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Tuesday 7 August 2012

Every medallist


4 comments:

Sam Vega said...

Very clever indeed. I love it when people do this type of research and then have the skill to present it so engagingly. Always seems to be Americans...

A modern eight-year old being almost fast enough to claim a bronze back in 1895 - beautiful!

A K Haart said...

Sam - "Always seems to be Americans..." It does doesn't it? I hope we never lose that aspect of American character.

I'm sure there's something odd about a modern eight-year old being almost fast enough to claim a bronze back in 1895.

Something to do with needing a marker to aim for - not just more fitness.

James Higham said...

Just about three seconds but that is three seconds in twelve so it's substantial.

A K Haart said...

James - it's huge, too much to explain by physical fitness in my view.