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Times have been lowered for super-fast athletics stars to battle for 40 percent slots to the 2027 Beijing World Championships set for September 11-19.Six gold medallists from the 2025 World Championships already have wild cards. [World Athletics ]
If you thought entry standards for the 2025 Tokyo World Championships were designed to attract the fastest athletes, then you have not seen the qualifying system for Beijing27.
The entry standards, which will be used to assemble 40 percent of casts to the 2027 Beijing World Championships, have seemingly been set for the world’s super-fast athletes.
Under the new entry standards approved by the World Athletics Council on Tuesday, times have been lowered by shocking margins, a move that could see an exclusive elite club of athletics stars battling to remain within the qualifying world ranking bracket, which will be used to qualify 60 percent of participants.
