give an athlete an unfair advantage over others.To wit, earrings, chains, bracelets are all no-nos, but watches are OK, as they are considered as "track equipment," even though they could potentially
I once was flagged by an official seconds before the 3200 start for wearing a running watch, so I took it off and tossed into the infield. I never saw it again. I'm still kind of pissed about that. :-)
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Lee Nichols
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