Three places are set aside for continental balance and for tripartite universality. These places will be nominated in due course by the FIG Executive Committee and the Tripartite Commission respectively.
We knew Kieran was in contention for one of the last spots in the AA for London.
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#34. Kieran Behan IRE
#35. Shakir Shaikhaliyev AZE
Reserves:
Sasha Palgen LUX
Irodotos Georgallas CYP
Gutierres Carbonell VEN
… some yet to be added from Continents not well represented
Full list will be linked once we have it online.
Click PLAY or watch Kieran’s Floor from qualifying on YouTube. The cleanest in the competition, he qualified for Finals.
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woooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Behan had serious medical issues with one of his legs. I don’t recall the exact details, but if my memory serves me correctly, those were serious enough that there was real doubt he would ever be a gymnast again, let alone qualify for the Olympics.
Amazing comeback. He’s got the right psychology. … I’ll go visit his gym this week.
AUS only qualified one guy the National Olympic Committee can send either Tom Pichler or Josh Jeffries… what if they’re both “injured”? Can we send Prashanth instead as a shot at a medal. Unethical? Yes… but do-able? I’m not sure
I expect some nations will try to use the “injury” ruse. Not Aussie, I’ll bet.
I don’t think that’s possible. The places to the Olympics are nominative based on participation at the Test Event. If both are injured, the spot would then go to the first reserve, and so on. If they ran out of reserves based on the Test Event, it goes back to the next ranked gymnast from an unrepresented NOC in Tokyo.
Well done Kieran! Good luck for the floor final and of course for the Olympics!
Really. … I’m surprised.
So if Canada’s Jackson Payne is not available it would have to be the next Canadian? … It couldn’t be another not here in London, now?
Petitions for extraordinary circumstances?
“So if Canada’s Jackson Payne is not available it would have to be the next Canadian? … It couldn’t be another not here in London, now?”
Teams ranked 5-8 at the Test Event get one spot each, and get to choose who they send – it doesn’t even have to be someone in London this week.
The no-exchange rule is for those gymnasts who competed at the Test Event as individuals, i.e. from teams ranked 17 or lower in Tokyo.
The FIG results says that it is to be decided by the National Olympic Committee. If both of the AUS gymnasts were injured couldn’t AUS then send another as they should be included as an under-represented continent in the wild-card system…?
Ah, ha.
… that’s almost sure to cause grief when the nation has “better” gymnasts than the one qualified. On the other hand, it means the reserves have a good chance to get in.
“The FIG results says that it is to be decided by the National Olympic Committee. If both of the AUS gymnasts were injured couldn’t AUS then send another as they should be included as an under-represented continent in the wild-card system…?”
You’re right about continental representation – I wasn’t considering that in the specific case of AUS. But, if that happens, I still don’t think AUS has a choice, as that’s determined by AA ranking in Tokyo. For Oceania that was Pichler, Jefferis, Koudinov, Wiwatowski, Peng, Offord, Wadsworth, Sellathurai.
Yup, if the neither gymnast can compete it shifts to the next reserve which is from Luxembourg
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