Please explain why the third place long jumper didnt make the Olympic Team

He has not hit the Olympic standard this year. Pretty simple.

Hdjdjsjskwjebehe wrote:

He has not hit the Olympic standard this year. Pretty simple.

The standard must be achieved wind legal, all of his jumps were wind aided

cool kid wrote:

Hdjdjsjskwjebehe wrote:

He has not hit the Olympic standard this year. Pretty simple.

The standard must be achieved wind legal, all of his jumps were wind aided

Not sure why you quoted me. I know this.

Hdjdjsjskwjebehe wrote:

cool kid wrote:

The standard must be achieved wind legal, all of his jumps were wind aided

Not sure why you quoted me. I know this.

He was probably just added on to your post to help the OP

Hdjdjsjskwjebehe wrote:

He has not hit the Olympic standard this year. Pretty simple.

You're an idiot. Of course he has the standard. In a tie in field events it goes to the 2nd best jump/throw.

cool kid wrote:

Hdjdjsjskwjebehe wrote:

He has not hit the Olympic standard this year. Pretty simple.

The standard must be achieved wind legal, all of his jumps were wind aided

Ok, thanks! So, the jump tonight either wasnt the Olympic Standard, or was wind aided? (Guessing #2...). So, did he know as soon as he felt the breeze in his back that he wasnt going to Rio, since he knew he had to hit the standard at the OT?

dumkopf wrote:

Hdjdjsjskwjebehe wrote:

He has not hit the Olympic standard this year. Pretty simple.

You're an idiot. Of course he has the standard. In a tie in field events it goes to the 2nd best jump/throw.

Well then 3rd place would have qualified

Thejeff is Thedumb.

dumkopf wrote:

Hdjdjsjskwjebehe wrote:

He has not hit the Olympic standard this year. Pretty simple.

You're an idiot. Of course he has the standard. In a tie in field events it goes to the 2nd best jump/throw.

But he was listed as third. The fourth place guy made the team, not him.

Shannon McF wrote:

Thejeff is Thedumb.

I hope you didn't hurt anything coming up with that one...

So the official 3 are:

Henderson

Lawson

Dendy?

Too bad for Claye, but at least his chances of going to Rio is still good, since TJ is much weaker.

Is there no qualifying window after the trials to attempt to get the standard?

dumkopf wrote:

Hdjdjsjskwjebehe wrote:

He has not hit the Olympic standard this year. Pretty simple.

You're an idiot. Of course he has the standard. In a tie in field events it goes to the 2nd best jump/throw.

Living up to your bane, I see!

Go back and look at the results. Go ahead, I'll wait.

But 4th place finisher Dendy passed his final two jumps due to injury and may not be healthy enough to go to Rio, in which case the fifth place jumper, Michael Hartfield, who does have the q, gets to go.

Absolutely crazy competition, the best in years, which NBC did not bother showing, not even on their digital stream, which gave us yet more boring swimming trials.

Fuct.

They gave the spot to Chris Derrick.

Will Claye is a rapper!! his main event is triple jump, where he won gold in London!

Toocloseohohoh wrote:

Will Claye is a rapper!! his main event is triple jump, where he won gold in London!

Erm what? LOL

Correct.

Past abilities wrote:

Is there no qualifying window after the trials to attempt to get the standard?

Thejeff wrote:

cool kid wrote:

The standard must be achieved wind legal, all of his jumps were wind aided

Ok, thanks! So, the jump tonight either wasnt the Olympic Standard, or was wind aided? (Guessing #2...). So, did he know as soon as he felt the breeze in his back that he wasnt going to Rio, since he knew he had to hit the standard at the OT?

This has already been explained to you. Tonight's event was wind-aided and doesn't count for an Olympic standard.

Will Claye does not have a LEGAL Olympic standard and did not have one entering the Trials. Hope this helps.

I was also wondering how 27' 7" was not an Olympic standard.