JoshMartini007

Lessmann is injured, but Germany really wants her to compete, but if she can't then Gruhn will compete. I guess both were entered...

The ITF isn't responsible for giving points, it's the ATP/WTA and last I heard (this was years ago) they refuse to give points until the IOC/ITF compensate the major tournaments held during the same week as the Olympics

I mean even a 500 level event (or that hybrid 1000/500 points they gave at prior Olympics) would be enough to encourage more people to stay. Really at this point there's no money and no points and Olympic gold isn't enough of a draw for what is essentially "working for free" for a week.

Sadly, I think it's too late for her. There's a reason why she lost the Olympic qualifier to Katie Vincent

I think one of their road cyclists (Chloe Dygert) is competing in track cycling so there isn't an increase in athlete quotas.

That's cool to see, his partner Tyler Paige also has us as a source. Not that I interviewed them of their ambitions, the date cited was the same day I wrote about them qualifying to the Olympics.

Blame the IOC putting hard limits on the number of athletes per event

It's a bit more complicated due to nations exchanging quotas for other events (plus all the double starters). This is going to be a long process...

So did those two missing women's trap quotas get reallocated?

Wasn't expecting a kayak quota...

It should have been 4 (one for each continent), but Asia got an extra spot

Weird that 5 world quotas were awarded in women's flyweight (even though that was the original plan, all weight classes were reduced to 4)

Denmark and Israel decline the women's 4x200m freestyle relay and were replaced by Turkey and South Africa Switzerland and Finland declined the women's 4x100m medley relay and were replaced by Denmark and Spain

It was reallocated to the women's -48kg for (continental quota)

Also eight quotas have been declined. - M -100kg - W -48kg - W -57kg - W -70kg - W -70kg - W -78kg - W +78kg - W +78kg Quotas seemed to have been reallocated in an order based on which nations declined first. were continental quotas, but none remain so they were reallocated to the highest ranked eligible athlete (W -49kg) and (W +78kg) was a continental quota so it went to the next highest European nation without one, (W +78kg). Same with where the quota went to (W -52kg). The simple reallocations were going to the next highest ranked nations in the same event respectively. hasn't been reallocated (which is why we have 391 athletes instead of 392). It should go to and if they decline it would go to before going to the overall ranking (assuming it will ever be reallocated since we are now past the deadline)

She's there, it's Burkina Faso that already qualified

Weird 21 quotas, but only 20 were suppose to be allocated

I imagine it was a compromise between the two. I bet WA would love to have added on to each event like they did for the 100m, but that would have easily pushed them above 1900 athletes. Even now, they may go above that number depending on how many relay-only athletes are selected.

Unsurprisingly not every nation's best athlete is a 100m runner. Once World Athletics saw how many World Ranking athletes would miss out they changed the rules to force as many nations into the 100m events.

Haha, thanks. They aren't a bad team and with Canada and Greece not sending their best I felt they had a bit opportunity. Lucky for them they seized it.

Removed nations which were listed in athletics. We are down to two nations... and

Knew they would give us trouble, hopefully we do better in the second half.

Technically you can in taekwondo, it's just very hard to do so. Only weightlifting prevents you from competing in every event.

Maybe it's because it's legal in Canada, but is there any competitive advantage for marijuana or is this a "moral" issue?

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.