JoshMartini007

More or less. ITTF set aside 22 quotas for team members which have not qualified in the singles tournament. This was done to guarantee nations which qualified 1 athlete to the singles tournament, but also qualified a team two athletes in order to make a team. Of course in hindsight it is unlikely we will need more than 16 quotas. North America is guaranteed to always have 2 from the same nation while Asia, Europe and Oceania are pretty much guaranteed to have 2. Africa is still very likely to have a nation with 2 as long as Egypt and Nigeria remain the top nations. The only scenario where a nation would need 2 team athlete quotas is for Latin America and the host. Of course it’s better to be safe than sorry when making the qualification document.

By my count he's pretty much guaranteed (outside of Serbia declining the quota)

Probably after all of the quotas have been accepted. After that the team quotas will be given out. Overall we should have 7 quotas added to the world rankings; 6 from unused team quotas and the host quota. Just like the scenario with Russia, North Korea won't get a men's quota because he did not compete at the Asian qualifiers.

The Russian athlete did not take part in the continental qualification tournament.

Looks like Madagascar will miss out in the women's events too unless Cameroon has a DNF. Hopefully they'll get a wild card.

India benefited the most as they gained two while Ukraine had the most dopers with three though they will still compete in the men's 125kg freestyle since a different athlete qualified in the 2nd World Tournament. Kyrgyzstan had a net 0 by losing one to doping, but gaining one somewhere else.

It gets reallocated to the final qualification tournament

Technically you don’t have to reach MQS to be allowed to compete (I’ve seen them make an exception many times). Hopefully Dominican Republic becomes one of those exceptions

Top 4 men after ranking round - Top 4 women after ranking round - Guatemala has a good chance for an upset in both the men and women while Argentina and El Salvador could have upset potential in the men.

Well Flora Duffy will get a quota for Bermuda through the rankings and I think Barbados has a man that will qualify through the rankings too (should things remain the same).

I missed the German trials, but here's a list according to SwimSwam of the athletes which made the "long list" Women: Franziska Hentke – 400m IM, 200m Butterfly Sarah Köhler – 400m and 800m Freestyle Leonie Antonia Beck – 800m Freestyle Lisa Graf – 200m Backstroke Alexandra Wenk – 200m IM, 100m Butterfly Dorothea Brandt – 50m Freestyle Men: Jacob Heidtmann – 400m IM Johannes Hintze – 400m IM Florian Wellbrock – 1500m Freestyle Florian Vogel – 200 m and 400m Freestyle Jan-Philip Glania – 100 m and 200m Backstroke Christian Diener – 200m Backstroke Damian Wierling – 50m Freestyle Philip Heintz – 200m IM Marco Koch – 200m Breaststroke Paul Biedermann – 200m Freestyle Christoph Fildebrandt – 200m Freestyle

Thanks, it looks like the news at FIVB is one day late. It's not too surprising, northern Africa is pretty good in sports and with South Africa pulling out of continental qualifiers there are now even fewer nations which can stand against them.

The semi-final for the men's African continental cup has been released. The final should be tomorrow. vs vs

Maybe not to Europeans... Anyway, Israel is probably right at the borderline for what this project was designed for. They'll probably have around 40 athletes and while winning a medal is possible they aren't heavy favourites (women's -63kg in judo I think is their most likely medal)

I really hope the start list is missing a lifter from Mauritius. The nation isn't a tripartite nation so they can't get one through that method. I hope IWF gives them a reallocation spot.

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Hopefully UWW clarifies the 125kg situation soon.

I looked at the start lists. The men are pretty much sealed with Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Cameroon and Morocco qualifying. They would require three DNFs to miss out since Ghana is way too far. So unless Congo DR is a secret powerhouse or Nigeria decides to show up (where are they?) those will be the five nations. On the women's side things are a bit more competitive. Nigeria and Tunisia should be safe with Algeria, Cameroon, Madagascar, Morocco and Kenya fighting for two spots. Kenya is a bit of a long shot though. If Madagascar qualify it will be their first athlete in 2016. Also too bad Mauritius only sent three athletes if they had a fourth (even finishing last) they would have had a great shot at winning the quota.

All of the players/pairs are equally eligible based on Australia’s nomination criteria (all have less than 36000 points). The following criteria will be used to make their decision. - Results and performances at BWF international sanctioned tournaments (Within the last 12 month) - Head to head wins at BWF international sanctioned tournaments that indicate that a top 8 placement at the 2016 Olympics is realistic. Matches won against top 30 BWF World Ranked opponents will be considered. (Within the last 12 month) - Results and performances at the 2016 Individual Australian National Championship to be held from 29 Feb – 2 March 2016 at the Melbourne Sport and Aquatic Centre. Without looking at results I want to say that the pairs will have an advantage while the men’s singles will be the least likely.

Only Austria's time was fast enough for the A (OQT) standard, the other two were OST times

It depends on whether the tripartite quotas plus quotas from potential athletes which have withdrawn are reallocated. Technically South Africa can qualify through the world rankings without the stipulation of being the highest ranked African nation which means the NOC will accept him.

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The German swimming trials have begun and will last until Sunday. Qualifying to the German swim team has two phases. First they must reach the qualifying times at the prelims and finals (prelims have easier times) then they must reach another qualifying time (easier than final) in a different competition selected by the German swimming federation (you can only attempt to qualify in one). Thus athletes listed here will essentially be considered to be on the long list with the final list to be determined likely at the end of June/beginning of July. Germany Long List Qualifiers – Day 1 Men’s 1500m Freestyle – Florian Wellbrock Men’s 400m IM – Jacob Heidtmann, Johannes Hintze Women’s 800m Freestyle – Sarah Kohler, Leonie Beck Women’s 400m IM – Franziska Hentke

Is there any chance that Sourian will defy his federation and fight against Tsaryuk (should he reach the semis)? Or will he have no choice?

I don’t think this thread needs to be made. While some nations and athletes should be looked down at buying/selling their nationality the vast majority that get targeted are immigrants which came before they even began taking the sport seriously or athletes whose parents or grand-parents were citizens of that nation. Quite often things turn into a witch hunt. Look at what happened in 2012 with “Plastic Brits” issue.