Who was the last male junior beating a WR?
I have a name but he didn't have the WJR!
I think Moses Kiptanui (21) is the youngest recordholder in 3000m steeple
(8.02.08-92).
Hans-Erik Pettersson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mcewen, Brian T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'t-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu' (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: RE: t-and-f: Cherono almost catches Lindgren
> << Stephen Cherono (date of birth 15Oct82) set a world junior record in the
> 3000 steeple of 7:58.66 at Van Damme meet last Friday. >>
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> I thought Raymond Yator's 2000 "WJR" of 8:03 for the Steeple would last a
> long, long time.
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> But, they found a "new" faster "junior" in Kenya.
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> I believe that 3.38secs/3000m (= 0.00113 secs/m) is the smallest difference
> in percentage terms between the WR and WJR for any running event, for men at
> least.
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> If that same percentage difference could be achieved for other events, the
> "WJR's" would be:
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> 100m: 9.90
> 400m: 43.63
> 800m: 1:42.00
> 1500m: 3:27.68
> 5k: 12:44.83
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> However, maybe teenagers can come closer to seniors in an undemanding event
> like the steeple. It's such a short race and those hurdles take so little
> out of you when you are just a kid. Maybe you don't need years of training
> to run 63's over the barriers for 8 min. UGH!
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