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that's the only serious explaination...but still, c'mon! do you really need that to even to train for hours in volleyball (I mean, it's not like running or swimming for hours...it's just a series of quick explosive moves with a lot of intervals between them)...

probably it's a question of money (they don't want to pay all year long the right guy the right amount of money)...

the wkf official quali document (the only one reliable to me) says that no African/Asian/Oceanian regional games count for the continental spots...only Pan-Am Games and European Games... by the way, I think that WKF/Tripartite Commission places in Karate will be awarded not to the typical small Nations, but they will take into consideration all the Countries that don't have any qualified athlete and are in the top position of their respective rankings... I mean, I'm pretty sure that they will give the women's Kata place to Maria Dimitrova (who's just 1 place below the line of qualifiers), rather than a senseless 48th ranked from an exotic Nation (and the same for the other available wild cards)... with only 10 athletes per class, it doesn't make sense to have a couple of categories with a partially non competitive field...

it looks like they're listening to you... in the Lead semis at the world chmps, they have a live updating graphics during the climbs... unfortunately, this time they used the same format of the world cup events, with both men and women's semis running together...last year in Innsbruck the schedule was definitely better (with men and women's Lead semis and finals in 2 different days)...

well, they are one of the top 10 Nations in Cricket, we must add...

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EPO in volleyball...

well, the sport originated in the Alps...so, it's quite normal to see many coaches and officials coming from the Alpine Nations... then, mainly thanks to the fact that now only artificial "standard" walls are used, in the last few years luckily the sport developed at almost every latitude, so, now you can find medallists from all over the world...but the "schools" and the traditional climbing Nations are still those in the cradle of the discipline...

women's Long Distance Gold: Tove Alexandersson Silver: Lina Strand Bronze: Simona Aebersold Full Ranking https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/3183/1/Official-Results-Women men's Long Distance Gold: Olav Lundanes Silver: Kasper Fosser Bronze: Daniel Hubmann Full Ranking https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/3180/1/Official-Results-Men

I don't think that anybody can beat Tomoa Narasaki this year (and also Adam Ondra in perspective, if he can heal the wrist injury bothering him for quite some time now and overcome this tournament's mental struggle)...

men's Freestyle Wrestling, day #3 medallists -61kg Gold: Kaiki Yamaguchi Silver: Andrii Dzhelep Bronze: Gabriel Robert Tagg & Alik Khadartsev -74kg Gold: David Aaron Carr Silver: Bat-Erdene Byambasuren Bronze: Abduvalsi Balta & Kadzhimurad Gadzhiyev -86kg Gold: Deepak Punia Silver: Alik Shebzukhov Bronze: Trent Niemond Hidlay & Hunter Jeffrey Lee -92kg Gold: Alan Bagaev Silver: Lucas John Davison Bronze: Ertugrul Agca & Viky Viky -125kg Gold: Mason Mark Parris Silver: Amir Hossein Zare Bronze: Alen Khubulov & Pasa Ekrem Karabulut women's Wrestling, day #4 finals -50kg: Yui Susaki vs Daria Khvostova -55kg: Ekaterina Verbina vs Patrycja Gil -59kg: Anastasia Nichita vs Sae Nanjo -68kg: Meerim Zhumanazarova vs Naruha Matsuyuki -76kg: Milaimys de la Caridad Marin Potrille vs Chang Hui Tsz

I hope you're quite ready to go live with the world champs, as Tim Reuser has qualified for the men's Lead semis (tonight at 4 a.m. CET, the final following tomorrow at 1.25 p.m. CET)...

Men's Lead Climbers qualified to the Semifinal Round 26th, Meichi Narasaki 25th, Tim Reuser 24th, Martin Bergant 23rd, Hidemasa Nishida 22nd, Marcello Bombardi 21st, Kim Han Wool 20th, William Bosi 19th, Vladislav Shevchenko 18th, Chon Jong Won 17th, Rudolph Ruana 16th, Sean Bailey 15th, Domen Skofic 14th, Martin Stranik 13th, Jakub Konecny 12th, Hannes Puman 11th, Kokoro Fujii 10th, Adam Ondra 9th, Romain Desgranges 8th, Stefano Ghisolfi 7th, Dmitrii Fakiryanov 6th, Alexander Megos 5th, Sean McColl 4th, Kai Harada 3rd, Tomoa Narasaki 2nd, Sascha Lehmann 1st, Jakob Schubert Full Qualifications Results https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=8253&cat=1

Women's Lead Climbers qualified to the Semifinal Round 26th, Iva Vejmolova 25th, Alejandra Contreras 24th, Shauna Coxsey 23rd, Sandra Lettner 22nd, Miho Nonaka 21st, Tina Johnsen Hafsaas 20th, Mei Kotake 19th, Elnaz Rekabi 18th, Vita Lukan 17th, Laura Rogora 16th, Lucka Rakovec 15th, Brooke Raboutou 14th, Ievgeniia Kazbekova 13th, Julia Chanourdie 12th, Tjasa Kalan 11th, Zhang Yue Tong 10th, Molly Thompson-Smith 9th, Futaba Ito 8th, Jessica Pilz 7th, Mia Krampl 6th, Akiyo Noguchi 5th, Seo Chae Hyun 4th, Kim Ja In 3rd, Anak Verhoeven 2nd, Ai Mori 1st, Janja Garnbret Full Qualifications Results https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=8253&cat=2

very difficult...he needs to be in the top 50 of the world ranking by the end of the OQP to be eligible for that spot (and now he's only 67th or so)...

so, according to our friend @MHSN advice, this should be the current Continental Quota recap after all has been fixed... Europe (European Games Minsk 2019) Stanislav Horuna, men's kumite -75kg (but, according to the 10 athletes per weight limit and to the order of choice of those who're going to fill the list of qualified athletes, he should be replaced by Asiman Gurbanli, men's kumite +75kg, as there are already more than 2 fighters from other Continents in qualifying position in the same class, who come before Europe in the order of choice)... Silvia Semeraro, women's kumite +61kg Americas (Panamerican Games Lima 2019) Alexandra Grande, women's kumite -61kg Brian Irr, men's kumite +75kg Andres Madera Delgado, men's kumite -67kg Oceania (OQR) Tsuneari Yahiro, men's kumite -75kg Alexandrea Anacan, women's kata Asia (OQR) Dastonbek Otabolaev, men's kumite -75kg (same situation as Horuna in Europe, as Oceania and Africa come before Asia in the order of choice...so, he should be replaced by Sadriddin Saymatov, men's kumite -67kg) Travat Khaksar, women's kumite -55kg Africa (OQR) Radwa Sayed, women's kumite -55kg Abdalla Mamduh Abdelaziz, men's kumite -75kg Btissam Sadini, women's kumite -61kg so, if this list is finally the correct one, the 4 spots reserved for the Tripartite Commission wild cards are: 2 in the men's Kata and 1 in the women's Kata + 1 in the women's Kumite +68kg...

yes, according to the official qualification document on the wkf website the only 2 continental events to be considered are the European Games and the Pan-Am Games, all the other Continents would go down to the OQR... meanwhile you're right about the order of selection of the 3rd African and American picks...I just stopped reading too early... and I agree on 100% on your final thought...this is not a good qualification system at all... p.s. men's kata could be in contention if the Moroccan guy can climbs a few spots in the ranking...however, it could be that those places will be used for the tripartite commission spots (we have 2 male and 2 female of those to be distributed in any case)... p.p.s. I just noticed that also Otabolaev is exceeding the 10-man limit in the men's -75kg (Oceania and Africa -now with a men's 75kg guy after you made me notice that 1 athlete per gender must be picked in every continent, also those with 3 spots available- coming before Asia in the order of choice)...so, I had to go with the next Asian guy in the rankings, but in a different weight class (luckily for UZB, he's still one of them)...

women's Wrestling, day #3 semifinals -50kg: Yui Susaki vs Lucia Yamileth Yepez Guzman / Daria Khvostova vs Natallia Varakina -55kg: Ekaterina Verbina vs Saki Igarashi / Patrycja Gil vs Anastasia Blayvas -59kg: Kateryna Zelenykh vs Anastasia Nichita / Morena De Vita vs Sae Nanjo -68kg: Jayden Leigh Lurent vs Meerim Zhumanazarova / Ewelina Weronika Ciunek vs Naruha Matsuyuki -76kg: Jiang Qian vs Milaimys de la Caridad Marin Potrille / Chang Hui Tsz vs Bernadett Nagy

so, here we have a quick recap of the current distribution of Continental quota: Europe (European Games Minsk 2019) Stanislav Horuna, men's kumite -75kg (but, according to the 10 athletes per weight limit and to the order of choice of those who're going to fill the list of qualified athletes, he should be replaced by Asiman Gurbanli, men's kumite +75kg, as there are already more than 2 fighters from other Continents in qualifying position in the same class, who come before Europe in the order of choice)... Silvia Semeraro, women's kumite +61kg Americas (Panamerican Games Lima 2019) Alexandra Grande, women's kumite -61kg Brian Irr, men's kumite +75kg Valeria Kumizaki, women's kumite -55kg Oceania (OQR) Tsuneari Yahiro, men's kumite -75kg Alexandrea Anacan, women's kata Asia (OQR) Dastonbek Otabolaev, men's kumite -75kg Travat Khaksar, women's kumite -55kg (same situation as Horuna in Europe...so, she should be replaced by Rozita Alipour, women's kumite -61kg)... Africa (OQR) Radwa Sayed, women's kumite -55kg Feryal Abdelaziz, women's kumite +61kg Adnane Elhakimi, men's kata (because of the rules of "at least 2 different NOCs" and "at least 1 athlete per gender"...otherwise he has 2 more Egyptians better placed than him -but below both Sayed and Abdelaziz in the women's divisions- and also his compatriot Btissam Sadini in the women's kumite -61kg has the same placing and more points than him in the OQR)...

following the conclusion of the Pan-American Games in Lima, the 3 provisional PKF Continental quota among the Lima 2019 champions would go to: Alexandra Grande, currently 6th in the women's -61kg Brian Irr, currently 18th in the men's +75kg Valeria Kumizaki, currently 21st in the women's -55kg meanwhile Antonio Diaz (men's kata), Sakura Kokumai (women's kata) and Thomas Scott (men's kumite -75kg) are not to be considered at the moment, as they are still in qualifying position through the OQR... p.s. luckily for Italy, the women's +61kg class is not involved...

yes, it counts for the OQR (and with major points)... points 1.3 and 1.4 of this document https://www.triathlon.org/uploads/docs/itusport_2018-individual-oq-ranking_20171210.pdf

men's Freestyle Wrestling, day #2 medallists -57kg Gold: Toshiya Abe Silver: Vitali Arujau Bronze: Adlan Askarov & Akhmed Idrisov -65kg Gold: Amirhossein Maghsoudi Silver: Kurban Shiraev Bronze: Turan Bayramov & Syrbaz Talgat -70kg Gold: Erik Arushanian Silver: Vasile Diacon Bronze: Mohmmadsadegh Firouzpour & Alan Kudzoev -79kg Gold: Amkhad Tashukhadzhiev Silver: Bagrati Gagnidze Bronze: Abubakr Abakarov & Milan Mester -97kg Gold: Abbas Foroutan Silver: Yonger Pauli Bastida Pomares Bronze: Makhsud Veysalov & Feyzullah Akturk men's Freestyle Wrestling, day #3 finals -61kg: Kaiki Yamaguchi vs Andrii Dzhelep -74kg: Jintaro Motoyama vs David Aaron Carr -86kg: Alik Shebzhukov vs Deepak Punia -92kg: Alan Bagaev vs Lucas John Davison -125kg: Amir Zare vs Mason Mark Parris

@MHSN not a very good day for Iran, I fear...only 1 guy making the semifinals is a very poor result... on the other side, USA have all 5 of their wrestlers from today in the semis...

men's Freestyle Wrestling, day #2 semifinals... -61kg: Gabriel Robert Tagg vs Kaiki Yamaguchi / Andrii Dzhelep vs Asgar Mammadaliyev -74kg: Bat-Erdene Byambasuren vs Jintaro Motoyama / David Aaron Carr vs Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev -86kg: Alik Shebzhukov vs Trent Niemond Hidlay / Deepak Punia vs Miriani Maisuradze -92kg: Ertugrul Agca vs Alan Bagaev / Lucas John Davison vs Batmagnai Enkhtuvshin -125kg: Amir Zare vs Alen Khubulov / Mason Mark Parris vs Pasa Ekrem Karabulut