Well, the US Olympic trials for Track and Field are underway this weekend.
Naturally, field events in the Olympics, the national trials, etc are entirely
measured in metric and the qualifying standards are stated in metric.
Some media coverage respects the original measurements and reports them (with a
few conversions thrown in afterwards)). This is the way it should be reported:
http://www.examiner.com/article/hammer-throw-kicks-off-track-field-us-olympic-team-trials-2012
(Yes, AP, the actual results, really measured in metric, ARE important to the
story. More important than some made-up, rounded number that WASN'T measured.)
Others do their best to either pretend the metric system doesn't exist or no
sane person would use it to measure an athlete's performance in full obediance
to AP dictates:
http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Kibwe-Johnson-and-Amber-Campbell-win-hammer-3653302.php
(However, note that 2/3 down, one paragraph oddly switches to metric with no
comparison to the imperial preceeding it. Is the goal to make sure we don't
know what they are talking about?)
