JoshMartini007

Here are the relevant A and B Finals for the events: M1x Final A - Final B - LM2x Final A - W1x Final A - Final B - LW2x Final A - Brazil still has all four boats in the A finals while Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Peru have three boats in A finals. There's a good chance Chile will qualify in one of the lightweight boats which means the men's single sculls might be decided before the race is even held. Likewise, Argentina winning both lightweight boat quotas is possible which means the women's single sculls quota would be decided. The B final in the single sculls might become a factor, but that requires Brazil (or Paraguay/Peru) to qualify in at least one lightweight boat, but right now they are favoured to qualify in the single sculls. Bermuda making the A Final has placed them in a very good position to qualify to the Olympics.

The refugee team should have the same restrictions as the other nations, two men and two women attempting to qualify overall (I'm okay with them competing in the continent they are currently living in). The European qualifier had three men and two women while the Asian qualifier has four men competing. Adding the restriction would at least decrease the chance of someone trying to use this as a loophole to compete at the Olympics.

Entries for the Oceania CQT Men Women Winner qualifies to the Olympics. New Zealand will be the heavy favourites for the quotas, but there's a good chance they may reject the quota so things open up for the Pacific Nations.

Could be the fact that they felt they couldn't win the race a decided to take it easy for the repechage. We'll see one way or another tomorrow. M1x repechage results are in, fall to the C Final and are eliminated from Olympic contention.

After the heats here's how the quota simulation is looking. Comparing between heats isn't a great idea plus some athletes might be resting, but it's fun to see where things stand. M1x - LM2x - W1x - LW2x - Mexico and Chile could have qualified in the men's single sculls, but the limit prevented them. As Brazil is currently second in both the M1x and LM2x I assume they want more athletes, but that may not be the case. If they go for the M1x the LM2x quota would go to Venezuela (leapfrogging Chile due to the limit). Still lots of racing to go.

As a reminder, NOCs which qualified one boat at the World Championships can only qualify one boat here, unless two boats finish first. The following nations fit this criteria: Everyone else can qualify a maximum of two boats.

So close for Brazil

32 - 29 Portugal must now defeat host Hungary if they want to qualify.

Yeah, if the semis are any indication, Canada will likely finish first in women's K1. Canada may keep the C1 quota regardless and just have her compete in both events.

That's if an athlete qualifies in both events, not what happens if a different athlete gets the K1 quota. I think, C1 still gets priority, but I'm not 100% sure.

So according to the qualification document, Canada is not eligible for the K1 quotas as a nation can only earn a maximum of one quota per gender. Not sure if we are allowed to decline the C1 quota and get the K1 (assuming we finish first). We might have that situation with the women.

Nice to see we have some chances each day.

You are reading this too literally. In the case of Russia and Belarus, the sport federation is effectively the NOC now and decides who to nominate (which will be the highest ranked athletes/individual who qualified the quota). I understand you really don't want them to compete, but if you think a rule in the qualification document is going to prevent them from competing then you are greatly mistaken. The best way for Russia to not compete is if the government decides not to go (Belarus will compete unless Russia forces them to boycott).

They are obviously going to get an exception. The fact that Russia/Belarus were not allowed to participate will make it very easy to get one. "How could I get the requirements if my nation could not participate? I would have participated if my nation was allowed to do so." ITF barely enforces the requirements anyway.

It's a shame we are getting a repeat host so quickly, but they also don't have a lot of time and I believe most of the infrastructure is there in Lima

The question is whether their clubs will let them play.

You just wrote Germany can't be paired with Spain or France (which means they will face the United States). It's a shame we are drawn into Pot 3, but if we can't defeat Brazil or Japan then we are probably not winning a medal

Overall, 31 nations qualified at least one quota. Here are the distribution: 5 Quotas 4 Quotas 3 Quotas 2 Quotas 1 Quota Quite well distributed. As expected, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan made up for their poor performance at the Asian qualifier.

That would make things awkward since GBR just qualified someone in women's middleweight. They would probably need to have a box-off while the other quota is returned.

No, I agree Singapore would work, but I was more questioning about Brunei's contribution.

ended up being the big winners of session 1, winning three quotas. They have one more opportunity.

Singapore would work, but what would Brunei contribute? Lawn bowling?

Malaysia is one of the smaller viable options. The good news is the nation has many of the costly venues (athletics track, swimming & diving pools, track velodrome, cricket fields, field hockey fields) already in place so the most they may need to do is to renovate them.

Qualifying in taekwondo is brutal, especially for Europe and Asia. You have people in non-Olympic weights moving around (more common in taekwondo) and the sport loves upsets so we are bound to see many great athletes staying home. Especially in a 16-person field.

He keeps changing nationalities. Question is does he go for a fourth one or will he return to Canada?