Read the official Eligibility and Nomination Requirements to learn about guidelines for a surfer to retain eligibility and become nominated by their National Federation. How does a surfer become eligible to compete in Tokyo 2020? Ver documento de clasificación en español. Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Surfing - Mens Shortboard - Round 1 - Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Should athletes from Japan qualify regularly, their slots will be reallocated to the highest ranked eligible surfers from the 2020 World Surfing Games.įollow the links below the view the complete qualification process for the Surfing competition in Tokyo 2020. Host nation slot: One man and one woman slot will be guaranteed for the host nation of Japan, unless already filled through the above hierarchies.2019 Pan American Games: First eligible man and first eligible woman in the surfing competitions.Top finishing eligible surfer of each gender from Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. 2019 ISA World Surfing Games: 4 men and 4 women selected based on their continent.2021 ISA World Surfing Games: First 4 eligible men and first 6 eligible women.2019 World Surf League Championship Tour (WSL CT): First 10 eligible men and first 8 eligible women.The hierarchical order of qualification will be as follows: The final details of the eligibility requirements are still under review by the ISA and the IOC. All surfers selected by their respective National Federations for their national teams must participate in 2019 and/or 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in order to be eligible for Olympic qualification.In accordance with IOC guidelines, the qualification events have been determined in hierarchical order of qualification, as further explained below If two surfers of a gender have qualified through the first hierarchical order, that NOC will not be able to qualify more surfers of that gender through qualifying events lower in hierarchical order.Qualification spots will be earned on an individual basis, by name.
Maximum of 2 surfers per gender per National Olympic Committee (NOC).The door is open for these other sports, these other versions of surfing.The key elements of the qualification system are as follows: This could be things like longboarding or SUPing. “But now with LA 2028, we have the opportunity to add other events or disciplines. “When your sport is requested by the host – like with Tokyo and Paris – you only get the discipline of the sport you are requested,” said Aguerre. But for the LA 2028 Games, there could be multiple surfing events. (Think: slopestyle snowboarding versus halfpipe.) In Tokyo, there were only the men and women’s shortboard events, and the same will go for Paris 2024 (which will be held at Teahupoo). But for LA 2028, we are one of those core sports.”Īnother perk of becoming an official Olympic sport, surfing will have the opportunity to add new divisions, events, or iterations of the sport. “In other words, since surfing was only invited as a one-time deal to Tokyo and upcoming in Paris, it will receive nothing. “Only the 28 sports – we can call them ‘permanent’ or ‘core’ sports – receive distribution of funding from the Olympic Games,” said Aguerre. Men’s medalists from Tokyo 2020: Kanoa Igarashi, Italo Ferreira, and Owen Wright.
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