{"id":590650,"date":"2024-07-09T11:38:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=590650"},"modified":"2024-07-09T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:38:10","slug":"veterans-farida-osman-quah-ting-wen-late-exclusions-from-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/veterans-farida-osman-quah-ting-wen-late-exclusions-from-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Farida Osman, Quah Ting Wen Late Exclusions from Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veterans Farida Osman, Quah Ting Wen Late Exclusions from Olympics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Veteran female swimmers Farida Osman<\/strong> of Egypt and Quah Ting Wen<\/strong> of Singapore have been ruled out of the Paris Olympics just weeks before they open on procedural grounds.<\/p>\n

Osman, 29, was set to represent Egypt for a fourth Games. While she had been confirmed as being in the field, she was told this week that she will not take part due to quota restrictions.<\/p>\n

Osman did not attain an A cut, coming closest in the 50 free, where her best time from the 2023 African Games<\/a> of 24.72 just .02 off the A standard. Though she was the top Egyptian female swimmer in FINA points in the qualification period, World Aquatics has limited the use of Universality spots to swimmers over the age of 30 (Osman doesn\u2019t turn 30 until next January) or swimmers who have made it to two Olympic Games already.<\/p>\n