JoshMartini007

It's a step in the right direction, but needing to be in the top 6 is quite a high bar. Of course, if I had my way, I'd bump taekwondo (and boxing and wrestling for that matter) to 24 athletes per event.

Taekwondo needs to remove the 2 men/2 women limit and just make it 1 athlete per event. You shouldn't be competing against athletes from different events in order to qualify to the Olympics. It's the same thing for weightlifting.

I think tennis is the only direct qualifier, the others just provide world ranking points or athletics/swimming marks.

She's about to send her opponents back to school

Surfing is one of those sports with many regions as their members. and more...

grabbed a quota. only need to get a score of 7.50 or higher to qualify, if not then will qualify

Yup, Correa and one of Duru/Mignot will compete at the Olympics as they are guaranteed to finish no worse than 10th and 4 athletes guaranteed to finish in the top 10 are not eligible. The remaining four quotas will be decided between . There's a decent chance it will be decided after repechage 8. If not then it will be decided after repechage 9.

In the event the tripartite quota is not awarded (unlikely since and are eligible) the quota will be reallocated to McGonagle

gets the final two spots So close for Brown to qualify in two Olympic sports.

It would go to the athlete with the highest score in their final heat so currently Lucia Machado (assuming Janire doesn't finish in the top 2)

Perhaps in the future, but given the fact she failed to qualify to the World League, she's still behind the top surfers. I look forward to seeing her in 2028. From a qualifying to the Olympics perspective surfing had one of the lowest chances, but that's more due to our versatility. Right now we are on pace at qualifying in 28/32 sports. Not many nations have that kind of reach. Modern pentathlon could have someone if Fitzsimmons competes at the World Cups while sport climbing is quite unlikely. Field Hockey and Handball obviously has no chance now.

Realistically, surfing is still one of our weaker sports. The fact we have anyone competing is a pleasant surprise. Based on her performance over the past year Brooks' silver medal last year was more of a fluke and unlikely to be replicated.

Isn't it great when small nations like the United States get free quotas?

Too bad couldn't send a boat.

Lucky for her she'll have at least a week to travel and settle. With that said she's a long shot at qualifying in surfing.

Quite excited to see what Nemour can do at the Olympics

0 - 0 Sad that one of those teams will miss the Olympics. Hopefully they'll expand the tournament to 16 to match the men's.

No, it'll be called "Pentathlon Xtreme" and any time the commentator says the name, they have to yell it and a loud electric guitar riff is played.

I wouldn't mind a double elimination tournament just so we don't risk people getting eliminated too early.

We can give options, but sometimes it's difficult to give an accurate picture. In the past, sport federations have given quotas to athletes which did not compete at a high level. For example judo tripartite quotas have been awarded to athletes with no world ranking points.

The wording makes no sense since as you said, the second statement means athletes under the age of 30 would be allowed to compete in more than 2 Olympics, which is obviously not the intention by World Aquatics or else they wouldn't have written the first statement. It's almost a paradox. I think they meant "and" instead of "or"

The wording is a bit awkward. It's written that athletes under the age of 30 can only compete in two Olympics through universality. It's then implied that over 30 year old athletes can compete in more Olympics. It's a dumb rule in my opinion and hurts a small handful of athletes in their mid to late 20s who may be excluded during what may have been their peak Olympics

No, they are reallocated as tripartite quotas. Only if they are not awarded they will be given to the next ranked nation in the Olympic Rankings.

Yeah, my assumption was the singles rankings would remain constant. If Sweden goes from 16th to 15th then they will qualify to the Olympics.

Thailand should get a boost in points since they will finish at least 9th vs. getting 19th in 2022.