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So you already placed your bet?

Nobody knows. It's a similar situation with Lebanon who allegedly got wild card in C1, what should be impossible since Lebanon didn't compete at the World Championships last year (and only nations that competed are allowed to compete in Rio, according to qualification system).

I don't think they have to choose... Qualification says nothing about that, nor is that a case in any other wild card situation. Also, qualification document technically doesn't say how many wild cards can nation get. It just seems like tripartite nations are being completely prioritized for this Olympic cycle. Remember, we had a similar situation in sailing where the tripartite quotas went to already qualified nations (instead of going to unqualified non-tripartite nations like in 2012...) And nobody assumed that Angola/Bermuda have to return something...

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A whole bunch of nations had more MQS qualifiers than Bolivia. Armenia has more MQS than both Malta and Bolivia and yet they got nothing.

Added the controversial shooting wild cards...

Looks like Nepal and Montenegro are the only tripartite nations that didn't apply. I'm surprised that Barbados bothered to apply. Remember, in 2012 they were the only nation without a female athlete. No woman from Barbados qualified and they didn't want to send any wild card athlete.

Bolivia, Pakistan, Oman and Malta got 2 wild cards?? I don't care if they are tripartite nations, getting two wild cards is like cheating!

As per their Olympic rules, South Africa won't be accepting continental quotas (especially not reallocated continental quotas), That means the next best non-Egyptian athlete from Africa is athlete from Mauritius.

So, if Egypt chooses El Geziry brothers, then the African quota will go to the next best nation from Africa?

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Well, I guess this represents the return of demonstration sports to the Olympics. Well, at least that's the best way of looking at it.

Motorbikes and cars continue to play pinball with cyclists...

Christine Majerus won yesterday and placed second today in races in France. That gives Luxembourg 140 points and that should be enough to qualify more than one rider for them. Meanwhile, Daiva Tuslaite finished 4th today and got 35 points. Looks like she caught the last train for Rio as she now has 98 points, what is likely going to be enough.

Actually no. At the 2016 Modern Pentathlon Worlds only medalists win Olympic quotas. If they are already qualified then the quotas will be reallocated through the World rankings.

Mihalić was already much better at the European Championships part. He reached quarterfinals where he lost to the 1st seed after tie-break.

Some good results from our athletes in Austria. Ivana Lončarek - 13.15 (100m hurdles) Lucija Pokos - 23.72 (200m) Roland Varga - 62.56m (discus throw) These three have an outside chance for Rio.

That's correct, instead of For some reason I thought that Chinese Taipei was already qualified.

That's the one way of looking at it I guess.

23 new dopers found after the retesting of London 2012 samples. Where is this World going...

Well, Mihalić should still have a chance at final QT next month, which is perhaps a bit easier thanks to reallocation. Ranking round is obviously no problem for him (he did very well at both European Games last year and EQT now). Hopefully he'll handle his nerves well next month.

That's not official. This is just the list of nations that qualified. NOCs have to confirm their quotas by June 15. We might see few more declined quotas, for example Sweden declining men's quota like they did in 2012. Meanwhile, mountain bike is pretty much the easiest African qualification path for South Africa (along with field hockey perhaps). I'm pretty sure that they won't accept it.

Finland in table tennis. Azerbaijan in triathlon. But I don't know if we should count Azerbaijan in triathlon and archery, because they did it with Ukrainian athletes.

Mountain bike quotas have been confirmed by UCI. No surprises.

Don't forget the reallocation of unused tripartite quotas what will happen 99.99%. Panama is probably the only tripartite nation that even competes in this sport, but they probably won't get it too.