The U.S. qualifying system for athletics championships doesn’t bow to even the international superstars of the sport. One giant surprise was already seen on the opening day of the country championships.
EUGENE. The first day of the U.S. Athletics Championships offered a big surprise when the top five in world statistics Sha’Carri Richardson there were a hundred women in the early stages. In the overall results, Richardson’s time of 11.31 was only enough instead of 23.
22-year-old Richardson fell short of his record 10.72 by almost six-tenths of a second. There were 16 runners in the semi-finals, the fastest in the first rounds Aleia Hobbs at a time of 10.88.
What led to Richardson’s sluggish bet remained a mystery, as the runner pushed past the media interview point without answering any questions.
Richardson’s performance was a huge surprise, with less than two weeks earlier running into the fifth-best time in the world’s stats this season at 10.85.
A year ago, Richardson became one of the pre-favorites under the Tokyo Olympics when he clocked a peak time of 10.72 from the start of the season. He won the U.S. Olympic qualifiers and took his place in the 100 yards and instant messaging of the Tokyo Olympics.
However, remnants of cannabis were found in a doping sample provided by Richardson, so his qualifying performance was annulled, causing the Olympic venue to get out of hand. Richardson was banned from competing for 30 days.
Ruthless competition for World Cup venues
The U.S. Championships will be held over the Midsummer weekend at Eugene’s iconic Hayward Field. The same stadium will compete on the 15th and 24th. July World Championships in Athletics. Known for its athletic culture, Oregon is the first U.S. host to World Championship history.
The way to qualify for the world’s best athletics country is relentless. There are three seats in each sport and they are always distributed based on the U.S. Championships.
However, the reigning world champions as well as the winners of last season’s overall Diamond League competition will receive a wild card at the World Championships, so in some sports, there may be four or five Americans involved.
For example, the reigning world champion of one hundred men Christian Coleman has already secured his place at the World Cup. He still struggles for his country’s championship, and made it to the semi-finals with a time of 10.08.
The men’s early rounds saw a rare superiority as last summer’s Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley rolled lightly to its record and a world-leading time of 9.83. Satanen’s semi-finals and finals will take place the night before Saturday, Finnish time.
Qualifiers create difficulties even for the tops
There is more to the rule than the exception that a superstar is left without a place in the U.S. World Cup or Olympic qualifiers.
Three wrestlers in the women’s length final emerged as an Olympic finalist on Thursday night Tara Davisin destiny. Davis hit the second-best result of the entire season last year at 714, but this time he was left without a place in the competition.
The biggest surprise of last year’s Olympic qualifiers was the 800-meter reigning world champion Danube Brazierin coagulation to eighth. This time, Brazier doesn’t have to worry about getting a World Cup spot, as as the champion of the 2019 World Cup in Doha, he gets to the World Cup with a wild card.
In 2016, the high-speed fencer held the top result of the season Kendra Harrison missed out on the U.S. Olympics in the U.S. Olympic qualifiers. Just weeks later, he ran a 100-meter fence still holding a world record of 12.20.
On the opening day of this year’s Games, a 400-meter authentic world record woman Sydney McLaughlin and the 800-meter Olympic champion Athing Mu advanced their efforts to the semi-finals. The three-run qualifying contract arouses humble respect even in the Olympic heroes.
There have been so many collapses in the course of history that even clear pre-favorites do not dare to talk about the World Cup.
– I’m excited that the World Cup will be held here in Hayward. Now, though, I’m just thinking about the semi-finals and then the finals. I have to get on the team first before I can think about the World Cup, McLaughlin said with a smile.