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Taekwondo WTA Asian Olympic Games Qualifier 2021


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wow. that was mother of all comebacks ! PHI guy was down something like 15pts with 1 minute to ago. he won the match 50-49!!! 99pts in 1 match is probably the highest ever

 

what a match. wow :hairpull::hyper:

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I think covid is a possible factor for the underperformance of Southeast Asian countries. The infection rate has been increasing in the past couple of months in that region, which you have to think limits the amount of hours/days that the athletes could go and practice at their facilities. They might have days where they can't get out of the house and have to stay home instead because of government order for quarantine purposes. 

 

Saying that, Chinese Taipei deserves kudos for getting four quotas despite having to travel far. And in someway it's not surprising, considering how well that country has taken care of the pandemic since the outbreak.

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Yes!!! Quota for ?????? with a dramatic finish hahaha ?

 

Quite a disappointment for our more experienced female jins (Lopez and Alora) I was expecting them to get the quotas instead of Barbosa. No news about injuries, but the pandemic and repeated lockdowns in the country could have affected their performance. Their training bubble started only this year and lasted only for 3 months, there were no foreign sparring partners except for the local ones. Last tournament for our jins was the Manila SEA Games way back in December of 2019.

 

Congrats to Kiani of Iran for getting another quota for her country. Her matches vs THA and vs JOR were not easy. Well deserved victory.

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22 hours ago, LDOG said:

There are still wild cards available in the higher weights. Hopefully they will get one, they deserve something in this sport.

Afghanistan hasn't participated in higher weights anywhere world champs (not even the non Olympic weights after -68kg ).So I can't see them getting a tripartite. Here also they chose 2 lightest weights each category. 

 

Chad might get a quota in +67kg W. Burkina Faso or Central African Republic of Equatorial Guinea (-80) and/or Libya or Cambodia  (+80) will get 1 quota in Men's . Lebanon, Pakistan also in the mix. 

 

 

But almost surely Chad will get the women's quota in +67kg. Tajikistan has little less chance in that category 

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Here's a list of tripartite eligible nations who competed at the continental qualifiers. Of course participation in the continental qualifiers is not a requirement, but it can give an idea on which nations are actively trying to qualify. Note: Gabon, Mali and North Macedonia have qualified quotas in other events so imagine they will be less likely to be selected.

 

Men's -80kg: :ARU:BOT:BUR:CAM:CAY:COD:GEQ:GAB:GUM:GUY:HON:KUW:MKD:NCA

Men's +80kg: :KUW:LBA:MLI:MOZ:PAK

Women's -67kg: :COD:GAB:MKD

Women's +67kg: :CHA:GAB:HON:NCA

 

 

Though now looking at the list, I wouldn't be surprised if Gabon or even North Macedonia is given the women's -67kg quota. Even looking at the -62kg and -67kg events at the 2019 World Championships only Montenegro emerges as an option. Of course it wouldn't be the first time a nation which made no attempt to qualify regularly was given a quota.

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