Fly_like_a_don 910 Posted June 13, 2021 #31 Share Posted June 13, 2021 12 hours ago, mrv86 said: Green bills are pretty attractive to FIG judges Mexico lost a sure Olympic medal yesterday due to some terrible decision. Not sure if a rythmic gymnastics qualifications could have healed it or if people in Mexico care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,536 Posted June 13, 2021 #32 Share Posted June 13, 2021 50 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Mexico lost a sure Olympic medal yesterday due to some terrible decision. Not sure if a rythmic gymnastics qualifications could have healed it or if people in Mexico care What happened? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 910 Posted June 13, 2021 #33 Share Posted June 13, 2021 59 minutes ago, heywoodu said: What happened? Janeth Gomez was a medal favorite in 59kg and by form a silver at last bronze. Lifters above us are either going to be suspended or having injuries and in terrible form. With Mexico being allowed just 2 per gender, she should have gone. They chose Ana Lopez in 55kg (no medal chance) and Aremi Zavala in 76kg not in form currently but has 3rd best lift among all. Gomez did well in the last tournament in Colombia but they didn't change their decision. Now the lifter behind Gomez from Ecuador is a medal favorite despite finishing behind the Mexican. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,536 Posted June 13, 2021 #34 Share Posted June 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Janeth Gomez was a medal favorite in 59kg and by form a silver at last bronze. Lifters above us are either going to be suspended or having injuries and in terrible form. With Mexico being allowed just 2 per gender, she should have gone. They chose Ana Lopez in 55kg (no medal chance) and Aremi Zavala in 76kg not in form currently but has 3rd best lift among all. Gomez did well in the last tournament in Colombia but they didn't change their decision. Now the lifter behind Gomez from Ecuador is a medal favorite despite finishing behind the Mexican. Oh, weightlifting Yeah, no quota or medal in any sport A is going to make up for anything in sport B. Maybe for general fans, but definitely not for the people involved (i.e. the athletes) If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted June 13, 2021 #35 Share Posted June 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Mexico lost a sure Olympic medal yesterday due to some terrible decision. Not sure if a rythmic gymnastics qualifications could have healed it or if people in Mexico care Well, Mexico did qualify, but in individual rhythmic gymnastics. This is the first time Mexico qualifies in this sport, either in individual or group, so it's a historic moment and one their gymnastics federation has been waiting for 37 years. Also, Mexico qualified for the first time also in trampoline, so the country has qualified in all gymnastics disciplines! Now, I'm pretty sure this doesn't heal the shock of losing a sure medal. Fly_like_a_don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 910 Posted June 13, 2021 #36 Share Posted June 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said: Well, Mexico did qualify, but in individual rhythmic gymnastics. This is the first time Mexico qualifies in this sport, either in individual or group, so it's a historic moment and one their gymnastics federation has been waiting for 37 years. Also, Mexico qualified for the first time also in trampoline, so the country has qualified in all gymnastics disciplines! Now, I'm pretty sure this doesn't heal the shock of losing a sure medal. And maybe this is not the first it's happening in Mexican Sports. Favouritism seems to be there in a couple of mexican sports federations , maybe across all countries but it's terrible when athletes don't get rewarded despite being deserved. It used to happen in india during asian games some political influence and you qualify for some sports like pencak Silat and all but who cares it's more like doesn't matter, shouldn't happen at least for Olympics. thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,920 Posted June 13, 2021 #37 Share Posted June 13, 2021 10 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Mexico lost a sure Olympic medal yesterday due to some terrible decision. Not sure if a rythmic gymnastics qualifications could have healed it or if people in Mexico care Well, I agree with you. People in Mexico doesn’t care about other sports than football (and to a minor extent baseball, boxing & diving) so they probably didn’t knew our girls were fighting for a spot. As for the decision in weightlifting, I think the federation is to blame, as they should have monitored better every single lifter making it to the national teams. I would hope the president of the federation could be sacked after this debacle, but he probably is another protegé of that scum we have as Sports Director. Fly_like_a_don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted June 17, 2021 #38 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Apparently the Oceanian qualifier did not count? @thiago_simoes Mexico in? https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/detail.php?id=15571#loaded #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted June 17, 2021 #39 Share Posted June 17, 2021 5 hours ago, dcro said: Apparently the Oceanian qualifier did not count? @thiago_simoes Mexico in? https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/detail.php?id=15571#loaded The latest information is that they're still debating about which individual from Australia will take the quota since the second-place gymnast protested the results. Nothing has been said about groups, but I believe the results have not been contested. It's been widely assumed at this point that no matter what happens the quotas will still go to Oceania in order to respect the universality principle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,284 Posted June 25, 2021 #40 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Salome Pazhava (reallocated host country spot) Marcía Lopes (Tripartite Invitation spot) United States (reallocated host spot) are the latest qualifiers for Olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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