Qualification system for the 2020 Olympic Games

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Callum Hawkins is running the Lisbon Half on Sunday. See the Live Streaming Links thread for details of the broadcast. Cracking women's field with Cheruiyot,...

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Live streams for Sat 16th March to Sun 16th March:

Sat 16 Mar Jandakot Airport Track Classic (Perth, AUS)
Time of stream (UK time):...

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From what the IAAF said the other day I'm not so sure. Anyone with the standard is qualified but then to fill out the fields it seems the IAAF will be...

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Full team of 24 selected for the World Cross Country Championships - https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/...ll-british-tea...

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If it's not a championship discipline then British Athletics aren't interested....

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Regarding which 2 meetings are to be chopped, they indicated it would be done by using the Competition Performance Rankings (inherited from all-athletics.com)....

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I watched Cindy Billaud competing a couple of times this winter. About half a second off her best in the 60 Hurdles. She's 33 now.

Another...

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I think athletics should forget about trying to become a mainstream sport across the world. It's not the 1980s anymore when there were very few sports...

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Ok, so the IAAF better hope that Obiri vs Hassan and all those other sub-14:30 women turns out to be a damp squib this year. And they'll have fingers...

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Is there another longer press release beyond the link I posted because I can't see that they said that at the link I provided?

If indeed...

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Good idea, soviet. Worth emailing Ben Pochee at Highgate with the idea?

Ideally, the IAAF would fund and organise a 5000/10,000 World Challenge...

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https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-rele...-qualification

So, qualification for the 2020 Olympics is a mish-mash of either getting the standard...

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https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-rele...e-2020-concept

Not content with the 10,000m being a dying event, the IAAF have decided...

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More about Catherine Reid's troubles and recent knee surgery that she paid for with crowdfunding - https://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/catherine-rei...

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Frankly, The Big Half looked like just another race set up for Mo to please the crowd and not to have to extend himself too much.

Charlotte...

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Jenny Nesbitt was the surprise winner of the Loughborough Cross Country. Only the first 2 were guaranteed selection for the World Cross Country with others...

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Slovak Athletics are doing an excellent job with the streaming of the European Throwing Cup, on all day today & tomorrow on YouTube. It's a proper...

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Another event ...

The British team includes Harry Hughes & Taylor Campbell.

Sat 9 - Sun 10 Mar European Throwing Cup (Samorin,...

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The Loughborough Cross Country is also serving as the Trials for the World XC Champs later in the month. Glad to see that British Athletics has reversed...

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Sadly, the NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships are not on BT Sport this year and they're on ESPN3 in the States which is their online-only channel behind...