RE: t-and-f: better than Lindgren? (was: Ranking HS distance greats

[P.F.Talbot]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Mcewen, Brian T wrote:
> Shorter:
> *  5th in Olympic 10k, and a couple medals that should have been GOLDS
> *  2 ARs in 10k

With regards to Shorter I think we have to consider, because he was a
marathoner, other important races.  Fukuoka was the de facto world
championship in the marathon for awhile and Shorter won it, I think, four
times.  If you include the OG marathons, Shorter came out on top of the
world five (and arguably 6) times.  That is dominantion that is unlikely
to be replicated by anyone.

Paul

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