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Rio ’16: Marathon selection process

By on April 30, 2016 in athletics news

Thought it would be worthwhile posting the AI’s selection policy for the marathon at the Rio Olympics. Have slightly altered “Priority 2”  where it didn’t make sense; hope I got it right. Marathon 2.5 If more than three athletes have achieved the entry standard for the marathon event (e.g. 4 women) other factors (but not […]

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Rio ’16: The standards

By on April 17, 2015 in athletics news

With the A and B system gone, the most surprising aspect of these qualification standards are the marathon marks: 2:17 for men and 2:42 for women. Very soft – compared to, say, the 10,000m mark of  28 mins for men and 32 mins 15 secs for women. By contrast, the IAAF qualfiying marks for the […]

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