This time, the Athletics World Cup is unusually late in the season. The medals in Doha in Qatar will not be distributed until September-October.

It also means that there are several chances left to enter the Swedish World Cup squad by passing the official qualifying limits.

- Yes, they have both Finnkampen and SM on them, says Karin Torneklint to TT.

Finnkampen will be decided in Stockholm next weekend, while the Swedish Cup will be decided in Karlstad at the end of the month.

In addition, there is a final straw in the form of a personal invitation from the International Athletics Association (IAAF), which will use the rankings to fill the World Cup places if not enough active in a branch meet the tough qualifying limits.

Can receive the invitation

For Sweden, for example, Kim Amb (spear), Lovisa Lindh (800 meters) and Ida Storm (sledge) are good for a World Cup place right now, despite not meeting the qualifying limits set by the IAAF.

- They have been extremely close to meeting their qualification limits and are all very high on their ranking as well.

- So even if they do not qualify directly, they could receive an invitation sometime in mid-September when the invitations expire.

World Cup-ready runners

The last to qualify for their World Cup qualifying limits are two 1,500-meter runners. First Yolanda Ngarambe on Thursday and then Kalle Berglund after her new Swedish record of 1,500 meters in Gothenburg on Friday night.

Berglund is not officially withdrawn yet, but can according to Torneklint expect a ticket.

- Yes, it is clear that that will be enough, she says.

- Really fun that we get two more runners, not least on the women's side where we only had the marathon runners so far