Daegu 2017 world indoor meet entry deadline is January 24, 2017
If your wallet isn’t already empty from 2016, here’s another track trip for you: Daegu. South Korea is hosting WMA indoor worlds in late March 2017. Online registration doesn’t appear to be working on this page. But buried is a PDF entry form you can print and mail to your affiliate (USATF, etc.). Entering one event and buying nothing else will cost you $100. (Adding a results book, athletes party, guests are extra.) Entering the 4×200 — one team per country per age group — is free. Entry deadline is Jan. 24, 2017 — just three months away if you build in time for processing. My only gripe with Daegu is the absurdly high qualifying standards. You have to attest to: “I am physically and mentally fit to compete in the WMACi safely and without causing injury to myself or other participants in the WMACi.” Sigh. That counts me out. Check out this video, but don’t expect the 2011 IAAF crowds at the 2017 WMA meet.
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BTW, the USATF calendar links straight to the Daegu site, which isn’t helpful.
http://www.usatf.org/Events—Calendar/Team-USA-Events.aspx?year=2017
Does USATF have an earlier deadline than Daegu? Any other hoops to jump through?
We outta see a specific USATF page on how Americans enter worlds, and give Perthlike advice on lodging, transportation and visas:
http://www.usatf.org/Events—Calendar/2016/World-Masters-Athletics-Outdoor-Championships.aspx
The Daegu internet registration system is considerably delayed. I hope everything with Daegu is OK.
I got this reply from a Daegu LOC rep:
For the online registration, it has been delayed on the advice of WMA council.
We were planning to open registration system after 2016 Perth WMAC, general assembly in Perth(7 November 2016) but we guess we can open it soon because the program is already prepared.
For the closing date for entries, as you mentioned in the article, 24 January, 2017 is the deadline, but maximum period of two weeks will be permitted beyond the official closing date for entries, namely from 24 January to 7 February 2017, for the submission to the LOC of entry forms by the WMA Affiliates or National Federation.
We don’t have entries so far, but we are expecting 4,000 athletes (domestic athletes: 1,000, overseas athletes: 3,000) from 60 countries to be on the entries in March (These numbers are the best guess.)
When will open e-mail entory ??
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