phelps 6,862 Posted March 25, 2020 #21 Share Posted March 25, 2020 10 hours ago, Nickyc707 said: Which sport? swimming...she's a breastroke specialist, but she's a pure sprinter (last year she won the silver medal at the World Champs when she was 14 years young), not sure she's going to have a successful transition to the 100m in a short while...most likely, she'll never be as good over that distance as she already is over the 50m... by the way, this postponement is pure gold for Alex Schwazer, as this summer the Bolzano Trial Court is expected to publish the definitive pronounciation about the plot FIDAL & IAAF (with Russian cooperation) built against him... if he's finally judged not guilty of the 2016 doping episode he's been charged with, in 1 year he'll be able to make his ban lift (I hope, I wish)... by the way, for Italy there are a lot of athletes on the rise, most likely more than those having their chances fade away in the next 12 months (our current stars risking the most are surely Federica Pellegrini -swimming- and Elisa Di Francisca/Aldo Montano -fencing- maybe also Vincenzo Nibali -cycling...the rest of our team is not that young, but also not so old to be dismissed by a 1-year wait)... rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted March 25, 2020 #22 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Main question here is - are we going to have qualification systems changed? That's where the age requirements are written... thepharoah 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldira 76 Posted March 25, 2020 #23 Share Posted March 25, 2020 17 hours ago, Federer91 said: Every athlete who's doping ban ends in 2020. Its still going to be the '2020' Olympics so all criteria will be the same. If you are ineligible for 2020 that will carry forward. All qualifying event due between March 2020 and June 2020 will simply be rescheduled to the same periods in 2021. Anyone qualified remains qualified. Only fair way. Similar was done in Golf for the 2001 Ryder Cup which was postponed until 2002 (9/11). The teams picked for 2001 played in 2002 regardless of how their form etc had changed since 2001. All rankings etc need to be frozen now until March 2021. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted March 25, 2020 #24 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, dcro said: Main question here is - are we going to have qualification systems changed? That's where the age requirements are written... If age requirements are changed, then some qualification events must be scratched and start all over again. Romania could qualify a full team in women's artistic gymnastics with the 2020 new senior girls. Brazil could benefit as well after the disaster last year with 2 out of 5 girls injured on the spot during team qualifications. I'm contrary to any change, though. If the event will still be Tokyo 2020, so there's no way that athletes who turn senior in 2021 should be allowed to compete. Just wait for 2024. Edited March 25, 2020 by thiago_simoes heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted March 25, 2020 #25 Share Posted March 25, 2020 16 hours ago, Nickyc707 said: He is a she! My bad, terrible typo lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted March 25, 2020 Author #26 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, thiago_simoes said: If age requirements are changed, then some qualification events must be scratched and start all over again. Romania could qualify a full team in women's artistic gymnastics with the 2020 new senior girls. Brazil could benefit as well after the disaster last year with 2 out of 5 girls injured on the spot during team qualifications. I'm contrary to any change, though. If the event will still be Tokyo 2020, so there's no way that athletes who turn senior in 2021 should be allowed to compete. Just wait for 2024. Agreed. That's why I was mostly meaning athletes who are good enough to qualify or have qualified for Tokyo 2020 (in 2020), but might improve to medal contender status with an extra year. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EupenM 150 Posted June 6, 2020 #27 Share Posted June 6, 2020 As for me, Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos in artiscic gymnascics. bmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted June 6, 2020 #28 Share Posted June 6, 2020 29 minutes ago, Shelyapin Dmitry said: As for me, Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos in artiscic gymnascics. How so? She is obviously young, but the american/chinese/italian/russian girls are even younger, so they should profit more from this. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EupenM 150 Posted June 6, 2020 #29 Share Posted June 6, 2020 43 минуты назад, OlympicsFan сказал: How so? She is obviously young, but the american/chinese/italian/russian girls are even younger, so they should profit more from this. Maybe, she will win European Championship in 2020 and she will be more sure) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted June 29, 2020 #30 Share Posted June 29, 2020 One athlete who might surprise a lot of people next year: Femke Bol (women‘s 400 m hurdles) Also: Elina Tzengko and Haruka Kitaguchi in women‘s javelin throw bmo 1 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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