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The 'bottle-necking' issue is partly resolved by the fact that WA/IAAF allowing the 2 days of field events in the women's dec to be reversed so that you...

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I think with squash the pre-game on court warm-up is as much about warming up the ball as the players. I

It's quite popular in the UK. The...

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Many of the top heptathletes in the world have coaches who either coach or have coached decathletes. However, that doesn't mean that learning PV isn't...

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Still no 3 on the UK a-t list behind Kriss Akabusi and Dai Greene.

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Yes, times and distances have to be considered relative to their era. If you greatly improve the WR and/or hold it for a long time then that marks you...

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Phelps, like a T&F athlete, can be assessed by the clock (or 'tape measure' on the field) as well as the titles he won....

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Outside of Wimbledon, the only grass court events of note I can think of are largely warm-up events for Wimbledon (Halle, Queen's Club, Eastbourne, Birmingham...

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Yes, I think it may be a good place before about mid May and after about mid September. In between these times, Scandinavia and other more northerly locations...

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According to this Scott shot 92:

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/12...1467376117200/...

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I would agree that swimming fatigues the body less than running in general. I have a few times swam 1000m and, despite it taking much longer, my body...

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When my Dad was 21 he ran about 50.0 for 440y, he has never learnt to swim....

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Yes, the guy who finished second in about 13:20 thought he had won. He'd assumed that Moorcroft was a pacer and must have dropped out....

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Certainly agree with this. I would expect over 99% of able-bodied 21 year old men to be able to run 100m in less than double Bolt's WR (i.e. 19.16) with...

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That's very true. For example, people raised in the North of England hear words like 'bath' pronounced with a long 'a' sound pretty much all their lives...

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This was played upon in the name of the great Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....

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Of course 26:11 is an absolutely immense achievement and, for me, probably edges his 5000 and Mondo for performance of the year. However, in a similar...

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How about that the latter guy has regularly beaten many of the other top exponents in that event such as the reigning World Champ and the last 2 Olympic...

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Don't most people have phones with a stopwatch function? In my experience, most people are quite happy to watch without using one. As a seasoned timekeeper...

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Do poor people buy new cars?...

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A quadriped is a more streamlined shape in the air than us bipeds!