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Elpoca
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"When I go to heaven, they're going to tell me where I really finished in the world."
Ted McClelland
suggests that
women's track and field records
be abolished to "give today's runners realistic times to chase."
An
As It Happens
(CBC) interview with McClelland begins around 11:40 of this link.
posted by
kneecapped
on Aug 29, 2011 -
38 comments
At age 17, Bonnie Richardson won the Texas state track team championship all by herself.
Then she did it again
.
posted by
MegoSteve
on Sep 26, 2009 -
63 comments
Justin Gatlin
is now the
fastest man alive
(in fact, he's faster than anyone not alive, as well).
posted by
Elpoca
on May 12, 2006 -
31 comments
Asafa
Powell
has set a
new 100 meters
world record
.
posted by
Elpoca
on Jun 14, 2005 -
15 comments
the mile of the century
Fifty years ago today,
Roger Bannister
, the first man to break the 4-minute mile, and
John Landy
, who beat his record
a month-and-a-half later
, squared off in
Vancouver BC
to determine who was the
fastest runner in the history of the world
, in what is arguably
the most dramatic sporting event of the 20th Century
. The record for the mile has gone down astonishingly through the years, but are there
limits
on how low it can go? (View video of the historic Bannister vs. Landy matchup
here
.
posted by
F4B2
on Aug 7, 2004 -
11 comments
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