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As of 24 October 2019...
 
29 quotas earned in 9 different sports
 
Sports with quotas earned in alphabetical order:
 
Athletics
 
Ciara Mageean (1,500m) Alex Wright (20k walk) Brendan Boyce (50k walk) Fionnuala McCormack (marathon)  
Others that would get place by virtue of their current ranking would be Thomas Barr, Mark English and Phil Healy. Of the highly rated juniors; high jumper Sommer Lecky and heptathlete Kate O'Connor have the best chance of making the early step up.
 
Canoeing - Slalom
 
boat (men's C1)  
Ireland are unlikely to qualify any more boats in canoeing with our best sprint canoeist being Jenny Egan who specialises in longer (non-Olympic) distances. Robert Hendrick qualified the boat but himself and Liam Jegou are set to fight for it
 
Cycling - Road
 
Men's Road race (3 quotas) Men's ITT (1 quota)  
With several riders at world tour level, the fight for Olympic spots will be on ext year.
 
Equestrian
 
Eventing (team with 3 individuals) Dressage(team with 3 individuals) Show jumping (team and 3 individuals)  
Finally a full Irish quota!
 
Gymnastics (artistic)
 
Rhys McClenaghan  
Rhys's bronze medal performance in the pommel final at the world championships was enough to earn him a spot. Megan Smith is first reserve on the womens side
 
Modern Pentathlon
 
Natalya Coyle  
Natalya will be hoping for her third top 10 placing in the Olympics in Tokyo. Arthur Lannigan O'Keefe could medal if everything goes right but he struggled with injuries. He needs to have a great start to 2020 to shoot up the rankings.
 
Rowing
 
w1x w2- m2x lm2x  
Whoever is with Paul O'Donovan in the lightweight double sculls will be a medal favourite in Tokyo. Paul has won the last two world championships, one with his Rio medal winning brother Gary and the other with newcomer Fintan McCarthy. Sanita Puspure is double world champion and only injury or horrendoes luck will stop her from medaling in Tokyo. The men's double won silver this year and are improving all the time. Ireland will try and qualify a womens 4 next year 
 
Sailing
 
Laser Radial  
Aisling Kelleher won the quota but Rio medalist Annalise Murphy has dropped her 49er FX plans to try and get in the Radial boat for Tokyo. The 49er crew have a good chance of qualifying in December and we might sneak in a Laser quota too next year with most European countries already in.
 
Swimming
 
Darragh Greene (100m, 200m breast) Shane Ryan (100m back)  
Irish swimming is one of the only sports that have stricted rules than the IOC for qualifying so neither of these may actually go. Greene achieved his time at the worlds so has to get close to it at the Irish nationals in 2020 to validate it. Everyone else, including Ryan, has to earn the OQT at the Irish nationals. Brendan Hyland and Mona Mcsharry look the two most likely to add to the team in individual events but swimmimg Ireland is aiming to bring a 4x100m medley relay team and is currently OK in the ranks
 
 
Likely/possible quotas in these sports
 
Badminton
Nhat Nguyen is currently in a rankings spot. The mixed doubles of Sam and Chloe Magee are also in a spot, but their quota is far less secured.
 
Boxing
Traditionally our strongest Olympic sport. Ireland will eb hoping to have at least 8 of the 13 quotas available next year. Our womens team is particularly strong and they'll hope to win 2/3 medals next year.
 
Cycling
On the track we may qualify at least 2 women (madison rankings) and maybe one man (omnium).
 
Diving
Oliver Dingley and Clare Cryan have hopes for next year through the world cup series. Dingley should be OK
 
Field Hockey
Both mens and womens team face Canada over the next 2 weekends time in the play offs. The World Cup runner up women are at home and hopefully qualify for their first ever Olympics!
 
Golf
Ireland will qualify 4 for golf next year with McIlroy and Lowry being medal contenders on their day in the mens. Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will go in the women's event
 
Judo
We currently have 3 judoka in ranking positions; Ben Fletcher, Megan Fletcher and Nathan Burns and tey're listed in order of likely qualification. Ben will be in if he isn't injured.
 
Taekwondo
Jack Wooley is top 8 ranked in the minimum weight and should be OK to make his first games with average luck.
 
Triathlon
Russell White and Carolyn Hayes are our best hope of qualifying for Tokyo and both are just inside the quota spots at the moment.  Hayes was 6th at the European Championships in May and is a relative newcomer to the sport. She'll easily shoot up the rankings list with performances like that. The ranking period ends in May 2020.
 
It's unlikely we'll have qualifiers in  other sports but  maybe the rugby sevens team can surprise us or someone new comes along next year!
 
 
 
 

Jungels has never finished higher than 10th at any world championship time trial. He wasn't a medal contender next year
 
Japan getting the spot ahead of Luxembourg is no big deal
 
Just like it would be no big deal if Latvia pipped Luxembourg to that 30th spot and they get in

Really great start to the competition for  with Shannon McCurley winning silver in the scratch 
 
only our 4th medal at the European elite track championships!

Update  - Week 41 - October 07 to October 13 - 2019
 
Women's High Jump
 +1
https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/uzbekistan/svetlana-radzivil-190036
 
Women's Marathon
 +1
https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ireland/fionnuala-mccormack-181743
 
Qualified Quotas Overview Men (Total Quota: 446) Women (Total Quota: 438)

Huge day for  Irish gymnastics
 
First world finalist
first world medal
first Irish born gymnast to qualify for Olympics 
 
Roll on tokyo 

Yessss Rhys!!! What a day for Irish gymnastics. Unbelievable to have a world medalist!!!
 
And a 9 for execution!!

Trappiste beers > Belgian beers >>>>>>>>>> All others.
 
You're welcome

Do you mean getting a quota thanks to reallocation of the tripartite invitation? Very unlikely.
 
According to the results of the World Cup series so far, no one from the reallocation list is currently in a position to qualify in any apparatus.

I don't believe that any gymnast who has been reallocated so far has a chance to secure a quota through the all-around World Cup series or through the continental championships, either. 

This means that, in theory, she needs to hope for someone either getting injured or giving up their quota. I'm not sure South Africa will confirm Rooskrantz's quota. They are very strict in their criteria for allowing athletes to participate at the Olympic Games, and she might not have done enough according to SA's Olympic Committee, but we shall see.

Huge weekend for Irish qualification and for Irish medal hopes
 
The Irish show jumping team is joined by pommel horse king Rhys McClenaghan
 
 

In theory it should be so. If you read the document, universality places are treated in a different part from other ways of qualification and it is not stated that they are limited by target number. However, it is also written that a NOC can enter its best RANKED male or female athlete, so this can be considered as qualification through ranking, and this would lead to limitation by target number. It will all depend on what happens with qualification through standards and how many double starters will be

I see this hasn't been updated in a while so allow me to share the current state of play
 
As of 4 October 2019...
 
21 quotas earned in 6 different sports
 
Sports with quotas earned in alphabetical order:
 
Athletics
 
Ciara Mageean (1,500m) Alex Wright (20k walk) Brendan Boyce (50k walk)  
Others that would get place by virtue of their ranking would be Thomas Barr, Mark English and Phil Healy. Of the highly rated juniors high jumper Sommer Lecky and heptathlete Kate O'Connor have the best chance of making the early step up.
 
Canoeing - Slalom
 
boat (men's C1)  
Ireland are unlikely to qualify any more boats in canoeing with our best sprint canoeist being Jenny Egan who specialises in longer (non-Olympic) distances
 
 
Equestrian
 
Eventing (team with 3 individuals) Dressage(team with 3 individuals)  
The eventing team won silver at last world champs and individual medalists in last Worlds and Europeans mean they are serious Olympic medal contenders. The first Irish dressage team was a nice surprise. The show jumping team can win medals, but they need the final qualifying spot this weekend to make it after 7th place finishes in the world and euro champs.
 
 
Modern Pentathlon
 
Natalya Coyle  
Natalya will be hoping for her third top 10 placing in the Olympics in Tokyo. Arthur Lannigan O'Keefe could medal if everything goes right but he struggled with injuries. He needs to have a great start to 2020 to shoot up the rankings.
 
Rowing
 
w1x w2- m2x lm2x  
Whoever is with Paul O'Donovan in the lightweight double sculls will be a medal favourite in Tokyo. Paul has won the last two world championships, one with his Rio medal winning brother Gary and the other with newcomer Fintan McCarthy. Sanita Puspure is double world champion and only injury or horrendoes luck will stop her from medaling in Tokyo. The mens double won silver this year and are improving all the time. Ireland will try and qualify a womens 4 next year 
 
Sailing
 
Laser Radial  
Aisling Kelleher won the quota but Rio medalist Annalise Murphy has dropped her 49er FX plans to try and get in the Radial boat for Tokyo. The 49er crew have a good chance of qualifying in December and we might sneak in a Laser quota too next year with most European countries already in.
 
Swimming
 
Darragh Greene (100m, 200m breast) Shane Ryan (100m back)  
Irish swimming is one of the only sports that have stricted rules than the IOC for qualifying so neither of thes may actually go. Greene achieved his time at the worlds so has to get close to it at the irish nationals in 2020 to validate it. Everyone else, including Ryan, has to earn the OQT at the irish nationals. Brendan Hyland and Mona Mcsharry look the two most likely to add to the team in individual events but iris swimmimg is aiming to bring a 4x100m medley relay team and is currently OK in the ranks
 
 
Likely/possible quotas in these sports
 
Badminton
Nhat Nguyen is currently in a rankings spot. The mixed doubles of Sam and Chloe Magee are also in a spot, but their quota is far less secured.
 
Boxing
Traditionally our strongest Olympic sport. Ireland will eb hoping to have at least 8 of the 13 quotas available next year. Our womens team is particularly strong and they'll hope to win 2/3 medals next year.
 
Cycling
We're very likely to qualify 3 for the mens road race 9with one of them also in the ITT). On the track we should qualify at least 2 women (madison rankings) and maybe one man (omnium).
 
Diving
Oliver Dingley and Clare Cryan have hopes for next year through the world cup series. Dingley should be OK
 
Field Hockey
Both mens and womens team face Canada ine 3/4 weeks time in the play offs. The World Cup runner up women are at home and hopefully qualify for their first ever olympics!
 
Golf
Ireland will qualify 4 for golf next year with McIlroy and Lowry being medal contenders on their day in the mens.
 
Gymnastics
On this weekend, with luck Emma Slevin and Andrew Steele may qualify for all around (need luck though!). Rhys McClenaghan is a medal contender if he qualifies in pommel!
 
Judo
We currently have 3 judoka in ranking positions; Ben Fletcher, Megan Fletcher and Nathan Burns
 
Taekwondo
Jack Wooley is top 8 ranked in the minimum weight and should be OK to amek his first games with average luck.
 
Triathlon
Russell White and Carolyn Hayes are our best hope of qualifying for Tokyo and both are just inside the quota spots at the moment.  Hayes was 6th at the European Championships in May and is a relative newcomer to the sport. She'll easily shoot up the rankings list with performances like that. The ranking period ends in May 2020.
 
It's unlikely we'll have qualifiers in  other sports but  maybe the rugby sevens team can surprise us or someone new comes along next year!
 
 
 
 
 

Ireland Crowned 2019 FEI Nations Cup Champions -
Showjumping Team Qualify For 2020 Olympics
 

 
 
It was a glorious day for Ireland in Barcelona on Sunday as the Irish showjumping were crowned the 2019 FEI Nations Cup Champions and with it booking their place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
 
Under the guidance of Chef d'Equipe, Rodrigo Pessoa, the Irish quartet of Peter Moloney (Chianti's Champion), Paul O'Shea (Skara Glen's Machu Picchu), Darragh Kenny (Balou Du Reventon) and Cian O'Connor (PSG Final) delivered 4 strong rounds, finishing on just a single time fault for their team total at the end of the competition.
 
Ireland not only captured the title of 2019 FEI Nations Cup Champions and the €1.25 million prize money for victory, but they grabbed the prize they wanted most.... those final tickets for the 2020 Olympic Games and with it ending 16 years of heart-break and near misses.
 
It's the first time since Athens 2004 that Ireland have qualified a showjumping team for the Olympics and the race will now be on to make the team for Tokyo 2020.
It also means that Ireland will field the full compliment of riders across all 3 equestrian disciplines at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with Ireland already qualifying teams in both eventing and dressage.
 
Amazing result for Rodrigo and the guys, congratulations and good luck in Tokyo!!
 
 
 

 
 
 

Yesss! So happy for Ireland. 
 
Finally they turned up when the pressure was was on 

And now it's over... After endless disappointments, Ireland is finally back!!
 
Congratulations!

Such a nail biter that I won’t watch. Will lie low all and maybe sneak a peek here!

Hi All, 
 
have been following this site since before Rio but have only recently started engaging. Great to find fellow Olympic fans from all over the world. 

Hi folks,
 
Irish man here. Been tracking our qualification and medal hopes for about 3/4 games now. Only discovered this place recently and have lurked for a couple of weeks.  Hoping to contribute as Tokyo approaches
 

While they may well finish 3rd of the 3, the only thing that matters today is qualifying for the top 8

Typical Irish round from O'Shea. Unbelieveable. If they don't turn this around soon (and I mean soon), they won't stand a chance.

This is working for me - https://www.longinestiming.com/equestrian/2019/longines-fei-jumping-nations-cup-final-2019-barcelona/resultlist_C2.html

No.
 
All 3 starts together, the time will be stopped when the last 3rd rider of the team cross the line.

None  Three guys (or women) are riding together one by one and clock is stop when the third one crossed the finish line. You can watch it here: 
 

I hope I am wrong but I really cant see Ireland being in the shake-up to earn any quotas. Perhaps in MC1 we may have a very outside chance but still unlikely.

Canada v Ireland in hockey.... thank the Lord it's not on the ice