"Slim margin: Osleidys Menendez of Cuba won the gold medal and came within 1 centimeter of tying her world record in the javelin when she reached 71.53 meters, which converts to 234 feet, 8 inches. Her world record is 71.54, which converts to 234 feet, 8 inches. That proves the mathematical superiority of the metric system because with imperial measurements of throwing events greater than 100 feet, fractions of an inch are not used."
--John Crumpacker, San Francisco
Chronicle, 2004-08-28
