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If they don't Syria will have a chance to get a tripartite quota along with Sri Lanka (provided that they applied). Though the sport has a lot of competition due to Oceania nations.

I didn't realize that Saudi Arabia's other lifter didn't do as well as we was listed. This gives both Turkmenistan and Syria a chance to finish above them (along with Japan).

It looks like Russia announced its initial roster. I used a translator so I may not be accurate. In total 34 have been announced. 21 swimmers reached the individual standards, 9 will compete only in relays while 4 did not reach the standard, but were added due to being promising young athletes. In addition 4 athletes will get a second opportunity to reach the Russian standard at the European Championships while Yulia Efimova will be given a spot should she avoid suspension. Individual Swimmers Natalia Lovtsova (50m freestyle) Veronika Popova (200m freestyle) Victoria Andreeva (200 m freestyle, 200 m IM) Daria Ustinova (100 and 200 m backstroke) Anastasia Fesikova (100 and 200 m backstroke) Sofya Andreeva (200m breaststroke) Daria Chikunov (200m breaststroke) Svetlana Chimrova (100m butterfly) Vladimir Morozov (50 and 100m freestyle) Andrew Grechin (100m freestyle) Alexander Red (200 m and 400 m freestyle) Yaroslav Potapov (1500 m freestyle) Eugene Rilov (100 and 200 m backstroke) Gregory Tarasevich (100 m backstroke) Andrew Schabas (200 m m back) Vsevolod Zanko (100m breaststroke) Cyril Prigoda (100m breaststroke) Anton Chupkov (200m breaststroke) Ilya Khomenko (200m breaststroke) Alexander Gardeners (100m butterfly) Eugene Koptelov (100m butterfly) Relays 4x100 m freestyle men - Vladimir Morozov, Andrei Grechin, Alexander Popkov, Alexander Sukhorukov. 4x200 m freestyle men - Alexander Red Nikita Lobintsev, Danila Izotov, Mikhail Dovgaluk, Vyacheslav Andrusenko. 4x100 m freestyle women - Veronika Popova, Victoria Andreeva Natalia Lovtsova, Rosalia Nasretdinova. 4x200 m freestyle women - Veronika Popova, Victoria Andreeva, Arina Openysheva Darya Mullakaeva. 4x100 m IM men - Eugene Rilov, Vsevolod Zanko, Alexander Gardeners, Vladimir Morozov 4x100 m IM women - Darya Ustinova Chikunov Daria, Svetlana Chimrova, Veronika Popova Additional Athletes (Young Swimmers) Daniel Pakhomov (200m butterfly) Alex Bryansk (50m freestyle) Semen Makovich (200 m IM) Ilya Druzhinin (1500 m freestyle) Athletes which will be given a second chance at European Championships The medley - Semen Makovich (400 m IM), Andrey Zhilkin Alexander Osipenko 200 m butterfly - Nikolay Skvortsov 100 m breaststroke - Natalia Ivaneeva Should Efimova have her suspension lifted then Natalia Ivaneeva will be removed should she qualify at the European Championship.

Saudi Arabia should be fine if the other lifter did what he was suppose to do. Though they'll have to hope Syria doesn't overperform too much over the last three events.

You sure? The African champs said they were eligible.

Looking at the entry list… For the men India, Iraq and Malaysia are safe though technically India could miss out should their final lifters finish with 0 and Syria over performs by a bit. Japan needs just 2 out of their final 4 lifters to finish. Despite being ranked in the top seven Philippines and Mongolia have no remaining lifters and will drop off the list (unless some crazy stuff happens). The last three spots will be between Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkmenistan. Sri Lanka would need very favourable results to have a chance. According to the entry list Syria is the odd nation out and has the hardest path where all four remaining lifters must finish at their listed rank, but a DNF for Kyrgyzstan in the -94kg or Turkmenistan in the +105kg (or even finishing 2nd out of eligible nations) could let Syria sneak in. For the women India, Philippines, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are safe. Mongolia requires one of their three final lifters to finish where their entry list has them. The final spot will be between Turkmenistan and United Arab Emirates. The entry list has Turkmenistan winning by 1 and the pressure will be on the athlete in -75kg to finish 5th among unqualified nations as UAE can literally have their lifters lift with no weights and they’ll get the same amount of points.

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Can someone post the entry list? Didn't think there was one.

Really? She's only 23, though I guess the next Olympics she'll be 27 and after university it is hard to put your life on hold for so long.

I don't blame UAE for using that strategy. Any other nation could have sent athletes in those weight categories too. It's a product of the qualification system. At least they have a half decent athlete in the -58kg. We saw something similar at the 2012 Olympics in the women's -63kg. There were so few athletes that a bunch of -58kg women went up a weightclass just so they can say they finished with a higher rank.

Charl Schwartzel (ranked 20th) has withdrawn. He was Louis Oosthuizen's replacement. The spot has now been pushed down to Jaco Van Zyl.

Monaco has become the first unqualified nation to be given a tripartite quota. The nation (along with all future others) will be kept on the list until it qualifies through normal means.

I assume South Africa boxing is going to fight the decision which is why they sent boxers to the qualifiers in the first place (the tournament served no purpose outside of qualifying athletes to the Olympics). In the end South Africa’s Olympic committee will probably withdraw the athletes.

AIBA has confirmed the continental quotas. We have two changes. In the -56kg Morocco withdrew meaning Ghana qualifies and in the +91kg Tunisia withdrew meaning Cape Verde qualifies.

Akela Jones who competes in the heptathlon has set another individual event standard, the 100m hurdles. She now has standards in 3/7 individual heptathlon events (also in high and long jump).

Uzbekistan and Singapore qualified to the men's and women's single sculls respectively. Men's lightweight double sculls went to China, Japan and Hong Kong (no reallocation needed) while women's lightweight double sculls went to Japan, South Korea and Vietnam (2 reallocations needed). Thailand and Qatar in the single sculls and Hong Kong and Thailand in the lightweight double sculls will be the reallocation depending of what South Korea and Vietnam (and subsequent reallocation in LDS) choose. Vanuatu also positioned itself in a good position to get a tripartite quota. His time was much more respectable relative to Sri Lanka's female athlete.

New Zealand Olympic Team (1st Selection) Men's 1500m - Nick Willis Men's 10000m - Zane Robertson Men's Shot Put - Tom Walsh, Jacko Gill Men's Javelin - Stuart Farquhar Men's 50km Walk - Quentin Rew Women's 800m - Angie Petty Women's 1500m - Nikki Hamblin Women's Pole Vault - Eliza McCartney Women's Shot Put - Valerie Adams The second and final selection will be made in July

Russia Swimming Trials - Day 8 Men's 1500m Freestyle - Yaroslav Potapov Women's 50m Freestyle - Natalia Lovtcova This concludes the trials for Russia. The final list will probably be delayed to see the status of Yefimova.

Angola - Road to the Olympics For nations like Angola just qualifying to the Olympics is seen as a big achievement. Angola is classified as a tripartite eligible nation due to qualifying few individual athletes over the past two Olympics so it can expect to receive wild cards along with the athletes which it qualified. Currently the nation is qualified in three sports and will likely qualify in at least three more by the time the qualification process is over. The first group of athletes to qualify was the women’s handball team. The team qualified to its sixth Olympics in a row by winning gold at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament. As with previous Olympics the handball team will be a large part of the overall team. Angola will be making its debut in rowing as rowers Andres Matias and Jean-Luc Rasamoelina won silver in the men’s lightweight double sculls at the African Qualification Regatta. Despite having a long history of rowing Angola only began competing internationally in 2010 where Matias competed at the Under 23 World Championships. In sailing Angola will be making its second Olympic appearance as they competed in 1992. At the Men’s 470 African championship sailors Matias Montinho and Paixao Afonso finished sixth, but were the highest ranked eligible boat and thus qualified their nation to the Olympics. The fight for Olympic qualification for Montinho and Afonso is not over as they must better fellow countrymen Francisco Artur and Edivaldo Torres in a series of trials. The most likely sport Angola will qualify by merit between now and the end of July is judo. Currently Antonia Moreira is ranked 23rd in the -70kg event in the Olympic rankings and is certainly expected to receive at least a continental quota once the final rankings are published. Qualifying a second athlete would be almost impossible though. Not only would Moreira have to reach world qualification status (she needs over 200 more points to reach it), but another Angolan athlete would have to reach top two status within Africa to obtain a continental quota. By losing the final of AfroBasket 2015 to Nigeria the Angolan men’s team has a very good chance at missing their second Olympics in a row. They will get one final chance at qualifying at one of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. They will play for one spot between Serbia, Czech Republic, Puerto Rico, Latvia and Japan. For the most part additions to Angola’s team will come through wild cards and tripartite invitations. In swimming Pedro Pinotes holds an Olympic Selection Time (OST) in the men’s 400m individual medley which means he could be selected if there is enough space. However, should he not be selected it is quite likely that Pinotes will be selected as a wild card. The female wild card will likely go to Ana Nobrega due to being the only female athlete to compete at the 2015 World Championships, a requirement for wild card selection. She will likely compete in either a freestyle or butterfly event. Athletics is currently not a strong sport for Angola with the nation often sending one or two athletes to major events. The athletes that could be chosen are currently a bit difficult to decide. Neide Dias competed in the women’s 800m and 1500m during the 2015 African Games while Adriana Alves competed in the women’s 100m at the 2015 World Championships. 8 athletes also competed during the 2014 African Athletics Championship. We probably won’t get a clearer picture until after the 2016 edition due to be held at the end of June. It is currently unknown as to which tripartite invitation events Angola has applied to receive. Joao Paulo de Silva would be the most likely invitation. He competes in trap shooting and has already reached the MQS in the event. Should he qualify it will be his first Olympics since 2000. Rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics could be an option, though Angola would not be the top choice for the lone spots. Similarly in canoeing Angola loses out to Sao Tome and Principe in priority and it would be difficult to convince the tripartite committee to give African nations the two lone quotas for the sport. Given their history it would be easy to imagine Angola applying for a boxing quota, though Angola has not participated in any qualifiers as they missed the African Championships. Overall Angola will be looking at around 25 athletes once everything is finished. Should the men’s basketball team pull off the huge upset Angola could potentially surpass its largest team which was set at the 2012 Olympics.

I'm hoping Canada can secure a second men's freestyle quota, but it'll be quite difficult over these two tournaments.

For the most part the top 2 had by far the best times in each event so someone would have to win one of the other three events over Kazakhstan.

Top 3 eligible nations after heats at Asian Qualification Tournament Men's K1 - Kazakhstan, China, Chinese Taipei Men's C1 - China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Men's C2 - China, Japan, Chinese Taipei Women's K1 - Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, Thailand Remember a nation can only qualify a maximum of two athlete quotas at the continental qualifiers. Hopefully Japan wins the C2 to help avoid all this.

Russian Swimming Trials - Day 7 Men's 50m Freestyle - Vladimir Morozov Men's 100m Butterfly - Aleksandr Sadovnikkov, Evgeny Korotyshkin Women's 200m Backstroke - Daria Ustinova, Anastasia Fesikova Nobody reached the standard in the women's 800m freestyle

If anyone wants to look at the athletes which participated in your chosen nation's history you can check out sports reference.