Following up, actually the standard is not the issue at all and 30:40 was fine.
It would have worked if the follow up would be by single times close to the standard.
Thus if 8 of eligible 27 runners didn't meet the standard, then those 8 would be selected from the 8 with the fastest single times that were closest to the standard.
Following up, actually the standard is not the issue at all and 30:40 was fine.
The standard is a problem for most everyone not from Kenya or Ethiopia. A quick count, maybe 34 of the 42 Olympic Time Qualifiers are from those two countries.
Terrible take. You have to have BOTH sufficient ranking AND finish top three. Henes and Izzo are out.
No you don't have to finish top 3 if people in the top 3 aren't eligible to be selected. If anyone in the top 3 isn't eligible to be selected they go down the list based on finishing place at the Trials until they have 3 eligible athletes selected. This happened in the Men's 1500 in 2022 for example, where Johnny Gregorek placed 6th at USAs but got to run at Worlds because people who finished ahead of him weren't eligible to be selected but he was. It's the same selection procedure for Worlds and Olympics.
I'd like to see a link to the actual rules that deal with this. There have been a lot of inconsistent statements about how substitutes are determined.
No you don't have to finish top 3 if people in the top 3 aren't eligible to be selected. If anyone in the top 3 isn't eligible to be selected they go down the list based on finishing place at the Trials until they have 3 eligible athletes selected. This happened in the Men's 1500 in 2022 for example, where Johnny Gregorek placed 6th at USAs but got to run at Worlds because people who finished ahead of him weren't eligible to be selected but he was. It's the same selection procedure for Worlds and Olympics.
I'd like to see a link to the actual rules that deal with this. There have been a lot of inconsistent statements about how substitutes are determined.
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Track and Field Selection Procedures § Qualification standards and registration information for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field, June 21 – 30, 2024 (the “Selection Event”) can be found here. § The top three (3) place finishers in each event at the Selection Event will select themselves via head-to-head competition for a position on the 2024 Olympic Games Team for the 2024 Olympic Games, provided they have met the 2024 Olympic Games qualifying standard during the prescribed period or qualified via their World Athletics Ranking Position. § The fourth (4th) place finisher in the Selection Event will select himself or herself via head-to head competition for an alternate position on the 2024 Olympic Games Team, provided they have met the 2024 Olympic Games qualifying standard during the prescribed period or qualified via their World Athletics Ranking Position. § In each event, if an athlete declines to participate on the Team, USATF will offer that position to the next highest placing individual meeting all criteria, continuing in this order until the three (3) positions plus the alternate position for each event are filled. § If, after the close of the Selection Event, there is a position or are positions in an event(s) on the 2024 Olympic Games Team that have not been filled, USATF will enter an athlete(s) or designate an athlete as an alternate, based upon their rank order of place finish at the Selection Event, and by virtue of their inclusion on the last edition of the Road to Paris list (WA list of all athletes qualified by Entry Standard and World Rankings) to be published July 7, 2024.
Track and Field Selection Procedures § Qualification standards and registration information for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field, June 21 – 30, 2024 (the “Selection Event”) can be found here. § The top three (3) place finishers in each event at the Selection Event will select themselves via head-to-head competition for a position on the 2024 Olympic Games Team for the 2024 Olympic Games, provided they have met the 2024 Olympic Games qualifying standard during the prescribed period or qualified via their World Athletics Ranking Position. § The fourth (4th) place finisher in the Selection Event will select himself or herself via head-to head competition for an alternate position on the 2024 Olympic Games Team, provided they have met the 2024 Olympic Games qualifying standard during the prescribed period or qualified via their World Athletics Ranking Position. § In each event, if an athlete declines to participate on the Team, USATF will offer that position to the next highest placing individual meeting all criteria, continuing in this order until the three (3) positions plus the alternate position for each event are filled. § If, after the close of the Selection Event, there is a position or are positions in an event(s) on the 2024 Olympic Games Team that have not been filled, USATF will enter an athlete(s) or designate an athlete as an alternate, based upon their rank order of place finish at the Selection Event, and by virtue of their inclusion on the last edition of the Road to Paris list (WA list of all athletes qualified by Entry Standard and World Rankings) to be published July 7, 2024.
Essentially over the next few days the national organizations and WA will put their collective heads together and create a final listing in order of those qualified in all events including the w10,000m.
