Versatile throwers

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According to Merriam-Webster, historical is the general term meaning ‘pertaining to history’ while historic has come to mean famous or legendary....

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When I hear Marie-Josée Perec, I have to think of her unwillingness to do battle with Cathy Freeman on Sydney. The Australian press was very hard on...

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Which throwers have been the most versatile? Without looking it up, I am pretty sure Micheline Ostermeyer and Tamara Press have won Olympic gold in SP...

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Thanks Garry. I would like to point out that "no one" who was active in that thread, and I (noone) are two different people.
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I remember reading that Canadian marathon runner Jerome Drayton, whose birth name was Peter Buniak, changed his name because he admired Harry Jerome and...

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But he said the fourth digit was double that of the fourth digit of the other year. I assumed fourth meant last digit....

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This is very confusing. Two Olympic years 68 years apart might be 1896-1964, 1900-1968, 1904-1972, 1908-1976, 1912-1980. By 1920 our mystery athlete...

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Herb Elliott in Rome, 3:35.6 WR

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I think there was also a snowboarder who won gold. Name escapes me though...

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Vanessa Redgrave, ergo Vassily Rudenkow

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I am pretty sure he claimed it was 20,000

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[QUOTE=aaronk;n1686130]
Not to mention his count of 10,000 women he took to bed!
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You seem to imply that negative-splitting is somehow a better feat than positive-splitting. I don’t get it....

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Beamon not Neamon

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Rudisha, Neamon, Elliott
Take your pick...

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Torrance! And there I was, wondering if Jesse Ventura ever set a WR🙂

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Are you sure she competed in Melbourne?

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I don’t think dukehjsteve meant for us to pick the biggest surprise winner, he would have said so. Some surprise winners later confirmed their surprise...

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Yes I agree, not hard. The initials in the title are very helpful....

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Did you happen to read the title of the thread?...