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Yes maybe. but just maybe. it depends on Japan and Iran. there are 6 possible scenarios for Japan (have to pick 2 out of 4 events) and 2 for Iran (between M1X and W1X) which means a total of 12 different situations. I believe in some of them there will be one spot left unused for W1X. Iran Canoeing/Rowing Federation announced they will make a decision next week. I assume the NOC is more interested in the W1X quota to increase the number of female athletes in the delegation. but nothing is guaranteed and the NOC doesn't have the final say here. that's up to the national federation.

So it does make sense for Japan to pick LM2X and LW2X since at the end they are guaranteed two singles quotas, right ?

yeah I just said that to a friend of mine ok the whole world failed. this is our turn to use the very last chance to stop the monster but I wouldn't count on that. let's see if he even can reach the SF actually this is the first time I don't feel nervous about an Olympic Qualifier in wrestling. That's David and Goliath (Olympic Champion against a youngster)

wow Ivanova is not going to forget that forever. she was leading 9-1 !!! and what the hell the ref was doing ?! that was a pin for 30 seconds before he finally called it.

oh man, how come Bullen lost that. what a dumb mistake. she was leading 12-10. she could defend that position for another 40 seconds. but she tried to escape and then bang, got pinned.

I think that goes to Ecuador who finished 7th at the 2019 Worlds.

that was a heart breaking defeat for Canada but on the other hand that was a great attack right at the end for Romania.

Well after watching Omar Salim today, I just hope our athlete in this weight doesn't get him in the first round this kid is a medal contender

it always takes time. but I think maybe this is taking longer here. I'm not sure though. the whole process is stupid. when a coach wants to challenge, he had to call the referee, tell him the whole story (while most of the times it's obvious what they are protesting about) and then that referee again had to repeat all he heard for the jury .that alone takes a minute.

that was a dumb move by Alessio, yes he scored the winning point. but if he couldn't touch the head while in the air, he would lose the contest by that caution for falling. (while he probably had the superiority to win in case of 0-0) btw whenever they want to watch the video challenge, you can take a nap . sometimes it takes more than 5-6 minutes.

no Olympics for the biggest nobody ever. I thought this will be the last Olympics for Aaron Cook but he is 30. so he will be around at least for Paris 2024. this guy is probably one of the most famous athletes in the history of this sport but only because some media some media made him. he won only 2 bronze medals at the World Championship and despite participating twice still no Olympic medal.

mostly in lower weights, specially the lower weight. 49kg/58kg maybe because they move more lol but if you check heavier weights results, they are the same old names again and again

all of 4 former Iranians are already out and they are losing to everybody. only Pouryounes managed to not lose in the first round but she just host her QF to Romania. but Israel has a good chance to qualify in women's 49kg, (one of the weights we are going to send a competitor to the AQT) and she looked very good, dominating the 1st seed from Russia. but still it's too early to think about that. none of them are even qualified yet.

someone who just cared about the number of NOCs in the Olympics ! I understand the logic about limiting countries in the continental qualifiers. it's not good to see a country winning all quotas in its continent. but still limiting each NOC to just 1 is terrible. it should be 60/70% of the quotas. in this case 3 or at least 2.

13th ! they had to participate in Final C ! but it was cancelled because there was nobody else lol and there is 50% chance for Kuwait to have a quota in this sport by finishing last ! perfect

assuming Japan will pick LM2X and LW2X (that just make sense) here is the rest LM2X: LW2X: M1X: W1X: that last quota depends on Iran! if Iran picks M1X. qualifies for W1X and if Iran picks W1X, will qualify for M1X !!!!!

it depends on Japan and Iran I think only these boats are 100% qualified. the rest depends on Japan and also Iran and their picks. LM2X: LW2X: M1X: W1X:

it was hard to understand the ranking from that terrible live stream but Japan won all 4 gold medals here. Iran finished 3rd in LW2X and 2nd in M1X and W1X. that was all for nothing. they could still win that lone quota even if we had a boat in Final B! so I guess it's up to our federation to pick Bahman Nasiri or Nazanin Malaei. they would pick LW2X to have more athletes in the Games but I think they can't.

first session of the day: M1X Final A: Final B: 13th place: W1X Final A: Final B: 13th/14th places in order: ================= the only country with one boat in Final A is TPE. which means TPE is already qualified in W1X. we have 16 NOCs left (had 17 but the guy from KSA didn't continue after the heats) and 16 boats will qualify for the Olympics. which means if no country wins 2 golds or more, all 16 NOCs may qualify a boat. (terrible rule though) but that's unlikely because of Japan.

that was hilarious, you can say so many bad things about UWW about not promoting the sport but not this one. 90% of those so called refuges are Iranians and all of them are fake. they are legal migrants (moved to Europe because of poor economical situations here) but later changed their status to "refugee" because that was their only way to participate. (obviously in some countries they don't give you a passport right away and without a passport you can't represent that country) and some of them are not even good. they are part of this "refugee team" just to get some easy money from IOC! UWW solved that problem long time ago. you can participate at the Worlds/Continental events without even being a citizen. Abraham Conyedo won a World bronze for Italy long before being an Italian citizen. that's mandatory only for the Olympics. PS: UWW also has this stupid refugee idea, but at least that's limited (probably only to real refugees) there is a guy I don't know maybe from Iraq or Syria who will participate on Saturday (and will lose in the first round or the 2nd round)

@phelpseven if Frank Chamizo is not famous in Italy but he thinks he is famous in "Teheran" ! https://www.instagram.com/p/COfeWRhM3Fe/

Whoever wins the bronze from his side. there will be repechage and bronze/gold medal matches tomorrow

UWW requires 2 years of inactivity BUT only official tournaments count (Worlds, Continentals) these guys usually think about switching to another country when they fail to make Russian team for 2 years in a row so that's not a problem for them.

oh man, what a defense by Makoev !

Takatani looks like a complete different wrestler today ! less than a month ago he lost to a random Chinese wrestler