t-and-f: Re:

2001-10-02 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
Two comments. 1) Especially given that many will hesitate to nominate Yegorova (the most dominant athlete of the year), Takahashi will be a strong candidate. Given the distrbution of the electors, though, I can see Marion Jones re-voted for. 2) Why isn't Christiansen's WR in beating a field as

Re: t-and-f: Women's AOY

2001-10-02 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
Yegorova was not unbeaten. She lost that slowish 300m (App. 9:30 minute) to Tomashova and Leah Malot at the final Garnd Prix event in Austarlia). UG - -Original Message- From: Philip J Wyckoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: t-and-f: little did we realize...

2001-09-29 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
What about Kipchumba's WR (27:30.5?). UG -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: ùáú 29 ñôèîáø 2001 02:20 Subject: t-and-f: little did we realize... when the couple of thousand of us who saw the hot 10K at STanford on

Re: t-and-f: Khannouchi makes plea for tolerance and understanding

2001-09-22 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
...and possibly 10 others, unless athelete was used in the world wide sense of track and field athelete. UG -- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: éåí ùéùé 21 ñôèîáø 2001 18:28 Subject: Re:

Re: t-and-f: 30 year (very) old thing

2001-08-27 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
... At what point do we stop accepting that form varies/improves/declines? otherwise i can give you a list of future Olympians who i beat as a 13 year old... i always thought it was dodgy that they made it and i didn't... At 03:59 PM 8/27/2001, Prof. Uri Goldbourt wrote: A story would be needed to explain

Re: t-and-f: Suzy's thoughts about Edmonton and the rest of the season

2001-08-22 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
Will it hamper the reporting and/or analyzing atheltics (I refer to the sports strangely named track and filed in teh USA and Canada) if we resorted to just accepting and respecting Hamilton-Favor's explanation of what she went through, and accept her reasoning why she will/will not

Re: t-and-f: Pre's education (was: How to train NOT to be able to kick and win races.!!

2001-08-22 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
One thing I recollect clearly is that Jazy, who had sufferred at the hands - should I say feet- of Bodo Tummler and Norpoth in the mid-sixties in relatively slow 1500m races, won a hectic 5000m dual against Norpoth at the 1966 Euro championships (Jazy's last active year in atheltics) in

t-and-f: Re: Yegorova - the only enormous improver?

2001-08-20 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
By the way: A careful look at Yegorva's achievement last year will demonstarte that her progress was less enormous than many an athlete in the past, who still bask in glory - Florence Griffith-Joyner a988 amazing breakthrough first and foremost, but not only her The positive EPO examination

Re: t-and-f: More jeers for Yegorova

2001-08-20 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
Randall, Some doubt is left after this as to who is one eyed. But one or two eyes, let's keep an open mind. Chhers, UG At 09:28 20/08/01 +0100, Randall Northam wrote: on 20/8/01 6:23 AM, Prof. Uri Goldbourt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Radcliffe, in the meanwhile is also developing

Re: t-and-f: More jeers for Yegorova

2001-08-19 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
Radcliffe, in the meanwhile is also developing into the world's greatest whiner in atheletics. Yegorova in particualer, or drug taking in general, had nothing to do with Paula's failure to medal in the 10,000 M in Sydney or last week, and perhaps she should take a year off - not the track as

Re: t-and-f: Let the USA bashing begin!

2001-08-14 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
Very true! The men's race began at temperaures of 27 centigrade which hardly dropped during the ensuing 2 hours. The wpmen's race began at 17 and rose to 23. That's a world of difference. UG -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: t-and-f: WARNING - USATF RESULTS DISCUSSED - DO NOT PAGE DOWN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE

2001-06-24 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
...Also 10 years foro Heike Drechsler in the long jump (1983-1993). At 09:47 24/06/01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated Sat, 23 Jun 2001 8:54:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Alan Shank [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What a kick With Tyree Washington not making the final, and

RE: t-and-f: Christian Science Monitor: factual error?

2001-05-21 Thread Prof. Uri Goldbourt
Previous co-holder of the 1500m with more famous countryman Sandor Iharos and with Dane gunnar Nilssen, at 3:40.8, in 1955 (broke Landy's 3:41.8, set on teh occasion of the second-ever sub-4-minute mile in 1954). Second dstring, often to Iharos or Roszavolgiy (who also broke taht record