Yegorova was not unbeaten. She lost that slowish 300m (App. 9:30 minute) to Tomashova and Leah Malot at the final Garnd Prix event in Austarlia).
UG --------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Philip J Wyckoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: יום שלישי 02 אוקטובר 2001 04:55 Subject: t-and-f: Women's AOY >The big question here is where the voters will put Yegorova. I think >they'll be divided and she'll end up either just squeaking in or out of >top 10 completely. My position is that as she was not disqualified by >IAAF, in accordance with their rules, her season should be considered >with full merit. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. >Women's AOY > >Top contenders: > >Marion Jones. Obviously not her best season, yet with only one loss, and >a solid year of good (for MJ) and not great performances she deserves to >be in top 5. > >Mutola: WC and 3 top times and victories. Lost 2x to Graf, but beat her >3x and in bigger meets. The two were much closer than their male >counterparts Bucher?Borzakovsy. > >Szekely: Almost a clean season, but the one loss was a big one at >Edmonton against Szabo who didn't contest the 1500 much. She was under >4.02 8X. She'll win the selection for best in the 1500. > >Yegorova: 3x under 8.24 in 3000. Close to WR in 5000. Undefeated season >in 3 to 5K. Focused on 3000, had only 1 5000 race under 15, and also ran >4.02.6 in 1500. My choice for no: 2. > >Bidouane: Only 1 loss prior to Edmonton. Clear winner at WC with great >time, inevitable let down afterwards. 4x under 54 (+1 at 54.02). > >Dragila: Clear choice for No. 1. 10x over 15'. 2 WR in one meet. 6x over >15.5.75. Yet she came so close to losing the WC to waif Feofanova, who, >IMHO should be in top 10 too. ( 8x over 15' and, as far as I can tell, >lost only to Stacy. > >Lebedeva: Great season with 50'+ at Edmonton and 2'+ win. 5 top marks >over 48'7. Lost 3x to Marinova, but beat her decisively at WC and on at >least 3 other occasions. > >Menendez: One of the best Javelin seasons of all time. 6 of top 10 >throws. Huge series at WC (2x over 69 metres, 2 at 218', only one throw >less than 2d place Tzeliili. WC and WR. Lost only to her Cuban team >mates. > >Kuzenkova: she'll win the ranking race but lost by one inch to Moreno at >WC. Had 6 of top 10. > >Korolchik: lost only once, had 4 of top 10 and was WC by 2'5". > >My choices: > >1. Dragila. >2. Yegorova. >3. Menendez. >4. Jones. >4. Lebedeva. >5. Bidouane. >6. Szekely. >7. Mutola. >8. Korolchik. >9. Feofanova. >10. Kuzenkova. > >My heart wasn't in this, for obvious reasons (9-11). I completed it 10 >days ago and am now just sending it. > >Phil Wyckoff >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. >
