No but distance races in tough conditions are handicapped all the time to point out how great a run they were despite the conditions. The knuckleheads don't play favourites. Regards, Martin
malmo wrote: > 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 > >
