2026 Special Circumstances Application

Athletes who claim special circumstances will be required to provide relevant recent race results. Results must be for distances/discipline that the application is being made for or provide clear evidence of relevance to the event. All race results must show the applicants finishing within 20% of first place in their respective Age Group of the event (e.g. 35-39) and be no more than 6 months old, unless the athlete lives in the northern hemisphere. In this case results up to 12 months old will be considered. Links should be provided to online race results and relevant contextual information about the event(s) (e.g. size of fields) should be included. This will help the selectors understand the relevance of the race(s) concerned in determining that the athlete concerned has the ability to finish in the top three quarters of the World Championship Age Group field.

The Special Circumstance Application fee is to acknowledge the manual review process which is undertaken by the Age Group Selection Commission as well as selection through qualifying at the elected selection event. This Fee is non-refundable, regardless of the applications outcome