World Championships Tokyo Olympics selected to resume after December 16:31 on April 8
World track and field sports organization, World Land Federation, announces that it will exclude the record for about eight months from this month to November from the results reflected in the national selection such as the standard record of participation in the Tokyo Olympics, It is expected to resume after December.
As a qualification for the Tokyo Olympics on land, the World Federation of Federations adopts two standards of participation standard record and the world ranking introduced from last season, and the standard record of participation for men 100 meters is a high hurdle of 10 seconds 05 .
However, with the spread of the new coronavirus causing major events to be discontinued and postponed one after another, and the Olympics being postponed by one year, the World Federation announced on July 7 from the viewpoint of fairness from June 6. Announced that the results for about eight months until November 30 will not be included in the selection criteria.
The Japan Athletics Federation intends to maintain athletes who have already been offered the Olympics in the marathon and walking. Will be maintained.
The competitions and races that will be reflected in the Olympic selection will be from December onwards, marathons and races until May 31, next year, and other events such as track and field events until June 29, next year. This means that the onshore selection will be resumed after December.