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Old 11-05-2005, 03:29 PM
Clarkmeister Clarkmeister is offline
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Default Re: The most impressive feat in sports recently?

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To me, it just seems like that would be the case.

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If it were the case, then more than one person in history would've accomplished it.

Part of what you are missing is that the first 100m of the 200m occur on a turn, not a straightaway. Also, the pacing is different. A 100m sprinter simply cannot maintain his 100m speed for another 100m. If they could, they'd simply all just win the 200m also, right?

The incredible thing is that in a sport where records are set and broken in .01 increments, he set a record that no one has come withing .36 of! It may well be the most dominant/amazing/incredible feat in the history of sports.
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