Boxing Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[heywoodu 15,335]

  On 5/18/2021 at 7:25 AM, Fly_like_a_don said:

She is a Canadian Boxer who won't go to Tokyo due to cancellation of qualifiers. She was on Maternity Leave during the tournaments that counted for rankings. So basically she was even denied of a opportunity to qualify for  Olympics 

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Isn't missing competitions one of the (in this case unfortunate) consequences of being pregnant? It sucks that qualifiers were then cancelled, but on what grounds does she think she should be there if she couldn't qualify through a qualifier and didn't compete in events that counted for rankings?

[EselTheDonkey 825]

I agree. It's bad luck for her, but what about everyone who has been injured during the restrospectively crucial tournaments? Are they getting Olympic Wildcards as well?

[Fly_like_a_don 1,112]

  On 5/18/2021 at 7:51 AM, heywoodu said:

she should be there if she couldn't qualify through a qualifier

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What Qualifier? There was never a direct qualifier for boxing for Pan American nations

[Fly_like_a_don 1,112]

  On 5/18/2021 at 7:57 AM, EselTheDonkey said:

Are they getting Olympic Wildcards as well?

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No I think for all other boxers in the world it's fine because they participated in 1 qualifier at least. But Pan Americans no. 

[heywoodu 15,335]

  On 5/18/2021 at 8:15 AM, Fly_like_a_don said:

What Qualifier? There was never a direct qualifier for boxing for Pan American nations

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I thought you said it was cancelled  

 

Which means there was supposed to be one, and she couldn't qualify in that way. That sucks bad, but on what grounds does she expect to go to Tokyo anyway, despite not qualifying?

[Dolby 738]

  On 5/18/2021 at 8:42 AM, heywoodu said:

I thought you said it was cancelled  

 

Which means there was supposed to be one, and she couldn't qualify in that way. That sucks bad, but on what grounds does she expect to go to Tokyo anyway, despite not qualifying?

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She doesn’t have a case. But her reasoning is that she was fit for the qualifying tournaments in March/April/May 2020 but with cancellation of all qualifying tournaments, qualification went to ranking. And the only tournaments in which she was eligible to participate for rankings were in the time frame when she was taking a break due to pregnancy. As many have pointed out, same argument can be made by a large number of athletes. Though, sad for her missing out even on a chance to qualify, the legal case is wrong. It is just using her pregnancy to get a free WC. 

[intoronto 5,855]

  On 5/18/2021 at 5:35 AM, MHSN said:

why Canadian government didn't offer hosting the Pan-American Qualification event instead of sending this letter now ?!

 

all American boxers deserve an equal chance to qualify for the Olympics. this shouldn't be based on that useless ranking which wasn't important at the time and I'm sure so many other boxers beside Bujold didn't take it seriously. they can't play the pregnant card though.

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The IOC declared it was too late to move it

[intoronto 5,855]

  On 5/18/2021 at 5:10 AM, LDOG said:

PR damage? Nobody knows about this outside Canada. 

It's bad but she just had bad luck, like many others.

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Let's see... BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/57012225

 

New York Times and other outlets have also picked up on it

 

[dodge 1,027]

  On 5/18/2021 at 11:00 AM, intoronto said:

Let's see... BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/57012225

 

New York Times and other outlets have also picked up on it

 

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That article was published over 10 days ago and there’s been no public outcry

 

I do have some sympathy for the boxer but it’s pretty clear most people won’t care. The IOC won’t want to set a precedent of offering wildcards for ‘injured’ or unavailable athletes and they’ll (rightly IMO) point to COVID as an extenuating circumstance for not being able to host a qualifier 

[intoronto 5,855]

  On 5/18/2021 at 8:42 AM, heywoodu said:

I thought you said it was cancelled  

 

Which means there was supposed to be one, and she couldn't qualify in that way. That sucks bad, but on what grounds does she expect to go to Tokyo anyway, despite not qualifying?

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Her argument is she was ranked high enough to qualify before she went to have a baby. She planned everything so that she could back and compete at the qualifier, and that has been taken away from here. I really do not see how the IOC can just grant her a spot like that, but it is what it is atp.