Halkia's advantage revealed

[guru]

Quote in USA Today(8/27):

"Greeks were born to be winners; they are born to be first. It's inscribed in our cells. It is the best gift our ancestors bequethed upon us."

Take that PED conspiracy freaks!!!

[Kurt Francis]

Re: Halkia's advantage revealed

Yes, of course...knew it had to be the Greek heritage

What malarkey.

Kurt

[George P.]

Re: Halkia's advantage revealed

The Greeks have been at this stuff for a long time. Arguably they've won more than they've lost (especially in the early years, circa 450 BC).

[Hulk]

Re: Halkia's advantage revealed

>Quote in USA Today(8/27):

>It's inscribed in our cells.

So, they're on the forefront of genetic engineering, eh... The game's up!

[Mel]

Re: Halkia's advantage revealed

"Greeks were born to be winners; they are born to be first. It's inscribed in our cells. It is the best gift our ancestors bequethed upon us."

And anything that ails you, just use Windex to cure it.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259446/

[Randy Treadway]

Re: Halkia's advantage revealed

So with that kind of genetic advantage, what's the Greeks' excuse for LOSING 98% of the events? Their result/genetic advantage ratio is the poorest of anybody in the Olympics!!

[Jack Slocombe]

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<What malarkey>

You know, the Greeks invented marlarkey!

[Randy Treadway]

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They invented the internet too- oh wait a minute, that was Al- I forgot.

[Pego]

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<"Greeks were born to be winners; they are born to be first. It's inscribed in our cells. It is the best gift our ancestors bequethed upon us.">

400 years under Turkish occupation is a winners' stuff, I guess. If people only thought before they yap!?

[Ten Bears]

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A minor quibble, but Gore never said he invented the Internet. He said he promoted it in the Senate, which he did.

[Petran]

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And of course 228 years of history aren't enough to judge us.....

[adamiw]

Re: Halkia's advantage revealed

she's on it and so is the triple jumpers. Someone tell me how much their pbs have improved this season? I think Halkia's is by over a second and the triple jumpers' is by over a meter. Huge improvements, and come at a very convenient time.

I hate jumping to cynical conclusions, but that's the way the sport is these days. I can't take any extraordinary performance for granted.

[ptbaron]

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what do the last 208 years prove?

[IBswed]

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Wasn't Halkia just as Greek last year when she was running 57 for the 400H? Perhaps she became a lot more Greek over the off season and that's how she won.

[bigred]

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Interesting fact, Halkia's hurldes PB is now faster than her outdoor open 400m PB. That's according to Carol Lewis..not sure where she digs up her facts, ..she obviously wanted that fact to hang out there for the viewer to obviously question her improvement.