JoshMartini007

Is there a delay in results for the 10m air rifle and women's 25m or is the schedule messed up?

Besides the United States, I imagine the Dominican Republic and Venezuela would be hurt the most while Cuba and Nicaragua would be hurt the least. As much as I would love to see a Nicaragua surprise, it'll be unlikely.

Yeah, there's easily enough quality for a 12 team tournament. One or both of Australia and Chinese Taipei will miss out, while they don't have a chance of winning Italy and the Netherlands have enough quality to be competitive and then you can throw half a dozen or so more Pan American nations into the mix. Sadly, I feel the United States will miss out, without MLB players at their next qualifiers the gap between them and the rest of the continent is a lot smaller.

BIG UPDATE I've updated the sports in which nations can qualify in, including remove some which they are no longer possible to qualify in. I've also took into account tripartite invitations. While the invitations can sometimes be a bit random, I tried my best to see which active nations have a chance at getting one. Fun Facts: - 12/70 remaining nations only have chances in athletics or athletics+swimming. - Senegal has the most sports where it has a chance at qualifying in with 11. Behind them are Cameroon, Jordan and Montenegro with 9 each. - 60/70 remaining nations are eligible to obtain a tripartite invitation. The 10 that aren't includes... Without tripartite invitations the nations that will struggle to qualify many athletes are Bolivia and Republic of Congo as they only have chances in three sports each

I'm not so sure about that, especially with some of them playing in the NBA play-offs, but the fact we're hosting means our federation will be pushing hard for them to play.

Depends who decides to show up. The other explanation is that we're just not good enough.

At least this means Canada avoids some of the stronger European teams. We could still be put up against Greece

I do, but I forgot about it when writing the above message

I always felt that a 20-0 for a forfeit was too little. Teams could try to take advantage of it...

Not the greatest championships for South Korea in terms of Olympic events

That's bad... I wonder what PASO will do for the team event. If they only eliminate her results, Canada still finishes fourth, but if they disqualify the entire team then Argentina would get the quota. While the former may seem fair on paper, it could be argued that her insight on the course may have helped the team and thus the entire team should be disqualified.

Yeah, one of the main reasons why weightlifting is still on the program is the great lengths they are going to fight doping

The NOC can still decline the quota. Their lack of selection policy gives me hope. At the very least the athlete can argue it.

I remember having a discussion years ago with someone, I think it was at the 2010 Asian Games where we were discussing where Iran can improve its chances to gain medals (particularly outside of combat sports). My suggestion was shooting, due to them having a base structure at the time and the fact it was a lot easier for women to enter the sport (more medal opportunities). Seeing their improvement over the years despite their difficulties has been inspiring. Congratulations.

Overall, India won the most quotas, six which is impressive since they already qualified nine going into the Asian Championships. This allowed them to pass South Korea for second place in Asia. Also doing well are Japan (though all of those just replaced the host quota) and Thailand with five each and Iran with four. In total, 16 nations qualified at least one quota.

Looking over their selection policies, there isn't one for modern pentathlon, one of the few sports without one. I guess the Olympic committee thought they had no chance at qualifying

Here are the favourites for the quotas based on MQS list (white flag means it will be reallocated) Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions - Men's 10m Air Rifle - Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol - Men's 10m Air Pistol - Men's Trap - Men's Skeet - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions - Women's 10m Air Rifle - Women's 25m Pistol - Women's 10m Air Pistol - Women's Trap - Women's Skeet - Northern Africa remains supreme! Senegal and South Africa (if they compete) have chances. Anyone else would need to have a secret ace up their sleeves.

No the athlete, must get the MQS during the competition for the nation the be awarded the quota.

Typically, it's the combat sports (though as Australia gets better it is becoming less frequent), weightlifting and men's rugby sevens. After that it comes down to individual athletes, Kable can hang with the best in men's trap (though I don't think he's favoured to win this time) while Vanuatu's women's beach volleyball team could historically take on Australia (now they're getting a bit old too). In the end wondering why the Pacific nations can't hang with Australia/New Zealand is the same as wondering why San Marino can't compete with Italy, it's truly a David vs. Goliath scenario.

That's quite common in Oceania continental events, it's expensive to compete, especially if you have no chance to win.

The format is quite confusing due to the organizers keeping eligible to qualify nations separate from the other teams, but all teams will have a chance at winning the tournament. Basically the winner of the international arm will play the winner of the Olympic arm for the Oceania title

Yeah, the two quotas should have been in trap

Yeah, it's unlikely we'll see any of the team sports dropped outside of the Olympics being forced to shrink in size or if another team sport like baseball/softball or cricket surpasses the worldwide distribution relative to the current team sports, but regardless you don't want to be on that chopping block.

It's quite clear FIH prioritizes top teams over universality. Even ignoring the top 20 continent reallocation rule, the fact they seeded the away teams to prevent Austria or Russia to play New Zealand or Canada shows the federation only wanted the top ~15 teams (even if Austria/Russia beating New Zealand/Canada would have been a long shot). While there is nothing wrong with wanting top teams competing, it does showcase the lack of depth field hockey has which could play a factor should the Olympics look to cut team sports (though I imagine water polo would more likely be on the chopping block, but FINA does have a lot more pull...)

We'll see, but it does look like Australia brought their "A" game. At least it's impossible for them to win all of the quotas as they have already won two in the women's trap.