IAAF ranking system will be functioned from today
The world athletics body IAAF is yet to officially release its new world ranking system but it has offered a peep into how it works.
Every performance in an international or national competition will be translated into a score, based on the IAAF scoring table.
Performances in the Olympics and World Championships (OW) will bring the maximum points with the Nationals (F) the least.
Incidentally, the Asian Championship (category GL) is ranked higher than the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games (both category A).
The best five performance points will be totalled and the average will be the athlete’s ranking score in his event.
Also, recent performances in a one-year cycle will have more value with points being deducted from performances older than nine months on the date of rankings.
