Point well taken, therefore let us wait those 5 years. I assume that 4.80 will remain very special by 2007 and I doubt whether 5 meters will be achieved by then. But time will tell.
UG =============== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "T&FMail List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:00 AM Subject: Re: t-and-f: T&FN names AOYs > At 01:10 PM 12/5/2002 -0800, t-and-f-digest wrote.. > >Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:43:40 -0000 > >From: "Uri Goldbourt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: t-and-f: T&FN names AOYs > > > >Make it North American bias, > > > >As for 5 years from now - the same was said of 12.3-12.4 100m hurdles times > >in the late 1970s and early 1980s, remember? > > A big difference: the distance (and perhaps spacing) of the hurdles was > changed. In other words it was just a variation on an old event. The pole > vault is truly a brand new event for women, even more so than the 400 > hurdles and triple jump. > > > Richard McCann
