Olympian1010 7,474 Posted June 7, 2021 #1991 Share Posted June 7, 2021 19 minutes ago, dcro said: Curious if any of the two road cyclists will get a call-up. The chance of completing the race - 0%. Ahmad Badreddin Wais finished 47th in the 2018 Mediterranean Games road race. Interestingly, he’s listed as competing for Syria there. However, that might have been administratively necessary to compete, since the CIJM doesn’t currently recognize a refugee team. For record he did finish the race, but over the time limit. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jur 521 Posted June 7, 2021 #1992 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Cyclist could do time trial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted June 7, 2021 #1993 Share Posted June 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: Ahmad Badreddin Wais finished 47th in the 2018 Mediterranean Games road race. Interestingly, he’s listed as competing for Syria there. However, that might have been administratively necessary to compete, since the CIJM doesn’t currently recognize a refugee team. For record he did finish the race, but over the time limit. Oh well, the Olympic course will have a tougher field, harder terrain, and will be almost twice as long. Still, he would be a much better pick than the Afghan girl. I can understand athletics, swimming and judo having refugee athletes with little international experience. But cycling would be pretty odd, just because of that possibility of getting removed from races. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,243 Posted June 7, 2021 #1994 Share Posted June 7, 2021 14 minutes ago, intoronto said: Could be political asylum. And you really think will have less than 35 athletes? Maybe. well, I hope not but there not many chances remaining to be honest. MTB Cycling lost quota in the last race thanks hyper motivated Dasalu, W Canoeing Sprint, Salkazanov, Skateboarding Street quotas also lost in the absolute finish of the qualifiers & more than probable 0 quotas in tennis and Triathlon did not really help us. But yeah if we fail to qualify at least 40 athletes to Tokyo this will be seriously embarassing. We need ball hockey at the Olympics and pronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,243 Posted June 7, 2021 #1995 Share Posted June 7, 2021 20 minutes ago, Dragon said: Check the entry for Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on Wikipedia Good point. I Forgot about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,474 Posted June 7, 2021 #1996 Share Posted June 7, 2021 15 minutes ago, Jur said: Cyclist could do time trial Fair point. I didn’t even think to check those results. He came 16th out of 20 in the time trial, finishing 2:55 behind the winner from Italy. The race was over 25km for reference. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,210 Posted June 7, 2021 #1997 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Badminton, shooting and weightlifting could also seamlessly add athletes though I don't think they have reached the minimum requirements. Currently only marathon runner Tachlowini Gabriyesos has reached the qualification standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,235 Posted June 7, 2021 #1998 Share Posted June 7, 2021 31 minutes ago, hckošice said: Maybe. well, I hope not but there not many chances remaining to be honest. MTB Cycling lost quota in the last race thanks hyper motivated Dasalu, W Canoeing Sprint, Salkazanov, Skateboarding Street quotas also lost in the absolute finish of the qualifiers & more than probable 0 quotas in tennis and Triathlon did not really help us. But yeah if we fail to qualify at least 40 athletes to Tokyo this will be seriously embarassing. We need ball hockey at the Olympics and pronto wow 35 just seems way too less for Slovakia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,243 Posted June 7, 2021 #1999 Share Posted June 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, intoronto said: wow 35 just seems way too less for Slovakia well, what can we do but Czechoslovakia will have around 100 athletes for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,210 Posted June 7, 2021 #2000 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Off the top of my head Slovakia can get 2 more in artistic swimming, 1 in golf, 1 in judo and maybe 1 in tennis. Plus maybe some people in swimming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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