Athletics Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Ted 143]

36 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Just caught up with Oregon of last night now, I guess Athing Mu's fall is exemplary of why it's just so stupid to decide 100% of your starters on a one-off event  

 

Obviously everyone knows the rules beforehand, so it's not unfair in any way, but if you so desperately want trials, it should just simply be something like two tickets being decided that way and one based on who is the best in general or something like that.

Couldn't agree more.

[Olympian1010 8,274]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Just caught up with Oregon of last night now, I guess Athing Mu's fall is exemplary of why it's just so stupid to decide 100% of your starters on a one-off event  

 

Obviously everyone knows the rules beforehand, so it's not unfair in any way, but if you so desperately want trials, it should just simply be something like two tickets being decided that way and one based on who is the best in general or something like that.

Of course, that process is ripe for debate and controversy too. I’m not really sure there’s a “perfect” or “right” way to select athletes. 

[dodge 1,040]

I’m done! We’ll see who turns up in Paris 

[heywoodu 16,142]

37 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Of course, that process is ripe for debate and controversy too. I’m not really sure there’s a “perfect” or “right” way to select athletes. 

You can make that a lot easier though. Assuming there's three available spots: top-2 of the trials + whichever other athlete has the best result in time period X (whether that's the qualifying period, this year only, whatever). It keeps chances alive for the 'lesser' athletes who might have a fantastic day at the trials, while also having at least one back-up for the best athletes who have some sort of mishap during the trials.

 

Just to be clear, not saying Mu was screwed by that, everyone knows the rules beforehand so that's fair enough. I just think the overall system would be a lot better with the other way  

[Jan Linha 622]

On 6/25/2024 at 10:10 PM, Roamingrover86 said:

It updates every Wednesday. Should be updated tomorrow.

Well, I guess they maybe postpone until the end of the week? Surprisingly, still no updates ... 😑😐😕😕

[Fer GUA 597]

2 hours ago, Jan Linha said:

Well, I guess they maybe postpone until the end of the week? Surprisingly, still no updates ... 😑😐😕😕

It has been updated.

[dullard 744]

The men's 4x100 is gonna be fire in Paris.

 

 

 

[heywoodu 16,142]

Super useful heats in the women's 200m in the US...two DNS's resulting in every single other competitor qualifying for the semi's by simply finishing

 

[Biathlonfan 802]

An awesome surprise AIRINĖ PALŠYTĖ 1.97  AT THE   CHAMPIONSHIPS, best result in five years .

[Kerkun 69]

Polish Championships 27-29 June, Bydgoszcz, full results: https://mps.domtel-sport.pl

 

New entry standard obtained:

Jakub Szymański (men's 110m hurdles) - 13:25 =NR and NR U23