Greetings, all Who won the M50 gold medal in the discus at Brisbane WAVA? Two distinctly different sets of results have emerged since the event took place July 10, 2001.
The Brisbane Web site at http://www.worldvac2001.com.au/wavaresults/m50dt.htm says Tom Fahey of the USA was first: 1 52424 Fahey, Thomas M53 USA 52.24m 60.23m 84.70% 2 52192 Koca, Vlastimil M52 CZE 48.80m 55.05m 77.41% 3 52575 Telga, Ferenc F M53 HUN 48.04m 55.39m 77.89% 4 52570 Angloupas, StylianM54 GRE 46.88m 55.21m 77.63% 5 52153 Zhurba, Viktor M50 UKR 46.53m 50.19m 70.57% 6 52076 Dekker, Jack R M52 NED 43.17m 48.70m 68.48% 7 52348 Kinadeter, Georg M54 GER 42.53m 50.08m 70.43% 8 52543 Baraldo, Luciano M54 ITA 42.53m 50.08m 70.43% 9 52333 Blume, Hans-JurgenM51 GER 41.46m 45.75m 64.33% 10 52513 Hedendal, Bruce E M53 USA 41.32m 47.64m 66.99% So does Russ Haines, editor of Athletics Courier in Australia, whose results at: http://www.masterstrack.com/meets2001/intl/WAVA2001Field.html say: 1 Thomas Fahey USA 52.24 84.70% 2 Vlastimil Koca CZE 48.80 77.41% 3 Ferenc Telga HUN 48.04 77.89% 4 Stylian Angloupas GRE 46.88 77.63% 5 Viktor Zhurba UKR 46.53 70.57% 6 Jack Dekker NED 43.17 68.48% 7 Georg Kinadeter GER 42.53 70.43% 8 Luciano Baraldo ITA 42.53 70.43% 9 Hans-Jurgen Blume GER 41.46 64.33% 10 Bruce Hedendal USA 41.32 66.99% But National Masters News, in its August 2001 edition that includes complete-as-possible Brisbane results, reports these results: 1. Peter Gordon 50 GBR 56.97m 86.4% 2. Tom Fahey 53 USA 52.24m 84.7% 3. Vlastimil Koca 52 CZE 48.80m 77.4% 4. Neil Griffin 53 GBR 48.49m 78.6% 5. Ferenc Telga 53 HU 48.04m 77.8% 6. Stylian Angloupas GRE 46.88 77.63% 7. Viktor Zhurba UKR 46.53 70.57% 8. Jack Dekker NED 43.17 68.48% (NMN doesn't list results past 8th place) The big question: What happened to Britons Peter Gordon (1st in NMN results) and Neil Griffin (4th in NMN results)? The logical answer is: They were disqualified sometime after the fact, and their results were subsequently removed from the public record (but before National Masters News could update its own set). If this isn't merely a results glitch on the part of the Brisbane Organizing Committee (or a mistake on the part of National Masters News), this leads to some serious questions about the DQs. The most obvious that comes to mind is doping -- that results of drug tests at Brisbane found Gordon and Griffin afoul of IAAF anti-doping regimens. Given WMA and IAAF's traditional hesitancy to disclose any information about doping, it's not suprising that these dueling results exist. But if a DQ has in fact taken place, and especially if it involves a doping violation, it is incumbent upon WMA (nay, an obligation) to inform the competitors and the public about the circumstances of this change. Griffin, by the way, was the M50 discus gold medalist at the 1999 Gateshead WAVA meet and Fahey was the silver medalist, thusly: 1 Neil Griffin M51 Great Britain/N. Ir 54.29m 2 Thomas D Fahey M51 United States Of Am 52.66m 3 Stilianos Agloupas M52 Greece 50.69m 4 Ferenc Tegla M52 Hungary 49.42m 5 Luciano Baraldo M52 Italy 47.65m In 1999, Peter Gordon was the M45 discus silver medalist, thusly: 1 Cejza Valent M45 Czech Republic 53.18m 2 Peter Gordon M48 Great Britain/N. Ir 48.97m 3 Sandor Katona M45 France 47.70m 4 Lothar Pomgratz M47 Germany 43.67m Anyone out there have information that can shed light on this discrepancy -- and remove any suspicion of taint upon the "removed" athletes? Thanks muchly. Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com
