If you have recently visited the IAAF site you must have noticed that whenever they refer to some athlete they give in parentheses the specialty and the athlete's ranking in it. The World Rankings is something the IAAF has introduced recently. It is based on a combination of result and place where, depending on the level of the competition, a certain number of points are attributed. The typical ranking period is of 12 months with a minimum of five performance scores required in order to accumulate a ranking score. For some more demanding events the period can be longer and the number of performance scores lower.
The important question is how will the ranking be used in the future. It is clear that the qualification for this year's World Championships will be on the familiar basis of minimum performances. Most probably this will be true also for next year's Olympics. However there is a definite plan to use the World Rankings for the qualification at the World Championships from 2021 onwards.
When one reads the technical part of the ranking system one encounters a mention of point reduction for results that would otherwise have been considered non-valid, like downhill marathon or wind-assisted sprints and horizontal jumps. I would be particularly interested in the wind speed corrections and rest assured that I will report on this point as soon as something tangible appears.
In the meantime and since the end of February, whenever one reads an article on the IAAF site the world ranking of each athlete is given (based on the simulation obtained from last year's results). I guess we'll have to get accustomed to this.
The important question is how will the ranking be used in the future. It is clear that the qualification for this year's World Championships will be on the familiar basis of minimum performances. Most probably this will be true also for next year's Olympics. However there is a definite plan to use the World Rankings for the qualification at the World Championships from 2021 onwards.
When one reads the technical part of the ranking system one encounters a mention of point reduction for results that would otherwise have been considered non-valid, like downhill marathon or wind-assisted sprints and horizontal jumps. I would be particularly interested in the wind speed corrections and rest assured that I will report on this point as soon as something tangible appears.
In the meantime and since the end of February, whenever one reads an article on the IAAF site the world ranking of each athlete is given (based on the simulation obtained from last year's results). I guess we'll have to get accustomed to this.
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