Press Release - Olympics 2020 - 6/25/20

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

   World Athletics launches 'Road to Tokyo' qualification tracking tool

World Athletics has launched 'Road to Tokyo', an online tool to help 
athletes, media and fans track the qualification process for next year's 
Olympic Games.

Searchable by discipline, country and qualification status, the tool will 
provide a real time view of each event over the course of the Tokyo 2020 
qualification period which ends on 29 June 2021.

As announced last month, the Tokyo 2020 qualification system already in 
force was adapted to fit the new dates of the Games, which were postponed 
in March. The Games will now be held from 23 July to 8 August, 2021.

The qualification principles remain unchanged with athletes able to qualify 
through entry standards and then the World Athletics World Rankings.

Athletes who have already met the entry standard since the start of the 
qualification period in 2019 remain qualified and will be eligible for 
selection by their respective Member Federations and National Olympic 
Committees, together with the other athletes who will qualify within the 
extended qualification period.

Due to the uneven training and competition opportunities around the world 
during the coronavirus pandemic, World Athletics announced on 7 April that 
the qualification period (for all events) was suspended from 6 April to 30 
November 2020.

Download the Olympic qualifying system: English | French

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