I'm not convinced there's any quality difference in the results. I don't think it's a fair to compare Feofanova's results (x number of all-time marks) in an event that has only been contested at an elite level for not much more than a handful of years and then compare Guevara to Koch et al.
Anyway, it's a toss up between them and you'd call heads and I'd call tails. On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > definitely counts, but the quality of results should also play a role. Guevara > did not exactly reign supreme as did Feofanova. > > UG > ========== > > Quoting Ben Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Guevara had 0 losses. Feofanova had 2. Going undefeated counts for > > something. > > > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Steve Bennett wrote: > > > > > "Guevara, > > > who may have beaten everybody but running not terribly impressive > > 400s" > > > > > > > > > 49.16 Ana Guevara MEX04 03 19771Zürich16 08 2002 > > > 49.25 Ana Guevara 1Monaco19 07 2002 > > > 49.51 Ana Guevara 1Roma12 07 2002 > > > 49.56 Ana Guevara 1Madrid20 09 2002 > > > 49.69 Ana Guevara 1Bruxelles30 08 2002 > > > 49.90 Ana Guevara 1Paris14 09 2002 > > > 49.91 Ana Guevara 1Berlin06 09 2002 > > > > > > 7 times under 50s is pretty good but agreed Feofanovas performances > > seem > > > better. > > > > > > > > > > > > regards > > > Steve Bennett > > > www.oztrack.com > > > AthleticsTraining.com > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > > > UG > > > ------------- > > > > > > Quoting ghill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > RADCLIFFE & EL GUERROUJ NAMED ATHLETES OF THE YEAR > > > > > > > > Mountain View, California--Track & Field News has named Paula > > > > Radcliffe of Great Britain and Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco as its > > > > > > 2002 Athletes Of The > > > > Year in its December edition. > > > > > > > > T&FN's international panel of experts made marathon World Record > > > > setter Radcliffe, 28, an almost unanimous choice for No. 1, > > according > > > > her the top > > > > spot on 32 of the 35 ballots. The other votes for No. 1 went to > > Marion > > > > Jones > > > > (2) and Ana Guevara (1). > > > > > > > > In becoming just the second ever to be named men's AOY three times > > > > > > (Carl Lewis did it in 198284), mile star El Guerrouj had a very > > tough > > > > battle. > > > > Indeed, voting runner-up Khalid Khannouchi actually got more > > 1st-place > > > > votes, 17-16. But the marathoner World Record setter had less > > support > > > > across > > > > the board, so El Guerrouj, 28, was able to defend his status as No. > > 1. > > > > Hurdler Felix Sánchez (4) and sprinter Tim Montgomery (1) also got > > > > 1st-place > > > > votes. > > > > > > > > Men's Voting Leaders: > > > > 1. Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco--1500m) 344 > > > > 2. Khalid Khannouchi (US--marathon) 319 > > > > 3. Felix Sánchez (Dominican Republic--400 hurdles) 303 > > > > 4. Róbert Fazekas (Hungary--discus) 245 > > > > 5. Adam Nelson (US--shot put) 188 > > > > 6. Tim Montgomery (US--100m) 157 > > > > 7. Sergey Makarov (Russia--javelin) 145 > > > > 8. Roman Sebrle (Czech Republic--decathlon) 120 > > > > 9. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark--800m) 90 > > > > 10. Francisco Fernández (Spain--20K walk) 63 > > > > > > > > Women's Voting Leaders: > > > > 1. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain--distances) 344 > > > > 2. Marion Jones (US--sprints) 305 > > > > 3. Ana Guevara (Mexico--400m) 265 > > > > 4. Svetlana Feofanova (Russia--pole vault) 189 > > > > 5. Tatyana Kotova (Russia--long jump) 172 > > > > 6. Gail Devers (US--100 hurdles) 161 > > > > 7. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden--high jump) 149 > > > > 8. Süreyya Ayhan (Turkey--1500m) 144 > > > > 9. Maria Mutola (Mozambique--800m) 65 > > > > 10. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia--400 hurdles) 40 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
