Athletics Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

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Women's shot put:

 Claudine Vita (born in 1996) - 17.90m

Men's high jump:

 Mateusz Przybylko 2.29m

 

Konstanze Klosterhalfen (born in 1997) sadly missed the 800m standard by 0.05s (2:01.55). 

She now has the following PB's:

800m: 2:01.55

1500m: 4:06.91

3000m: 8:53.21 (from last year)

10000m: 32:24 (road race out of full training in March)

It's gonna be interesting to see what she can do at the junior world championships, where she will compete in womens 1500m and womens 3000m.

[heywoodu 15,135]

No Kendra Harrison on the hurdles in Rio 

 

Of course that's something we see with the American female hurdlers so often, but still it's obviously a bit of a surprise..

No Shamier Little on the 400 hurdles is quite surprising as well of course, and LaShawn Merritt's 19,74 is, let's say, interesting. 

[dcro 10,210]

[dareza 911]

8 minutes ago, dcro said:

[Agger 1,662]

Really nerve wracking finish for some. Michél Torneus smashed the standards with a 8.44 jump and Kim Amb (javelin) also made it in his last try. Meanwhile Ole Hesselbjerg has the 44th place in the 3000m steeplechase. Crossing my fingers that he will just make it.

[heywoodu 15,135]

No Felix in the 200m in Rio....which only comes to show how absolutely idiotic it was to change the Olympic schedule because Ms Felix had to go for the double 

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

No Felix in the 200m in Rio....which only comes to show how absolutely idiotic it was to change the Olympic schedule because Ms Felix had to go for the double 

 

Honestly it made sense, even ignoring Felix. There's no reason why "obvious doubles" should be overlapped.

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

Honestly it made sense, even ignoring Felix. There's no reason why "obvious doubles" should be overlapped.

But then plan it like that when you make the original plans, not when some "superstar" says "hey, can you change the program? It'd be easier for me, thanks." 

 

No problem at all with making doubles possible of course, but not when it's for one specific athlete like she is way more important than anyone else.

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

But then plan it like that when you make the original plans, not when some "superstar" says "hey, can you change the program? It'd be easier for me, thanks." 

 

No problem at all with making doubles possible of course, but not when it's for one specific athlete like she is way more important than anyone else.

 

I see it as Felix correcting IAAF's mistake, it shouldn't have happened in the first place.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, JoshMartini007 said:

 

I see it as Felix correcting IAAF's mistake, it shouldn't have happened in the first place.

I see it as IAAF giving way too much importance to the individual wishes of a single athlete, so I guess we're not going to agree

 

On the other hand, she didn't qualify for the 200, so it doesn't matter that much after all.