Sentence examples for a qualifying standard from inspiring English sources

Chambers was not able to secure his place in London automatically as, despite winning the trials in Birmingham, he failed to run the 'A' qualifying standard of 10.18sec.

Because that was a half-minute slower than the Olympic "A" qualifying standard, only Clark will represent the American women at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.

The Olympic 'A' qualifying standard is 6,150 points, comfortably below Sotherton's 2005 personal best of 6,547.

Gemili's time, though, was outside the 'A' qualifying standard of 10.15 for the senior World Championships in Moscow next month, leaving him relying on the discretion of the selectors.

Kwakye, who also competes in the 4x100m relay in Helsinki, could still feature at the Games because she met the 'A' qualifying standard of 11.29 seconds twice last year.

The last race of the weekend is likely to be a desperate scramble for selection as, surprisingly, no British athlete has achieved the 'A' qualifying standard of 45.25 seconds so far.

Tomlinson has the A-qualifying standard from last year, when he jumped the British record of 8.29m.

The performance was the A-qualifying standard for the world championships and is set to have huge financial implications for Jones.

The 21-year-old from Milton Keynes came into the competition lacking an A-qualifying standard of 8.20 metres, having been largely sidelined by injury since winning a silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships as a teenager.

The 400m runner achieved a season's best time and claimed victory in his race at the UK Trials and Championships, but was still slower than the A-qualifying standard required for the Olympics.

Black confirmed that the selectors would look at the circumstances of the race when naming the squad so Dobriskey and Weightman, who both have the A-qualifying standard, are likely to be selected.