“World Aquatics may well choose from the waiting list not Efimova, but a representative of the team without quotas” – expert

If multiple world champion Yulia Efimova does not meet the standards of the first category and ends up on the waiting list, World Aquatics can instead choose a representative from the country left without a quota, Vadim Akhmadiev, member of the referee development program of World Aquatics.

Efimova will swim the 100 meter breaststroke at the Bahamas Championships on June 23. Even though she did not meet the criteria for the first category, she could be on the waiting list to receive a quota for the Paris Olympics.

— An athlete with a second-class standard is placed on a waiting list for those who have met that standard and awaits an admissions decision. Here we must also take into account that the IOC quota for water sports has decreased.

— Can the decision at some point in the future be made by the representative office?

— Yes, in this case preference can be given to countries whose athletes have not met the standards at all. As you said, for representation,” Akhmadiev said.

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