World Athletics to introduce repechage round at Paris Olympics
Monte-Carlo [Monaco], July 25 (ANI): The World Athletics Council on Monday announced that they will introduce a repechage round to individual track events from 200m to 1500m distance, including the hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In the new repechage format, athletes who do not qualify by place in round one heats will have a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals by partaking in repechage heats.This will replace