Hold the phone there, mon, didn't Parrella just test positive?
Tony Craddock
At 12:38 PM 8/9/00 -0400, franno wrote:
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>From: Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:35 AM
>Subject: Re: t-and-f: Micheal Johnson
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>
> > >
> > > The Americans will NOT beat Obikwelu, Thompson, Boldon or Da Silva. NO
> > > MEDAL. They could be running 19.2's.
> >
> >
> > America has a better shot of placing two on the 200 stand than the 100
>stand
> > .. Of the individuals you named previosuly, only Boldon has a better PR
>than
> > Capel .. And none of them have better seasonal times than the 3 Americans
> > who will be in Sydney .. And if you don't think surviving the Trials in
>what
> > has got to be one of the largest pre-hyped media circuses in history did
>not
> > strengthen these 3 men then you deserve the shock you are going to receive
> > when at least one (if not 2) of them medal at the games .. Boldon has a
> > history of cracking in the big meets (indoors and outdoors), Thompson has
> > never broken 20.00 and has not performed at his own top level for bout 3
> > years now .. And da Silva has been solid but not great .. The onlyone of
>the
> > group that has shown any improvement this year is Obikwelu who I would
> > expect to medal at the games .. But I am afraid that a 9.97 100 PR is not
> > going to get him close enough to 19.20 !!!
> >
> > > I will be sure to remind you of this post periodically.
> >
> > ACtually I am willing to bet that therte are many on this list who will be
> > more than happy to remind YOU of the post at the appropriate time ..
> >
> >
>
>Let me clarify. The "they" is not meant to refer to Boldon. Obikwelu etc.
>
>"They" refers to the Americans. Even if "they" run 19.2 they will receive
>a whipping that will ensure that the people on this list shut up, or revert
>to the usual arguments about drugs, led by Mr. Conway himself.
>
>Let's face it. The world has gone past your sprint coaches. Do you
>remember what happened at the World Championships in Seville? Men's 400m
>final? 3 fastest men in the world? I bet you all thought sweep. Just like
>you're thinking now for the 200m. Did you know about Cardenas and
>Parrella?
>
>Bad coaching will ensure that at least 2 of your guys fail to make the
>final. Capel cannot hold his form until September. My prediction about
>the 200m has nothing to do with ability. It has everything to do with a
>lack of respect for the coaching received by Miller, Heard and Capel.
>
>The same thing will happen at the Olympics. Forget Capel and Heard. If YOU
>CANNOT RUN THE TIMES IN EUROPE, THEN YOU HAVE NOT RUN THE TIMES. Suddenly
>fast times run by the Americans on Day 9 of the trials do not count, in my
>opinion.
>
>Lets recap some of these times.
>
>Coby Miller 19.96 What did he run in the 100m? His better event?
>Bernard Williams 20.03 Same question?
>Floyd Heard 19.88
>JOANNA HAYES ! 12.65
>ANGIE VAUGHAN 12.83 Cracks 13.00 for the first time in 2-3 years.
>Tonya Lawson 12.78
>Melissa Morrison 12.57
>Sharon Jewell 12.68 ran 13.6 yesterday in Austria
>
>Amazing!
>
>
>You got to reproduce these times somewhere else. I for one do NOT believe
>them.
>
>
>Regards
>
>Stephen Francis
