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Kendra Harrison Breaks 28 year World Record
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Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Damn, I thought it was Toxteth O'Grady's record gone from the title.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
I just checked on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_metres_hurdles
Nobody had even broke 12.25 this century.
joeinbrighton
New member
Insane she hasn't made the US team. Just goes to show how tough an event the hurdles can be. If your rhythm goes wrong, even the best hurdlers can have an off day, as seemingly she did in the US trials.
Meanwhile, Laura Muir has just destroyed a pretty respectable field in the women's 1500 metres and broken Kelly Holmes' British record over the distance in the process. Great boost for her ahead of the Olympics.
Meanwhile, Laura Muir has just destroyed a pretty respectable field in the women's 1500 metres and broken Kelly Holmes' British record over the distance in the process. Great boost for her ahead of the Olympics.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
MORTY
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Drugs
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Thanks for putting that up. It was brilliant to see it again and I'm sure we'll see it again.
joeinbrighton
New member
It's sad although I guess predictable that this is the stock response from some people whenever a moment of greatness happens in track and field these days.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
That was amazing.
MORTY
Well-known member
Agreed.
How many people thought Ben Johnson's World record was amazing at the time?
It becomes harder and harder to take individual sport seriously with the amount of cheating that exists within some sports.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Darts?
MORTY
Well-known member
Find that quite impressive to drink that much and still be relatively accurate!
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Tyrone Biggums
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It's hard to get enthused by a woman's record being broken when it's generally not even close to the actual best for that event in the history of the sport.
The Fifth Column
Retired ex-cop
The previous world record of 12.21 had stood since 1988 and was held by Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria.
Mmm, In 1988 Bulgaria was effectively a Satellite state of the Soviet Union and in the Eastern Bloc. Drug testing was almost non-existent or in its infancy.
I wonder how Ms Donkova managed that time?
In the 1980's, an era widely recognised as being tainted by drug fuelled performances, many world records were regularly being broken and set by athletes in the Eastern bloc, some of the records were smashed so comprehensively they stood for many years afterwards and no-one could get near them. All these records should be expunged and invalidated. Maybe they should adjust the current events so they cannot be compared i.e introduce slightly longer distances, sizes of discuss, javelin, hammer etc so new records can be set by clean athletes that are all independently tested using the latest technology.
Mmm, In 1988 Bulgaria was effectively a Satellite state of the Soviet Union and in the Eastern Bloc. Drug testing was almost non-existent or in its infancy.
I wonder how Ms Donkova managed that time?
In the 1980's, an era widely recognised as being tainted by drug fuelled performances, many world records were regularly being broken and set by athletes in the Eastern bloc, some of the records were smashed so comprehensively they stood for many years afterwards and no-one could get near them. All these records should be expunged and invalidated. Maybe they should adjust the current events so they cannot be compared i.e introduce slightly longer distances, sizes of discuss, javelin, hammer etc so new records can be set by clean athletes that are all independently tested using the latest technology.
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Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
Whats a overbite or is it a euphemism ?
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
I did laugh at the head on view of the race. That poor girl hit the hurdle and fell and was lying motionless and could have had a broken leg or worse........not a bugger in sight to come to her aid!
The overlapping of the lower teeth by the upper. A lot of very fast runners seem to get it.
McTavish
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Really? What is the actual best for 100m hurdles in the history of the sport?