OK — it’s confusing.
For this cycle those teams finishing 13th-16th qualify one “placement” for their nation.
For example, Jackson Payne from Canada was highest AA. But Canada can send anyone they wish to fill that spot.
Nations finishing below 17th must earn “personal” spots by competing in the AA in either Tokyo or London. Netherlands, for example, can send either Epke Zonderland or Jeffrey Wammes, but not Yuri van Gelder.
Here’s the official list of MAG qualifiers posted on IG.
Chatting with Kyle Shewfelt, I agreed with him that “fairer” would be something like the old system:
Teams 13-16 get 2 “spots”
Teams 17-20 get 1 “spot”
… after that selection could be by individual, though I’d really like to see apparatus specialists have a chance to get in too.
Brainstorming here … Leave a comment if you’ve an opinion on the issue of system of Olympic qualification.
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