Irish Olympic Marathon selection put on long finger

RacoonQueen wrote: »

My guess would be they want to give these 3 experience thinking they'll qualify again in 2016. Main reason I expected Maria to miss out was because the other three are younger than her and are more likely to be looking to run again in Rio.

A. Consistency and Repeatability of performance in the 2011 and 2012 domestic and international seasons. Repeatability
indicates consistency of performance and soundness of athlete preparation necessary to compete at the Olympic Games;
B. Statistical data (ranking/performance list, performance-time curves derived from longitudinal data);
C. On‐Demand Performance and success at the Olympic Games requires the ability to compete on‐demand at a level equal
to or better than the qualifying standards. The ability to achieve standards and to win at specific high performance
competitions is a principle for nomination. The history and performances at previous European, World Track and Field
Championships, and Olympic Games, in particular the history of the athlete’s on-demand performances at those major
championships by reference to the level of performance expected of the athlete at those championships will be considered.
D. The competitive record of each athlete against other athletes under consideration for nomination in the same event.
Emphasis will be placed on such results achieved in national championship events, as will achievement of performance
targets in championship conditions.
E. The Final Phase Readiness in the final build-up phase is a fundamental principle for nomination. The ability to achieve
the Olympic Entry Standard(s) indicates performance readiness in the main competition period and ultimately for the main
competition.
2.3 The Selectors may nominate up to three athletes for each event provided they have met the 2012 Olympic Games Entry
Standard. Where there are more than three athletes who have bettered the “A” Standard in one event, the Selectors will decide
which of the athletes is to be nominated for selection by reference (including but not limited) to the factors set out in section 2.2.

tunguska wrote: »

Yeah I think rome was a mistake. Maybe she thought rotterdamn was too close to the olympics? I dunno. Just realised, maria beat ava hutchison in dublin marathon aswell last year, by 2 minutes. So head to head, over the marathon distance, in the same race, shes beaten two out of the other 3 women.

tunguska wrote: »

Missed that one. What 10k did she run? What was her time?

TOM O'RIORDAN

ATHLETICS: MARIA McCAMBRIDGE put on a brave face yesterday after learning that she was the marathon runner to lose out in the selection process for the three women who will make up the Irish challenge in the event for the Olympic Games in London during the first two weeks in August.

She will not take up the option of lodging an appeal against the decision which was made yesterday by the five-member Athletic Ireland selection committee.
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The disappointing news was delivered in a phone call to McCambridge by Kevin Ankrom, the AAI performance director. “I know there is an appeal process but I could not see the selectors going back on their decision. It would be just impossible for them and so I’ll be taking this decision on the chin.”

If there was one regret being held by McCambridge it was opting for the Rome marathon to get the time and not one of the other big city events. “I just feel I made a bad choice in opting for Rome rather than somewhere else, like LA, because the course in Rome was very difficult and I had some awful problems with the cobblestones.Now I will try and pick up the pieces for Dublin in October because I still think there is a fast marathon in my legs.”