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Second Round seeding: Pot 1: Pot 2: Pot 3: Pot 4: Pot 5: Pot 6: I think teams are more or less in the same level in all 6 pots. the draw won't really matter. what I like to get for our NT not because I think these teams are weaker. simply because I feel it's just better to play them. you won't enjoy playing against teams like Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. and also I'm tired of playing certain teams over and over, South Korea and Iraq for example. Iran never faced Australia since that historical 1997 WCQ match.

back in 2016 UWW tried something else, but it seems this time they simply award the quota to the next available athlete. instead of giving it to the 7th place wrestler and reallocate him/her continental quota to the next wrestler from that continent. if they do the same for that women's 68kg quota (Fransson's doping case) that one will go to Poland. ( 7th placed Nigeria is already qualified)

https://uww.org/article/ecuador-romania-earn-olympic-tickets-north-korea-withdraws-tokyo-2020 PRK quotas go to Ecuador and Romania!

oofff finally Iran survived this group with 4 wins, it was an ugly match as expected. lots of fights, the ref almost booked our entire squad ! (I believe Azmoun will miss the first match in 2nd round) Iran missed something like 4 or 5 one on one chances in 2nd half but still beating Iraq is something special. I really hope we don't get them in the 2nd round. that's the only team I want to avoid. and seriously how the hell Wilmots managed to lose to both of these teams. I really hope no other team ever hires this charlatan.

so 4 wild cards are available 2 in men's Kata where only is eligible. if they really award those quotas to the next best NOC "not represented" is first, is next, (and is next in case ) 1 is available in women's Kata where only is eigible. if she doesn't get it for any reason. the best NOC "not represented" yet is 1 is available in women's 61kg, nobody is eligible per WKF's rules. the first NOC "not represented" is

it seems HKG rejected quotas. Thailand received the men's LWT doubles. and Kuwait and KSA took the men's quotas.

I think they know what they are doing. the rules say that says the "Olympic Standing" not the weight separate standing. they made this list based on separate rankings for each weight. yes if we consider +68kg ranking Berultseva is the best ranked Asian but she is 9th in the overall ranking of +61kg. I would protest this decision. to me this is cheating but nothing is going to change. this list is final.

I think those cheating fakeugee athletes don't count, they are special extra quotas.

+ 1 Wild Card

WKF announces the continental quotas and that's completely different than mine !!! https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/olympians-confirmed-karates-olympic-debut/1598 I have to check things when I have the time but it seems they had different ranking for each weight (I mean not a combined ranking for 50kg and 55kg) terrible news for me that Alipour is not going to qualify ! and both +61kg quotas are filled now

of course it's Lopez in Tokyo. it was never supposed to be anybody else. (unless he gets injured) Oscar Pino was even training freestyle for the Olympics but when they registered him for the qualifiers, UWW told them he can't wrestle because technically he won the quota for Cuba in Greco-Roman (even if he is not going to use it) and one wrestler can't win two quotas. in 87kg lots of better guys failed to qualify they all could be gold medal contender . among the qualified wrestlers I only see a head and shoulder above the rest. and are next best wrestlers to me. of course in heavier weights lots of matches will finish 1-1 without anybody really scoring. luck will play a big factor here. qualified for the Olympics with this tactic of being passive intentionally in the first round just to receive the first caution, he may do that again in Tokyo. is also a master of doing nothing and winning the matches on caution. and for 130kg, I would say Lopez with no doubt but we didn't see him wrestling for a while and he is way heavier than 130kg. he has to cut weight which will take his energy, considering his age he is not unbeatable anymore. Kayaalp used to be much better but he looks really average and beatable nowadays. still I consider him the 2nd favorite. Semenov is clearly 3rd or maybe even 2nd ahead of Kayaalp. it's a bit hard to pick a 4th wrestler here, I believe that will be decided by someone 1-1 wins. but I had to pick one I would say

for whatever reason they changed the time of Australia-Jordan match which was supposed to be the last match of the day. now it will start half an hour before the start of Iran-Iraq match. I assume Australian team wanted to catch a flight or something like that. but this is probably a very good news for teams in other groups, specially Iran. Lebanon lost 2-1 to South Korea on Sunday so we only need a draw against Iraq if Jordan doesn't beat Australia. I really hope our coach is smart enough to follow that match, it may change Iran's strategy against Iraq. it will be terrible if other results happen in favor of Iran but our team blows it by losing to Iraq! quick summary are already qualified. we will know the other 8 teams tomorrow. but look safe even if they lose, also look good if they don't lose tomorrow. if one of them loses advances. also will take one of the places if they surprise everybody by beating Australia. they did that in Asian Cup. also a very slim chance exists for but they need 3 of Jordan, Iran, UAE and Uzbekistan losing.

no surprise, they have to allocate the Wild Cards first. WKF still didn't even announce the Continental quotas yet, I was expecting that today though. the deadline is 16 June. so two more days left. but keep in mind reallocated quotas are never a sure thing. I'm not even 100% sure about the Continental quotas I posted earlier. let alone reallocated Tripartite Committee quotas. but I read the rules so many times and explained everything in details, I still think she will get the quota. that part was interesting in his instagram, I like to see her reaction when/if she hears the news. after reading that post I really hope she does.

I believe WKF will announce the Continental quotas tomorrow but I double checked everything, I think these guys are going to qualify but this is not official until WKF confirms it Men Kata: Adnane El Hakimi 67: Kalvis Kalnins 75: Yahiro Tsuneari & Abdalla Abdelaziz +75: Brian Irr & Daniyar Yuldashev Women Kata: Alexandrea Anacan & Maria Dimitrova 55: Radwa Sayed & Bettina Plank 61: Alexandra Grande & Rozita Alipour +61: None ================== so we have 4 spots available for Tripartite invitation. but athletes have to be inside top 50 in the World Ranking. Eligible for women's +61kg: (2 quotas available) Marina Rakovic Eligible for men's kata: Sayed Mohammed Al-Mosawi Eligible for men's 67kg: Emil Pavlov Nenad Dulovic Abdullah Shaaban Orges Arifi ================== per rules if they can't allocate wild cards I assume that means they will award those quotas to NOCs without a single quota in Karate. because it doesn't say "not already represented in that category" since there are 2 wild cards available in women's +61kg and only one athlete is eligible to take that. I think that means one will be reallocated at least. the following athletes are best ranked in those categories from NOCs with zero quotas in Karate Women's +61kg: Eleni Chatziliadou Miroslava Kopunova * Chatziliadou should qualify anyway. Kopunova goes only if Montenegro doesn't get that Wild Card. Men's kata: Sayed Mohammed Al-Mosawi * This Kuwaiti guy is the next best athlete (from an NOCs already represented) and he is also the only athlete here eligible for the Wild Card. I beleive one way or another he will take that spot. Men's 67kg: Camilo Velozo * highly unlikely because 4 athletes are eligible for the Wild Card

whoever we send in this sport is excepted to fight for a medal. (probably except Ghiasi, who is a very bad wrestler to be honest) but in reality Hosseinkhani is far from being a medal contender, his Wch medal was 5 years ago. he wasn't even "supposed" to win the trials. Zare and Saravi are strong medal candidates, the younger Geraei too.

here

5, Yazdani, Hosseinkhani and Mohammadian in FS. Nejati and A. Geraei in GR

Polish open was the last round of our trials and tonight our wrestling federation officially announced the Olympic squad. in 4 weights we are sending a different wrestler than the guy who won the quota. Men's freestyle: 57: Reza Atri 65: Morteza Ghiasi 74: Mostafa Hosseinkhani 86: Hassan Yazdani 97: Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian 125: Amir Hossein Zare Men's Greco-Roman 60: Alireza Nejati 67: Mohammad Reza Geraei 77: Mohammad Ali Geraei 97: Mohammad Hadi Saravi 130: Amin Mirzazadeh * only Hassan Yazdani (2016 Rio gold medalist) has Olympic experience. the rest are going to the Olympics for the first time.

I believe so. but the rule says the best ranked NOC will have the priority. it doesn't say giving the quota to the best ranked NOC is a sure thing.

Canada was winning 3-3 (on Senshu) but received a penalty in last 3 seconds for stepping out. which annuls the Senshu. a draw was enough for the Netherlands to qualify. the match ended 3-3 draw and Netherlands qualified. (alongside KSA and Georgia) they awarded the women's medals but then right before the award ceremony they called both of those guys to the Tatami telling them to fight those last 3 seconds again because Canada apparently made a protest and they found out the Canadian Karateka wasn't out of bound. Canada ended up winning 3-3 on Senshu.

there are 2 or maybe 3 unused quotas in this weight of 81kg 1) Colombia's possible suspension 2) Asian quota 3) unused host quota in case they don't pick this weight for the wild card but i can't see how Croatia can get one of them. he is 9th among non-qualified weightlifters and Ireland, Puerto Rico, Slovakia and Denmark above him don't have quotas in other weights which make them priority to take the unused host quota. but never say never. everything is possible with IWF. but this one looks a bit unlikely.

I just rewatched the live stream. that's unbelievable. I didn't know you can protest these kind of decisions. and specially when the match is over ! that was new. feel sorry for the Dutch guy. that surely feels terrible for him.

you qualified 3 directly and can get max 2 from continental quotas , so the answer is 5 all 3 women's Kumite events + men's 67kg and men's 75kg.

unbelievable mistake by Gaysinsky , unbelievable he lost the Olympics because of that. he is probably the biggest choker in history of this sport.

what a comeback for KSA. and what a chance being wasted by Canada so and are qualified the last match between and is do or die for both of them. a draw will be enough for