While the others waited eagerly to see what was in julepakkerne, the Danish marathon runner, the somali-born Abdi Ulad Hakin continue to wait for a letter from the World Athletics.
the Letter should contain an official confirmation that his time from Fukuoka to 2.11,03 hours has qualified him for this summer’s OLYMPICS.
the Problem is that the World Athletics, before the name change known as the IAAF, have miscalculated.
OL-the requirement called 2.11.30 hours, and nearly 371 in this season during during the claim, so the olympic marathons are overbooked.
After the plan is only 80 seats to get to the start, and the Danish marathon runner is not on the provisional start list, which can already be read on the web.
Thus, rows Abdi Ulad Hakins otherwise sense the time from Fukouko to be the year 325. the best time, so immediately he is far from the OLYMPICS, although his time was 27 seconds under the requirement.
Why has elitechef Bo Overgaard been in contact with the World Athletics to inquire, and unofficially he has been told that Abdi Ulad Hakin can look forward to running the OLYMPICS.
– I will have it in writing, says elitechefen, as black on white, vll see that Abdi Ulad must run in Sapporo, before he will ask the Danish Olympic Committee to issue a ticket.
the Marathon is together with kapgang because of the moist heat moved from Tokyo to the former winter OLYMPIC host city, because there is no one who wants to see the same scenes as from eftersommerens the WORLD cup in Qatar, where more runners succumbed and collapsed.
With the move, there has emerged a new situation, which may get the sense that there will be room for more runners and kapgængere, because the number of participants in the various exercises is often proportionate with how many can stay in the olympic city.
After being moved about 1000 km to the north, there may be room for more participants.
Abdi Ulad Hakins time at the classic distance is the second-best time in the course of a dane, only surpassed by the deceased Henrik Jørgensen, who back in 1985 made history by winning the London Marathon in 2.09,43 hours.
the Race in Fukouko was carefully chosen to cope with the OLYMPICS-the requirement, and Abdi Ulad Hakin asked to start after a longer training camps in Kenya.
Norway’s new maratonhåb Distinguish Moen was on the same trip, when he broke through on the maratondistancen with european record, 2.05,48 hours.
OLYMPIC silver Sara Slott Petersen is ready to repeat Rio win in Tokyo (Photo: AP)
Opposite maratonkollegaen have the three-double-U 23-european champion Anna Emilie Møller and OLYMPIC silver Sara Slott Petersen, confirmed their ticket to the OLYMPICS.
Elitechef Bo Overgaard also have a hope that among other things, Benjamin Vedel and Andreas Bube of respectively 400 m and 800 m can reach to qualify.
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