jaimev wrote:
marcoviappiani wrote:
jaimev wrote:
Does anyone know how many Nice slots were accepted in IM Portugal?
I wasn't there for the slot allocation but I've been told they didn't roll down much from someone who was there.
It's also my understanding the Taupo slots for the 70.3 rolled down a lot for specific age groups (men and women) and not much at all for others.
Marco , I just read in another post that in IM CA F40-44 rolled to 26th and 45-49 to anybody present.
So "didn't roll much" ?
I was talking about Portugal - not CA.
If you've looked at the thread about IM CA rolldown there you would have seen that most slots were actually taken by the first athletes and it was only a few slots that rolled down deep. It's not like they were uniformly distributed through participants.
This is actually the same pattern that IM races with a lot of slots (such as regional championships) would have had pre 2020 for men. The first slots were all taken and then when slots start rolling down they occasionally roll down deep because a lot of people just assume they won't get it so they don't even show up. Then it's up to whoever is there.
A woman hoping for a slot can't really rely on the rolldown. Yes they occasionally roll down deep but it may not roll down at all.
The picture that some people are painting is almost that any woman who wants to go can go. It's not actually what we are seeing even if the occasional AG gets the "whoever wants to go in this AG" call.
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marcoviappiani: Oct 26, 23 14:23