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- From: preston@dawn.cs.rice.edu (Preston Briggs)
- Subject: Re: Sestiere (Italy) Meet
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.171823.28853@rice.edu>
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- Organization: Rice University, Houston
- References: <15970006@hpmwgip2.sr.hp.com> <1992Jul22.201448.13511@cs.ucla.edu> <ACHA.92Jul23123145@DRAVIDO.SOAR.CS.CMU.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:18:23 GMT
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- acha@CS.CMU.EDU (Anurag Acharya) writes:
-
- >> All were wind aided. Powell had 4.4 m/s, more than twice allowable wind.
- >> Even more amazing was Drechsler's 25-0 1/2 which was also wind aided.
- >> Also, the meet was at 6,600 ft elevation; helps the sprinters and jumpers.
- >
- >That is surprising. I would expect higher elevations to hamper sprinters --
- >the primary problem being low atmospheric oxygen.
-
- Naw... Sprinters and jumpers don't breathe (at least, they don't
- especially need to during the duration of the event).
- Hence the amazing marks set during the Mexico City Olympics in 1968
- (and the relatively less amazing marks for the longer events).
-
- Preston Briggs
-