Indian Airways Trivia...

[79.]

No, no Garry, it is not a spam...
My question is:
A 35 years-old Indian record has been beaten
recently.
What event was it?

[Jon]

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Heptathlon? (JJ Shobha)

[Powell]

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I suspect you're referring to men's LJ (8.08, the old mark was 8.07), although in fact the old record was a bit under 30 years old...

[79.]

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Correct, POWELL...
With such a name, I suppose that trivias about
long-jump have no secrets for you.

[RJMB_1]

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www.tilastopaja.com
Is an excellent site where this kind of current information can be found. Without signing up you can get comprehensive stats on:current worldwide performances, competitions, databased athletic histories of past athletes (major champs and pbs) and all current athletes seasonal performances back until 1997!

[hj197steve]

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Speaking of Indian athletes, here is an EASY one... who finished 4th in the 1960 OG 400 ? n

[EastBayprepoftheweek67]

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M. Singh.

[hj197steve]

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>M. Singh.

correct.

[Pego]

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Seeing Singh run in a turban was something else.

[hj197steve]

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>Seeing Singh run in a turban was something else.

Of course everyone knows who finished 1,2, in that Rome race, and we've said here that Singh was 4th, so who was 3, 5, and 6 in this 6 man final ?

[noone]

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There was Mal or Mel Spence who led at 200m in 21.5, and another Spence as well, one was South African, the other Jamaican. Maybe the #2 German, Kinder, was 6th?

[hj197steve]

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>There was Mal or Mel Spence who led at 200m in 21.5, and another Spence as
>well, one was South African, the other Jamaican. Maybe the #2 German, Kinder,
>was 6th?

forget "mel and mal", not them, but "Mal " from South Africa was in the top 6 but not 6... he was 3rd. But your're close on Kinder, he was 5th. And 6th was....?

[basis]

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the old India long jump record was at 8.07 (the new 8.08) and was achieved by T.C. Yohannan. He was ranked 7th in the world 1974 (by T&FN).

[hijumpsteve]

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just to clarify the Spences, there were THREE of them:

There were two brothers, Mel and Mal, from the Caribbean somewhere... ran at Arizona State in 800 and 400. They were NOT in the Rome race.
Mal Spence, from South Africa was... he's the one that finished 3rd.

[EastBayprepoftheweek67]

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And 6th was....?

Earle Young, USA