Breaking: It Appears USATF May Not Honor Order of Finish at Trials For 3rd Men’s Spot + The US Is No Longer Guaranteed 3 Olympic Men’s Marathoners

Based on today’s Valencia results, Scott Fauble is going fall out of the World’s Top 64 and USATF’s selection criteria states, «In the case that USATF is not able to select a full team of Qualified Athletes from the Selection Event…the U.S. will fill any unfilled quota positions with Qualified Athletes based on their rank order on the Road to Paris rank list following the close of the qualification period on May 5, 2024.» So we are reading that to mean that unless 3rd placer at the Trials is under 2:08:10, the 3rd US team member will be the one with the highest world rank and not the one who finishes third.
*MB Breaking: It appears USATF won’t honor order of finish at marathon trials for 3rd men’s spot – will go with World Rank instead!

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