Days after successful a court docket judgement to permit him to play in males’s golf occasion on the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris, Joost Luiten has been denied his probability to compete as soon as once more.
Luiten, 38, completed fortieth in qualifying for the competitors, effectively contained in the top-60 cut-off for subsequent month’s 72-hole medal occasion at Le Golf Nationwide.
Nevertheless, his hopes of collaborating seemed to be brutally crushed when the Dutch Olympic Committee judged that he and compatriot Darius van Driel had “no affordable probability” of bringing a medal dwelling for his or her nation and, subsequently, wouldn’t be put ahead to compete.
Luiten took his criticism additional, submitting a authorized problem the Dutch Olympic Committee final Tuesday. When that verdict got here down in his favour, the six-time DP World Tour winner was reinstated to finish on the Video games.
In a press release issued at the moment, the Worldwide Golf Federation (IGF) stated it was “happy to share that Luiten was confirmed by the Dutch Olympic Committee and Dutch Sports activities Federations to compete within the males’s Olympic golf competitors.”
Sadly for Luiten, nonetheless, that wasn’t the tip of the story.
In a contemporary twist, introduced earlier right now, the IGF has been compelled to take away Luiten from the sphere after re-allocating his place earlier than the end result of his authorized problem was identified.
In a press release, the IGF stated: “When the IGF acquired notification of Joost Luiten’s court docket ruling within the Netherlands and his entry from the Netherlands’ Nationwide Olympic Committee, his unused quota spot had already been reallocated pursuant to the IGF’s revealed qualification procedures. The IGF was not a celebration to the authorized motion introduced forth by Luiten within the Netherlands.
“However, in an effort to help Luiten, the IGF sought an exception from the IOC to extend the sphere dimension of the lads’s Olympic golf competitors from 60 to 61 rivals to incorporate Luiten, nonetheless the request was denied by the IOC right now.
“The IGF has suggested Luiten of the IOC’s resolution, and he has not knowledgeable the IGF whether or not he intends to pursue this matter additional.”
It isn’t unusual for particular person international locations to disclaim a spot to in any other case certified athletes within the Olympics Video games on the grounds that they don’t suppose they’ll place extremely of their occasion, however on condition that Luiten is much from being a rank outsider, it appeared harsh to disclaim the two-time Dutch Open champion an opportunity to compete for what was prone to be his first and final probability to characterize his nation at this degree.
To take a look at the whole listing of entrants for the lads’s golf occasion in Paris, click on right here.
