{"id":641,"date":"2018-09-17T14:25:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T21:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelkeating.com\/wordpress\/?p=641"},"modified":"2019-02-24T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T20:07:43","slug":"tokyo-2020-qualifying-weightlifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelkeating.com\/wordpress\/2018\/09\/17\/tokyo-2020-qualifying-weightlifting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo 2020 Qualifying &#8212; Weightlifting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I base the following summary on my own reading of IWF\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/downloads\/2018\/04\/FINAL-2018-03-29-Tokyo-2020-Qualification-System-Weightlifting.pdf\">Qualification System \u2013 Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This summary is NOT an official publication of any sanctioning body; it is my own interpretation. This summary does not address \u201cHost Country\u201d or \u201cTripartite Commission\u201d spots.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Qualifying sub-periods<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Period 1: Six months from November 2018 through April 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Period 2: Six months from May 2019 through October 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Period 3: Six months from November 2019 through April 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athlete Required Participation<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participate in at least six events (at least two of these in an Olympic weight class).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participate in at least one event in each six-month period above.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least one event must be Gold Level, and a second must be either Gold or Silver Level.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event Levels<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Gold Level<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: IWF World Championships, IWF Junior World Championships, Continental Championships, Junior Continental Championships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Silver Level<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Existing IWF Events: Multi-Sport Games, Championships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Bronze Level<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: other International competitions, Championships, Cups, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qualifying Pathways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be one of the eight highest-ranked lifters to qualify for an Olympic weight class.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or be the highest-ranked lifter from one of the five Continental federations.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, Pan America<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See \u201cIWF Absolute Ranking\u201d below.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limits<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maximum of one lifter per country in any weight class.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maximum of four lifters per gender from any country. Except&#8230;<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maximum of two lifters per gender from any country that has had 10 to 19 IWF doping violations since 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maximum of one lifter per gender from any country that has had 20 or more IWF doping violations since 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each NOC chooses its team from among its qualified athletes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reallocation<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the limits above (and other possible causes, including redundant qualifications), National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of some of the \u201cTop 8\u201d and \u201cTop Continental\u201d qualifiers may not get to use all invitations. In these cases, IWF reallocates as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Top 8<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8212; Next-highest ranked athlete whose NOC is not yet qualified in the class.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Continental<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8212; Next-highest ranked athlete from that same continent whose NOC is not yet qualified in the class.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IWF Absolute Ranking<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each athlete\u2019s final Absolute Ranking Points total, determined at the end of the qualifying period (April 30, 2020), is the sum of the following four scores:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the lifter\u2019s best adjusted Robi score in each of the three time periods and&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the lifter\u2019s highest adjusted Robi score that is not one of those first three.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robi Score (and Adjusted Robi Score)<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See any of the following for determining a lifter\u2019s Robi Score in any meet<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/downloads\/2018\/06\/Robi-Points_.pdf\">IWF description of the Robi Point system and calculations<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.net\/robi-sinclair-new-bw\/\">IWF Robi Point Calculator<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tables of Robi Point values).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adjusted Robi Score<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold Level events multiply Robi Score by <\/span><b>1.10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Level events multiply Robi Score by <\/span><b>1.05<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronze Level events keep raw Robi Score (x<\/span><b>1.00<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that Robi Scores can change if anyone sets a new World Record during the qualifying period. That is, new WRs change Robi calculations for all lifters in that weight class.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[To come later]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MK<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/whale\/whaleenbrosse.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"lvOge  idDddQ san D n mO\"><!-- lvOge  idDddQ san D n mO --><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I base the following summary on my own reading of IWF\u2019s Qualification System \u2013 Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020. This summary is NOT an official publication of any sanctioning body; it is my own interpretation. This summary does not address \u201cHost Country\u201d or \u201cTripartite Commission\u201d spots. 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