World Aquatics ne swimswam ko clarify kiya hai ki jo swimmers Olympic games me sirf relay event ke liye select hue hai wo sirf relay event me hi participate karenge.
Yeh mudda haal hi mein do pramukh updates ke karan prasangik ho gaya hai. Ek hai World Aquatics me member federations ko likha gaya Letter, jisme Paris 2024 Olympic mein Olympic Consideration Time (B standard) qualifiers ke liye limited spot ka sanket diya gaya hai. Dusra 23 saal ki Penny Oleksiak se sambandhit hai, jo 7 baar ki Olympic padak vijeta hain, jinhone 400 free relay mein Canadian Olympic Team ke liye qualify kiya.
Oleksiak ka 53.66 seconds ka samay Olympic Qualifying Time (A standard) se sirf 0.05 seconds kam tha. Halanki unhe abhi bhi Individually participate karne ka mauka mil sakta hai, lekin iski guarantee nahi hai. Oleksiak ek event mein A standard ko pura karne ke liye ek aur qualifying meet mein pratispardha karne ki yojna bana rahi hain, jisme wo 2016 Olympic co-champion thi.
Apne career mein 18 baar Olympic A standard hasil karne ke bawajood, Oleksiak ne Paris ke liye maujooda qualifying avadhi se pehle 2022 World Aquatics Championships ke baad se aisa nahi kiya hai.
World Aquatics ne pushti ki hai ki Oleksiak jaise relay-only tairak vartaman mein vyaktigat spardhaon ke liye patra nahi hain, jab tak wo June ke ant tak qualifying avadhi ke ant tak vyaktigat spardha ke liye bhi aharta prapt nahi kar lete. Kai fans ne socha ki wo purane NCAA system ki tarah samagra athlete seemaon ke adhar par patra ho sakte hain. Halanki, relay-only tairak tab tak relay tak hi simit rehte hain jab tak wo vyaktigat roop se aharta prapt na kar le.
World Aquatics ne ye bhi spasht kiya ki A standard wale tairak anya spardhaon mein pratispardha kar sakte hain jahan unke paas B standard hai, bhale hi B standard wali spardha ko amantran na mile. B standard wali spardha ke liye amantrit tairak bina amantran ke bhi B standard wali ek atirikt spardha mein pratispardha kar sakte hain. Ek rashtra se sirf ek tairak hi kisi spardha mein pratispardha kar sakta hai, yadi uske paas sirf B standard hai.
The full and most current selection criteria can be seen here.
