London 2012: 17 athletes meet the qualifying criteria.

The International Judo Federation released this Friday the new world ranking, updated after the dispute of the World Cup in England. The Brazilian in the highest positions are still Luciano Corrêa (-100lg) and Sarah Menezes (-48kg), both in fifth place on the list. Brazil has 17 judokas who meet the qualifying criteria for the London 2012 Olympic Games, from which 10 are in different categories.

According to the qualifying criteria, the 22 men and 14 women better placed on the list guarantee a place to fight in London. Athletes from the same country are discarded. Four Brazilian judokas would benefit from this rule. In the 81kg category Flávio Canto, currently in 26th place, would jump to 20th. Daniela Polzin, who in number 18, would be number 12. And Maria Portela (18th place) would be in the 11th position. The twice champion of the world, João Derly would go from 35th place to 21st.
The qualification of the athletes for the London Olympic Games will take into account the results obtained from the first of May 2010 to 30th of April 2012. The points are good through two years, having 100% of their value during the first 12 months after they were won and 50% from the 13th to the 24th month. After the 25th month they expire.


-66kg: Leandro Cunha – 13th 200 points
-66kg: João Derly – 35th (com 14 atletas de nações repetidas / 21st) – 96 points
-73kg: Leandro Guilheiro – 6th 400 points
-81kg: Nacif Elias – 13th 240 points
-81kg: Flávio Canto 26th (com seis atletas de nações repetidas / 20th) – 140 points
-90kg: Hugo Pessanha – 7th 368 points
-90kg: Tiago Camilo – 10th 344 points
-90kg: Eduardo Santos – 14th 260 points
-100kg: Luciano Corrêa – 5th 580 points
-100kg: Leonardo Leite – 22th 132 points
+100kg: Daniel Hernandes – 6th 460 points
+100kg: Walter Santos – 14th 252 points
-48kg: Sarah Menezes -5th 480 points
-48kg: Daniela Polzin -18th (com seis atletas de nações repetidas / 12th) - 160 points
-52kg: Erika Miranda -11th 292 points
-57kg: Rafaela Silva -7th 400 points
-70kg: Maria Portela -18th (com sete atletas de nações repetidas / 11th) - 180 points