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I'm very surprised and happy with this result. So, it looks like Brazil might have a chance of fighting for one of the Olympic quotas, after all! The Pan Ams are going to be very interesting now!

There's only one "logical" explanation for that: they're expecting to receive the tripartite invitation, and is the next one in line. Not impossible, but given that is also eligible for the invitation, apparently, it's quite premature to expect to be invited -- and even a little bit absurd after she qualified on her own merits. But this system is nothing but absurd, so I won't be surprised if qualifies.

According to Twitter, Mexico's team is composed of Paulina Campos, Natalia Escalera, Victoria Mata and Daniela Briceño, with Cinthia Ruiz as the alternate. I suppose Elsa Garcia will join the team if she's not seriously injured. Moreno will not even be part of the team, so Mexico is taking all their chances to see if they get an Olympic quota -- which is the wisest thing to do, in my opinion. I wonder what happened with Nicolle Castro. She could challenge for an Olympic quota, but she has been missing in action since mid-2019. Argentina has a shot at qualifying with Magistrati, even though Rebeca Andrade from Brazil and Ava Stewart from Canada are the two gymnasts I believe will get the quota. Still, when it comes to the team competition, Argentina has a huuuge chance ahead of them with Dominici, Magistrati and Carraro. The head coach from Argentina is actually Brazilian and he had a pretty nasty fight with our federation, and it was one of the dumbest things that could have happened because he's an excellent coach and would be great for our junior gymnasts. On the men's side, I really can't make a sensible prediction. Everyone is so close and one fall could literally end someone's hope of qualifying.

Tomorrow is the final day for nations to send the nominative list of gymnasts who are going to compete at the Pan American Championships. and published their women's teams, but I couldn't find anything else about the other nations. will probably not send any women and was on the fence about sending a team, so I'm curious about what they ultimately decide. It's too hard to predict which nations will take the men's quotas. is the clear favorite for one of the quotas, but no one is sure if they will even send anyone to the Pan Ams. The second quota could be anyone's game. I'd say that each of these nations have a chance: , , , , , , , and . On the women's side, and are the clear favorites, with closely behind. might surprise, though. Not too sure about as of now. Since Argentina and Mexico are the only nations which announced their women's teams, I can safely say that, at least on paper, Argentina has a stronger team than Mexico. I have a good idea of who is going to make the Brazilian and Canadian teams, and both teams will be 1-2 unless anything bad happens. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Argentina takes the bronze medal in the team competition, to be honest. I hope we are given the nominative list of gymnasts before the event. I'll be able to comment a little bit more after I know who is going to participate.

What are the "good execution" references in diving? Compared to gymnastics, everything looks slightly off. Tucked somersaults with wide open legs, pirouettes also with legs slightly separated, zero toepoint in somersaults, and quite honestly all dives look the same, except for the amount of water splashed.

Larduet confirmed on his Instagram account that he's not training and he will not go to Tokyo. Heggemsnes had already been allocated to the host nation quota because Japan qualified a full team and was not eligible for a host quota anyway. Also, the article confirms Zonderland, but Miyachi can still outscore him. It's been said, however, that Japan will not send Miyachi to the next WC stage if it indeed takes place, but I highly doubt it.

LOL, talk about bad luck for Mateus Gregório. The way I see it -- i.e., assuming things I'm maybe not supposed to assume -- it would not be a huge loss to our delegation, unless lots and lots of lifters aren't allowed to compete, because Gregório finished only fourth at the latest Pan Am Champs. Still, the biggest and most accessed news site in Brazil published recent news about Gregório getting important points for the Olympics race, so this might mean his quota is kind of important for our delegation. I don't know for sure.

This happened to Fernando Reis at the Pan Am Championships once. He had to participate at the tournament to be able to participate at Worlds, but the president of the Brazilian federation didn't register him, so he had to go to the event by his own. He received a formal document stating that he competed there and his results were valid, though the didn't receive any medals as he wasn't eligible to. And, most importantly, he was able to compete at Worlds after that.

LOL, I thought only FIG was this careless and irresponsible.

Oh, wait, so I got what might have happened: maybe the quota didn't go to in the end, and instead went to . Here's the crazy thing: qualified one gymnast through the World Championships, but it was not through the all-around ranking! The Vietnamese gymnast qualified because he was one of the three best non-qualified gymnast in the vault final. So, if we respect the 1-per-NOC rule only taking as a basis the all-around ranking then would be eligible for one quota. This whole thing is extremely chaotic and more and more absurd. This is a mess!

I agree with you: it was extremely awkward at first, but now this is getting more and more suspicious. Now that this has been published on the IOC website and that news have been spread, it would cause too much commotion and it would anger many, many people, to just plain mention that this interpretation is wrong. FIG will probably just stick to this nonsense and confirm the quotas to Sri Lanka and India. At this point, I don't expect any kind of reasonable outcome anymore. So, probably WAG quotas go to and , and MAG quotas go to and .

No, Mexico still has a chance. The thing is: if the event is canceled, then FIG apparently applies a different set of rules that would not allow already qualified nations to add another quota. Now, if the event takes place, nations which have already qualified in any way are able add another quota. In this specific scenario, the wording is very confusing regarding the cancellation of an event and, honestly, it allows for multiple understandings. To be brutally honest, since the cancellation of the Asian Championships would not add extra quotas to China or Japan, FIG just interpreted the rules in a way that adds chances for more people to watch the event. At least a couple hundred/thousand Indians will be interested, if not millions. In the end, it's just business for FIG. Pelo que eu acompanho nos bastidores, nenhuma. The Pan American Championships will happen no matter what, because Brazil's only chance to qualify Rebeca Andrade is making sure that the Pan Ams will take place. And since Rebeca has a real shot at a medal, maybe even more than one, Brazil decided to host the event for the first time in 16 years. Surely, the Brazilian Federation wanted to avoid losing a quota thanks to FIG's BS procedures if the event were to be canceled.

According to discussions on Twitter, and a recent statement from the Pan American Union president, it looks like FIG will assume the very confusing and awkward wording on their document as a sign of "NOCs previously already qualified through the World Championships will not get a quota". This absurd. Not only this is wrong, this is also unfair to other nations. Anyway, let's wait for official confirmation, but it looks like the Sri Lanka and India qualifying might be true.

With all due respect to the gymnast, she should not qualify. Of course the rules are written in an absurd way but it should be clear for anyone familiar with the qualification system that she has not qualified. The logic that is being applied for and to qualify does not apply to any other event according to the qualification documents. In my opinion, this is absurd. The fact that so many websites are reporting this, including the IOC, is very worrisome. I will be very disappointed if FIG somehow decides to "bend" the rules in this specific case and deny and of a quota.

Exactly! FIG is the one responsible for this mess, yet they don't seem to be bothered to even keep tabs on who is qualified and who isn't. To make things worse, we're in May and still no word about whether the Doha World Cup will take place next month or not. It's a complete mess of a federation and the current president is even worse than the previous one.

This is... What... I'm speechless. Look at the mess FIG has created with this convoluted, good for nothing process. If this is the case, then other nations should claim that ROC and Turkey cannot qualify extra male gymnasts at the Euros, because this would have been unfair compared to the options they gave to Asia. FIG has to clear this up ASAP.

This is the list of gymnasts not yet qualified based on their all-around results from the 2019 World Championships. Gymnasts in bold are from Asia. Gymnasts from , and are ahead of and . 35 BACHYNSKA Anastasiia 740 UKR D 52.165 36 MAGISTRATI Abigail 504 ARG D 52.032 41 KAESLIN Ilaria 724 SUI D 51.498 44 SCHERMANN Bianka 621 HUN D 51.198 46 FIDELIS Thais 530 BRA D 51.032 48 NEDOV Emma 512 AUS D 50.899 49 RADIVILOVA Angelina 743 UKR D 50.898 56 CRISAN Ioana 702 ROU D 50.298 58 GUTIERREZ Anapaula 669 MEX D 49.998 62 PISOS Agustina 505 ARG D 49.765 64 MADER Jasmin 515 AUT D 49.732 66 AN Chang Ok 693 PRK D 49.533 69 BOECZOEGO Dorina 617 HUN D 49.431 70 DARIES Naveen 707 RSA D 49.399 71 GHICIUC Carmen 703 ROU D 49.398 72 KIM Son Hyang 694 PRK D 49.332 73 EOM Dohyun 651 KOR D 49.332 74 LAGO Ana 670 MEX D 49.199 76 UCTAS SANLI Goksu 738 TUR D 49.066 77 GOLGOTA Denisa 704 ROU D 49.066 78 SIEGENTHALER Stefanie 725 SUI D 49.032 80 SALEM Farah 576 EGY D 48.699 85 PONIZILOVA Dominika 565 CZE D 48.499 86 CARDOSO Beatriz 690 POR D 48.499 89 CASTLES Jessica 732 SWE D 48.398 90 TAN ING Yueh 664 MAS D 48.299 91 YILMAZ Tutya 739 TUR D 48.265 92 HUSSEIN Farah 573 EGY D 48.199 96 SLEVIN Emma 629 IRL D 47.966 97 TRAUKOVA Hanna 525 BLR D 47.965 98 KHARENKOVA Maria 601 GEO D 47.865 99 AFRATI Argyro 608 GRE D 47.865 100 FISHWICK Maia 682 NZL D 47.865 101 SAJN Adela 719 SLO D 47.832 102 MCGREGOR Courtney 683 NZL D 47.799 103 WILLIAMS Toni-Ann 644 JAM D 47.798 104 ALVARADO Luciana 553 CRC D 47.765 105 JIRIKOVA Lucie 563 CZE D 47.733 106 KYSSELEF Tjasa 718 SLO D 47.699 107 TRACIE Ang 665 MAS D 47.399 108 BUNCE Chiara 729 SVK D 47.232 109 VIHROVA Elina 659 LAT D 47.199 110 SAZONOVA Irina 632 ISL D 47.198 111 SANTI Franchesca 543 CHI D 47.107 112 TRONRUD Maria 680 NOR D 47.099 113 MAENNERSDORFER Marlies 516 AUT D 47.032 114 ELPITIYA BADAL. D. 722 SRI D 47.016 115 DIAZ Karelys 698 PUR D 46.966 116 SALAS Heika del Sol 555 CRC D 46.965 117 KATSALI Elvira 609 GRE D 46.832 118 XOULOGI Ioanna 610 GRE D 46.798 119 LEINONEN Maija 586 FIN D 46.798 120 NIEMINEN Nitta 587 FIN D 46.699 121 COLLANTES DE RIGL. 686 PER D 46.598 122 PALACIOS Ana Irene 613 GUA D 46.598 123 LAI Chin 734 TPE D 46.565 124 MOLLOY Kate 627 IRL D 46.332 125 SOEDERSTROEM Julie 679 NOR D 46.199 126 DIAZ Fabiola 687 PER D 46.066 127 NAYAK Pranati 625 IND D 45.832

I believe she hasn't. Per official FIG rules: "NOC without a qualified team" is not the same as "NOCs not yet qualified". So, even if nations have qualified one gymnast through the all-around competition, they should be able to qualify another gymnast thanks to the cancellation of the Asian Championships. Per these rules, quota places go to and , and since is already out, the quota would go to . and would only qualify if the quotas were supposed to be awarded to NOCs not yet qualified.

India, for sure. Here's hoping for Mexico and Malaysia too.

Oh, I got it. But, still, with the situation in the US as bad as it was until January, I believe the Olympics would have been canceled months ago if it had been awarded to LA. Of course, it's all hypothetical, but it would be extremely hard to just wait and see if things would improve. Japan only had the "benefit" of being given one extra year because the pandemic seemed to be under control there last year, but in recent months they have shown they're not exactly as competent and well-prepared as we all imagined. It's not like they're a complete nightmare of a place, like Brazil and India are right now, but still not nearly as safe as they could, and should, have been.

Wait, what? Trump was the president until January 20, 2021. It's been only three months since that moron left office. Do you really trust the US to host an event while a global pandemic devastates the world? I would not. Of course the situation is better now, but who knows which crazy person might be the US president in 2028... If you asked me two or three years ago which nation would handle a global pandemic better, I would say Japan. I was completely wrong, though.

Oh, that means I'm probably Italian. Now that's unexpected! Not that I plan to leave Brazil and live in Italy, just to make it clear.

I'm all in for protective measures to be taken no matter what, but I also have to say that I kind of agree with the fact that I'm tired of Japan being mostly hypocritical and selfish right now. You see, I've always loved Japan. I've studied the language, I've been dreaming about visiting the country since I was a small kid, but still everything fell apart last year. Japan has been dealing with the pandemics in a convoluted and almost chaotic way. I've seen countless videos of people walking around the streets of Tokyo and it's not uncommon to see residents with their noses poking out of the mask or even wearing the masks on their chins. The subway and some restaurants are overcrowded, and when people eat they obviously don't wear masks. It's like the Japanese are showing the middle finger to the rest of the world when "no one" is watching, and then act like perfect "civilized" citizens when dealing with the way the Olympics will be staged. This kind of hypocrisy makes me really sick. For example, take a look at what happens here from 13:35 on. This video is from September 2020. It's unsettling and almost outrageous for me to watch this, because I've been basically stuck at home for almost one year and still people just go out to an overcrowded place as if nothing is happening. UGH.

I just don't like sailing, and I'm not really a fan of surfing -- though by no means I dislike it. I chose swimming, though.

Interesting! I never thought about it. This makes aerobic gymnastics the only sport I know of that covers all of these categories. 1) There are gender-specific events: individual male and individual female; 2) There's a mixed pair event; 3) Trios, groups, dance and step events are open to any gender. There was a mixed synchro trampoline event at the early World Championships ins the 1960s, but it has long been discontinued. Any other "open" events in sports you know of?