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i'm already on it, but you're right it's a little too much. I'll start to upload the previews next week.
 
So far the following quotas are 100% sure:
 
 in men's team pursuit.
 in men's team sprint
 in women's team sprint
 
Even if they get disqualified at this year's worlds, they couldn't drop below 8th place.

should absolutely be doable with about a month to go

Just to be clear, I meant that they had everything the needed to qualify
 
I wasn't suggesting there was anything untoward
 
Happy to see Woolley qualify as he was very close to doing so for Rio

Liang lost the semi final and failed to grab the quota. Congrats to Woolley.

only if Jang Jun wins the Grand Slam ranking, but CHN should still have a theoretical chance to grab that spot and leave Wolley out...

no that was irrelevant, Grand Slam is a different tournament will be held in China in 2 weeks. and has its own ranking. (adding points from 2017, 2018 and 2019 Grand Slam)
 
right now these 2 Koreans are leading in that ranking too but there is a Chinese guy next to them, if that guy Liang Yushuai wins this 2019 Grand Slam he also will win the quota. otherwise it goes to Woolley and I can say that's highly unlikely for the Chinese guy to win the gold. there will be lots of guys better than him in the competition.

Just posting to say thanks to @dcro for all the posts in this thread. Really incredible work. 

Just posting to say thanks to @dcro for all the posts in this thread. Really incredible work. 

Just posting to say thanks to @dcro for all the posts in this thread. Really incredible work. 

Just posting to say thanks to @dcro for all the posts in this thread. Really incredible work. 

Just posting to say thanks to @dcro for all the posts in this thread. Really incredible work. 

Just posting to say thanks to @dcro for all the posts in this thread. Really incredible work. 

Seems Valencia was quick (all praise Nike!) because  Paul Pollock ran 2:10.17 to qualify too

I get that, but it's a bit harsh to keep blaming everyone who bans Russia instead of blaming those who are actually to blame for all of this, the Russian authorities. I don't know how much further things should go before at some point one should say "Look, this sucks badly for innocent athletes as well, but this has got to be stopped and resolved."
 
There's not really a 'good' way to go about all it, but just banning athletes who have actually been caught makes the whole Russian system get away with it.

have qualified for the Olympics
 
Congrats to them.
 
They'll play  in the final here but with Japan already in, they take the Asian quota available

No real controversy this time. The Canadians wanted to query one of the 8 second rulings (when Ireland scored) and they said it couldn’t be checked. Irish TV checked it and it was 7 seconds so all good anyway
 
Anyway...
 
So happy to see our women’s team qualify. They’ve been so close in previous qualifiers and finally got over the line! 
 
Now we just need to 0-0 (shoot out win) to a medal in Tokyo ?
 
So proud of the effort from these girls  

TEAM  is now at 45 with the addition of 16 women hockey players!
 
First ever women's team to qualify in hockey
 
First ever women's team to qualify in any team sport
 
 

Taekwondo wasn't part of the European Games. so this is an EXTRA European Championship to make up for that in the World Ranking. in short this is not a real European Championship but a very important tournament for the World Ranking with 40pts up for grab for the gold medalists.
 
and one can say if European Taekwondo Union can't or don't want to put taekwondo into the European Games maybe they don't deserve to have a Grade-4 tournament instead.

I'm going to laugh my balls off if they actually get a medal.

Are you telling me that Mali will NOT be a medal contender next year??

I only reacted as sad because I wanted your post to have every reaction possible. 

Stunning result for Ireland 
 
we have every chance now  

As of 24 October 2019...
 
29 quotas earned in 9 different sports
 
Sports with quotas earned in alphabetical order:
 
Athletics
 
Ciara Mageean (1,500m) Alex Wright (20k walk) Brendan Boyce (50k walk) Fionnuala McCormack (marathon)  
Others that would get place by virtue of their current ranking would be Thomas Barr, Mark English and Phil Healy. Of the highly rated juniors; high jumper Sommer Lecky and heptathlete Kate O'Connor have the best chance of making the early step up.
 
Canoeing - Slalom
 
boat (men's C1)  
Ireland are unlikely to qualify any more boats in canoeing with our best sprint canoeist being Jenny Egan who specialises in longer (non-Olympic) distances. Robert Hendrick qualified the boat but himself and Liam Jegou are set to fight for it
 
Cycling - Road
 
Men's Road race (3 quotas) Men's ITT (1 quota)  
With several riders at world tour level, the fight for Olympic spots will be on ext year.
 
Equestrian
 
Eventing (team with 3 individuals) Dressage(team with 3 individuals) Show jumping (team and 3 individuals)  
Finally a full Irish quota!
 
Gymnastics (artistic)
 
Rhys McClenaghan  
Rhys's bronze medal performance in the pommel final at the world championships was enough to earn him a spot. Megan Smith is first reserve on the womens side
 
Modern Pentathlon
 
Natalya Coyle  
Natalya will be hoping for her third top 10 placing in the Olympics in Tokyo. Arthur Lannigan O'Keefe could medal if everything goes right but he struggled with injuries. He needs to have a great start to 2020 to shoot up the rankings.
 
Rowing
 
w1x w2- m2x lm2x  
Whoever is with Paul O'Donovan in the lightweight double sculls will be a medal favourite in Tokyo. Paul has won the last two world championships, one with his Rio medal winning brother Gary and the other with newcomer Fintan McCarthy. Sanita Puspure is double world champion and only injury or horrendoes luck will stop her from medaling in Tokyo. The men's double won silver this year and are improving all the time. Ireland will try and qualify a womens 4 next year 
 
Sailing
 
Laser Radial  
Aisling Kelleher won the quota but Rio medalist Annalise Murphy has dropped her 49er FX plans to try and get in the Radial boat for Tokyo. The 49er crew have a good chance of qualifying in December and we might sneak in a Laser quota too next year with most European countries already in.
 
Swimming
 
Darragh Greene (100m, 200m breast) Shane Ryan (100m back)  
Irish swimming is one of the only sports that have stricted rules than the IOC for qualifying so neither of these may actually go. Greene achieved his time at the worlds so has to get close to it at the Irish nationals in 2020 to validate it. Everyone else, including Ryan, has to earn the OQT at the Irish nationals. Brendan Hyland and Mona Mcsharry look the two most likely to add to the team in individual events but swimmimg Ireland is aiming to bring a 4x100m medley relay team and is currently OK in the ranks
 
 
Likely/possible quotas in these sports
 
Badminton
Nhat Nguyen is currently in a rankings spot. The mixed doubles of Sam and Chloe Magee are also in a spot, but their quota is far less secured.
 
Boxing
Traditionally our strongest Olympic sport. Ireland will eb hoping to have at least 8 of the 13 quotas available next year. Our womens team is particularly strong and they'll hope to win 2/3 medals next year.
 
Cycling
On the track we may qualify at least 2 women (madison rankings) and maybe one man (omnium).
 
Diving
Oliver Dingley and Clare Cryan have hopes for next year through the world cup series. Dingley should be OK
 
Field Hockey
Both mens and womens team face Canada over the next 2 weekends time in the play offs. The World Cup runner up women are at home and hopefully qualify for their first ever Olympics!
 
Golf
Ireland will qualify 4 for golf next year with McIlroy and Lowry being medal contenders on their day in the mens. Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will go in the women's event
 
Judo
We currently have 3 judoka in ranking positions; Ben Fletcher, Megan Fletcher and Nathan Burns and tey're listed in order of likely qualification. Ben will be in if he isn't injured.
 
Taekwondo
Jack Wooley is top 8 ranked in the minimum weight and should be OK to make his first games with average luck.
 
Triathlon
Russell White and Carolyn Hayes are our best hope of qualifying for Tokyo and both are just inside the quota spots at the moment.  Hayes was 6th at the European Championships in May and is a relative newcomer to the sport. She'll easily shoot up the rankings list with performances like that. The ranking period ends in May 2020.
 
It's unlikely we'll have qualifiers in  other sports but  maybe the rugby sevens team can surprise us or someone new comes along next year!
 
 
 
 

in 1964, 3 different venues were used for the Equestrian competitions:
 
- Karuizawa (Chiba Prefecture) hosted the 3-Day event
- the Equestrian Park in Setagaya-ku* (Tokyo) hosted the Dressage competitions
- the National (Olympic) Stadium in Shinjuku-ku* (Tokyo) hosted the Show Jumping events
 
* -ku basically means "block"...
 
for more details, check the IOC Tokyo 1964 Official Reports #1 (page 115 and following) and #2 (page 577 and following)...
https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8

Jungels has never finished higher than 10th at any world championship time trial. He wasn't a medal contender next year
 
Japan getting the spot ahead of Luxembourg is no big deal
 
Just like it would be no big deal if Latvia pipped Luxembourg to that 30th spot and they get in