It's becoming increasingly difficult for transgender athletes, particularly transgender women, to compete in categories consistent with their gender identity.
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Which Americans Have the Olympic Standard Right Now? Who Would Get In On World Ranking? And How Do You Qualify For the Olympics, Again?
May 5, 2021
Seven weeks from now, America’s top athletes will head to the new Hayward Field for the US Olympic Trials, where they will attempt to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. But how, exactly, does one qualify for the Olympics?
It’s a question worth revisiting, because the Olympic qualifying system has undergone some significant changes from previous years. And, unless you’re an agent or an athlete, it may have been a while since you’ve actually read through the specifics. Over two years have passed since the IAAF introduced these changes yes, it was so long ago that World Athletics was still known as the IAAF and I’m guessing you read something about “world rankings” and maybe forgot about it for a while once COVID hit last year.
They come to Flagstaff in moving vans or sedans stuffed with possessions and expectations. Their satchels brim with hope and anticipation, be it an opportunity to hit it big or maybe just cobble together a fresh start with a clean slate. They are looking for adventure, perhaps, or just a foothold of stability.
People move to town for any number of reasons, and inherent in such life changes is a measure of uncertainty compounded now by the specter of COVID-19 and all the economic and social upheaval that has engendered.
Some moves are pandemic-related, attempts to find work or just a safer place to stay, or to hunker down closer to loved ones. Other moves, though, have little to do with our current fraught times; they simply reflect Americaâs storied migratory history, alighting for new horizons to chase oneâs dream of success.