How do you get invited to the WAF?

[mump boy]

it's supposed to be top 7 or 11 then 1 wildcard but when people drop out they don't just pick the next one who's qualified they make it up depending on how good your agent is :x

[eldrick]

it may have been more to do with this

18 August 2001, Zurich, Switzerland

GL 200 METRES Wind: -1.1

1 Williams Bernard USA 20.19
2 Malcolm Christian GBR 20.24
3 Kederis Konstadinos GRE 20.28

[Flumpy]

So an Olympic champion that pulls out a win unexpectedly like Kenteris won't be invited to this final?

Kenteris would have been invited because there's a wild card system but he wouldn't have turned up (Or at any other GP) because he was afraid of getting busted.

[Track fan]

So an Olympic champion that pulls out a win unexpectedly like Kenteris won't be invited to this final?

[tandfman]

http://www.iaaf.org/waf08/news/kind=101 ... 44970.html

[gh]

I know it's old-fashioned, but I think they send you a message via the TELEGWAF.

[Rineanna]

It's to do with the amount of points you pick up throughout the season in the World Athletics Tour's Grand Prix. Take a look here for a short summary:

http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page ... d=199&tp=n

The top 8 points scorers, or something like that, throughout the season qualify for their event at the WAF. It's held every year regardless, as a final hurrah to the season.

Did I mis-interpret your question? ops:

[Track fan]

Also why do they have them on years with the Olympics and the World Championships?