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Feats of clay for mighty statmeister Mirko Jalava?

Mirko Jalava of Finland is considered one of the world’s top track statisticians, but I’m having doubts about his fact-checking (or at least keyboarding). In Roger Ruth’s latest data dump — searching for over-35 athletes on Mirko’s 2008 season lists at his pay site — two sprinters are listed with wildly inaccurate dates of birth. […]

September 27, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

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  Ken has followed track as an athlete, writer and web-master since the late 1960s, and saw most sessions of track and field at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also attended the 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Trials, the last three as a blogger and Patch correspondent. [More...]
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