2 years before the Olympics in Tokyo: South Tyrol's possible starters (2)

Während in the first part of this Olympic preview While the focus was on those sports that already saw South Tyrolean athletes take part in 2016, part 2 is about the other disciplines of Tokyo 2020 with the prospect of the participation of athletes from South Tyrol.

Badminton The alphabetical list of other sports with South Tyrolean participation chances begins with badminton, where the “grapes” of qualification are admittedly very high. The best South Tyroleans Katharina Fink, Yasmine Hamza, Lukas Osele and Kevin Strobl are very young and yet among Italy's best. Points must be collected diligently from April 172th, 29.4.2019 to April 26.4.2020th, XNUMX for the XNUMX Olympic starting places. Basketball Something similar to the volleyball players also applies to the basketball players. However, with the caveat that Italy's men and women in this sport will have a harder time getting one of the 12 starting places. The 2019 World Cup and a qualifying tournament will be decisive. The chances of being there concern the young man from Bolzano Alexander Lever and the experienced Buchholzer Kathrin Ress . Football South Tyrol's chances here are actually very small and only affect women. Italy's women's national team would have to finish among the top three European teams in their first World Cup participation in 2019 years in 1. The Karneiderin could be in the squad Katja Schroffenegger and after her participation in the U19 European Championships, perhaps the Malser too Melanie Kuenrath to stand. Golf The Seiser golfer's chances are similarly modest Aron Zemmer, who, however, won silver twice at the Mediterranean Games this year. The 60 starting places will be awarded based on our own ranking from the end of June 2020. Canoe slalom The brothers Matthias and Jacob Weger and the cousins valentine and Jacob Luther from Merano probably need a small jump in performance to be able to take part in Tokyo with their single kayak. What makes matters worse is that only one athlete per country is allowed to compete in this sport. The rankings from June 1, 2020 will be decisive. Track & Field According to the current status, the veteran in this sport Hannes Kirchler the best South Tyrolean chance at the Olympics. For the Merano discus thrower, who will be 2020 years old in 41, it would be the second Olympic Games, 12 years after the first. Because Kirchler was at the start in Beijing in 2008, but not in London in 2012 and in Rio in 2016. For the first time, world rankings (from June 29.6.2020, 32) will decide on the 400 starting places for athletics. In addition to Kirchler, the two Puster women may also be XNUMX m hurdles specialists Caren Agreiter and Valentina Cavalleri dream of the Olympics. Cycling/Road The two-time junior world champion Elena Pirrone from Leifers and the junior vice world champion Alessia Vigilia from Bolzano could take part in the road race and time trial, their favorite discipline, in Tokyo, but the competition in Italy is fierce. A first important step is the UCI team ranking from October 27.10.2019, 1, which determines the number of starting places (4 to XNUMX). Swimming In 2016 the woman from Brixen had Laura Letrari failed to qualify for the Olympics in Rio, unlike 4 years earlier in London, where she was a member of Italy's 4x100m relay team. She just proved at the European Championships in Glasgow that she is still very valuable for this race, despite back problems. In order to qualify again, Letrari, who will be 31 years old at the time of the Tokyo Games, must first hope that Italy gets one of the Olympic berths at the 2019 World Cup. Secondly, she herself must also achieve the Olympic standard between March 2019 and June 2020 and continue to be among the top 4 Italian freestyle swimmers. The Bolzano breast specialist can only do this with a possible significant explosion in performance Zaccaria Casna hope for the Olympics. Sport climbing Sport climbing will also be an Olympic event in Tokyo 2020 for the first time. 20 participants each will fight for Olympic gold among women and men. The starting places will be awarded at the 2019 World Cup (6 each), in the World Cup (1 each), at an intercontinental qualifying event (6 each) and then at qualifying competitions in each individual continent. The people from Brixen are among the South Tyroleans with the best chance of taking part Andrea Ebner and the two people from Gardena Filip Schenk and Michael Piccolruz . Table tennis Already in 2016, the people of Kaltern had Deborah Vivarelli and the woman from Bolzano Giorgia Piccolin fought for Olympic starting places on the table tennis tables, but failed due to the strict qualification criteria. It won't be any easier this time either. For the 16 starting places in the team competition, there will be an intercontinental tournament (9 starting places) and a continental tournament (1 starting place each). The 64 to 70 individual players will consist of 2 per qualified team. On the other hand, starting places are also awarded through our own Olympic qualifying tournaments and through the world rankings. The chances of Giorgia Piccolin's brother Jordy and Debora Vivarelli's sister Evelyn are a little smaller. Triathlon The Olympic qualification for the triathletes is already well underway. Since May 11, 2018 and until May 11, 2020, points have been awarded in several races for the Olympic ranking, which will then be decisive for the 55 starting places for women and men, with the restriction of a maximum of 3 athletes per country. Verena Steinhauser got off to an optimal start in this qualifying phase, as the Brixen native is currently in an excellent 7th place. Matthias Steinwander from Innichen, however, still has to improve: He is currently only 171st and only eighth best “Azzurro”. The country's internal ranking will also be important for the mixed relay, which will be held for the first time.

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2 years before the Olympics in Tokyo: South Tyrol's possible starters (2)

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