Tim Montgomery had ideal conditions and and ideal start. I don't get the point? That's the stuff records are about. Perfection.
What then do you say when the distance guys get 65 degrees, still air, low humidity, a fantastic field, great pacesetters on a perfect track in a stadium full of rabid fans with a million dollar purse.? Does one of you nuckleheads come up with a "perfect race" handicap to down play the results? >Why are we allowing the butchering of a world record >with all of this? Tim had the best of conditions that >EVERY sprinter PRAYS FOR! A 2.0 tailwind a dayum near >perfect reaction time. I am not a sub 10 sprinter, >but running in the pacific northwest area where >headwinds are stronger than a 2.0, I want a >tailwind...and it can be over the legal limit and if >the wind dectector breaks or have a bad day, then so >be it...i will use that time as a PR. > >As far as anticipating the gun, we all do it...we just >dont get caught...so does that make it wrong? The >object of the race is to win and in doing so, get a >fast time...which is what he did. As long as the >person does NOT move before the gun sounds, it should >be legal... .001 > >Congrats Tim Montgomery...u are now the world record >holder and everyone is chasing u and that record > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! News - Today's headlines >http://news.yahoo.com >
