Athletics Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

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2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

One of the sadder 'doping' stories recently, I'd say. First things first, it is entirely her own fault and nothing can take that away, but it's only human to not be able to deal with the death of a parent and lose control over yourself in a way that's perfectly fine for a non-athlete, but sadly not for an athlete.

 

One of the few cases in which I can actually feel some sympathy for someone who tested positive (same with a lot of East German and Soviet athletes who were doped/drugged from when they were only teenagers), even though like I said it is of course 100% on her and her punishment is sad, but correct.

The one upside is that there will be 4 consecutive global champs after this, including a home worlds for her next year, and Paris only three years away. If she plays it cool, does the Diamond League circuit after the Games, she could make money hand over fist - America loves a 'redemption arc' - and be set fair for superstardom - not least because this is the one 'doping' story where most people who hear it will sympathise with her - indeed, given who her coaching team is, she could hardly have asked for a better story.

[Jur 689]

On 07/07/2021 at 04:59, ahjfcshfghb said:

@dcro @Jur @Makedonas @JoshMartini007 @LowerSaxony I'm thinking of writing a story about World Athletics denying non-100m athletes universality spots... people deserve to know about it. If anyone knows of any other cases where athletes were denied spots and replaced by sprinters, please let me know! So far we have  Tyrone Smith (long jump) and  Gopi Chandra Parki (marathon), but I bet there could be more.

 

In the 100m start lists, eight athletes I found are specialized in other events, according to World Athletics records.

• Women:  (400m/800m),  (triple jump),  (100m hurdles),  (400m hurdles)
• Men:  (5000m/10000m),  (1500m),  (110m hurdles),  (800m/1500m)

So WA changed some things around according to this: https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxii-olympic-games-athletics-7132391/athletes?urlSlug=the-xxxii-olympic-games-athletics-7132391&competitionGroup=olympic-games&disciplineCode=&sexCode=&countryCode=

 

 is now on men's 800.  in women's 1500,  in womens 400 hurdles,  and  in men's 1500,  in 110 hurdles.

 

 doesn't have a female listed anymore, and  is still in 100m.

 

I don't know if any other changes where made.

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23 minutes ago, Jur said:

So WA changed some things around according to this: https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxii-olympic-games-athletics-7132391/athletes?urlSlug=the-xxxii-olympic-games-athletics-7132391&competitionGroup=olympic-games&disciplineCode=&sexCode=&countryCode=

 

 is now on men's 800.  in women's 1500,  in womens 400 hurdles,  and  in men's 1500,  in 110 hurdles.

 

 doesn't have a female listed anymore, and  is still in 100m.

 

I don't know if any other changes where made.

That's great! Shame it was too late for Bermuda/the Nepalese marathoner but at least they realized. IMO universality places shouldn't be included in the World Ranking... hopefully they will fix that for later events.

[hckošice 15,824]

13 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

That's great! Shame it was too late for Bermuda/the Nepalese marathoner but at least they realized. IMO universality places shouldn't be included in the World Ranking... hopefully they will fix that for later events.

Maybe your article helped

[Jur 689]

More Men's 100 universiality quota changes:

 

 to men's 200m

 to men's 110 hurdles

 

And Women's 100m universiality quota changes:

 

 quota changed to Mulern Jean in women's 100 hurdles

[Makedonas 2,239]

Only 30 women in the javelin throw and not 32?

 

 Yu and  Ratej missing

 

Why couldn't they add the 33rd and 34th placed girls? Both are Japanese also, so they'll probably be in Japan anyways

 

Also if it's because they didn't withdraw in time, that's really annoying because Ratej is 39 years old and hasn't competed in two years. You didn't have to be a rocket scientist to think that she probably wasn't going to Tokyo

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

Maybe your article helped

I didn't write it the federations didn't give me good enough responses

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, Makedonas said:

Only 30 women in the javelin throw and not 32?

 

 Yu and  Ratej missing

 

Why couldn't they add the 33rd and 34th placed girls? Both are Japanese also, so they'll probably be in Japan anyways

 

Also if it's because they didn't withdraw in time, that's really annoying because Ratej is 39 years old and hasn't competed in two years. You didn't have to be a rocket scientist to think that she probably wasn't going to Tokyo

It's possible they are waiting for spots #31 and #32 to be confirmed by the respective NOCs before they publish it. I doubt a reallocation deadline has passed, especially since athletics starts later.

[Dragon 2,059]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

It's possible they are waiting for spots #31 and #32 to be confirmed by the respective NOCs before they publish it. I doubt a reallocation deadline has passed, especially since athletics starts later.

Certainly not waiting on Ratej though. She's been suspended for doping since February 2020

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