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Good to see Deborah Kerr racing.

According to this, the Oceanian Qualification Tournament has been cancelled. The quota will be allocated at the Final Qualification Tournament (to the highest ranked Oceanian athlete).

That is correct.

Correct. Spain will likely qualify a team, so their duet place from the European Cup will get reallocated to either NED or GBR (not sure which, because the results site from the Cup has disappeared lol).

There should be 3 (no medal race).

6th-9th I'd say. If they beat Sweden, they should be 6th. If not, then 7th, or lower if Australia/Portugal deliver. Still, I am pretty sure they will make it to the team finals (Top 8), considering how consistently reliable Spanish riders are under pressure (compared to some other nations).

New Zealand officially declined their spot. But South Africa accepted it! https://www.fina.org/competitions/tokyo-2020-artistic-swimming-info This means there will be 8 spots available in Barcelona (for the duets).

Liechtenstein is ready, alright. Beating the likes of Switzerland and Germany is massive for them!

Some updates on eventing entry lists... Looks like Arinadtha Chavatanont is headed to Baborowko (May 27-30). She needs MER otherwise Thai team is out (and + (!) are in). Fouaad Mirza is entered for Montelibretti apparently (May 20-23). @Dolby @Fly_like_a_don No sign of CHI/ZIM so far. Carlos Lobos is presumably headed for his home event in Quillota (May 24-27). If he fails, he should have another chance at the same venue (June 18-20). Camilla Kruger has a few options (Houghton Hall, Renswoude, Millstreet), but can only enter one of them.

Not to forget that Mexico quite casually defeated Canada at their home qualification event in Surrey. I have a good feeling about their prospects.

It's just a continuation of the Combined European Championships to be held earlier that month... Would love to attend it (and visit Osijek for the first time), but don't think it's in the cards under the current circumstances...

Govorčinović je bila 4. u B finalu na Svjetskom 2019, što nije loše... Ali vjerojatno će imati veće šanse na sljedećim kvalifikacijama u Rusiji. Puno toga ovisi o korona treninzima...

Men Africa - Asia - America - 2019 WCh - 2019 WCh (U23) - (or if Romania is through on rankings) Women Africa - Asia - America - 2019 WCh - 2019 WCh (U23) -

It will be tight between and . ISR/AUS are out. After Albstadt... Slovakia 2452 (+6) Romania 2398 (+70) If the same happens in Nove Mesto, Romania would take over that last spot. Slovakia is probably destined to add the minimum 6 (or 9) points, in which case Romania (Dascalu) has to finish 22nd (or 21st) to go ahead.

Catching up with some important, but not necessarily binding selection events... Spain - dressage - https://online.equipe.com/en/class_sections/561132 Claudio Castilla Ruiz was always going to be a lock. Looking very good Beatriz Ferrer-Salat and her new ride Elegance, who scored an impressive PB. Juan Antonio Jimenez rose to the occasion and I guess he will battle for the last spot on the team, against Jose Martin Dockx, Juan Garcia and possibly Jordi Domingo... Severo Jurado (5th individually from Rio) was absent from Madrid, but has his chance as well. Australia / New Zealand - eventing - https://www.nominate.com.au/equest/nsw/results/syd3de21/SJ_2104_CCn4-s.html A special selection event was held for AUS/NZL riders based in Oceania. Following this win (and an impressive finishing score), things are looking great for Stuart Tinney. Shane Rose did well too, but it will be tough against the Europe-based Australians (Chris Burton is a lock, but there are also Andrew Hoy and Kevin McNab). As for New Zealand, Clarke Johnstone & Balmoral Sensation (6th from Rio) withdrew before jumping, which could prove costly... Tim and Jonelle Price are surely a lock. For the final spot, it will probably be a battle between Johnstone, and Jesse Campbell, Samantha Lissington and Amanda Pottinger...

Indeed. Probably the only sport which deserves this kind of criticism is weightlifting. Since it is the only sport whose qualification system prohibits all nations from taking part in each event. That's a hard no.

Comparing Summer and Winter Games is so weird. And just utterly nonsensical. They are two wholly different universes in terms of athlete representation.

This is absolutely normal for like 90% of summer sports. There is simply not enough space for everyone within the 10,500 athletes maximum.

IFs (with some general, but flexible enough directions from IOC).

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.