OTTAWA – The 2008 World Athletics Tour (WAT) culminates this weekend with the VTB Bank World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany on September 13-14. As of today the standings count seven Canadians in the top 20 in their respective events with two competitions remaining this week.
|
Name |
Event |
Hometown |
Points |
Rank |
|
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep |
100mH |
Whitby, ON |
58PTS |
6th |
|
Dylan Armstrong |
Shot put |
Kamloops, BC |
36PTS |
8th |
|
Tyler Christopher |
400m |
Edmonton, AB |
49PTS |
8th |
|
Nicole Forrester |
High jump |
Aurora, ON |
45PTS |
9th |
|
Gary Reed |
800m |
Victoria, BC |
36PTS |
12th |
|
Megan Metcalfe |
3000m |
Edmonton, AB |
6PTS |
15th |
|
Dana Ellis-Buller |
Pole vault |
Kitchener, ON |
10PTS |
20th |
After the last WAT competition, the 7 athletes having the highest number of points with their best 5 results (4 for throws) will qualify for the World Athletics Final. For races of 1500 metres and over, 11 athletes will qualify. The athletes for the 8th and 12th position will be invited at the discretion of the IAAF.
World Athletics Tour – Qualification Points Scoring System
At each WAT meeting, points are allocated to the best 8 athletes in each event (12 for middle distances):
IAAF Golden League & Super Grand Prix
First. 20 pts / Second. 16 pts / Third. 14 pts / 4. 12 pts / 5. 10 pts / 6. 8 pts / 7. 6 pts /8. 4 pts
IAAF Grand Prix
First. 10 pts / Second. 8 pts / Third. 7 pts / 4. 6 pts / 5. 5 pts / 6. 4 pts / 7. 3 pts / 8. 2 pts
If an athlete equals a World record, he/she will be awarded a bonus of 3 points; if he/she improves the World record, the bonus will be 6 points.
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