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Makes me wonder about the throws WRs for left-handers. I remember the Italian hammer thrower Nicola(?) Vizzoni a few years back being a 'lefty'.

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When considering the Greatest Of All Time in an event you have to consider the standards of the time when people competed. Otherwise, for example, you...

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The problem is that no single meet promoter would dare to be the first one to try and sign-up athletes with such a deal as they would struggle to get...

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While historically MtF has been more common....

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At least, although she would have to have hung around another 5 years for the hep to become the multi-event for women. I would guess that a 31 year old...

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No it is 400m now. In 2004 there was quite a big meet to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bannister's run. I didn't officiate then, although I know quite...

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The method used might identify the most popular from each state, it can't identify the most popular in a state as Wikipedia visits can come from anywhere...

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Asafa Powell once set a WR at Gateshead on June 11th. It was an unusually warm day for early summer in the North-East of England though....

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I can certainly see the Dutch men going 3:01 or quicker sometime.

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She is indeed, unlike her acting siblings and, saddest of all, her daughter, Natasha Richardson....

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Looking back 2003 and 2005 represented the last time successive WCs were in the same region. I am pretty sure WA/IAAF are trying to avoid it....

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Apparently, Poland are considering a bid to host the Worlds at this stadium (55,000 capacity).

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Also a lot of athletes at this time of year will lack the race fitness to run well 2 days in a row....

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I tend to agree that the best place to put a slower runner is the 3rd leg as that seems to offer the best opportunity for them to try and 'hang on' as...

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Agreed, a golfer has a small chance of matching a hole in one on a par 3, but an infinitesimal chance on a par 5.

I've always presumed that...

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It was another 12 years before anyone jumped 28 feet....

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Defending LJ champion Lynn Davies likened being in that competition with Beamon to being in a sudden-death golf play-off and your opponent getting a hole...

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Yes, she just beat Shirley Strong. She was a pretty decent hurdler, but I do think if she had edged it, it would now be commonly regarded as the softest...

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While as a competition it was the least memorable of the 3 won by British athletes that evening, it was the most unexpected. As regards quality, they...

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My guess is that before WWI or perhaps even WWII, it is quite difficult to assess levels of performance relative to the standards at that time. While...