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In sports such as boxing, sailing and a lot of the team sports you get multiple chances to qualify so if 26th in the world didn't qualify they'd have no room to complain. In terms of artistic swimming, judo and taekwondo there are too little quota spots given to those countries as 26th in the world should qualify to the biggest event for each of those sports. Golf, Tennis, Table Tennis and even Beach Volleyball to an extent are able to get the 26th best in the world to the Olympics, Fencing should be no different given its format. But this all wouldn't need to be said if the IOC had increased the athlete quotas by 1000-1500. 

Of course as a Greek I am bitter about it, and I feel I have every right to be. I'm sure many of you in my position would also feel this way, I mean some of you even feel this way about fencers ranked much lower who had opportunities to qualify and didn't. Georgiadou really had no chance to qualify unless she was ranked 1 or 2 
 
Greece hasn't won a fencing medal since 1896, it's not like we are some fencing powerhouse. Georgiadou winning an Olympic medal could honestly change the sport in the country. Don't those in charge want to grow the sport, or they just want to keep it amongst the same big countries?
 
I guess that's how it is being a medium-sized European country, it's just so much harder to get Olympic quotas in many sports where there are few spots reserved for Europeans. Not big enough to consistently compete with the likes of Germany, France, Italy etc., and not small enough to get all the universality/tripartite places...

The general tendency is that the IOC reduces the number of quotas + introduces some additional preferences for weaker continents and countries. The result is that there are disciplines in which it is more difficult for a European country to qualify for the Olympics than to win a medal. To me this is absurd. I understand the promotion of sports around the world, but then let's just increase the number of quotas in most sports and, for example, throw out weird things like break dancing, surfing, etc.

I've been a member here for 3+ years, and this might be the best post I've ever seen. I agree so much with everything you said!

The general tendency is that the IOC reduces the number of quotas + introduces some additional preferences for weaker continents and countries. The result is that there are disciplines in which it is more difficult for a European country to qualify for the Olympics than to win a medal. To me this is absurd. I understand the promotion of sports around the world, but then let's just increase the number of quotas in most sports and, for example, throw out weird things like break dancing, surfing, etc.

Unless another person from your country is ranked higher and qualifies through the rankings, then you don't even get one chance, let alone two (see Despina Georgiadou).

Look at rowing... During the European Championships, special qualifying regattas are organized for European countries that have won less than 2 qualifications in total at the World Championships. Moreover, in the same place. As if it wasn't possible to simply make an open European Championship and distribute the quotas to the best crews who havn`t yet qualified. In my opinion, the IOC and their stupid rules are to blame because these absurdities apply to virtually every sports federation.

Yeah, if you look at the number of athletes in the past along with the increased number of events we should be pushing around 12,000 athletes.
 
That's around 1500 missing athletes. Even 1000 extra would fix a lot of things.

The general tendency is that the IOC reduces the number of quotas + introduces some additional preferences for weaker continents and countries. The result is that there are disciplines in which it is more difficult for a European country to qualify for the Olympics than to win a medal. To me this is absurd. I understand the promotion of sports around the world, but then let's just increase the number of quotas in most sports and, for example, throw out weird things like break dancing, surfing, etc.

I see why they do so this but in the sports they do, Rowing and Taekwondo, the events they do them in already have a variety of nations competing so there's really no need to prevent top countries from other events from competing as those events already have a variety of countries qualified. 

Toniolo and Tavano are already qualified for Olympics, Polling Will start fighting for Italy in Astana together with the Better placed in ranking between Pedrotti and Esposito Martina 

Me, during a studying session

Now, honestly, can Zachová be another medal candidate in Paris together with Krpálek? 😁

I come from Silesia. The language/dialect is full of German traces but it's not fully German per se.

Judging by the massive number of z's in this example (and the overall lack of feeling like anything resembling German), not at all, no
 

I think not for women's 49erFX, but it is silly for sending three 49er team and win the regatta but may not accept the ticket though 

That would be completely incomprehensible.
It is correct that no German 49er made the internal criteria, but why should they participate in a last chance regatta with only relevance Olympic quota with three (!!!) boats and finish on places 1,4 and 5 and then decline the quota. 

The developing nation is specific to countries that did not participated in that class in the last two editions. I agree with you that is a bit odd - at least in name. This is the full list

I like the idea, but perhaps should be give to countries without representation AT ALL?

SO, AS A SUMMARY:
 
 
Mens IQFOIL:  + ENP  + Reallocation DNP  
Men's Kite:  
Men's ILCA7:  + ENP
Men's 49er:  + Reallocation DNP
Womens IQFOIL:  + ENP  + Reallocation DNP
Women's Kite:  
Women's ILCA6:  + ENP
Women's 49er:   + Reallocation DNP  
Mixed 470:  
Mixed Nacra 17 :  + Reallocation DNP  
 
 
In my opinion, Developing Nations Programe is useless. Excluding Hong Kong, it just gave quotas to big countries. If it wasnt there, Peru or Singapore would qualify boats. An those are countries, in my opinion, much more worthy of a Developing Nations than Japan or Switzerland.
 

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t makes me laugh about these special countries. There were qualifiers in Asia and Hong Kong could have won there. Two, Hong Kong already has 2 qualifications in the remaining classes. I feel cheated and I'm very sorry that once again someone took away our promotion.

According to the guideline of World Sailing, the definition of Developing Nations is not the same of that of Emerging Nations. 
Developing Nations is the country that did not qualify with World Championship in the two last Olympics in that class but Emerging Nations are country that are still struggling for qualifying one boat in the Olympics
But I do agree World Sailing should give a better guideline. It is confusing

Is 3+1, but +1 is BRA, the highest ranked developing nations. Last chance is last chance, calculated after all

Olympic quota for Italy in the 49er for only 1 point!
We'll be in Paris with a full team

They made it. Place 5 in the medal race and Hong Kong only in 9th position. 
Congrats!