Hi Wayne,
Maybe she didn't believe she could do well in either
and decided to use the WIC as a hard training session
for the WCC Championships? I not sure if I'd go along
with that theory but someone I know who is close to
Sonia said something along those lines PRIOR to the
WIC.
Sean
--- "Wayne T. Armbrust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am surprised that there has been so little
> discussion of the World
> Indoor Championships. Two things stand out for me:
>
> 1. The Men's 1500. How can the 1500 be won is such
> a slow time? The
> NCAA Division III meet had a faster winning time!
> The only logical
> explanation for such a slow time is that EVERY
> runner in the final must
> have believed that he had a better kick than EVERY
> other runner in the
> race!
>
> 2. Has anyone ever done anything stupider in a
> major championship than
> Sonia O'Sullivan's double in this meet? How did she
> think she could
> qualify in the 1500 and then do well in the 3000
> only one hour and
> forty-five minutes later? Did she think she was
> back at Villanova
> running against college girls?
>
> --
> Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D.
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