mrv86 2,920 Posted May 23, 2018 #31 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, intoronto said: Weightlifting qualification for Lima 2019 Pan American Games Canada would have qualified a few more athletes had it decided to send more athletes to the qualifiers. I was indeed surprised that Canadian federation didn't send their best athletes to this championships... guess after Toronto 2015, they just started treating Pan Ams below the Commonwealth Games Edited May 23, 2018 by mrv86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted May 23, 2018 #32 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 45 minutes ago, mrv86 said: I was indeed surprised that Canadian federation didn't send their best athletes to this championships... guess after Toronto 2015, they just started treating Pan Ams below the Commonwealth Games The Canadian Championships were being held at the exact same time... which are used to select the team for the Worlds. However, some of Canada's top athletes competed in DR. Looking at the results from 2015, its reasonable to expect three medals for Canada in Lima, even with the reduced team (13 in 2015 vs 4 in 2019). Darsigny, Santavy and Charron all would have won medals in Toronto 2015 with their pb's and by quite a distance at that, so something similar could happen in Lima. ---- It also comes down to funding. For the CWG's all or most of the weightlifters were ranked in the top 5 (ie fully funded travel). For Pan Ams only the top 2 in each gender (and they must also have 95% of the world champions total) to be funded. Edited May 23, 2018 by intoronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,920 Posted May 23, 2018 #33 Share Posted May 23, 2018 18 hours ago, intoronto said: The Canadian Championships were being held at the exact same time... which are used to select the team for the Worlds. However, some of Canada's top athletes competed in DR. Looking at the results from 2015, its reasonable to expect three medals for Canada in Lima, even with the reduced team (13 in 2015 vs 4 in 2019). Darsigny, Santavy and Charron all would have won medals in Toronto 2015 with their pb's and by quite a distance at that, so something similar could happen in Lima. ---- It also comes down to funding. For the CWG's all or most of the weightlifters were ranked in the top 5 (ie fully funded travel). For Pan Ams only the top 2 in each gender (and they must also have 95% of the world champions total) to be funded. I didn't knew about the Nationals and funding factors... still, hard to miss other opportunities to in a multi-sport event but again, every federation and NOC have their priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,690 Posted June 21, 2018 #34 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Egypt’s weightlifting medal contenders could miss Tokyo 2020 because of teenage doping cases https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1066516/egypts-weightlifting-medal-contenders-could-miss-tokyo-2020-because-of-teenage-doping-cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted June 21, 2018 #35 Share Posted June 21, 2018 24 minutes ago, Dragon said: Egypt’s weightlifting medal contenders could miss Tokyo 2020 because of teenage doping cases https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1066516/egypts-weightlifting-medal-contenders-could-miss-tokyo-2020-because-of-teenage-doping-cases I'm having a hard time finding out what exactly is the news here...these cases were known, right? And if so, it's not new that Egypt is in danger in terms of 2020? 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...
Fly_like_a_don 920 Posted June 21, 2018 #36 Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: I'm having a hard time finding out what exactly is the news here...these cases were known, right? And if so, it's not new that Egypt is in danger in terms of 2020? Yes it is of 2017.No ban was imposed as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,148 Posted July 5, 2018 #37 Share Posted July 5, 2018 IWF announced new weight classes , non-Olympic weights in bold Men: 55, 61, 67, 73, 81, 89, 96, 102, 109, +109 Women: 45, 49, 55, 59, 64, 71, 76, 81, 87, +87 so say goodbye to all current world records. thiago_simoes and mrv86 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,127 Posted July 5, 2018 #38 Share Posted July 5, 2018 51 minutes ago, MHSN said: so say goodbye to all current world records. And hello to weight categories with 5 people. intoronto, thiago_simoes, MHSN and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,284 Posted July 5, 2018 #39 Share Posted July 5, 2018 54 minutes ago, MHSN said: IWF announced new weight classes , non-Olympic weights in bold Men: 55, 61, 67, 73, 81, 89, 96, 102, 109, +109 Women: 45, 49, 55, 59, 64, 71, 76, 81, 87, +87 so say goodbye to all current world records. This's shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted July 5, 2018 #40 Share Posted July 5, 2018 It only makes sense for a sport with such doping problem to delete the WRs. thiago_simoes 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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