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Major Changes Hit Northern Arizona Elite press release from World Athletics, defending world champions, 2022 Diamond League champions, World Race Walking Tour champions, leading hammer throwers on the Continental Tour and World Combined Events Tour champions will have the wild card for next year's championships.
CA Notice at Collection last year’s qualification standards include an increased number of athletes in the field events, with the number of athletes going up from 32 to 36.
Both the in-stadium mile and road mile are now a qualifying event for the 1500 meters, where the qualifying time went down from 3:35 to 3:34.20 for the men, and 4:04.20 to 4:03.50 for the women.
It was also announced that road performances in the 5k and the 10k can count towards the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters, where the qualifying times for those events decreased from 13:13.50 to 13:07 for the men’s 5000 meters and from 27:28 to 27:10 in the 10,000, while most notably in the women’s 5,000 meters, where the qualifying time decreased from 15:10.00 to 14:47.00 in the 5000 meters, and from 31:25 to 30:40 in the 10,000 meters.
There is a notable qualifying time change in the men’s and women’s steeplechase, where the qualifying time went down from 8:22 to 8:15 for men and 9:30 to 9:23 for women. In the men’s 800, the qualifying time dropped from 1:45.20 to 1:44.70, while the women’s 800 qualifying time went up from 1:59.50 to 1:59.80. In the 400 meters, the qualifying time has went down from 45.00, to 44.90 for the men, and 51.35, to 51.00 for the women.
The complete list of qualifying times can be found at the World Athletics website.
Dominique Smith is a sports journalist who covers track and field. A graduate of UCF in Orlando, he aims to elevate running by bringing a creative aspect and approach to the stories that he tells. He’s also the host of the Lactic Acid Podcast, which aims to bridge the gap between the fans and the athletes.
