{"id":128616,"date":"2026-04-02T15:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lengvoji.lt\/128616-world-athletics-council-decisions-changes-in-qualification-and-footwear-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:28:49","slug":"world-athletics-council-decisions-changes-in-qualification-and-footwear-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lengvoji.lt\/en\/feed\/128616-world-athletics-council-decisions-changes-in-qualification-and-footwear-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"World Athletics Council Decisions: Changes in Qualification and Footwear Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The most important decisions taken at the last meeting of the World Athletics Council, which took place on March 18-19, 2026 In Toru\u0144:  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Designated organizers of future World Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2028 World Indoor Championships \u2013 Bhubaneshwar, India; <\/li>\n<li>2030 World Indoor Championships \u2013 Astana, Kazakhstan; <\/li>\n<li>2028 World Team Sport Walking Championships \u2013 Hefei, China. <strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Approved updated qualification model for the World Athletics Championships and Olympic Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>40% of athletes<\/strong> will qualify according to <strong>the norms<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>60% of athletes<\/strong> \u2013 according to <strong>the world ranking<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The current ratio is <strong>50\/50<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been established that the results suitable for meeting the standards will have to be achieved in <strong>World Rankings category C<\/strong> or higher level competitions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Revised repechage format for Los Angeles 2028 Olympics <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only those athletes who have actually competed will get a second chance to enter the next stage of the competition (&#8220;<strong>bona fide effort&#8221; principle<\/strong>), i.e. y. the minimum threshold of the result will have to be reached.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a gap of <strong>at least 21 hours<\/strong> between stages has been established.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. New measures against age fraud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Changes to the rules have been approved that will allow <strong>World Athletics<\/strong> and <strong>AIU<\/strong> to apply additional <strong>age verification requirements<\/strong> in certain cases, especially in preparation <strong>for the U20 World Championship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Amending the footwear regulation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been decided that athletes will be allowed to wear freely <strong>chosen footwear<\/strong> in the ball push, discus <strong>and hammer throw<\/strong> competitions, as there is not enough evidence of a significant technological advantage of footwear in these competitions.<\/p>\n<p>It was also clarified that athletes <strong>(pacemakers) wearing footwear that does not comply with the rules will not be able to dictate the pace in<\/strong> running competitions \u2013 this will be considered <strong>unauthorized aid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Russian Athletics Federation \u2013 Anti-Doping Conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Council acknowledged that <strong>the Russian Athletics Federation<\/strong> had fulfilled all previously established <strong>anti-doping conditions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is noted that this decision relates <strong>only to anti-doping compliance<\/strong> and <strong>does not change the restrictions currently in force due to the war in Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most important decisions taken at the last meeting of the World Athletics Council, which took place on March 18-19, 2026 In Toru\u0144: 1. 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