Durban Sandshark Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 PS: I just noticed the bios of the Canadian women water polo team, and I think I found the reason why: this is a young team with, like their female basketball counterparts, only a handful of players on it with Olympic experience. Many are based in Quebec around in the Montreal area. Apparently, the coaches went toward a youth movement in the last four years. So I think their youthful inexperience worked against them in qualifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted March 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Men's Polo WQT still underway, here the next: Swimming, EuC 18.03.2008 / 24.03.2008 Eindhoven Track Cycling, WC 27.03.2008 / 30.03.2008 Manchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 (edited) Yup, all four semi-finalist qualified, and Canada just lost its quarterfinal...So, the final line-up for the women's is China, the Netherlands, the USA, Australia, Hungary, Russia, Italy and Greece. Look at that: 5 Euro nations, 1 North American, and 2 Asian (one only because it's the host country). Where's Africa and South American? Only tokenly 'universal.' Which is why this cost-prohibitive sport is outdated on the current Olympic roster. It (both men's and women's) should be removed. (And no GBR. GBR's going to really have to hustle for its team sports otherwise, other than soccer and the rowing disciplines, their teams will face a dismal showing in 4 years' time.) Edited March 7, 2008 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Men's WaterPolo, qualified teams: China Croatia (1st WC) Hungary (2nd) Spain (3rd) Serbia (1st WL) Montenegro (EuQT) Usa (Pan) Australia (OcQT) Germany (WQT) Greece (wqt) Italy (wqt) Canada (wqt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Day two results at the Baseball qualification tournament: Canada 10 - 0 South Africa (7 Innings) Mexico 1 - 6 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Korea Republic 16 - 2 Australia (7 Innings) Spain 0 - 1 Germany Current rankings: Korea Republic: 2-0 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan): 2-0 Canada: 2-0 Australia: 1-1 Germany: 1-1 Spain: 0-2 South Africa: 0-2 Mexico: 0-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 No Russia in men's water polo. Wow! I expect them to be there EVERY Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 No Russia in men's water polo. Wow! I expect them to be there EVERY Olympics. The new world order!! And 3 of the splinter nations from the former Yugoslavia: Croatia, Serbia and Black Mountaiin (Montenegro). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDS69 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Some news on the Olympic soccer front: New Zealand's under-23 men's team and elite women's team have qualified for the Olympic soccer tournament as Oceania's representatives. The men hammered the Solomon Islands 8-0 in their final, and the women bested Papua New Guinea in a 2-0 victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Some news on the Olympic soccer front:New Zealand's under-23 men's team and elite women's team have qualified for the Olympic soccer tournament as Oceania's representatives. The men hammered the Solomon Islands 8-0 in their final, and the women bested Papua New Guinea in a 2-0 victory. Yes this is the first time New Zealand has ever qualified Football teams for the Olymics. The NZOC still has to ratify this first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 More shockers! Very big news in the (field) hockey world: Great Britain kills India's vanishing hopes in Olympic qualifying with a 2-0 victory in the final, meaning for the first time ever after EIGHT decades of Olympic participation, the eight-time gold medal (last won gold in 1980 in a severely-depleted field) legendary Indian field hockey machine will NOT take part in the Olympics. India's coach Joaquim Carvalho resigned afterward. Even the IHF vice-president resigned. So Team GB goes in with Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Korea, Pakistan, The Netherlands, China, South Africa, Spain, and Belgium. Like with Russian water polo, Indian field hockey in the Olympics was something else we hard-core Olympic fans counted on appearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well, its a done deal: Canada, South Korea and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) all qualified for Olympic baseball. They join the previously qualified China PR (host), the United States of America (champion of the America's Olympic qualifier), Cuba (runner-up of the America's Olympic qualifier), the Netherlands (champion of the European Olympic qualifier) and Japan (champion of Asia's Olympic qualifier). So we have four Asian teams, three American teams and one European team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Glad Canada went in. But I feel a little bad for Australia, the defending silver medalists, not qualifying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Yesterday was the last day of activity at the final Olympic Baseball qualifier. Results: Spain 1 - 2 Mexico South Africa 11 - 13 Australia Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 3 - 4 Korea Republic Canada 2 - 1 Germany (10 Innings) Final Standing: 1. Canada 6-1 (Tiebreaker: 1-0) 2. Korea Republic 6-1 (Tiebreaker: 0-1) 3. Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 5-2 4. Mexico 4-3 (Tiebreaker: 1-0) 5. Australia 4-3 (Tiebreaker: 0-1) 6. Germany 2-5 7. Spain 1-6 8. South Africa 0-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Glad Canada went in. But I feel a little bad for Australia, the defending silver medalists, not qualifying... Yea I am suprised as well. I really thought Australia would qualify! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 A busy April.. Wrestling, EuQT 01.04.2008 - 06.04.2008 Tampere Table Tennis, EuQT 02.04.2008 - 06.04.2008 Nantes Hockey, Men's WQT 5.4.2008 - 13.4.2008 Kakamigahara (J) Boxing, EuQT 07.04.2008 - 14.04.2008 Athens Weightlifting, EuQT 11.04.2008 - 20.04.2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro Syncro Swimming, WQT 16.04.2008 - 20.04.2008 Beijing Wrestling, Men's Freestyle WQT 19.04.2008 - 20.04.2008 Martigny Hockey, Women's WQT 26.04.2008 - 04.05.2008 Victoria Fencing, Women's Epee EuQT 26.04.2008 - 26.04.2008 Prague pechino2008.coni.it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Yeah! April is very busy for the Spanish athletes too. We are taking part in 10 qualifying events! I have a question: Does anybody know which teams are qualified for the Paralympic Games? I can't find anything about Paralympic Qualification events anywhere. And another question related to the Paralympics... Are there any images of the mascot practising the Paralympic sports? I mean something like this but with Fu Niu Lele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Germany and Roumania both qualified for women's Handball by respectively beating Croatia and Hungary. The winner of both the Sweden-Croatia and the Hungary-Japan games will qualify. Also the winner of the South Korea-France game will directly qualify for Beijing, while the loser will have to win its last game against either Congo or Côte d'Ivoire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA84 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well, I am very proud of this. Part of the Women's Softball qualifying round is being held in Bloomington, Illinois in June and my sister has been chosen to sing the National Anthem at it. She is asked to sing the anthem at a lot of minor league baseball games in Illinois yearly so this a great honor. Looks like I will be heading to the midwest in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 Well, qualification for women's Handball is over (well, nearly, France still have to win against Congo, but they lead by 17 goals whit under 20 minutes to go, so its all but over). Here is the final line-up (OQR = Olympic Qualification Tournament): Host Nation: China World Champion: Russia European Champion: Norway African Champion: Angola Asian Champion: Kazakhstan Pan-American Champion: Brazil OQT 1 Champion: Germany OQT 1 Runner-up: Sweden OQT 2 Champion: Roumania OQT 2 Runner-up: Hungary OQT 3 Champion: France OQT 3 Runner-up: Korea Republic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapin Urbano Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hello all, I am new at this site, tons of information about the Olympics. I am from Guatemala, but living in Fort Worth, Texas As some of you know, Guatemala City will host the 2nd Americas Qualifying Event for Boxing April 23-30 So far, no Guatemalans or Central Americans have qualified in boxing for the Games, but here is a list of the athletes in other sports that have done it: BELIZE Jonathan Williams Athletics 400 mts. hurdles COSTA RICA Henry Raabe Cycling Road Christopher Moitland Tae Kwon Do + 80 kg. Men Nery Brenes Athletics 400 mts. Federico Martinez Cycling Mountain Bike Leonardo Chacón Triathlon Individual EL SALVADOR Evelyn GarcÃa (2) Cycling Ind. Persecution Cycling Road Salvador Mira Athletics 50 Km. Walk Mario Contreras Cycling Road Camila Vargas Rowing Ind. Sculls Ingrid Cuellar Free style Wrestling 48 kgs. Golda Lee Swimming 400 mts. GUATEMALA Juan Romero Shooting Skeet Rita Sanz Aguero Modern Pentathlon Amado GarcÃa Athletics Marathon Juan RodrÃguez Equestrian Jump Individual Juan Maegli Jr. Sailing Laser Kevin Cordon Badminton Individual Evelyn Nuñez Athletics 20 km. Walk Luis GarcÃa Athletics 50 km. Walk HONDURAS Futbol/Soccer Men Team Miguel Ferrera Tae Kwon Do 80 kgs. PANAMA Irvin Saladino Athletics Long Jump Bayano Kamani Athletics 400 mts. hurdles No Nicaraguans have qualified yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapin Urbano Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 I forgot to ask, does anybody knows the order for the Parade of Nations?? would be interesting to know the postionof each country during it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 The Tripartite Invitation Commission's wildcard places are starting to be announced. In Artistic Gymnastic, Yemen's Nashwan Al-Harazi and Vietnam's Thuong Di Thi Ngan recived invitations for the men's and women's events, respectively. In Rhythmic Gymnastic, Cap Verde's Wania Monteiro recieved her second Olympic wildcard in a row, having already competed in Athens. In Trampoline, the TPC decided not to give any invitational places, so the places where redistributed to the highest non-qualifier from the world-championships, so the USA and the Czech Republic gained an entry in the men's and women's event respectively. In Tennis, El Salvador's Rafael Arevalo and Togo's Komlavi Loglo where both invited to the men's single, while Zimbabwe's Cara Black (one of the top doubles player in the world) and Liechtenstein's Stephanie Vogt got invited to the women's single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 The last men's Field Hockey Qualifying Tournament just kicked-off in Japan. Here are the day 1 results: Germany 8 - 0 Italy Malaysia 2 - 1 Poland Switzerland 1 - 2 Japan Only the winner of the tournament will make it to Beijing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 If Germany doesn't qualify for field hockey it would be shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Here are some more wild cards given by the tripartite commission , this time in Archery. Men's individual: Bhutan Iraq Myanmar Women's individual: Bhutan Mauritius Tajikistan For those wondering why Bhutan got two wild-cards in Archery, it should be noted that Archery is Bhutan's national sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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