>
>The bottom line is that I had somebody who should know how to do the match do
>this, and his conclusion was that lane 5 in Sacramento is tighter than lane 1
>(!) on a max-radius track like Atlanta.
>
>gh
Very interesting, especially when we consider the fact that the
times were
At 10:46 AM 8/10/00 -0400, franno wrote:
>ORIGINAL ARGUMENT
>
>ONly SHORT sprinters coached by JOHN SMITH WILL medal at the Olympics 2000.
>Therefore, no medals for the USA in the 200m.
>
>
>This is recorded for posterity.
>
>
>Stephen Francis
Why don't we all cut out the frustration an
Garry Hill made some good points about the proposed IAAF system of
ranking. I'm not trying to write a complete critique, but I'd like to
mention a couple of fatal flaws in their system.
The quality of competition is not the same for every event of a
meet. Thus, a national ch
At 01:32 AM 10/13/2000 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In a message dated 10/12/00 2:13:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
><< Lesson to be learned. Don't be afraid to lose. When all you can
> think of is first place then often you lose the ability to place highly
> (ie
> I don't think Christie can be considered among the top 5 because he wasn't
> dominant in his era. I think we're giving short shrift to the pre 1964
> sprinters. What about Bobby Morrow, Jesse Owens or Charlie Paddock? I
> suspect Cordner Nelson has some thoughts on that.
>
I agree
Or #5. GH might be busy reporting the Olympics.
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