This comes a day after World Athletics announced new qualification procedures for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games. Athletes who have already met the entry standard since the start of the qualification period in 2019 remain qualified. However, we want other athletes to qualify within the extended qualification period,” Kirwa said from Eldoret. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said they have since suspended qualification period for all events, which will be held from April 6 to Nov. 30. Tokyo would have been his second Olympics, having finished sixth in the 20km final at Rio 2016.

Source: Standard Digital June 05, 2020 19:07 UTC