Greek lawyer unknowingly qualifies for Rio Olympics

[KamaAina]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/greek-lawyer-unknowingly-qualifies-for-rio-olympics-201523706.html

Turns out that the 30-year-old attorney had unknowingly qualified for the Rio Olympics in March of 2015 while competing in the Rome Marathon.

Despite his time in the race being 10 minutes too slow for Olympic qualification, the 30-year-old attorney had made it onto the Greek marathon team on a technicality. The time limit for men’s marathon runners in the Olympics is two hours and 29 minutes. Kalomiris’ time had been 2:29.30, 10.5 minutes too slow, to be precise.

However, there’s a stipulation in the regulations set by the International Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) that dictates an athlete may still qualify should they finish in the top 10 of a Gold Label event. And last year’s Rome Marathon was a Gold Label event.

“The conditions were tough, with constant rain and cold,” said Kalomiris to Greek publication Ekathimerini. “Better athletes in the race decided to give up.”

[El Supremo]

1. Didn't a Greek win the first Marathon?

I say he gets in!

[bluedigger]

2. Sounds like a good ruling to me.