The term world class is used way too often when referring to athletes. How do you define world class? Do you deem athletes "world class" based on the top 10/25/50 performances on the year-end world list or do you compare the athletes marks with the all-time lists? Is it based on a subjective time/height/distance? Do you base it on performance in major championships or how the athlete fared against the competition in the same era? Or is it a little bit of everything?
For example, I consider someone "world class" mostly on a subjective time/distance/height, or course taking into account performance in major championships. So for me it's something like this:
100 - sub 10.05
200 - sub 20.10
400 - sub 44.8
800 - sub 1:44
1500 - sub 3:32
5K - sub 13:10
Would like to hear how others define world class.
For example, I consider someone "world class" mostly on a subjective time/distance/height, or course taking into account performance in major championships. So for me it's something like this:
100 - sub 10.05
200 - sub 20.10
400 - sub 44.8
800 - sub 1:44
1500 - sub 3:32
5K - sub 13:10
Would like to hear how others define world class.
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