A trials system weeds out those who might have a single bad day. Which,
coincidence of all coincidences, are the precise conditions the athlete
will find at the Olympics. A single bad day? Such is life.
Track could always switch to the ice skating method of selection. ;^0
malmo
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We could, but how long would it take to reach agreement on a scoring system?
malmo wrote:
> A trials system weeds out those who might have a single bad day. Which,
> coincidence of all coincidences, are the precise conditions the athlete
> will find at the Olympics. A single bad day? Such is lif