OLYMPIC DUMMY LISTS Apr 19th – Stephan steps out

Stephan Wojcikiewicz was not among the Canadians who struck gold in Peru last week and his misfortune compounded as he has just been bumped off the list of London qualifiers.  In fact, three Europeans have muscled past him, with Petr Koukal the only one to peek out above the reserve list.

Canada’s Stephan Wojcikiewicz was unable to find a way past the round of 16 in Lima last week and this has just happened to cost him the last secure ticket to this summer’s London Olympics, insofar as this week’s Badzine Olympic Qualification Dummy Lists show.  Petr Koukal, who has recently been on and off the list, had a slightly more successful outing at the Dutch International and he, along with Kestutis Navickas of Lithuania and Estonian Raul Must, moved past the Canadian.

It is much the same in the fight for the last women’s singles spot as neither Maja Tvrdy, the Slovenian challenger, nor incumbent Akvile Stapusaityte of Lithuania, went far enough at the European Championships to have an impact on the standings.  Unless more points are accumulated at the Tahiti or Portuguese Internationals next week, the likes of Navickas and Wojcikiewicz will be left hoping for unused tripartite spots or other London cancellations, joining Tvrdy and Must,whose campaign for Olympic points ended with their losses in Karlskrona.

The battle in the men’s singles top 16 continues with no movements for Korea’s Shon Wan Ho (pictured right), or for Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Vittinghus.  Shon is less than 100 points from current #16 Marc Zwiebler of Germany while Vittinghus has managed to remain within the top 16 but has been unable to make up ground on compatriot Jan Jorgensen, whom he must pass in order to earn the right to be Denmark’s second men’s singles shuttler in London.  However, this week’s continental championships have done nothing but entrench the status quo, as Zwiebler and Jorgensen are both still alive in Karlskrona, while Shon and Vittinghus each made an early exit this week.  This leaves the world #15 and #17 each hoping for a miracle in Delhi.

All other lists have remained unchanged.  Malaysia’s women’s doubles rivalry is on the backburner until Delhi as both pairs lost early in Wuhan but change may still be afoot for three pairs in men’s doubles and one in women’s doubles at the Badminton Asia Championships.  More on that next week…possibly.

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The Dummy Lists for April 19th 2012
Men’s Singles
Women’s Singles
Men’s Doubles
Women’s Doubles
Mixed Doubles

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