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Good point. The UK has already had its first ever repeat swimming champ and its first swimming 1-2 since 1908 plus diver Tom Daly finally getting gold...

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Marina Makeyeva (?spelling) later Stepanova? I think she ran the first sub 53 under the latter name in 1986.

Was the city Moscow?...

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To be fair, the majority of the world's population live between about 5 and 10 hours ahead of UTC....

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I have heard it before but only in the context of vehicles. For example, a car may go through homologation before it is allowed in a race series or to...

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On a similar tack, I remember a few Olympics back (it might have been Sydney in 2000), reading a newspaper article by the British-based American writer...

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Also, even without the timezone issues, a trans-Pacific flight must be pretty tiring so breaking it into 2 parts must be helpful....

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I've enjoyed what I've seen of the 3x3 basketball. There is a court in a park near me and I do see young guys playing a similar game....

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I don't know how much difference it makes that the Dutch are flying east and going forward in team while the Americans are flying west and going back...

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To non Americans it is odd as he ran it just before winning an Olympic silver for his country of birth, Kenya....

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Isn't that the American Record according to USATF but not the rest of the world?...

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It does seem difficult to replicate the gasps and "oohs" and "aahs" you will get with an actual crowd.

I can remember...

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You're making me feel old!...

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HJ and JT is a combo I'm not particularly aware of. However, 1984 Olympic women's JT champ Tessa Sanderson was a 6000+ heptathlete and actually first...

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Another reason why the 400 doesn't tend to lead to many changes in order is that those who score highly in it tend to have a strong first 4 events an...

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I think in most cases, they didn't start the 1500 so they would be DNFs for the whole decathlon....

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Only in the UK. You cannot be breaking UK law if you are watching it outside the UK....

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It just has a warning message and asks you to confirm that you have a licence/license, but you don't have to give any details....

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RIP

I remember seeing him attempt to roll back the years at the 1990 European Champs in Split (then still Yugoslavia) but he pulled up i...

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How would EPO help with speed maintenance in an event which is, as I understand it, 100% anaerobic?

Flo Jo's running action in 1988 did look...

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I know at Olympics and World Champs, the winning time in the 5000 sometimes is a long way from world-class (e.g 13:40 or slower), but it is rare for the...