[Tilu News]The fencing points cycle for the Paris Olympics comes to an end at the end of the month, and the international competitions for each fencing category also took place last weekend. This means that the list of fencers who have obtained Olympic seats based on world rankings has been basically confirmed. However, many players at the top of the Olympic standings were unable to qualify due to the qualifying mechanism, including the 18th-placed Hong Kong players She Xianyan and Cai Junyan in the women’s weight and men’s figure. Despina Georgiadou, the Greek representative who ranked fifth in the women’s wear category, posted a long post on social networking sites, saying she was very disappointed at losing her Olympic spot and questioned the illogical nature of the qualifying mechanism.
To obtain a seat for six individual events in the three fencing events of the Paris Olympics, you can first pass the team competition rankings. If the country or region it belongs to ranks among the top four teams in Olympic points, or ranks first among the four continents of Europe, Africa, the United States, and Asia, the team will receive a “1+3” team competition and three individual competition places. If fencers who are unable to qualify for the Olympics through team rankings, they can get tickets by excluding fencers from qualifying countries and regions who are ranked among the top two in Europe, the top two in Asia, and the top in the United States and Africa. However, each country or region can only have one person in each sword type qualify through this method.
She Zhenhuan (Photo: Tilu Database)
Choi Chun-yin (Photo: China Hong Kong Fencing Association)
The Hong Kong women’s team lost to China in the top 16 of the Nanjing World Cup on Sunday, and ultimately gave up their qualifying spot in the team competition to the other side, making She Xianhuan the “biggest loser” in the team. She Zhenxi’s Olympic points ranked second in the Asian region in personal rankings. However, since her teammate Jiang Minxi, ranked No. 1 in the world, had already qualified for the first place in the Asian region, the second ticket fell to Olympic ranking 43. In the hands of Japanese representative Miho Yoshimura.
The same situation applies to Cai Junyan, who is also ranked second in the men’s figure ranking in Asia. After the Hong Kong team lost its place in the team competition, only Cheung Ka-lang was able to enter the Olympics to defend his title as the first in Asia. The other seat could only be “topped” by South Korea’s Ha Tae-kyu.
Georgiadou (Photo: Instagram @despina_georgiadou_)
The Greek representative Yaziyadu, who ranked fifth in the women’s Olympic Games, also suffered from the same problem. Because her teammate Theodora Gkountoura ranked third and got the first ticket in Europe, she lost another seat. Yeziyadu posted a long post on social networking sites on Wednesday, saying that she had been thinking for a long time about how to announce that she had lost her Olympic qualification. She also listed her achievements in the past year, including fifth in the world and Olympic rankings, second in the European Olympic Games, and her description A silver medal at the World Championships that is “enough to qualify in almost all events.” She pointed out that the reason why she still failed to qualify despite these results was that her teammate was also one of the top fencers in the world.
“What I find very illogical is that most fencers who participate in the individual competition qualify through the team competition, and there are only very few opportunities to qualify in the individual competition!? The two seats in the European area belong to my teammates and me, but they are prohibited from doing so. The swordsmen are from the same country?!” While questioning the qualifying mechanism, Yeziyadu also bluntly said that the result broke his heart. “This is my dream, my goal, and what I strive for every day.” The 32-year-old Although she has stepped on the podium at the World Championships twice and was ranked second in the world last year to become the highest-ranked fencer in Greek history, she also lost to Guduna last time and lost the Olympic qualification. She has yet to set foot on the Olympic stage in her career. .
Two-time Olympic individual bronze medalist Olga Kharlan of Ukraine also left a comment on Yeziyadu’s post, saying that she admires Yeziyadu very much, “You are the best person I have ever seen and worked with.” One of the best fencers! Don’t stop fighting!” It is worth mentioning that Karan was disqualified from the World Championships last year because he refused to shake hands with his Russian opponent. Later, the International Olympic Committee secured an additional seat for the Paris Olympics individual event, but Ukraine ultimately He also ranked fourth in the team and received a “1+3” seat.
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “Paris Olympics｜Greece’s “World Five” fencer is missing. The Olympic bombshell is illogical. The two Hong Kong players will also suffer from it.」
2024-03-29 07:18:47
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