Olympic marathon trials qualifier moved from 2:19:00 to 2:11:30

genuinely confused wrote:

Someone explain to me because I genuinely can't figure this one out, how can USATF now allow people into the marathon trials who wouldn't meet the olympic standard if they are required to send the winners (first 3 podium and then next 2 alternates) to the olympics?

Because you have a day like Boston 2018 where people who typically wouldn't win, do win.

Basically USATF will have to exclude anyone who either doesn't make the world rankings, or doesn't make the new crazy time standard, or doesn't make top 5 in IAAF gold event or top 10 at a marathon major.

If you previously OTQ by the B-standard but not top 5 at IAAF gold or top 10 marathon major, and you by some miracle made the top 5 in trials, they would HAVE to send you to the Olympics but then you would not be allowed to race.

Or am I missing something?

You don't know who will meet the Olympic standard until the cutoff date, which is months after the Olympic trials.

This has happened all the time on the track. You think everyone has always had the Olympic standard time in the 1500m at the Trials, for example?

They are not required to do that. There current policy is to send the top 3 from the trials that are able to run at the Olympics.

No, they won't.

False.

Yes.

an example https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xLvY8fR7TmiKPmK67cRkt7bmk36QpbdcyyW_JWK7Ko4/edit#gid=1450965003

frycook wrote:

You don't know who will meet the Olympic standard until the cutoff date, which is months after the Olympic trials.

what's funny is the (mass hysteria) lead article today confirms exactly my point from yesterday

They should have made it 2:15 and 2:33. Get rid of the pretenders and bucket listers. It was WAY too easy. A total joke. 200+ qualifiers already?

Do they really need an event for bucket listers and people to brag about how they made the Olympic "trials"?

Now 99.5% of these people have no chance of the Olympics? Why call it the trials? It's a farce.

They went too far wrote:

They should have made it 2:15 and 2:33. Get rid of the pretenders and bucket listers. It was WAY too easy. A total joke. 200+ qualifiers already?

Do they really need an event for bucket listers and people to brag about how they made the Olympic "trials"?

Now 99.5% of these people have no chance of the Olympics? Why call it the trials? It's a farce.

This.

They went too far wrote:

They should have made it 2:15 and 2:33. Get rid of the pretenders and bucket listers. It was WAY too easy. A total joke. 200+ qualifiers already?

Do they really need an event for bucket listers and people to brag about how they made the Olympic "trials"?

Now 99.5% of these people have no chance of the Olympics? Why call it the trials? It's a farce.

Right. It's a charity carrot thrown to Instagram "pros." It's a crock, there are far better strategies to foster development.

Americans who can't break 2:10 wrote:

They went too far wrote:

They should have made it 2:15 and 2:33. Get rid of the pretenders and bucket listers. It was WAY too easy. A total joke. 200+ qualifiers already?

Do they really need an event for bucket listers and people to brag about how they made the Olympic "trials"?

Now 99.5% of these people have no chance of the Olympics? Why call it the trials? It's a farce.

Right. It's a charity carrot thrown to Instagram "pros." It's a crock, there are far better strategies to foster development.

EPO is a 4% improvement. Our top ten(excluding Rupp) elites right now are around 2:13 range. 4% improvement on 2:13 is 2:07:40. Problem solved. Our top elites just need to start doping like the rest of the world. Thank you IAAF for promoting the use of PEDs.