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Athletics Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games


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On 09/03/2020 at 19:35, Jur said:

Now that I'm looking his case, I don't think he'll even need a 50km race.

 

If I'm not mistaken, the 2018 Europeans count for the olympic ranking. And he was second there with a great mark. So just doing a decent 20KM would allow him to enter easily by ranking.

 

Yes his 2018 European Champs 50K will still count towards world ranking points.  He scored 1283 points for that performance so a good 20K should qualify.  Currently 20 athletes have the 50K standard (based on 3 per nation), and quota for the event is 60.  

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The Podebrady 20km race in :CZE was cancelled today (rumors were saying thay should include a special 50k race there but now its gone) So last chance for Matej is the French championship. If it will be cancelled, it is definitive gae over...

 

 

quite ironic it would be to have a guy who was one of the main leaders fighters to keep this discipline at the Olympics in Tokyo missing the race itself :(

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18 minutes ago, Jur said:

It's March 13, even if the french race is canceled he still has plenty of time to get a 20km decent race.

 

But, however, reading the "panic" around him I don't think he knows his 2018 europeans count for the ranking....

 

I think, no, I am sure - I´ll contact our federaton and say them about it, in case of

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and we have the fresh news...the race is cancelled...

 

Next attempt - this May in Minsk at the team race walk worlds..the other problem would be, that only some 3 months will be between his two 50k races if qualify there and go to Tokyo :(

 

source in svk https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/439619/matej-toth-nebude-moct-vo-francuzsku-splnit-limit-preteky-zrusili/

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36 minutes ago, hckosice said:

and we have the fresh news...the race is cancelled...

 

Next attempt - this May in Minsk at the team race walk worlds..the other problem would be, that only some 3 months will be between his two 50k races if qualify there and go to Tokyo :(

 

source in svk https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/439619/matej-toth-nebude-moct-vo-francuzsku-splnit-limit-preteky-zrusili/

I'm really sorry to show you this, @hckosice...:(

 

World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Minsk have been postponed.

https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-race-walking-team-championshi/news/world-athletics-corona-measures-2020

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