{"id":961,"date":"2012-03-20T10:26:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T17:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=961"},"modified":"2012-03-20T10:30:08","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T17:30:08","slug":"heres-what-everyone-is-trying-to-achieve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=961","title":{"rendered":"Here’s What Everyone is Trying to Achieve"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Flags\"<\/a>It\u2019s time to start laying out the upcoming Olympic season \u2013 who I feel the contenders are as we start the road to London. Before I do that however, I thought it might help if we knew what everyone was gunning for. <\/p>\n

Ultimately the goal is gold, as in gold medals in London. Short of gold everyone would like to pick up some sort of medal \u2013 silver or bronze. In order to do that you have to get into the finals, but you can\u2019t get into the finals unless you get a spot of the team \u2013 and every nation is limited to a maximum of three athletes per event! Some countries have Trials meets, while some others simply make selections. In order to be selected however, whether individually or in a Trials setting, one must meet the Olympic Qualifying Standards. Those standards are listed below.<\/p>\n

In addition, there will be sixteen relay teams in each relay event. Regardless of depth, each nation is only allowed one entry, and those entries are based on the top two times turned in by a nation during the twelve month period leading up to the Games. The list of the current top sixteen teams per event is listed below.<\/p>\n

Now that we have the goals identified, I\u2019ll tell you who I think the athletes to watch will be as we begin to track progress towards London. I will start with the speed events since they typically get rolling first, and a few athletes are already beginning to show their fitness.<\/p>\n

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Below is the current list of top 16 qualifiers for the relays with their averages.<\/p>\n

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Women \u2013 4×1 \u2013 Current Qualifiers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Great Britain<\/td>\n3:00.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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France<\/td>\n3:03.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Women \u2013 4×4 \u2013 Current Qualifiers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s time to start laying out the upcoming Olympic season \u2013 who I feel the contenders are as we start the road to London. Before I do that however, I thought it might help if we knew what everyone was gunning for. Ultimately the goal is gold, as in gold medals in London. Short of gold everyone would like to pick up some sort of medal \u2013 silver or bronze. In order to do that you have to get into the finals, but you can\u2019t get into the finals unless you get a spot of the team \u2013 and every nation is limited to a maximum of three athletes per event! Some countries have Trials meets, while some others simply make selections. In order to be selected however, whether individually or in a Trials setting, one must meet the Olympic Qualifying Standards. Those standards are listed below. In addition, there will be sixteen relay teams in each relay event. Regardless of depth, each nation is only allowed one entry, and those entries are based on the top two times turned in by a nation during the twelve month period leading up to the Games. The list of the current top sixteen teams per event is listed below. Now that we have the goals identified, I\u2019ll tell you who I think the athletes to watch will be as we begin to track progress towards London. I will start with the speed events since they typically get rolling first, and a few athletes are already beginning to show their fitness.   2012 London Olympic Qualifying Standard as per the IAAF Men Women Event \u201cA\u201d \u201cB\u201d \u201cA\u201d \u201cB\u201d         10.18 10.24 100 100 11.29 11.38 20.55 20.65 200 200 23.10 23.30 45.30 45.90 400 400 51.55 52.35 1:45.60 1:46.30 800 800 1:59.90 2:01.30 3:35.50 3:38.00 1500 1500 4:06.00 4:08.90 13:20.00 13:27.00 5000 5000 15:20.00 15:30.00 27:45.00 28:05.00 10000 10000 31:45.00 32:10.00 2:15.00 2:18.00 Mar Mar 2:37.00 2:43.00 8:23.10 8:32.00 3000 St 3000 St 9:43.00 9:48.00 13.52 13.60 110 H 100 H 12.96 13.15 49.50 49.80 400 H 400 H 55.50 56.65 2.31m 2.28m HJ HJ 1.95m 1.92m 5.72m 5.60m PV PV 4.50m 4.40m 8.20m 8.10m LJ LJ 6.75m 6.65m 17.20m 16.85m TJ TJ 14.30m 14.10m 20.50m 20.00m SP SP 18.30m 17.20m 65.00m 63.00m Disc Disc 62.00m 59.50m 78.00m 74.00m Ham Ham 71.50m 69.00m 82.00m 79.50m Jav Jav 61.00m 59.00m 8200 pts 7950 pts Dec Hep 6150 pts 5950 pts 1:22:30 1:24:30 20k walk 20k walk 1:33:30 1:38:00 3:59:00 4:09:00 50k walk — — — Top 16 — 4×1 4×1 Top 16 — Top 16 — 4×4 4×4 Top 16 —   Below is the current list of top 16 qualifiers for the relays with their averages. 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