Portugal has guaranteed five places, with an emphasis on swimming, a year before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with four names holding a ‘passport’ to the French capital.
The highlight among the qualifiers is Diogo Ribeiro, who was crowned world champion in the 50-meter butterfly on Monday, proof that he is not part of the Olympic program.
The Benfica swimmer, just 18 years old, has already achieved the minimums in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle and in the 100 meter butterfly for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will take place between July 26 and August 11 next year.
The latest addition to the list of qualifiers was João Costa, who also guaranteed his presence in the 100-meter backstroke on Monday at the World Championships in Fukuoka (Japan) with a new national record (53.71 seconds).
Camila Rebelo (200m backstroke) and Miguel Nascimento (50m freestyle) are the other swimmers with minimums for Paris2024.
Thanks to the World Surf League ranking, Teresa Bonvalot knows that she will participate in the surfing competition at the Olympic Games, which will be held in French Polynesia in 2024, for the second consecutive edition.
In fact, Teresa Bonvalot, 23 years old, is the only athlete with a guaranteed place in Paris2024 for the time being with Olympic experience, as the four swimmers will make their debut.
In athletics, where the ranking gives 50% of the places and the rest is taken by athletes with a minimum, the final list of qualifiers will not be known until June 30, 2024.
However, Auriol Dongmo, in the shot put, and Isaac Nader, in the 1,500m, have already achieved the qualification mark required by World Athletics.
Portugal is still a long way from the 92 athletes qualified for Tokyo2020 and also Rio2016, but many disciplines will not be decided until closer to the date of the Olympics, while others now have qualifying moments, such as sailing and hunting gun shooting.
In terms of collective sports, handball is still fighting for a second consecutive presence, basketball will compete in a pre-qualification for the qualifying tournament, while football was out of contention.
Source: DN
