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WITH Olympic Games officials reiterating their commitment to holding the Tokyo Games this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, several sports will soon resume qualifying for athletes with less than six months to go.
The pandemic decimated the Olympic rankings in all sports disciplines last year, with numerous competitions postponed or canceled before the Games were delayed for a year.
As it stands, 61% of the athletes’ slots have already been allocated to the National Olympic Committees for July 23 – August 23. 8 Games, with another 25% to be determined before June 29.
The remaining 14%, in sports including swimming, tennis, badminton and golf, will be decided according to their respective classification systems, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said last week.
Olympic officials released their first guidelines for the Games on Wednesday, including the mandatory wearing of masks, a ban on chanting during events and another on the use of public transportation.
So far, only five Olympic disciplines have completed the qualification process for Tokyo: road and track cycling, horse riding, hockey, volleyball and climbing.
Track and field athletes have until June 29 to ensure qualification through the World Athletics qualification path, which will be based on the average of an athlete’s five best results, with performances weighted according to the state. from the competition.
The top 10 finishers in marathon events at the 2019 Doha world championships, and each of the major marathons held through April 5, 2020, have already qualified for the Games.
Triathlon hopefuls, however, are in limbo because rankings have been frozen since March. The World Triathlon Executive Board said Friday that it would not restart qualifying until May 1 and would only make a final decision next month. – Reuters
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