{"id":145955,"date":"2015-07-27T09:34:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=145955"},"modified":"2015-07-28T17:47:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T00:47:57","slug":"reigning-olympic-champion-ous-mellouli-others-still-able-to-qualify-for-olympic-10k-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/reigning-olympic-champion-ous-mellouli-others-still-able-to-qualify-for-olympic-10k-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"Reigning Olympic Champion Ous Mellouli, Others Still Able To Qualify For Olympic 10K Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/ads.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/abmc.aspx?b=939&amp;z=6\" target=\"_blank\">Wylas Timing<\/a>. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-fina-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\">our landing page<\/a> for more.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>By Jeff Commings, Swimming World Senior Writer<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The goal of every elite open water swimmer in the world is to place in the top 10 in the 10K swims at the FINA world championships in Kazan, Russia, this week. By doing so, you earn a spot in next year\u2019s Olympic 10K race in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen spots are still up for grabs in the men\u2019s race, with those to be decided at a 10K race in Portugal next June.<\/p>\n<p>Several countries will not be able to add another athlete to the Olympic 10K roster. The United States and Italy secured the maximum two spots in the men\u2019s 10K when <strong>Jordan Wilimovsky<\/strong> and <strong>Sean Ryan<\/strong> of the USA and <strong>Simone Ruffini<\/strong> and <strong>Federico Vanelli<\/strong> all placed in the top 10 in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>That means Americans <strong>Alex Meyer, Chip Peterson<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Gemmell<\/strong> will not be able to realize the ultimate dream of competing on the Olympic stage in 2016. Meyer had that opportunity in 2012, placing 10th in the Olympic 10K in London. <strong>Valerio Cleri<\/strong> of Italy competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic 10K swims, but won\u2019t get to make it three in a row.<\/p>\n<p>If Brazil\u2019s <strongAllan Do Carmo<\/strong> hadn\u2019t placed in the top 10 of the men\u2019s 10K, he might have still been able to compete in the event in Rio. FINA holds one spot in each gender for an athlete from the host country for the 10K, so Brazil can rest easy, at least until the results of Tuesday\u2019s women\u2019s race are official. With Do Carmo making the cut the hard way, Brazil\u2019s spot in the top 25 as the host country will likely go to another athlete from June\u2019s race in Portgual.<\/p>\n<p>Those countries who had one athlete place in the top 10 in the men\u2019s world championship 10K cannot add another athlete to that gender\u2019s roster, according to FINA selection policies. So, that leaves the Netherlands, Greece, Great Britain, France, Canada and Brazil with only one men\u2019s representative in the Olympic 10K. Those nations cannot participate in the Portugal race.<\/p>\n<p>Several other major open water swimming nations \u2013 including Australia and Germany \u2013 will be sending one or two swimmers to the Portugal Olympic qualifier next year. Several other top open water swimmers \u2013 including 2012 Olympic champion <strong>Ous Mellouli<\/strong> of Tunisia \u2013 will get another chance in that race to represent their country in Rio. The first requirement in Portugal is to place in the top nine in each gender. The second requirement, if a country has sent two athletes to the race, is to beat your teammate, as only one swimmer from each country in the top nine can go to the Olympics from this race. If a country puts two swimmers in the top nine in the Olympic qualifier, then FINA will go to 10th place and lower to get nine new qualifiers. FINA might pick a 10th athlete from this race to fill Brazil\u2019s slot that was reserved for the host country if it didn\u2019t qualify at worlds or in the top nine in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, 20 men will be selected for the Olympic 10K swim. The remaining five in each gender will be picked based on their country\u2019s continent, and will come from the fastest swimmers in the Olympic qualifier in Portugal, from countries that do not already have a competitor. Each of the five \u201ccontinents\u201d \u2013 Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania \u2013 will be represented by one athlete from that region. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong> USA, Canada and Brazil already have athletes qualified for the men\u2019s Olympic 10K from the world championships. Let\u2019s say that two swimmers from other countries in North and South America qualify through the Portugal swim by placing in the top 10. 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