Boxing Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[pdr4332 263]

On 30/06/2021 at 19:30, dodge said:

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

Yes it is written in the article: “Mandy planned her pregnancy according to the Olympic cycle, specifically so she would be ready to compete at these Olympic qualifiers” (probably referring to -later cancelled- qualifiers in early to mid 2020 before the Olympics supposed to happen originally)

So this refers to an one off issue which arose because of Covid-19

[JoshMartini007 2,871]

Pretty much, but it does open the possibility of other athletes claiming the same thing. Here's a list of events which were cancelled and not rescheduled so the quotas were awarded either through world rankings or an earlier event.

 

Boxing - Americas Qualifier, World Qualifier

Canoeing - Pan American Sprint and Slalom Qualifiers

Cycling - BMX Racing World Championships

Gymnastics - Individual All-Around World Cup Series, Asian Artistic Championships

Sport Climbing - Asian Championships

Skateboarding - World Park Championships.

Table Tennis - World Tour Event (Mixed Doubles), Oceania CQT

 

The biggest loser is probably in women's BMX racing. Canada's Laurence Vincent-Lapointe is a bigger one, but Canada could have chosen her, but chose not to.

[Dunadan 1,103]

33 minutes ago, dharang said:

Yes it is written in the article: “Mandy planned her pregnancy according to the Olympic cycle, specifically so she would be ready to compete at these Olympic qualifiers”

nice that she could foresee the future, since boxing governance was a mess and the date of the qualifiers wasn't known when she got pregnant, in 2018. I wonder what she'd have done if they had set them for 2019 when she wasn't yet fit to compete.

[MHSN 3,822]

37 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Pretty much, but it does open the possibility of other athletes claiming the same thing. Here's a list of events which were cancelled and not rescheduled so the quotas were awarded either through world rankings or an earlier event.

 

Boxing - Americas Qualifier, World Qualifier

Canoeing - Pan American Sprint and Slalom Qualifiers

Cycling - BMX Racing World Championships

Gymnastics - Individual All-Around World Cup Series, Asian Artistic Championships

Sport Climbing - Asian Championships

Skateboarding - World Park Championships.

Table Tennis - World Tour Event (Mixed Doubles), Oceania CQT

 

and Asian Water Polo Championships.

 

even months after FINA officially awarded those quotas. our swimming federation was still saying. "don't worry, we got this. FINA will reschedule the qualifier "

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1 hour ago, Dunadan said:

nice that she could foresee the future, since boxing governance was a mess and the date of the qualifiers wasn't known when she got pregnant, in 2018. I wonder what she'd have done if they had set them for 2019 when she wasn't yet fit to compete.

World Women's Championships were in November 2019, which she skipped. Last WC before Olympics has a very high chance of being qualifier. Also, what if another Canadian boxer would have been high up in the ranking, would she have tried to steal her spot? 

[intoronto 6,941]

10 minutes ago, Dolby said:

World Women's Championships were in November 2019, which she skipped. Last WC before Olympics has a very high chance of being qualifier. Also, what if another Canadian boxer would have been high up in the ranking, would she have tried to steal her spot? 

She won the Canadian trials which give her the chance to represent  if a spot was won. She did not get that chance (to win a quota). She was also ranked #2 when she left to become pregnant. 

[JoshMartini007 2,871]

12 minutes ago, Dolby said:

World Women's Championships were in November 2019, which she skipped. Last WC before Olympics has a very high chance of being qualifier. Also, what if another Canadian boxer would have been high up in the ranking, would she have tried to steal her spot? 

She benefited from a rare set of circumstances. Had the BTF revealed a less favorable qualification procedure (like having the continental qualifiers in 2019) or if another Canadian athlete took prominence then she wouldn't have much of a leg to stand on.

 

The combination of being one of the best athletes prior to getting pregnant, BTF screwing Pan American athletes hard and having the full support of the Canadian Federation gave her the opportunity to strike.

[Dolby 757]

13 minutes ago, intoronto said:

She won the Canadian trials which give her the chance to represent  if a spot was won. She did not get that chance (to win a quota). She was also ranked #2 when she left to become pregnant. 

And what were her results after pregnancy? How many tournaments she participated in? 

 

When she took a break to become pregnant, she didn't know when the Olympic qualification tournament would take place, since nobody knew. She didn't know when she would be able to get back to full training. She didn't know if she would be able to reach her previous best. 

 

I have nothing against Mandy Bujold. Much worse athletes have used loopholes to get a free pass to Olympics and boxing qualification has been bad. But, I am amazed at the way this CAS win is being seen as a great step forward for women's rights, when as @JoshMartini007 said, she making the best of an opportunity.

[hckošice 16,641]

Final Entry Lists http://boxing.athlete365.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210705_Tokyo2020_BOX_Quotas_.pdf

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2 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Final Entry Lists http://boxing.athlete365.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210705_Tokyo2020_BOX_Quotas_.pdf

I don't understand why we declined Barabanov's qouta? Poland have 2 quotas via rankings .....