In a message dated Wed, 11 Apr 2001 6:39:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Conway Hill"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<< My intent was not to try to defend the marks made by the Chinese ... There are
many reasons to "question" what was accomplished by Ma's Army ... My point, however,
was that to draw suspicion upon a record because "it seemed beyond what the individual
had done before or since" is not a rational reason in and of itself for questioning
marks ... And too often (especially in this day and age of drugs, supplements, etc)
suspicion at what is "not normal" comes all too quickly >>
Actually, a significant number of the marks you mentioned in your first post are
indeed "not normal," but drugs play no part. But wind, altitude, timing and hardness
of track were significant wild-card variables which played a definitite part in
producing "anomalous" marks that perhaps wouldn't have happened under more standard
conditions.
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