What do you think about expanding the 'wildcard' entry into the World Championships to include the…
1.) Up to three from a country who have meet the “A” Standard
plus
2.) current Olympic champion
3.) current IAAF World champion
4.) current Diamond League champion (or similar meet series)
5.) IAAF World Championships regional qualifying meet champion
World's Wildcard(s) • Diamond Champ • Olympic gold • Regionals
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So one country could put seven athletes in the World Championship meet?
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So one country could put seven athletes in the World Championship meet?
You bethca' -
How many extras would that put in to the meet?
Someone has to pay for that.Other than the 'regional' meet one could ID the others.
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Okay, I’ll start building this for the 2011 WC.
In Bejing these would be the auto-qualifers.
shot put
• Valerie Adams (WC, Oly)discus
• Stephanie Trafton (Oly)
• Dani Samuels (WC)javelin
• Aksana Miankova (Oly)
• Steffi Nerius (WC)hammer
• Barbora Špotáková (Oly)
• Anita Włodarczyk (WC)heptathlon
• Natalya Dobrynska (Oly)
• Jessica Ennis (WC)Rememeber, more than one from a country means everyone needs an “A”, so many of these would not actually put a new thrower in the meet.
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shot put
• Tomasz Majewski (Oly)
• Christian Cantwell (WC)discus
• Gerd Kanter (Oly)
• Robert Harting (WC)javelin
• Andreas Thorkildsen (Oly, WC)hammer
• Primož Kozmus (Oly, WC)decathlon
• Bryan Clay (Oly)
• Trey Hardee (WC) -
I think it is really good if they actually use this to their advantage.
For example the US boys can now send 4 shot putters due to the Diamond League Race winner @Reese Hoffa.
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So one country could put seven athletes in the World Championship meet?
No that is not true.
I read that one country has a maximum of 4 athletes to send.
So if there is for example someone World Champion + 3 A qualifiers that is the maximum. -
Correct @Pauline Pauwels,
It would not be fair to be able to send even more than 4 throwers to the world champs.Winning the diamond race is a great achievement and I think its really good that @Reese Hoffa did win that. He deserves to go again!!
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What about Ryan Whiting, he used to be so promising but could not make the team.
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Maybe it is better to talk about it in this thread:
Kovacs, Cantwell, Clarke and Hoffa selected for Beijing!Otherwise this one gets mixed up.
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Yes Sir, roger that.
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