have it because they have it in their usual ATP/WTA ranking and there are lots of spots (+ for tennis players Olympics are certainly not the main goal and you can be certain no one will abuse of it) Try coming up with a qualification system that accomodate injuries and pregnancies in canoeing slalom or taekwondo or whatever.. mrv86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,214 Posted June 30, 2021 #333 Share Posted June 30, 2021 28 minutes ago, Dunadan said: they have it because they have it in their usual ATP/WTA ranking and there are lots of spots (+ for tennis players Olympics are certainly not the main goal and you can be certain no one will abuse of it) Try coming up with a qualification system that accomodate injuries and pregnancies in canoeing slalom or taekwondo or whatever.. Having rules where sports must have multiple opportunities to qualify (most already do) and have at least one of them being held in May/June before the Olympics solves most issues outside of injury plagued athletes (in which case you could argue that they may not be 100% fit by the Olympics anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted June 30, 2021 #334 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I do think the decision is pretty fact specific - you can’t create a qualification system where you denny an athlete the chance to qualify because of a pregnancy that happened three years before the qualification system was published. szy123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolby 712 Posted June 30, 2021 #335 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Do we have any clarity on which spot she would be taking? American quota? World Ranking quota? Or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,592 Posted June 30, 2021 #336 Share Posted June 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dolby said: Do we have any clarity on which spot she would be taking? American quota? World Ranking quota? Or something else? I would call it human right quota if confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted June 30, 2021 #337 Share Posted June 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, Dolby said: Do we have any clarity on which spot she would be taking? American quota? World Ranking quota? Or something else? No clue. When Australia won a court case because the FIBT interpreted their own qualification document wrong before the 2010 Olympics they got an extra spot, so that’s a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,214 Posted June 30, 2021 #338 Share Posted June 30, 2021 The fairest way would be for the IOC to create a quota like they did for the refugee athletes or Saudi Arabian women in 2012 and 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 705 Posted June 30, 2021 #339 Share Posted June 30, 2021 50 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said: Having rules where sports must have multiple opportunities to qualify (most already do) and have at least one of them being held in May/June before the Olympics solves most issues outside of injury plagued athletes (in which case you could argue that they may not be 100% fit by the Olympics anyway) I think this is the key. The rankings only came into play this year because of a very specific issue if the qualifying events went ahead, this doesn’t arise at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benolympique 1,639 Posted July 2, 2021 #340 Share Posted July 2, 2021 TEAM FRANCE Adriano 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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