JoshMartini007

I thought Solomon Islands would be a near-lock for a tripartite quota, but the Marshall Islands girl has placed a convincing argument. I wish there were more tripartite quotas available in weightlifting it's a sport quite popular among "tripartite nations."

Looks like Solomon Islands didn't do as well as the rankings in the entry list had them. This most likely means they will be the odd nation out in the women's events.

The rule was in place to prevent dominant nations from Africa/Asia/Pan America from taking all of the quotas. The scenario you see with Belgium is a bit of an exception to what World Rowing wanted to achieve, but at the same time it is unfair to Egypt/China/Japan/Brazil etc. if European nations can have an additional opportunity to qualify in both single sculls and lightweight double sculls. I guess the best scenario for next time would be to have a separate qualifying event so we can avoid this confusion or remove the European continental qualifiers and just have it open to all nations.

Update (Remove) Men's Mountain Biking (Cycling)

Don't worry guys like Isner are exceptions. I do hope they relax the Davis/Fed cup requirements, that's what's hurting the field.

Germany can’t get the tripartite quota since it isn’t a tripartite nation, but should the quota not be allocated the reallocation rule is a bit vague. The rule says it would go to the next highest ranked athlete from the AOB, but the women’s events don’t have an AOB tournament. The most logical way to do this is to give it to the athlete whom finishes fifth at the world championship. With that said IMO it doesn’t look good for Germany.

Quite happy for us in quad sculls there were a lot of strong nations competing.

You need a minimum of 10 points to compete in mountain biking. Does he have that?

Group A is quite stacked.

I agree. One spot will likely go to Nauru (or Kiribati should one of their lifters fail). Assuming the previous report of tripartite quotas being true (3 quotas available for Oceania/Pan America) then things will get tough Micronesia, Palau and Tuvalu will be the most likely nations fighting for two spots. The results in the -62kg may be the deciding factor.

That's only for the continental portion (single sculls and lightweight double sculls)

Looks like the turmoil in Papua New Guinea's weightlifting federation has cost them a spot at the Olympics (I'm not even sure if the tripartite commission would award them a spot because of that). Overall six men's nations will fight for 5 spots while five women's nations will fight for 4 spots. For the men's events Nauru has the weakest team, but at the same time Kiribati has only brought six lifters meaning they all have to finish the event, if not Nauru will likely end up taking the spot. On the women's side New Zealand ended up with the lowest expected score, but it was only by 2 points which is easy enough to make-up. Also both Samoa and Solomon Islands brought 5 lifters which could be a factor if either nation has a terrible championship.

Qualification for the single sculls and lightweight doubles sculls is for Europe (+CAN/USA/AUS/NZL) only while the others is for everyone.

To be fair the US team wasn't that good. They got lucky against the Czechs and any team would have destroyed Canada given the way they played yesterday.

Denmark's 1st Selection Men's 800m - Andreas Bube Men's Marathon - Abdi Hakin Ulad Women's 400m Hurdles - Sara Petersen, Stina Troest Women's Marathon - Jess Draskau-Petersson, Anna Sofie Baumeister

RIP Canada's men's eights team. I really thought they would reverse their decision. We are also only sending 1 boat (men's quadruple sculls) to the final Olympic regatta.

Brazil won the men's K2 200m. However, one of the athletes also won Brazil the quota in the K1 200m meaning the quota will be transferred to Cuba.

I want to reiterate on how dumb the inter-continental tournament is. One of Colombia/Puerto Rico will qualify despite losing to Peru/Dominican Republic.

The team quotas have been released, no surprises. They haven't released the reallocations yet, probably waiting for nations to accept the team quotas.

lol, thanks. Completely forgot nations other than Brazil, Canada and Ecuador qualified through the world champs.

The results have Argentina defeating Brazil in men's K1 200m. Also technically Cuba gets first choice on whether they will take the C1 200m or C2 1000m. Mexico will likely get a quota though since Canada will likely keep the C1 1000m quota.

For the second Olympics in a row Thailand just missed the mark.

Tripartite quotas have been announced. Men’s Laser – Angola and Bermuda Women’s Laser Radial – Cayman Islands and Saint Lucia Interesting choices since both Angola and Bermuda are qualified in other events. Cayman Islands was pretty bad in qualifying though to be fair there weren't a lot of options. Saint Lucia was the only one that seems normal. Also the document states Canada has rejected its women's 470 quota.

Continuing from yesterday; China has again declined its men's singles quota won by Xu Xin. The quota was reallocated back to China to Zhang Jike which was accepted. China has accepted its women's quota while South Korea has accepted all of their quotas. Hopefully the team quotas and the reallocation of the extra athlete quotas will be officially released.

The Pan American qualifiers started today too. Only 1 Olympic event today. Cuba took the men's C2 1000m quota.