Archive for July 5, 2003
National “pride” is pointless at worlds
Go to the Puerto Rico world meet Web site today and you see, under Latest News: “United States retakes the lead: United States has retaken the lead in the gold medal race of the XV World Masters Championships. Close by, and leading the competition in total medals, is Germany. Puerto Rico, the host country, got […]
July 5, 2003
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WMA weather a crapshoot for sprinters
Poor Irene Betancourt of Puerto Rico. She was fourth in her W55 100 prelims heat yesterday at WMA worlds but failed to advance to the next round. Yet in the previous heat, the No. 8 finisher advanced. Since advancement was based on time, what’s the problem? Well, Irene ran into a 5.7 meters per second […]
July 5, 2003
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