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Miloslava Rezková?

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I assumed the connection was Maurice Greene.

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Larry Black?

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RIP Ed

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Lee Barnes?

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Right; even a strong hobby player couldn't fool a real GM like Federtiu for long. Which is why there aren't many stories of completely fake GMs; and the...

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Also, GM titles are forever. Even if a grandmaster's several decades past their peak and their rating has fallen precipitously, they're still a grandmaster;...

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There was Alexandru Crisan, who was very much a fake GM; and probably some other, less notorious cases as well. But in general, yes....

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Renny Quow came pretty close in Berlin '09, IAAF handbook gives his splits as 22.43-22.59.

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John Anderson

(No clue on the clue here, either.)

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Another NR down in Vaasa (two-day meet); 4:05.39 w1500 for Sara Kuivisto. Looks like she'll sneak into the Olympics on ranking in both the 800 and the...

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Mäkelä also broke the old NR (and Oly qualifying standard) with 14.41 a couple days ago.

wHT, Vaasa:
1. Silja Kosonen 73.43 (NR,...

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Thanks to Atticus and miketandf; and congratulations to the T&FN prognosticators!

Should have trusted my heart more and my head less...

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10.12 - 9.20....