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I don't like extreme slalom for the same reason I don't really like short track, ski cross, snowboard cross and so on. Overtaking is nearly impossible (extreme slalom is an extreme case of this). And when it actually happens, 50% of the time it gets reversed/adjusted after the race. Ugh.

There are three spots left unclaimed 1×WK1 (Oceania) and 2xWC1 (Africa, Oceania). And since nobody will earn them based on rankings, they should go to (WK1) and (WC1).

Multiple entries per NOC in slalom are not coming back... Ever. Deal with it. And why should they? Just compare the results from Athens 2004 (the last time two entries per NOC were allowed), to Rio 2016. Limiting the number of entries per NOC quite literally allowed this sport to grow.

This woman is on fire this year. It would be a great shame if she gets disregarded by the US selectors. Mostly because it is so unusual to see a West Coast rider sweeping an East Coast event like this. https://eventingnation.com/california-dreaming-tamie-smith-leads-jersey-fresh-cci4-l-and-cci3-l-after-cross-country/

Just saw the replay. I guess our guy's coach was standing right next to the microphone. Anyway, very well done Ivan! Full team! (in old money)

It's not ridiculous. To earn (Olympic) ranking points at some competiton, you must obtain MER at that same competition, otherwise you will get 0 points even if you won. Therefore, everyone who qualified for the Olympics must have had their MERs in order (at least partly). Specifically, after the 2019 season, this left only India and South Africa without full MERs, since they scored their points only in CCI4*-S competitions, but not CCI4*-L. But then the postponement came and FEI asked everyone to re-confirm their CCI4*-S MER in either 2020 or 2021. Usman Khan is a specific scenario. He had his MER on another horse which died suddenly. He then got a new horse with whom he had to start from scratch (this includes MERs at CCI2* and CCI3*, without which starting at CCI4* events is not even allowed). So it's not neither shocking not unfair. Wildly inconsistent dressage scores, slow cross-country... Those are all symptoms of an ungelled partnership. It was to be expected, really.

No Olympics* for Usman Khan. He jumped clear but was 6 (!) seconds too slow. 1:21 behind the optimum time while 1:15 is the maximum allowed for MER. Unbelieveble! https://www.nominate.com.au/equest/nsw/results/syd3de21/XC_2104_CCI4-s.html Reallocation provisionally goes to Zimbabwe (MER not confirmed yet), and after that it would be Austria. * Theoretically, he still has a chance if he sets off to Europe immediately and competes in Italy in two weeks. Even if he already had a sponsor for transportation, I highly doubt this would be logistically feasible. Surely not.

Dupont rises from the ashes for the umpteenth time.

Bite your tongue...

And with this, Venezuela will go from 9 (!) in Rio to 0 in Tokyo...

Khan scored 13% better than in Robertson few weeks ago... No idea what happened then, but today's score of 32.60 puts him past the point of no return. Meanwhile, Collins obtained 1/2 MERs on a new horse Chuppy Checker in Madrid today (68%).

Yeah. I'm sure most of the medal outsiders, dark horses, or even just those hoping for one final, will choose to contest their one and only main event. We may end up with some London 2012 slalom replay, when only used an option of having two C2 boats...

To be fair, this pandemic thing certainly prevent some nations from attending.

QS is pretty clear about this. Double starters are a subject of only NOC selection. B.4.3. An athlete participating at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 may participate in more than one (1) event in Canoe Sprint at the Olympic Games. This is subject to the selection of the athlete by their NOC.

Canoe sprint is much like shooting (only without MQS). A nation can do whatever they want as long as they compete in the events where they qualified directly. Specifically, using their six women's kayak athletes, China can theoretically enter two boats for both K1 events, and an additional K2 boat. But the athletes entered for these events must compete in K2 or K4.

Pretty inconsequential but... Women's welterweight Melieva out -> Yunusova in http://boxing.athlete365.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210414_Tokyo2020_BOX_Quotas.pdf

According to Olympedia - the first time since Amsterdam 1928.

Well, I don't know the details in wrestling, but some federations do have strict nationality requirements. World Athletics changed it recently, slowing Qatar down. ISU requires the athletes to skip a whole season of international events if they wish to make a change. And so on.

Win for Slovakia! Win for Totallympics!

Usman Khan is competing in Sydney this weekend. He has a little wiggle room left. Should he fail to score under 45 in dressage (again), he can withdraw before cross-country and re-route to either Naracoorte or Tamborine next week. But, if he starts the cross-country and fails to obtain MER, it will be game over. Mandatory rest period is two weeks, even if you retire after clearing just one obstacle.

Funny to point that out when there are literally tens of Russians, Georgians, Cubans competing for nations all over Europe (including Italy)...

Oceanian quota for W K1 will get reallocated to . Could explain why their best athlete was absent from Thailand.

And now a missed gate for Korpes...

Oh well, Switzerland will likely decline this without much thought. I have to check their selection policy to be sure. Tragedy for Bengeri who wasted a chance of a lifetime. Looks like she will be first under the line. So typical for this damned Olympic cycle...

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