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Originally Posted by Jols  As far as entering teams for Durban, as far as I am aware (ie heresay and rumour) the Netherlands are still planning to send:
- Elite Men (some less Elite than others)
- Elite Women
- Elite Masters Men (seems unfair that they don't get to be elite too) |
'elite' is an Olympic term. When USOA joined USOC, we were asked how many 'elite' athletes in each of our uw sports.
Proper term isn't men's masters; it is Open Masters as there are 2 divisions in masters and juniors: open and women.
Open divisions created in masters and juniors to allow countries (such as USA) who didn't have enough women to field (ummm pool?) a womens team in those divisions - to give women a chance to compete at WC.
My USOA open junior team has always had at least 1 or more women. Canada had a woman on one of their open masters team; Philippines came to NZ 2004 with, I think, 4 women. These countries could not/would not have been able to compete in those divisions otherwise - something CMAS does not comprehend - that sport is for the athletes.