- It looks very good

The short version

Amalie Ewells, 30, won the 400m hurdles in her comeback after giving birth in Kenya on Saturday with a time of 54.89 seconds.
The 400 hurdles was four hundredths behind the Olympic requirements and beat the European Union requirement of 55.70 by 81 hundredths.
Athletics Director Erlend Slokvik believes Ewell's Olympic chances look “very good” now.
Ewell's next race is a relay at the World Championships in the Bahamas, an event in Slovakia and the Nordic Championships in Malmo.

Iuels won the 400 meter hurdles in the comeback afterwards birth In Kenya on Saturday at 54.89:

four hundred behind Olympic requirements
21 hundredths behind He presses From 2022
she crush European Commission requirements Of 55.70 with 81 hundredths

The “easiest” way to get to the Olympics is to get the 54.85 requirement. But there are several roads that lead to Paris as well Classification system.

Important about the classification system

22 runners initially qualify by taking time requirements, while 18 runners earn a spot through classification.
The World Athletics Ranking System gives athletes a score based on the time and wind of the race, location and size of the event. Athletes in most disciplines must have five events in the last 12 months to be classified.
Ewell's victory in Kenya gave the score 1,176 points. It is the fourth-best team so far in 2024 – and would have held on to 30th place in 2023. It now needs four more races, but has had a great start to the season in terms of standings.
The qualification period for the Paris Olympic Games is from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.

– Amalie gets a lot of extra points when she wins a Golden Tour event, and there are a lot of points from this race, says IAAF sports director Erlend Slokovic.

– What do you think of her chances at the Paris Olympics now?

– It looks very good. It was so close to the requirements as well, that she might even be able to achieve it in the future.

– Very delicious

Amalie Ewell has a good understanding of how classification works. That's why I started the season so early.

– But I'm missing four events, so it doesn't mean much at the moment, says Iuel to VG about the arrangement from the airport on my way home on Monday.

– It's nice to know that I was only four hundredths away from the Olympic requirements. “It was a good indicator and gives good confidence ahead of the upcoming races,” says Ewell.

The win in Kenya has given greater confidence that the Olympics can be held. Earlier this year, Ewell said that “everything has to be in place” for her to be a ticket to Paris.

– I was completely surprised. Very delicious,” Ewell says of the trip.

Slokovic was also pleasantly surprised.

“I had very high hopes that she would meet the EC requirements based on what I saw in training, but she ran faster than I thought,” he says.

Amalie Ewell with her son training this winter. Photo: Naina Helen Jama/VG

Toilet in relay

Ewell's next plan at the moment is to hold a World Championships relay race in the Bahamas, an event in Slovakia and the Nordic Championships in Malmo.

Norway has selected six runners for the World Cup relay. Four of these will run:

Josephine Tommen Eriksen (SIM), Astri Ayo Lakri Ertzgaard (TJALVI), Amalie Ewell (Tjalvi), Henriette Jäger (Aremark), Lene Opegaard (Moss), Elisabeth Sleettom (Skialj).

The top 14 teams will be ready for the Olympics. Two places are also awarded to the teams with the best outdoor times.

“I think it's quite realistic based on the level we have,” says Slokovic about the Olympic hope.

note! Line Klooster earned Olympic qualification for the 400-meter hurdles last summer.