Lina Neilsen, a w400 athlete, is ranked 27th in the world in her event. She just missed the standard by 0.06 but will be invited to Worlds under the ranking quota. Unfortunately, UK Athletics has already announced they will not bring her. With no other option to fund her own way to Budapest or seek funding from her club. Absolutely pathetic.
It's disgraceful, prioritising a small amount of money over the athletes. Nielsen isn't the only one int hat position, Amelia Stickler is in the rankings quota but won't be selected, neither will the steeplechasers, Zak Seddon or Will Battershill who are both in the quota.
The rankings are meaningless if NGBs can just ignore them.
It's disgraceful, prioritising a small amount of money over the athletes. Nielsen isn't the only one int hat position, Amelia Stickler is in the rankings quota but won't be selected, neither will the steeplechasers, Zak Seddon or Will Battershill who are both in the quota.
The rankings are meaningless if NGBs can just ignore them.
Thanks for the additional context. The situation is even worse than I thought! Pathetic.
Lina Neilsen, a w400 athlete, is ranked 27th in the world in her event. She just missed the standard by 0.06 but will be invited to Worlds under the ranking quota. Unfortunately, UK Athletics has already announced they will not bring her. With no other option to fund her own way to Budapest or seek funding from her club. Absolutely pathetic.
Not sure why this has to be set in stone. If a 19 year old sprinter suddenly knocks half a second off their 200m time to 'win' a World Ranking place, but remains 0.01 seconds outside of the World Championships qualification time, it seems counter-productive not to give them a taste of global competition.
Lina Nielsen, however, is 27 years old and has an underlying medical issue which can trip her up at any time (as happened in Oregon).
She might be deserving of a place on the team, but I can see why she's not on the plane.
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don’t they have some stupid policy of only taking people with medal potential or future medal potential?
They say that, but if they applied it rigidly, we'd never send any athletes in the 5k, 10k, or marathon, and probably only 3 athletes in total in the sprints.
Lina Neilsen, a w400 athlete, is ranked 27th in the world in her event. She just missed the standard by 0.06 but will be invited to Worlds under the ranking quota. Unfortunately, UK Athletics has already announced they will not bring her. With no other option to fund her own way to Budapest or seek funding from her club. Absolutely pathetic.
Very good. Dont send tourists. Should extend this to anyone who has no chance at all. For example in the female 5k If you cant run 14:30 you really are without chance. Whether you Run 15:00 or 18:00 really is the Same result
Lina Neilsen, a w400 athlete, is ranked 27th in the world in her event. She just missed the standard by 0.06 but will be invited to Worlds under the ranking quota. Unfortunately, UK Athletics has already announced they will not bring her. With no other option to fund her own way to Budapest or seek funding from her club. Absolutely pathetic.
Very good. Dont send tourists. Should extend this to anyone who has no chance at all. For example in the female 5k If you cant run 14:30 you really are without chance. Whether you Run 15:00 or 18:00 really is the Same result
How can a 20.50 shot putter be called a tourist.
A full time job for a once in a generation athlete
The UK is a poor country now. They need to make these cuts. Tbf this athlete is very far from medal-potential, effectively a tourist. UKA doesn't support tourists.
The UK is a poor country now. They need to make these cuts. Tbf this athlete is very far from medal-potential, effectively a tourist. UKA doesn't support tourists.
Agree , but if you hold no chance of selection for throwing Geoff Capes distances then no one decent will take the sport up.
Very good. Dont send tourists. Should extend this to anyone who has no chance at all. For example in the female 5k If you cant run 14:30 you really are without chance. Whether you Run 15:00 or 18:00 really is the Same result
How can a 20.50 shot putter be called a tourist.
A full time job for a once in a generation athlete