Wow, you are quite the jerk. If you read my post maybe you would understand that the criteria are and have been posted for quite sometime.
Performances = points that could have been earned over the past 2 years. Fretta had enough points to get into Yokohama, he got on that start list and raced (as I'm sure Collins, Brown and Billington could have done). Was he lucky, maybe? Its not USAT's fault that athletes chose to not read the rules implemented by the ITU.
The ITU puts priority on the WCS list, just as they have done in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Its not new. WCS races are the pinnacle of the sport, and thus the WCS list is how the chose the majority of starters for the races, not the ITU points. The points list is for filling in the list after they take 8 gold group and 30 WCS list people.
This same situation has happened every year after Sydney when just one race got a start for the majority of people.
Performances = points that could have been earned over the past 2 years. Fretta had enough points to get into Yokohama, he got on that start list and raced (as I'm sure Collins, Brown and Billington could have done). Was he lucky, maybe? Its not USAT's fault that athletes chose to not read the rules implemented by the ITU.
The ITU puts priority on the WCS list, just as they have done in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Its not new. WCS races are the pinnacle of the sport, and thus the WCS list is how the chose the majority of starters for the races, not the ITU points. The points list is for filling in the list after they take 8 gold group and 30 WCS list people.
This same situation has happened every year after Sydney when just one race got a start for the majority of people.