JoshMartini007

What happened to Keith Sanderson? He's gone 1/10 in the final so far.

Women's epee, pool round is completed.

Joining already advanced are

Chile with a good performance to grab the third seed. Looks like her Pan American Games performance was not a fluke. On the other side, Paraguay despite having a chance to win the quota, just barely made it to the elimination round.

No stopping the train today. Only Georgia has qualified so far and that's because they weren't on their half of the bracket.

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Out of curiousity, what would be the easiest sport for him to qualify in? Is there a summer equivalent (in terms of qualifying) of cross-country skiing before the changes to make it harder/more realistic? I'd guess athletics with the universal quota, but if only one athlete from  is better in the 100m or something, that'd be tough  

 

Of course world rankings in MTB are quite odd that way too I believe, or has that changed by now so athletes can't get high enough anymore solely based on 'easy' races?

For him, it would be judo. All he needs to do is literally show up to one event which awards points and he will qualify to the Olympics.

This is assuming no more Pacific nations decide they too would like a free quota.

Men's sabre semifinals

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In the men's sabre, got a bye into the elimination round.

Joining him are

Nations advancing to the women's foil elimination round

Top ranked Brazil lost three times in the pool. Despite going into the competition as the big favourites, they are now seeded 8th.

Men's epee pool round is complete.

Received a bye to the elimination stage

Advanced to the elimination stage (in order)

The big winner is the athlete from Jamaica who finished undefeated in his pool. Of course the top seed will be a lot harder.

15 minutes ago, Adriano said:

I do not know who make a polish list in english site Poland at Paris 2024 - we have 12 fencers (4 per weapon....).

Officially, the IOC/FIE doesn't count the fourth "alternate" athlete as part of their official quota.

27 minutes ago, FeelingVeryOlympic said:

Can Pita still make it kayak?

Through the tripartite quota, but I would prefer if other people get it.

He's also eligible to get a taekwondo tripartite quota.

Oddly, New Zealand doesn't have a nomination criteria for taekwondo. 

Historically, they have been selected. In general, New Zealand wants a top 16 finish with the potential of finishing in the top 8 which taekwondo fulfills 

I thought the United States would take 3-4 quotas, but at best than can only win one. There's still the world qualifiers starting next week, but if they repeat their performance they may leave empty handed.

It's not like another nation is having a great performance, the six quotas awarded have been awarded to different nations.

The IOC will find someone to run the 100m if it comes down to it. They are pretty big on ensuring participation for all nations.

The other option is for the tripartite committee to give one of the taekwondo quotas (women's -49kg or -57kg) to Somalia. With that said, taekwondo quotas are quite competitive, but their hand might be forced (kind of like with Liechtenstein).

I mean it was quite clear that Kharun wanted to swim for the United States, but the whole citizenship issue forced his hand.

Three years is a long time waiting for a change though so he might reconsider.

1 hour ago, Pasolini said:

Not really sure why they would not take a 4th to the 4x200m freestyle (KIM Younghyeon). Who would be the 4th?

Kim Minseop might be the logical choice out of the options listed

She might not win gold, but a medal is quite possible. She's currently 3rd in the rankings

Here is the selection criteria

As per World Aquatics, Canada can nominate a maximum of 26 male and 26 female athletes.

Priority 1: Finish in the top 2 and achieve the OQT at the event.

Priority 2: Finish in the top 4 in the 100m and 200m freestyle events to compete in the relays.

Priority 3: Winners of the 100m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly to compete in the relays.

Priority 4: Additional 100m and 200m freestyle or 100m medley athletes to compete in the relays (based on director's recommendation)

Priority 5: Swimmers who have achieved the OQT during the qualification period (March 1, 2023 - June 23, 2024) and finished in the top 2

Priority 6: Swimmers who have achieved the OCT during the qualification period, won the event and finished within 1% if their fastest time will be provisionally nominated pending World Aquatics invitation.

has qualified in men's -61kg weightlifting.

20 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

Maybe if they put images of baby seals in the targets 

Excuse me, we club our baby seals, not shoot them  

Has the IOC endorsed a new federation yet?

47 minutes ago, Laraja said:

Who are the 4th and 6th for Brazil? @JoshMartini007

4th - Felipe Wu

6th - Caio De Almeida

 - 2nd

 - 1st

Chile with the quota.

United States still with no men's 10m air pistol

 - 3rd

 v  for the quota. Chile with a huge lead though.

 - 4th

 - 5th

 remain for the quota battle (+  for the overall title)