National sprinter Marc Louis is set to make his Olympic debut at the July 26-Aug 11 Paris Games after the 21-year-old’s universality spot was confirmed by World Athletics (WA) on July 10. With sprint queen Shanti Pereira having qualified for the women’s 200m at Paris...
National sprinter Marc Louis is set to make his Olympic debut at the July 26-Aug 11 Paris Games after the 21-year-old’s universality spot was confirmed by World Athletics on July 10.
Singapore Athletics said on its website that its athletes’ performances are ranked using percentile under WA’s scoring table, with the universality nomination going to the athlete who has a result closer to the Olympics entry standard. In the last two years, no one has lowered the national records in the 800m and marathon , which are more than 12 per cent off the Olympic entry standards of 1:44.70 and 2:08:10 respectively.
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