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Entries for the African/Oceania qualifier in Tunisia https://uww.org/article/african-and-oceania-olympic-qualifier-entries a bit surprised to see Australian wrestlers in the list considering how strict they are regarding the quarantine rules. (and wrestling is not a big deal there) Tunisia entered 2-3 wrestlers per weight but if we consider just one of them we will have only 3-4 wrestlers in some weights, (specially in Greco and women) since late withdrawals or disqualification (for not making the weight) is always possible. we may end up with 2 wrestlers in a weight receiving free quotas. interesting note: Blessing OBORUDUDU is in the entry list but that's against the news we heard long time ago about the Swedish girl Jenny Fransson being disqualified from the Worlds (therefore giving her quota to Nigeria) maybe the process of disqualifying Fransson is not over yet but what if Oborududu qualifies here too ? who will get the reallocated quota? the next best wrestler from the 2019 Worlds ? (which is ) or next best girl from Africa? or maybe Fransson somehow survived the doping story ?! UWW never mentioned her in their doping list. that was only Swedish sources talking about her doping.

yes I did and this is the post since that day the TPE guy is also got disqualified and he is out too. first let me explain that Aramanau didn't really participated at +109kg. to qualify for the Olympics you have to participate in 6 events but 4 of them will be counted, so most weightlifters had two "DNS" . means they just participated in the weigh-in and then withdrew. they usually do that in the upper weight to not cut weight. that's why you see Aramanu or Yang Zhe in the ranking. they never really participated at the +109kg. both Belarus and Armenia have just 1 quota to use. Armenia has Simon Martirosyan who is the clear gold medal favorite at 109kg. so unless he gets injured they will never send anybody else. same goes to Belarus. Ziaziulin has a chance for medal but Aramanau has a chance to challenge Martirostan for gold and his silver is almost secured. if I was Belarus I would send Aramnau for sure, again unless he gets injured. after all he is not young. removing Armenia and Belarus leaves Fernando Reis Saraiva as the 3rd best result among the remaining athletes. you can go here and sort the athletes by their "best total" I believe it will be between Brazil, Algeria, Turkmenistan and Syria . https://www.iwf.net/qualif/menu/ and Davoudi chokes sometimes, of course winning silver should be very easy for him. he just lifted 451 in total in a local competition couple weeks ago. almost everybody here thinks he will win the silver in Tokyo (no more, no less) Iran is also limited to two male weightlifters, and Davoudi (barring injuries) will get one of those 2. not because he is great, but because our coaches also did all these calculations themselves even though "officially" we still have 4 weightlifters in race for Tokyo and Davoudi is just one of them. if we remove ineligible weightlifters, here is the best official result (by official I mean results in IWF sanctioned international competitions) of remaining weightlifters in past 2.5 years. 484 Talakhadze 441 Davoudi 436 Reis 431 Bidani 430 Asaad 427 Toychyyev 427 Seim 418 Kucera

I think they did, I remember I read such a thing in their previous statement

they changed that. as far as I know now it's equally 4 quotas for all 13 events.

this is 1 for each continent in each event, 1 for Asia, 1 for Africa, (already allocated), 1 for America and 1 for Europe.

that's only for Asia and Africa because their qualification tournaments are already done. Europe will have its aditional 1 quota per weight (through ranking) after the end of the European Qualification event.

I'm a bit confused about how the ranking works, ISSF website says they award 1000pts for the gold medal winner and 750 for silver etc but then when I check the current ranking almost nobody has 1000pts . so this one last event in India has more points to offer than all other previous world cups combined ? am I right that in most events whoever finishes first here qualifies ? (among eligible shooters)

the last time I updated this thread was 2 years ago OK time for a little Olympic-related information while everything is frozen here because of the new year holidays we had our Olympic trials in freestyle wrestling 2 weeks ago. that was only in 2 weights for some weird reasons and these guys secured their place in the Olympic team. no surprise since they both won the quota in Kazakhstan as well. 57: Reza Atri 86: Hassan Yazdani this is the 86kg trial match, where the Olympic Champion Yazdani beat World U23 Champion Kamran Ghasempour 5-2. the last time they faced (in 2019), more than 12,000 came to the stadium to watch them wrestle. this time it had to be in an empty hall

some squads for the Asian OQT in Kazakhstan Japan Freestyle 57: Rei Higuchi 86: Sosuke Takatani 97: Naoya Akaguma 125: Tetsuya Tanaka Women 50: Yui Susaki Greco-Roman 67: Shogo Takahashi 77: Shohei Yabiku 87: Masato Sumi 97: Yuta Nara 130: Arata Sonoda Iran Freestyle 65: Amir Mohammad Yazdani 74: Younes Emami 97: Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian Greco-Roman 67: Mohammad Reza Geraei 87: Hossein Nouri 97: Mohammad Hadi Saravi

unlike past two days where we had less withdrawals, today almost everybody withdrew only 2 out of 6 finals actually happened. and for a second I thought Kiril Milov and his coaches made a dumb mistake because they called him on the mat few times and he didn't show up. (that doesn't happen if you give them the doctor's note in advance) that means disqualification but apparently it was just some misunderstanding because when the results show up on the website it was "VIN" and not "VFO" that would be too good to be true for Alex Szoke PS: in 18 finals (gold and bronze) we had 11 no show. very understanding

@thiago_simoes I remember you were interested in Rustam Djanbaev's case something like 1.5 years ago so after so long IWF finally disqualified his results from 2018 World Championships and Fernando Reis Saraiva is now upgraded to the bronze medal position. which is (I believe) Brazil's first ever World Senior Championship medal. https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/athletes_newbw/?athlete=saraiva-reis-fernando-1990-03-10&id=3356 they also disqualified Christina Iovu from Romania, her bronze medal goes to Chinshanlo (KAZ) who was a doper herself!

per UWW calendar, Hammamet in Tunisia will host the African/Oceania qualifiers in 2-4 April instead of Morocco! hope it doesn't get cancelled again

that was like walking in the park for Semenov a summary of the day 60: 67: 77: 87: 97: 130: 2 for and 1 for 8 more NOCs anddd only 2 of 12 top seeds qualified !

oh man what a drama but it was more like a gladiator fight. that was ugly and disgusting from the Finnish guy. I can't understand why he fought like that. he deserved 3 cautions disqualification in my opinion but that throw was GREAT. and I have to say without all those things Savolainen could still win the match 1-1 (worst case scenario), Kakhelashvili could never score on him. but with that ugly style he deserved more cautions.

what a match, and big big win for Gobadze this guy is master in his reverse throws. Alirzaev did a dumb mistake giving him that chance always nice to see Russia losing at least they have to send one wrestler to Bulgaria in Greco as well. and I have to say the officiating was very good in this match, if they wanted that was possible to screw the Georgian like what they did in the previous match.

what an ugly win for Russia a nonsense passivity/caution/2points at the of 1st period. that's new ! they NEVER give 2pts cautions like that in middle of the match. and at the end Mnatsakanian lost only because of the failed challenge. he fought his heart out to me got robbed a quota because Russia couldn't lose another quota here. that center referee from Germany is always involved in controversies

wow what a throw , just wow. whoever takes the risk, gets the reward what a surprising quota for Germany

is there any event left to change the current ranking ? I thought this is final because I can't see anything else in ITTF calendar. I did a little check to see if this "guess" is right or not. we will have 86 male players in Tokyo. 48 for 16 teams with 3 athletes + 22 from continental events + 4 from Doha WQT + 1 Wild Card = 75 that leaves 11 quotas for Ranking + Mixed doubles players. Canada already took one by sending a different player. all other 7 teams in XD already qualified somewhere else so they won't take anymore quota. best case scenario: if those remaining 8 teams in XD don't take anymore quota, we will have 10 players to qualify through ranking. Noshad is currently 15th among non-qualified players. another best case scenario: 5 European players + 1 from Paraguay can qualify before the deadline. in this case he will climb to the 9th position in that ranking. so let's say he needs lots of best case scenarios to happen! not really possible and the point is , his chance was below 10% (and even less) that's stupid to count on that and give up the quota, even to your own brother! that's simply too stupid to happen. but people love strange theories

I didn't even know he is here. I see the level isn't on its best in this World Cup for obvious reasons but still judging from his score he did a pretty good job.

don't try to talk logic with this guy he is doing this like a job. like someone is paying him to write these things.

so we know the name of 24 semifinalists here is my summary about the first session today 60: Kamal vs Turba //// Kinsinger vs Mammadov one chance in parterre was enough for Kamal to score 9 pts and beat his toughest opponent Ciobanu, he will face Turba in the SF, Kamal will be the favorite but I think Turba will have his chance if he defends that parterre. he also beat two big names to reach here. I don't know anything about this German guy, he had an easy draw and was impressive against Lizatovic. on other hand while the whole Azerbaijan squad was disappointing Mammadov did great against European Champion Gharibyan. he will the huge favorite here but nothing is impossible in Greco. 67: Korpasi vs Islamov //// Zoidze vs Galstyan Korpasi won his early final convinsingly against the European Champion from Norway, he will be the huge favorite here. but Islamov is kind of a fighter. interestingly Korpasi had to cut from 72 while Islamov had to gain weight from 63kg to meet here ! bottom half was quite a battle. Glastyan won a big match against Dadov. a very controversial one. first he received a bad call (IMO) but then destroyed the Azeri 14-6. I think he used the leg at first before collecting all these points but that doesn't matter anymore. Zoidze was OK but almost lost to Ukraine. it will be a close match. 77: Starcevic vs Varga //// Mnatsakanian vs Chekhirkin huge huge chance for Croatia. Starcevic did great by holding off Suleymanov beating 1-1 (on cautions per that stupid rule I talked about) I don't know much about Varga. I think Starcevic will win the quota. Chekhirkin gave Russian coaches heart attack so many times today but he is here in the SF after so many close wins. before today I would say Mnatsakanian has no chance against him but he was also very good today. still this will be uphill task against Russia. Nemes master plan was working well against Chekhirkin for a 1-1 win but an early pushout in the 2nd period ruined everything. kind of surprising I never saw Nemes leaving the mat like that. 87: Gobadze vs Alirzaev //// Betschart vs Abbasov Gobadze beat two big names in two tough battles to face Alirzaev in the SF. Alirzaev was shaky today. almost lost to Datunashvili and struggled even against the Italian guy. both guys can score big in parterre. hard to predict. I really like Gobadze's reverse headlock, if that works he can beat anybody in the world. who is this Switzerland guy ? I think Abbasov already has the quota but then this is Greco. everything is possible. Abbasov was losing to Aleksandrov (the only decent wrestler in his bracket) but a late caution helped him to score two gut-wrenches for the win. 97: Kakhelashvili vs Savolainen //// Milov vs Omarov Kakhelashvili was strong like a tank today winning two tough matches but this Finnish kid is no joke. I knew about his talent for a long time. I still expect Nikoloz to win this one but one mistake and Savolainen will score big on him. Milov had a close match with Szoke which I think was his real final (semifinal actually) but Omarov isn't that bad and is capable of doing something here. he was losing to the Russian wrestler of Azerbaijan but scored a takedown in the very last second to keep his hopes alive. 130: Knystautas vs Krajewski //// Varga vs Semenov golden opportunity for Lithuania and Poland to qualify. 130kg usually comes to one gut-wrench or one pushout ! the Azeri guy in top half didn't show up (probably overweight) and Romanian top seed also lost to that "one gut wrench" Krajewski showed some throwing techniques but the Lithuanian wrestler was also big and strong. I just hope it doesn't finish 1-1. someone has to score to deserves winning the quota. well I wasn't expecting anybody to even giggle Semenov and Varga is no exception. Semenov most probably will beat him easily. he is just in another level. the only way to beat him is to make him tire early. sometimes he gasses badly. I don't think Varga is capable of that.

few minutes left before the start of important quarterfinals. Russia is really lucky to still have 3 wrestlers alive. both Chikhirkin and Alirzaev scored very late in last 15 seconds to win. for Alirzaev it was a dubious call. they had to review it for 4-5 minutes, can't say if he used his leg or not but Datunashvili was very close to eliminate Russia. Chikhirkin-Nemes will be the most important match of the QF, Nemes has a "new strategy" here, conceding the first caution and then win the match 1-1 (in case he fails to score in the 2nd period) he could count on his rock solid defense in first two matches but against Russia ? I'm not sure but I have a feeling this match is going to finish 1-1. also some notable wrestlers got disqualified (most probably failing to make weight) Noumonvi and Kandevaki for example. Alexuc-C also wrestled like a lazy bear and lost to Kosvevic that opens the door for someone new to qualify at 130kg. Poland or Croatia most probably. so far I saw 2-3 questionable calls , mostly in favor of certain country. but I'm not sure though. it's just hard to follow 3 mats at the same time.

with this new STUPID rule, some wrestlers prefer to be "passive" in the first period. that will help a lot in case of 1-1, which happens in close matches specially in heavier weights. btw Chekhirkin survived against Georgia by a last seconds pushout. he doesn't look good at all.

Uzbekistan lost another final, again 4-2. women's Middle Asia quota for LAVROVA Anastassiya

at least we will have one TT player in Tokyo. the younger brother Nima Alamian beat Kenjaev 4-2 some people here think Noshad lost intentionally to Nima, because he still has a very slim chance to qualify through the ranking. but I think that's highly unlikely. first because his chance is very slim to qualify (almost zero) and second because Nima had beaten him before.