[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Someone help
> me with my 70's history, but I believe in the seventies we won the 100m one
> time, in the 80's we won the race once, in the 90's we won the race none, and
> did not medal in 96.
>
Didn't win the 100 at all in the 70s (Borzov and Crawford), but Lewis
In a message dated 10/24/00 10:06:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The US male sprinters scored Olympic sweeps of all three medals in:
100m - 1904 and 1912
200m - 1904, 1952, and 1984
400m - 1904, 1968, and 1988
The World Champs US sweeps are:
100m - 1983 and
Wayne writes:
> > On the men's side we had 2 Americans in both finals of the
> > 100 and 200. I do not ever remember the US sweepine the sprints, and
>only on
> > a few special occassions did we take 2 medals.
>
>The U.S. swept all three medals in '84 in the 200 as I remember.
The US male sp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On the men's side we had 2 Americans in both finals of the
> 100 and 200. I do not ever remember the US sweepine the sprints, and only on
> a few special occassions did we take 2 medals.
The U.S. swept all three medals in '84 in the 200 as I remember.
--
Wayne T.
In a message dated 10/24/00 10:00:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< This is the sort of arrogance which drives non-Americans absolutely nuts.
The fastest US junior this year has run 10.18. MLF has run 10.10, 10.12 and
10.13, the last of those into a headwind. I fail to
n OG semi final would never have been.
Justin
> --
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 4:48 pm
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Mark Lewis-Francis (was: Re: t-and-f: Embarassment)
>
> Nonsense!!! Y
To pick up this point from Darrell:
> the bottom line is that in sprints if the US does not take it
> seriously, it is downgraded, on the international level
>
This is the sort of arrogance which drives non-Americans absolutely nuts.
The fastest US junior this year has run 10.18. MLF has run 1
Nonsense!!! You make a terrible assumption and so did he. Who says he will
be back in 2004?! Jason Gardener was the best Brit last year, he got sick at
the WC, and got hurt this year, lost to a 17 yr old phenom, who graciously
gave up his spot for him. Dwain Chambers did not medal, Darren C
Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:18 am
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Mark Lewis-Francis (was: Re: t-and-f: Embarassment)
>
> ANd what sour grapes would I have? My athlete ran 44.66, the second
> fastest
> time by a junior ever. I have no sour g
ANd what sour grapes would I have? My athlete ran 44.66, the second fastest
time by a junior ever. I have no sour grapes to mash.
And I expect all you saw was him kiss the track. Of course, you missed the
looking back, the yelling at the crowd, the "look at me" theatrics that many
on this li
DGS wrote
> Mark Lewis-Francis should have been in Sydney, period! He opted out of
> Sydney so he could go to Lesser competition, dominate, and "clown" with
his
> friends. How come I have heard no mention of his antics? Were any of teh
> Brits embarassed by his bravado as he crossed the line i
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mark Lewis-Francis should have been in Sydney, period! He opted out of
> Sydney so he could go to Lesser competition, dominate, and "clown" with
his
> friends. How come I have heard no mention of his antics? Were any of teh
> Brits emb
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