A fierce fight for two available Olympics tickets finally stimulated Chinese Xiong Yaxuan to break shooting world record in 25 metre pistol and in the process nailed Olympics qualification to this year’s Tokyo Games. Xiong who has already built up the lead from previous outing only needed to dig deep to score 38 and ended […]
World Athletics has lifted the suspension of the Tokyo Olympic qualification system for the marathon and race walk events from 1 September 2020, due to concerns over the lack of qualifying opportunities that may be available for road athletes before the qualification period finishes on 31 May 2021. The original suspension period, from 6 April […]
When all the foreign runners who were stranded in Kenya because of covid-19 induced lockdown were thinking of how to get home quickly. The kiwi marathon runner Daniel Jones instead want to extend his staying. Jones want to extend his staying to get his Olympics qualification right. “Sometimes it feels like you’re competing over here. […]
An independent track and field body, the Athletics Association, has extended an invitation to World Athletics to discuss the current qualification system for the next year Olympics- Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Athletics Association, the body representing all the athletes from around the world, have called World Athletics to speak with them over the controversial freeze […]
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