Olympic qualification process and late season being studied: World Athletics president

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World Athletics is working to restart a shuttered athletics season and studying any changes that may be needed in the qualifying process for the ...

REUTERS: World Athletics is working to restart a shuttered athletics season and studying any changes that may be needed in the qualifying process for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, president Seb Coe said on Friday .

World Athletics began reviewing its Olympic qualification process after the IOC and sports federations agreed that all athletes currently qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Games will remain qualified for next year's event."In athletics, the primary qualification avenue is by meeting the entry standards set out in March 2019," Coe added.

A major review is also underway of the global calendar of events, not just for the next two years which will see some major disruptions, but for the long term.

 

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