USAFT has gotten back to us with some clarification about the Paris 2024 Olympic team selection process and it's contain great news as detailed here:
We hope the make a further clarification and state they will honor order of finish for everyone - no just those under 2:11:30.
Why is this important? Well, consider the following scenario.
For Paris 2024 qualifying purposes, American Scott Fauble – who is the top-ranked American on the Road to Paris Marathon Rankings not in the top 64 – has not run under 2:11:30 as his 2:08:52 in Boston doesn’t count as Boston is too much of a net downhill according to World Athletics.
So what happens if it’s warm at the Trials and Fauble wins the Trials or is top 3 in say 2:11:31?
And then in May the US unlocks it’s third spot due to Fauble’s world rank. According to USATF’s email to LetsRun.com, Fauble would not be named to the US Olympic Team even though he won the Trials and the US would got its third spot due to him. That’s crazy.
We’ve reached back out to USATF for comment on that scenario.