My prediction - LV will be on the US team.
Interestingly enough he doesn’t have to be a US citizen so thats one roadblock out of the way.
2nd is he needs to be in the top 135 or so in world rankings. If he can get in a few races and do well thats not that tough a nut to crack.
Third he needs the top US guys not to auto qualfy. I’d like to see 2 guys auto qualify but I don’t think kit will happen
4th he needs a USAT selection and his dad is the high performance director.
So if all us fails you want his daddy to help get him a spot. Let the kid earn it the hard way if he wants it.
Where exactly did I say that? I’m predicting he’ll be on the US team and listed reasons. One of the thing that has to nhappen is that a bunch of current pros have to not earn a slot. If 2-3 pros auto qualify he will not get a slot.
Interestingly enough he doesn’t have to be a US citizen so thats one roadblock out of the way.
I’d stop writing this as if it were a fact…
2nd, why does this need its own thread?
3rd, the high performance director doesn’t have a seat on the discretionary selection committee
4th, the discretionary slots aren’t entirely discretionary, there’s very clearly defined criteria for this as well, and all 3 depend on ranking. There is a clause for selecting athletes that have the potential to help another athlete win a medal, but the criteria are based on swimming/biking skills. Basically, it seems as though following the rules to the letter, USAT can’t simply pick him because they think he can win. If he gets the required results, beats enough people, and he gets the citizenship thing straightened out then he deserves to go to the games, otherwise there is no reason to expect that he should be handed an Olympic games slot. I’m tempted to call the ombudsman tomorrow and get his opinion…