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I guess they called it "Universality" invitations just because of no Slovak swimmer achieved the OQT. But both invited swimmers have OST in both events. In fact 7 Slovak swimmers achieved OST in different events this cycle, FINA picked the two (M+W) with the closest times to OQT, and allowed them to race in 2 events each. But I am not very familiar with the whole swimming qualification format, this is just what I understood from our medias, NOC and Slovak Swimming sites.

@Benolympique (41) +2 This morning when our Swimming Federation leaders opened their notebook, found a late night email from FINA in which was written that qualified...ehm...qualified based on the Universality quotas for "developing" (lol) swimming countries, well, rather, Invited to compete at the Olympics. And by this FINA assigned to 2 Athletes quotas (1 per gender) in 4 events (2 per Gender) Richard Nagy (200m Butterfly, 400m Individual Medley) among Mens will return to the Olympics after Rio 2016 (9th in the 400m IM, he was the first non qualified to the final there. btw many will remember he competed in Rio also in the Marathon Swimming competition). Andrea Podmaníková (100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke) among Women. Andrea will experience her Olympic debut. and will compete in both W breaststroke events. Our NOC explained that Swimming quotas, invitations or re-allocations are automatically added to the team. So thanks god, we just made it to the 40 athletes barrier however it is still 6 less athletes that our smallest delegation ever from London 2012... https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ0PX_ZqY0P/

SLOVAK ROAD TO TOKYO 2020 - SLOVENSKÁ CESTA DO TOKIA 2020 40th and 41st Qualified Athletes Richard NAGY - SWIMMING (M 200m BUTTERFLY, M 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY) ----------------------------------- Andrea PODMANÍKOVÁ - SWIMMING (W 100m BREASTSTROKE, W 200m BREASTSTROKE) Do Tokia aj plavci Nagy a Podmaníková Slovenská výprava sa rozrástla na 41 športovcov Slovenské bazénové plávanie napokon bude mať svoje zastúpenie na olympijských hrách 2020. Ani jeden z reprezentantov síce nesplnil kvalifikačný A-limit, no Richard Nagy s Andreou Podmaníkovou budú v Tokiu štartovať vďaka pozvánke od Medzinárodnej plaveckej federácie (FINA). Obaja slovenskí športovci sa predstavia v dvoch disciplínach. Podmaníková pri olympijskom debute bude štartovať na 100 a 200 m prsia. Nagy, ktorý sa zúčastnil aj na OH 2016 v Riu de Janeiro, absolvuje 400 m polohové preteky a 200 m motýlik. V Brazílii na polohovke vytvoril časom 4:13,87 nový národný rekord a obsadil konečné deviate miesto. Od postupu medzi elitnú osmičku ho vtedy delilo 33 stotín. Podmaníkovej, ktorá trénuje v USA, sa splnil sen. „Vo štvrtok podvečer som sa dozvedela jednu z najkrajších správ. Správu, ktorú stále spracovávam. Aj keď s odretými ušami a B-limitom som sa aj s Richardom Nagyom kvalifikovala na tohtoročné OH. Som hrdá a odhodlaná reprezentovať Slovensko v Tokiu. Chcela by som sa poďakovať všetkým ľuďom, ktorí sa podieľali na mojej ceste a tak aj prispeli k dosiahnutiu môjho sna. NC State Swimming and Diving, Pirana Sport Club Topoľčany, Jánovi Čerňanovi, Vladimírovi Železníkovi, Petrovi Kupcovi, Petrovi Bielikovi, Petrovi Kuračkovi, Steveovi Collinsovi, SMU Women's Swimming a Diving, Slovenskej plaveckej federácii i ďalším. Taktiež ďakujem všetkým, ktorí mi fandili a verili aj v nepriaznivých momentoch,“ uviedla Podmaníková pre oficiálnu webovú stránku Slovenskej plaveckej federácie (SPF). Nagy si v Riu pri premiére pod piatimi kruhmi vyskúšal aj súťaž v diaľkovom plávaní, na 10 km trati skončil dvadsiaty. „Som rád, že sa to opäť podarilo. Je škoda, že tentokrát to nebolo cez A limit a doteraz som na to potvrdenie čakal, ale vyšlo to, teším sa a hurá do poslednej fázy tréningu,“ uviedol prostredníctvom sociálnej siete. Radosť zo zisku dvoch olympijských miesteniek neskrýval ani prezident SPF Ivan Šulek. „S veľkým potešením som prijal správu od FINA v nočných hodinách, že účasť na OH v Tokiu má potvrdenú aj jeden muž a jedna žena zo Slovenska. Andrea Podmaniková a Richard Nagy sa najviac priblížili k A-limitu. Veľmi by som si želal, ak by FINA posunula do Tokia ešte aspoň dvoch plavcov so splneným limitom, nie je to však v našich rukách.“

no, I would never have had such a dull haircut in my life.

It was already announced in our site that got the second quota to form the mixed relay, Varga is now first on the reserve post, but it looks no more declined quotas are announced so far, obviously it still can change to the games (injuries, late withdrawal or using only relay athletes)

Stage 7 Friday - July 2nd, 2021 h. 11:15 (GMT +2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vierzon - Le Creusot 249.1km - Medium Mountain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

will explode its medal tally history in Tokyo

Kevin Young time send to the oblivion. Warholm new WR 46.70 in M 400m Hurdles

yep he did. 46.70

ok, time for some WR.

If true then it is really bad luck for her, it came half day too late. Our Team was today officially approved and finalised by the NOC general assembly. As far I understood correctly, the only exceptions being allowed to be added to the team now are only by eventual re-allocation in Triathlon (only for M event Richard Varga) and MTB Cycling (only for M Cross-country)..but looks unlikely.. and the only relaxed rules are for any eventual invitation we may receive in Swimming, because somehow FINA forget about Slovakia it appears, we did not receive any charity invitation or information so far it looks like we are going for the first time to not have any swimmer at the Olympics. 20 years afte Moravcová won 2 silvers in Sydney but yeah...not like it will be even noticed in the country, so ...

super nice pb for Kate grace, but yeah, too late dear Kate, now we are a week after

5th July morning the latest

oh shit.

Stage 6 Thursday - July 1st, 2021 h. 14:05 (GMT +2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tours - Chateauroux 160.6km - Flat STAGE CLASSIFICATION Mark CAVENDISH 3:17:36 Jasper PHILIPSEN +0 Nacer BOUHANNI +0 Complete Standing HERE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL CLASSIFICATION Mathieu VAN DER POEL 20:09:17 Tadej POGACAR +8 Wout VAN AERT +30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POINTS CLASSIFICATION Mark CAVENDISH 148 Jasper PHILIPSEN 102 Nacer BOUHANNI 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLIMBER CLASSIFICATION Ide SCHELLING 5 Mathieu VAN DER POEL 4 Anthony PEREZ 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTH CLASSIFICATION Tadej POGACAR 20:09:25 Jonas VINGEGAARD +1:35 David GAUDU +2:27

Got my Green Pass EU Covid pass now. Another step to free life

Updated and Completed July 1st, 2021

So after today's WA official confirmation and subsequent confirmation by the Special Team Tokyo 2020 Nomination General Assembly of our Olympic Committee held this morning (1st July, 2021), it is decided that Slovakia will have 9 athletes at the Olympics (5 M and 4 W) which is the lowest Athletics delegation in history the lowest was 11 from London 2012 so far 3 by Entry Standard (Tóth, Lomnický & Zapletalová) and 6 via Ranking. The most experienced is Matej Tóth who will compete at his 5th Olympic Games in a row (New National Record in Athletics) and will start the 50km Race Walk in the Odori circuit in Sapporo as current reigning Olympic Champion. Martina Hrašnová in W Hammer is going to her 4th Olympics, Marcel Lomnický (M Hammer) and Mária Katerinka Czaková (W 20km RW) will both compete for the 3rd time at the Olympics. The remaining 5 will all experience their Olympic debut, Ján Volko (100m, 200m) will be the only athlete to compete in two events, Miroslav Úradník (M 20km RW), Michal Morvay (50km RW), Gabriela Gajanová (W 800m) and Emma Zapletalová (W 400m Hurdles) So far in history since the independence won only 1 medal in Athletics, Gold in Rio 2016 by Tóth in he 50km Race Walk. Other Sports Introductions Archery, Badminton, Boxing, Canoeing Slalom, Canoeing Sprint, Road Cycling, Golf, Artistic Gymnastics, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Wrestling ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Slovakia MEN'S 100m: Ján Volko 200m: Ján Volko Hammer Throw: Marcel Lomnický 20km Race Walk: Miroslav Úradník 50km Race Walk: Michal Morvay, Matej Tóth WOMEN'S 800m: Gabriela Gajanová 400m Hurdles: Emma Zapletalová Hammer Throw: Martina Hrašnová 20km Race Walk: Mária Katerinka Czaková

Czechs have no male, we have no female. Highest time for Czechoslovak team here ffs

Apparently ITF did not even bother to respond to our federation question in the Lukáš Klein case seeing all the withdrawals they probably did not even started to investigate if he fullfiled the DC criterias. I believe when they found in our email the sentence kid want to play they immediately just confirmed his spot

Team Slovakia 39 Athletes (26 M + 13 W) ARCHERY 1 (0+1) WOMEN'S Individual Recurve: Denisa Baránková ----------------------------------------------- ATHLETICS 9 (5+4) MEN'S 100m: Ján Volko 200m: Ján Volko Hammer Throw: Marcel Lomnický 20km Race Walk: Miroslav Úradník 50km Race Walk: Michal Morvay, Matej Tóth WOMEN'S 800m: Gabriela Gajanová 400m Hurdles: Emma Zapletalová Hammer Throw: Martina Hrašnová 20km Race Walk: Mária Katerinka Czaková ----------------------------------------------- BADMINTON 1 (0+1) WOMEN'S Singles: Martina Repiská ----------------------------------------------- BOXING 1 (1+0) MEN'S -75kg Middleweight: Andrej Csemez ----------------------------------------------- CANOEING SLALOM 4 (2+2) MEN'S C1: Matej Beňuš K1: Jakub Grigar WOMEN'S C1: Monika Škáchová K1: Eliška Mintálová ----------------------------------------------- CANOEING SPRINT 5 (5+0) MEN'S K1-1000m: Peter Gelle K2-1000m: Samuel Baláž/Adam Botek K4-500m: Samuel Baláž/Denis Myšák/Erik Vlček/Adam Botek ----------------------------------------------- ROAD CYCLING 2 (2+0) MEN'S Road Race: Juraj Sagan, Peter Sagan Individual Time Trial: Juraj Sagan ----------------------------------------------- GOLF 1 (1+0) MEN'S Individual: Rory Sabbatini ----------------------------------------------- ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS 1 (0+1) WOMEN'S WAG: Barbora Mokošová ----------------------------------------------- SHOOTING 7 (4+3) MEN'S 10m Air Rifle: Patrik Jány 50m Rifle 3 Positions: Patrik Jány 10m Air Pistol: Juraj Tužinský Trap: Marián Kovačócy, Erik Varga WOMEN'S Trap: Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková, Jana Špotáková Skeet: Danka Barteková MIXED EVENTS Mixed Trap: (SVK 1) Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková/Erik Varga, (SVK 2) Jana Špotáková/Marián Kovačócy ----------------------------------------------- TABLE TENNIS 3 (2+1) MEN'S Singles: Wang Yang WOMEN'S Singles: Barbora Balážová MIXED EVENTS Mixed Doubles: Barbora Balážová/Ľubomír Pištej ----------------------------------------------- TENNIS 3 (3+0) MEN'S Singles: Norbert Gombos Doubles: Filip Polášek/Lukáš Klein ----------------------------------------------- WRESTLING FREESTYLE 1 (1+0) MEN'S -86kg: Boris Makoev *Eventual addition (eventual Universality places in Swimming) will be automatically accepted and added to the team. Same apply for eventual re-allocations in Triathlon and MTB Cycling Team Staff for Tokyo 2020

SLOVAK ROAD TO TOKYO 2020 - SLOVENSKÁ CESTA DO TOKIA 2020 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th and 39th Qualified Athletes Ján VOLKO - ATHLETICS (M 100m, M 200m) ------------------------------------ Miroslav ÚRADNÍK - ATHLETICS (M 20km RACE WALK) ------------------------------------ Gabriela GAJANOVÁ - ATHLETICS (W 800m) ------------------------------------ Martina HRAŠNOVÁ - ATHLETICS (W HAMMER THROW) ------------------------------------ Mária Katerinka CZAKOVÁ - ATHLETICS (W 20km RACE WALK) 5 atlétov do Tokia cez olympijský renking Slovensko bude na OH celkovo reprezentovať deviatka atlétov Slovensko bude mať s najväčšou pravdepodobnosťou napokon účasť deviatich atlétov na Hrách XXXII. olympiády. K trojici "limitárov" Matejovi Tóthovi (50km chodza), Marcelovi Lomnickému (kladivo) a Emme Zapletalovej (400m prek.) sa ešte začiatkom júna po uzávierke rebríčkov v maratónoch a chodeckej päťdesiatke pridal k Tóthovi na štarte olympijskej derniéry pretekov na 50km chôdza na základe postavenia v renkingu aj Michal Morvay. V utorok 29. júna o polnoci Svetová atletika (WA) uzavrela kvalifikačné rebríčky aj v ostatných disciplínach. V deň kedy mala WA oficiálne kontaktovať jednotlivé národné federácie s oficiálnym potvrdením miesteniek figurovalo na kvalifikovaných pozíciach dalších 5 slovenských atlétov. Je tak vysoko pravdepodobné, že v Tokiu bude mať slovenská výprava deväť zástupcov v atletike. Momentálne sa už len čaká na potvrdenie od svetovej atletiky, čo by mala byť formalita vykonaná ešte v priebehu dnešného dňa. Do Tokia sa napokon cez rebríček dostali šprintér Ján Volko, ktorému sa na ceste k jeho olympijskému debutu podarilo okrem pretekov na 100m ustrážiť si miestenku na 200m, na stovke figuroval na 43. mieste v rebríčku (postupovalo 56), na dvojnásobnej trati napokon na Tokio stačilo nášmu trojnásobnému medailistovi z halového kontinentálneho šampionátu aj 54. miesto (postupovalo 56). Volko bude jediným atlétom našej výpravy, ktorý sa predstaví v dvoch disciplínach. Rovnako olympijský debut zažije aj chodec Miroslav Úradník na 20km, podarilo sa mu to naozaj tesne, ako 58. postupujúcemu v rebríčku. (postupovalo 60). Slovensko bude mať zastúpenie vo všetkých chodeckých súťažiach, v ženskej "dvadsiatke" sa predstaví skúsená Mária Katerinka Czaková, podobne ako Úradník postupuje z 58. miesta do 60 členných pretekov. Azda najistejšiu pozíciu pred uzávierkou renkingov mala bronzová medailistka z MS v Berlíne, kladivárka Martina Hrašnová, síce sa jej ani raz nepodarilo prehodiť ostrý limit 72.50 no jej výkony počas celého kvalifikačného obdobia dávali jasne najavo, že Martine by účasť na jej štvrtých OH v kariére jednoducho nemohla uniknúť. Ako prvá z pretekárok, ktoré nesplnili limit (25.) sa kvalifikovala bez problémov do 32 člennej súťaže. Doslova v hodine dvanástej, výbornými výkonmi na víkendových MSR v Trnave a v utorok na mítingu v Luzerne sa na postupujúcu pozíciu prebojoval aj Gabriela Gajanová na 800m žien. Talentovaná atlétka a následnička Lucii Klocove chystajúca sa na budúcotýždňové juniorské ME v Estónsku (Kde by mala spoločne s Emmou Zapletalovou patriť medzi tromfy slovenskej výpravy) sa predstaví na svojej premierovej olympiáde v kariére.

will. but we will know for sure soon, in a couple of minutes start the Tokyo 2020 final delegation nomination approval assembly of our NOC