Dunadan

Big news today:
IOC considers ending Winter Olympics after 2034 edition amid climate change fears:
https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/ioc-considers-ending-winter-olympics-after-2034-edition-amid-climate-change-fears/

Big news today:
IOC considers ending Winter Olympics after 2034 edition amid climate change fears:
https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/ioc-considers-ending-winter-olympics-after-2034-edition-amid-climate-change-fears/

Big news today:
IOC considers ending Winter Olympics after 2034 edition amid climate change fears:
https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/ioc-considers-ending-winter-olympics-after-2034-edition-amid-climate-change-fears/

WKF updated the Olympic ranking. we have lots of changes because of the continental championships. someone corrects me if I'm wrong but it seems right now only except Oceania we have continental Championships points included in the ranking for other continents ?! while continental champs for Africa and Asia are scheduled for July which means 2018 results are irreverent for these continents ! so why WKF are counting them ?! we didn't send most of our A team members to the Asian Champs last year (saving them for the Asian Games) so I assume they can collect more points this year.
 
but at least having all continental champs done, the ranking is more balanced,  still long way to go but not bad to have a summary of top 4 in each weight right now
 
Men
Kata:   
67kg:  
75kg:  
+75kg:
 
Women
Kata:   
55kg:  
75kg:  
+75kg:
 
only Italy and Turkey have more than 2. they both have 4 which is great. Spain, Azerbaijan and Iran, also have 2.

have qualified for the Super Final (where one team will win the first Olympic ticket).
 
 
 

have qualified for the Super Final (where one team will win the first Olympic ticket).
 
 
 

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This guy takes over the forum and suddenly you only need 100 posts to become a Totalldrug addicted instead of 1000 , what a coincidence!

Hurdles are an Olympic sport apparently

 

Hurdles are an Olympic sport apparently

 

For a long term bet contest:
 
Biathlon
 
1- Excluding relays, A. Kuzmina will start in at least one race during season 2019/20 (World Cup + WCH) [YES - 10]
 

Urgent News: The reallocation of two Olympic Quotas in Rapid Fire Pistol event is confirmed
The decision has been taken on reallocation of two Olympic Quota Places in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event that were revoked during the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi in February, 2019.
 
They are reassigned among the ISSF World Cup in Beijing, April 21-28, 2019 and the ISSF World Cup in Munich, May 24-31, 2019. It means, there will be three Olympic Quota Places in 25m  Rapid Fire Pistol event allocated to each of the World Cups in Beijing and Munich.
 
https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=3288

This guy takes over the forum and suddenly you only need 100 posts to become a Totalldrug addicted instead of 1000 , what a coincidence!

This guy takes over the forum and suddenly you only need 100 posts to become a Totalldrug addicted instead of 1000 , what a coincidence!

This guy takes over the forum and suddenly you only need 100 posts to become a Totalldrug addicted instead of 1000 , what a coincidence!

Someone from country X get a good result? Shame on them, they are part of an advanced doping program and stealing medals from honest and hardworking German athletes. Thankfully Germany is the only country where they care about the health of their athletes.
 
A German is caught doping? It doesn't matter, countries X, Y, Z surely have far more advanced doping programs, Germans are victims of their system.
 
(citation from "The world according to a great fan of the Olympics")

Next events will finally count for the Olympic qualification. 
Everyone will start from zero but, just for the sake of it, let's see which teams would qualify with the current ranking: top 4 + best of each continent among those ranked 5th-16th + possible host quotas (max. 8 athletes)
 
 
Men's foil:     +  (5th),  (6th),  (9th),  (14th)
 
Women's foil:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (8th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16
 
Men's epee:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (8th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 
Women's epee:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (16th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 
Men's sabre:     +  (5th),  (6th),  (7th),  (14th) + maybe  as host
 
Women's sabre:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (13th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 

Next events will finally count for the Olympic qualification. 
Everyone will start from zero but, just for the sake of it, let's see which teams would qualify with the current ranking: top 4 + best of each continent among those ranked 5th-16th + possible host quotas (max. 8 athletes)
 
 
Men's foil:     +  (5th),  (6th),  (9th),  (14th)
 
Women's foil:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (8th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16
 
Men's epee:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (8th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 
Women's epee:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (16th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 
Men's sabre:     +  (5th),  (6th),  (7th),  (14th) + maybe  as host
 
Women's sabre:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (13th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 

Next events will finally count for the Olympic qualification. 
Everyone will start from zero but, just for the sake of it, let's see which teams would qualify with the current ranking: top 4 + best of each continent among those ranked 5th-16th + possible host quotas (max. 8 athletes)
 
 
Men's foil:     +  (5th),  (6th),  (9th),  (14th)
 
Women's foil:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (8th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16
 
Men's epee:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (8th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 
Women's epee:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (16th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 
Men's sabre:     +  (5th),  (6th),  (7th),  (14th) + maybe  as host
 
Women's sabre:     +  (5th),  (7th),  (13th),  (6th) since no African is in top 16 + maybe  as host
 

It's not much, but at least it's a list of who qualified from the pools and who didn't.
http://www.esgrima-fae.com.ar/userfiles/file/FAE 2019/CEM.pdf

Looks like they decided to double the World Championships points for the Olympic Ranking:
https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/official-documents/tokyo-2020---olympic-games/olympic-rankings_track_final_en_as-of-26-11-18.pdf?sfvrsn=be99ad8b_16

 
 

Since you are adding reactions, I think there should be one like this:

For a long term bet contest:
 
Biathlon
 
1- Excluding relays, A. Kuzmina will start in at least one race during season 2019/20 (World Cup + WCH) [YES - 10]
 

For a long term bet contest:
 
Biathlon
 
1- Excluding relays, A. Kuzmina will start in at least one race during season 2019/20 (World Cup + WCH) [YES - 10]