It was just pointed out on another thread that Deena Drossin, the US leader in the womens marathon, ran a fast enough time earlier this year in the marathon (2:21:16 in London 4/03) to qualify her for the Men's Oly Trials marathon (2:22 "B" standard).
My question is has this ever happened before in the marathon or in any other T&F event?
Given this can't we conclude that the standard is to low (not fast enough) in the men's marathon, especially given that Deena time is over 5 minutes off (over 4%) the womens world record in the event.
My question is has this ever happened before in the marathon or in any other T&F event?
Given this can't we conclude that the standard is to low (not fast enough) in the men's marathon, especially given that Deena time is over 5 minutes off (over 4%) the womens world record in the event.
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