IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2017

[gh]

I was meaning more than the entry standards as such. I'm talking about the "extra" provisos like Area Champions and other Wild Card options.

Note also that until I pointed it out to them last weekend, those entry-standard links listed the timeframe for the regular events, but not for the ones that opened in 2016.

[Powell]

Heaven forbid that one might actually click on the meet in question on the home page and have that information listed as part of London.

The qualifying periods are listed there. On the WC page click on 'entry standards' near the bottom of the page.

[gh]

Heaven forbid that one might actually click on the meet in question on the home page and have that information listed as part of London.

[tandfman]

I pretty much gave up on the IAAF site long ago. This isn't World Relays related, but while we're kvetching, I'm unable to find anywhere the qualifying period for the "extended" events (the ones whose window doesn't open this year).

Nor do I find (may well be there, but I gave up looking) a listing of "other ways" to qualify for London: Wild Cards, World XC finishes, etc., etc.

The qual period for the "extended events" can be found on the entry standards page mentioned by Powell. https://www.iaaf.org/competition/standards/2017

The listing of "other ways" to qualify for London an be found in Paragraph 103.3 of the Technical Regulations, which can be found here: https://www.iaaf.org/about-iaaf/docu...es-regulations (scroll down to Regulations -- the Tech Regs are the first item in that category) .

[gh]

I pretty much gave up on the IAAF site long ago. This isn't World Relays related, but while we're kvetching, I'm unable to find anywhere the qualifying period for the "extended" events (the ones whose window doesn't open this year).

Nor do I find (may well be there, but I gave up looking) a listing of "other ways" to qualify for London: Wild Cards, World XC finishes, etc., etc.

[tandfman]

My bad. But in my defense, those standards aren't listed either on the IAAF's World Relays site or on the competitions entry standards page.

True.

[Powell]

My bad. But in my defense, those standards aren't listed either on the IAAF's World Relays site or on the competitions entry standards page.

[tandfman]

There's no qualification. Every country can send a team if it so wishes.

That's just not true. In the 4x100 and 4x400, there are entry standards. See IAAF Technical Regulation Section 903.3.

[Powell]

There's no qualification. Every country can send a team if it so wishes.

[mungo man]

How do teams qualify for each even at the world relays?
Is each event by invitation?

[norunner]

Why are you calling this a world championship? Winners aren't world champions, they qualify for WCs, in this case London. Without the 8 qualification spots given away in each event, the World Relays would have no significance whatsoever.

[gh]

Not really. They're dropping the men's and women's Distance Medley Relays and replacing them with the single mixed relay. Even with the mixed relay heats, the net effect is a shortening of the meet.

timetable from start of first event to start of last event

2015 Day 1--2:56; 2017 Day 1--3:06 (10 minutes longer)
2015 Day 2--3:01; 2017 Day 2--2:44 (17 minutes shorter)

so, yes, overall 7 minutes shorter.

In other words, insignificant.

(edited because I had wrong numbers first time through)

[lonewolf]

I did not think the time element through. but that was not really my point.. mixed relays are not relevant at a WC.. comic relief but c'mon...

[gh]

The amount of meet-shortening is so insignifcant it makes no sense at all. In fact, on the first day, it will probably take longer to run a couple of heats of the 4xX than it would to run a single DMR.

The second day the savings will be less than 10 minutes.

And if make the DMR the mixed race, then the need for heats goes out the door, arguably making both days shorter than the "solution" they came up with.

Fuzzy thinking reigns.

[tandfman]

This is one of life's mysteries an a par with reducing number of attempts in field events...or actually just the opposite, will lengthen meet.

Not really. They're dropping the men's and women's Distance Medley Relays and replacing them with the single mixed relay. Even with the mixed relay heats, the net effect is a shortening of the meet.