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4. QUALIFICATIONS: There will be four (4) male and four (4) female weight divisions contested in PHASE 3 Pan Am Games Team Trials).

The top two (2) athletes per gender in each of the eight (8) weight divisions from the PHASE 2 – 2010 Senior National Taekwondo Championships – World Class Division, and those athletes receiving performance waivers are eligible to compete in the PHASE 3 –2011 Pan American Games Team Trial.

Performance Waivers:

• If an athlete was a member of the 2009 or 2010 Senior National Team, he/she will be granted a performance waiver from PHASE 1, as well as PHASE 2 – 2010 Senior National Taekwondo Championships –World Class Division, and granted an entry into PHASE 3 – 2011 Pan American Games Team Trial (all phases outlined below).

• If 2009 & 2010 Senior National Team members choose to bypass their performance waivers, they may compete in PHASE 1 and qualify for and compete in PHASE 2 – 2010 Senior National Taekwondo Championships in the weight division of their choice, or they may choose to bypass PHASE 1 altogether and choose to compete in PHASE 2. However, they will forfeit their performance waiver into PHASE 3 – 2011 Pan American Games Team Trial and must meet the performance criteria outlined below for each applicable phase they choose to participate in order to advance to and compete in PHASE 3 – 2011 Pan American Games Team Trial.

• All athletes receiving performance waivers may move up or down one weight division from what they were when they were a team member in 2009 or 2010 without forgoing their performance waiver to PHASE 3 –2011 National Team Trial.

Eligible athletes can compete in the weight division of their choice at the 2011 Pan American Games Team Trial. All qualified athletes must declare by the late registration deadline of PHASE 3 – 2011 Pan American Games Team Trial as to which of the four (4) Olympic weight divisions they will participate.