The inauguration Olympic qualifying series concludes with the Budapest leg, scheduled to begin at the Ludovika Campus on Thursday. The OQS Budapest 2024 The event will be broadcast live in Australia
Over 150 Paris 2024 Olympic quotas in four sports – BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing – will be finalized after the Budapest OQS and a number of Aussies will be out to claim some of them.
Breaking will have 20 Olympic spots on the OQS while sport climbing will have 38. A total of 12 Paris 2024 Olympic quotas will be decided in BMX freestyle cycling, while points earned on the OQS will determine the 88 skateboarders final cut for the upcoming Summer Games.
As National Olympic Committees have sole authority to represent their respective teams at the Olympic Games, athletes’ participation in Paris 2024 depends on the selection of the NOC to represent their mission.
The Shanghai leg held last month saw some fantastic Australian performances. Teenage prodigy Arisa Trew was the star of the show as the 14-year-old beat Japan’s Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Hiraki Kokona and reigning Olympian Yosozumi Sakura to win the women’s park skateboarding event.
Currently second on the ranking leaderboard behind Hiraki, Arisa is sure to make a difference but will be hoping to mark it with another dominant performance in Budapest.
Ruby Trew, unrelated to Arisa, is sixth in the world rankings and also poised to earn a quota in the women’s park. Each NOC can receive only three quota places per gender per event.
In men’s park skateboarding, reigning Olympic champion Keegan Palmer, who finished second in Shanghai, is poised to mount a title defense, while fellow Australians Kieran Woolley and Keefer Wilson are also comfortably on their way.
Ash Wilcomes is a little off the mark but could be moved to help Australia secure all three potential quotas after a strong performance in Budapest.
X Games 2023 gold medalist Chloe Covell is fourth in the women’s road standings after finishing eighth in Shanghai. Liv Lovelace and Felicity Turner are also in the hunt for quotas in the category.
Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Logan Martin is second in the men’s freestyle BMX after finishing second in Shanghai. Martin BMX Olympic champion Natalya Diehm needs a good performance in Budapest to break into the top six from ninth.
The Budapest leg will also be the last chance for Australian b-boys and b-girls and sport climbers to gain Paris 2024 quotas.
Australians in Budapest 2024 Olympic Qualifying Series
BMX Freestyle: Australian cyclists at OQS 2024 Shanghai
- Men: Logan Martin, Jaie Toohey, Alec Danelutti
- women: Natalya Diehm, Sarah Nicki
Breaking: Australian b-boys and b-girls at OQS 2024 Shanghai
- B-girls: Molly (Molly Therese Chapman), Hannah (Hannah Georgina Belet), G-Clef (Geraldina Hnitko)
- B-boys: Benmx (Benji Gabriel Cogdell-Baird), Kid Tek (Gerard Cabellon), Mighty Duck (Ba Duc Hoang)
Skateboarding: Australian skateboarders at OQS 2024 Shanghai
- Men (street): Shane O’Neill, Rome Collyer, Tommy Fynn
- Women (street): Chloe Covell, Liv Lovelace, Haylie Powell, Felicity Turner
- Men (park): Kieran Woolley, Keegan Palmer, Keefer Wilson, Ash Wilcomes, Ethan Copeland, Phoenix Sinnerton
- Women (park): Ruby Trew, Arisa Trew, Poppy Olsen, Charlotte Heath, Aaliyah Wilson, Coco Crafter
Sport climbing: Australian climbers at OQS 2024 Shanghai
- Men (speed): Hayden Burton
- Women (speed): Grace Crowley
- Men (Boulder and Lead): Dylan Parks
- Women (Boulder and Lead): Maya Stasiuk
How to watch Olympic Qualifier Series Budapest 2024 live in Australia
Watch the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series live on Olympics.com. There will be no live coverage of the OQS on any television channel in Australia.
Shanghai 2024 Olympic Series qualification schedule
All in Australian Eastern Time (AEST)
June 20, Thursday
- Skateboarding: Women’s Park Qualifiers – 7.40pm
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Boulder & Lead, Boulder Qualification – 8:00 p.m.
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Boulder & Lead, Boulder Qualifiers – 8:00 p.m.
June 21, Friday
- Skateboarding: Men’s Street Qualifiers – 12:35 p.m
- BMX Freestyle: Women’s Freestyle Park Qualification – 6:00 p.m
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Boulder & Lead, Lead – 6:00 p.m
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Boulder & Lead Lead Qualification – 6:00am
- Skateboarding: Men’s Park Qualifiers – 19:40
- BMX Freestyle: Men’s Freestyle Park Qualifiers – 10:00 p.m
June 22, Saturday
- Skateboarding: Women’s Road Qualifiers – 12:35 p.m
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Speed Qualification – 1:00am
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Speed Qualifiers – 1:50am
- Skateboarding: Women’s Park Semi-Final – 5.30pm
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Boulder & Lead Semi-Final Boulders – 6:00 p.m.
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Boulder & Lead, Semi-Final Boulders – 6:00 p.m.
- Skateboarding: Men’s Road Semi-Final – 7.15pm
- BMX Freestyle: Women’s Freestyle Park Final – 7.30pm
- Breaking: Default B-Boys – 9pm
- Breaking: B-Girls Default – 9pm
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Boulder & Lead First Semi-Final – 10:00 p.m.
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Boulder & lead, lead semi-final – 10:00 p.m.
- BMX Freestyle: Men’s Freestyle Park Final – 10:00 p.m
- Skateboarding – Men’s Park – Semifinals – 11.30pm
June 23, Sunday
- Breaking: B-Boys Qualifiers – 12:45am
- Breaking: B-Girls Qualifiers – 12:45am
- Skateboarding: Women’s Road Semi-Final – 1:05am
- Sport Climbing: Women’s 1/8 Speed Finals – 2:15am
- Sport Climbing: Men’s 1/8 Speed Finals – 2:30am
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Speed Quarterfinals – 2:45am
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Speed Quarterfinals – 2:55am
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Speed Semi-Finals – 3:05am
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Speed Semi-Finals – 3:10am
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Sprint Finals – 3:15am
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Speed Finals – 3:20am
- Breaking: B-Girls round-robin – 5:30 p.m
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Boulder & Lead, Final Boulder – 6:00 p.m
- Skateboarding: Women’s Park Finals – 6.30pm
- Skateboarding: Men’s Road Finals – 8pm
- Sport Climbing: Women’s Boulder & lead, first place final – 8:05 p.m
- Breaking: B-Boys round-robin – 20:45
- Skateboarding: Men’s Park Finals – 11pm
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Boulder & Lead, Boulder Final – 11:30 p.m.
June 24, Monday
- Breaking – B-Girls Quarterfinals – 12:00am
- Intermission: B-boys Quarterfinals – 12:30 p.m
- Skateboarding: Women’s Road Finals – 1:00am
- Intermission: B-girls Semifinals – 1:00am
- Intermission: B-boys Semi-Finals – 1:15am
- Sport Climbing: Men’s Boulder & Lead Final First – 1:35am
- Intermission: B-Girls Finals – 1:45am
- Intermission: B-Boys Finals – 2:15am