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Athletes have about a year and a half in advance of the trials to achieve an Olympic standard at a meet. Click here for a list of all the various scores or times athletes need to have achieved by the end of the trials to qualify for an A or B standard. It is typically said that the top three finishers in any given trial event will get to have their shot at the gold.

But if two or more athletes in a given trial event have met the A standard, then the top three athletes with an A standard will make the Olympic team — regardless of whether they finish in the top three of the trial race. If fewer than two athletes in an event final have met the A standard, then only one athlete — the best finisher with an A or B standard — will make the Olympic team.

There are two events in which B-level athletes have a real shot at a London slot this week. Those are, according to Jim McDannald of Track Focus , the women's triple jump, which has no A standard athletes slated to compete, and the heptathlon, which has just one A standard.

A B-standard athlete does have a shot in several events, but most likely only if an A level athlete is knocked out by an injury, for example, and the B athlete beats the other A. Those events include the women's javelin, men's hammer, decathlon and men's triple jump, according to McDannall. In almost any other era, Little would easily be the world No. But she welcomes the unprecedented depth in the m hurdles. While Little had several enthralling duels with Bol on the international circuit this year, her races against the likes of Muhammad and McLaughlin tend to be restricted to just the bigger occasions.

Imagine the four of us in a race every single week. We could get our own medal. I really do. Given her sub speed, Little could even be a contender in the m flat.

Her main focus, though, remains the m hurdles and achieving the goal that continues to glow on her light box at home. I want in on the action. Making Tracks is a program developed for K students that invites all youth to be a part of the history, cultural diversity, global unity, and excitement of the world coming to Oregon for the World Athletics Championships. Feature 20 Oct Little's road to redemption leads to Eugene.

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