Dunadan

they have it because they have it in their usual ATP/WTA ranking and there are lots of spots (+ for tennis players Olympics are certainly not the main goal and you can be certain no one will abuse of it) Try coming up with a qualification system that accomodate injuries and pregnancies in canoeing slalom or taekwondo or whatever..

wtf "the qualification criteria must include an accommodation for women who were pregnant or postpartum during the qualification period"? Good luck to the IFs for the next Olympics. And why not including special provisions for injuries and sickness?

[hide] Knockout Round - Quarterfinals June 26th - July 11th, 2021 8 Nations, Winners of each Quarterfinal will qualify for the Semifinals Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2, CEST) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 2nd 2021, h. 18:00 Switzerland 1 2 Spain July 2nd 2021, h. 21:00 Belgium 1 2 Italy July 3rd 2021, h. 18:00 Czech Republic 1 2 Denmark July 3rd 2021, h. 21:00 Ukraine 0 2 England [/hide]

Diving: Chiara Pellacani Artistic gymnastics: Giorgia Villa - 3 Gold + 1 Silver medals Sports climbing: Laura Rogora

Australia? European-bashing obsessed troll doesn't know the difference between South Africa and Australia?

Shooting: - out mixed trap, in double trap, Track cycling: out keirin, in individual pursuit - out omnium, in points race + elimination race Swimming: out mixed medley relay, in 25km open water

Well, it was clear from the rules that universality spots would come before ranking spots. After all, IAAF/WA couldn't keep giving out hundreds of spots more than the allowed quota as usual, while every sport is asked to make cuts - the standards to reach for automatic qualification are thougher but quite fair given the number of athletes who reached them.

But she wasn't there to watch cycling, she was there to get noticed on tv

GENERAL - At least one individual medallist from Athens 2004 will win an individual medal -Japan will win at least 3 medals in team sports -Spain will win more than 22 medals (their record) -The youngest medallist will be younger than 14. -the USA will win at least 10 medals in team sports ATHLETICS - all race walk gold medals will be Asian. BASKETBALL 3x3 -Mongolia will end the pool phase with a points difference of -70 or worse FENCING - At least one individual gold medal final will end with a score of 15-14 - At least a fencer seeded 17th or worst will win a medal (individual events) FOOTBALL -At least one medal match will end with penalties - Both gold winners will be among teams who won their group in the pool phase KARATE - At least 12 different countries will win at least one medal SWIMMING - Italy will win at least one gold medal VOLLEYBALL (INDOOR) - the women's semifinalists will be China, Italy, Serbia and USA WATER POLO - Hungary will get at least one 4th place P.S. I'm not following that much, in some questions with "at least x medals", x might be adjusted a bit. EDIT to add: SHOOTING - in at least one event final (among 50m rifle 3P, 10m air rifle, 10m pistol, skeet, trap) the score of the women's gold medallist will be higher than the score of the men's gold medallist. - in at least one individual event, the leader after the qualification stage will end up last in the final

Withdrawing now? That would make the French federation look like idiots, surely they will be able to find 18 players.

You already know very well that none of those you mentioned is comparable to Paltrinieri, who had gold medal chances in 3 events and was a lock for at least 2 medals.

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Football

Universality quotas

I think that (using the "it'd cost too much o send them all" excuse) with their selection policies they try to push people towards "performance sports" where there is less randomness of results and more resources and preparation almost always guarantee them medals - and in other sports they set absurd criteria on purpose.

^That's like Sara Errani's excuse - medications of a family member left on the kitchen

no, but I see results on the usual page info.ianseo.net

https://info.ianseo.net

Link? I've never seen odds on rowing.

Natural track luge and ski mountaineering are not being added, so this must be a stingy Santa who won't bring any big gift but only a candy to not show up empty handed.

That one was occupying a lot of space though , just look at how Di Lorenzo defended a similar situation some 10 or 15 minutes ago- no chance of the ball hitting his arms, that's how players are taught to defend since they are young (at least here) and it's considered an important skill.

Well, now defenders know that they can occupy a lot of space with large arms to intercept crosses and will exploit this rule, they'll change it back soon. This kind of handball has always been punished, way before VAR.

No surprises in kata, these 4 are the 4 best not yet qualified in the ranking if we remove the easy points that NZL and DOM got in their continental championships.

1. Which two teams will reach the final – and who will win? Wales and Scotland 2. Who will win the Golden Boot? Marek Hamsik with 6 crest headers 3. Who will be the surprise team of the tournament? Italy and France in negative, out in the group stage 4. Who will be the breakthrough player of the tournament? Haaland 5. How far will England, Scotland and Wales get? (that is original Guardian question - but I would rather ask you: How far will your national team (or a team you support the most) get? See #1 6. What are you most looking forward to, on or off the pitch? Watching the Copa America on TV at 2 a.m. 7. What are you most concerned about, on or off the pitch? That the TV won't work

No playoff, there will be a final round-robin pool of 4 with the two finalists and the two "bronze medallists". Top 3 will get the quota. So even reaching the final is not enough to qualify.