dcro 10,172 Posted November 11, 2019 #11 Share Posted November 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, penthatlonfan said: doea new zealand have more female modern penthatletes ? I don't know, however NZ sometimes declines continental places, so probably that is her main concern. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonfan 310 Posted November 11, 2019 #12 Share Posted November 11, 2019 well that woluld suck for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,131 Posted November 11, 2019 #13 Share Posted November 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, dcro said: I don't know, however NZ sometimes declines continental places, so probably that is her main concern. Looking over their selection policies, there isn't one for modern pentathlon, one of the few sports without one. I guess the Olympic committee thought they had no chance at qualifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted November 11, 2019 #14 Share Posted November 11, 2019 28 minutes ago, dcro said: That is, if NZOC selects her. Qualifications in modern pentathlon are for athletes, not for NOC. The "choosing" is only in the case when there is more than two from the same NOC qualified, which surely won't be the case for New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted November 11, 2019 #15 Share Posted November 11, 2019 And one more thing - before Fakhrutdinova and Savkin changed from to , some people here were sure of "free" quota for . Well, the first non-qualified NOC is... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted November 11, 2019 #16 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Vojthas said: And one more thing - before Fakhrutdinova and Savkin changed from to , some people here were sure of "free" quota for . Well, the first non-qualified NOC is... . That's probably because the Thai team got over their fear of horses. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,131 Posted November 11, 2019 #17 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Vojthas said: Qualifications in modern pentathlon are for athletes, not for NOC. The "choosing" is only in the case when there is more than two from the same NOC qualified, which surely won't be the case for New Zealand. The NOC can still decline the quota. Their lack of selection policy gives me hope. At the very least the athlete can argue it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted November 11, 2019 #18 Share Posted November 11, 2019 50 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said: The NOC can still decline the quota. Their lack of selection policy gives me hope. At the very least the athlete can argue it. I doubt they would. It's the only way to promote this sport in NZL, breaking the monopole of Australia on the continent for more than just this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted November 11, 2019 #19 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Just now, Vojthas said: I doubt they would. It's the only way to promote this sport in NZL, breaking the monopole of Australia on the continent for more than just this time. To be fair, they have declined continental spots in fencing, archery, table tennis before. For fencing it was not even an Oceanian spot, but rather Asian/Oceanian! #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted November 11, 2019 #20 Share Posted November 11, 2019 New Zealand is named after a Dutch province after all. They don't care about promoting the sport, if the athlete can't reasonably guarantee to get a top 16 result the quota will be refused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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